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How to advertise on Two Ts In A Pod: what it costs, who buys, and how to book

Dishant Miyani

Dishant Miyani

Podcast Ad Analytics Head

Two Ts In A Pod sells its host-read inventory the way most creator-led feeds do: quoted per campaign, not off a public rate card, inside the iHeartPodcasts ecosystem. Spotsnow attributes just under 7 in 10 ads on the show to direct-response advertisers, and the top spender, Hers, has run roughly 23 to 26 ads. For a buyer, that mix is the tell: this is a coded-offer feed where conversion is the point, not a pure awareness placement. Spotsnow estimates all of this from tracked advertiser activity, not audience surveys.

Two Ts In A Pod podcast cover art for a guide on advertising with Teddi and Tamra

The show is Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, and the rest of this breakdown pulls from its Spotsnow profile.

Why Two Ts In A Pod is built for host-read direct response

Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge are former Real Housewives cast members, Teddi on Beverly Hills and Tamra on Orange County, and their credential is lived cast experience. Housewives talking housewives. The show sits in Spotsnow's retail advertiser mix, where its biggest DTC buyers land.

With direct-response advertisers behind close to 7 in 10 ads, Spotsnow data shows this feed is bought to move a code, a URL, or a trackable signup. That's what a host-read borrows here. When Teddi or Tamra break from dishing on an episode to endorse a product, the tone doesn't change much, so the ad rides the same trust that keeps listeners through a 40-minute recap. Sustained attention through the segment is the format's whole value, and this show's chatty, confessional rhythm holds it. Spotsnow estimates reach at roughly 170,000 listeners, and that figure is an estimate, not an audited count.

On Apple Podcasts the show carries about 3.6 stars across roughly 7,700 to 8,990 ratings, which tells you people keep coming back to weigh in. Its influence is concentrated in the feed itself rather than spread across a big social footprint, so the audience you reach is the listening audience, not a follower count borrowed from somewhere else.

Who is advertising on Two Ts In A Pod

The roster leans DTC wellness, pet, and household, with a layer of big national brands buying produced spots on top. Names you'll recognize include Chewy, Geico, Amazon Prime, Starbucks, and CeraVe.

The anchor advertisers, broken down

Hers

Hers sells telehealth and wellness products aimed at women, from skin and hair care to mental-health support. Spotsnow attributes roughly 23 to 26 ads to the brand with estimated total spend over $100K, and classifies it as direct-response. A female-heavy audience in its prime spending years is exactly who Hers wants to reach through a code, and the read count says it's working.

Chewy

Chewy brand logo, a leading host-read direct-response advertiser on Two Ts In A Pod

Chewy is an online retailer for pet food, supplies, and pharmacy, with its Autoship subscription doing the recurring-revenue work. Spotsnow shows roughly 18 to 21 ads, estimated total spend over $100K, and a direct-response classification. Pet owners skew female and household-driven, so a subscription pitch inside a feed built on loyalty lands where it should.

Kohler

Kohler makes kitchen and bath fixtures, a considered home purchase rather than an impulse buy. Spotsnow attributes roughly 23 to 27 ads with estimated total spend over $90K, mostly produced spots, so the classification is mixed. Its presence tracks a homeowning, upper-middle-income slice of this audience that's renovating and researching.

The awareness outlier

Not everyone buys for a code. National advertisers like Amazon Prime and Geico run mostly produced spots here, using the feed for reach and association rather than trackable clicks. It's proof a pure awareness objective can work on the same show that a DTC brand mines for conversions.

BrandEst. total spendDirect-responseTime of spend (last 1 year)
Hersover $100KDirect-responseActive through recent months
Chewyover $100KDirect-responseActive through mid-year
Kohlerover $90KMixed, mostly producedActive through recent months

All spend figures are Spotsnow estimates.

Why TV and film adjacent brands cluster here

The show is filed under TV and film, but the advertiser mix reads like a wellness-and-home catalog for one reason: the audience mindset. Two former Housewives recapping other Housewives draw a listener who's already comfortable being sold to by someone she feels she knows. That's the trust a DTC brand rents. Teddi and Tamra don't perform authority, they perform familiarity, and for products a woman buys on a recommendation, from a telehealth prescription to pet food to a bathroom remodel, familiarity converts harder than a celebrity voiceover ever will. The roster isn't random. It's every category that lives or dies on a friend's endorsement, pointed at an audience that treats these two like friends.

What makes a show like this convert

  1. The host-read holds attention through the break. The endorsement sits in the same voice as the recap, so listeners don't tune out when the ad starts.
  2. Host credibility is lived, not borrowed. Two former Real Housewives cast members carry the kind of familiarity that makes a recommendation feel personal.
  3. The audience is a buyer, not a bystander. Spotsnow describes it as skewing heavily female, mostly middle to upper-middle income, and concentrated in the US, a profile DTC brands chase.
  4. Repeat buying proves the math. Hers coming back for roughly 23 to 26 ads is a brand that measured the return and kept spending.

Two Ts In A Pod in a nutshell

The audience is estimated at roughly 170,000 listeners, skewing heavily female and concentrated in the US, mostly in the prime spending years. The brands already buying, Hers, Chewy, and Kohler, run host-reads and produced spots side by side, with the DTC names leaning on coded attribution. The show is sold on a quoted basis inside the iHeartPodcasts ecosystem, not off a public rate card. With direct-response advertisers behind close to 7 in 10 ads, it suits a conversion buy first and an awareness play second.


Frequently asked questions

Two Ts In A Pod is sold on a quoted basis rather than a public rate card. Four things move the number: placement (mid-roll host-read prices above pre-roll and post-roll), read type (a host endorsement prices above a produced spot), commitment length (multi-episode flights and category exclusivity price better than a single test), and how close you are to the air date. For market context, a host-read spot on a typical show costs a brand roughly $20 to $30 for every thousand listeners it reaches. In-demand shows clear well above that. The more useful signal for this show is who already buys: Hers has run roughly 23 to 26 ads, alongside Chewy and Kohler. Repeat buying at that level tells you more about where a show prices, and what it's worth to the brands buying it, than an outside estimate can.

Ads run on most episodes, so the show is in demand and inventory moves fast. Plan on reaching out sooner than you think you need to.

About 1 week to book, 2 to 3 weeks to produce and run, plus 2 to 3 weeks of lead time, so roughly 5 to 7 weeks end to end.

Two Ts In A Pod is sold through iHeartPodcasts. You can approach them directly, or book through a platform that already has the show in its inventory. You can view different advertising platforms here.

It's the core of the roster. Hers and Chewy both run direct-response host-reads here against an audience Spotsnow describes as skewing heavily female and mostly middle to upper-middle income. If your product sells on a personal recommendation and a code, this feed is built for it.

Two Ts In A Pod isn't the only feed reaching this audience. Spotsnow shows which TV and film podcasts have host-read spots open right now, and which brands already buy them.

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