Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Renee Babysitters Club Stash, Daniel's Baby Names, Tony's Birthday

Renee Colvert joins us and she's searching for her THING and it involves fifty or so non-consecutive Babysitters Club books. Also Bluey. Tony Thaxton just celebrated a bi

Elizabeth Lippman

In 2002, I was assigned a story for Seventeen Magazine about the popularity of the Christian rock scene. They sent me to New Hampshire to attend the Inside Out Soul Festi

Cole's Constant Canning, Marine Biologists, Owen's New Joke

Cole Imperi joins Tony, Daniel and me to address the lack of hummingbirds quaffing at our feeder. We also discuss the era where everyone wanted to be a marine biologist,

Stephanie Wittels Wachs Has Injustice Sensitivity

Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Lemonada Media, Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss) is back with an excellent, heavily re

Emily's Fleming's News, Sniff Chat, Party Etiquette

Emily Fleming is here and she has some personal news! Also we discuss alligator pears, Emily's new hair and how it relates to dogs, the "no gifts please" policy plus gene

Ophira Eisenberg

Comic, podcaster, and writer Ophira Eisenberg stops by the show to talk about her new special, I Used To Be Nicer, having bad luck, parenting later in life, growing up th

Crowded Warrens, Cancelled Comics, A Potential Invite Scam

Is Whitney from The Hills really inviting me somewhere or is this some kind of scam? Jackie Kashian joins Daniel, Tony and me to discuss. Plus, we might be living in Wate

Matt Rodbard

Journalist, cookbook author and This Is Taste host Matt Rodbard joins the show to talk about making the switch from music and culture journalist to food reporter. Matt an

Dog Days, Lionsgate Portal, 15% of Alison that Daniel Hates

When exactly are the dog days of summer? There is an actual answer and we get to the bottom of it with Lizzy Cooperman. Also apparently Daniel likes 85% of me. Thank you?

It's Greg Proops!

Comic, actor, improviser, host and writer Greg Proops is back to discuss his latest album Kidding. But Still. We also discuss the mechanics of a completely improvised alb

Jonah Ray's Birthday, Daniel's Extravagant Lie, Hot Snake Girls

Jonah Ray is here on his birthday, no less! We discuss celebratory Deadline announcements, Jonah quitting and unquitting standup comedy, his new weekly show, the most ext

Amy Ephron

Screenwriter, producer, journalist and novelist Amy Ephron is here to talk about the inspiration for her latest novel Unseasonably Cold, growing up the youngest of four f

Jackie's Big Things, Tony's Touring, Alison's Secondhand Coffee

Jackie Johnson is here after facing some serious criticism about her choice of top. I share a story about something that happened with Owen this morning and also I'm sitt

Christina P (encore)

This week we're re-visiting this episode with Christina Pazsitsky. Original description: Christina Pazsitsky, comedian and cohost of the podcast Your Mom's House (which

Page Turners, Vanderpump, The Labubu of Squishies!

Rob Schulte is here to discuss his upcoming book, Reality TV Is the Devil (And Don't You Forget It) but before we get into the rich history, I need to poll the group for

Edy Modica

Actor, writer, director and comic Edy Modica (Jury Duty) joins the show to talk about her new special, I'm Just Like You (And It Sucks), the truth behind her twisted on c

Renee's Birds, Empty Tank Tales, Acqua di Quantz

Are we all at the age where we're into birds now? Renee Colvert is here and she thinks so. I recall a recent humiliating bird encounter and we also discuss the squirrels

Daniel and Alison (Go Ask Alice and Green Girl)

We're racing against the clock and I'm introducing Daniel to the buzzy notion of "habit stacking." Plus I share a suspenseful update about Green Girl and I try to guess w

Smith Island Cornhole, Pretentious Art Chat, Squishy Mania

Joe Kwaczala and Brandie Posey are here to discuss Smith Island, Cornhole, the squishy prison that is my life, collections, reasons to make something artistically, cat ch

Daniel and Alison (Ukulele Lessons and Family Lore)

We recap the rest of our trip and I discuss a debate I've been having for years regarding an infamous relative. Plus I made a grave mistake when we took a ukulele lesson