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Laura London Returns!

By Alison Rosen on February 6, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Dog trainer Laura London returns to talk about leaving Texas and why, what’s causing the dog overpopulation problem, the agendas of trainers versus veterinarians, doodles, common training issues, shock collars and why they create dogs that bite, separation anxiety, where your dog should sleep, flirt poles, Wendy’s rockin’ physique and more. We also took your calls and answered your questions.

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Joe DeRosa’s Sandwiches, Alison’s Embarrassing Letter, Robin’s Skankfest Question

By Alison Rosen on February 2, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Robin Shorr and Joe DeRosa join us on Tony’s FIRST Thursday show since his tour that didn’t go as planned. I recently received a copy of a letter I wrote when I was 14 and it’s horrifying. Robin has been revisiting notebooks from around this time too. Joe DeRosa has opened a bar/sandwich shop and I want to hear all about it. Plus the existential crisis affecting all of us. And a cameo from Owen!

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Jenny Pentland

By Alison Rosen on January 23, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Jenny Pentland, author of the riveting memoir This Will Be Funny Later, was the real life inspiration for the Becky and Darlene characters on the series Roseanne, created by her mother Roseanne Barr. Jenny joins the show to talk about having been institutionalized between the ages of 13 and 18, how being a mother to five children of her own has kept her from feeling much anger at her own parents, weight issues, fame, gastric bypass, living in Hawaii, eating a squirrel, mysticism, her childhood friendship with Christina P, panic attacks, PTSD, her mom’s tweets and so much more.

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Jenna’s Family Fruit Farm, Al’s Email Tips, Daniel’s Hernia

By Alison Rosen on January 19, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Jenna, Al and Jeff are here and how is it we’re only just now learning that Jenna’s family owned a fruit farm?? As such, Jenna is the perfect person to weigh in on the question of who are seedless grapes for. Plus we find out about Daniel’s possible hernia, the year of Jenna, my ongoing battle with exclamation points, email etiquette according to Al, Mike Tyson’s hype man, bunk beds and more!

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Sarah Marshall

By Alison Rosen on January 16, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Journalist and podcaster Sarah Marshall of hugely popular You’re Wrong About and You Are Good joins the show to talk about how she envisions the word “juggernaut,” growing up in Oregon and Hawaii as a “lonely, adultified kid,” her theory that loneliness is an American problem, grad school, fan fiction, television about television, memory, Tonya Harding, Go Ask Alice, Flowers in the Attic, the Sex and the City reboot and continuing You’re Wrong About after her cohost Michael Hobbes left. We also took your questions, and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY.

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Daniel and Alison (Your Calls and Daniel’s Announcement)

By Alison Rosen on January 2, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Happy New Year! We listen to the rest of your voicemails and take an important two part call from Wendy Molyneux regarding Tony’s nickname. Daniel shares his feelings about the song “Santa Baby” which leads to some stylings from DQ. Is this the Quantz method for holiday songs? Plus an announcement from Daniel and more.

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Lizz Winstead

By Alison Rosen on December 19, 2021 in podcast, Uncategorized

Comic, writer, and activist Lizz Winstead (host of Feminist Buzzkills, co-creator of The Daily Show) returns to the show to talk about Abortion Access Front, fake clinics, growing up in a religious conservative house, what’s happening with Roe and why the recent Mississippi ruling is important, incels, working as a clinic escort, why this cause is so important to her, creating the Daily Show, her new pup, living with Dana Gould, Robin Williams and more. We also took your questions and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

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Alie Ward is Back!

By Alison Rosen on December 12, 2021 in podcast, Uncategorized

Writer, host, science correspondent and artist Alie Ward is the host of the incredibly popular science podcast Ologies. She’s also a correspondent on Innovation Nation, the science friend on Netflix’s Brainchild, and a consultant on Ada Twist, Scientist. We talked about her wedding to “cookie dough guy,” boosters, coupons, the vacuum I bought because of her recommendation, hair dryers, the perfect dog she almost gave back, middle parts, skinny jeans, mental health, wedding advice, cockroaches, embarrassment and so much more. We also took your questions.

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Connor Franta

By Alison Rosen on December 5, 2021 in podcast, Uncategorized

Author, Youtuber, entrepreneur and artist Connor Franta joins the show to talk about House Fires, the third in a trilogy of New York Times bestselling books, managing anxiety, running, shower routines, his relationship with his parents, feeling like a bowling ball tossed into an alternate lane, playing sports, leaving college, coming out, O2L (Our 2nd Life), leaving O2L, depression, being recognized, writing and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

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Danielle Koenig

By Alison Rosen on November 28, 2021 in podcast, Uncategorized

Writer and podcast host Danielle Koenig stops by the show to talk about whether she knows bad boy Tony Thaxton or not, her new podcast How To Survive, being an “unattractive” child in Hollywood, growing up in a showbiz family, the natural and unnatural disasters that her new podcast covers, writing comedy for TV, her she met her husband Jimmy Pardo, thinking she was going to be giving birth to a girl, self-loathing, Life Goes On and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone!

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