Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend
A twice weekly podcast hosted by award-winning interviewer and everyone's new best friend Alison Rosen. Mondays are one-on-ones featuring surprisingly honest conversations that are equal parts silly, serious and revelatory. Thursdays are roundtable group shows. You will laugh, think, and feel less alone. (Unless you don't feel alone at all in which case, congrats! You've done it!) Support the show on Patreon. Sign up for a year and get two months free. Patreon.com/alisonrosen
Episodes
Comedy writer Mike Drucker (Fallon, Samantha Bee, SNL) is here to talk about his memoir Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games. The thing is, while it's his debut memoir it's not the first book he's written. We dig into his scholastically nerdy past, his love of video games, his ill-fated Mario-themed wedding, Goethe, Silent Hill 2, working at Nintendo, working at SNL, his dad's painting of Captain Jack Sparrow and so mu...
Danny Ricker joins us to talk about milestone birthdays, our trip to Knott's Berry Farm for said event, his Jimmy Kimmel appearance, kid manipulations, the drum set in the studio, boysenberries, bike riding and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Podcast Pals Product Picks.
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Writer Jane Borden joins us to talk about her sensational book Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives Americawherein she traces this country's fundamental and foundational cultishness from the puritans to MLMs and beyond. Jane and I used to work at Time Out New York together and I am so impressed by this tome. Plus, it's funny. We talk about religion, the Church of England, when she started noticing cult like thinking in Ameri...
Joe Kwaczala is here to defend Daniel who may or may not be committing micro aggressions. We discuss Fish Police and Joe's new movie. I need to talk about the upcoming estate sale and my concerns and how I'm afraid of my own phone. Greg Heller has sent in some JMOEs and also invents a new segment. And I need to know what celeb everyone would leave their partner for. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Podcast Pals Produ...
I had a horribly uncomfortable text exchange and I need to figure out why it rattled me so much. Daniel has had it up to here with people who out-introvert him and he has an idea for a reality show. I need to talk about my plucky wine mom nightshirts and a literal thorn in my shoulder. Plus narcissists and assholes and antagonists. And our children who both want to be YouTubers.
We get a more detailed glimpse of Tony's Australian tour including an Australian snack chat! Daniel went big for Easter and Nibbles is back. There have been some fish casualties and I need to know whether to keep some heirlooms—that will sit in a pile unused in my house.
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Daniel is sick and he's not in a great mood about it. He visited a thousand-year-old ENT and has some news to report. I made a joke at a consignment shop and now I'm questioning everything. I had some thoughts about good and bad investments and then Daniel and I really get into it regarding a certain bathroom situation.
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Tony is back from his Australian tour and we need to hear the details! Jeff Drake is here and we learn about his rock star past. Greg Heller calls in more Just Me Or Everyones and we discuss Owen's "sleep thing."
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In honor of Wink's recent passing, I wanted to share this episode that originally aired in 2014.
Original description:
Wink Martindale (plus appearance by his wife Sandy) stops by this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about being a frigging legend, hosting game shows, which game show he wishes he currently hosted, his first radio gig at 17, going from radio to TV, his friendship with Elvis Presley, the last t...
Lizzy Cooperman is here and she might be quantum leaping? Jeff Fox is here as well with a fresh HGFY for a hipster pizza joint. Daniel is here, sort of, and we're all talking to water. We need to discuss edible underwear, again, and Lizzy says some profound things that I'm still thinking about! Also starfish updates, Mr. Blackwell, taking classes and more! Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Podcast Pals Product Picks.
Daniel and I have been apart so first we must catch up on the science fair he took the kids to and my day bathing in my parents love letters. Also, apparently I've misunderstood a very common saying for my whole life until this episode. Back to the love letters. Daniel thinks they're sweet but blech. My mom had cravings! And I found a doodle! Plus Snack Chat with flavored Peeps and some White Lotus talk at the end.
Jackie Johnson has some breaking news which she's saved for this episode. Daniel is dressed like he's going to the office and we all went to the Minecraft movie over the weekend. Jeff Fox and Jackie are interested in Daniel's laminating machine and I want you to guess what he recently laminated. Greg Heller sends in some JMOEs and Peter is literally eating my clothing. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Podcast Pals Pr...
Writer-producer Danny Ricker (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) joins the show to talk about his new comedy book Wow You Look Terrible!: How to Parent Less and Live More. We also talk about ska, his journey from nervous high school freshman to dominating late-night, dating a college woman (who is now his wife) while still in high school, the idea for his book, his fear of scary movies, getting rid of kids' toys and so much more. Plus we did a ro...
Wendy Molyneux and her husband Jeff Drake are back and I need to find out how Wendy feels about the debates between Jeff and Brooke that were brought up last week. This is a mistake though! We also discuss Ben Affleck, card shuffling, my Chat GPT humiliation, coffee in the apocalypse, hoarding versus collecting and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Podcast Pals Product Picks.
Comic, writer, podcast host and actor Dana Gould is back to talk about his new special, Perfectly Normal, teaching his daughter to parallel park, learning to act, the accident he got into with Bobcat Goldthwait, losing his mom, his reaction to David Lynch's passing, burial versus cremation, meeting his wife and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone, HGFY and Podcast Pals Product Picks.
Jeff Drake is here with his longtime friend and podcast partner Brooke Dillman to recount the time they were accused of making a mockery of the Sweetheart Queen parade. We also discuss my recent car accident, Brooke's Broadway debut, TGI Friday "passports," 9 Chickweed Lane's vexing use of ellipses, Brooke and Jeff's debates and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone!
Daniel and I were down in OC cleaning out the house all week and what a cornucopia of items we found! We discuss what should be kept versus what tossed, understanding who people are through their stuff, the need for not one but two anoscopes and so much more.
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RJ City is back to discuss the phrase "up and died," whether we can auction an estate on the app Tony uses to sell trading cards, cluttered spaces, a post op poop question, Elliot's musical performance, a tire disaster, RJ's new family member who is NOT his Godson, and so much more. Plus we did Snack Chat and Just Me Or Everyone!
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My wrestler/talk show host friend (and foe) RJ City of AEW's Hey! (EW) and A Meal and a Match is back to disparage my theme song, discuss Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter, questions farewell tours, discuss Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies, enlighten us on spin-offs, catch us up on his work with AEW and more. We also discuss hair removal, estates, "Beautiful Boy," in flight magazines and do a round of This Or That and Podca...
Can you believe Tony Thaxton has never played MASH? RJ City and Jordan Morris are here to fix that. Plus we talk about MASH the show, crabs, flat tires, wrestling, Canada, Snack Chat, egg roles, Chili's, Toronto foods and so much more.
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