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Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg

Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg of By the Book podcast and the book How to Be Fine join the show to talk about their new Audible podcast, Romance Road Test, where they try out a series of romance “hacks” with their partners to see what works. We discuss terrifying dates, The Bachelor, role-playing, erotica, the seven-year itch, how Kristen and Jolenta met, Spencer Pratt, Teal Swan, cult leaders, Dolly Parton, John Gray, peeing in the shower and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY.

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Allie’s Vacuum Lines, Greg’s DNA Results, Who Knows Alison Best?

Allie Mac Kay, Greg Fitzsimmons, Jeff Fox, Daniel and I discover that I’ve been disseminating incorrect information about pineapples. Turns out it’s upside down pineapples that indicate swinging. I think? Also we solve Allie’s vacuum line conundrum, Greg had a very manly outing over the weekend, we discuss a news story involving a lethal amount of mayonnaise and we take a quiz to find out who knows me best. Plus Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY.

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Tony Thaxton Checks In From The Road

We landed the Bad Boy of Podcasting himself! Holed up in Pittsburgh hotel room, Tony Thaxton fills me in on life on the road with Motion City Soundtrack. Also apparently his mom has been listening to recent episodes of the show and now I feel bad that I’ve been lightly badmouthing him so much. He started it! We talk about his rough adjustment to being around humans again, the nice words about his drumming that people keep forcing upon him, other drummers, wrestling, tour bus life and so much more. We also answer your questions and then he puts me on the spot! What a dick!

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Nutella Secrets, Fake Deceased Twins, Pickle Butts

Canadian Andrew Hunt is finally back, after a decade of planning, and he’s brought fun facts and a quiz! Caissie St. Onge returns and despite a real morning, she is shockingly fresh-faced. We’re just going to say it! Jeff is filling in for Tony and ready to battle to the death to see who knows Andrew best. We recall things people said about us as kids that have stayed with us, the pronunciation of “mauve” (a continuation of a conversation from this week’s Monday episode with RJ City), HGFY and more!

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Pro Wrestler RJ City

Professional wrestler and Hey! (EW) host, RJ City joins the show to talk about his insane pronunciation of “mauve,” not remembering a time he wasn’t into wrestling, Tony Khan from AEW hiring him, his interviewing process, his complicated friendship with David Arquette, representations of masculinity in wrestling, whether anyone truly believed wrestling was real, getting dinner with Tony Thaxton in Las Vegas, his feelings about Terry Fator, growing up in Canada, making coffee in his underwear (he has a series called RJ Makes Coffee In His Underwear), social anxiety, Stanley Tucci, summer camp and more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone, HGFY and answered your questions.

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Jordan’s Canadian Girlfriend, Robin’s Summer Sweater, Jeff’s Horse Bite

Robin Shorr, Jordan Morris, Jeff Fox and Daniel are here for a truly shocking edition of Yes Please or Oh Puhleeze (White Chocolate) and I want to know what one thing helps everyone get out of bed in the morning. We also consider micro-dosing, some insane 80s commercials and the sexuality of the 80s in general, Jordan’s elusive Canadian girlfriend that is definitely real, kissing posters, old Bravo programming and more.

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Jenny Mollen Returns!

New York Times best-selling author Jenny Mollen returns to the show nearly ten years later (!!) to talk about her debut novel, City of Likes, which she says might be her most honest work yet. We discuss why she mostly left Twitter, becoming an influencer, motherhood, her feelings about acting, how applying labels to sexuality is outdated, nutrition, phone addiction, celebrity, her husband Jason Biggs, Dictator Lunches and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Hey Go F*ck Yourself.

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Jordan’s Soft Swinging, Sedona Al, Irish Snack Chat

Jeff Fox is filling in for Tony and he’s brought snacks from Ireland! Daniel, Elliot and Owen join us for Irish snack chat. Jordan Morris is here along with Jenna and Al for the return of the advice segment. We’re going to need a catchier name but basically we all agree that it’s not really okay for the advice seeker’s boyfriend to be traveling the globe with another woman and then making her feel like it’s her problem that she isn’t exactly ecstatic over it. Plus Sedona Al, soft swinging, goober peas, Jeff’s Ireland trip, Sedona and more.

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Lizzy Cooperman

Comedian Lizzy Cooperman joins me IN PERSON to talk about hosting a podcast, Lizzy Cooperman’s In Your Hands where she allows listeners to vote on which action she will take next. We get to the bottom of why she’s so willing to let other people make decisions for her, our shared issues with organization, retainers and orthodontics in general, peacocks, poetry, climates, her path to comedy, TV writing, relationships, The Artist’s Way, her bold assertion that I seem like someone who doesn’t meditate which I feel I did not press her on enough, a truly harrowing story of suffering a stroke and so much more. Plus huffing!

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Paul F. Tompkins’ Arrest, Alison’s Disastrous Desk, Is Peak TV Over?

For Tony’s Picks number five, Tony has brought together a real A team of podcasting! We have legend Paul F. Tompkins who once heard a man tell a story about eating a cigarette to which we all have so many questions. Namely: okay so probably not the filter but did he eat the paper? And then Todd Cooper is here, the only repeat Tony’s Picks guest! I’m debuting a new rhetorical style that I need feedback on and also I want to know if I should ask my MIL to help me organize my desk and the piles of stuff that surround it. It’s gotten pretty bad. Plus Yes Please Or Oh Puhleeze (Peanut Butter Cookies) and Just Me Or Everyone! And is peak television over?

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