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

By Alison Rosen on June 15, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

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!

By Alison Rosen on June 12, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

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mostly left Twitter, becoming an influencer, motherhood, her feelings about acting, how applying labels to sexuality is outdated, nutrition, phone addiction, celebrity, her husband Jason Biggs, Dictator Lunches and so much more.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

By Alison Rosen on June 8, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

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

By Alison Rosen on June 5, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

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?

By Alison Rosen on June 1, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

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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Tony’s Rage, Wendy’s Waggle, Daniel’s Parenting Fail

By Alison Rosen on May 25, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Tony Thaxton can barely contain his rage once more but seems to have conveniently forgotten the poison pen emails that he sent David Huntsberger and Wendy Molyneux less than 24 hours before. Thankfully, I remember! Also, I can’t stop coughing even though I’ve taken a lot of sizzurp. We revisit some important stories and Wendy has a suggestion for how to get to the bottom of the horny Pasadena couple involving a thigh squish and an eyebrow waggle. You’re going to want to play along. Meanwhile we all have questions about fruit flies and the answers are unpleasant. And Daniel had a parenting fail and I tried to say it was both of ours but he blames himself and I’m gonna let him.

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Nick Wiger

By Alison Rosen on May 22, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Nick Wiger (Doughboys, Get Played Pod) joins us to weigh in on my personal news and then talk about growing up in Lake Forest, his lack of sentimentality, playing in a ska band, quitting said ska band, wishing he hadn’t been enrolled in so many activities as a kid, choosing UCLA on a whim, his relationship with his family, his career path, career regrets, meeting his wife, woodwinds, @midnight, spicy foods and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and answered your questions.

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Alison’s Camping Trip, John Ross Bowie’s Breezy Kilt, Jonah Ray’s Goth Fest

By Alison Rosen on May 18, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Jonah Ray and John Ross Bowie join Daniel and me for TONY’S PICKS #4! Can you believe this half-assed disaster has gone on for four episodes and not only hasn’t imploded but has actually gone well? Some might even consider it an improvement. Anyway, the camping truthers have come for me because I dare referred to the trip I took to the heart of darkness (a campground and RV park with a number of preschoolers) as camping. IT WAS CAMPING TO ME! Also Daniel and I made plans to hire a private investigator to get to the bottom of a couple who were very nearly publicly porking at Fleming’s in Pasadena but then it turned out there was nothing to investigate which was quite a let down. John wore a kilt at the Renn Faire and Jonah was among the goths. Tony cried a lot at Paul McCartney. Plus a Heathers quiz!

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Bridget Todd

By Alison Rosen on May 15, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

Podcaster, writer and activist Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls On The Internet, Stuff Mom Never Told You, UltraViolet) joins the show to talk about how dangerous Tony is, growing up in Midlothian (the town that Donnie Darko is based on), the decision to leave her PhD program, her love of teaching, her path to podcasting, growing up in the shadow of her brother, her highly successful parents’ expectations for her, “you slip is showing,” the importance of AOL chat rooms when she was 12, Noah Baumbach movies and more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY.

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Tony’s Mom-Muffin Munchin’, Ben Acker’s Horse Hats, Todd Cooper’s Lies

By Alison Rosen on May 11, 2022 in podcast, Uncategorized

It’s Tony’s Picks #3 if you can believe it! This time he’s brought Ben Acker, who has come to set to record straight regarding the term “bump” and his old Feliz Navipod pal Todd Cooper who somehow claims to get closure but leaves me more confused. Also we learn about Maypril, a man who violently loves roses, various fun facts, some lies, my dream about Tony and my mom’s muffin, Todd’s interpretation of said dream, Danhausen, validation and more!

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