Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This American Life, and one of Time Outs 10 best comedians of 2015). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one...
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Episode 500! Live This Friday at Smodcastle Cinemas!
You’ve heard us talk about it. Here’s your reminder. In the last nearly TEN YEARS of Beautiful Anonymous, Gethard has had 499 unforgettable conversat...
A Different Adoption Story
Gethard talks with a caller who shares her story of adopting a young girl and what happened when, after a year, that child chose to return to her fost...
An Australian in Italy
An Australian on a solo vacation calls in from Italy. She and Gethard chat about travel, trade stereotypes about each other’s countries, and get into...
WASBAND
This call starts at Burning Man but quickly opens up into a far more complicated conversation about grief, abuse, healing, and the long work of rebuil...
Railroad Life
This week, Geth talks with a railroad worker who shares what it’s really like on the job. They get into the nitty-gritty of trains, unions, and infras...
First Responder
This week, Geth talks with a firefighter/EMT who’s training to be a paramedic. They get into the vital importance of volunteer work, what it’s like to...
Roller Derby Coaching, Chocolate Making Psychologist
Raised by a zoologist in a house full of wild animals, this psychology professor’s life has remained just as untamed: coaching junior roller derby, a...
Wholesome Sex Worker
This week’s caller takes us into the complicated, messy, and deeply human world of sex work. The conversation stretches from personal experience to bi...
Polyamorous Witch Librarian Who Also Worked at a Brothel
Does what it says on the tin. Gethard talks to a polyamorous witch librarian who once worked the front desk at a brothel, surprisingly perfect trainin...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Here’s the pitch: Engineer by day. International award-winning clown by night. Learned to read and walk in her 20s. This caller has a lot going on, an...
Tugboat Life
A couple weeks back, Gethard talked with a lawyer whose husband came up a few times. We learned two key facts about him: he’s got a lot of birds, and...
Vietnam Veteran
This week, Gethard talks to a Vietnam veteran with a lifetime of stories. He’s never listened to the podcast, but his granddaughter has, and she encou...
The World's Sickest Cat
This week’s caller is a medical device engineer with a deeply personal stake in the healthcare system. She talks with Gethard about living with a rare...
Too Many Birds
This week’s caller joined Gethard at 10:30 on a Friday night to talk about wrestling and her love of a New Jersey ska band, but the conversation quick...
Teenage Entrepreneur
In another installment of our unofficial “The Young People Are Alright” series, a 19-year-old entrepreneur calls in to talk about hustle culture, ment...
Your Kid's Not Broken. They're Just Different.
This week’s caller is a mom of two young boys doing her best to face life head-on. Her oldest son is autistic and recently diagnosed with depression....
Pediatric Nurse With a New Baby
This week’s caller is a pediatric nurse with a newborn at home, and she’s learning in real time how her job is both a blessing and a curse when it com...
A Series of Moments In Between Taking a Piss
This week’s caller is a medieval recreationist who sews their own centuries-old clothing and has an overactive bladder. And that’s just scratching the...
We Can't Name It FeetFinder
Good morning! For reasons no one can quite explain, Beautiful/Anonymous has a long and proud tradition of attracting band directors, and this week’s c...
Charlie the Bearded Dragon
It’s 9 pm on a Friday, and the vibes are loose. This week’s caller is a former teacher turned novelist-in-progress who’s found fulfillment in writing,...
Thirteen Secret Second Cousins
A new master’s degree, a recent family death, and...13 secret second cousins? This week’s caller is processing a wild year of grief, discovery, and ch...
Left an Open Marriage
A strict religious upbringing, an older husband, and an open marriage she never expected. This week’s caller talks with Gethard about how she got ther...
Perky 911 Dispatcher
A 911 dispatcher calls in to walk Gethard through the ins and outs of emergency dispatch. From how calls get prioritized, to the systems that keep eve...
First Day As a U.S. Citizen
This week’s caller became a U.S. citizen hours before the call, so naturally, she gives Gethard an impromptu citizenship test. They cover life as a Ca...
SEX GOD
From Neptune to everywhere and back again. Our caller is in love, looking for joy, and figuring it out along the way. This one’s silly, heartfelt, and...
Parade Girl Gets Parade Girled
Gethard is finally taking a well-earned, long-overdue vacation. But we’re not leaving you hanging. Instead, we brought in a past caller/frenemy of the...
Hockey-obsessed Military Mental Health Worker
On the way to a hockey game where they're being honored for their non-profit work, this week’s caller explains the tension it’s caused with their day...
Running for Congress (Let's F***ing Go)
She might not have a background in politics, but this caller is thinking about running for office. She and Gethard talk about what it means to feel ca...
The Death Thing Is a Bonus
A death doula in training talks with Gethard about being a newbie in her field, why she thinks death should be joyful, and how planning your funeral m...
Soul-Searching Sommelier
A brand new sommelier (that’s a wine expert for the less fancy) needs some help figuring out what her next move should be. She and Gethard get real ne...
Religious Flash Mob
A long-time listener, first-time caller opens up about finding belonging in an unexpected place: a religious cult she joined in college. She and Getha...
Issa Rae on Friendships That Need to Go, from IMO
Sharing a new show from our friends at Higher Ground. On IMO, Michelle and her big brother Craig Robinson bring their candid perspectives to the every...
Unintentional Grim Reaper
This week’s caller has lived all over—from Singapore to India to England—and now calls New York City home. She shares why the British Empire is her Ro...
Colon Cancer Awareness Month
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and this week’s caller wants to make sure you know it. She's a dedicated nurse on a mission to spread awareness...
Curse of the Murderer's Tooth
“I did have a murderer’s fingers in my mouth a couple times.” That’s how this week’s caller kicks things off, setting the tone for an episode filled w...
America's Favorite Boy
A soon-to-be college grad, raised in Appalachia, calls in to talk about his next adventure—moving to Antarctica. But as he and Gethard dig deeper, it’...
The Worst Karen
Black mold, leaving a soul-sucking sales job, and Gethard’s connection to a cross-country trip in a car full of weed. Our caller wasn’t sure where thi...
This Is Life. You Get One Chance to Live It.
A skydiver who swears she’s not an adrenaline junkie calls to talk with Gethard about the joys of plummeting to earth from 13,000 feet. She’s got 500...
Sexy Renegade Clowns
This week’s call kicks off with a tour of the caller’s room as she describes the objects around her. And from there, it takes off in a bunch of fascin...
Grandma Is a Thief
This week’s caller wants advice on how to spend an unexpected $40,000 gift from her kleptomaniac grandma, but what starts as a light-hearted question...