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Rory Uphold, host of and self-described skin care obsessive joins the show to talk about performing pop music at schools and ice cream shops, attending a performing arts high school, selling multiple television shows, being inspired by heartbreak,...
This week we're revisiting an episode that originally ran July 29, 2015. How well do you know ? How well do and the rest of the Thursday gang (, , and )? Plus drug stories, DINKS, turtles, more John boats, night...
Daniel is once again concerned about the health effects of being woken up in the middle of the night and I'm questioning where he's getting this alarming info. We discuss the world's smallest violin and did you know there's a sequel to Oedipus Rex? I...
Joel Stein and Robin Shorr are here to talk about an incredibly risky compliment that Joel paid me, Orthodox Jews stepping outside marriage, Time Out New York, Invisalign, new merch for me, a drag bar in the East Village that we can't remember the...
One day after she went viral for an incident involving a live stream, a boob and a collapsing set, Emily Fleming (Good Mythical Morning, @midnight) joins the show to discuss her feelings about what happened. We also talk about the puzzling animal we...
Is there something empowering or sad about adults getting braces? Robin Shorr joins Tony, Daniel and me to get to the bottom of this and so much more. Also Robin wants to know how I feel when people cancel and Tone-zone and Flo-zone were sitting on...
Host and podcast impresario Jesse Thorn is back to talk about his many shows (Bullseye, Judge John Hodgeman, Jordan, Jesse, GO!), the process of converting his Max Fun Network to a worker-owned cooperative, losing his father during the pandemic,...
Jordan Morris and Rob Kutner join Daniel, Tony and me to talk about magic eye posters, Minecraft backpacks, Marvel Snappin', Daniel's super awkward exchange, Tony's super awkward exchange, Comedy Sportz, reading on the toilet, head massages and so...
I think I've finally solved the mystery of my ear situation and what triggers it! This is like a true crime episode, speaking which of which Daniel shares his complicated feelings about the popularity of true crime. Our children are mounting a...
Wendy Molyneux, Joe Kwaczala, Tony Thaxton, Daniel and I have all been traveling and now, like one of my favorite episodes of my favorite sitcom, we're all reconvened to fill each other in on our adventures. Tony's tour bus broke down, Wendy's son was...
Daniel joins me to talk about out trip to Hawaii, tenting for termites, my discovery that my late father also liked to talk about insects, a few other assorted memories, And Just Like That, Aidan and Carrie, the cheese incident in Hawaii, generational...
Joel Stein had a magnificent mullet for a long time and we need to talk about it. His mullet even attended Stanford! Robin Shorr has to create some boundaries which Joel thinks is a futile exercise. RJ City and Dalton Castle are in love with Robin...
After a tropical and possibly controversial update that really shouldn't be controversial, we revisit this fan-favorite episode from 2014. Original description: returns to to talk teachers turned twerkers, magic in the universe,...
Jackie Johnson and Lizzy Cooperman join me (and Jeff Fox, who is filling in for Tony Thaxton) to discuss flea markets and estate sales, And Just Like That, skin treatments, Daniel's new skincare regimen, auditions, the way a set of Tony Robbins CDs...
After an update on how I'm doing, we revisit the first time Alie Ward guested on the show in 2017. Original description: Podcaster, artist, TV correspondent and science nerd stops by to talk about her new podcast, , where she talks...
Robin Shorr is here fresh from Nantucket where and she has a Heather Locklear-esque golden tan. Joel Stein was chatting with Rupert Murdoch earlier. I need to talk about the Creel triplets. Also I'm in mourning but I like to think I'm still a ton of...
After a sad announcement at the top and an update on a wee Tik Tok beef I've found myself in, we revisit this wonderful episode which originally ran in Feb, 2023. Friend of the show and recommended her some time ago when I was looking to talk to...
Is there a paper cup big enough to contain this whole show with Jackie Johnson, Lizzy Cooperman and Jeff Fox who is filling in for Tony Thaxton? Lizzy had a mishap at the gas station but it may have given her a million dollar idea. Jackie did cardio...
RJ City—professional wrestler, former Nickelodeon star, and host of AEW's Hey! (EW)—returns to the show for what he thought was a Patreon episode but as explained at the top, it got promoted to regular episode. Or demoted. Depends how you think...
Grab a drink and relax with this assortment of clips from Alison and Tod: After Hours. We're talking about Sitzpinklers, a creepy Teppanyaki chef, people who watch TV with the subtitles on and a story deemed too "yucky" to air on our former show which...
We reminisce about the frat house we accidentally stayed at in Palm Desert that Greg Heller had also once rented for his bachelor party and then I foist upon Daniel the dinosaur album I remember from grade school. I also share some stories about the...
Was everyone here in the drama club? Daniel says he wasn't but I'm not so sure. Wendy Molyneux and Jordan Morris are here and they remember a commercial with the repeated phrase "and twins" and now I can't stop laughing. Jordan went to his high school...
Daniel and I are having a talk about word pronunciation and Daniel has a question about a specific kind of bodily emission. Daniel was FINALLY inducted into what I call the neighborhood club and we're listening to your voicemails. Plus, I try to see...
Lizzy Cooperman and Robin Shorr are here and they've had shockingly similar experiences when it comes to the study of pantomime and also being accused of plagiarism. Robin's mind is blown by something I say about not punishing kids when they tell you...
Steven Weber (yes, THAT ) is here and he's a delight! We talk about sensory deprivation, dogs, Wings, inflatable chairs, doing commercials as a kid, SUNY Purchase, gnats, my enthusiasm, faces, Mel Brooks, the new podcast he's doing with Eric McCormack...
Jordan Morris and Wendy Molyneux are here! Daniel has an observation about pants length and I say something that bothers Wendy even more intensely than my passion for fancy shuffling! Plus a discussion of The Noid, Smurfs, Grimace, chocolate...
Something exciting is afoot and I want Daniel to guess. Also Daniel drops a bomb on me about his feelings about candy. And trucks? He accuses me of stolen valor and we listen to your calls about Murder Mystery parties, Vanderpump and Baked Alaskas. ...
Emily Fleming is here with advice on how to fray your jorts with a rock. Joe Kwaczala is back with a new special called Ooh La La and a lot of info about the Dave Matthews feces incident. What Joe can't remember Tony looks up and also do you guys know...
How did your family answer the phone when you were growing up? How do you answer the phone? Daniel and I get into it after an introductory disaster. Also Daniel has some strong feelings about headache medicine and I'm recovering from the first of five...
Jackie Johnson attended a celebrity wedding and needs to talk about the flatware. This unearths the memory of a wedding chair disagreement between Daniel and me. Also I am striving to understand a little something about this whole Taylor Swift tour...
Author, journalist, podcast host and my former co-worker (Weird In a World That's Not, Everything is fine, New Yorker) to talk about , about the feminist erotic magazine, VIVA, run by Bob Guccione that captured Jennifer's attention many years ago...
Jackie Johnson and Todd Cooper make their triumphant returns to the show! Does Todd know what "snatched" means? We all learn a little something. Tony falls asleep laughing about something Elliot once said, Jackie gets real about childbirth and I went...
Comic, actor, podcaster is here and we talked about everything from scratch-and-sniff stickers and sibling relationships to what he calls "streamlined persistence" and 90 Day Fiancé. Plus so much more. We also answered your questions and did a round...
Joel Stein and Robin Shorr are back and in studio and Joel has a comely brain. Robin is back from Hawaii with one gripe. Robin and I have a memory about Spencer's Gifts that Joel, Daniel and Tony do not share. Plus Samantha Fox, Vanderpump, Mimi...
This week I wanted to share with you another episode of Tod Perry and my new podcast: Alison and Tod: After-Hours. If you enjoy it, please consider supporting us at Alison and Tod share their secret to keeping the energy up on the show. Later,...
Wendy Molyneux and Jordan Morris are here, fresh from the front lines of the WGA strike. Daniel has injured his eye in a way that you have to hear to believe. It makes us wonder what the most masculine injury is and I think we definitely nailed it. I...
Producer and writer Mark Blutman (Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World, So Little Time) is here to talk about a prophetic phone call from Lorne Michaels, growing up in Canada, his time as a stand-up, outgrowing stand-up, his love of wrestling, working...
Vanderpump's Peter Madrigal is back to dish about all things Vanderpump. Daniel is interested in his own interest in this craziness. I want to know about Peter's skincare routine and also the pirate festival he attends. Plus, sometimes timing is too...
Author Tara Schuster is on the podcast to talk about Glow In the Fcking Dark, the follow up to the hugely successful Buy Yourself the Fcking Lilies. I felt an instant connection with her, which I kinda of suspected I would from her books, but then I...
Joel Stein has returned and we're learning how to speak his language. Robin Shorr is here with a revelation about feet. I've stumbled upon a tongue twister and there's some light talk of true crime, people who travel with the Ren Faire (rennies), Sam...
Comic, writer and podcast host Chris Gethard (Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People) returns to talk about meeting Tony in person, insecurity, ripping his pants, fatherhood, being a volunteer ambulance driver, how to handle worrying your kids will...
Tim Kalpakis and Jeff Dutton of The Sloppy Boys are here which is good because I need an audience to discuss the weird thing that happened the day before when we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory after The Renaissance Fair! I wasn't hallucinating I...
Fan (and host) favorite Alie Ward (Ologies) has surfaced after some intense personal stuff and she's here in studio to fill us in. We talk about colonoscopies, encores, middle parts and skinny jeans revisited, Tasmanian Devil nipples, otters, Borgs,...
Niccole Thurman is back on the show after a crazy and harrowing car accident and hospital stint. Emily Fleming has returned as well and now she'll never drive! Plus subway wang, the time I was almost in Sharknado, 2000s reality television, bedpans,...
This week I wanted to share with you the first episode of Tod Perry and my new podcast: Alison and Tod: After-Hours. If you enjoy it, please consider subscribing at In the grand opening of the After Hours Lounge, we talk about the perils of filming...
, and are here in person and nothing is off limits. RJ has a sex question for everyone and it isn't even about the mortifying thing he said to a gal pal at a hotel. That comment was also about sex and Robin and I are still dying a little inside. Did...
Writer and podcast host Nora McInerny () joins the show for the first time to talk about her latest book , taking her show independent, moving to Arizona, tech woes, notes and putting the show together, losing her first husband to brain cancer, the...
Emily Fleming is here for the first time, fresh from working the door at what I'm pretty sure is a modern-day rave. No one gets my "exchange an egg" reference, not even Jordan Morris who is also here and doesn't have big lunch energy (he's a dinner...
Infectious disease researcher and pandemic superstar Laurel Bristow joins the show to talk about the lab leak theory, whether the pandemic is over, sharks, tuberculosis, her pet Axolotl, Bob's Burgers, tropical diseases, negative comments and so much...
Joel Stein is here and I need to know what he meant by a certain comment he made when we took a photo together. Also he interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio and now ol' LDC hates him and I need to know more about this. Robin is here and you can name any TV...
Owen joined me at the top to explain why you're hearing this delightful throwback, which originally aired June 17, 2012 instead of the new episode I was planning. He even regales you with a song! Original description: of...
Tod Perry is here in person and can you believe this is the first time we're meeting in person after Renee Colvert is also here and she's worried her new home-among-the-horses is going to make her become weird. I'm a little confused about railroad...
Podcaster and TV writer Elizabeth Laime (A Million Little Things, Totally Laime!) and we had so much we needed to catch up about. We talked about her return to podcasting with and , pubic grooming, lasers, parenthood, embarrassing family names for...
You guys, of Vanderpump Rules and were scheduled on this group episode of my show BEFORE the crazy VPR news (#scandoval) broke which really worked out well for me and if you don't know what we're talking about, don't worry, we break it down for...
Florist-to-the-stars joins us to talk about her decision to change careers (she's a former entertainment executive), meeting her husband , being the oldest of three, flower design, creating pieces for Lady Gaga and Harry Styles, marketing, old...
Lizzy Cooperman is back and her life has taken quite an interesting turn of late thanks to her new and unexpected job. Plus she read my tarot cards! Goodbye Daniel, hello rewarding creative pursuits! Robin Shorr is here and she knows all about Lizzy's...
Daniel and I practically swam from the house to studio, battling the elements, to bring you this show. We talk about regional mispronunciations, attempts to "get" opera, whether I truly drink coffee too loudly as was alleged recently, Daniel's refusal...
RJ City has returned and I need to talk about something I overheard when he used the guest bathroom at my house last month. Also he refuses to tell me the plot of a movie I'm not going to watch. Ken Reid is also here and he was once slapped because a...
Friend of the show and recommended her some time ago when I was looking to talk to someone about loss in 2020. We finally made it happen—in person, no less—since Cole now lives in Los Angeles. Also, she brought bread and butter! And she made the...
Robin Shorr and Joel Stein join Tony Thaxton and me to discuss cults, cultiness, Robin's close call, the celebrity Robin has been working out next to who apparently "drips sex," the way Facts of Life affected Joel Stein's virginity, losing friendships...
Pro wrestler Dalton Castle has been a guest on the Thursday group version of my show numerous times but I felt like I needed a one-on-on-plus-Tony to really get to the core of what makes him the enviable weirdo he is. We talked about Punxsatawney...
Jenna Kim Jones and #AL are here to talk about sugar sausage, Tony's new glasses and the new personality he seems to have to accompany them, when people around you suddenly change and it's threatening, the stylist who ruined my childhood, a certain...
(HBO's The Vow, , ) joins the show to talk about her experience escaping the NXIVM cult, her feelings speaking at the screening of the season two finale, realizing she'd been misled about what her brand (yes, she was branded) represented, her...
Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis and Jeff Dutton of The Sloppy Boys and The Birthday Boys are here in person and we are getting to the bottom of words and phrases we can't stand. We're also talking about how Jeff cleans his feet before bed, dogs in the bed,...
Comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster Matt Lieb (Pod Yourself a Gun, Frotcast, Good Mythical Morning) joins the show to talk about the miniseries Fresno, Pan-Asian buffets, the timeline of his recent marriage and brand new baby, doulas, good...
Bridget Todd makes her Thursday show debut (she was a previous guest on a Monday show) and now I want to do hallucinogens and move to Portugal. Andrew Hunt is back and he did not try to steal a date's personal info but he once drew a completely...
Daniel and I have reconvened after the chaos of last week to talk about graduation tassels and a ridiculous mortar board debacle, an outrageous school meeting Daniel attended, a series of Hey Go F*ck Yourselves, whether I'm on the fast track to...
RJ City is here in the flesh and he has choice words for both Daniel and me. Renee Colvert makes her triumphant return and I've found an amazing photo of her from her jukebox musical days that we need to discuss. Tony has my back and then doesn't and...
Pro-wrestler, actor () is in town and in studio. He gives me an inordinate amount of sh*t for the previous night's debacle, maligns otters, tries to drive a wedge between Tony and me, and refuses to accept that I "get" wrestling now. We also talk...
Jackie Johnson is here and once again her fruit has been stolen! And not just any fruit but sentimental fruit! Caroline Moss is here and happens to know a ton about the rules surrounding helping yourself to your neighbor's bounty. Plus she and Tony...
Am I taking the easy way out by doing these episode with Daniel or is this what the people demand? Also why do you look a non-gift horse in the mouth? Plus your calls, celebrities' less attractive siblings, why my coat is a giant middle finger to...
Happy New Year! I lost my voice and had to cancel a couple recordings! After a lengthy discussion with Daniel at the top, we head back to 2015 for The Al Quiz episode! Original description: The man who calls himself is a mystery to us all....
Daniel and I are back together for another episode wherein we take your calls and discuss our resolutions going into the new year. We also talk about memorable New Year's Eves and which years, exactly, I was an after school special. Plus Daniel's Kewl...
Jenna, Al and Jeff are here to witness Daniel's sunglasses which he claims are because he got his eyes dilated and not because he's trying to be cool. Still raw from when he cheated on me in a dream with the eye doctor/professor, I need some details....
Actor and host of the hugely popular pop culture and reality show podcast So Bad It's Good with Ryan Bailey joins the show to talk about "so bad they're good" moments, his appearance on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen, Hillary and Chelsea...
Andrew Hunt has returned with stories of cheese I never want to try and also how to know if you've run afoul of someone from Canada. It has to do with the number of times they say fine! Renee Colvert has emerged from her long seclusion and we couldn't...
Actor, screenwriter, improvisor Mary Holland (The Happiest Season, Golden Arm, Wild Horses) joins the show to talk about Corked, a hilarious new scripted podcast featuring so many friends of the show including Jon Gabrus and Betsy Sodaro. We also talk...
Get this, we're in person! Screenwriter Eva Anderson who was personally recommended on air by Paul Rust is here for the very first time and she didn't bring Jimmy Pardo any cookies despite having won various ribbons at the county fair! I wasn't going...
(Adam Carolla Show, Film Vault, ) returns to the show to update us on his battle with brain cancer, give me crap for trying to discuss our kids when I have a whole podcast supposedly devoted to that which I do with Greg Fitzsimmons (but we still...
There's so much going on in this episode with Wendy Molyneux and David Huntsberger I don't know if I can even accurately describe it but I will try. Because of the drought Daniel and I are now bathing with a bucket in the shower to catch our run off....
Comic, writer and host (Lady to Lady) joins the show to talk about her new podcast where she's giving up drinking for a year and sharing her journey as well as interviewing sober comedians. We discuss Babs and my experiences with substances, the...
Halfway through this podcast I found out there was an uninvited slithery guest in a bush outside our house and I valiantly continued even though I wanted to pack my bags and never return! Jordan Morris, Lizzy Cooperman, Daniel Quantz and Tony Thaxton...
After discussing my ongoing obsession with the way Tony's arm is probably going to explode from all his drumming, we are joined by writer and host of the shopping podcast , Caroline Moss. We talk about perfumes, salad bars, Tik Tok trends we hate,...