Reality Roots

Join me as Ricki Lake and I wade through oodles of low-stakes problems, including but not limited to: 20-something problems, 90's problems and Oodles of Noodles problems! Special Guests including Rasputin, Shawn Hunter, Shirley McLean, Marge Simpson and Aurora Brown! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me this week as I unpack Dr Phil unpacking "Jilly Juice" - a dangerous online poop group led by Jillian Epperly. How much salt does one need to ingest in order to regrow a limb? Let's find out together maybe! Special Guest Appearances including: Gary Bussey, Garfield the cat, and Candida Royale! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the October 23 1998 and Jerry is serving up all the trends and fads du jour! Enjoy your fill of sweater-vests, stripper-drama and bisexuality as I unpack another episode of peak Jerry Springer, who is in turn unpacking some messy love-triangles and love-polygons. Special guests including: Drew Barrymore, Mama June, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Fat Man SCOOP!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

This week I plumbed the depths of the 80's, and was subsequently horrified to no end! Some women are queens, some women are uptight and rude, and one man is a true monster. Special ACTUAL FACTUAL Guest Appearances including Seka, Candida Royale, Bona Z and Gloria Leonard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jerry Springer and his audience confront teens who express racist and hateful views that they are unable to defend due to their stupid and illogical nature, as well as their still under-developed teenager brains. You'll never guess who takes their gloves off this week! Special Guests including Carlton Banks and most of a Team America hockey team! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

How many times does Oprah need to ask a group of in-laws "What is the problem here?" before we find out what the problem is? Join me this week to find out! Special guest appearances including Olivia Newton John, Allen Covert, Cinderella's evil step-mother, and the secretary from OG Ghostbusters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Sally interrogates some teens about the choices they've been making with their sex lives. Don't worry, it's just as creepy as it sounds; luckily you have me to filter through the cringe and pull out the hidden comedy gems and terrible 90s fashions. Special guests including: John Favreau, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, and Vinny of the Jersey Shore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

This week Ricki talks to women who are ready to let the world know they're sleeping with men who are already spoken for, by coming clean to the people who should care the most - the girlfriends! Special hybrid guests! Including Michelle Trachtenberg-Zooey Deschanel, Clint Eastwood-Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry-Lil Kim, and a pink-highliter cowboy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

To mark the recent passing of Phil Donahue, a true American treasure, this week I dive head-first into two simultaneous topics that I probably shouldn't, race and religion! Don't worry, as scary as the topics might be, we were always in good hands with Donahue, RIP Special guests including ACTUAL Blair Underwood, Ussain Bolt, and more well-meaning but very misguided white Christian women in their...

This week, Jenny tries to bully her teenage guests out of their budding sexuality. Will she accomplish what mainstream religions and societies have thus far failed to do, and stamp out teen sex forever? No. But she'll do her best anyways with a power suit and a mic! Special guest appearances including: Michelle Duggar, Riff Raff, Rachel Dratch as Real Housewife, Courtney Love and Mira Sorvino! Hos...

It's Sylvia Browne Wednesday - the perfect day to listen to her cold-read Montel's audience and tell them more or less what they wanted to hear and/or already know. Special guest appearances including prettier Farrah Abraham, genuine Incan (?) dolls, Gilbert Gottfried, and Jody of We Love to Hate fame! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jerry Springer is the quintessential adult in the room as he talks us through several love-triangles and broad spectrum of associated feelings. Special guest appearances including Kirk Douglas, grown-up Foegle, and Italian Michael Chiklas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sally Jessy Rafael invites two women who love to love gay men, and one man who is straight, to try to figure out what they are thinking. Other questions we explore include: What is the gayest country? Who will win the shopping Olympics? Which tanning bed has Ginger been hiding in and how long has she been stuck in there? Special guest appearances including Amanda of We Love to Hate fame, Michael M...

YOU get an episode recap! AND YOU get an episode recap! EVERYONE GETS AN EPISODE RECAP!!!!!! Special guests including: Joan Cusak, two entirely distinct Marks, and OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to experience second-hand embarassment beyond your wildest imagination as Ricki aids and abets some BFF's on a top secret mission to destroy their bestie on national TV. Special guests including the Friends wardrobe department, Janet Jackson, The Weekend, Chelsea Handler, and Richely! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this very special 50th episode, I'm stepping out of the box and head-first into the world of Dr Phil! This week he's talking to Barbara, who is here to defend her "meth is fine" parenting style and nothing more. Also on-stage are 2 of her 3 children, and the woman who raised one of them. Special guests NOT including Robin McGraw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch! Jenny Jones presents her 90's version of a freak show, which is really more of a goth/punk themed fashion show than a parade of oddities. Turns out that after highschool, some people move out of their small towns and live their best creative lives as 90's NYC Club Kids. Special guests including Violet Chachki, HIM, David Koresh, and a dead Grinch!...

Montel talks to couples with unconventional age-related situations, and provides a sneak peak into exactly what MTV's 16 And Pregnant is going to capitalize on in his near future. Special guests include Jane Lynch, Paula Poundstone, and Lyndon not-B-Johnson! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I join Jerry Springer who is exploring the question on everyone's mind - what happens when regular every day people and/or paid volunteers find themselves in that age-old dilemma of having TOO MANY LOVERS? Join me this week as I dissect a mountain of overlapping chatter filled with hilarious insults, ridiculous excuses, and way too many irrelevant details. Special guest appearances incl...

Join me this week as I bear witness to a room full of adults try to change the teenage behaviour of teenagers by bullying them, talking over them, and ignoring their most reasonable requests to be treated nicely. Featuring an All-Star lineup of special guests, including but not limited to T-Swift, Kirsten Dunst, Frida Kahlo and Rena Riffel as Prison Mike! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Ricki Lake serves up the best of 90's fashion trends, along with a healthy serving of some very unhealthy relationships. What's wrong with Margo's friends? Is it ok to abuse a man who has trapped you in a relationship? And how exactly does one publicly bite another human in the back? Special guest appearances by: Hillary Banks, Tobias (of Animorphs fame) and JA-CA-LYN the matrimonial lawyer. Hoste...

In honor of Black History Month, this week I took the way-back-time-machine to a space where 4-5 out of 100 people thought it was A-OK to be publicly racist on a national platform. Join me as I judge some very judgy and truly awful human beings while they try to make half-way coherent arguments for their stupid backwards POV's. Special guests include Carl Winsloe, Uncle Rico and black female Napol...

In this very special Valentine's episode, I get a little experimental ;) and Montel Williams (what a fox!) tackles the questions on all of our lady-brains - why won't he commit? We talk to three couples about the why's and why not's of a marriage. Special guest appearances by Brad (of Home Improvement fame), Kermit THE Frog, and Ace's dad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

This week I open up a Sally Jessy Rafael time-capsule, only to find it full of the same problems we never buried in the first place! What happens when bullies leverage the internet to up their bully game? Does freedom of speech exempt you from being a good person? Will wars and global conflicts ever end? Find out the only possible way that you can - by listening to this week's episode! Special gue...

Ricki Lake invites some gay men and their ex-girlfriends onto her low budget 90s stage to talk about what happens when a man in a heterosexual relationship discovers they have "homoerotic tendencies". We discuss sex, lack of sex, the Bible, what the Bible thinks about sex, and eventually someone threatens to have sex with their wife on stage. Special guest appearances by almost-David Bowie, fake D...