Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Writer, filmmaker, comedian and host of the wonderful podcast (which I just guested on) Celebrity Book Club, Chelsea Devantez joins the show to talk about her love of memoirs, her first bit of hate mail (for calling Elvis a "chode"), documenting her wedding dress journey, the short film "Basic," meeting her fiancé Yassir Lester, working as head writer with Jon Stewart, working on a cruise ship, at...

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. Also, I'm wearing the hoodie he hates and Jenna gets it in a big way. So does Al. Jenna and Al recently guarded their new patio from deer in a creati...

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 Clinton the previous evening, insecurities, how he got into performing, how he got into podcasting, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, eyebrows, reality shows, c...

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 be more delighted. Jeff Fox is here and so is Daniel and we're doing Yes Please or Oh Puhleeze. Daniel and I encountered the most perfect salesman....

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 about going to a boarding school for performers called Interlochen, an especially heartwarming scene with her mom, growing up in a small town in Vir...

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 to say anything, I didn't even think to be upset, but Jimmy Pardo is steamed. Eva tells us about Andrew Tate's wizard and her experience with extreme...

Bald Bryan Bishop (Adam Carolla Show, Film Vault, Shrinkage: Marriage, Manhood and the Tumor that Tried to Kill Me ) 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 talked about them), to discuss Tessa's future as a potential architect,...

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. It sucks but allows us to feel virtuous. Also because of the drought Wendy and Daniel's affair has taken a hit and Wendy has been visited by Gavin Ne...

Comic, writer and host (Lady to Lady) Babs Gray joins the show to talk about her new podcast Babstinence 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 desire for a heightened sense of adventure, relationships, nicknames in phones, the comedy venue Babs had in her house, all the Brit...

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 witnessed the whole thing. We also discussed the Rosen bump, Lizzy's podcast where she lets her listeners decide her fate (Jordan and I were guests a...

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 Gee Thanks Just Bought It , Caroline Moss. We talk about perfumes, salad bars, Tik Tok trends we hate, Rush Tok, the millenial pause, growing up in Westchester, thinking she wanted to be a speech pathologist, going viral, Grey's...

Our Canadian friend RJ City makes his third appearance on the show and he wants to know if that means he's now a regular. Dalton Castle makes his debut and he's brought a very sparkly jacket courtesy of David Arquette and a green chair which might be a flock of birds. Daniel is here and I demand he explain his coffee gaslighting and Tony wants to know if we're all going to share our experiences wi...

Comic, host Ben Gleib (Chelsea Lately, Idiotest) is back to talk about his new special, The Mad King , which premieres on YouTube August 14. We discuss his role in the presidential debate, how he feels about his presidential run now that some time has passed, how secure my position on his party invite list is, Only Murders in the Building, toxic relationships, therapy, founding Nowhere Comedy Club...

Andrew Hunt is back and he just went viral on Tik Tok. We have questions. Robin Shorr, with whom I'm now trauma-bonded, is here and I need more details about her nickname. Tony Thaxton is back and the offer to pay me handsomely for in person shows still stands and has increased. I'd have to be some kind of fool not to take it. Plus I recently went to a lovely home that was so tidy it once again ma...

Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil, Everybody Loves Raymond) and David Wild (Rolling Stone) have been on my show separately but never together. That changes today! The longtime friends are here to discuss their podcast Naked Lunch , landing an exclusive interview with Elaine May, David's inability to remember important dates, Somebody Feed Phil's fifth season, eating on a podcast, favorite meals,...

Do I have what it takes to be a wrestling fan? I'm beginning to doubt it. Does Colt Cabana have what it takes to cut it on Nantucket? Please savor that rhyme. Robin Shorr just returned from the preppy island and had to report her weight to the airlines. We meet Colt's puppy, discuss road rage, Summerfest, Backstreet Boys, The Staircase and more. Plus Just Me Or Everyone and a suggestion for someth...

Comedian, writer and motivational speaker Jackie Fabulous (America's Got Talent) joins the show to talk about her new special Menoplause, moving back to the Bronx and living in the house she grew up in, her impending nuptials, getting a law degree, her path from working in the legal field to comedy, embracing flaws, sparkly pants, Ryan's Hope, retail therapy and so much more. We also did a round o...

Paul Rust and Michael Cassady are here, hot off their cheer in Dance Magazine and we have a lot to talk about including wholesome high school sassiness, the "mur book," Paul's sudden basement, ballet dancing, things our little kids do that we can't stand but can't admit not being able to stand, hot broccoli, anxiety dreams, revisiting fourth grade insults and more. We also did a round of Just Me O...

Daniel and I brought the equipment inside to record this episode, featuring the Tucson emergency room Covid saga, after the kids went to bed. We also took your calls. Daniel let me know he doesn't care for much of my content and perhaps you will agree. We also talked about old muffins chock full of gossip, some zillion dollar ideas, gaps in my education, teachers who are also coaches and more! We...

Jon Gabrus, Betsy Sodaro and Chef Jeff Fox are here to talk with me about getting cut off while partying in Moab, Utah (Gabrus was there filming 101 Place to Party Before You Die which premieres July 14 on Tru TV), my unfortunate Covid status and how it all happened, needing a word for "funny" or "interesting" when telling stories that are neither or maybe not needing one at all, Betsy's fear of b...

Wrestler, actor, comic, children's book author and host of podcasts The Art of Wrestling and Wrestling Anonymous, Colt Cabana joins the show to talk about why we're recording a night early and the boy band who interfered with our plans. We also discuss carbs, Chicago, wrestling academy, early wrestling characters, the Gathering of the Juggalos, deconstructing comedy, faces and heels, his years as...

Hi, it's present day me dropping in to say that this is one of my favorite episodes and perhaps it's one of yours as well? I explain why you're hearing it again or perhaps for the first time at the top of the episode. Enjoy! On this episode  Alison  and the  Thursday gang ( Jenna Kim Jones ,  Allan Moss ,  Greg Heller ,  Daniel Quantz  and  Jeff Fox ) reconvene to recount their Bumbershoot experie...

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 lead...

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 know...

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...