Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Theme Park journalist Carlye Wisel joins us for the first time and she wants to know why, if Jordan Morris is only eating two slices of bread a week, he isn't choosing what she dubs "event bread." It's a good question but the heart wants what it wants and Jordan wants Dave's Killer Bread. Fuck you, Ezekial. Alison is off her game for the second week straight. Could it be because she ran afoul of h...

Ben Sheehan is the author of OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work . His premise is simple: the constitution is the user manual for how our government is supposed to run—and it's a government for the people by the people meaning we're the ones who are supposed to be operating it—and yet most of us don't even know what's in this docu...

Alison makes a mistake at the top of the show which is nothing compared to the one she made while reading a bedtime story to Elliot. Jackie Johnson has some theories and Dustin Goot is here to commiserate. Also, Jackie is fond of a certain filter that's ruining society, house hunting, leafblowers versus podcasters, accents, Tony's torrential typing, a round of Yes Please or Oh Puhleeze and more! C...

Author, radio personality and sidekick/sound effects guy on The Adam Carolla Show, Bryan Bishop AKA Bald Bryan ( Shrinkage: Marriage, Manhood, and the Tumor that Tried to Kill Me ) returns to the show to talk about pandemic life, Tessa's fifth birthday, big girl beds, doing the Adam Carolla Show remotely, undergoing chemo again, awful side effects, The Film Vault, movies, being a call screener for...

Mary Katharine Ham and Jenna Kim Jones join for some #GalChat and Tony declares himself to be an honorary #gal. We get to the bottom of the correct number of shampoo bottles and we also take a quiz to see who knows MK best. Plus Aruba, baths, LinkedIn, TikTok, homeschooling, Just Me Or Everyone and more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen   Buy Alison's Book:  Tropical Attire...

Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos, Entourage) joins the show to talk about motherhood, her plans once quarantine is behind us, hiding her MS for fifteen years and the decision to speak out, her relationship with her parents, her friendship with Robert Iler, advice James Gandolfini gave her, watching The Sopranos for the first time in quarantine, her podcasts Mama Said and Pajama Pants, gratitude, Br...

Tim Kalpakis (Birthday Boys, The Sloppy Boys) and Jackie Johnson are back and we've got another divisive Yes Please or Or Puhleeze topic to discuss. Also, what's going on with Tim's social media wherein he posts as as a woman named Linda Underwear? Jackie is back in LA and Tim has a big head. Tony doesn't seem to love his new nickname. Alison ate some disastrous soup and hi it's me Alison writing...

As mentioned on last week's Thursday show, Daniel's been eating a lot of beans lately and has opinions which he's going to share in a series of reviews we're calling Daniel's Kewl Beanz. The first installment is featured in this episode and it's a DOOZY! Also we take your calls, take about early voting, 50 Nifty, my experience playing handbells in 8th grade, Daniel's diet, an update to the Quantz...

It's ARDEN WEEK on Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. Arden Myrin was on this week's Monday episode and now she's on the Thursday episode too! Does she think she's better than us? You'll have to ask her and also ask Ken Reid who joins us from his home studio which I think I insult, again. Plus we discuss dragging ourselves to bed, night owlism, young people lingo, Arden's Grey's Anatomy and Ora...

Arden Myrin is comic, actor and writer. You know her as Regina Sinclair on Netflix's Insatiable. She's also appeared on shows like Orange is the New Black, Shameless, Chelsea Lately, Inside Amy Schumer, Gray's Anatomy, Friends, RuPaul's Drag Race among others. She hosts the I Heart Radio Bachelor podcast Will You Accept this Rose? and now her first book, Little Miss Little Compton , is coming out...

Helen Hong makes her long awaited return from her new (very hot) digs and reveals some personal news about a birthmark. Jordan Morris is delighted to be the subject of a suite of new drops. Tony went camping and it did not go as planned. I'm recalling fights involving surreptitious mounting. And who knows Helen Hong best? We take a quiz to find out. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alis...

Actor, director and host Jerry O'Connell joins the show to talk about finding a decent internet signal in Calabasas, parenting twin girls with Rebecca Romijn, his proudest roles, his love for "hot topics" and reality TV, getting nervous filling in for Wendy Williams, his favorite beverage, growing up in Manhattan, Ballbuster and so much more. We also answered your questions. Full video available o...

Joe Kwaczala is back and he finally got some facetime with his girlfriend's cat. Renee Colvert is here but she wants to flee. Alison can't remember a pivotal detail about her show and turns to the listeners for help. Plus gender reveal parties, Alison's detention story, Breakfast Club, Just Me Or Everyone and more! Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen   Buy Alison's Book:  Tropi...

Daniel has purchased a body pillow that may or may not be for women who are expecting but apparently it's integral to the Quantz Method for sleep. Alison is agitated. Greg Heller calls in with some airtight impressions. Daniel has a favorite spoon that Alison attempted, unaware of its status, to throw out. Plus she never wrote an article about butterbeer despite what the internet would have you be...

Dave Hill joins us from the wilds of Ohio, we get to the bottom of Vegemite and Marmite, Jordan Morris gets our notes on admonishing his cat, I offer a mosquito update, we discuss the typical length of a pair of underwear's tour of duty and so much more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen   Buy Alison's Book:  Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me)   http...

Television host, writer and political correspondent S.E. Cupp, host of S.E. Cupp Unfiltered on CNN, joins the show from her enviable closet. We talk about said closet, her life in the 'burbs, motherhood, her career path, the effect of pursuing ballet from age 6, praise and criticism, her political awakening, whether she still considers herself a republican, 9/11, atheism, her experience on Jeopard...

Dave Holmes, Matt McConkey and Renee Colvert are on the show this week! We talk about the mosquitos that are ruining my life, Tugboat's new daycare, Dave's mosquito tip, a thought experiment to determine... something..., Yes Please or Oh Puhleeze involving a controversial candy, news, passive aggressive conversational ticks, dating apps, Dave's MTV days and so much more. We also do a round of Just...

Esther Povitsky is a comedian, actor, writer and producer. She hosts the podcasts Glowing Up and Esther Club. You've seen her as Izzy on Dollface and Maya on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. She's also appeared on Brooklyn 99, Love and Parks and Recreation. She co-created the series Alone Together and her hilarious comedy special Hot for My Name just debuted on Comedy Central. We talked about how she keeps he...

David Huntsberger has some big personal news to share but he was the victim of a robbery earlier in the day which is at the forefront of his mind. Wendy Molyneux is here and she's still enjoying her minimal home decor. In fact, she might want to bring it with her to the afterlife. I'm still talking about cardistry which is a word Wendy hates. Also, she would like to purchase Dave and Tony's dogs a...

Magician, comedian, producer and TV personality Justin Willman (Magic for Humans, Cupcake Wars) joins the show to talk about whether he has a "magician personality," what the term "dual reality" means in a magic setting, crowd control, keeping secrets, imposter syndrome, drug addiction and going to rehab, fatherhood, grief, his childhood in St. Louis, cardistry, Magic for Susans, the Social Distan...

Kevin and Demi are here but they want to be known as more than the former Gilmore Guys! Kevin has mixed feelings about being so closely associated with all the Ellen stories and Demi has never reached for the food pun right in front of him. Neither have I! Plus socially-distanced karaoke, locations of kitchen spices, a blast from the past in the form of butter sandwiches and shower talk and a roun...

It's Daniel's birthday and he's not very happy about it. Is Alison in line to replace Ellen? Is Daniel being a little extra mean today? Plus the most emo decade, false starts, Daniel's diet, Quantzercise, ageism, your calls and so much more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen     Buy Alison's Book:  Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me)   https://amzn.to...

First-time guest Tim Kalpakis (Birthday Boys, The Sloppy Boys) joins us from his standing desk and he's into creepy stuff but in a lovable way. Plus his band has a new album out! Jackie Johnson is here and she's pro probiotic. Tony is still happy and we're not about it to let it go unnoticed. Also Tony and Jackie are both friends with Tim so we do a spontaneous test to see who knows him better. I'...

Actor, writer and producer Melissa Gilbert joins this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. Melissa is probably best known for her work on Little House on the Prairie where she played Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1974 to 1984. She also appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker and went on to do voice work and musical theater. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fa...

Sara Schaefer is here and she has a book coming out August 11 . I inhaled her book but haven't yet written a book report on it. Erin Foley is here and she's joining from her partner's mother's condo in Naples, Florida. Tony Thaxton is here and he has personal news involving his love life. Plus we talk about dry shampoo, clutter, online behavior, whitewater rafting, cliff diving, writing, ambition,...