Comfort Food with Kelly Rizzo

Actor Taylor Lautner and his wife Tay Lautner have both gone through a significant journey of mental health wellness through very different circumstances. Taylor grew up in the spotlight, and had to learn to reckon with debilitating fame at a young age, while Tay had to learn to prioritize her own wellbeing during her time as a Covid nurse. Their stories are different, but the triumphs and commitm...

When Nikki Boyer’s best friend, Molly Kochan, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Nikki’s life changed forever. She began to document Molly’s final years in earnest, culminating in an award-winning podcast Dying For Sex. Today, Nikki discusses what that journey was like for her, her love of pasta and carbs, how conversations surrounding death sometimes make for the best discussions, and her new po...

When Brian Austin Green suffered from a debilitating brain condition, he wasn’t sure he would ever regain his previous quality of life. Luckily, through years of hard work and dedication to his health, Brian is healthy again and was even strong enough to compete with Kelly on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. He discusses his emotions during that time as well as how it felt to suddenly lose o...

Amanda Kloots tragically lost her husband, Nick Cordero, during the early months of the pandemic in 2020. In the aftermath, she’s worked incredibly hard to support her young son and share her grieving journey with those who might be going through the same thing. Today, Amanda discusses her memories from the early days of losing Nick, how she received support during that time, how there’s no room f...

When Kelly found out Bob had passed, she knew there would be a few people that would be very difficult to tell. Those people were “Bob people,” the people who knew him as well as she did. At the top of the list? His full house family, and one of his best friends, John Stamos. Today, John shares the reason he never plays Bob’s guitar, his love of Disney and how Bob’s gallows humor is channeled thro...

When Katie Couric lost her husband, Jay Monahan in 1998, she didn’t know how she would go on. But she had to keep it together for her two young daughters - and for the millions of Americans tuning in each week to see her on the Today Show. Today, Katie discusses the pressure of working and raising her kids while grieving, how our culture needs to normalize discussions of death, keeping her husband...

Welcome to Comfort Food, a new podcast from Kelly Rizzo and Wheelhouse DNA. On every episode, expect to laugh, to cry, and to eat a lot of great food. Grab a fork and tune in, new episodes come out every Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.