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1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This American Life, and one of Time Outs 10 best comedians of 2015). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he cant hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen! T ...
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Just trying to have fun and grap my listeners giving them something to laugh abt and take away from different topics everyday
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Hosted by a recovering people pleaser herself, this podcast is filled with soul lessons & tips from other sources and personal experience to get listeners back to putting what’s most important first- YOU. Host @mar___637
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American Teenager in 2024
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A high school student heading into his senior year calls in to offer the teen perspective on our world. Geth asks about high school after the pandemic, school violence, sex, gender, all the stuff adults pretend to understand in 2024. The caller also talks with Gethard about getting his license, growing up the child of immigrants, and shares his hop…
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Grandpa Murdered Grandma
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An heirloom ring, a tiny island in the middle of a lake, a tragic murder, a malfunctioning gun, addiction, rehab, recovery, long-distance love, poetry. It’s the kind of story a true crime podcast could easily spend an entire season on. But we only get one hour with this week’s caller. And what a compelling hour it is. It’s a dark story, but our cal…
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Hoagie Mouth (Live from Philly)
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A Philly transplant calls to talk with Gethard in front of a crowd of a few hundred Philadelphians at the First Person Arts Festival. She tells him all about being a victim of the Kia Boys, what it’s like to manage a tattoo shop, how she ended up on the East Coast, and why Black Metal is actually so girlypop. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get…
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An occupational therapist calls to talk with Gethard about going back to school and becoming a professor at fifty. They discuss what an occupational therapist actually does, how different generations understand and interact with our changing world, why we need people who think differently, and a whole lot more. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to g…
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A thoughtful and resilient caller who has lived a lot of life calls to talk with Gethard about family, work, love, and loss. But also about adventures abroad, DFMOs (Dance Floor MakeOuts, obviously), cleaning out the most disgusting refrigerator, riding motorcycles . . . and all of that before she even mentions the iguana. This one has a little bit…
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Taking Off a Backpack Full of Rocks
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This week’s caller is gearing up for a big move across the country. He calls to talk with Gethard about living his life as a trans man, some of the difficult reasons he’s making this move, and how, despite those difficulties, his life has opened up in some really beautiful ways. Register for Your Free Tickets to Our America Now: Beautiful/Anonymous…
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A martial arts instructor who definitely doesn’t have an accent calls Gethard to talk about running his own studio, making a big career change, and the rules of sparring if he and Geth ever meet on a random dock in Central Jersey. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive content including 5 Random Questions w…
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The Most Thoughtful Caller
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A reluctant-but-proud military father who’s looking forward to seeing his son for the first time in seventeen weeks calls to talk with Gethard about being thoughtful, empathetic, and willing to have your worldview totally changed. It’s also about couples counseling, subduing a man on a plane, giving up an office job to become a truck driver, and, u…
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Raising the Roof Returns!
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This week’s caller is back to make history a second time. Two weeks ago, our caller hung up early on Geth, and we’ve all been debating what happened there ever since. Well, guess what, she somehow managed to get back through a second time–no easy feat. So, Gethard gets to ask her about what really happened. Plus he checks in on the bus situation, a…
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Our Nerdiest Caller Ever?
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A clinical researcher who works in oncology talks with Gethard about the advances that have been made in the field and why there’s something bittersweet about making strides. And learning about this caller’s life–from where they met their husband, to their various hobbies–leads Gethard to declare her as quite possibly our nerdiest caller ever. Beau…
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