Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

On this episode Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Daniel Quantz, Greg Heller and Jeff Fox) discuss who's been to a strip club, Jenna's baby punching Allan, pee bottles, baby farts, adults who "go to the potty," learning about sex, Greg's former stand up career, Book of Mormon, having rocks thrown at you while you're a missionary, couples that fights, couples that kiss in weird annoying ways, Bogle and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Riki Lindhome (Another Period, Garfunkel and Oates) returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about Garfunkel and Oates' new album Secretions, getting two shows on TV, working with Natasha Leggero versus working with Kate Micucci, dating and feeling disposable, freezing her eggs, London, musical theater, Phantom of the Opera, nude scenes, setting boundaries, falling asleep to Law & Order and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

On this episode Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Daniel Quantz, Greg Heller and Jeff Fox) discuss Jenna's recent hospital excursion, Greg's tooth story, Alison's profound state of non-pregnancy, Greg's stint as a DJ, ice skating, moms on the podcast and mom texts, dads who've become sports trolls, extreme moose tracks ice cream, pumpkin spice, psychotic breaks, baby farts, babies, an email from a listener who had a bad experience eating THC gummy bears and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Kelly Carlin returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her new book A Carlin Home Companion, growing up in the shadow of her larger than life father George Carlin, suffering panic attacks as a young person, getting into an abusive relationship in high school, the magnetic draw of certain personalities, psychology, her mother's alcoholism and her own drug experiences, enmeshment, family systems, the time her dad freaked out on bad acid, becoming aware of family dysfunction, her relationship with her dad near the end of his life and his relationship with the species, feelings of betrayal and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

On this episode, Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Daniel Quantz and Jeff Fox) plus special guest Ben Gleib discuss the whereabouts of Greg Heller, Alison and Daniel's horrifying night at The Palm wherein they saw Margot Robbie but also witnessed an old dude finger his date at the table, #NoRegrets, the true origin of Alison and Jenna knowing one another, reading old emails, rejection, liquid poop for the soul, deodorant talk, a lot of dentist chat, supermarket samples and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Phil Rosenthal (creator, writer and exec producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, Exporting Raymond) stops by this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about his new PBS food and travel show, I'll Have What Phil's Having, his love of food and travel, how he met his wife (and why their relationship is predicated on a lie), growing up the child of holocaust survivors, his relationship with his brother, lessons he's learned over the years about show business, why steak tastes different if you eat it with your bare hands, foods he was squeamish to try, writing jokes for Clinton, his book You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes and Sitcom, the times he quit Raymond and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

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 experiences which include Daniel accidentally eating a pot cookie on the night they're all going out to a celebratory dinner. Plus Greg's surf lingo quiz, a discussion of various fruits and a corn revelation. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Doug Benson and Annie Lederman join Alison onstage at the Cornish Playhouse in Seattle for this live episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend which includes a discussion of the role baked goods play during Doug Loves Movies (Alison was a guest the night before), Annie's run in with the band Train, Topic Sombrero, worst fails onstage, audience questions, Deleted Tweets and HGFY. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and Trapp Dog played live. Thank you, Seattle!

How well do Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz and Jeff Fox) know Dustin Goot? Find out in this episode. Plus wedding vendor vendettas, an intense and heated discussion of how Jeff and Greg feel about everyone else's feelings about cats, hot cereal talk, urinal chatter and more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Jimmy Pardo stops by this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about Never Not Funny, hating women for four years, doing theater in high school, high school reunions and what he was expecting versus what he found, using charm to avoid getting beat up, therapy, allergies, OCD, being on the receiving end of the Heimlich, affect vs. effect, the death of his brother-in-law Andrew Koenig and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Someone's having recurring dreams about lobsters again! Listen as Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz and Jeff Fox) discuss the ethics of shopping and return policies, fears of the ocean, nature in general, splitting raisins, Jenna feeling out of place at The Standard, nudity at hotels, Greg's blood pressure panic, Occupy Exam Room and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Bobcat Goldthwait returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about his new documentary Call Me Lucky, the passionate beginnings of his and Alison's imaginary relationship, the worst year of his life, the two moments in his new film that his daughter thinks make him look like an asshole, his friendship with Robin Williams, Lewy Body Dementia, divorce, loss, his mother's sarcasm, Black Eyed Susans, his decision to join twitter, Eric Idle, drinking and drugs, his love of Cabaret and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Oodles of stuff comes out in this one! Listen and find out heretofore unknown details about Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz and Jeff Fox). There's fidgeting! Nail biting! Honey butter chips! Wives! Home Decor! Talk of chickens! SECRETS AND MORE. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Paul F. Tompkins returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about where he learned improv ("podcasting was a huge school of improv for me"), performing improv opposite puppets on No, You Shut Up!, feedback from an exec that sent him spiraling, anti-depressants, fabric flowers, making up words, relationships, the appeal of Werner Herzog, Spontaneanation, "the tyranny of the template," acoustic toothbrushes, wanting to matter, relationships, Comedy Bang Bang, anxiety and fear and more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Special guest Jordan Morris is back and he's brought a quiz. How well do Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Daniel Quantz and Jeff Fox) know Jordan? Also where in the world is Greg Heller? Plus Alison's licking disgusting lamb flavored chips and crying in the recovery room, Jenna has pregnancy brain, we're over Vine, everyone's unwrapping cinnamon roles and we're talking ear wax. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone. A note about this episode (a #FERTALERT): A day after recording, Alison found out that the egg she was told had a "very low" chance of fertilizing actually DID fertilize overnight and now she and Daniel are happy to say they have another high quality embryo. This will only make sense if you listen to the episode and/or are Alison's doctor.

Mary Katharine Ham makes her triumphant third appearance to talk about her new book End of Discussion (recently featured in The New Yorker), her co-author Guy Benson who came out in a footnote in the book, fighting with Bill O'Reilly, Joan Rivers, free speech, religious freedom, babies, "homocons," Greg Gutfeld's height, left vs. right, guns, women shooting guns, drugs and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

How well do Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Greg Heller and Daniel Quantz) know Jeff Fox? Find out in this episode. Plus live #snackchat, some drama between Alison and Greg and a discussion of walking around nude. AND MORE. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Kevin Pereira returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about dark thoughts, Hack My Life, hidden camera shoots, MDMA and responsible drug use, growing up in an emotionally abusive home, being desensitized to violence, Twitch, empathy, Christian Science vs. Scientology, relationships and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison and the Thursday gang (Jenna Kim Jones, Allan Moss, Jeff Fox, Greg Heller and Daniel Quantz) discuss Greg's binder clip art, corporate retreats, tutorials, how to make a single into a ringtone, Alison's Bumbershoot guests, Bachelor in Paradise, road rage, pregnancy, IVF, what Greg does with expensive shampoo in the shower and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Kevin T Porter and Demi Adejuyigbe of smash podcast The Gilmore Guys stop by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about being written up in the New York Times and other media attention, how and why they started their podcast, their relationship with Gilmore Girls, meeting cast members, dream guests, their childhoods, growing up religious, being home schooled, live shows, the afterlife, their career paths, parents, growing up with podcasts, whether blond people from Argentina are to be trusted and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

How well do you know Ms. Jenna Kim Jones? How well do Alison and the rest of the Thursday gang (Allan Moss, Jeff Fox, Greg Heller and Daniel Quantz)? Plus drug stories, DINKS, turtles, more John boats, night terrors AND MORE. And we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Mike Lawrence stops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about learning to accept your parents for who they are, wanting to fail on his own terms, switching from poetry to comedy, being into comic books, Comic Con, meeting his wife, regret and sadness, growing up with a standup comic mother, learning to drive as an adult, childhood trauma, how nerds make the worst bullies, fighting to get paid, the movie Up, what happened to breakfast and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Jenna Kim Jones is back with less luggage and more baby. Plus Greg's wearing a hat and casting aspersions on Alison's "scary" outgoing voicemail. And Daniel Quantz, Allan Moss and Jeff Fox are here to talk about anglicizing names, backpacks, transcendent massages and fawting. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison Haislip stops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about growing up in a small town and being valedictorian of her high school, not going to Yale, pursuing acting instead of chemistry, being "discovered" while bartending, saying yes to opportunity, being jumped by a Japanese guy on a bike, stunts, G4, The Voice, Con Man, Battlebots, Battleground, not eating eggs, clogged toilets, relationships and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Sure he's married to Alison and yes, he does the show intros but how well do you know Daniel Quantz? How well do Alison and the rest of the Thursday gang? (Allan Moss, Jeff Fox, Greg Heller and special guest Molly McAleer) Plus talk of cauliflower's true farty essence, Greg's smoothies, podcasts Alison has done recently, Swiss chard, curb sneaking AND MORE. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

David Huntsberger (Professor Blastoff, Reactor) stops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about his new SyFy show Reactor, cohosting Professor Blastoff, losing confidence in his brain, being mildly colorblind, getting into comedy, ranching, shoeing horses, being a guinea pig for drug companies, potato salad, relationships, hunting, auditioning, nicknames, and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

On this very special episode with special guest Jen Kleiner, the gang (Alison, Daniel Quantz, Jeff Fox and Greg Heller) tackles listener questions involving relationships, being happy, wanderlust, aging, parking lot dicks, endometriosis and more. Also we talked about #WankTheDeck, Trader Joe's and panty liners. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Jim Florentine returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about hiring a private investigator to find out what was going on in his marriage, being typecast as the "jerk boyfriend" in movies and TV shows, Trainwreck, grieving, Florentine justice, upper decking, his relationship with Robin Quivers, Howard Stern Show, Anthony Cumia, working with Louis CK, joint custody and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

The gang starts with some, "Where were you on 9/11?" talk and then Alison, Jenna Kim Jones, Daniel Quantz, Allan Moss and Jeff Fox compete to see who knows Greg Heller best in THE GREG QUIZ. The answer might astound you! (Or not. Alison honestly cannot remember who won as she types this. WE'LL FIND OUT TOGETHER!) Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Sarah Colonna returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her new book Has Anyone Seen My Pants? We also chat about how she met her fiance, feeling comfortable with your age, doing a commercial with Candice Bergen, spending thousands on a hookup, dating an athlete, vacationing with Jen Kirkman, hating winter, toxic friendships and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Jenna Kim Jones talks a good game about being able to identify her favorite beverage—"fresh" diet coke from McDonald's—but can she really tell the difference between "fresh" and canned? Find out! Plus on this episode Alison, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Jeff Fox talk about salons, guacamole, walking and texting, Alison's ongoing fitness situation, deleted tweets, kid things and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Comedian Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live, Girls) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about being misquoted regarding his feelings about getting fired from SNL, his actual feelings about getting fired from SNL, anxiety, drugs, high high and low lows, growing up in Iowa, his half hour Comedy Central special, struggles with being too loose on stage, performing comedy in NYC, living in a drug house in Los Feliz, relationships, being a biomedical engineering grad, stuffed animals, going crazy at his old job after not sleeping, the politics of workplaces, cheating in college, not doing stuff he doesn't want to do, camping, nature and perspective, his concerns about overexposing himself, his confidence with the ladies and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

The man who calls himself Allan Moss is a mystery to us all. On this episode Alison, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones, Jeff Fox and special return guest Jordan Morris compete to see who knows #Al best. Plus, Greg Heller performs an #ALQUIZ song live in Dining Room Studios. Not only that, Jordan tells some stories, Alison is all about fitness and cup filling, Jenna had to dodge seagulls AND MORE. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Lauren Lapkus (Jurassic World, Clipped, Orange is the New Black) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her role in Jurassic World and her experience filming the movie, her podcast With Special Guest, Lauren Lapkus, stone soup, chicken fingers, meeting her husband, finicky eating habits, what she will and won't eat, auditions and putting herself on tape, learning how to cut hair, her new TBS show Clipped, improv in general, patronizing a business whose politics you don't agree with and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Last week we found out how well Alison knows the Thursday gang but this week we turned the tables to find out which member of the Thursday gang knows Alison best. Will it be Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Greg Heller, Allan Moss, her own husband Daniel Quantz, or Jenna Kim Jones who wasn't there because she's required to attend all summits in Utah? More importantly, which defunct music store did she work at in high school? Listen and find out! We also talked about Greg's embarrassing morning, fresh diet coke, Allan's turtle saving and more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Chris Hardwick drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about rabbit holes, how much it must stink in space and space Febreeze, trying desperately to fit in as a young person, control issues, anxiety, his parents’ divorce, early career struggles, his recent trip to Austria with girlfriend Lydia Hearst, hating the feeling of bare feet and always needing to have socks on, internet bullying, impostor syndrome, Singled Out, the true genesis of the Nerdist podcast and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a re-introduction of the Thursday gang including who everyone is, their favorite colors, middle names, where they were born and how Alison knows them. We also talked about Dustin's big news, emails, Greece, engagement stories, overrated scones and aggressive door holding. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Joe DeRosa (Better Call Saul, The Pete Holmes Show, Comedy Central) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to announce the end of his podcast and talk about flinching, the end of his "unrelenting artist" phase, his take on suicide and selfishness, his take on "takes," being adopted and whether he'll find his birth parents, working with Jonathan Banks on Better Call Saul, working with Pete Holmes, grief, music, sci-fi/horror, his tensions with Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of romantic confusion, saying "Adolph" at the Coors Factory, maternity pants, Al's dream cheating, cats, budgets and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Comedian Annie Lederman (MTV's Girl Code, Chelsea Lately, Grand Theft Auto V) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about how waking up on the air mattress of a comedian she hated got her sober, her childhood in the suburbs of Philadelphia, being a juvenile delinquent, a bad scooter accident, stealing cars, bitching out her math teacher, New Mexico, getting into comedy, not sleeping with comedians, trying to get the word butthole trending and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of the elephant in the room, Jenna and Allan's big news, Alison's fat photos, Twin Peaks, the Palm Desert house, Greg's ten thousand questions, the meeting with Roseanne Barr and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Greg Fitzsimmons returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about how no one gives Alison credit for having discovered Greg's pencil fetish, quiet confidence, fatherhood, college and how his father applied for him, meditating, fellow comedians and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of one man bands, cats vs. dogs, who was popular in high school, ducks vs. geese, subtle racism, white guy privilege, college, Korea and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Molly McAleer (Hello Giggles, Two Broke Girls, Plz Advise) stops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her new ebook, The Alcoholic Bitch Who Ruined Your Life, her brief infuriating stint in rehab, Bethany Frankel, blurting out her feelings, how the internet saved her, how she went from improv to writing, living in a frathouse, working at Gawker, co-founding Hello Giggles, how she met her boyfriend Drunk History's Derek Waters, parents, Whitney Cumming's desk and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by special return guest Greg Heller plus Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of Alison's 33 injections and egg retrieval, instant coffee and Postum, conference calls, an impending meeting with Roseanne Barr, Jeff's Sleater-Kinney experience, slow cooking, Greg's Mojo and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Greg Proops returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about The Smartest Book in the World, serial commas, his parents (a topic he says he's never talked about in public), gambling, his father's misogyny, Lou Dobbs, Greg Gutfeld, drugs, how podcasting has affected his life, "sweet perfume," morning radio, driving, insecurities, poetry and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by special return guest Greg Heller plus Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of Jenna eating her hair, Greg's wife's budget app, Greg getting stoned with his dad, drugs in general, cubes with poles, stag heads, Alison's IVF, Daniel's new job, Alison's butt, Jenna and Al's vacation and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Jim Norton returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about juicy heinies and big feet, his new comedy special Contextually Inadequate, sex and love addiction, his childhood, being punished as a kid, talk shows, Anthony Cumia, working with Opie, tension in comedy and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Alison is joined by special return guest Greg Heller plus Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz and Dustin Goot (Jenna and Allan will be back next week!) for a discussion of Daniel's scary run-in with the law at a sobriety check point, Alison's IVF update, Greg's good news and subsequent drunkenness, peyote, spirit animals and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Nikki Glaser returns to Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her reluctance to agree to be a guest on podcasts after her boyfriend broke up with her for things she publicly aired (they've since reunited), "being sweet," her Comedy Central pilot NSFW, potentially opening up her relationship, turn-ons, ASMR, drinking and repeating stories, super cute sister syndrome, cereal and snack chat and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.