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Writer, actress, director and podcaster Janie Haddad Tompkins joins the show to talk about Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes (no spoilers), fragrances, growing up in West Virginia and South Carolina, the toxic relationship she was in before meeting her husband Paul F. Tompkins, moving from NYC to Los Angeles and starting a theater company, Caissie's cookie party, the tweet up we were both at, Best Week Ever and so much more.

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Harry Nelson is the latest to join us for Potential Producer Week! We discuss Tony's upcoming move and the reasons he is abandoning me. We also talk about Indiana, sewing machines for dudes, page turners, Harry's journey, the Lucas museum and more.

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Las Vegas shooting survivor Lacey Newman recalls the horrific scene at the Route 91 Harvest Festival including the realization she'd been shot, the nightmarish experience of trying to find cover, calling her husband from the bed of a truck, what the friends who'd accompanied her to the concert for a girls' weekend experienced, the scene at the hospital, fear of loud noises and tall buildings, her thoughts about firearms, how to discuss the ordeal with her young son, seeking therapy, encouraging others who've experienced trauma to get the help they need and more. Go here for photos: WARNING (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) (o...

Julian Burrell joins us to talk about week three of renting a dumpster. We also discuss dishwashers, wrestling, the way I've gotten far too comfortable, the Showcase Theatre in Corona, Portuguese explorers, The Outsiders, my misuse of a word if you can believe it and more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Our second week of having a dumpster and we're going down memory lane. Plus Daniel explains his whole situation.

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Okay so I think this is technically the 1503rd episode but in honor of this milestone, we're pulling together a special crew to catch up, reminisce and listen to some memorable musical moments from the past many years.

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In honor of 1500 episodes of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend, pal of the show Jordan Morris interviews me!

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Big news you guys, we've ordered a dumpster. Steven Ray Morris has joined us to chat about this momentous turn of events. We also chat about his back surgery, a memorial wall, whether I've had a good run, talking to scientists, Steven being into fragrance, my Venus flytraps which aren't carrying their weight, the animatronics currently in our living room and more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY, podcast pals product picks and our new words segment.

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Cole Brauer is the first woman to sail solo around the world. She recounts the experience in her book First Light. We discussed the challenges she faced during her 130 day voyage, her routine on the boat, how autopilot works, how sailing works and what it feels like, reality TV, her medical team, administering her own IV, learning how to fight, professionalism and so much more including foiling. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Avery McKinney is here to talk about the odd timing of this booking considering he is a producer on The Film Vault and now we're remembering Bald Bryan. We also chat about Tony's midnight show in Chicago, "two screen friendly" programming, stunning gorgina routines, sailboat foiling, being a recovering scaredy cat, Daniel and my yard sale and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY, podcast pals product picks, and our new words segment.

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Bryan Bishop, aka Bald Bryan, sadly passed away on the evening of Sept 18. We are revisiting his first appearance on the show after some words from Alison at the top. Original description: Bald Bryan Bishop, Alison's cohost on The Adam Carolla Show stopped by this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to chat about petty grievances that are ultimately motivating, not wanting to be That Guy, the team of That Guys that are in his head, whether he and Alison should strive to be podcast ambassadors, passing Dr. Drew a demo tape of what would become The F...

Mark McConville is here and he's happily married despite a huge misunderstanding. Tony just played the Warped Tour in Mexico City and he took three showers during one panic attack. I'm reviewing beans now and also I need to know what kind of food storage containers everyone is using. Plus naming all the Von Trapp children, Venus Flytraps, Daniel's insane spaghetti analogy and more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Writer, actor and director Dani Fernandez joins the show to talk about her time in Orange Country versus Texas, mental health, psychics, her horror short In The Static, being bullied, depression, sexuality, chronic illness, her relationship with her parents, romantic relationships and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Renee Colvert joins us and she's searching for her THING and it involves fifty or so non-consecutive Babysitters Club books. Also Bluey. Tony Thaxton just celebrated a birthday and we're making Daniel come up with some new baby names. He does not disappoint. Plus downtown Burbank, music theory, JMOE, HGFY our new words segment and the return of Podcast Pals Product Picks!

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In 2002, I was assigned a story for Seventeen Magazine about the popularity of the Christian rock scene. They sent me to New Hampshire to attend the Inside Out Soul Festival. The photographer assigned to the story was a young woman named Elizabeth Lippman. Along with her photography assistant, we drove from NYC to Loon Mountain in New Hampshire for a very intense few days where we interviewed a ton of young attendees along with a ton of music acts including a young Katy Perry who at that time performed as Katy Hudson. Elizabeth and I lost touch but I'd...

Cole Imperi joins Tony, Daniel and me to address the lack of hummingbirds quaffing at our feeder. We also discuss the era where everyone wanted to be a marine biologist, tracking hobbies, superstitions, DIY perfume hacks, Owen's profane joke, Shakey's, her moving saga, dog communication buttons, canning, Sniff Chat and more! Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Stephanie Wittels Wachs (Lemonada Media, Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss) is back with an excellent, heavily researched book about how to deal with the opiate crisis. It's called Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis and expands upon the work she put into the first season of her podcast of the same name, inspired by the loss of her younger brother, beloved comedy writer Harris Wittels. We chat about her idyllic life on the central coast, pearl-clutching neighbors, injustice sensitivity, parenting, changes at her...

Emily Fleming is here and she has some personal news! Also we discuss alligator pears, Emily's new hair and how it relates to dogs, the "no gifts please" policy plus general party etiquette, Emily's teeth, voiceovers, Sniff Chat, bedbug-sniffing dogs and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Comic, podcaster, and writer Ophira Eisenberg stops by the show to talk about her new special, I Used To Be Nicer, having bad luck, parenting later in life, growing up the youngest of six in Calgary, dancing at the olympics, family estrangement, hosting a jazz show in college, fashion and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Is Whitney from The Hills really inviting me somewhere or is this some kind of scam? Jackie Kashian joins Daniel, Tony and me to discuss. Plus, we might be living in Watership Down, drama between comedy club owners, cancelled comedians, Jackie's living situation, the harridan on the phone, pencil sharpeners and more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Journalist, cookbook author and This Is Taste host Matt Rodbard joins the show to talk about making the switch from music and culture journalist to food reporter. Matt and I knew each other as magazine journalists in New York years ago and I am curious about his path. We also talk about Moonlighting, he offers some restaurant recommendations, makes the case for farmer's markets and we talk a little about the state of media but not in an annoying way. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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When exactly are the dog days of summer? There is an actual answer and we get to the bottom of it with Lizzy Cooperman. Also apparently Daniel likes 85% of me. Thank you? I make everyone indulge my midlife crisis and I share Owen's new sign off. Plus Lizzy's dating quandary, food talk and we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment.

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Comic, actor, improviser, host and writer Greg Proops is back to discuss his latest album Kidding. But Still. We also discuss the mechanics of a completely improvised album, the first time we met on the set of his game show Vs., pitching shows, a romantic cave in Jamaica filled with bats, Thailand, when I interviewed Kiss, Jackie Collins, Jennette McCurdy, fashion and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new favorite words segment.

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Jonah Ray is here on his birthday, no less! We discuss celebratory Deadline announcements, Jonah quitting and unquitting standup comedy, his new weekly show, the most extravagant lie Daniel ever told, hot snake girls, parents coming clean years later, the weird man Tony encountered in the airport bathroom and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and Podcast Pals Product Picks.

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Screenwriter, producer, journalist and novelist Amy Ephron is here to talk about the inspiration for her latest novel Unseasonably Cold, growing up the youngest of four famous sisters (Nora, Delia, Hallie) in a family of famous writers, period writing, her time as a Hollywood exec, secrets, whether she considers herself prolific, "Charisma White," and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new favorite words segment.

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Jackie Johnson is here after facing some serious criticism about her choice of top. I share a story about something that happened with Owen this morning and also I'm sitting in a different seat and it's awful. Tony catches us up on the Jimmy Eat World shows he did and playing the Warped Tour. Also Jackie has to scoop her doodie. Plus so much more including JMOE, HGFY and our new favorite words segment.

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This week we're re-visiting this episode with Christina Pazsitsky.

Original description: Christina Pazsitsky, comedian and cohost of the podcast Your Mom's House (which she records with her husband Tom Segura) stopped by this episode of Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about growing up in the Valley, the answer to the question "Who's your daddy?", appearing on Road Rules, getting into fist fights, parents, body image, gaining weight in your breasts, mom jeans, baby jeans, mommies, falling in love, comedy, Bert Kreischer, male and female energy, Roseanne Barr and so much more. We also did a...

Rob Schulte is here to discuss his upcoming book, Reality TV Is the Devil (And Don't You Forget It) but before we get into the rich history, I need to poll the group for some engrossing page-turners. I'm tired of books that are impenetrable. I want a book that reads itself to me! We also discuss scents, Dracula, Bravo, unique issues that crop up while writing an oral history of Vanderpump Rules, lotion, who the biggest liars on Vanderpump are and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and favorite words!

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Actor, writer, director and comic Edy Modica (Jury Duty) joins the show to talk about her new special, I'm Just Like You (And It Sucks), the truth behind her twisted on camera presence, her boyfriend's boundaries, growing up an only child, Jury Duty, playing starring in Phantom in high school, cutting her grandmother's hair, UCB, therapy and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new favorite words segment!

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Are we all at the age where we're into birds now? Renee Colvert is here and she thinks so. I recall a recent humiliating bird encounter and we also discuss the squirrels hellbent on destruction in our yard. Who sent them? Plus Taco Bell's sneaky spice, how long you can actually drive on an empty tank along with empty tank tales, morning pages, Artist's Way, Daniel's dream of going to a water park and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE and HGFY and favorite words!

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We're racing against the clock and I'm introducing Daniel to the buzzy notion of "habit stacking." Plus I share a suspenseful update about Green Girl and I try to guess why Daniel was annoyed before the show. We also discuss Go Ask Alice, a viral pasta recipe, Spotify comments, landlord relationships of yore, the cutest apartment in the worst neighborhood, my butthole and more.

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Joe Kwaczala and Brandie Posey are here to discuss Smith Island, Cornhole, the squishy prison that is my life, collections, reasons to make something artistically, cat chat, contact lenses, Hamilton, Britney Spears and so much more including JMOE, HGFY, our favorite words and snack chat with PB&J M&Ms!

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We recap the rest of our trip and I discuss a debate I've been having for years regarding an infamous relative. Plus I made a grave mistake when we took a ukulele lesson and I tried a new viral way to go to the bathroom while wearing a bathing suit.

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For Tony's Picks number five, Tony has brought together a real A team of podcasting! We have legend Paul F. Tompkins who once heard a man tell a story about eating a cigarette to which we all have so many questions. Namely: okay so probably not the filter but did he eat the paper? And then Todd Cooper is here, the only repeat Tony's Picks guest! I'm debuting a new rhetorical style that I need feedback on and also I want to know if I should ask my MIL to help me organize my desk and the piles of...

I've decided the problem with my entire life is I'm too green and amateurish and probably should have gotten a communications degree at Emerson. Can I just make up for it by watching videos on YouTube? We recount our lengthy travel day and Daniel's given up caffeine. Also he potentially cheated on me with me. We overheard an INSANE conversation at the lounge and I'm having epiphanies left and right. Plus Snack Chat!

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Mel Stephens and Jordan Morris are here to discuss Mel's new special, Sparkles, the secret "pizza club" she worked at, Quacks of Quendlinburg, Jordan's new car, a romantic dealership encounter, liminal spaces, clip farms, IVF and more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment with a twist!

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S.E Cupp—writer, CNN contributor, author and host of Off The Cupp with S.E. Cupp—returns to the show to talk about her upcoming book, the "nervous breakdown" that led to the book, realizing she experienced anxiety her whole life, motherhood, giving up caffeine, living in a caffeinist world, her feelings about the Republican party, skincare, bathing and so much more. Plus we did a round of JMOE, HGFY and our new words segment!

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Jon Glover and Marisa Pinson of On Brand with Jon and Marisa join us and we find out that what Jon describes as shoplifting is really burglary. We also discuss his personal leaf blower, ice capades, magazines, the woman I worked with who was "allergic to sleeves," And Just Like That, Daniel's scent accident, yogurt shops, America's Next Food Network Star and more.

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Is this the worst episode we've ever put out? It might be the crankiest but that's all about to end because we're both turning over new leaves. But before we turn over these leaves, we need to vent.

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Today is a real's Tony's Picks of an episode. Joining us are Dave Lyons and Brian Diaz, two of Tony's good friends. We discuss class rings, quitting smoking, my vocal cords, my search for a comfortable reading spot, Tony's UK tour, a surprise snubbing and more. Plus words, JMOE, HGFY and a UK Snack Chat!

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