May 30, 2017
Struggling to realize her creative ambitions in early adulthood,
this week’s caller confronted body image issues when younger.
Gethard gives her a pep talk and discusses the challenge of being
creative while dealing with other people's judgement.
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May 23, 2017
Raised in a tumultuous household and married at eighteen to the
pastor’s son, today’s caller was divorced before she turned twenty.
Betrayal, love triangles and shotgun deaths are all a part of the
wild ride that she’s lived in her twenty-six years.
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May 16, 2017
Against the odds, a caller from one of the earliest, most listened-to calls manages to get through for a second time. Unprecedented! The caller gives Gethard an update on what's happened in his life since his first call over a year ago. They chat about dealing with internet commenters (which might instigate some more...
May 9, 2017
Big parties with lawyers gathered around piles of cocaine.
Inequality in the criminal justice system. Huge corporations
ripping off the families of jailed inmates. Gethard talks to a
public defender about these topics, and discovers her favorite
word: alleged.
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May 2, 2017
One hour ago, in the rain, this week’s caller experienced her first kiss. She tells Gethard about the high school experience in 2017 covering the new (Snapchat, group texting, nerd culture being cool) and the established (SATs, teen pregnancy, crushes). She also explains how writing Harry Potter fan fiction in the 6th...