Sep 29, 2026
It’s this caller’s birthday, and she has a lot to
celebrate: a career she’s crushing, a new house, and the chance to
provide for people she loves. The conversation is funny and
charming, and then the family stories start coming out. Every
family has a little chaos, but hers might take the (birthday)
cake.
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Sep 22, 2026
A middle school Spanish teacher calls before first period to talk with Gethard about her deskless classroom, eating chocolate in front of her students, and finding an identity beyond teaching through slam poetry. Plus: a treacherous hike and an even more treacherous situationship.
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Sep 15, 2026
Smoking a cigar on a riverbank in Alaska, this caller tells Gethard about the therapist’s offhand suggestion that sent him north, and the long, rambling road that led him there. From sleeping in a college library to living on Greyhound buses, with many stops in between, he and Gethard talk hardship, adventure, chosen...
Sep 8, 2026
A proudly unpredictable mom
calls to talk with Gethard about errant mouth bones, thrift-store
vendettas, and escaping a fundamentalist upbringing. Plus: dead
snakes, a dilapidated chicken coop, and a toddler determined to
keep all of us on our toes.
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Sep 1, 2026
Losing her job wasn’t exactly the plan, but it gave this caller the reset she needed. She talks with Geth about ADHD, burnout, GenAI, and just how much drama happens offstage in community theater.
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