Ariana Lenarsky Podcasts

Brittani and Ariana will be joined by Jenny Zhang for a live Zoomcast Friday at 7pm PST. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72971425340By Brittani Nichols & Ariana Lenarsky

In the final episode of What's Your Deal, Ariana decides to turn the tarot deck towards herself and do a reading to find out where she's been and where she's going. She also reflects on how tarot was introduced into her life and how it's shaped her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Jack Sjogren (“Things I’d Do (But Just For You)”) stops by the pod to discuss his upbringing as a son of two pastors and decides to let the deck tell him what he should know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Joey Dosik (“Inside Voice,” “Michael McBolton’s Basketball Podcast”) stops by to talk music and basketball and to see if he can peer into the next decade of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Writer/Director Adrienne Rush (“The Underground Railroad”) comes on the podcast to talk about her experience growing up in an alternative political cult (?!) and asks Ariana for advice on how to approach the next phase of her career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Liberty Larsen, a fourth generation magician whose family founded The Magic Castle, joins Ariana to discuss real magic and their shared childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Cait and Drew (“This Podcast Is Self-Care”) come on the podcast to talk about their haunted cars, how to let go of stuff you love, and have a close personal chat with Ariana’s deck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Jamie Loftus (“Boss Whom Is Girl,” “The Bechdel Cast”) pops by to talk about growing up with a mother who used tarot mostly as an aesthetic and to see if the deck has any advice on how to prioritize her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Hayes Davenport ("LA Podcast," "Hollywood Handbook," "The Flagrant Ones") comes on the pod to get a reading - and reveals another tarot reader has been coming into his work and ordering him around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Tarani Duncan (tech witch, @_city_critter) calls Ariana up after a strange synchronicity with the Queen of Swords and discusses some recent animal encounters while Ariana researches Iris Murdoch’s “Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals” for context clues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Kendall Long and Joe Amabile (“Bachelor in Paradise,” “Down to Date”) come on the podcast to talk about how they fell for each other and what their future holds. Spoiler alert: their lives are…perfect? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Audrey Farnsworth (@audipenny, Fodor’s) comes on the pod to discuss her experience at a Taco Bell themed wedding and get insight on how to get out of her own way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

What do you get when you combine two areas of mysticism like tarot and astrology...you get What's Your SEAL! That's right! This week we've got the incomparable hosts of What's Your Sign (Julia Loken, Stevie Anderson, and Lisa Ann Chanoux)to read Ariana's chart for filth. She returns it in kind by reading their tarot and lots of intensity arises. Oh…

Musician, podcaster, and What's Your Deal producer, Analise Nelson, jumps out of the booth and behind the mic to get her tarot read by Ariana. They talk about why there are so many swords present in Analise's love life and the best way to conjure a celebrity to make out with in a lucid dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…

Lisa Hanawalt (“Tuca And Bertie,” “Bojack Horseman,”) joins Ariana to discuss the redirection of chaotic catharsis, her lovely horse Juniper, and whether or not she should give Twitter the boot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder) comes on the podcast to chat about her inner “loud voices” and peer into the future of her love life. Plus, Ariana and Karen discuss what it's like to have predictive dreams and how to not fear your inner baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Branson Reese (“Swan Boy,” @bransonreese) joins Ariana to figure out how to make more time for his creative projects, and Ariana tells him to simply get in touch with the Devil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Lauren Wilkinson (“American Spy”) joins Ariana to explore the art of the con and get some guidance on how to handle being bi-coastal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Grace Spelman (“I Love This Part,” Buzzfeed) reflects on her past stint at Build-A-Bear and her life-time search for magic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Gaby Dunn (“Just Between Us,” “Bad with Money”) joins Ariana for the first video episode to rant about Geminis (of which she is one) and ask about her social life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Justin Halpern (“Sh*t My Dad Says,” “Harley Quinn”) comes on the podcast to talk about how his dad introduced him to death, and how he can be a good father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Ariana’s favorite musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith calls in to talk about her newest release “Listening,” the 1st book in a 12-part series accompanied by a deck of cards with listening exercises and prompts (!) meant to “encourage the practice of listening within.” Follow Kaitlyn:@kaitlynaurelia Buy her music:https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com …

Elby Hunktears (@hunktears, Certified Hunkologist) joins Ariana to discuss what to do next in their life, and Ariana tries to guide them away from the Devil, whomst Elby finds hot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Writer/Twitterer Emma del Valle (Super Deluxe) joins Ariana to explain the benefits of EMDR and reveal her plan to stop Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Ariana’s old neighbor Micah Gordon (“Good Mythical Morning”) looks for guidance on how to navigate this transitional time in his life, the answer of which appears to be “just experience Nirvana!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Writer/shtetl crone Amalia Levari (“Over the Garden Wall”) joins Ariana to ask how to handle the constant extremes of reading tons of great jokes and also news about the end of the world on Twitter all day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Lauren Morelli (“Tales of the City,” “Orange is the New Black”) joins Ariana to talk about how she got into reading tarot for herself (and ONLY herself) and what to do when strangers force connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Writer/professional homosexual Adam Goldman (“The Outs”, “Whatever This Is.”) joins Ariana in preparation for his 34th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Brittani Nichols (Suicide Kale, A Black Lady Sketch Show) joins Ariana to get a birthday reading, inadvertently uncovering just what kind of Marvel super-villain she'd be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Ariana’s tarot mentor Erin K. Smith (Vardo Tarot) joins her to discuss the ins and outs of what it means to be a good reader and to get her first-ever reading from Ariana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Hallie Bateman (“What To Do When I’m Gone”) joins Ariana to discuss her experience at a 10-day silent meditation retreat, revenge therapy, and how to make a bunch of teens think she’s cool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

The Doughboys join Ariana to finally read Nick’s tarot and encourage him to find his clarity of purpose and take a creative vow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Adam Conover (Factually!, Adam Ruins Everything) joins Ariana to pursue his quest for the truth, get to the heart of reality, and ask tarot what he should put on his pizza tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Writer/Performer Carl Tart (Brooklyn 99, The Flagrant Ones) joins Ariana to reflect on the next step to take in his life now that he's reached the ripe old age of 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Tara Shoe (@tarashoe) returns from Sedona, AZ - the self-proclaimed "psychic capital" of the world - seeking a follow-up on how to face her fears after her transformative reading with a psychic from the mysterious town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Hallie Cantor (Dollface, Lady Dynamite, Arrested Development) joins Ariana to try and figure out why people want to skip the 4th dimension, the burden of imaginary audiences, and how to not limit the number of wonderful moments in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Owen Ellickson (Splitting Up Together, Superstore, The Office) reflects on the day his parents told him death is forever and asks for guidance on how to impart wisdom to his daughters (who aren’t very receptive to wisdom at this stage in their lives). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Jasika Nicole (The Good Doctor, Fringe, Scandal) joins Ariana to probe the deck for insight on her career, reflect on her feelings of responsibility as a queer woman of color in Hollywood, and share a seriously goth and bizarre anecdote from her childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Actor & teacher Will Hines (Brooklyn 99, Broad City, "How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth") and Ariana compare Los Angeles and New York, which no one has ever done before, then take to the cards to see how Will can approach intimacy in a healthy way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Actor, writer, and intuitive reader Charlene deGuzman (STOMP, "I Forgot My Phone, "Unlovable") joins Ariana to talk about their parallel dive into "witch shit," a snarky ouija board, and how entering addiction recovery saved Charlene's life - and also opened Charlene up to, um...other things. Book your own reading with Charlene at charlenejoy.com! …

Writer, former actress, and fellow valley girl Mara Wilson (author of "Where Am I Now?", Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire) joins Ariana to discuss the strangeness of growing up together over the hill from Hollywood, mental illness and magical thinking, and how embodying a fictional little girl who did impossible things affected what she believed about impos…

Ariana welcomes her first guest Andy Richter, who is mostly a skeptic except for the time he heard his dead grandfather call out to him as a child, and when he bought a pack of tarot cards and used them as a teen, and the time a palm reader told him he would be famous...but other than that, you know - nothing weird! Learn more about your ad choices…

Entertainment movers and shakers go deep with professional taro card reader Ariana Lenarsky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ariana Lenarsky

Ariana has a new plan to get the podcast supported and the duo spots a precious sea lion in the Malibu surf.By Brittani Nichols & Ariana Lenarsky

Author/superstar Jenny Zhang is visiting Los Angeles on business for her book Sour Heart and Brittani and Ariana discuss the politics of group texts plus the secret of how to get to LA 2.By Brittani Nichols & Ariana Lenarsky

Brittani and Ariana are joined by Suicide Kale actor and former pageant queen, Lindsay Hicks (@LinzHicks). They discuss the merits of earnestness and Lindsay decides to start a cult.By Brittani Nichols & Ariana Lenarsky

We are the Mission Commission, a cabal formed to subvert the worldwide government and ensure society’s progress by any means necessary. Each week, we lock two unsuspecting geniuses in a room and force them to invent, solve, and innovate. This week, Actor/Producer/Podcaster Kelly Nugent (@kellynugee, Hellmouthy, Teen Creeps) and Comedian Igor Hiller…

We are the Mission Commission, a cabal formed to subvert the worldwide government and ensure society’s progress by any means necessary. Each week, we lock two unsuspecting geniuses in a room and force them to invent, solve, and innovate. This week, Deana Ricks (@deanaricks, Money Pit, TKO improv) and Muriel Montgomery (Karen, Quick and Funny Musica…

We are the Mission Commission, a cabal formed to subvert the worldwide government and ensure society’s progress by any means necessary. Each week, we lock two unsuspecting geniuses in a room and force them to invent, solve, and innovate. This week, Comedian/Podcaster Ryan Mogge (Hellmouthy, Tall Dark and Broody, writer on Retcon Punch, @Rmogge on T…

We are the Mission Commission, a cabal formed to subvert the worldwide government and ensure society’s progress by any means necessary. Each week, we lock two unsuspecting geniuses in a room and force them to invent, solve, and innovate. This week, Filmmaker/Writer/Comedian Jordan Pridgen, and Writer/Podcaster Robert Chan (The Science Jerks, Knowin…