A podcast from a guy who loves wearing a bathrobe, and who loves to make people smile, laugh, and find humor in the things around them, by sharing random stories and perspectives
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Join Evan Meyer as he explores what it means to undomesticate our mind, body and spirit. Tune in for conversations with thought-leaders on health, wealth, sexuality, relationship, and spirituality. Undomesticate - return to your sovereign roots.
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If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.
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***2025 Webby Award WINNER - Television and Film (Individual Episodes)*** Break out the cheesecake and meet us out on the lanai, because your new favorite podcast has just dropped! The Golden Girls Deep Dive Podcast is taking your love of everyone’s favorite sitcom, The Golden Girls, to the next level. Each week hosts Patrick Hinds (True Crime Obsessed) and Jennifer Simard (two-time Tony Award nominee) recap an episode – infusing their commentary with humor and tons of trivia you probably di ...
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The C19 Podcast is a production by scholars from across the world exploring the past, present, and future through an examination of the United States in the long nineteenth century. The official podcast of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.
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JC Cassis, David Crabb and Cyndi Freeman share stories at RISK! live shows when they were hosting 🎤Live Story: Not That Casual by JC Cassis As a young woman, JC is excited to go to a wild NYE party. A hot guy dances with her as if he's a middle school boy. She says he can be more casual. He takes out his dick and grinds on her. She tells him “Not T…
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CHEESECAKES!! Mother and Papa are taking your questions! Wanna know what we've learned from each other? Our favorite holiday songs? What...flirting sounds like? And more! Well you're in luck! We get a little silly, a little heartfelt, and we're gonna tell you everything. Happy Holidays and ENJOY!!! To learn more about listener data and our privacy …
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Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package with a bow. Unwrap and enjoy these stories from Elna Baker, Kevin Allison, Sarah Long Hendershot, and Kate Bohl. 🎤Live Story: For the Love of Nubbins by Elna Baker Selling expensive, real-looking baby…
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Ty Gentile, James Rana, and David Hu share yuletide tales about Christmas carols, unorthodox Santas, and of course, excretory health in our annual winter holidays special for 2025. 🎙️Radio Story: A Very Moving Christmas by David Hu David’s dad has Alzheimer’s. David always struggled to understand how to give and receive love from his immigrant fath…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Covering a few of my favorite holiday-themed robes and their wearers, both fictional and non-fictionalBy Arthur Russell Smith III
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WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In season 3 episode 13, OMG CHEESIES, IT'S FINALLY TIME TO MEET LASZLOOOOOOOOO!! We're also treat…
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in December of 2013, when Alex Edelman, Jude Treder-Wolff and Danielle Kramer all shared Yuletide tales. 🎤Live Story: Oy to the World by Alex Edelman In the story that eventually became his Broadway show and HBO special “Just For Us,” Alex shares how, in his childhood, his Orthodox Jewish …
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Diving into a list of gym characters I wrote about over 15 years ago, with a few additions . . .By Arthur Russell Smith III
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Nikki Bailey and Hana Nobel share stories about how messy things can get with food and sex, with guest host, Taj Easton. 🎤Live Story: That's Not Sexy, Baby by Nikki Bailey For Nikki, her hookup’s praise of her body is a boost to her self esteem. But when her digestive system acts up, she must become downright defiant about self-acceptance. keywords…
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Charlie's Buddy (Season 3, Episode 12)
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1:25:04WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In season 3 episode 12, a stranger shows up at the doorstep in Miami who seems to know a great de…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Diving into a few random, recent or semi-recent situations that The Robe Guy found himself inBy Arthur Russell Smith III
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when Amanda Egge and Nayland Blake shared stories about reconciling their own desires with the desires of others. 🎤Live Story: Servant’s Wages by Amanda Egge Although she has little interest in the kink aspect of it, Amanda becomes intrigued that a BDSM "slave" would …
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Jillian Markowitz and David Joseph share stories about the secrets that haunt families. 🎤Live Story: Uncomfortably Close by Jillian Markowitz Jillian’s relationship with her sister is tumultuous. There are childhood memories of playing with Barbies and a horrible clash over a burn accident. During her sister’s wedding, things get volatile, until th…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Sharing a bit about my hearing loss and some of the ways in which it has affected myself and others, over the yearsBy Arthur Russell Smith III
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Three on a Couch (Season 3, Episode 11)
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1:15:29WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe! In season 3 episode 11, our ladies seek professional help by going to group therapy to work out t…
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Christine Gentry revisits her story from 2016 called “Making the Chain” with Kevin Allison. She has many new insights, nine years later. 🎤Live Story: Making the Chain by Christine Gentry Christine’s friend needs a kidney donor or she will die. Christine is not a match for her friend, but she is able to join a chain of people donating, created by Be…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Sharing a few of the top gifts I’ve received from my father over the years, along with some of his favorite one liners . . . because who doesn’t love gifts from dad and/or dad jokes?By Arthur Russell Smith III
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Mira Rivera and Rachelle Anne Warren tell stories about opening up & leaning into insecurities. 🎤Workshop Story: Sexual Healing by Mira Rivera After her partner breaks up with her, Mira's confidence plummets. She goes on a series of dates in public with a hot guy who seems uninterested.One day, they have a date in private with weed and Mira discove…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Discussing something I’m very passionate about which is helping someone or something that needs support, and may not be able to fully help themselves . . . in this case, a recent experience I had trying to save an injured ratBy Arthur Russell Smith III
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WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe!In season 3 episode 10, everyone's favorite a**hole is back: Dorothy's ex-husband Stan. But don't …
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Satori Shakoor and Paul Cibis share stories of thanksgiving. A part of our series called Gratitude Stories. 🎤Live Story: Thank You by Satori Shakoor Satori’s loss of her mother and son is devastating. Later, she dates a man who gets a kick out of Satori being “too much,” and she is grateful to remember to live life over-the-top, and fully alive. ke…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! In this episode, we take an initial dive into the backstory of this podcast's title.By Arthur Russell Smith III
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S09 E05 | Animals in 19th-Century African American Literature
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49:35This episode features a conversation between Alex Alston, Assistant Professor of Literatures in English at Bryn Mawr College, and Maurice O. Wallace, Professor of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, revolving primarily around the presence of nonhuman animals in nineteenth-century Antebellum slave narratives and related literature. The dis…
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Kevin hears Danielle Meinert’s “The Day I Met ARFID” story from The Story Collider for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions. Here’s the Spotify Playlist mentioned in the episode. An…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod! Events and experiences during a recent walk at the Fells, or more specifically, the Middlesex Fells Reservation.By Arthur Russell Smith III
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Cheesies! We're off this week for the holiday, but we didn't want to leave you hanging, so we're bringing back one of our all time favorite episodes! WELCOME TO EPISODE 20 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! In this episode, Blanche is failing her psychology course. Shenanigans ensue… wait, I know we usually say that, but it doesn’t quite fit th…
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Please share your feedback, ideas and questions for the pod!By Arthur Russell Smith III
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when RISK! had its first live show in the city that keeps it weird: Austin, Texas. 🎤Live Story: The Redhead by Paul Normandin Every year that his wife asked, "What do you want for your birthday?" Paul would answer, "A redhead." One year, his wife finally arranged for …
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Jen Nails and Sandi Marx share stories about being who you are even, when it’s a pain in the ass. 🎤Radio Story: Permission to Be Myself by Jen Nails Jen struggles to fit in at her college acting program, which attempts to remove her from the class roster. Finally, her fellow students write to the administration appealing on her behalf and the schoo…
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A Visit from Little Sven (Season 3, Episode 9)
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1:10:39WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe!In season 3, episode 9, we're meeting another one of the girls' family members as Rose's cousin Sv…
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Morgan revisits her story from 2012 called “Always A Woman” with Kevin Allison and considers how much has changed for trans folks in the 13 years since. 🎙️Radio Story: Always A Woman by Morgan A biker and ironworker has a lifelong secret. After a nearly life-ending accident, Morgan finally decides to transition from man to woman. The people in her …
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Inky Montaine tells Taj Easton about how, before he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, he truly felt like he might have come from another planet. Check out all of our Conversation Stories! 🎙️Conversation Story: Pretending to Be Human by Inky Montaine Inky spent a lifetime switching masks but felt a certainty of unbelonging. Later in life,…
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A Breath of Fresh Air: RISK! Reacts (feat. Ray Christian)
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27:17On this Veteran’s Day, guest-host Ray Christian from What’s Ray Saying? hears Brian Simpson’s “Fresh Air” story from So Say We All for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions. 🎙️ Story…
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Brotherly Love (Season 3, Episode 8)
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1:18:37WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe!In season 3, episode 8, Stan's brother, Ted, has come to town and... wait a second, is he charming…
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when DC Pierson, Selena Coppock, Brad Lawrence and Nina Davis shared stories of love and loss. 🎙️Radio Story: Let Me Sleep On It by Brad Lawrence In his youth, Brad finds and loses love with a fellow bookstore employee. Later, after marrying someone else, he sees his fee…
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Candiace Dillard Bassett (Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac) and Michael Arceneaux (New York Times best-selling author and culture critic) have thoughts…and on Undomesticated, they’re sharing all of them. Think of it like the group chat you wish you were in - brutally honest, funny, smart, and gloriously unfiltered. From viral TikTok drama to the …
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Kevin hears Diane Weipert’s “The Living Room” story from Love and Radio for the first time and gives you his instant reactions. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions. 🎙️ Story: The Living Room by Diane Weipert Through an unobs…
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INTERVIEW: Danny Pintauro, "Who's the Boss?" Star!
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1:00:50Cheesecakes! We were so happy to grab 80s sitcom star Danny Pintauro, who played the precocious Jonathan Bower on Who's the Boss?, for an interview when he came to town to perform in Stan Zimmerman's play. We talk about the episode of WTB? where Betty White guest starred along with his experiences as a child actor and then being one of the first ce…
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018 | From Shamanic Psychosis to Political Awakening w/ Zack Alexander
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1:15:50A grounded conversation about what's missing in modern spirituality with trauma-informed mentor Zack Alexander. We explore the uncomfortable truths about spiritual bypass, the commercialization of indigenous practices, and why true masculine leadership requires engagement with the world's problems—not escape from them. Topics include: The superfici…
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Three of our favorite scary stories from Halloween specials of our past. 🎤Radio Story: The Thing by Thomas McKean When Thomas was a kid, he and a friend saw a shadowy oblong shape following them on a beach. Years later, he feels chained to his bed in the middle of the night when the same figure, then two more hover over him. keywords: Paranormal en…
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Our 17th annual Halloween special with scary true stories about ghosts, corpses and mortal danger. 🎤Radio Story: Do You Know My Name? by Robert Oakes Robert leads ghost tours, but unlike his father, he’s unsure he’s a believer. After his father dies, Robert’s tour of a haunted house is visited by paranormal investigators, who have him ask a questio…
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Strange Bedfellows (Season 3, Episode 7)
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1:19:36WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe!In season 3, episode 7, the ladies have turned into political movers and shakers, throwing a party…
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S09 E04 | Sally Fridley’s Bewildering Press: Investigating Accusations of Appalachian Witchcraft
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38:46On this episode, Aíne Norris (Old Dominion University), guides us through one story of an age-old accusation levied against women throughout colonial and early American history: witchcraft.In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about known witches in the Appalachian Mountains and their supernatural powers. “Sally Friddly” of Potts Creek…
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when Mather Zickel, Jen Curran, Joel Kim Booster and Julie Threlkeld told stories of times they crossed over the edge. 🎤Live Story: Waiting for the Man by Joel Kim Booster Joel would love to find a kinky Dom to write "Bitch" around his asshole. One night, he plays with a…
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Hannah Sussman and Swapna Deshpande tell stories about coming to terms with mortality. 🎤Anecdote: Another Conversation with my Dead Mother by Hannah Sussman Hannah reflects on her relationship with her deceased mother—waking from a dream, looking in the mirror and eventually coming to peace with her own aging. keywords: mother daughter relationship…
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Letter to Gorbachev (Season 3, Episode 6)
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1:04:20WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls. Along the way, we sprinkle in researched deep dives into something from the episode or The Golden Girls universe!In season 3, episode 6, Rose is concerned about... nuclear war. A troupe leader for a group of ove…
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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when Brad McMurran, Alicia Camden, and Sean Devereux told stories at the Norfolk Comedy Festival. 🎤Live Story: The Color Purple by Brad McMurran Brad’s first sexual experience goes wrong when an allergic reaction to spermicidal condoms sends him to the ER, where his moth…
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Mishelle tells Taj her story of a lifetime lived with an abusive mother in an environment of relentless lies, instability and unspeakable violence. Check out all of our Conversation Stories! 🎙️Conversation Story: The Lies that Bind by Mishelle Roberts (Content Note: child abuse, child murder) Mishelle tells Taj about growing up in the shadow of hos…
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Candiace Dillard Bassett (Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac) and Michael Arceneaux (New York Times best-selling author and culture critic) have thoughts…and on Undomesticated, they’re sharing all of them. Think of it like the group chat you wish you were in - brutally honest, funny, smart, and gloriously unfiltered. From viral TikTok drama to the …
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INTERVIEW: Wendie Malick, star of "Hot in Cleveland" and "Just Shoot Me!"
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43:13CHEESECAKES! We were so lucky to meet TV icon Wendie Malick at a reading of Stan Zimmerman's play in NYC, and she was so kind to come and chat with us afterwards! We talk all about her time on the groundbreaking HBO show "Dream On," the long-running "Just Shoot Me," and of course the last show Betty White worked on as a regular cast member, "Hot in…
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