podcast

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

by Chris Gethard

MOLD

11/10/2026 • 01:22:26

This week's caller talks to Gethard about a mysterious illness that turned her life upside down and the horrifying discovery that took years to uncove...

Stuck

11/03/2026 • 01:12:11

A caller from South Georgia is feeling stuck. He's not entirely sure how old he is, struggles to figure out what he wants from the future, and wonders...

Raised by a Criminal and a Drifter

10/27/2026 • 01:12:52

A 25-year-old with a quarter-life crisis calls to talk with Geth about capitalism, growing up too fast, complicated sibling dynamics, how childhood sh...

How to Keep Going After You Lose a Child

10/20/2026 • 01:18:09

Five years ago, this week's caller lost his 15-year-old son. Today, he's raising his 15-year-old daughter and navigating what it means to live with gr...

Secret Lives of Cruise Ship Workers

10/13/2026 • 01:44:32

This week's caller met her husband while working on a cruise ship. She's got plenty of stories about life behind the scenes at sea: from a painful bre...

Armored Combat Game Designer

10/06/2026 • 01:10:48

This week's caller works in video games. The first half of the call gets into the current state of the industry and what it's like building a career i...

Enough Good to Counteract the Bad

09/29/2026 • 01:15:15

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...

A Fish With Legs

09/22/2026 • 01:10:20

A middle school Spanish teacher calls before first period to talk with Gethard about her deskless classroom, eating chocolate in front of her students...

Arizona to Alaska

09/15/2026 • 01:17:21

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, rambli...

A Proudly Unpredictable Human Being

09/08/2026 • 01:05:56

A proudly unpredictable mom calls to talk with Gethard about errant mouth bones, thrift-store vendettas, and escaping a fundamentalist upbringing. Plu...