Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This American Life, and one of Time Outs 10 best comedians of 2015). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one...
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Ex-Mother-in-Law Ice Cream Dates
This week's caller tells us about a living situation so uniquely hilarious it feels like it came straight from a sitcom. He also shares how he found c...
Three Different Dads
This week officially marks the 10-year anniversary of the very first episode of Beautiful Anonymous, and we might have the perfect call for the occasi...
Pottery-Based Death Threats
A potter who just had their biggest sales day ever calls in to talk about what life has been like since their political post went viral. They talk abo...
Sorority House Jane Goodall
This week's caller is a 44-year-old sorority house director who lives in the house full-time and walks Geth through the ins and outs of the job. From...
The Witches Are Running This Episode (Live from Pittsburgh, PA)
Live from Bottlerocket Social Hall in Pittsburgh, Gethard talks to a witch as she prepares for a full moon ritual, and . . . let's just be honest, he...
Construction, Mob, Sex, Movies (Live from Hamtramck, MI)
Live from Hamtramck, Michigan, a Chicago caller joins us with an all-time pitch: "I'm a woman in construction. I technically worked for the mob in hig...
Sexual Awakenings to Robin Hood (Live From Chicago)
Live from The Hideout in Chicago, Gethard talks with a Detroit-based tattoo artist about silly ink, meaningful art, Disney adults, and the sometimes s...
Pregnant Ultramarathon Runner
An ultramarathon runner who's 37 weeks pregnant calls to talk with Gethard about trail running, support crews, and how some ultra runners are in it fo...
Morality Muscles, Midwest Chili, Medical Devices
A newly minted Doctor calls to talk about earning their PhD in medical devices, how they managed to end up in the middle of a red panda escape, and th...
Bubble Busker Bingo Card
This week's caller is an outsider whose deep love for one specific kind of art ended up shaping her entire life. Geth talks with her about creativity,...
Attempts at Friendship in Your 40s
This week's caller is an avid kayaker with a Friday night all to himself. He tries not to make this episode about kayaking, but come on, when you're t...
A Kiln, Political Activism, and a Baller Catchphrase
As Beautiful/Anonymous kicks off its tenth year, Gethard talks with a mail carrier turned artist who's done settling and ready to take some big swings...
2026 New Year's Resolutions
As the year turns, Gethard keeps the tradition alive by talking with callers two minutes at a time about their hopes for 2026. We hear from familiar v...
A Really F**ked Up Time to Be an Immigrant in the U.S.
Our caller immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico just weeks before 9/11. He talks with Gethard about growing up as an immigrant in the Midwest and how fi...
What's After Happening Now?
Home on a snow day, a Canadian caller talks with Gethard about parenting, mental health, and dealing with a difficult change in her life. Along the wa...
Athletic Trainer Turned Montana Game Warden
This week's caller is in the middle of a major life pivot, leaving a successful career as a college athletic trainer to become a Montana game warden....
Champagne Problems
This week's caller had the neighbor from hell. She shares that story with Gethard, recounts some recent travel adventures, and then opens up about a m...
Drama Amongst the Birthday Clowns
Gethard talks with a movie studio security guard calling in mid-shift. They get into local clown drama with surprising real-world stakes, the importan...
What It's Like When Your Partner Dies
A year after unexpectedly losing her partner, this week's caller shares how she's been rebuilding on her own terms. She and Gethard talk about grief,...
Public Access Forever
A grassroots journalist calling in mid-haircut connects with Gethard over a shared love for community media. Together, they break down why public acce...
Hoarding Disorder Expert
This week's caller has dedicated her life to understanding hoarding disorder. Years ago, she married someone whose relationship with collecting change...
Quit Opiates, Alcohol, and Cats
A caller checks in from a Costco parking lot to mark one year sober after 25 years of blackout drinking. He talks about kicking opioids, rebuilding hi...
Episode 500! (Live from Atlantic Highlands, NJ)
Here we are. Episode 500. We celebrated the only way that makes sense. With a few hundred listeners packed into a theater in Jersey and a caller whose...
Episode 500! Live This Friday at Smodcastle Cinemas!
You've heard us talk about it. Here's your reminder. In the last nearly TEN YEARS of Beautiful Anonymous, Gethard has had 499 unforgettable conversat...
A Different Adoption Story
Gethard talks with a caller who shares her story of adopting a young girl and what happened when, after a year, that child chose to return to her fost...
An Australian in Italy
An Australian on a solo vacation calls in from Italy. She and Gethard chat about travel, trade stereotypes about each other's countries, and get into...
WASBAND
This call starts at Burning Man but quickly opens up into a far more complicated conversation about grief, abuse, healing, and the long work of rebuil...
Railroad Life
This week, Geth talks with a railroad worker who shares what it's really like on the job. They get into the nitty-gritty of trains, unions, and infras...
First Responder
This week, Geth talks with a firefighter/EMT who's training to be a paramedic. They get into the vital importance of volunteer work, what it's like to...
Roller Derby Coaching, Chocolate Making Psychologist
Raised by a zoologist in a house full of wild animals, this psychology professor's life has remained just as untamed: coaching junior roller derby, a...
Wholesome Sex Worker
This week's caller takes us into the complicated, messy, and deeply human world of sex work. The conversation stretches from personal experience to bi...
Polyamorous Witch Librarian Who Also Worked at a Brothel
Does what it says on the tin. Gethard talks to a polyamorous witch librarian who once worked the front desk at a brothel, surprisingly perfect trainin...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Here's the pitch: Engineer by day. International award-winning clown by night. Learned to read and walk in her 20s. This caller has a lot going on, an...
Tugboat Life
A couple weeks back, Gethard talked with a lawyer whose husband came up a few times. We learned two key facts about him: he's got a lot of birds, and...
Vietnam Veteran
This week, Gethard talks to a Vietnam veteran with a lifetime of stories. He's never listened to the podcast, but his granddaughter has, and she encou...
The World's Sickest Cat
This week's caller is a medical device engineer with a deeply personal stake in the healthcare system. She talks with Gethard about living with a rare...
Too Many Birds
This week's caller joined Gethard at 10:30 on a Friday night to talk about wrestling and her love of a New Jersey ska band, but the conversation quick...
Teenage Entrepreneur
In another installment of our unofficial "The Young People Are Alright" series, a 19-year-old entrepreneur calls in to talk about hustle culture, ment...
Your Kid's Not Broken. They're Just Different.
This week's caller is a mom of two young boys doing her best to face life head-on. Her oldest son is autistic and recently diagnosed with depression....
Pediatric Nurse With a New Baby
This week's caller is a pediatric nurse with a newborn at home, and she's learning in real time how her job is both a blessing and a curse when it com...