Pharmacy Technician to Welder

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 Ge ...  Show more

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. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymou ...  Show more

A woman shares her struggle with addiction and homelessness and how she was able to turn it around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Overcoming the Odds Imagine this: a former addict, once trapped in the devastating cycle of substance abuse, incarceration, and societal stigma, now walks into a courtroom—not as a defendant, but as a dedicated paralegal committed to helping others rebuild their lives. This indiv ...  Show more

A caller on a family vacation opens up about her intense relationship with drugs, getting sober, hooking up at rehab, and how PCP changed her life (for the better?).

Afterwards a pizza guy ponders his mortality with me and a casino janitor chats about her hesitations re ...

Genie talks about how she went from being a sugar baby to an OnlyFans queen bee. How she found comradery in a New York City Women’s jail while she was detained. And explains to Nina and Liam the real meaning of “supporting the troops” while she was a server at Buffalo Wild Wings ...  Show more