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Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions, live on stage. It's a mix of conversation, comedy, and storytelling -- there's also music. David Plotz of Slate calls it "great" and the Observer says it's one of NYC's 10 Best Podcasts. The podcast features highligh…

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    Robert Krulwich, Favorite Word, One Rule, Goat Sex (or Comebacks/Clap Back)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016 43:44


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)  

    Rembert Browne, Sex vs. Food, Funeral Home, Cowboy Musical

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015 41:52


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)  

    Anna Holmes, Subway Etiquette, U.S. President, Shoplifting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2015 26:04


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    (We're Back!) Pat Kiernan, Leaving NYC, Sleepless Nights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 35:19


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)

    Ask Roulette: Tracy Clayton, Heben Nigatu, Your Body, Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 33:58


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. This excerpt is from our recent show at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC, featuring Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu of Buzzfeed, house band Eli Bolin, and questions from the audience. More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net Ask Roulette Intro Theme: "Let Her Go" by Mac Demarco Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - W. Kamau Bell, Bell House, Remembering David Carr

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2015 39:57


    Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. This excerpt is from our 2014 show at Brooklyn's Bell House, and features comedian W. Kamau Bell, as well as house band Eli Bolin and audience members. We also remember New York Times columnist David Carr with an excerpt from his appearance on the show. More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net Ask Roulette Intro Theme: "Let Her Go" by Mac Demarco Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    Mixtape: Best of Ask Roulette Year 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2015 24:39


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage.  The best of Ask Roulette year three! Featuring, among many others: W. Kamau Bell, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, John Dickerson of Slate, Jay Smooth, Anna Holmes of Fusion, Rembert Browne of Grantland, Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace, Chuck Klosterman, Kurt Andersen of Studio 360...and lots more. More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Bonus) - FULL SHOW w/ Lizzie O'Leary, Dapwell, and Matt Zoller Seitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014 82:47


    We're still on podcast hiatus, but here's a bonus full episode from one of our recent favorite live shows. And be sure to come to the November 13th show at Housing Works!   Back with new episodes soon.   Info at www.askroulette.net

    Ask Roulette (Bonus) - FULL SHOW w Jad Abumrad, Shani Hilton, Roger Bennett

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2014 95:59


    We're still on podcast hiatus, but here's a bonus full episode from one of our recent favorite live shows. And be sure to come to the September 25th show at Housing Works. Info at www.askroulette.net

    Ask Roulette - Clinton Yates, Mars vs. Trucking, Advice to Yourself (And That Buzz)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2014 20:48


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our April show at Politics and Prose bookstore in DC, and features Clinton Yates of the Washington Post, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What advice would you give your younger self? -- Would you rather go to Mars but lose all your brain cells, or drive a truck? -- What was your best summer job? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - NPR's Tamara Keith, Cringing, The Beach Sucks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 21:23


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our April show at Politics and Prose bookstore in DC, and features NPR's Tamara Keith, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What would you do if you didn't do what you do? -- Have you ever had a crush on some kind of fictional character? -- What memory still makes you cringe? -- More!   More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - John Dickerson, Advice from Strangers, Hidden Talents

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 25:27


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our April show at Politics and Prose bookstore in DC, and features Slate's John Dickerson, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What dinosaur would you like to domesticate? -- What's the best advice you've gotten from a stranger? -- What about you do you suspect drives your friends crazy? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Lizzie O'Leary, Nostalgia, Licking Armpits

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 22:39


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our March regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What would your 12 year old self think of you right now? -- Would you rather lick an armpit or have your armpit be licked? -- What's the most surprising thing you've learned about your parents? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - DAPWELL, Bad Dates, Shower Routines, Clinton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2014 17:18


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features DAPWELL of Das Racist, Chillin Island, and more, plus house band Eli Bolin -- and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What was the last date you went on that you instantly regretted? -- What's your shower routine? -- What president would you like to be in an elevator with? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Matt Zoller Seitz, Breakup Routines, A Million Chances

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2014 23:15


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Matt Zoller Seitz of NYMag, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- If you could have a million of anything, what would it be? -- When did you realize you weren't going to be the person you thought you were going to be? -- What's your breakup routine? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Buzzfeed's Shani Hilton, Couch Surfing Etiquette, Oral Sex vs. Cheese

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2014 17:58


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Shani Hilton of Buzzfeed, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Would you rather give up oral sex or cheese? -- What do you suspect your friends are lying to you about? -- When was the last time you were completely fucked? -- More!   More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Jad Abumrad, Ghost or Wind, Your Worst Heartbreak

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2014 23:08


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Jad Abumrad of Radiolab, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- How much money would it take for you to have sex with someone purely for money? -- Do you have any true-life ghost stories? -- If you could implant one idea in everyone at the same time, what would it be? -- More!   More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Roger Bennett, First Kiss, Inventing a Drug, Best Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2014 20:41


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our November regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Roger Bennett house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Do you remember what you said after your first kiss ever? -- Are your best days ahead of you or behind you? -- If you could invent a drug, what would it be? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Negin Farsad, Real New Yorkers, Black and White Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2014 18:36


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our November regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features comedian Negin Farsad, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Do you like black and white movies? -- Why are you here right now? -- What’s the most expensive thing you’ve wrecked? -- Have you ever been scammed? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Kurt Andersen, Masturbation Realism, Brunch, Ideal Animal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2014 16:30


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our November regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Kurt Andersen of Studio 360, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Can you name a time when you were embarrased for a parent? -- What's your favorite brunch food? -- When was the last time you felt most in love with the world? -- How based-in-real-life experience are your thoughts when you masturbate? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette 2nd Birthday Supercut

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2014 28:02


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This is a super-cut of our favorite moments from the second year of the show. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855

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    Ask Roulette - Paul Lukas, Love and Age, How Would You Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013 17:10


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Paul Lukas of Uni Watch, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- How would you kill someone? -- Does love get easier as you get older? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Heidi Moore, You as Dictator, Losing Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 16:21


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Heidi Moore of The Guardian, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- If you were a dictator, what would be your first act? -- What's the easiest way to ruin a friendship? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Kevin Allison of RISK, Norms and Routines, Being Totally F*cked

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2013 22:13


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Kevin Ryan of the storytelling series RISK, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What would you be, if you were a sandwhich? -- What does no one know about you? -- When were you totally and completely fucked? -- Who's your craziest neighbor ever? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Erin Ryan of Jezebel, You as Ghost, Dirty Laundry, Lions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2013 19:32


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October regular show at Housing Works Bookstore, and features Erin Ryan of Jezebel, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Is it harder to fall in love the older you get? -- Would you rather ride a lion to work each day or go to the moon? -- What's your best "playing hooky" story? -- If you were a ghost, who would you haunt? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Live from DC) - Linda Holmes of NPR, Movie of Your Life, Forgetting, Your First CD

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 13:09


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August show at Politics and Prose in Washington DC, and features Linda Holmes of NPR, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- What season of the Real World would you be on? -- What was the first CD you bought with your own money? -- Is forgetting to be polite a sign of intimacy or carelessness? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Live from DC) - Clinton Yates, Boat vs. Car, Your Hideaway, Walk-On Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2013 19:05


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August show at Politics and Prose in Washington DC, and features Clinton Yates of the Washington Post, house band Eli Bolin, a special walk-on guest, and some audience members. Questions Asked: -- Would you rather own a great boat or a great car? -- When was the last time you disappointed someone? -- What's your hideaway? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Live from DC) - Dave Weigel, The Most Scared, Being The Hero, Lion vs. Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 16:19


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August show at Politics and Prose in Washington DC, and features Slate's Dave Weigel, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What's the most scared you've ever been? -- Have you ever practiced a dance move in front of a mirror? -- What sensation would you like to never have again? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Late Night's Jess Dweck, Animal Rumble, Ski Lift vs. Elevator

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2013 14:00


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our July show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Jess Dweck, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What animal would win a full on "king of the hill" animal rumble? -- Would your rather be stuck on an elevator or a ski lift? -- What trait of your parents do you know you've inherited? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to Digg.com and Digg Reader for their support of Ask Roulette. Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette: Mike Doughty, Getting Scammed, Sharting

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 15:57


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our July show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Mike Doughty, formerly of Soul Coughing, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What did your childhood smell like? -- What cartoon character would you like to be? -- If you sharted, who would you tell? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to our new sponsor Digg.com and Digg Reader Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette: Jamie Shupak, Peeing Your Pants, Hazing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 17:09


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our July show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Jamie Shupak of NY1, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- Have you ever peed your pants? -- Have you ever truly feared for your life? -- What's your worst hazing experince? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Thanks to our new sponsor Digg.com and Digg Reader Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Bonus) - Supercut: The Best of Eli Bolin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2013 6:34


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This is a special supercut of the best of Ask Roulette's house band Eli Bolin. Follow him on twitter @elibolin More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Choire Sicha, Email Misfires, Dating Dealbreakers, Sharks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2013 17:33


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our March show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Choire Sicha of the Awl, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What's your worst scar, emotional or physical? -- Do you have any dating deal-breakers? -- If you could switch sexes for a while, would you and for how long? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Bonus: Ask Roulette on WFMU with Joe Garden, Choire Sicha, and Live Calls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2013 57:29


    Another Ask Roulette special live on WFMU. Same idea - strangers asking each other questions, this time with callers! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Chris Gethard, The Worst Website Ever, Weird Dreams, Bad Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2013 17:32


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Chris Gethard, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What do you want to accomplish that seems impossible? -- What's the worst website in the world? -- Who will be remembered 2000 years from now? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Caissie St. Onge, Santa Birth, A Creepy Request

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2013 15:36


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedy writer Caissie St. Onge, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- When did you first learn about birth? -- Got a memorable bathroom story? -- Who's your worst neighbor ever? -- What's the greatest sense of relief you've ever had? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette (Bonus) - WFMU Call-In with Kurt Braunohler and AJ Jacobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2013 60:31


    Audio from our special call-in on WFMU Radio. Featuring Kurt Braunohler, AJ Jacobs, house band Eli Bolin, and of course lots of calls. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net The next live show is May 2nd! Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse

    Ask Roulette - Albertina Rizzo, Bob Dylan, Becoming an Adult

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2013 16:42


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our March show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Albertina Rizzo of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- Which of your senses would you keep? -- What song gets most stuck in your head? -- When did you first realize you were becoming an adult? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net The next live show is May 2nd! Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Mike Pesca, Sex vs. Phone, Narnia, a Confusing Answer about Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 21:25


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our March show at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Mike Pesca, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What fictional world would you like to live in? -- Would you rather spend a year without sex, or without your phone? -- Should you tell someone if they have bad breath? -- What's the most thankless job in the world? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net The next live show is May 2nd! Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - AJ Jacobs, You as Prez, Slacker Superman, Total Bullshit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2013 17:18


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January birthday event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features AJ Jacobs, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- If you were president, what would you do first? -- What trait have you inherited from your parents? -- Is Superman morally corrupt for doing anything but save people? -- What is total bullshit? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Birthday Show, Baratunde, Chimp Sex, Subway Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 18:10


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January birthday event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Julieanne Smolinski, Baratunde Thurston, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. It also features the most notorious question ever ask during Ask Roulette. Trust us. Questions Asked:  -- Is love just a chemical reaction? -- If Ken Burns made a documentary about you what would the 3rd disc be called? -- What's the most inspirational thing you've ever seen on the city streets? -- Ocean or Space? -- Would you rather be the loved or the loving in unrequited love? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Supercut: One Year of Ask Roulette

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2012 4:57


    Ask Roulette is turning one year old! Over the last year, we did seven shows at Housing Works Books, with 22 special guests, and (we think) 63 audience members live on stage, asking questions. And all twelve episodes of the Ask Roulette podcast add up to 2:32:20... This supercut features, alongside audience members: Negin Farsad, Brooke Gladstone, Baratunde Thurston, Dan Rollman, Dave Hill, David Carr, Eli Bolin, Robert Krulwich, Kurt Braunohler, AJ Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Starlee Kine Thanks to all of you who attended a show, subscribed to the podcast, or just said hello. If you're in New York City on Wednesday, January 9th, come to our one-year birthday show at Housing Works. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

    Ask Roulette - Chris Gethard, T-Fire, Sophie's Choice, Your Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2012 16:47


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Chris Gethard of the Chris Gethard Show, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What do you reveal on your first date? -- When failure has turned out to be a good thing? -- What fictional TV character would you be? -- What would you say to Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? -- Did Sophie in Sophie's Choice make the right decision? -- Have you ever licked an armpit? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Pat Kiernan Sing-A-Long, Zombie Apocalypse, Subway Honesty, Binders of Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2012 18:16


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Pat Kiernan of NY1, Edith Zimmerman of the Hairpin, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What is the most labor intensive present you've given somebody? -- Who is the most underappreciated person in your life? -- What's the one thing you would confess, if there were no consequence? -- Are you prepared for the zombie apocolypse? -- What's in your binder (if it's not full of women)? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - $1000000 Briefcase, Joe Garden, Lying Waiters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2012 12:27


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Joe Garden (formerly) of the Onion and several audience members. Topics covered: taking money from a stranger; watching a loved one die; masturbation; more! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette-robert-krulwich/id527319855?i=119465627 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, Babies, Mars, Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2012 20:50


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Robert Krulwich of Radiolab and several audience members. Topics covered: Crying, Aliens vs. God, Truth, and Killer Time Travel More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Brooke Gladstone and AJ Jacobs on Lying, Flags, and Moral Dilemmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2012 12:12


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Brooke Gladstone of WNYC's On the Media, and AJ Jacobs of Esquire. Topics covered: The greatest lie Brooke's ever told, the Truman Show effect, and a few indefensible positions from AJ More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Baratunde Thurston, Ghost Towning, The End, The Flesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2012 8:52


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Baratunde Thurston. Topics covered: Whether Love is Just a Chemical Reaction, Ghost Towning, and Passions of the Flesh More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Negin Farsad, Reality TV Tough Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2012 7:58


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Negin Farsad. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Hottest Historical Figure, Dan Rollman of RecordSetter, Whitney Houston

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2012 9:26


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

    Ask Roulette - Moving to the Suburbs, Sex While Abroad, Dreams of My Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2012 9:35


    Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

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