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Now that we're all struggling to stay above water, let's visit the city that has done it in style for a thousand years! Professor James McGregor helps us navigate. And then we help YOU navigate your existence - it's “Life Hacks with Captain Crinkle!” GUEST James McGregor Venice from the Ground Up jameshmcgregor.com HOUSE BAND Logan Moss SPONSORS Right now save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy at ⁠prettylitter.com/paula⁠! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [PAULA] at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Save 20% off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box! Go to Quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Captain Crinkle (Paula Poundstone's manager, Bonnie Burns), Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's potpourri of problems includes a divorced mother whose sons haven't talked to her in three years, a senior executive who can't crack the boys club, and in-laws who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. You've got problems, we've got answers. We'd love to help improve your life. Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com. #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #ComedyPodcast #AdviceShow #Bonnie Burns #Adam Felber #Nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Break out the brooms! It's time to learn all about the ever-growing sport of curling, that winter Olympic standout that seems to combine bowling, bocce, and giant heavy rocks! Dean Gemmell, CEO of USA Curling, is here to cast the first stone. And then - you've reviewed us, and how exactly are we supposed to feel about that? It's our “Review of Reviews!” GUEST Dean Gemmell usacurling.org HOUSE BAND Kimberly Ludwikowski SPONSORS Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [PAULA] at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Save 20% off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box! Go to Quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns! Right now save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy at prettylitter.com/paula! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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No guests, no Toni, no Julie… just unsupervised and unfiltered Paula, Bonnie, and Adam. Yikes! We've got Mailbag: Trio Edition. And one of the least-plant-friendly-ever editions of “Garden Time with Captain Crinkle!” HOUSE BAND Kristen LeJeune SPONSORS Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [PAULA] at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Save 20% off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box! Go to Quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns! Right now save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy at prettylitter.com/paula! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week, another special edition, featuring a guy who built his own boat, a student afraid to drive, and a mistaken delivery of Viagra. Don't be stuck without help, email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com for Capt. Crinkle's sage advice + Adam and Paula's. “Here here,” don't be “There there.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you know if you're in a cult? Give us your money and come work for us and we'll tell you! Or just listen to our chat with author Jane Borden. And then, the return of what you seem to think is your favorite game: Password! GUEST Jane Borden janeborden.com Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America HOUSE BAND Scott Blankenbaker SPONSORS Save 20% off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box! Go to Quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns! Right now save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy at prettylitter.com/paula! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They've got problems, we've got answers! Join Paula Poundstone's manager, Bonnie Burns (Captain Crinkle), Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber and former Pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week, we tackle more of life's engaging problems on  America's #1 advice show and climbing the charts.    Send us your problems.  We'd love to help improve your life. Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  Read you then. #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #ComedyPodcast #AdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to feel less powerless in determining the fate of our republic? So does Paula, and Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisble.org is here to help. And if we can't save our nation, should we move to… Portugal? Find out on “Bonnie and Toni's Oral Report.” GUEST Ezra Levin ​​Co-Executive Director at INDIVISIBLE linktr.ee/indivisibleteam @indivisibleteam HOUSE BAND Alison Lewis SPONSORS Head to helixsleep.com/paula now to shop the Helix Memorial Day Sale: you'll get a huge 27% off sitewide, plus a FREE Bedding Bundle—that's a Sheet Set and Mattress Protector—when you order any Luxe or Elite mattress. This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/PAULA and get on your way to being your best self. Visit betterhelp.com/PAULA to get 10% off your first month. Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PAULA at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Go to quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns.  Go to prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's Poundstone's manager, Bonnie Burns, aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber and Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week, in a special edition, “We've Got Problems.” Well, not us, but you. Email us @dearcrinkle@gmail.com. You've got problems, we've got answers. We'd love to help improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, let's say Paula wants to keep entertaining people, but at a distance. Could she make it as a cartoonist? “New Yorker” cartoonist and author Tom Toro is here to sketch out that scenario. And then we confuse you (and ourselves) with the return of the Poundstone Riddle Invitational! GUEST Tom Toro tomtoro.com Crocodiles Need Friends Too HOUSE BAND Julene Yanez SPONSORS Head to helixsleep.com/paula now to shop the Helix Memorial Day Sale: you'll get a huge 27% off sitewide, plus a FREE Bedding Bundle—that's a Sheet Set and Mattress Protector—when you order any Luxe or Elite mattress. This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/PAULA and get on your way to being your best self. Visit betterhelp.com/PAULA to get 10% off your first month. Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PAULA at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Go to quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns.  Go to prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula Poundstone's manager, Bonnie Burns (Captain Crinkle), Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber for Captain Crinkle's sage advice.  This week:  Should I tell my staff that I'm in a relationship with the boss? A downer at parties, and Seriously? Do I stay on this merry-go-round? You be the Judge. Are we right or are we wrong. Send us your problems if you are looking for advice. We'd love to help improve your life. Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Read you then. #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #ComedyPodcast #AdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our latest guest-free episode features a new game. Well, a new version of a very old game - “What's My Line?” And once we know who we are, we need to decide what we stand for - it's “Paula Poundstone's Ethicspalooza!” HOUSE BAND Mark Rimple markrimple.com SPONSORS Head to helixsleep.com/paula now to shop the Helix Memorial Day Sale: you'll get a huge 27% off sitewide, plus a FREE Bedding Bundle—that's a Sheet Set and Mattress Protector—when you order any Luxe or Elite mattress. This episode is sponsored by/brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/PAULA and get on your way to being your best self. Visit betterhelp.com/PAULA to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula Poundstone's manager, Bonnie Burns (Captain Crinkle), Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week: A substitute teacher at their wits end, One foot in and one foot out the door at work, and What's an old whiteguy to do with himself? Send us your questions, we'll give you the answers. dearcrinkle@gmail.com. We love to give advice. Ask and you shall receive. Be there or be square. One of your eyes are both the same, aren't you glad you're sorry. Listen now wherever you get your pods! #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #ComedyPodcast #AdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to reevaluate Paula's career. If she can't achieve her LA plans, can she plan LA? Actual City Planner Deborah Kahen is here to pave the way. And then - you're talking about us, and we hear you. It's Mailbag! Podcast Edition. GUEST Deborah Kahen planning.lacity.gov HOUSE BAND Chris Erickson SPONSORS Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PAULA at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Go to quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns.  Go to prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box. Go to helixsleep.com/paula right now to get early access to Helix's Memorial Day Sale: 27% off sitewide, plus a FREE Bedding Bundle—that's a Sheet Set and Mattress Protector—when you order any Luxe or Elite mattress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns, aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's dilemmas: “My husband of 20 years won't even bring me a fork,” “I'm in love with my best friend,” and “Ah, well, good friends with terrible body odor.” If you're looking for our discernment regarding social situations, dilemmas and conundrums email us @dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Become part of the show.  We want to help improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our favorite guest returns, this time to fill us in on which big cats will kill you outright, which will drag you up a tree, and which you can possibly walk on a leash down Hollywood Boulevard (note: don't do that!). And then we set sail for more parts unknown- it's the return of “Land Ho! with Toni Anita Hull.” GUEST Dr. Eleanor Spicer-Rice spicerrice.com/books HOUSE BAND Eric Wolff SPONSORS Go to quince.com/nobody for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns.  Go to prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Get started at factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50 percent off plus FREE shipping on your first box. Go to helixsleep.com/paula right now to get early access to Helix's Memorial Day Sale: 27% off sitewide, plus a FREE Bedding Bundle—that's a Sheet Set and Mattress Protector—when you order any Luxe or Elite mattress. Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns, aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week, in a special edition, Crinkle and the gang tackle some of life's most perplexing problems.  Become part of the show.  Email your questions, tips, and updates to Dear Crinkle@gmail.com. Take our advice, please. We want to help improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula has booked a guest for this week, but she won't tell us who it is! Come for the mystery… and then stay for Your Most Embarrassing Moments. It's a loaded show! Or so she tells us… GUEST ??? HOUSE BAND Jean Mann jeanmann.net SPONSORS Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns, aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week, in a special edition, Crinkle and the gang tackle some of life's most vexing problems.    Need advice? Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Become part of the show. We want to help improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannah Game returns, and she's here to help us improve our relationship with money. Turns out there are a few simple rules, and oddly, Rule #1 ISN'T “Get a million dollars.” And speaking of a million bucks, that's what your garden will look like after you take Bonnie's sage advice; it's a new “Garden Time with Captain Crinkle.” GUEST Shannah Game CFP®, MBA Host of Everyone's Talkin' Money podcast Named a NY Times Top 4 Money podcast 24+ million downloads www.everyonestalkinmoney.com Unraveling Your Relationship with Money: Ditch Your Money Trauma So You Can Live an Abundant Life HOUSE BAND Kristen LeJeune kristenviolin.com SPONSORS This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/PAULA and get on your way to being your best self. Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA ! #honeylovepod Visit myalloy.com/PAULA today for $20 off your first order! #AgeGracefully Eat smart with Factor. Get started at FACTOR MEALS dot com slash paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. Go to Quince dot com slash nobody for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order. Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week we tackle being embarrassed at work with your superiors, How to get your house-mates to honor their screen-time commitments, and how to get your partner of twelve years to put the toilet seat down. Plus, Crinkle gets popped and Liquid Death (and, no, this isn't a plug). Become part of the show. You've got questions? We've got answers. Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com. We love to give advice. “Dear Crinkle,” an advice show with a twist. (no lemon). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, raw milk SEEMS like a regressive, terrible idea, but IS it? Um… yes. And we've got expert Madeleine Aggeler here to tell us why. And then, it's not just the milk that's spoiled; we are too. By YOU, our honest listeners… as we dig into Mailbag: Truth Edition! GUEST Madeleine Aggeler theguardian.com @mmaggeler HOUSE BAND Lisa Hirayama SPONSORS This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/PAULA and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. On this special edition of Dear Crinkle, we tackle work-related problems: “If he pouts, should I shout?” “My manager won't help me,” and “To bike or not to bike?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the guests are away, the fam will play… two of our favorites! A brisk round of Password followed by some pleasant moral wrangling - it's the long-awaited return of Paula Poundstone's Ethicspalooza. HOUSE BAND Tim Crump https://m.soundcloud.com/tim-c-832653476 SPONSORS Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA ! #honeylovepod Visit myalloy.com/PAULA today for $20 off your first order! #AgeGracefully Eat smart with Factor. Get started at FACTOR MEALS dot com slash paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. Go to Quince dot com slash nobody for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order. Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: A penny-pinching mom and relating to co-workers. Become part of the show.  Email your questions, updates and tips to Dear Crinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exactly who are those “Shen Yun” dancers, and how do they have enough money to advertise their shows everywhere? How are they connected to The Epoch Times and Falun Gong? Dan Cummins from the remarkable “TimeSuck” podcast is here to unravel it all! And then, if that's not mysterious enough, we explore the Mayan culture on a new “Toni and Bonnie's Oral Report!” GUEST Dan Cummins Timesuck with Dan Cummins badmagicproductions.com @timesuckpodcast HOUSE BAND Jodi Rose www.JodiArts.com https://tinyurl.com/JodiCrump https://www.avon.com/repstore/jodicrump?rep=jodicrump SPONSORS Go to PrettyLitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy! Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 25% Off Sitewide!  Get your Alloy prescription today. Visit myalloy.com/PAULA today for $20 off your first order! #AgeGracefully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Partner with a long commute, Vegetarian splitting the check and a Co-worker who won't shut up. Become part of the show. Email your questions, useful tips and Updates! to DearCrinkle@gmail.com. We love to give advice and help improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the @&$#? We'll TELL you what the @&#$#! We delve into the history and uses of cursing with writer and professor Dr. Marissa Rhodes! And if that doesn't make you blush, brace yourselves - it's our Most Embarrassing Moments. GUEST Marissa C. Rhodes Dig: A History Podcast www.digpodcast.org  Dig has a new book out:  Spiritualism's Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale *Special thanks to Melissa Mohr's book Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing HOUSE BAND Cory Springhorn SPONSORS Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PAULA at https://www.oneskin.co/  #oneskinpod Helix is having a March Madness sale! Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide!  Build your support system with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/PAULA today to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Fending off FB ‘friend' requests, a college student exhausted by her kitten, and a victim of black crud on their dishwashing brush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the guests are away, the crew will play. It's time for a brisk round of “Who Am I” and the long-awaited return of the Poundstone Riddle Invitational! HOUSE BAND Gregory Sykes SPONSORS Helix is having a March Madness sale! Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide! Build your support system, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/PAULA today to get 10% off your first month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: “My sister grosses me out,” and a crying couch lump. Plus, pee on compost, Carolyn Fetsko, and IMAGO. Become part of the show.  Email your questions, useful information and updates! to Dear Crinkle@gmail.com. We love to give advice and improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes us want to want to do things? Is it all about the Oreos and Doritos we earn along the way? Author Daniel Pink is here to fill us in on us. And then, get ready to improve in other areas - it's “Life Hacks with Captain Crinkle!” GUEST Daniel Pink danpink.com/books/drive/ HOUSE BAND Peter Echols SPONSORS Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 27% Off Sitewide Start the new year off right with Honeylove. Get 20% OFF by going to honeylove.com/PAULA! #honeylovepod Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PAULA at oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Eat smart with Factor. Get started at FACTORMEALS.com/FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Kindergarten and the popular kids. When to charge for classes, and the thong controversy continues. Become part of the show. Email your questions, updates, and tips to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. We love to improve your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The News Literacy Project's Peter Adams returns to answer some big questions: Who can you trust these days? Where are the reliable sources? Well, WE'RE not, because we claimed we were following the interview with the Poundstone Riddle Invitational, but it's actually a surprise party for Captain Crinkle! Shh!  GUEST Peter Adams newslit.org HOUSE BAND Andrew Shah SPONSORS Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 27% Off Sitewide! Go to prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: A daughter tired of being her mom's therapist, and grandkids being used as pawns. Updates! and a composting tip. Become part of the show. We love to give advice. Email your questions and interesting information to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should we really be scared of Elon Musk and the new cabal of billionaire tech bros? HELL yes! And Kara Swisher is here to help us understand why. Plus, we'll plumb the mysteries of our mailbag with, well, “Mailbag: Mystery Edition!” GUEST Kara Swisher Burn Book: A Tech Love Story HOUSE BAND Maria Caswell SPONSORS Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 27% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase, plus a Free Bedding Bundle that includes an additional 2 Dream Pillows, a Sheet Set, and Mattress Protector, with any Luxe or Elite Mattress Order! Take the next step to improving your health: go to lumen.me/PAULA to get 20% off your Lumen. Thousands have already trusted Rula to support them on their journey toward improved mental health and overall well-being. Head on over to Rula.com/PAULA to get started today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary: Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Is a thong unattractive on a 56 year-old butt, Connecting with biological relatives, Didn't even attend their own wedding. Become part of the show. Email your questions, theme songs, and interesting information to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting KKK members to change their minds about race is kind of challenging, and potentially scary. Now imagine doing that as a black man. Well, Dr. Daryl Davis doesn't have to imagine it, he's been doing it for decades! And then, once we've talked about the big lies, lets have some little ones - its Two Truths and a Lie! GUEST Dr. Daryl Davis The Klan Whisperer daryldavis.com HOUSE BAND JAB heardmusic.com SPONSORS Eat smart with Factor. Get started at factormeals.com/factorpodcast and use code factorpodcast to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping.  Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 27% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase, plus a Free Bedding Bundle that includes an additional 2 Dream Pillows, a Sheet Set, and Mattress Protector, with any Luxe or Elite Mattress Order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: How do I make friends, personalized gifts, and a cancer confession. We'd love to hear from you. Email your questions to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. We love to give advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when hearing about “meat packing” made you snicker because it sounded so dirty? Well, guess what? It IS. Investigative reporter John McCracken is here to blow the whole case wide open! And then…you blow OUR case wide open with your meaty Show Descriptions! GUEST John McCracken @jmcjmc.bluesky.social  investigatemidwest.org  https://investigatemidwest.org/subscription-options/ https://investigatemidwest.org/author/johnmccracken/ HOUSE BAND Ellis Montes TikTok at @montescreations Instagram at @ellis.montes SPONSORS Helix is giving our listeners early access to their President's Day sale! Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 20% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase Get 15% off with code PAULA at oneskin.co. Go to Quince dot com slash nobody for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.  Treat yourself to the most comfortable shapewear on earth and save 20% Off sitewide at honeylove.com/PAULA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: “How do I tell my secret crush I'm interested?” A room so messy you can't see the floor and a half-eaten bowl of popcorn next to the bathtub. Become part of the show. Email your questions, theme songs, and interesting information to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress isn't what it used to be, that's for sure. And no one knows how it worked, how it no longer works, and how it's SUPPOSED to work better than former Representative Barney Frank. And before you flee the country, maybe take a moment to know where you're going - it's the return of “Land Ho! with Toni Anita Hull.” GUEST Barney Frank @BarneyFrank HOUSE BAND Dave Santino SPONSORS prettylitter.com/paula to save twenty percent on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Who gets the holiday bonus? Not the nanny, that's who, and What to do about a ‘pity pot' friend.  Become part of the show.  Email your questions, theme songs, and interesting information to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We while away our wildfire hours the best way we know how: playing dumb games. We play “Six Degrees of Betty White,” and then we delve into our Mailbag! Stay safe, Los Angeles. Love from all of us! HOUSE BAND Lindsey Goodman lindseygoodman.com SPONSORS Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/paula/! #rulapod Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [PAULA] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: A husband who won't stop staring, and a Pathologist who can't make up her mind. Plus, updates! And a Tom Waits theme song! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, obviously we weren't going to talk to “Alligator Robb” about lemurs! We're talking gators and crocs. And then we're talking about a giant crock of… dumb stuff we did as kids - it's “Paula Poundstone's Teen Turmoil!” GUEST Frank Alligator Robb eearss.org Any donations gathered will be used specifically for our research, travel, equipment and related expenses. Thank you so much for taking the time. We appreciate your support. @alligatorrobb on all social media HOUSE BAND Josh Honrud info@topperschorus.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week's problems: Who the hell are they? and My head is going to explode.   Become part of the show.  Email your questions, useful information blah blah blah, you get the idea, to Dear Crinkle@gmail.com.  We love to give advice and improve your life.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would Paula make it doing research 20,000 leagues under the sea? Actual Aquanaut Ellen Prager joins us for Career Corner. And then we get a look at the home of Gladiator combat - it's Bonnie and Toni's Oral Report: The Colosseum! GUEST Ellen Prager Ellen on facebook @elprager on twitter and instagram HOUSE BAND Jodi Rose Crump Jodi “makes the mundane joyful and interesting in her newsletter on SubStack “A Jot from Jodi,” is at http://JodiCrump.SubStack.com  Jodi's Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jodi-Rose-Crump/author/B07H1MMVFN?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1735782047&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=c12111aa-2093-40c5-a498-b00eda125b70  Avon Makeup and Skincare - https://www.avon.com/repstore/jodicrump?rep=jodicrump SPONSORS Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [PAULA] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Paula's manager, Bonnie Burns aka Captain Crinkle, Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and former pod producer Toni Anita Hull for Captain Crinkle's sage advice. This week: Pushover Pam and a disinterested husband.   Become part of the show.  Email your questions to dearcrinkle@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! Paula gave us digital photo frames for Christmas, and it's time for us to sit around the virtual hearth and reminisce. And THEN it's time to look ahead - bravely - with your New Year's resolutions! HOUSE BAND Eric Wolff SPONSORS Go to Quince.com/nobody for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Go to HelixSleep.com/paula for 25% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase + Free Bedding Bundle (2 Dream Pillows, Sheet Set, and Mattress Protector) with any Luxe or Elite Mattress Order! Treat yourself to the most comfortable bra on earth and save 20% Off sitewide at honeylove.com/PAULA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices