
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend
A twice weekly podcast hosted by award-winning interviewer and everyone's new best friend Alison Rosen. Mondays are one-on-ones featuring surprisingly honest conversations that are equal parts silly, serious and revelatory. Thursdays are roundtable group shows. You will laugh, think, and feel less alone. (Unless you don't feel alone at all in which case, congrats! You've done it!) Support the show on Patreon. Sign up for a year and get two months free. Patreon.com/alisonrosen
Latest episodes

Feb 1, 2024 • 1h 11min
Iffy Chicken, The Vitamix Catastrophe, Tony's Rockstar Lifestyle
Lizzy Cooperman is here and this year she will be eating mindfully. Also we get an update on her interior design situation. Jackie Johnson makes her triumphant return and she feels bad for the letter X. Tony is here and he's a little hungover because of his debauched rockstar lifestyle and I need him to know he lives with a bonafide maniac. Plus we do a round of Podcast Palz Product Picks and Just Me Or Everyone. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 53min
Moshe Kasher Returns
Author, comic and podcast host Moshe Kasher returns to talk about his new book, Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes where he charts the subcultures he's traveled through to arrive at who he is today. We also discuss the lifestyle change he's made from small dog guy to big dog guy, getting sober at 16, education, his sex-positive mom, spending three months of each year with his Hasidic father, how Judaism gives you a blueprint for grief, fatherhood, candy, nicotine and so much more. We also did a round of Podcast Palz Product Picks, Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 25, 2024 • 1h 36min
Nature is Gross, Nashville is Over, Plant Communication
Todd Cooper is here and turns out he's a homebody which we did not see coming. We discuss augmented reality and virtual reality and Daniel tries and fails to disagree with me. Tony is back from tour! Plus Nashville, whistling, nature, Rush, Tony summoning things especially regarding Mannequin and Mannequin 2 and so much more. And we did round of Podcast Palz Product Picks and Just Me Or Everyone. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 21min
Daniel and Alison (Your Calls and Things You Can Never Have Too Many Of)
Daniel's wild facial exercises, items you can never have too many of, muscle confusion debunked, not feeling entitled in your 20s, struggling with misplaced glasses, financial struggles and engaging audience, creating a low level Patreon, high school elections and yearbook memories, discussion on class rings and Jostens, social media accounts and a plea for followers.

Jan 18, 2024 • 1h 33min
Bad Cereal, Running Errands, Ethical Non-Monogamy
Niccole Thurman and Jordan Morris join Daniel, Jeff and me to discuss the worst cereals, perfumes, the Emmy's, Owen's brush with celebrities, monogamy, shrimp tails again, jokes versus memes, running errands and so much more. We also did a round of Podcast Palz Product Picks and Just Me Or Everyone! Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 15, 2024 • 1h 18min
Jack Newcombe
Jack Newcombe is the CEO of Creators Syndicate, the publishing company that released my book Tropical Attire Encouraged (And Other Phrases That Scare Me). He also gave me the column that turned into the book. We discuss how it all came together from his point of view, the challenges of being a newspaper company in a changing media landscape, bestsellers, Ben Shapiro, Hillary Clinton, comics, Andy Capp's Hot Fries, fatherhood, being a college athlete, the best form of government, what economics truly is the study of, his fundamental optimism and so much more. Plus we talked about his favorite products and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 11, 2024 • 1h 41min
Nudism, Comedy Fantasy Camp, Jojoba Oil
Joel Stein and Robin Shorr join Daniel, Jeff Fox and me and Joel has never been to a nudist camp. He has though been to Adam Carolla and Jay Leno's comedy fantasy camp and I need to hear everything. We also talk about easy and hard TV concepts to pitch, Jo Koy at the Golden Globes, TAB soda and feminism, Mavis Leno, dermatologists with questionable religious views, the most perfect Denny's story I've ever heard and so much more. And we did a round of Podcast Pals Product Picks and Just Me Or Everyone. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 8, 2024 • 1h 35min
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor Returns!
Best-selling author and podcast host Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay, For Crying Out Loud) returns to the show to talk about her new book Drunk-ish, her writing process, a Today show appearance that went sideways, shrimp tails, recovery, sobriety, driving drunk with her children in the car, meeting her For Crying Out Loud co-host Lynette Carolla, her relationship with her father, obsessive behavior and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone! Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 4, 2024 • 1h 38min
Greg's Nude Dad, Alison's Butt, Jenna's Hair Eating (ENCORE)
Alison is joined by special return guest Greg Heller plus Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of Jenna eating her hair, Greg’s wife’s budget app, Greg getting stoned with his dad, drugs in general, cubes with poles, stag heads, Alison’s IVF, Daniel’s new job, Alison’s butt, Jenna and Al’s vacation and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone (click here to see the JMOEs from this episode). Originally aired April 29, 2015 Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 17min
Daniel and Alison (Your Calls and New Year's Resolutions)
Am I doing damage by being so reactive on social media? Tod Perry on Alison and Tod: After Hours suggested I might be and I need Daniel to weigh in. Also, my New Year's resolution is to be less reactive. I have an important and breaking Snack Chat regarding peanut coleslaw and turns out my dream about the "eye doctor professor bitch" might have been prophetic. Daniel and I discuss hot actors/actresses that don't do it for us personally and also we take your calls. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen BETTER HELP: http://BetterHelp.com/BESTFRIEND (use code BESTFRIEND for 10% off), Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend is sponsored by Better Help Buy Alison's Fifth Anniversary Edition Book (with new material): Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial