In this flashback episode, Cameron Diaz [Vanilla Sky, There’s Something About Mary, Charlie’s Angels] and entrepreneur Katherine Power talk with Anna about life, relationships and the genesis of their organic wine Avaline. Cameron, Katherine, and Anna then share their best unqualified advice with a listener suffering from heartbreak and a soon-to-be married schoolteacher who is worried about her stepmother crashing her wedding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FLASHBACK: Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey [Dallas Buyers Club, True Detective, Interstellar, Contact] talks with Anna about his prom experience, the talent he’d most like to have, where he goes to get away, the advice he’d give to his younger self, what romance means to him, how to make a relationship work, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special flashback episode, Anna is joined by world-renowned psychotherapist, New York Times best-selling author, podcast host, Fortune 500 consultant, and relationship expert Esther Perel. Esther talks with Anna about how languages can be a lens into relationships, listening, legacy, questions to ask an unfaithful partner, and more.Today's Unqualified segment begins with a call from Victoria who is afraid her relationship is being affected as she deals with overwhelming stress from recent life events. Anna and Esther then talk with Rose who, after having been in a loving relationship with her college sweetheart for seven years, isn’t satisfied with the only physical relationship either of them have ever known. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's flashback episode, Hasan Minhaj [The Daily Show, Homecoming King, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj] talks with Anna about high school crushes, love, marriage, patriotism, redemption, the origins of his comedy, favorite Batman actors, a blue BMX bicycle that changed everything, and much more. Later in the episode, Anna is joined by the founder of Level Connections, dating and relationship coach April Beyer to talk with a listener who is questioning the relationship he has with his parents now that he has become a father himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this flashback episode, Kenan Thompson [Saturday Night Live, All That, Kenan and Kel, Good Burger] talks with Anna about Saturday Night Live, their “boat sketch”, auditioning, what makes a good host, being the “laugh here” guy, losing the audience and more. Then Anna is joined by author, journalist, and gender studies expert Liz Plank who offers advice to a listener who wonders what to do when your partner has different beliefs than you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Banks [The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect, The 40-Year-Old Virgin] talks with Anna, in this special flashback episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special flashback episode, Jurnee Smollett [Birds of Prey, Friday Night Lights, True Blood, Lovecraft Country, Underground] talks with Anna about growing up in the industry, friendships, being uncool, work ethic, artistic integrity, marriage, divorce, inspiration, age, raisin bran, road-tripping and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special flashback episode, Anna talks with author, activist, actress, producer, model, and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Unqualified classic, Alison Brie [Mad Med, Community, GLOW] introduces Anna to her alter ego Zoya. Anna and Alison discuss meeting on the set of “The Five-Year Engagement”, a Super Bowl worthy performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Christmas vs. Thanksgiving, funny Halloween costumes vs. sexy Halloween costumes, on set deal breakers and much more.Later, they give advice to callers Lauren and Liv. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We will be taking a brief hiatus after today’s special episode and re-releasing a few oldies but goodies until we return. With that in mind, we wanted this episode to be what Unqualified is all about, and that’s you, our listeners. Joining Anna today is dating and relationship coach April Beyer. April has been a matchmaker for more than 20 years and is the founder of LEVEL Connections, a unique dating service bridging the gap between dating apps and personal matchmaking.Learn more about April and LEVEL by visiting www.levelconnections.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.