Turi has an in-person appointment…sort of. The convenience fee. Amy finds an ancient, guilt-inducing box. Greta Thunberg is going to beat us up. Mink for the obstinate.

Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

Apologize for Your Straw

Amy continues her quest to throw out hundreds of things a day. Please explain that thing you say is valuable. Why the weather should have been awful for just one more day.

Pure Hokum

Who knows what that doctor does? The overly niche tea shop. Amy plans vacations to shop for band-aids. Compelled to watch the bad movie. Why you might want to avoid the universal remote control. Another spite donation. Regional hazards.

A Little Too Specialized

Abundant uses for duct tape. If you’re a famous actor, please spare us your children’s book. The un-entitled child, and snack shame. The lure of cheese, and the three-ingredient limit.  

Teenage Cheese Deliquent

Amy is manipulated by her own kitchen rules. Vintage dating tips from someone who hasn’t dated in decades. Units of time measurement: ten or twenty minutes. The yes ma’am zone, or, negotiating snow removal.

Just Say Yes

Turi meets a stranger on her walk. What’s in Amy’s Covid hoarding bin? How to say “no thank you” in Canada. Depriving your kids of all hope. Let’s not pretend it’s real meat.

Don't Lick My Dog

Turi remembers Amy’s irrational fear of tightrope walking burglars.  Amy will not admit to irrational fears, but she’s willing to concede she’s a stickler for random strictures, policies, and rules. A better attitude toward breakage is something to strive for. Fancy china: why Amy doesn’t own it. The world owes you a wedding shower. Will we ever re-learn how to socialize?

Your Own Irrational Fear

Amy takes on a baking challenge, but Turi finds “The New York Times’” World’s Best Cookie has a fatal flaw. Parenting past the  adult themed bakery. Paper shredder as crime scene investigation tool. The pile in your kid’s room.

Not The World's Best Cookie

Snow removal gets political in Turi’s neighborhood, and Amy develops her own snowball of resentment. Shoveling is now a gesture of religious intolerance. Soup overkill. That’s too many cans of tuna.

Snow Shoveling is Political

Covid and the empty Day Planner. Phone numbers that never leave you. New nightmares and strange phobias—not all of which are unrealistic. Create your own urban myth.

The Rumor I Made Up

Small victories in the snow. Turi mourns skills that are no longer needed. Amy recovers her childhood in the form of “Thin Mints”. Turi is not a fan of Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scouts, or things your kid has to sell.

A Parking Job Well Done

The benefits of badly-raised children. A suddenly discovered bug, and a “found” silver lining of the lockdown. When the pain-in-your-tail asks for help.

Is That A Smoke Alarm

Hide your computer screen. Did I interrupt you? Call from a kid with a complaint. Amy has a chance to send her firstborn to a the University with the BEST….food. Better not to admit you’re wrong. Just fix the problem. The psychology of the consumer help desk. Amy likes a help desk trained for sympathy. That makes one of us.

Just Fix It

The lure of being an essential worker. It all comes down to the Bernie meme. What you learn from babysitting. Don't let them touch your passwords. 12 bucks a month till you die. I know it’s not homework.

Ask The Babysitter

What Turi did not miss on her week off of Facebook. Hint: dead pets, and your grotesquely broken appendages.  Amy takes the Facebook Senior Photo Challenge, and bails out early. Turi lacks sympathy. Not surprisingly, Turi is also the mom who never takes pictures.

Nobody Wants To See That

Turi forgets an important day, blames pandemic. Leaders: born, or harangued into it?  Amy’s marriage works (in part) because dessert comes with a backup plan. She also gives a gift that works to her advantage. The psychological makeup of the red light camera. Why Turi hopes her kid will hate his next job.

Nothing to be Ashamed Of

Turi Ryder, author of “She Said What? (A Life on the Air)” has hosted her own radio shows in LA, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Portland. She gives advice, which you probably should not take, and tells stories, which you probably should not believe. Kathryn Lake, a radio veteran and soon-to-be-divorced mom, is working on remaining calm. We do not want this to be a true-crime podcast.

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Apologize for Your Straw

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