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  Arizona to Alaska 15.09.2026 1sa 17dk

  Smoking a cigar on a riverbank in Alaska, this caller tells Gethard about the therapist's offhand suggestion that sent him north, and the long, rambling road that led him there. From sleeping in a college library to living on Greyhound buses, with many stops in between, he and Gethard talk hardship, adventure, chosen family, and what might be next for this lifelong wanderer. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/beautiful! #squarepod Find your next fall favorites at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/beautiful. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free.
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  A Proudly Unpredictable Human Being 08.09.2026 1sa 5dk

  A proudly unpredictable mom calls to talk with Gethard about errant mouth bones, thrift-store vendettas, and escaping a fundamentalist upbringing. Plus: dead snakes, a dilapidated chicken coop, and a toddler determined to keep all of us on our toes. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Head to Talkiatry.com/BEAUTIFUL to complete the short assessment and get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/beautiful See what's hiding in your closet, you might be surprised how much you can earn with Vinted. download the Vinted app for free to start listing with no seller fees, and for a limited time, enjoy free shipping in the US. Right now, save 25% on your first order at Zazzle.com.  
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  I Didn't Come Here to Win 01.09.2026 1sa 2dk

  Losing her job wasn't exactly the plan, but it gave this caller the reset she needed. She talks with Geth about ADHD, burnout, GenAI, and just how much drama happens offstage in community theater. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv. You can try VeryVery Good Tea yourself by using code BEAUTIFUL for $5 off your first purchase at veryverygoodtea.com Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful  to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. Find your next fall favorites at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/beautiful. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too.  
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  Prison Bound Week: Day 5 - Eight Years Later 28.08.2026 1sa 6dk

  It's Friday, and we've finally caught up. All week, we've been following the Prison Bound caller from the original 2018 episode through three follow-ups recorded during her time in federal prison. Today, six years after our last conversation, we hear from her again. This is an all-new call, and, after eight years, what feels like the final chapter of one of the longest-running stories in a decade of Beautiful Anonymous. If you've been with us all week, you know how much ground we've covered to get here. If you've been with the show since 2018, you know how long we've been waiting for this one. Here's the final follow-up with the caller we first knew as Prison Bound. Touch Tone listeners get exclusive access to 5 Random Questions with this caller. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv.
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  Prison Bound Week: Day 4 - COVID Lockdown 27.08.2026 32dk

  It's Thursday, and Prison Bound Week is almost caught up to the present. We started on Monday with the original 2018 call, then followed the caller through two check-ins from inside federal prison. Today's episode comes from October 2020, as she was getting close to release. Right in the middle of COVID. It's a firsthand snapshot of what that moment looked and felt like from inside a federal prison. Like the other follow-ups this week, this call originally lived on Stitcher Premium, so there's a good chance you've never heard it before. Tomorrow, we get to the reason we're doing all of this: an all-new conversation with the Prison Bound caller, six years later. But today, we hear what life was like for our caller in the fall of 2020. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv. Right now, Babbel is offering listeners up to 60% off. Go to Babbel.com/BEAUTIFUL. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. Visit upwork.com to connect with top talent ready to help your business grow. Go to zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order, plus free shipping on all US orders over sixty-five dollars.
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  Prison Bound Week: Day 3 - Halfway Through 26.08.2026 46dk

  It's Wednesday, and Prison Bound Week continues. We started Monday with the original 2018 call, and yesterday we heard from our caller nine months into her sentence. Today's follow-up comes from October 2019, about halfway through her time in federal prison. These follow-ups originally aired on Stitcher Premium, which means a lot of you have never heard them before. We'll keep following the story tomorrow, then on Friday we'll hear from the Prison Bound caller again in an all-new conversation.  And for our Touch Tone subscribers, you'll get exclusive access to her turn answering our 5 Random Questions.  For now, here's where things stood at the halfway mark. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv. Right now, Babbel is offering listeners up to 60% off. Go to Babbel.com/BEAUTIFUL. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. Visit upwork.com to connect with top talent ready to help your business grow. Go to zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order, plus free shipping on all US orders over sixty-five dollars.
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  Prison Bound Week: Day 2 - Nine Months In 25.08.2026 18dk

  It's Tuesday, which is normally when you get your weekly episode of Beautiful Anonymous, but this week, we're doing things differently. Yesterday, we went back to the original "Prison Bound" call from 2018. Today, we're checking in with the caller nine months into her federal prison sentence. A heads-up: this one is short. These calls were coming from inside prison, and we were figuring out the logistics as we went. But this is just one piece of a much bigger story: you're getting a whole week of follow-ups, including three calls that most listeners have never heard before, leading up to an all-new conversation with our Prison Bound caller on Friday. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv. Right now, Babbel is offering listeners up to 60% off. Go to Babbel.com/BEAUTIFUL. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. Visit upwork.com to connect with top talent ready to help your business grow. Go to zenni.com/podcast and use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order, plus free shipping on all US orders over sixty-five dollars.
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  Prison Bound Week: Day 1 - The First Call 24.08.2026 1sa 10dk

  Yes, it's Monday. Yes, Beautiful Anonymous is in your feed a day early. We're doing something a little different this week. Eight years ago, a caller phoned Beautiful Anonymous four days before reporting to federal prison. The episode became one of the most memorable (and divisive) calls in the history of the show. Now we're going back to the beginning. All week, we'll follow the Prison Bound caller's story through years of follow-ups most listeners have never heard, ending Friday with a brand-new conversation and the conclusion of a story we've been sharing since 2018. It's the kind of thing that could probably only happen on this show. Here's where it started. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv.
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  Hacker Tendencies at a Hacker Convention 18.08.2026 1sa 5dk

  A sixth-degree black belt calls from a hacker convention to talk ham radio, phone phreaking, off-grid networks, hacking E-ZPass (fine, theoretically), and whether Chinese and Russian hackers already know your mom's maiden name. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows, including This Helps Day in San Diego featuring Dinosaur Improv. Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Upgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/beautiful. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. Head to Talkiatry.com/BEAUTIFUL to complete the short assessment and get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/BEAUTIFUL Right now, save 25% on your first order at Zazzle.com.  
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  This One Is NOT About Avatar: The Last Airbender 11.08.2026 1sa 9dk

  This week's caller has a full-time job, a toddler, and somehow also helps run an anime convention in their spare (lol) time. Gethard gets a crash-course in anime as he talks with our caller about what happens when the thing you love starts becoming a whole lot of work. Plus, an energetic 18-month-old brings some adorable kid chaos to the call. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful  to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/beautiful When life happens, your to-do list grows. Get ahead of it now and get fifteen dollars off your first task at Taskrabbit.com or on the Taskrabbit app using promo code BEAUTIFUL. You can try VeryVery Good Tea yourself by using code BEAUTIFUL for $5 off your first purchase at veryverygoodtea.com Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful  to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/beautiful When life happens, your to-do list grows. Get ahead of it now and get fifteen dollars off your first task at Taskrabbit.com or on the Taskrabbit app using promo code BEAUTIFUL. You can try VeryVery Good Tea yourself by using code BEAUTIFUL for $5 off your first purchase at veryverygoodtea.com  
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  Gratuitous Live Turkeys 04.08.2026 1sa 9dk

  This week's caller had an encounter with a psychic that is tailor-made for Beautiful/Anonymous. She tells Gethard that story, shares memories of her free-range '90s childhood, and opens up about an experience from those years that left her with a unique phobia. It might sound a little strange at first, but as she and Geth get into it, we learn just how deeply it still affects her life, to this day. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Give your clothes a second life with Vinted. download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees, so you keep everything you earn. Plus, for a limited time, enjoy free shipping in the US on Vinted. Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Upgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/beautiful. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free.
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  A Completely Normal Call That Goes Exactly As Planned 28.07.2026 1sa 6dk

  Let's all agree we can blame Mercury retrograde for the technical difficulties we had in getting this one off the ground. The rest of the chaos, though, is entirely on this week's caller, a true maker of mischief who calls in on their birthday eve eve looking for a little trouble. They come in hot with a competition that pits Maryland against New Jersey, but it's not all fun and games. She and Gethard talk existential comics, understanding heritage, and the weirdness of childhood. Plus, Geth tells us why he's the most inspired he's been in years. Most importantly though, this caller and the High Priestess pull off a perfect, not-at-all-confusing soundboard bit. Hell yeah, brother. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Head to Talkiatry.com/BEAUTIFUL to complete the short assessment and get matched with an in‐network psychiatrist in just a few minutes.
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  Stopped a Serial Killer? 21.07.2026 1sa 9dk

  Recovering from surgery and ten days into a liquid diet, our caller is hungry for conversation. Geth and this Good Vibes Caller compare shared surgeries, shared interests, and decide whether or not he once stopped a woman from becoming a serial killer's next victim. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Watch the video version of Beautiful Anonymous Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful  to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. Make your summer wardrobe easier. Go to Quince.com/beautiful for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, now is the time. Go to ZENNI.com/PODCAST and use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order.
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  Forty-One Unscripted Plays About Our Sport 14.07.2026 1sa 10dk

  This week, an audio engineer at a major sports arena calls in from a seat in the arena bowl. He and Gethard talk about what it's like to work in a place built for tens of thousands of people before the fans arrive, the changing landscape of live sports events, which artists travel with the best crews, and the surprising amount that sports and musical theater have in common. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Watch the video version of Beautiful Anonymous  Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch during their Annual Summer Event. For a limited time, get 20% off sitewide at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/BEAUTIFUL. Right now, save 25% on your first order at Zazzle.com. If you're curious about what other people do in their jobs, check out: "What It's Like to Be..." wherever you get podcasts.
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  Cheers to All the Sluts Out There 07.07.2026 1sa 10dk

  This week's caller is an environmental scientist who studies stormwater. She's also a mischievous little trickster. She and Geth talk about what our water can tell us about the health of the world around us and share a few changes you can make in your own yard to help care for your corner of the planet. Then she shares something that really shifts the energy of the rest of the conversation toward the slightly, delightfully unhinged. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. For a limited time, get 20% off sitewide at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Head to Talkiatry.com/BEAUTIFUL to complete the short assessment and get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes. Make your summer wardrobe easier. Go to Quince.com/beautiful for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.  
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  Homeschooled Public School Theater Teacher 30.06.2026 1sa 11dk

  This week, Gethard talks with a middle school theater teacher about growing up homeschooled, her time in a traveling Christian theater troupe, and what it was like adjusting to public school life. She and Geth talk about the importance of arts in schools, what kids learn when they get comfortable being on stage, and why 6th grade boys might be the toughest crowd of all. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. save 25% on your first order at Zazzle.com check it out: What It's Like to Be… Wherever you get podcasts Visit forhers.com/beautiful to get personalized, affordable care that gets you.
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  Psychedelic Researcher 23.06.2026 1sa 8dk

  This week's caller works in psychedelic medicine, and Gethard has questions. They talk about ketamine, psilocybin, what it really means to do this work responsibly, how therapy changes when the problem is the world around you, and why real connection might be the thing we all need most right now. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/BEAUTIFUL. Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/beautiful for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free and connect with top talent ready to help your business grow. If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, now is the time. Go to ZENNI.com/PODCAST and use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order.
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  A Beautiful Anonymous Pastiche 16.06.2026 1sa 15dk

  A life that started in Pleasantville doesn't stay there. This week's caller talks with Gethard about marriage, motherhood, identity, grief, and how listening to Beautiful/Anonymous made her realize how many different stories make up her own life. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Head to Talkiatry.com/BEAUTIFUL to complete the short assessment and get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes. Download EarnIn on the App Store or Google Play. Type in BeautifulStories under PODCAST when you sign up. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Right now, save 25% on your first order at Zazzle.com. 
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  Ten Years in the Making 09.06.2026 1sa 11dk

  This week's caller has been listening since the beginning and thinking about what she'd say when she finally got through. Ten years in, she tells Gethard about the life that's happened in the meantime: meeting her now-husband during a very heavy chapter for his family, spending a year on a sailboat, and the shape of her family today. But first, we kick things off with some Jersey mall talk.  Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676  Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at square.com/go/BEAUTIFUL. Get fifteen dollars off your first task at Taskrabbit.com or on the Taskrabbit app using promo code BEAUTIFUL. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/BEAUTIFUL. Ready to reach your goals? Visit forhers.com/beautiful to get personalized, affordable care that gets you.
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  I Just Want To Be a Bridge 02.06.2026 1sa 14dk

  This week's caller wants to build something good in a place where help can be hard to find. She and Geth talk about small-town life in the South, harm reduction, family, survival, and finding ways to keep going when life has handed you way too much already. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymous+ to get ad free episodes and access to exclusive audio including 5 Random Questions with this week's caller. Leave us a voicemail at (973) 306-4676 Head to chrisgeth.com for tickets to Gethard's upcoming shows. Text BEAUTIFUL to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/beautiful with code beautiful. Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/beautiful for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns.