Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast
Arts & Culture Podcasts
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. Marci Persky spent years reporting and editing for UPI and other news organizations. She's worked in radio news and as a talk show host, for stations from her hometown of Kalamazoo Michicgan and her second home, Chicago. Marci now lives in Arizona, somewhere near the Grand Canyon, where she helps run an animal shelter, a political organization, and a hospice-supporting thrift store. Clearly, she likes to run things.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
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. Marci Persky spent years reporting and editing for UPI and other news organizations. She's worked in radio news and as a talk show host, for stations from her hometown of Kalamazoo Michicgan and her second home, Chicago. Marci now lives in Arizona, somewhere near the Grand Canyon, where she helps run an animal shelter, a political organization, and a hospice-supporting thrift store. Clearly, she likes to run things.
Language:
English
Website:
https://shesaidwhat.net/
Episodes
Brand New Lizard
9/2/2025
Turi’s new job as electronics customer service representative “Steve in India”. Marshmallow confessions, and the end of the little neighborhood zoo. Marci is getting a new pet. Hint: it is not a goat…and it will require a HUGE amount of preparation.
Duration:00:15:41
Open Mic Night
8/29/2025
The forgotten anniversary, or “Here. I found this in the freezer.” The risks of open mic nights. Neutering—for dogs or maybe people. The surprise rate increase, and how it could be different.
Duration:00:15:34
Your Good Excuse
8/26/2025
The person who gives you the best excuse to do (or not do) that thing you wanted to do (or not do) in the first place. The limit of your allergies. Marci’s heat wave. The “not fair” files: Documentaries you have to explain BEFORE you watch them. Plumbing, or weather—choose one.
Duration:00:14:57
Keeping Your Marriage Fresh
8/22/2025
Is your pet making you accident prone? Marci’s walking into doors, and Turi may have a broken jar. Love. Anniversaries. Two different things. When you promise dinner, but don’t specify the time.
Duration:00:14:22
Back to Front
8/20/2025
If you think you have problems when you put your sweater on inside out...Marci has it a whole lot worse. A preview for people whose lives and bodies are still spicy. More things are unfair. How to dress your clumsy dog.
Duration:00:15:37
Who Said It Was Fair
8/17/2025
Sometimes the universe doesn't operate on a level playing field. What we learned in preschool. Song lyrics that are saving us now. The Thunderbirds at the Chicago Air and Water Show have wrought chaos at Turi's house. Marci admits to liking the Hamburger Helper Hand on her daughter's but...or at least preferring it to the ear guages.
Duration:00:15:43
Don't Tell Us That
8/12/2025
It's a build your own adventure—with water—at Marci’s house. Announcing our new YouTube acronym. How many coolers of ice can you dodge when your refrigerator breaks down? What NOT to say to a prospective landlord: the list has just expanded. Marci’s goat takes revenge, and her husband secretly loses his resolve.
Duration:00:15:37
While You Sleep
8/8/2025
The podcast’s technical hiatus, explained non-technically. The death of the inanimate. Marci spends a day waiting to be chewed out. Thanks for reminding us we don’t have memories. Why Marci became a journalist. Hint: it has nothing to do with journalism. What we bought Jeff Bezos for his wedding.
Duration:00:15:08
The Liver Man
7/9/2025
The multifunction device, and why it sucks...or lights up...or makes music... Corner coaching in Las Vegas, Joe Rogan, and The Liver Man. Marci’s childhood of martini making. The best garage sale find ever. Waiting for a pet you don’t really like to die.
Duration:00:15:41
Venting Spleen
6/24/2025
Turi hates being diplomatic. Marci hates spelling errors in major news sites and papers. We hate a lot of meaningless stuff. Sometimes you just have to vent a little spleen…Get off my lawn!
Duration:00:14:49
In Sickness and in Health
6/20/2025
When your whole household is down with an ugly virus, you learn some interesting things about people’s digestions. When DO you need a stair lift? An infomercial with a potentially deadly price. The P-Diddy trial. What not to eat off the ground.
Duration:00:15:12
So What if You Hate It?
6/18/2025
“What kind of people need to pay full price for things?” We are flummoxed.
as The Rolling Stones almost sang: You can’t always get [the price] you want. Also why would a person with a boring job but no obligations be afraid to try something s/he might like? Sleeping on the couch.
Duration:00:15:28
Scare Your Kids With Art
6/13/2025
When you inherit something ugly. Decorating for the fear factor: that thing you hung up in your kids’ room thinking it was “cheerful”. Bathroom art. Shaving…and when to skip it. The Chippendale Dancers and one revolting photo session.
Duration:00:15:43
It Was an Accident
6/10/2025
Monsoon season hits, also known as the festival of mud. Mud and Jello wrestling—gone but not forgotten. Why green M&M’s are like broccoli. The meanest mom. You have to pay.
Duration:00:14:30
Having Elon Musk's Baby
6/8/2025
What, exactly, would you need (other than the geneticly provided equipment) to make you, or someone you know, willing to have Elon's baby? Genetic advantages. The worship of sleep.
Duration:00:15:43
Almost All About Peeing
6/4/2025
After a relatively benign first two minutes, we descend into tastelessness, and discuss peeing. Outdoors. Indoors. Do not eat within an hour of listening to this installment of the podcast.
Duration:00:12:53
Eat This and Die
5/30/2025
Why people eat things that will kill them (Turi has a tempting moment). A level of hell: calling a tow truck that never comes. What is your dashboard trying to tell you?
Duration:00:15:40
Accidental Pregnancy Pt 2 (That's Not How It Happened)
5/27/2025
For years, Turi has given the wrong story about Marci’s pregnancy. Here’s the wrong story. Why it’s a bad idea to bring certain people to a wedding. The fantasy of becoming a parent. Marci explains why grandchildren are different. The first Haboob (that’s a dust storm, but haboob sounds better).
Marci’s very strange adaptive cookware. Changing the channel can be a hazard to your health.
Duration:00:11:33
Accidentally Pregnant (Part 1)
5/20/2025
The Marauding Cattle of Marci Persky Road. Who stole the cattle guard [hint: meth involved]? When your addict friend has a deeply held paranoid theory, or, how to put a meth addict to work. When family planning goes awry.
Duration:00:11:54
Smell This
5/11/2025
Sometimes, a TV commercial takes you to places you’ve never been—and makes you wish it hadn’t.
Duration:00:11:23