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
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
Confessing to Everything
5/6/2025
Sooner or later, all your unpleasant habits and bad deeds will be known. And we probably did them first. There will be blood—all colors—and other bodily fluids. Goatless.
Duration:00:15:44
Stocker-uppers vs. Make-doers
4/29/2025
If you don’t know which you are, your family will find out….after you die.
Marci’s mariachi marathon in Mexico.
Duration:00:15:36
Marital Enhancements
4/25/2025
Things to throw out before you die. Disposing of a marital enhancement. Some people cannot be given financial advice. Does this dog-discouraging spray really taste as bad as it claims (there’s only one way to find out.)
Duration:00:14:12
The BS Dire Wolf
4/22/2025
Marci is refusing to learn new technology. It will make a fine epitaph. Resurrection of the Dire Wolf, and Marci’s childhood. Turi’s various categories of hokum.
Duration:00:15:11
Everything is "Cherry Cherry"
4/8/2025
When the equipment that’s made for old people—is for you. The “dumb phone” solution. Should you warn someone who is about to see a crappy play/movie/concert. Can you date someone when you hate their taste? When “The Song Remains the Same”….and that song…is “Cherry Cherry.” Marci has joined an online community of bots. Working out for a “donut marathon.”
Duration:00:15:26
Let Them Eat BAD Cake
3/26/2025
Marci’s Only Fans new computer challenge. Marci’s Law bad day. Pizza that’s too fancy, cake on the floor, and deceptive frosting practices.
Duration:00:15:23
Dog-proof Astroturf
3/21/2025
Are there really nice people? Prove it. Romper Room and DEI. Fear of puppets and masks. Alarmed by children’s’ TV. The dangers of small household items. Fun with filth. The usual parts of life…with some novelty cucumbers. Celebrate spring at the dump. How to get out of being over-volunteered.
Duration:00:14:31
Kinky Trad Wife
3/19/2025
Computer, or cat toy? Marci is planning a birthday escape to Mexico…which last time didn’t go so well. Are “trad wives” really that traditional? “Mission Impossible” meets “Leave it to Beaver.” Diseases you learn about from drug ads. Here. Wear this apron.
Duration:00:15:46
A Tranche of Stupid
3/16/2025
Why not “Do your own research” and finds their own “Alternative Facts” weather when the road is closed down? A BIG helping of not-good decision making, with a serving of wishful thinking to follow. Your medical history, on a four inch screen. Marci gets a craving.
Duration:00:13:11
Crying in your Crypto
3/12/2025
Dog training—an Israeli Army approach. How Turi would respond to training…if she were a dog. No crying in your spilled crypto—a news account reinterpreted. Marci worries about the stock market, and makes a decision. Beta-tested babies: the next generation.
Duration:00:12:32
Just Pee Anywhere
3/8/2025
A blizzard means semi trucks are strewn across Arizona’s highways, but Marci is safe in her own bathroom…unless anyone else is there. Why would someone run up and down the aisle of an airplane with no clothes on? Where to pee: a tough decision.
Duration:00:14:38
2 Kinds of Bloodbath
3/4/2025
When the British Royals decide to junk a (literally) bloody tradition, it give you hope. The DC firings—in inimitable the words of Tina Turner, “We can do this nice and easy….or we can do this nice and rough.” That college you or your kids didn’t get into? You can feel better about it now. Bringing out your inner snob
Duration:00:15:53