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
Banned at the Border
8/30/2024
Packing for two different countries, Marci and Turi compare notes about what you can take through customs, and how much hair product you really need in the jungle. He who laughs worst. Wandering hordes of banned house pets.
Duration:00:14:49
Who Said Life Was Fair?
8/23/2024
Romantic vs cute. The unexpected text. Marci will measure her vacation thrills (no, not all of them). Marci’s pina colada machine. What went wrong at the post office. Things Turi taught her kids, especially “the complainer”. If you screw up, you will learn.
Duration:00:13:12
Death of an Appliance
8/20/2024
Exactly what it sounds like—only plural. Marci reveals her research techniques for purchasing only the best—sometimes. Who cares if it works, as long as it's pretty, (Especially if it's on TV)?
Duration:00:10:55
Boating on Land
8/16/2024
Marci starts drinking…but it’s for her health. A husband’s purchase makes sense only to half the podcast. Invitation to the vacation Turi will never take, and Marci unpacks (again). What gets mailed.
Duration:00:13:16
Death of a Superhero
8/13/2024
The wolf pee question is solved…but then there are other animals. A celebrity death announcement. Another death announcement—this one with made to avoid becoming “fake news.”
Duration:00:14:53
If You Plan It, Something Will Happen
8/9/2024
Dogfights, prescriptions, vacations. Anything can go wrong. We catch you up…and begin Marci’s pre-travel planning. In her case, that is almost never a good idea.
Duration:00:10:32
No Politics, No People
8/6/2024
Do you have “that friend” who insists on talking politics? Turi has made a decision about that friend, while Marci has committed herself to a new philosophy, and bought a tee shirt to prove it. The Olympics are on….but what if you need news? Meanwhile, at the Sh—storm of Awesomeness Ranch, nobody smells very good.
Duration:00:12:34
Wolf Pee
8/2/2024
Does your workday involve getting hit by a beer cozy? Or maybe risking death at a hockey rink? How to get rid of unwanted outside-your-house guests, while offering them tasty treats.
Duration:00:14:17
Friends Don't Feed You Raw Broccoli
7/31/2024
Everyone has the same tech question. You can fix it the nice way, or the violent way. We’re going to leave you in the car. The eternal opening of the Olympic games. After effects of break dancing. The aspirational house next door. More of Turi’s tips on how to complain while being only slightly rude. The psychology of catering to vegetarians.
Duration:00:15:37
Wrong Movie
7/28/2024
Did you ever walk into the wrong movie theater at a multiplex? The same thing can happen at your house. A new ratings system for film. Ghostwriters and rock stars. The lure of ancient candy, and the end of the jar of jam. PS the really bad 70’s hit that was stuck in Turi’s head was Mouth and MacNeil’s “How Do You Do”.
Duration:00:15:02
How to Feel Old
7/24/2024
Marci updates you on her week. You will feel younger when you hear it. Someone asks for "The before picture". Bathing in nail polish. A miracle cure for the coffee-stained outfit.
Duration:00:14:07
Reduced to Five-Year-Olds
7/19/2024
Not enough pajamas. Top 3 arguments in Turi’s marriage…turn out to all be the same. Fighting in the language of kindergarten. Marci knows nothing about being a mother—according to someone who has been doing it for six whole months. A hole in your house.
Duration:00:15:04
What Did You Do To It?
7/17/2024
Marci has a mishap, and must live with it for the rest of the recording session. How to boil an egg...forty years of knowledge, and a hacky sack. Librarian bulliten board wars, and the Community College Podcasting Class. Broadcast engineers' favorite question, and why they ask it.
Duration:00:15:48
More Satisfying If It's Dirty
7/12/2024
What you must clean to run and AirBnB Ways to trick people, and yourself, by imagining things are “fun”. First, a life of deprivation…then the payoff.
Duration:00:12:10
Move It Again, Sucker
7/10/2024
A heat wave on the mountain, and all kinds of creeping things are finding their way to Marci's front porch. And then there are the scary boxes....
Duration:00:10:37
Gratuitous Violence
7/5/2024
When your power goes out…was it goats? When you love someone, you move the roadkill. How quickly does someone show you they’re nuts? Love of movie violence—a dating red flag?
Duration:00:12:45
French Whores
7/3/2024
Home improvements, potty training, French whores, ear gauges, and other mistakes parents make.
Duration:00:15:52
Death Metal Voice
6/30/2024
Marci spends a day at the hospital, surrounded by cops. It’s not what you think. At Turi’s house, a fascination (not hers) with the digestive tract of the foster dog. Train your puppy just like Megadeath would
Duration:00:15:05
When You're Hot
6/25/2024
Monsoon season on Marci’s mountain. Marital thermostat wars. Quest for sleep. Animals in the bed. AI and your phone. How to get published in a tabloid.
Duration:00:14:50
Ten Foot Pole
6/22/2024
Hey, is that your old tee shirt? Peculiar grooming tools, and the people who need them. A new weather word. Have you tried to convince a friend that something is true because you saw it on video? Marci has seen the unbelievable. Turi doesn’t believe it. Dead things.
Duration:00:14:45