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Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

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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

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


Episodes

Thanksgiving in a Onesie

11/21/2023
Marci is back from surgery, but not off her couch. And she will be eating a drumstick while wearing a onesie and watching the Detroit Lions. That's an improvement over what she's been eating lately. Our Thanksgiving show. Enjoy!

Duration:00:15:20

Mean Music Mom Part 2 (With Kim McCallister)

11/17/2023
Threats mommy's make, and more bad music your kids make. Podcast host Kim McCallister takes the copilot's seat again...as Marci recovers.

Duration:00:15:50

Mean Music Mom

11/14/2023
Kim McCallister fills in for Marci, while she recovers from surgery. Kim has musical kids. She’s not always happy about that.

Duration:00:14:52

Things Get Broken

11/3/2023
All kinds of things break. Some spray you in the face. Some require speaking to “Steve” in Tech Support. Sometimes, things must GET broken, to even up your damage karma.

Duration:00:14:57

Beauty Treatment

11/1/2023
Marci is trying to take care of a seven-months-pregnant 28-year-old with a post-surgical knee. When you have four dogs, it’s still possible that not one is suitable for a “dog friendly” baby shower. Why describing your beauty treatment is a bad idea.

Duration:00:15:45

Reviewing the Bad AirBNB

10/28/2023
The A/I generated product review. Driverless cars return to Marci’s neighborhood. How not be patiently waiting. Marci didn’t miss smoking today, instead she has cannibalized herself. How something that’s been clean can upset you. The clean bathroom queen, and why Turi is one. How to review the awful AirBNB.

Duration:00:15:53

It Was a Bargain

10/24/2023
Marci is nervous about her upcoming wrist surgery—but she’ll be able to drive, once she learns how her new car works. Turi’s favorite luxury. Post it notes: the life raft of middle age. Marci finds a designer bargain on line. Gifts your friends don’t need to give you.

Duration:00:15:34

Wild Life Part 2

10/20/2023
Marci’s husband had a freak (and painful) encounter. When to wear, and when NOT to wear, a ski mask.

Duration:00:12:08

Alarming Wildlife

10/17/2023
Marci has several distressing experiences with creatures from the back country. Turi suggests a trade. Trick or Treat or a pack of smokes.

Duration:00:14:50

Old Dogs

10/13/2023
Turi flunks community college Spanish. Marci knows exactly what to do about that. Day six of Marci without cigarettes. Keeping the old dog going.

Duration:00:15:14

Fancy Underwear

10/10/2023
When should you give up a pair? Turi’s trip to the ER leads to a deep dive—almost literally—into the underwear drawer. How do women get the job of “underwear buyer in chief”? Marci orders Grateful Dead undershorts for her husband.

Duration:00:09:43

Marci Quits Smoking

10/6/2023
Marci is trying (again) to quit smoking. What happened to the bag of Halloween candy? “Mad Men” and social convention: why not litter? Surviving your very thrifty family. Camping for New Yorkers. What Turi learned from eating hospital food.

Duration:00:15:44

Rude Innuendo

9/24/2023
Marci’s husband asks her to visit the dentist. Turi tries HARD NOT to say (rudely) what she thinks is really going on, but ultimately –surprise--cannot help herself.

Duration:00:14:46

Duct Tape It

9/19/2023
Marci tries to sleep. Her only hope is duct tape. Turi doesn’t understand why people have a problem with porn, but no problem with stupidity. Rats- and the dogs that love them.

Duration:00:14:51

Live From the Nosebleed Seats

9/12/2023
Marci plans a concert road trip to hear the Jonas Brothers with Evie. You can see the show better from her hotel swimming pool. Turi, who has her own pool and concert problems, explains how a hotel buffet is a lot like the British Film Institute’s streaming app.

Duration:00:15:49

We Do Car Talk

9/11/2023
Marci makes celebrates her new wheels—while Turi’s hoopdie is trying to knock her unconscious.

Duration:00:10:18

The County Fair

9/5/2023
An old fashioned day at Marci's County Fair brings back trauma for Turi, and the giddy fanbase of a band that's not eactly famous.

Duration:00:12:55

Trouble at the Border

9/1/2023
Marci gets stuck, twice, on her anniversary vacation in Mexico. And things aren’t much easier coming home.

Duration:00:12:06

Thrift Shop Disaster

8/29/2023
A series of unfortunate, EXPENSIVE, thrift store events. Then MORE expensive mistakes. One requires learning a bad word in Spanish. Bonus: the world's most disgusting sounding adult beverage.

Duration:00:15:35

Ignore the Rules

8/27/2023
Turi struggles to follow the guidelines for uploading her audio book. But “Steve in India” has a solution. Marci wonders about women who find VERY young men attractive, and she gets a strange roadmap to her own anniversary party.

Duration:00:14:00