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Chris Gethard
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Jun 9
Ten Years in the Making
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 ... Show More
1h 11m
Jun 2
I Just Want To Be a Bridge
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/ ... Show More
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May 26
Avatar Stories from Anonymous Benders
For Gethard's birthday, we're doing something kinda stupid but also totally sincere: an entire episode about Avatar: The Last Airbender. After months of threatening to turn Beautiful/Anonymous into an Avatar podcast, Geth finally makes good on his word and talks to callers about ... Show More
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