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1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Thats the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Broad City, This...

An airline dispatcher calls to tell Gethard about the most important job at the airport that most of us don't even know exists. He tells us...

An existential psychologist calls in this week and gets Gethard to open up about a tough dad moment before the conversation turns toward the...

A paramedic calls in this week, and he and Gethard bond fast over the real deal world of first response. This caller is operating at a prett...

Our caller talks with Gethard about graduating from NYU into a job market that's getting worse by the minute, bouncing between temp jobs, lo...

A caller from South Jersey ( Editor's Note: 856 4EVER ) tells Gethard what it was like being more than six feet tall by age 10 and growing u...

Our caller lost her husband to cancer when he was only 33. She talks with Gethard about working in oncology while carrying her own history o...

This week's caller tells us about a living situation so uniquely hilarious it feels like it came straight from a sitcom. He also shares how...

This week officially marks the 10-year anniversary of the very first episode of Beautiful Anonymous , and we might have the perfect call for...

A potter who just had their biggest sales day ever calls in to talk about what life has been like since their political post went viral. The...

This week's caller is a 44-year-old sorority house director who lives in the house full-time and walks Geth through the ins and outs of the...

Live from Bottlerocket Social Hall in Pittsburgh, Gethard talks to a witch as she prepares for a full moon ritual, and . . . let's just be h...

Live from Hamtramck, Michigan, a Chicago caller joins us with an all-time pitch: "I'm a woman in construction. I technically worked for the...

Live from The Hideout in Chicago, Gethard talks with a Detroit-based tattoo artist about silly ink, meaningful art, Disney adults, and the s...

An ultramarathon runner who's 37 weeks pregnant calls to talk with Gethard about trail running, support crews, and how some ultra runners ar...

A newly minted Doctor calls to talk about earning their PhD in medical devices, how they managed to end up in the middle of a red panda esca...

This week's caller is an outsider whose deep love for one specific kind of art ended up shaping her entire life. Geth talks with her about c...

This week's caller is an avid kayaker with a Friday night all to himself. He tries not to make this episode about kayaking, but come on, whe...

As Beautiful/Anonymous kicks off its tenth year, Gethard talks with a mail carrier turned artist who's done settling and ready to take some...

As the year turns, Gethard keeps the tradition alive by talking with callers two minutes at a time about their hopes for 2026. We hear from...

Our caller immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico just weeks before 9/11. He talks with Gethard about growing up as an immigrant in the Midwest...

Home on a snow day, a Canadian caller talks with Gethard about parenting, mental health, and dealing with a difficult change in her life. Al...

This week's caller is in the middle of a major life pivot, leaving a successful career as a college athletic trainer to become a Montana gam...

This week's caller had the neighbor from hell. She shares that story with Gethard, recounts some recent travel adventures, and then opens up...

Gethard talks with a movie studio security guard calling in mid-shift. They get into local clown drama with surprising real-world stakes, th...

A year after unexpectedly losing her partner, this week's caller shares how she's been rebuilding on her own terms. She and Gethard talk abo...

A grassroots journalist calling in mid-haircut connects with Gethard over a shared love for community media. Together, they break down why p...

This week's caller has dedicated her life to understanding hoarding disorder. Years ago, she married someone whose relationship with collect...

A caller checks in from a Costco parking lot to mark one year sober after 25 years of blackout drinking. He talks about kicking opioids, reb...

Here we are. Episode 500. We celebrated the only way that makes sense. With a few hundred listeners packed into a theater in Jersey and a ca...

You've heard us talk about it. Here's your reminder. In the last nearly TEN YEARS of Beautiful Anonymous , Gethard has had 499 unforgettable...

Gethard talks with a caller who shares her story of adopting a young girl and what happened when, after a year, that child chose to return t...

An Australian on a solo vacation calls in from Italy. She and Gethard chat about travel, trade stereotypes about each other's countries, and...

This call starts at Burning Man but quickly opens up into a far more complicated conversation about grief, abuse, healing, and the long work...

This week, Geth talks with a railroad worker who shares what it's really like on the job. They get into the nitty-gritty of trains, unions,...

This week, Geth talks with a firefighter/EMT who's training to be a paramedic. They get into the vital importance of volunteer work, what it...

Raised by a zoologist in a house full of wild animals, this psychology professor's life has remained just as untamed: coaching junior roller...

This week's caller takes us into the complicated, messy, and deeply human world of sex work. The conversation stretches from personal experi...

Does what it says on the tin. Gethard talks to a polyamorous witch librarian who once worked the front desk at a brothel, surprisingly perfe...

Here's the pitch: Engineer by day. International award-winning clown by night. Learned to read and walk in her 20s. This caller has a lot go...

A couple weeks back, Gethard talked with a lawyer whose husband came up a few times. We learned two key facts about him: he's got a lot of b...

This week, Gethard talks to a Vietnam veteran with a lifetime of stories. He's never listened to the podcast, but his granddaughter has, and...

This week's caller is a medical device engineer with a deeply personal stake in the healthcare system. She talks with Gethard about living w...

This week's caller joined Gethard at 10:30 on a Friday night to talk about wrestling and her love of a New Jersey ska band, but the conversa...

In another installment of our unofficial "The Young People Are Alright" series, a 19-year-old entrepreneur calls in to talk about hustle cul...

This week's caller is a mom of two young boys doing her best to face life head-on. Her oldest son is autistic and recently diagnosed with de...

This week's caller is a pediatric nurse with a newborn at home, and she's learning in real time how her job is both a blessing and a curse w...

This week's caller is a medieval recreationist who sews their own centuries-old clothing and has an overactive bladder. And that's just scra...

Good morning! For reasons no one can quite explain, Beautiful/Anonymous has a long and proud tradition of attracting band directors, and thi...

It's 9 pm on a Friday, and the vibes are loose. This week's caller is a former teacher turned novelist-in-progress who's found fulfillment i...

A new master's degree, a recent family death, and...13 secret second cousins? This week's caller is processing a wild year of grief, discove...