Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

Latest Episodes:

Jenna's Diet Coke Test (Plus Alison Gets Called Out for Un-Careful Texting) Jun 25, 2015

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Jenna Kim Jones talks a good game about being able to identify her favorite beverage—"fresh" diet coke from McDonald's—but can she really tell the difference between "fresh" and canned? Find out! Plus on this episode Alison, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Jeff Fox talk about salons, guacamole, walking and texting, Alison's ongoing fitness situation, deleted tweets, kid things and so much more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Brooks Wheelan Jun 22, 2015

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Comedian Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live, Girls) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about being misquoted regarding his feelings about getting fired from SNL, his actual feelings about getting fired from SNL, anxiety, drugs, high high and low lows, growing up in Iowa, his half hour Comedy Central special, struggles with being too loose on stage, performing comedy in NYC, living in a drug house in Los Feliz, relationships, being a biomedical engineering grad, stuffed animals, going crazy at his old job after not sleeping, the politics of workplaces, cheating in college, not doing stuff he doesn't want to do, camping, nature and perspective, his concerns about overexposing himself, his confidence with the ladies and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

The Al Quiz (with special guest Jordan Morris) Jun 18, 2015

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The man who calls himself Allan Moss is a mystery to us all. On this episode Alison, Greg Heller, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones, Jeff Fox and special return guest Jordan Morris compete to see who knows #Al best. Plus, Greg Heller performs an #ALQUIZ song live in Dining Room Studios. Not only that, Jordan tells some stories, Alison is all about fitness and cup filling, Jenna had to dodge seagulls AND MORE. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Lauren Lapkus Jun 15, 2015

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Lauren Lapkus (Jurassic World, Clipped, Orange is the New Black) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about her role in Jurassic World and her experience filming the movie, her podcast With Special Guest, Lauren Lapkus, stone soup, chicken fingers, meeting her husband, finicky eating habits, what she will and won't eat, auditions and putting herself on tape, learning how to cut hair, her new TBS show Clipped, improv in general, patronizing a business whose politics you don't agree with and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

The Alison Quiz Jun 11, 2015

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Last week we found out how well Alison knows the Thursday gang but this week we turned the tables to find out which member of the Thursday gang knows Alison best. Will it be Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Greg Heller, Allan Moss, her own husband Daniel Quantz, or Jenna Kim Jones who wasn't there because she's required to attend all summits in Utah? More importantly, which defunct music store did she work at in high school? Listen and find out! We also talked about Greg's embarrassing morning, fresh diet coke, Allan's turtle saving and more. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Chris Hardwick Jun 08, 2015

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Chris Hardwick drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about rabbit holes, how much it must stink in space and space Febreeze, trying desperately to fit in as a young person, control issues, anxiety, his parents’ divorce, early career struggles, his recent trip to Austria with girlfriend Lydia Hearst, hating the feeling of bare feet and always needing to have socks on, internet bullying, impostor syndrome, Singled Out, the true genesis of the Nerdist podcast and so much more. Plus we took your questions over twitter and did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

How Well Does Alison Know the Thursday Gang? Jun 04, 2015

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Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Dustin Goot, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a re-introduction of the Thursday gang including who everyone is, their favorite colors, middle names, where they were born and how Alison knows them. We also talked about Dustin's big news, emails, Greece, engagement stories, overrated scones and aggressive door holding. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Joe DeRosa Jun 01, 2015

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Joe DeRosa (Better Call Saul, The Pete Holmes Show, Comedy Central) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to announce the end of his podcast and talk about flinching, the end of his "unrelenting artist" phase, his take on suicide and selfishness, his take on "takes," being adopted and whether he'll find his birth parents, working with Jonathan Banks on Better Call Saul, working with Pete Holmes, grief, music, sci-fi/horror, his tensions with Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Thursday Show (Erotic Restaurants, More Hot Budgeting, Al's Dream Cheating) May 28, 2015

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Alison is joined by Greg Heller, Jeff Fox, Daniel Quantz, Jenna Kim Jones and Allan Moss for a discussion of romantic confusion, saying "Adolph" at the Coors Factory, maternity pants, Al's dream cheating, cats, budgets and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.

Annie Lederman May 25, 2015

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Comedian Annie Lederman (MTV's Girl Code, Chelsea Lately, Grand Theft Auto V) drops by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend to talk about how waking up on the air mattress of a comedian she hated got her sober, her childhood in the suburbs of Philadelphia, being a juvenile delinquent, a bad scooter accident, stealing cars, bitching out her math teacher, New Mexico, getting into comedy, not sleeping with comedians, trying to get the word butthole trending and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.