Best Gabe Ever

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Best Gabe Ever: Cheaters Get Baked Potatoes with Ruha Taslimi May 27, 2026

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Ruha Taslimi (UCB, Dropout) returns to the show to debate reclining seats on airplanes. An artist has a very stalker-y art project. A sister schedules a family cruise at the same time as a sibling’s wedding.

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Best Gabe Ever: Put Yourself In A Straight Person’s Shoes with Ruha Taslimi May 20, 2026

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Comedian Ruha Taslimi (UCB, Dropout) joins the podcast to talk about their trans/non-binary improv team, getting taken advantage of while doing someone else a favor (r/choosingbeggers), and how to handle grandparents forcing you to baptize your baby (r/atheism). A hairdresser realizes her client is married to her ex… and it gets worse. Plus, some really lovely thoughts on theater.

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Best Gabe Ever: Talking To You Man-To-Man with Charlie James May 13, 2026

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Charlie James is back to talk about what to do when someone's home keeps getting invaded because others think it is an AirBNB. Gabe has beef with people who don't keep an eye on their dogs. A friend of Gabe's has to fly to another country to pick up their missing dog who went on an adventure. In r/stories, a man pretends to be a woman's boyfriend and doesn't realize what he really did. Is this person the asshole for only wanting people to come over if they've made an effort to communicate with his deaf step-daughter?

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Best Gabe Ever: Everyone's Mad Because I'm Kind Of Rich with Charlie James May 06, 2026

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Comedian Charlie James joins the show to talk basketball and make fun of British people. (jk?) to A man's father has fallen in with a rough crowd. A bridesmaid doesn't want to stay where the bride wants the bachelorette party to stay. Should a man go on a second date with someone whose apartment was very dirty? A relationship falls apart because a man uses AI to ask if his girlfriend's behavior is a red flag. Finally, Charlie tells tales of the push and pull of being a horse person.

Notes: Charlie's dog makes some noise during the show!

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A Thousand Natural Shocks: Good Queer News Does Happen! with Ben Greene Apr 28, 2026

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Author and activist Ben Greene joins the pod to talk about why he focuses on good news. Your despair is someone else's business model. Plus, some extremely insane stories of passing as cis. (Ben's is wild!!!)

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Best Gabe Ever: Beyoncé got Cerise Castle Fired Apr 28, 2026

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This one goes a lil off the rails. Enjoy! Complainers come to Reddit for small complaints and guest Cerise Castle is here for it. Learn about right of repair laws and corporate greed. #generalstrike Should we all have CD players and physical calendars? An incredible story about a brother who saved his sibling’s life by pretending to be his dead dad. Beyoncé got Cerise fired from American Apparel.

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Best Gabe Ever: Straight To Hell, Do Not Pass Go with Cerise Castle Apr 22, 2026

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Reporter Cerise Castle joins the show to talk about a man who invests all of his and his girlfriend's in vintage cheese. A man makes his new partner say hello to his shitty ex when she comes by the house. An employee wonders if she's the asshole for snitching on a co-worker. Is it wrong that a woman spoke to her co-worker's sheltered daughter about Mulan? r/maliciouscompliance brings someone gaming a shipping denial from his office. We are not covering Brenda's shift, okay???

note: A worker started drilling near Gabe's head and he had to record in a closet and then the sound followed him so you can hear it at one point please enjoy

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Best Gabe Ever: Gabe Welcomes John Blakeslee To Internet Hatred Apr 15, 2026

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Gabe and John Blakeslee, writer and policy researcher, talk about his and Allison Raskin's son Parker's name as well as red state/blue state names. r/fuckyouinparticular brings a story about an ape who broke out of his cage just to attack one specific other ape. Gabe's mom gave him a shirt from the 80s commemorating Key West seceding from the United States. A teenager tricks artists into designing free art for him using rage bait. How do we deal with aggressive petition getters on the street?

Trigger warning at 22:38 mention of sexual assault

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Best Gabe Ever: Gabe and John Blakeslee Save The Economy Apr 08, 2026

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Writer, policy researcher, and BFF Allison’s husband John Blakeslee joins the show to talk extensively about cooking and fast food shenanigans. Then, a man with a glass eye wants to know a funny way to reveal it to his loved ones. Someone who has been faking his job suddenly has to present in front of everyone. R/amItheasshole has a rollercoaster story about getting a dead girl’s social media deleted.

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Best Gabe Ever: If I Could Sing I’d Be Unbearable with Drew Burnett Gregory Apr 01, 2026

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Do terrible people deserve terrible obituaries? (Tw: sexual assault) A beauty guru scandal leads to a lovely conversation about transness and filtering and editing photos. A question about needing hobbies brings an answer about IQ and intelligence standards.

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