Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

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.

Everything is "Cherry Cherry" 04/09/2025

Everything is "Cherry Cherry" When the equipment that’s made for old people—is for you. The “dumb phone” solution. Should you warn someone who is about to see a crappy play/movie/concert. Can you date someone when you hate their taste? When “The Song Remains the Same”….and that song…is “Cherry Cherry.” Marci has joined an online community of bots. Working out for a “donut marathon.” /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/36061760

Let Them Eat BAD Cake 03/26/2025

Let Them Eat BAD Cake Marci’s Only Fans new computer challenge. Marci’s Law bad day. Pizza that’s too fancy, cake on the floor, and deceptive frosting practices. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35865085

Dog-proof Astroturf 03/21/2025

Dog-proof Astroturf Are there really nice people? Prove it. Romper Room and DEI. Fear of puppets and masks. Alarmed by children’s’ TV. The dangers of small household items. Fun with filth. The usual parts of life…with some novelty cucumbers. Celebrate spring at the dump. How to get out of being over-volunteered. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35817330

Kinky Trad Wife 03/19/2025

Kinky Trad Wife Computer, or cat toy? Marci is planning a birthday escape to Mexico…which last time didn’t go so well. Are “trad wives” really that traditional? “Mission Impossible” meets “Leave it to Beaver.” Diseases you learn about from drug ads. Here. Wear this apron. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35772290

A Tranche of Stupid 03/16/2025

A Tranche of Stupid Why not “Do your own research” and finds their own “Alternative Facts” weather when the road is closed down? A BIG helping of not-good decision making, with a serving of wishful thinking to follow. Your medical history, on a four inch screen. Marci gets a craving. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35710640

Crying in your Crypto 03/12/2025

Crying in your Crypto Dog training—an Israeli Army approach. How Turi would respond to training…if she were a dog. No crying in your spilled crypto—a news account reinterpreted. Marci worries about the stock market, and makes a decision. Beta-tested babies: the next generation. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35649255

Just Pee Anywhere 03/09/2025

Just Pee Anywhere A blizzard means semi trucks are strewn across Arizona’s highways, but Marci is safe in her own bathroom…unless anyone else is there. Why would someone run up and down the aisle of an airplane with no clothes on? Where to pee: a tough decision. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35590170

2 Kinds of Bloodbath 03/04/2025

2 Kinds of Bloodbath When the British Royals decide to junk a (literally) bloody tradition, it give you hope. The DC firings—in inimitable the words of Tina Turner, “We can do this nice and easy….or we can do this nice and rough.” That college you or your kids didn’t get into? You can feel better about it now. Bringing out your inner snob /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35450285

Wet Spot 02/28/2025

Wet Spot Feeding your husband dog food for dinner…or is it the other way around? Whoops—did you leave that open? The house sitter attempts a new task. Water everywhere, and the telltale spot. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35442280

Don't Put it in Writing 02/25/2025

Don't Put it in Writing “Information Addicts Anonymous” is something you may want to join. When you send out a little more “news” than you had planned. Paranoia in the pressroom. Unweighted blankets as romantic deterrents. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35358475

Admit You Lost It 02/21/2025

Admit You Lost It Gated communities and “The Sovereigns” of rural Arizona. The post office makes an admission, and accomplishes…nothing. Customer service can only get you so far. Who is the more effective complainer. The “Wife Line”, and an explanation of the unrequested D--- Pic. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35357305

When the Stereotype Explodes 02/19/2025

When the Stereotype Explodes When is a microphone like a blind dog? Non-partisan political content that’s mostly schadenfreude. When somebody (erroneously) imagines you are their date. Also, how to figure out that you are on a date. What happens when the stereotype disappears? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35345815

Sorry, Can't Hear You 02/13/2025

Sorry, Can't Hear You Ear pods may end, or save, your marriage. When you go on vacation, you learn a few things about your partner—like which one of you needs to argue with the navigation app. Marci’s dog brings back a trophy. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35277740

Fancy Underwear 02/07/2025

Fancy Underwear Turi picks the wrong thing to read. Nobody is sleeping. Small accomplishments. When you need subtitles even though the movie is in English. The wrong underwear, and when not to wear it. When do you wear the RIGHT underwear. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35171760

Get Rid of the Poison 02/06/2025

Get Rid of the Poison Marci refuses to ask for help, and gets covered with toxic toner. Computer printers are not for kids…say the kids. The thing you should have sold that on E-bay. Turi discovers she has a house full of poison, but is it as dangerous as what Marci found in her bathroom? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35171180

Gut Check, Literally 01/31/2025

Gut Check, Literally The last (we hope) of the puking puppy chronicles. Lambchop the puppet. You will know you are losing your mind by checking out your pantry. Adventures in mailing stuff. The Screen Actors Guild Awards, reviewing the reviewing. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35105735

How Much for That Snow Shovel? 01/28/2025

How Much for That Snow Shovel? It would be great if we could class up the podcast this week…but unfortunately, we are mostly worried (still) about puking pets, freezing family, and how you get a snow plow on the interstate going 60 miles an hour. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/35042405

The Chicken Butt Warmer 01/24/2025

The Chicken Butt Warmer A new feature for the last, ageing chicken in the flock. Marci considers a “divide and conquer” strategy in the Goat vs Dog dilemma. Turi puts the Small Cutie on a hiatus. Yes, you can be sick of your own kid. Teething baby upgrade. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34951520

The Puking Puppy Project 01/21/2025

The Puking Puppy Project Marci does not want to admit where the puppy—the one her husband was not enthusiastic about getting in the first place, has chosen to eject his mix of chicken and tumbleweed. Yes. Tumbleweed. There’s also been an incident of cat smuggling. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34937130

Date Night Part 2 01/21/2025

Date Night Part 2 Strange attire for six below, and it’s even stranger at a cemetery. Romance and date night…for the young. High heels on ice. The mystery of the missing Detroit Lions jacket. Take this furnace and get the heck out. Mink Schmink. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34935160

Date Night Part 1 01/15/2025

Date Night Part 1 Losing your inner editor, or “no, I won’t indemnify you.” Spilling the tea, or “who would I tell” is a very bad idea. What “date night” means when you live on an Arizona mountain in the middle of nowhere. That piece of paper you could have put on your phone, but didn’t. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34859450

New Year's Ice Storm Part 2 01/10/2025

New Year's Ice Storm Part 2 Turi’s takeaway from watching the “Golden Globes”: who lets people go out of the house wearing a traffic cone? Her husband would. So would Marci’s. Important lesson: If it has spaghetti sauce stains on it, it’s NOT new. The dumbest repeating marital arguments, and how to keep them going. A new rule for eating old food. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34752360

New Year's Ice Storm Part 1 01/07/2025

New Year's Ice Storm Part 1 How long does it take to chip ice off one entire minivan? Marci’s new heater is missing its owners’ manual. A trip back to the pot-fueled 70’s, courtesy of the junk drawer. What not to drive to a funeral. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34751960

The End of the "Year Ender" 12/31/2024

The End of the "Year Ender" Marci remembers with loathing the standard end-of-the-year newsroom assignment. The list of people who died can prove useful. Free AstroTurf, and other social media amusements. The REAL danger of bootleg streaming services is not what you think. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34667165

Missing and Disgusting Parts 12/23/2024

Missing and Disgusting Parts Marci throws some parts away. Turi learns the source of “them apples”, as well as a name for a part she wished she’d never heard of. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34575575

Be Emphatically Wrong 12/18/2024

Be Emphatically Wrong It would be great if you got an injury from a non-embarrassing accident, but how often does THAT happen? If you’re going to commit to your argument, it helps if you don’t find out later that you were absolutely wrong. Look! Up in that lifted truck—it’s….a goat. Is that candy, or are you trying to kill someone? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34498350

Let's Alienate Everybody 12/15/2024

Let's Alienate Everybody Why DOES Marci make so many trips to the vet? And the boulders she runs over on the way. Leaving your pet to someone as an inheritance. Stolen catalytic converters--bad for your marriage. 3 hours at open mic comedy night with your aspiring comedian (in twenty seconds). /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34453815

Animals Were Harmed 12/10/2024

Animals Were Harmed How is your home insurance like a virtual girlfriend? Depends where you live. Marci’s S—storm of Awesomeness Ranch has some problems in the animal husbandry department. Can social media save the day? Can it ever? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34342120

Soliciting 12/06/2024

Soliciting The spousal unit is outside canning peppers…because they are a death risk. Marci thought she had a baby and puppy management technique. She is having only 50% success. Movies the scarred your kids for life. The proselytizers who knock on your door: Management techniques and the political upside to solicitors. How EBay and YouTube save you from dementia. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34311870

Your Own Personal Karen 12/04/2024

Your Own Personal Karen Marci has found the ultimate Karen, but Turi has found a source of endless Karens. The kid has a new job, and the face piercings have to go. The hazards of facial jewelry. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/34278730

Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

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