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.

End of a Friendship (Vacation Pt. 3) 09/17/2024

End of a Friendship (Vacation Pt. 3) What does it take to dissolve a “couples’ friendship”? Marci has a much higher tolerance than Turi does…but yet another vacation trip is involved. This one features someone ELSE’S boat. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/33098407

Vacation Pt 2: An Act of Fraud 09/15/2024

Vacation Pt 2: An Act of Fraud Duct tape. You need it on every vacation. Do you have the correct paperwork? Marci’s pet cemetery/deep freeze. A spin through the 80’s in Marci’s husband’s not-so-new, not-so-functioning boat. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/33056497

Exotic Vacation pt1 (Bitten, Broken, and Backwards) 09/10/2024

Exotic Vacation pt1 (Bitten, Broken, and Backwards) Bitten, Broken, and Backwards. Both Marci and Turi had the wrong kind of exciting vacations. Marci goes first…. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32997162

Banned at the Border 08/30/2024

Banned at the Border Packing for two different countries, Marci and Turi compare notes about what you can take through customs, and how much hair product you really need in the jungle. He who laughs worst. Wandering hordes of banned house pets. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32727687

Blame the Drugs 08/27/2024

Blame the Drugs Marci discloses her inability to follow written directions. The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago. Turi has some coping methods. Chicago Cops. Spousal consent: does it apply to pet adoption, or the continuing saga of the foster dog. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32720472

Who Said Life Was Fair? 08/23/2024

Who Said Life Was Fair? Romantic vs cute. The unexpected text. Marci will measure her vacation thrills (no, not all of them). Marci’s pina colada machine. What went wrong at the post office. Things Turi taught her kids, especially “the complainer”. If you screw up, you will learn. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32717992

Death of an Appliance 08/20/2024

Death of an Appliance Exactly what it sounds like—only plural. Marci reveals her research techniques for purchasing only the best—sometimes. Who cares if it works, as long as it's pretty, (Especially if it's on TV)? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32662827

Boating on Land 08/16/2024

Boating on Land Marci starts drinking…but it’s for her health. A husband’s purchase makes sense only to half the podcast. Invitation to the vacation Turi will never take, and Marci unpacks (again). What gets mailed. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32616982

Death of a Superhero 08/14/2024

Death of a Superhero The wolf pee question is solved…but then there are other animals. A celebrity death announcement. Another death announcement—this one with made to avoid becoming “fake news.” /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32568177

If You Plan It, Something Will Happen 08/09/2024

If You Plan It, Something Will Happen Dogfights, prescriptions, vacations. Anything can go wrong. We catch you up…and begin Marci’s pre-travel planning. In her case, that is almost never a good idea. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32521237

No Politics, No People 08/06/2024

No Politics, No People Do you have “that friend” who insists on talking politics? Turi has made a decision about that friend, while Marci has committed herself to a new philosophy, and bought a tee shirt to prove it. The Olympics are on….but what if you need news? Meanwhile, at the Sh—storm of Awesomeness Ranch, nobody smells very good. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32454012

Wolf Pee 08/02/2024

Wolf Pee Does your workday involve getting hit by a beer cozy? Or maybe risking death at a hockey rink? How to get rid of unwanted outside-your-house guests, while offering them tasty treats. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32361647

Friends Don't Feed You Raw Broccoli 07/31/2024

Friends Don't Feed You Raw Broccoli Everyone has the same tech question. You can fix it the nice way, or the violent way. We’re going to leave you in the car. The eternal opening of the Olympic games. After effects of break dancing. The aspirational house next door. More of Turi’s tips on how to complain while being only slightly rude. The psychology of catering to vegetarians. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32360692

Wrong Movie 07/28/2024

Wrong Movie Did you ever walk into the wrong movie theater at a multiplex? The same thing can happen at your house. A new ratings system for film. Ghostwriters and rock stars. The lure of ancient candy, and the end of the jar of jam. PS the really bad 70’s hit that was stuck in Turi’s head was Mouth and MacNeil’s “How Do You Do”. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32321677

How to Feel Old 07/24/2024

How to Feel Old Marci updates you on her week. You will feel younger when you hear it. Someone asks for "The before picture". Bathing in nail polish. A miracle cure for the coffee-stained outfit. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32270567

Reduced to Five-Year-Olds 07/19/2024

Reduced to Five-Year-Olds Not enough pajamas. Top 3 arguments in Turi’s marriage…turn out to all be the same. Fighting in the language of kindergarten. Marci knows nothing about being a mother—according to someone who has been doing it for six whole months. A hole in your house. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32207602

What Did You Do To It? 07/17/2024

What Did You Do To It? Marci has a mishap, and must live with it for the rest of the recording session. How to boil an egg...forty years of knowledge, and a hacky sack. Librarian bulliten board wars, and the Community College Podcasting Class. Broadcast engineers' favorite question, and why they ask it. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32175052

More Satisfying If It's Dirty 07/12/2024

More Satisfying If It's Dirty What you must clean to run and AirBnB Ways to trick people, and yourself, by imagining things are “fun”. First, a life of deprivation…then the payoff. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32084047

Move It Again, Sucker 07/10/2024

Move It Again, Sucker A heat wave on the mountain, and all kinds of creeping things are finding their way to Marci's front porch. And then there are the scary boxes.... /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32076942

Gratuitous Violence 07/06/2024

Gratuitous Violence When your power goes out…was it goats? When you love someone, you move the roadkill. How quickly does someone show you they’re nuts? Love of movie violence—a dating red flag? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/32028437

French Whores 07/03/2024

French Whores Home improvements, potty training, French whores, ear gauges, and other mistakes parents make. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31994142

Death Metal Voice 07/01/2024

Death Metal Voice Marci spends a day at the hospital, surrounded by cops. It’s not what you think. At Turi’s house, a fascination (not hers) with the digestive tract of the foster dog. Train your puppy just like Megadeath would /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31956192

When You're Hot 06/26/2024

When You're Hot Monsoon season on Marci’s mountain. Marital thermostat wars. Quest for sleep. Animals in the bed. AI and your phone. How to get published in a tabloid. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31890817

Ten Foot Pole 06/22/2024

Ten Foot Pole Hey, is that your old tee shirt? Peculiar grooming tools, and the people who need them. A new weather word. Have you tried to convince a friend that something is true because you saw it on video? Marci has seen the unbelievable. Turi doesn’t believe it. Dead things. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31846182

Lies of Omission 06/19/2024

Lies of Omission Your relationship may contain a truth teller…or you might be married to Turi, a truth evader. Marci gets blamed for something, and she’s ALMOST sure she didn’t do it. The car that says too much. The Pride festival returns to rural Arizona. Odd pairings. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31802952

Extension Cord 06/14/2024

Extension Cord The neighborhood co-op that is never ever going to open. How to solve most household problems—with electricity! Marci is awash in cowboys and tobacco. Ill-considered green space. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31752622

Stuck in Your Head 06/12/2024

Stuck in Your Head The dog is stuck. A tiktok video is stuck. Everything is STUCK. And you may join a cult more easily than you thought. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31707382

Please Take This Pet 06/09/2024

Please Take This Pet What happens when the natural disaster is INSIDE your house... Pet rescue: When to give up. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31666102

Urgent Care 06/04/2024

Urgent Care What’s more important than a near-medical emergency? How about getting “Have You Ever Seen a Monkey” to stop playing in your hearing device. More things you never wanted to know about your neighbors, and more names you probably shouldn’t foist on your kid(s). /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31592362

Controlled Burn 05/22/2024

Controlled Burn When your car gives advice. Dog food IS groceries. Turi’s “words to live by” are still true—alas. Things to do when your neighborhood is (deliberately) on fire. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/31413022

Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

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