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.

Flying Squirrels and Helmets 07/24/2026

Flying Squirrels and Helmets We get advice from old[er] people. Marci tackles the Grand Canyon. Risks, and how to benefit from other people’s reckless behavior. Explosive cyclospora euphemisms. Fuzzy things are not always cute. The flying squirrels (or are they chipmunks) of the Grand Canyon. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42209190

Dangerous Lettuce 07/21/2026

Dangerous Lettuce Forest fire air. How to spot faux Italian cooking (and a restaurant that served it). The wandering kosher turkey. The non-miracle of kosher salt. IMAX in Arizona without A/C. Whoops, wrong lettuce or cheering for good poops. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42172805

Keeping Your Kids Out 07/17/2026

Keeping Your Kids Out Strategies for keeping your adult children from moving back in, including cinder block. Daddy long legs, worms, centipedes, and axolotyl lizards, oh my. How to delete a recurring nightmare from your consciousness. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42133085

The End Times 07/15/2026

The End Times More reasons to lie to your spouse. Religion can save you from household drudgery. Marci contemplates blood in IMAX. An ample obsequious Alexa in every room. Education, Home Depot, and the baked potato. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42096520

Make Your Spouse the Mean One 07/10/2026

Make Your Spouse the Mean One “BCE”—before cellphones existed. Nice people make Turi look bad. When your spouse manipulates to make you manipulative. The non-shocking shock collar. The eternal conversation between mothers of kids behaving badly. When you are still punk. The unexpected sea chanty. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42040505

Surviving the City Bus 07/07/2026

Surviving the City Bus Marci’s personal “Burning Man” is causing her to reevaluate mountain living. What you can watch with a TV antenna. Turi’s long, garlicky, painful busride: lessons learned. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/42001180

Evacuate the Cats 07/03/2026

Evacuate the Cats Marci is looking for safety as Arizona burns, and she may need to pick up a couple of hundred cats. There are the realistically phobic people, and the nut jobs and paranoics. You can find out who is who on social media.Turi is cautioned never to watch Game of Thrones. Fireworks in a hazard zone. Pickpocketing—a national sport. Fear of mascots. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41957425

How to Scare a Sportswriter 07/01/2026

How to Scare a Sportswriter The longer something has not been working, the better you feel when you find out you didn’t break it. A room full of sports writers, and a moment of silence. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41914800

Rattlesnakes, Dogs, and Feral Pigs 06/26/2026

Rattlesnakes, Dogs, and Feral Pigs Rattlesnakes are all over Marci’s neighborhood. There’s a plan for that. Disgusting things you probably never thought dogs could do. Disgusting things you probably never thought pigs could do. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41789610

Woo Woo Science 06/24/2026

Woo Woo Science Marci demonstrates the unusual value and properties of childproof caps, smartphones, and Skin-So-Soft. That friend who sends you articles about woo-woo faux science, and one of the hocus pocus queens leaves for an alternate dimension. Or maybe just leaves. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41783240

Diapers 06/19/2026

Diapers Marci has been caring for a toddler…a toddler who thinks diaper training is a game. We’ve all been there, and some of us (including even ourselves and perhaps some famous people) don’t seem to have fully solved the problem. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41706660

Lord of the Audiobook 06/17/2026

Lord of the Audiobook It takes a rabbit to catch Marci’s dog. New rural neighbors with loud radios and a backhoe. Choosing pets and husbands for looks, or, the every-six-year haircut. Audio books are NOT efficient (don’t believe anyone who tells you “I get so much done…”) No use for “Catcher in the Rye.” More use for “Lord of the Flie.” Marci likes “Justice Judy.” /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41674050

Porn Stars of Yesteryear 06/12/2026

Porn Stars of Yesteryear The two-hour drive for the 5 minute appointment. Peter Pan vs the computer or, who is the grown up here? Robin Byrd interviewed Ron Jeremy a million years ago—when nobody waxed. Hygene for furniture. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41626755

Exploding Hot Rods 06/10/2026

Exploding Hot Rods Marci yields to a highway (Route 66) full of hotrods, but the vibe is a little to sultry. How to apologize to old people. Birds that hang on your chest, and the women who love them. The “I’ll finish it later” problem. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41594725

The Pee Test 06/05/2026

The Pee Test Turi is assigned homework. To be more accurate—bathroom work. Doctors you should not marry. The out-of-context in-person meeting, or “I know I know you….” What you eat when you are too hungry. Rummaging through your kitchen cupboard late at night. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41553955

Bodies and Fluids 06/03/2026

Bodies and Fluids Marci finds an unused liquid in her bathroom cabinet…and decides to try it. Turi is assigned the collection of an entirely different fluid. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41517635

Rude Truth in Advertising 05/29/2026

Rude Truth in Advertising A business’ web site tells you exactly what it thinks of its competition…and possibly you. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41421755

Chilled Lizards and Poached Worms 05/26/2026

Chilled Lizards and Poached Worms Fun navigating in and negotiating with your city bureaucracy (extra points if your city is Oakland, CA.) Don’t touch my tree. How do you know if you’re being asked for a bribe? Wedding madness: Marci’s youngest plans her event-which involves demolishing Marci’s property. The semi-permanent sidewalk art in a trendy Chicago neighborhood: a dessicated rat. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41418950

How Much is that Dead Rat 05/22/2026

How Much is that Dead Rat When was the last time someone asked you for a bribe? How do you know? The City of Oakland, California vs The City of Chicago. Marci's daughter's wedding plans. Dead rats on the sidewalk vs redwood trees upending the sidewalk. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41399690

Best Dead Elvis Story 05/20/2026

Best Dead Elvis Story Sometimes you wish there were an explanation for your difficult week—but the planets and stars are not it. Somehow, the glasses are your fault. The primary school valentine for the kid you didn’t like. The hazard of “don’t you know who I am?” Things (famous) people should have learned about Zoom. Marci wears the wrong shirt to appear on national TV. And Elvis…is still dead. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41357230

The Barefoot Trail 05/17/2026

The Barefoot Trail Marci does something many of you would never, ever do—and now she is in pain. Nature is arguably bad. The Midwest vs. California, or the open bar vs the vegetable platter. (When we say hide the sausage, we mean it.) /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41320205

Fire on the Mountain 05/14/2026

Fire on the Mountain Marci’s neighboring mountain is in flames (nobody is hurt) with extremely inconvenient results. Wildlife hits the ground. The blended worm. Biology you’ve forgotten. What not to have outside your expensive store. The “Most Oblivious Partner” contest announcement (and why we’re holding one.) /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41288265

Eat This Couch 05/08/2026

Eat This Couch New ideas for getting rid of toxic waste, purchasing furniture, or possibly removing unwanted house guests. How to entertain your children, recklessly. Mummies make great babysitters. Not the British kind, the dead kind. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41222245

The Pre-Ruined Cruise 05/06/2026

The Pre-Ruined Cruise Whenever you plan a trip….there’s that news story. Switchbacks to Sedona. The Hell’s Angels go shopping. Swedish biker fish. Escape of the hounds. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41173050

Elvis Presley's Bathtub 05/01/2026

Elvis Presley's Bathtub That’s not what you thought you were eating. What’s in your underwear? Admit you’re too old for that. Insulting a house for sale online. How to die in the bathtub. Rebuilding Elvis’ house at your house, or how to mangle 150 year old mansion. The Jungle Room in Reno. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41122805

A Lifetime Supply 04/29/2026

A Lifetime Supply Five days, one missing phone. Paying ransom. If aliens abduct your partner… Falling back in love with the dollar store. A lifetime supply is a terrifying thing. The artist’s vaccine, and poisoned manicotti. Ma’am, are these your goats? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/41057505

Creative Poisoning 04/24/2026

Creative Poisoning When everything goes wrong on your birthday, is that karma? Three dogs, three ways to ruin your life. One solution to missing out on a promotion: poison your colleague. Can you take your dog’s drugs? /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/40984375

Your Birthday Suit 04/22/2026

Your Birthday Suit Getting back on the horse—really. Revelations about Marci’s past. The dog that hates your partner. The fancy birthday dinner that takes you back to your childhood…in a not great way. How much did you pay for that drink? Scary restaurant mascots. Steak. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/40968705

James Bond for Women 04/17/2026

James Bond for Women Grandbabysitting, and what the space age diaper change. Exhaustion vs insomnia. The boomer iPhone case. Your bra as a weapon. The eye exam or “get that optician off my lawn.” Happy birthday to us. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/40907140

Your Holiday, Not Mine 04/10/2026

Your Holiday, Not Mine Have you ever heard friends describe their perfect holiday and thought “that sounds like hell”? This is what that sounds like. And, extra expensive holiday food that is purposely awful. /episode/index/show/turirydersshesaidwhat/id/40808395

Turi Ryder's "She Said What?" Podcast

TOPICS