Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don’t think “scrabblology” is a word? Feel free to challenge us. Meanwhile, the stars have aligned in a high-scoring syzygy to allow “Word Freak” Stefan Fatsis to join us and talk about competitive Scrabble!  Also, we’ve got a particularly awesome new batch of your Show Descriptions! GUEST Stefan Fatsis bystefanfatsis.com/word-freak HOUSE BAND Joshua Raoul Brody SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 27% off sitewide! For a limited time our listeners are getting a free gift on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns. Now available in Canada!Use code [PAULA] to get up to 57% Off and a Free Gift at FirstDay.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), and Adam Felber offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a nearly infinite number of candidates, what atrocity or foul-up might actually auger the end of MAGA?  Returning champion Mike Pesca gives us the odds. And then we search for our own identities in a fresh round of “Who Am I?” GUEST Mike Pesca mikepesca.com HOUSE BAND Jodi Rose Crump JodiArts.com SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 27% off sitewide! For a limited time our listeners are getting a free gift on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns. Now available in Canada! Use code [PAULA] to get up to 57% Off and a Free Gift at FirstDay.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat Koppett is back, and she’s here to help us all communicate better through the magic of improv. And by “communicate better” we mean “air grievances!” Yes, and… after we make each other look good, you make us look dumb in the return of the Poundstone Riddle invitational! GUEST Kat Koppett koppett.com HOUSE BAND Jay Clanin roadrunnerproductions.net SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are debt collectors allowed to do all the things they do, or are there rules about following us everywhere and calling at 4 AM? Sean Pyles is here to tell us what’s allowed and what’s abuse. And speaking of abuse - hit us! It’s “Maibag! Abuse Edition.” GUEST Sean Pyles Producer and Host of NerdWallet's "Smart Money" podcast CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional pylesplanning.com HOUSE BAND Sergeant Bigler SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does being the world’s foremost forensic artist look like? Lois Gibson herself is here to sketch in the details! And then we embark on another investigative adventure - it’s “Land Ho with Toni Anita Hull!” GUEST Lois Gibson loisgibson.com HOUSE BAND Joel Rogers CoasterGallery.com SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that Forbes has celebrated how good we are with guests, we do a show without them! We play some Password, and then we settle in for Life Hacks with Captain Crinkle… and YOU! HOUSE BAND Justin Berkobien SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, Paula’s manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice minisode and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who’s to say who really deserves to have US bases named after them? Retired Brigadier General Ty Seidule does - he literally led the commission that puts Confederate names out of commission! And once we’ve parsed the blue and the gray, let’s visit the green: It’s all about Ireland in “Bonnie and Toni’s Oral Report.” GUEST Ty Seidule A PROMISE DELIVERED HOUSE BAND Nadia Franks SPONSORS Head to Factormeals.com/paula50off and use code paula50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. See website for more details! For a limited time only, our listeners get 10% off + free shipping at Tumbleliving.com/PAULA Go to helixsleep.com/paula for 20% off sitewide! 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, her manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice podcast and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the No Kings Rally just days away (March 28!), we’ve got Indivisible.org’s co-founder back to tell us all about it! And once that important stuff is out of the way, we turn to the unimportant: Trivia Multiple Choice! GUEST Ezra Levin indivisible.org HOUSE BAND Eric Wolff SPONSORS 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Eat smart at ⁠FactorMeals.com/paula50off⁠ and use code paula50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Poundstone, her manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly sage advice on the #1 comedy advice podcast and climbing the charts. New episode every Thursday. Need advice?  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Eleanor is back, and she’s talking about her new obsession: Forensic entomology! She’ll explain how insects are helping us fight crime. And then, you call us out on OUR crimes and misdemeanors - it’s a new “Mailbag!” GUEST Eleanor Spicer-Rice spicerrice.com HOUSE BAND Dan Radlauer SPONSORS 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting 20% off their entire order by using code PAULA at CheersHealth.com For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Eat smart at ⁠FactorMeals.com/paula50off⁠ and use code paula50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPECIAL EDITION: Life Can Be Hard (ft. “I’m almost 30 and now what?” and “I can’t help it if men fall for me and want something serious” Paula Poundstone, her manager Bonnie Burns (aka “Captain Crinkle”), Adam Felber, and Toni Anita Hull offer unqualified, but possibly helpful advice on the comedy podcast. Need advice?  We may have an answer.  Email us at dearcrinkle@gmail.com.  New episode every Thursday. #dearcrinkle #PaulaPoundstone #CaptainCrinkle #Comedyminisode #ComedyAdvice #nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone #NLTPP #BonnieBurns #AdamFelber #comedy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New listeners, start here! For our 400th episode, we’re celebrating by explaining the unexplainable - our long, weird, and in-joke laden history. Join us for nostalgia, games, good times, and the inevitable reopening of old wounds! HOUSE BAND Bill Connell SPONSORS 20% OFF better plants and better growing at FastGrowingTrees.com using the code PAULA at checkout.  For a limited time our listeners are getting a free Shimmer Face Oil on their first purchase when they use code POUNDSTONE at checkout. ⁠Jonesroadbeauty.com⁠ and use code POUNDSTONE at checkout! For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code PAULA at oneskin.co/PAULA For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code PAULA at checkout. LolaBlankets.com⁠  Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/PAULA Warby Parker gives you quality & better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. Our listeners get 15% + Free Shipping when they buy 2 or more pairs of prescription glasses at WarbyParker.com/[PAULA] For a limited time, Prolon is offering Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone listeners 15% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit ProlonLife.com/NOBODY Eat smart at ⁠FactorMeals.com/paula50off⁠ and use code paula50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year Go to ⁠Quince.com/nobody⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices