Ali Wentworth

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  1. The Rise of The Wise w/ Martha Beck & Mariska Hargitay (Season 3 Finale)

    04/27/2023

    The Rise of The Wise w/ Martha Beck & Mariska Hargitay (Season 3 Finale)

    For Go Ask Ali’s Season 3 finale Ali is joined by her bestie, actress and philanthropist Mariska Hargitay, and the “best known life coach in America” (NPR, USA Today) Martha Beck. The three ladies just have a little chat about wisdom, courage, truth, integrity, love, abandonment and aging. No biggie, just everything. Oh, and masturbation. If you have questions or guest suggestions for next season of Go Ask Ali, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) Links of Interest: Martha Beck Official Website Martha’s Latest Book: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self Joyful Heart Foundation Mariska Hargitay’s Foundation End the Backlog Joyful Heart Initiative CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min
  2. Ali Wentworth Makes Alec Laugh

    06/01/2021

    Ali Wentworth Makes Alec Laugh

    Ali Wentworth is a fearlessly funny actor and comedian as well as a New York Times best-selling author of three books, Ali in Wonderland, Happily Ali After, and Go Ask Ali. She played Jerry’s girlfriend Schmoopie in Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi” episode, and she’s had roles in a wide range of TV and film projects including Jerry Maguire, Office Space, and It's Complicated. She’s married to George Stephanopoulos and the proud mother of two teenage daughters, Elliot and Harper. She started a podcast in the pandemic called Go Ask Ali which tackles parenting and friendships in unusual times. With Alec, Ali shares her courtship secrets, her approach to work-life balance and the dangers of taking too many sleep aids.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    35 min
  3. A Normal Life w/ Julia Roberts

    10/13/2022

    A Normal Life w/ Julia Roberts

    Movie star and America's sweetheart Julia Roberts joins Ali for a little catch up before her new movie Ticket to Paradise is released. In this fly-on-the-wall conversation, the gals almost forget they’re being recorded. Sit back with a cappuccino and a cookie and listen to behind the scenes stories of the making of Ticket to Paradise, Julia’s newest movie with George Clooney. They also chat about her life with three teenagers and the empty nest coming; cooking for her kids versus her stardust husband, Danny Moder; the book she and Ali are (probably never) going to write; forgetting her own age; and why she’s mad at AARP. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! CREDITS:  Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    41 min
  4. Ali Wentworth turns the tables on BFF Brooke

    11/08/2022

    Ali Wentworth turns the tables on BFF Brooke

    Actor, comedian, and Brooke’s bestie Ali Wentworth joins the show for our first-ever crossover episode! Brooke shares why she regrets waiting to lose her virginity, Ali reveals the time she asked her mom about masturbation on Christmas, and the two swap stories about their failed relationships (from ending an engagement to catching a cheating ex-fiancée). Plus, Brooke reveals if she's ever slept with a coworker during a fun game of "Never Have I Ever." The party continues Thursday with a down-and-dirty game of Bad Choices on Ali’s podcast Go Ask Ali. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    31 min
  5. Your Women Are Everything w/ Mariska Hargitay

    02/25/2021

    Your Women Are Everything w/ Mariska Hargitay

    What is it about girlfriends? Our friendships are special. Meeting a new soul sister can zap you just like that other lightning bolt when you meet THAT person. Ali and her longtime bestie actress Mariska Hargitay talk about why their relationship is special, but not unusual for women. We need, nurture and support each other in ways guys just don’t. And if you’re feeling a little isolated these covid days, it’s a reminder how much our ladies can help pull us through. Get ready to make a couple of phone calls to those special women in your life! // If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    38 min
  6. Microdosing Mommies w/ Michael Pollan

    10/06/2022

    Microdosing Mommies w/ Michael Pollan

    The promise and merits of psychedelic therapy have resurfaced from its original heyday in the 60s and 70s in no small part due to journalist and psychonaut Michael Pollan. Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind and recent Netflix documentary of the same name explores the exciting new research into the use of LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA to help people with things like PTSD, OCD, anxiety, depression, rumination and more. Ali gets all the info straight from the source and also explores an emerging fad called microdosing. Microdosing is taking such a small amount of a substance that there is no psychoactive effect and yet many people, including a mom Ali also talks to, report feeling calmer and more joyous. So Ali wonders, could microdosing help people be better parents? If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Michael Pollan Website:  https://michaelpollan.com James Fadiman’s Microdosing Website: https://microdosinginstitute.com/microdosing-101/james-fadiman/ MDMA addiction: https://americanaddictioncenters.org/ecstasy-abuse CREDITS:  Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 1m
  7. Fifty Years of Funny w/ James Burrows & Debra Messing

    10/20/2022

    Fifty Years of Funny w/ James Burrows & Debra Messing

    Legendary sitcom director James Burrows shares his decades of memories from behind the camera of some of the most iconic shows ever on TV from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers to Friends and Will & Grace. Originally from the theatre world, he recognized early on that sitcoms are plays with cameras and you can’t teach comedy or chemistry. Actress Debra Messing chimes in to share what makes him so brilliant, and they both dish on the buffet of guest stars that played with them on Will & Grace - including one Ali Wentworth who got down and dirty as Dr. Superstein, Grace’s gynecologist, in 2019. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Book: Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace and More CREDITS:  Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1 hr
  8. Your Teenager’s Really Big Feelings w/ Dr. Lisa Damour

    02/23/2023

    Your Teenager’s Really Big Feelings w/ Dr. Lisa Damour

    Content Warning: adolescent suicide and ideation are briefly discussed Dr. Lisa Damour returns to Go Ask Ali to share her new book The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, Compassionate Adolescents. She has written this book for parents and other caring adults to help teens when so many are struggling and there aren’t enough therapists to go around. She dispels myths about their powerful emotions and offers clarity on what they want and why. She also addresses risk taking, curfews, intuition and safety, gender and race differences, the crucial importance of SLEEP, and one of the most polarizing issues around raising teens - to track or not to track? And if you’ve wondered why your teen suddenly wants to talk right as you’re about to fall asleep, you’re not alone (and she knows)! If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - dial or text 988 (formerly The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) CDC Study on Teen Mental Health During Pandemic Book: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, Compassionate Adolescents Lisa’s previous episode: Under Pressure w/ Dr. Lisa Damour (11/12/20) Credits: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min
  9. Thriving With Your Ex (and Other Life Lessons) w/ Isabel Gillies

    12/23/2021

    Thriving With Your Ex (and Other Life Lessons) w/ Isabel Gillies

    Breaking up is hard to do. We all know that. But what of this newfangled idea that it doesn’t have to be riddled with bitterness, resentment, suspicion, or anger? Crazy? Gwyneth Paltrow called it conscious uncoupling. Isabel Gillies says it’s just what she did to get the best result for herself, her kids and her future. It’s the modern family where four people might show up for that parent-teacher conference and exs are vacationing together. Isabel says the keys are radical acceptance, wanting what you have and loving your lemons, seeds and all. It can happen. // If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) // Link of Interest: Isabel Gillies' Book, Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4907301-happens-every-day Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min
  10. The Middle Age Dating Buffet w/ Paulina Porizkova

    03/16/2023

    The Middle Age Dating Buffet w/ Paulina Porizkova

    Actress, writer and former supermodel Paulina Porizkova has been trying to date and, well, it’s even hard for her. No matter who you are or where you’ve been, the middle age dating scene is unfortunately no feast of riches. It’s actually, she says, more like a lunch buffet right before it gets closed down and everything is cold and dry. Ouch. But her outlook has gotten better and the main thing that changed it is her relationship with herself. She says writing her memoir No Filter (which touches on aging, beauty, heartbreak and grief) helped her reconnect to the most important relationship of all. And Ali answers a listener’s question. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Paulina’s Newest Book: No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Credits: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min
  11. Gwyneth Paltrow x Ali Wentworth: The Humor Currency

    05/03/2022

    Gwyneth Paltrow x Ali Wentworth: The Humor Currency

    GP catches up with her good friend, actress and author Ali Wentworth. They chat about their daughters (they're best friends), and GP asks Wentworth for advice on how to cope when Apple leaves for college. Wentworth shares what has fueled her marriage over the years, and she explains how humor became her currency growing up and how she uses it during dark times. After you listen, preorder Wentworth's hilarious new book, Ali's Well that Ends Well, which comes out May 10. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 hr
  12. How to Make Friends as a Grownup w/ Dr. Marisa G. Franco

    02/09/2023

    How to Make Friends as a Grownup w/ Dr. Marisa G. Franco

    One of Ali’s most requested topics from our listeners has been how to make friends as a big person. And here it is! Dr. Marisa G. Franco has written the book we've all been waiting for, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make - and Keep - Friends. Franco explains our connection programming, otherwise known as attachment styles, and how knowing yours can help develop and maintain those crucial friendships. She explains the importance of platonic love, how it creates identity and builds character, and why she calls friendship the underdog of relationships. Perhaps mostly importantly, she lays out the steps for how we can make more. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Dr. Marisa on Instagram Dr. Marisa’s Website: here you can take a quiz to assess your strengths and weaknesses as a friend  Also mentioned in the episode: ACE: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex Credits: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    49 min
  13. Narcissism and the Extra Drive to Feel Special w/ Dr. Craig Malkin

    04/06/2023

    Narcissism and the Extra Drive to Feel Special w/ Dr. Craig Malkin

    Narcissism lives in all of us to some degree as on a spectrum. And it’s easy to see how having even a tinge of narcissism could have been a valuable survival tool over the ages. But like with everything, there is a limit to what is healthy and what is toxic. Psychologist and author of Rethinking Narcissism Dr. Craig Malkin talks about the extroverted narcissist, i.e. “the narcissist we all know and loathe”, but says there are others. And like with most things there is an equal and opposite thing that compliments it. Meet the narcissist and its foil, the echoist. A match made in heaven? Not even close. Malkin describes his echoist relationship with his narcissist mother, the barriers people have to getting out of toxic relationships, the importance of anger and how a certain medication can help - if the narcissist actually thinks they need it. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Dr. Craig Malkin Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists Instagram  YouTube The Communal Narcissist: A New Kind of Narcissist? (Psychology Today) The Most Narcissistic U.S. Presidents (Pew Research, 2013) Malignant Narcissism: Does the President Have it? (Psychology Today, 2020) CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min
  14. Ali Wentworth: The Mental Health Champion, on Parenting and Activism

    07/16/2020

    Ali Wentworth: The Mental Health Champion, on Parenting and Activism

    Debra and Mandana sit down with one of their best friends, comedian and author, Ali Wentworth, for an enlightening and hilarious conversation about activism at home, parenting in the age of social media, and fighting mental health stigmas.   Produced by Dear Media.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    42 min
  15. The Success Girl w/ Julianna Margulies

    06/10/2021

    The Success Girl w/ Julianna Margulies

    Does 1 Golden Globe + 3 Primetime Emmys + 8 SAG awards = Success? Not exactly. In the Go Ask Ali Season 1 Finale award-winning actress, producer, wife, mother and now author Julianna Margulies seems to have figured it out, what success means to her, that is. In her recent memoir Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life Julianna shares the challenging, troubling, even dark times in her life. She opens up to Ali about why she's so grateful for a particularly turbulent relationship and recounts the grinding early days before stardom hit with the groundbreaking TV show ER. But does Fame = Success? Not exactly. // If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    44 min
  16. 50 Shades of Pornography w/ Dr. David Ley

    03/09/2023

    50 Shades of Pornography w/ Dr. David Ley

    Pornography has been the primary blame for many relationship problems. Fingers get pointed. Feelings get hurt. Doors get slammed. Psychologist and sex therapist David Ley, PhD believes pornography gets the blame because it is the “big, sexy, shiny object” that grabs the focus when a relationship is feeling bumpy. Ley says pornography is really just a symptom of other underlying issues that are not being discussed. In fact, he says pornography can be a great resource that can introduce novelty and new ideas to a couple’s sexy life if it’s viewed together. He and Ali also talk about why men seem to use it so much, the importance of communication and, hot tip, there is feminist porn out there. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Dr. David Ley Instagram Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man’s Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure Is Watching Porn Right for You (Psychology Today) A Beginner’s Guide to Watching Feminist Porn (Vice) The Top Ethical Porn Sites that Are Inclusive and Empowering (Glamour UK) Common Sense About the Effects of Pornography (Psychology Today) Porn Addiction  Credits: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    50 min
  17. I Want to Be Friends With Melissa Gilbert

    11/24/2022

    I Want to Be Friends With Melissa Gilbert

    Who knows if it’s getting older or having experienced a global pandemic, but Ali and Melissa are all about getting rid of life’s flashy trappings and making the simple things like friends, family and a real sense of peace their primary focus. Along the way they also touch on her life as a child star playing Laura Ingalls on the classic show “Little House on the Prairie”, setting boundaries and the bliss of a good recliner. Melissa’s newest book and memoir “Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade a Life Rediscovered” details her journey from glitzy Hollywood life to her rediscovering so much more. And she sounds really happy. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023! Links of Interest: Modern Prairie Website Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, a Life Rediscovered CREDITS:  Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min
  18. Surviving the Empty Nest w/ Laurie Gelman & Dr. Guy Winch

    10/14/2021

    Surviving the Empty Nest w/ Laurie Gelman & Dr. Guy Winch

    What happens when the tiny human who has been reared and nurtured and parented grows up and is ready to launch? Tears! For so many, lots and lots of tears. But you know what, it’s all part of the adjustment process. Ali and her friend Laurie Gelman sit down with psychotherapist Dr. Guy Winch to talk about their complicated feelings, what it's like for the siblings left behind, and the parents who can begin to focus on their own relationship again. And guess what, these moms feel a lot better by the end. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email a voice memo to go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min
  19. There’s No Shame in Menopause w/ Naomi Watts & Pat Duckworth

    04/20/2023

    There’s No Shame in Menopause w/ Naomi Watts & Pat Duckworth

    People are talking about menopause everywhere these days, which is incredible since our mothers and grandmothers and their mothers NEVER did! Women’s thirst for answers and community has exploded so our guests are right on time. Naomi Watts has created a menopause brand that educates, offers support as well as some useful products to help with, you know, all the places. Then UK menopause expert Pat Duckworth is spreading her message of menopause in the workplace from across the pond. Women have had to fight for maternity leave and equal pay, now she says it’s time to stand up for ourselves when we need healthcare support at the height of our careers. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) **Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for Ali and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20th, 2023! Links of Interest: Naomi Watts Company Website: Stripes Pat Duckworth Website: Pat Duckworth Book: Menopause: Mind the Gap - The Value of Supporting Women’s Wellness in the Workplace Pat Recommends MenoClarity: How to Sleep Better - Understanding Menopausal Insomnia (Blog) Menopause at Work in the News: UK Officials Address Menopause in the Workplace (SHRM) It’s Time to Start Talking About Menopause at Work (Harvard Business Review) How to Handle Menopause Symptoms While Working (New York Times) How Employers Can Support Menopausal Women at Work (Thomson Reuters) CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    59 min
  20. Ali Wentworth 🍆

    08/09/2022

    Ali Wentworth 🍆

    Ali Wentworth (Go Ask Ali, Seinfeld) and Justin have a very bantery conversation about her iconic role in the “Soup Nazi” episode of Seinfeld, how she met her husband George Stephanopoulos on a “blind date,” and that time she got gift card scammed. Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/lifeisshort. Please support us by supporting our sponsors! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 16m
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