Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend

It's an extra spooky Halloween episode! Alison has a contingency plan for if her nose gets broken and Elliot's head-butting that morning is making her wonder if the time is now. Kevin T. Porter is here and he brought some cookies for a spontaneous #SnackChat. Renee is here too and she's got big Halloween plans. Tony weighs in on what rock stars are experiencing during a planned encore. Plus podcast recommendations, iTunes Comments of the Week. TV Time and Just Me Or Everyone. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you http://CalmingComfortBlanket.com (promo code BESTFRIEND for 15% off), http://vetericyn.com/all-in/ (use code ALISON for 25% off plus free shipping), http://kiwico.com/ALISON (to get first month free) and http://EmbarkVet.com (use promo code BESTFRIEND to save 15% off your Dog DNA Test kit). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Four years ago political pundit Mary Katharine Ham's personal tragedy was all over the news when her husband Jake Brewer died suddenly in a cycling accident. Theirs had been a picture perfect romance that read like a movie—he was former Obama staffer, she was a conservative columnist and pundit appearing regularly on Fox News (she's now employed by CNN). They had one daughter and she was seven months pregnant with their second daughter at the time of the accident. As Mary Katharine recounts here, she figured she'd probably not date again, at least not for awhile. And then a couple years later she found herself opening her heart again to a mysterious man who has no social media presence but actually exists (I met him myself). We recorded this episode the night following her surprise engagement. We also talk about masculinity, sexual harassment, hoarding, anxiety, the LadyBrains podcast, being a decisive person and so much more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by http://StitchFix.com/kids/bff (use this URL and StitchFix will waive the $20 styling fee; get 25% off when you keep everything in your box), http://rothys.com/alison and http://FabFitFun.com (use coupon code ALISON for $10 off). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jackie Johnson is back on the eve of her big move. Tony's stopped using the lotion his doctor prescribed him and his skin is better without it! Daniel and I had a very horrible incident in our shower involving maggots but Jackie has introduced us to a fun way to say it. Plus I'm workshopping some recurring questions. And iTunes Comments of The Week and more! Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by http://Joybird.com/ ROSEN25 (use code ROSEN25 for 25% off your first order)http://Casetify.com/BESTFRIEND (to get 20% off your purchase), http://TheFarmersDog.com/BESTFRIEND (save 50% and get free shipping), http://Everlywell.com/BESTFRIEND (and enter code BESTFRIEND for 15% off your test), http://Bombas.com/BESTFRIEND (to save 20%), http://YourSuper.com (use code ALISON to save 15%). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

New Yorker cartoonist and author Liana Finck stops by the show to talk about where her darkness comes from, the process of doing illustrations for the New Yorker, her latest book, Excuse Me: Complaints, Cartoons and Notes to Self and her previous graphic novels Passing for Human and A Bintel Brief, ex boyfriends, working in public, her preferred pens, paper, desk height, conservative Judaism, running and so much more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you http://Brumate.com (add code BESTFRIEND to get 15% off first order) and http://Brooklinen.com (Get 10% off AND free shipping when you use promo code BESTFRIEND). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Allan Moss is back in town so we had to catch up on his life in Atlanta with Jenna Kim Jones and their two girls. We talked golfcarting, parenting, friends they've replaced us with, snacks, career stuff, airline status and so much more. We also got into a pretty heated round of Yes Please or Oh Puh-leeze and I'm not going to name names but Daniel and Tony are wrong. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you http://AwayTravel.com/bff20 (use promo code BFF20 during checkout for $20 off a suitcase), http://Ancestry.com/BESTFRIEND (for 20% off your AncestryDNA kit), http://Vetericyn.com/all-in (use promo code ALISON for 25% off your order), http://DipseaStories.com/ALISON (for free 30 day trial), http://TryLesMills.com/BESTFRIEND (for 21 days FREE access to their fitness app). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Content Warning: This episode contains a story involving animal cruelty, death of an animal and child abuse that you may find upsetting Comedian and podcast host Ken Reid returns to the show to talk about his critically acclaimed podcast TV Guidance Counselor, knowing more about Burbank than Alison who lives there, generalized anxiety disorder and systematically trying various methods to relax, upcoming podcast guests, a truly disturbing story about his grandmother, refusal to take drugs, thoughts on ASMR, panic attacks, horror movies, skincare and more. We also took your questions. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you BEST FIENDS (download free on Google Play or Apple Store) and http://Rothys.com/ALISON. Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jackie Johnson is back so we're making her answer our questions since she's a renowned beauty expert. Daniel was forced to talk man at a furniture store recently. And Tony made a joke that I'm still laughing about days later! Plus #Snackchat with Mystery Oreos, Just Me Or Everyone and so much more. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by http://StitchFix.com/KIDS/bff (use this URL and StitchFix will waive the $20 styling fee; get 25% off when you keep everything in your box), http://WaltonWoodFarm.com (use code BESTFRIEND for 10% off first order, http://TheFarmersDog.com/BESTFRIEND (save 50% and get free shipping), http://EmbarkVet.com (use promo code BESTFRIEND to save 15% off your Dog DNA Test kit), http://Ritual.com/ROSEN (for 10% off your first three months) and http://JoinHoney.com/ALISON. Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jonah Ray returns to the show to talk about the weird transition period he finds himself in, losing his father three weeks after he returned from touring with Mystery Science Theater 3000, seeing his dad in his final moments, getting Lasik and a vasectomy in the same year, "the artistic lifestyle," music, the album of punk Weird Al covers he's released called You Can't Call Me Al, Jonah Raydio, The Meltdown and so much more. We also took your questions. Download the episode from iTunes. Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by AUDIBLE. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial. Choose one audiobook and two Audible Originals absolutely free. Visit http://audible.com/BFF or text BFF to 500-500. Also FIGS! Head to http://wearFIGS.com and enter code BESTFRIEND at checkout for 15% off. Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Joining us for this episode was a gigantic crane fly. New guest Dan Telfer referred to it as a May fly which may be a regional thing but regardless, the fly didn't say much but its presence was felt. Despite the intrusion we discussed Dan's balls (he has one) and kidneys (also one), his two-time battle with testicular cancer, David's upcoming trip to Romania and the reason for going, VSCO girls, a toilet seat cover update which just may teach you something, Daniel's harsh repudiation of my entire essence and so much more including a round of HGFY with a twist! Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by http://Casetify.com/BESTFRIEND (to get 20% off your purchase), http://CalmingComfortBlanket.com (promo code BESTFRIEND for 15% off), http://vetericyn.com/all-in/ (use code ALISON for 25% off plus free shipping), http://kiwico.com/ALISON (to get first month free), http://YourSuper.com (use code ALISON for 15% off) and http://WaltonWoodFarm.com (use code BESTFRIEND for 10% off first order). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny) returns to the show to talk about whether he actually owes me $20 (he does), a shared love of Jesus Christ Superstar, Sarah Silverman, if Alison is the female Jimmy, conversations that make you sound arrogant, being "hosty" in real life, Jimmy's temper, the occasional fight with Matt Belknap, parenthood, random moments that pop into your head way too often, home office layouts and more. We also took your questions and did a quiz! Plus "How Dare You?" on Patreon. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you http://BetterHelp.com/BESTFRIEND (use code BESTFRIEND for 10% off) and http://DipseaStories.com/ALISON (for free 30 day trial). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial