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This week we’re joined by OBGYN Shieva Ghofrany who is here to talk to us about abortion, her new organization Tribe Called V, and to tell us why having Persian parents is the key to being successful, because if you’re not, they’ll kill you! Get key nutrients–without the B.S. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/school to start your Ritual today.

This week we’re joined by leading publicist Danny Deraney who is here to talk to us about how to use PR to grow your brand, the craziest PR stunts he’s been involved in including Sharknado, and how if your father speaks French, it doesn’t mean that he is French!

This week we’re joined by former SNL cast member Taran Killam who is here to talk to us about his experience on SNL, his experience acting in the movie 12 Years a Slave, and the one thing tourists do that New Yorkers absolutely love! Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/school to start your Ritual today.

This week we’re joined by comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan who is here to talk to us about her new comedy special Dhayatribe, what it was like coming up as a female comedian of color in San Francisco and whether or not we can use the word BITCH on Twitter!   Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/school to start your Ritual today.

This week we’re joined by Professor Andrea Jones-Rooy who is here to talk to us about her podcast Majoring in Everything, why it’s okay to just be okay, and the proper way to eat fire to make sure you don’t get burned!

This week we’re joined by NFT expert Nicole Behnam who is here to talk to us about NFTs, the rise and fall of Clubhouse and how buying a bored ape NFT, could make you a millionaire!

This week we’re joined by comedians Shawn Pelofsky and Vicki Barbolak who are here to talk to us about their new podcast Trailer Park Diaries, THE slap, and how if you ever see a female comedian performing with a glass of wine, do not try to rush the stage!

This week we’re joined by Jessica Yellin founder of News Not Noise and former CNN Chief White House Correspondent who is here to talk to us about why the war in Ukraine is getting more coverage than other wars, the psychology that led Putin to attack and how if Putin had a podcast, he wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine!

This week we’re joined by political scientist and Columbia University professor Hagar Chemali who formerly worked at the White House as a foreign policy expert. She is here to talk to us about what’s going on with Ukraine, what it was like growing up in a Lebanese family and how if you want to stop Putin, you’ve got to put him in a buddy comedy.

This week we’re joined by gambling expert and entrepreneur by Mike Aponte who is here to teach us about how to count cards when you play Black Jack, how no matter what you do in life, you need to trust in the process and how making millions off of card counting is not illegal!