Dear Crinkle Episode 86: Puzzled Gift Giver, and “My wife and my sister had a massive fight.”

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 [email protected].  #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 [email protected].  #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 [email protected].  #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 [email protected].  #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 [email protected].  #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