Extremely detailed crispy mushroom tutorial. The end of originality. Nicolandria salad ad. Catherine Keener comparison. Gentle emotional unraveling.

Carey O’Donnell is back! Matching denim. A repeat surfer caller. Funfetti food test. Spa music. Multiple perspectives on a recent fecal event. Ending with a rousing musical number! Don’t miss it.

Chelsea and Nick discuss hats, cowbirds, Gavin Newsom, and whether slow claps should be banned forever. Also: vegan cheese, Love Island, and the general ache of being alive. A feel-good episode.

Justin Timberlake’s Lyme diagnosis, chamomile lemon cake discourse, grieving a cat who isn’t dead yet, a drag king inquiry, and more. Chelsea emanates love, opines on Threads teasers, and plans to do five planks but only remembers to do two. 

Chelsea attempts to explore journaling but gets sidetracked by a woman with five kids, a Uber Eats driver actively on a delivery, a toy commercial maker, and more. Food tests are back. 

Carey is radicalized by Fire Island and drops multiple Dorinda references in this very special, very chintzy episode. His magical tale of going septic and wearing a stent and purse of antibiotics and subsequent digestive woe. Toenail removal and a discussion of disturbing doctors. A lengthy analysis of sunflowers. Conversely, shocking caller opinions on roses. Carey shares dog perfume tips. An exploration of flat Christina Aguilera karaoke. Many helpful PSAs.

Chelsea chats with a mightily prestigious crop of guests: an opera choreographer with a hot restaurant tip, a pottery buyer who appraises her piece, and a licensed therapist (presumably) who assesses Chelsea. Discussion of vitello tonnato, sand dunes, pottery accounts, mothers day, and underground parking lots. Chelsea's continued attempts at piquing caller interest in escape rooms effectively fails.