DeAnne Smith's Questionable At Best

This week’s question: Is it possible to reinvent yourself?

This week’s quote: “Yes and no. Maybe. Sure. I’m not one to believe in things.”

My buddy Paul Aflalo (aka Paolo Flores) and I ponder whether it’s possible to reinvent ourselves. In the process, there are a lot of silly jokes and I get reinvented as his boyfriend, Dean. I think we live in Paris now.

This week’s question: How can you come out “better” on the other side of the break up?

This week’s quote: “You go from moments of ‘Hey I’m gonna be okay’ to ‘Oh my god, I could lie down on the sidewalk right now and cry.'”

This episode is truly questionable (at best). We (and some strangers*) have a lot of suggestions on how you can get to the other side after a break up: scream-weeping, moving on to the next one, and maybe even drugs?

*Some were ghosts. You’ll see.

This week’s question: Are your Facebook friends idiots?

This week’s quote: “I flushed out the offender and then I reinstated everybody.”

Jess Salomon is back on the ol’ ‘cast to talk about Facebook “debates,” the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a guy who calls himself Bacardi Thundercock. Oh, and she drops a casual reference to how she’s friends with war criminals. You should probably listen to this one; trust me, you don’t want to get on this chick’s bad side.

This week’s question: What can’t you do?

This week’s quote: “I really, really don’t like not being good at things.”

I interviewed Cee because I think she’s good at life and I want to know her secrets. (Spoiler alert: her secrets are mostly confidence and Youtube.) I hope you like this one as much as I do. Consider asking yourself what you can’t do and why.  (‘Cause I bet you can do that thing if you really want to.)

Oh, and do you know how to open a can of beans without a can opener? Well, YOU DO NOW:

This week’s question: How can we fight stress?

This week’s quote: “Let the hurricanes turn into feathers.”

Writer, comedian and head mopper at Théâtre Sainte Catherine Alain Mercieca talks stress and depression. This one gets extra real around 24 minutes in. (Before that, it’s still great though.) Oh, and he calls me a “lost soul,” which I don’t mind at all. Listen to the very end for real and practical stress-fighting tips.

This week’s question: How can you be more confident?

This week’s quote: “I’m always ready for the next fail.”

I spoke to comedian Morgan O’Shea about confidence and ended up concluding that maybe he has some kind of OCD. You be the judge. Also included: hot, hot tips from the internet for gaining real-life confidence! (Hint: it’s mostly about owning “it.”)

Oh. Oh! And Morgan mentions an audition in this episode. Guess what? HE GOT IT! He was in Just for Laughs Homegrown Comedy Competition in July 2014. Good job, buddy.

This week’s question: Would you rather…?

This week’s quote: “I’d jerk off a goat.”

I forgot to do an intro on this one, but you don’t need it. A rousing game of “Would you rather” with a mastermind of the genre. Special appearances include Ke$ha, Jamie Kennedy, bee sneezes, baby jerky, and your mom. This one will make you think. And probably cringe.

This week’s question: Why vagina?

This week’s quote: “White cotton panties are not covering up something you don’t want.”

I get this sexy burlesquer to talk vagina with me, and we spend a fair amount of time on punctuation. Yup. Be warned: lots of giggling.

Image photo credit: Andrea Hausmann

This week’s question: What are you afraid of?

This week’s quote: “I could have horrible children.”

Me and my buddy talk fear. Since I’m afraid of pretty much everything, I let her do most of the talking. Nazis, teacups, kidnapping, drugs…it’s all in there.

This week’s question: What’s a third culture kid?

This week’s quote: “I’ve been in jail in Czechoslovakia.”

I spoke to entrepreneur Lama Hamad, a third culture kid and global ping pong ball. Listen in for a spot-on New Zealand accent, some Newfoundland slang, and a tale of lawlessness, danger, and intrigue.