Do you ever feel like you have to split yourself between who you really are and who society tells you to be? Amy Chozick’s thrilling, vulnerable novel, With Friends Like You, explores that feeling from the perspective of a new mother. A former journalist who profiled figures like Lorena Bobbitt, Stormy Daniels and Elizabeth Holmes, Amy knows that a messy woman can be hard for the public to swallow. Amy and Ashlyn talk about the multiple selves they confront every day and about the new parts of herself Amy confronted while writing her book.

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Brandon Kyle Goodman is a writer, producer, and host of his own podcast "Tell Me Something Messy." and today we're talking all about SEX, who's having it and how can we be having it better? We talk all about that and more in this messy episode! 

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Today Ashlyn is joined by the amazing Selema Masekela. You know him from his time hosting ESPN's X Games for 13 years, but he is also an activist and musician. In this conversation, they discuss visibility, representation, and identity within the action sports world and beyond.

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On this special Mother’s Day episode, Ashlyn has Sophia Bush and Lauren Holly on to talk about their new movie, Broad Trip, now out on Roku. If you're nostalgic for comedies of the '80s and '90s, this one's for you. It's a mother/daughter road trip romp and as its stars, Lauren and Sophia have unmatchable chemistry. They talk about how they established that connection, the importance of making accessible media, and why light, heartfelt stories are essential in our dark times.

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The week Ashlyn is talking to Stephen Colletti, you know and love him from his days on Laguna Beach or One Tree Hill, and most recently as a contestant on The Traitors. They discuss what it takes to be successful in the reality TV format and what he wants his legacy to be as a father and husband.

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In this episode, Ashlyn talks with Denali, who we all know and love from season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She talks about growing up in Alaska, how she came to understand her gender expression through figure skating, and how she is settling into her career as a successful RuPaul's Drag Race alum.

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You know Jen Tullock from Severance, but she's been working on the stage and screen her entire life. This week, Ashlyn and Jen talk about the complexities of queer life and a conservative Christian upbringing, and how that is all brought to life in her one-woman show "Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God."

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Jan Sport is taking the world by storm. Known for slaying the main stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race (twice), and her fabulous cruise shows, Jan serves face everywhere she goes. Before the outrageous wigs and the whistle tones, there was a gay Catholic school boy lacing up his cleats, ready to tear it up on the soccer field.

In this episode, Ashlyn and Jan trade stories of growing up queer in straight spaces, the defining moments of their early careers, and how they learned to stop shrinking themselves for others. 

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Visibility is important, especially when it comes to the queer community. There were great examples of this at the Winter Olympics, most virally when hockey player Hillary Knight proposed to speed skater Brittany Bowe. Today, Ashlyn sits down with Brittany to talk about that moment and what posting engagement pictures meant as an act of queer joy. Plus they talk about Brittany’s unconventional path to an unique sport, what’s next for her in retirement, and why that involves hypnotherapy.

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If you’re anything like Ashlyn you love true crime. But have you ever taken a step back to think about the ethics behind all those stories? Amanda Knox became one of the most recognizable names in true crime through biased reporting and sensational storytelling. Today she tells us how she’s clearing her name by reclaiming her story. She talks about the misogyny of the media circus around her trial, her new documentary, Mouth of the Wolf, about returning to Italy, and what healing looks like for her now.

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