Today on Wide Open...Producer Joelle Monique joins Ashlyn to answer your listener questions. As we wrap up the first season of Wide Open, Ashlyn takes a moment to look back at the year and drop some hints on what's to come in 2026.

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Welcome to couples therapy, filled with tough love and hard truths. Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday tell Ashlyn the story of how they fell in love, U-Haul and all. They don’t leave out the hard parts of their story, like the time Raven broke up with Miranda and the healing and vulnerability it took for them to re-commit to one another for life. They reveal the ways they've challenged and pushed one another to grow in their relationship, the weird AI generated videos wreacking havock on their lives, and why they want each other to live forever.

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Today, Ashlyn sits down with the one and only Jennifer Welch, from interior designer on Bravo's Sweet Home Oklahoma to being political on her podcast I've Had It. Today, Jennifer is talking about cutting conservative women out of her pickleball league, how she shows up for the queer community, who she thinks will be the first female president, the MAGA masculinity crisis, and moving to New York City!

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Jasmine Crockett has been going through it. As she bravely tries to preserve the American people's rights to health insurance, food, and marriage equality, she must confront a government unwilling to come to the table with humane solutions. She talks to Ashlyn about what banding together could look like and the type of life she hopes to live after Congress. Leading with grace, humor, and fire, Jasmine Crockett shows us what it means to stay grounded while pushing for change.

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Live from Red Bull Rampage, Ashlyn takes advantage of rain delays to talk to some of the competition's most exciting stars. Hannah Bergemann and Chelsea Kimbell are two freeride slopestyle mountain bikers who are undaunted facing huge heights, long jumps, and steep drops of the treacherous Utah mountain trails. Alongside commentator Selema Masekela, Ashlyn talks to Hannah and Chelsea about how they mentally and physically prepare for these extreme challenges, which  could end in disaster with one wrong landing. 

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We're continuing the 40th birthday celebration with recent initiate Yvonne Orji. The unofficial hype woman for the US Women's Tennis team, Orji says she doesn't know how to do loose. She's become obsessed with the sport. Growing up with brothers, she learned to be rough and tumble and embraced her tomboy energy. Then she went to an all-girls school in Amish country. It wasn't until she was cast on Insecure, she learned she was a "real girl." Yvonne tells Ashland about her love for the $0.99 Store, how she learned to acknowledge her beauty, and how she balanced life in America and Nigeria. 

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Jockular is the militant feminist, horny, sports nerd podcast led by ER Fightmaster, Tien Tran, and Katie Kershaw. ER and Tien join Ashlyn to talk about which sport produces the best thighs, how seeing women's sports is helping young women understand themselves better, and together they imagine what the gay Olympics would be like. Plus, how can queer women help support queer men in sports. 

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An icon has entered the pod. Katy O'Brian is a Renaissance woman. She's an actress known for her role in Love Lives Bleeding, a former body builder, a black belt, and is currently writing a book. Ashlyn discusses their recent love of creatine, what allows Katy to take on all of the different roles she's tackled, how she met a princess of Thailand, and what it was like to audition beside Kristin Stewart. Fear based culture has no room in this conversation. We're talking about the joy that comes with taking a bet on yourself.

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Twin Magic is in the studio! Nikki and Brie Garcia, formerly known as the Bella Twins are more than sister, they're best friends who feel like each other's super powers. The WWE stars grew up playing soccer and were pretty serious about the sport until they were each struck by tragedy; Nikki broke her leg in half and Brie's boyfriend died unexpectedly. Together, they discuss the personal impact of changing their name and the power performing in the ring instills in them. Ashlyn asks them about what it's like raising young boys in the current political enviroment as empowered women. No Majorca for us, but we loved catching up with two our favorite women.

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Casey Brown broke barriers when she became the first woman to complete a practice run at Red Bull Rampage. Having grown up out of society, she was born loving to play rough and go big when it comes to sports. Brown speaks to Ashlyn about the thrill of riding, the mental fortitude of surviving severe injuries, and the pressure that comes with being a pioneer in an event. Through Dark Horse, her insular biking event, she helps women develop careers. 

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