The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Part of Her World with Ariel Frenkel

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

Ariel Frenkel from Zach’s season intimidated us on The Bachelor, but Ben and Ashley are getting to know the REAL Ariel and get an update on her dating life!   Find out the reason she signed up for The Bachelor in the first place, and she reveals the Bachelor Nation superstars she’d be open to dating.   Plus… we have to ask about Paradise!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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during her season. It is Ariel Frankl. Hello, and welcome to the show. We're so glad to have you back. I'm so excited to be back. We interview people all the time on the show. Ariel, why do you make me nervous? Yeah, I know. I may

have put makeup on early because Ariel is coming on. Do I? Yes. You make me nervous. Like, maybe intimidation. Maybe it's like, I think when the first time we spoke, but Like, we had a good conversation, but I feel like you were, like, there was a, like, something defensive going on at time.

So you were, like, protecting a little bit and you were, like, questioning me back. And I was like, oh, shoot. I don't know. I just, in my mind. This is our first confrontation. Yes, preparing for this. I was nervous and I never get nervous. But we're so happy you're here.

I'm so happy to be here. A lot of people say that to me. People think that I'm both, people that know me think this is really funny, that people categorize me as the serious or intimidating. But I think I just sometimes say less. It depends on how much much match I've had. And right now I've had a lot. Okay.

So let me say this. On Zoom right now, you're coming across a little less intimidating than I thought you were on the show on Zach's season. If you guys don't remember, she was the third place on Zach's season. And you were definitely like the sexy girl. Like everybody, I think we called you like Sex Panther Part 2. That's like what they called. Yeah.

Like you've got that like sultry voice and like the, you're, just the dark features you're just like meow right and um and you still are like that right now on zoom but you're smiling you're you're like brighter and little less mysterious um but you also present yourself very sultry on instagram i feel like yeah you document your dating life in a very um i don't want to use the word mysterious again but like kind of cryptic way i am kind of cryptic online Well, I feel like Instagram is more cryptic and TikTok is more open. Okay. And I do, I feel like the two platforms are very different.

So on TikTok, I'm a little bit more like playful and don't really care as much. But I feel like Instagram has this like impression that you can't really give too much sometimes, unless I'm doing a Q&A. When it comes to dating, I feel like I'm oddly kind of private because the people that I actually like to actively date are very private. Okay. So I always have to kind of respect their privacy and what I do publicly. I keep them hidden always. I've had boyfriends for like two years even before the show. I probably post them once.

So due to a request. Well, this, I mean, this kicks me off my first question. You have a comment about dating older men. And you're like, it's great. I think it was something along the lines up. It's great until it's not. And I'm not going to ask a lot of follow-ups to try to like figure out what you mean by that. I just want you to explain what you mean by that and why this was even something

you thought you should bring to the public's attention. I know. I really tapped into the in-cells for that, but then the femme cells were defending me. She's not that old. She's in her 40s, and she still got it. And I was like, you guys are not helping me at all. It's not like the defense that I want. They're like, she's 55. Nothing wrong with that age, but it's just not how old I am. I had a draft file when everyone thought TikTok was going to be banned.

Who knows where it's even at right now? And I just made all these drafts one night. And that was one of them because I had had a period of time where I was, randomly going out with, when I say older men, it's like under 50, not talking about people that will be in Golden Bachelor, if you will, even though I guess the beach is going to be mixed. But I think that there is a certain archetype, particularly New York City and certain cities, where guys reach their like mid-40s. And I find that they don't necessarily evolve. They start dating younger and younger and younger. And that's not every man. That's not every man in his 40s and

so on. But there is this single guy with a certain level of affluence and exposure and all these things that they are very immature and a little bit narcissistic and so on. And I just had a few experiences back to back. So it was a random draft that I was making, but it really like blew up on both platforms. And I didn't think it would cause such a stir. I thought I'd probably archive it. But people really had a lot to say. A lot of people trauma dumped and really got in there. So I'm clearly not the only one that's had that experience. But I find it's like a misconception that if someone is older or of a certain age, that they're ready for marriage, ready for a partnership, or ready for these things. And it's also a misconception that if someone hasn't been married by a certain

point that they're not. But I find that a lot of certain guys, particularly in New York and what I'm exposed to, I find that they, like, are not ready for even a relationship at all. And I was kind of starting to see why. I can understand that with the New York City Bachelor. Now, somebody who is older than you, I don't think he's close to 50, but he, he's definitely in his 40s, is criminal minds Matthew Gray Goopler, you went on a date with him, and he has, like, the nerdiest aura. What's he like in real life? Well, we were just friendly. He is, he's like a very sweet guy. That video is not about him, by the way.

His aura is very similar to what people anticipate. He's just like a nice, sweet. guy and very aloof and quirky and kind of all the things that he presents himself as. Any other celebrity guys you've dated? I've signed so many NDAs, I'll never say. Oh, it's so good. I love that. It responds. So you prepared for that. Goodness gracious. No media train. No, you think it's a great way to like avoid the question. I like to protect people. So if I'm going to date someone, that's why I keep things very vague. Because I just find that if you ever, even if I were to give like extreme details of an experience, someone will have some sort response and I just don't want to air someone's laundry. I'll talk about how they affected me in my

experiences or like how they've shaped me and things like that. But I just think like bashing exes or bashing people that I've gotten to know for a period of time whether we ended in a bad way or not just as like a bad reflection on me. So I just find like going down that road is just never going to be a good thing for me or for them or for anyone. And I think everyone has very different experiences when people break up and so on. So I think I could give a lot of like tea and all these things but just like wouldn't really be the same like everyone leaves a breakup with the same like a different experience ultimately the I think okay this is a two-part question for you it's going to go back to what we were just talking about um but then I want to give some insight into how this dating

world is working for you it's always interesting and I could name about four names I was thinking of and I'm not going to compare them with you or to you because you're all different but you all kind have this similar sophistication, the similar like outlook on life, a similar kind of vibe when we watch you on television. And I always think it's interesting that you chose to go on this show. It feels, I don't want to say beneath you because I was a bachelor. That would be a very like bad this to me and Ashley. You also signed an NDA. Yeah, it does feel weird for you to say yes to it. It feels weird for you to agree to it, especially with what we've just been talking about. Why did you say yes? So I have two sides to my personality. I have a serious side and a side that

needs to step up in certain ways, whether it be professional or whatever it is. But I also have a side that is way too impulsive and just kind of says yes, because I would like to have a lot of life experiences before I settle down or do certain things or get to like a certain phase of my life. So my friend applied me and I got a call so quickly that I honestly didn't even really have time to think about it. So I kind of did it because they also breadcrummed me a bit. Like they called me in May and I thought it was a straight, like I thought it was a completely unrelated person calling. And then they would call me every two weeks. So they kind of treated me like a dating situation.

It was kind of like a guy where like every time I thought they forgot about me or weren't interested or I was about to take another job or like I was about to work in the startup space. and I was holding off interviews because of the summer. If they started calling me in May, I didn't get a call that I was officially on the show until September or mid-September. So it was like this bread crumbing back and forth. And by the time I actually got the call, I was like, why not? Honestly, the dating scene is so bad in New York.

I might as well pursue an opportunity where I'm going to meet someone that is so outside of the people I've been exposed to that no matter what happens, I'll grow as a person or I'll meet my partner or something good will come out of it. So I didn't really have, like, I had a lot of time to like think but because it was like every three weeks or every two weeks or things like that every time i forgot about them i was then re-reminded so i didn't get to like it wasn't like in may i like have four months to think about it i had two weeks before i had to leave for the show so i

didn't really get to like overthink it too much my boyfriends professor is way too friendly and now i'm seriously suspicious oh wait a minute sam maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit well dakota it's back to school a week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up.

Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both the meets. So do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his

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or whatever, but you're out there, you're like hanging out with people. How are you meeting people? Because the common thing we hear on this show and even outside of the show is it's not the going on a date that's hard. It's finding even a date to go on that's the most difficult. So how are even finding these people to go on dates with? Well, they kind of find me. I feel like I go out, I say yes to a lot of opportunities, even like the worst. event that I'm invited to. It's like, I don't know, like a taco stand opening. Like, I will say yes a lot of the time. And I will meet people randomly through things like that. So I'm just more of a yes man still. And that's what got me into the show and what has also got me into different dating

situations. And I think that in going out all the time, you're going to meet a lot of people, whether that be like a friend that then introduces you to someone and they're like, I have someone that's great for you, even if you don't vibe with someone, I think that the more you just say yes to plans of different things, the more you'll meet people. But there's definitely a drought happening where I'm not even going on as many dates as I used to. And there's this weird March drought, like post-February, post-pre-summer. Like, there is a drought.

I have not been on a date in a minute. It's not cuffing season, and it's not summer fling. No. I'm compiling a list of all the weird messages men have sent me, and I might make a TikTok about it because, like, it's been a weird dry season. I feel like people have been really, there's been no one that's, like, interested me in a long time. So we had some of your girls.

You have a girl crew from Zach's season. Yeah. And we had, you guys go away on trips like every couple months. It's really awesome. We had a few on, um, a month or so ago. I think it was a Galentine's episode. And they were like, they're like, oh, Ariel will date anyone. Like, she has a wide range of tastes, like wink face.

Is there any illusion in this? They're, okay. The girls make fun. to be because I have a thousand different types. Like I genuinely don't have a type, but I have a particular type that they think is really funny because I kind of like sometimes, I don't actually end up dating them full on, but like pre-dating, if you will, like not boyfriend and girlfriend. Yeah. Because those are very different. I have a type that like wears very high-waisted pants, has like a earring, is very hipster, is like a starving artist kind of vibe.

So I have like this type that they just don't relate to at all because I guess they're more into like jocks and things like that and I have a type that is like very hipster sometimes like dime square peak of New York like these guys that are like smoking a cigarette in the back of an alleyway being like with a weird accent that you can't identify even though they're from the states so they all make fun of like I guess my international taste because I like foreign guys yeah no never mind they made it seem way juicier than this like you had some secrets I definitely have a lot of secrets but the reason why people trust to them I can't really keep my own secrets, but I can keep other people. So it's like mutually assured.

In another life, I think I would have like, if I had a better hair line, like grow my hair out and rock that vibe. Like I see myself in that guy. I'm like, I think that guy's cool. I like those guys too. Yeah, that's not a weird type to me. Like I grew up with my sister. That's her type to a T. But she's not marrying that type currently. It's hard to marry that type unless they're like secretly like doing some sort of side hustle or something else is happening. And they're like secretly like they're all kind of lovers but they love women too much if you will so they will speak with you than your best friend and all these things yeah yeah so there's like an issue of that type but the girls think it's so funny because like they're very like femme guys that

I've been out with and they kind of dress very feminine sometimes there was photos that came out of a guy that I was seeing in like full like a dress and everything but oddly a part of me thinks that's very masculine so like if people can make fun and poke fun of certain things so I'm way too boring I'm so boring I like wear a hoodie and a back I'm like, I look good today. That's not boring. Everything is a tight. Every girl likes a backwards hat and a guy who's a sweatshirt.

Like, that's probably the most universally liked thing you could wear. It is. And also, depending on the earring, yeah. It really depends for me. Yeah. I walked into a party other day and everyone had an earring on. I was like, in a high-waisted pants. So, like, are they making fun of me?

Like, what? Everyone was from a different part of Europe. Oh, that's weird. So I was like, hello. Okay. wild question here we've talked about all this and I think we've prepared ourselves for this moment you mentioned paradise briefly there um I guess the first question is would you say yes and then second would you be the one that would maybe go on a date with one of the goldens

you would think based on that TikTok probably yeah um I don't think so I think above the The highest that I have, I mean, I went out with a 50-year-old, we'd not kiss. How old are you? I'm 30. Okay. No, I don't think so. No offense to them. I think I learn a lot from older men, and they offer a lot of information and knowledge,

but to actually date someone in their 50s or 60s is just not what I'm looking for. Okay. Would you say yes to paradise, though? You didn't answer that question. I know, I skirted it. That's all we need to know. Moving on. I'm definitely open to it.

I feel like I'm again, kind of in a similar phase I was in when I first did the show. I'm in a very open place now. I'm very open to new experiences. Again, it's like a drought out here. I can't even find a hipster to kiss. So not that I'll find one on the beach. But I'm very open-minded right now. So I'm definitely open to doing Paradise.

I'm definitely open to like new experiences right now and meeting new people. It just depends if there's people on the beach that are actually serious about that. Ashley, I'll say this. After the last couple weeks of interviews leading up to Paradise, these dudes are going to be very lucky. Well, I'm sorry. It's always the guys are the lucky you have. I mean, if all these girls do say yes,

especially from like Zach season and, you know, the season of grants that we just watched. Yeah. Like those dudes are going to be like, they're going to be nervous. Like the whole time, it's going to be the best. They should always be nervous. As they should be, yeah.

I even enter, so I've started to go to dates early because I feel like when you go early and you're sitting there first, the person arrives kind of flustered and nervous. Oh, heck yeah. You have the upper hand. It's not even an upper hand because I really like to make guys feel super comfortable. That's kind of like the misconception of being mysterious and all these things.

When I'm actually on a date with someone, I want them to feel super comfortable. So men, like, highly overshare with me. I'll be like, ooh, I probably shouldn't know that, but I'll make you feel comfortable. They're like, killed my ex-girlfriend. And I'm like, that's so brave. Tell me more. Tell me more. I'm like, where is she buried so I can call me up the eye after?

So I really like to make people feel comfortable, but I find that guys are a lot more nervous on dates and are just nervous in general. And I think we always like separate guys and girls in a certain way in terms of dating. But they're people too, you know. They get nervous like we do. Well, we just had Gabby, I lickie, your friend from the show from Zach's season. And she was talking about how normal it is for you guys to go over to Zach's house and just hang out with Katie. and he's just in the background, and you're like, hey, what's up? I had a fantasy suite with you, but nobody remembers that.

Not you or me. I mean, they definitely mispertrayed our fantasy suite, but I think over time, it's been such a long time now since that experience, and we've all had so many lives. I probably had, like, 500 secret boyfriends since then. You are seriously such an interesting person, and I think that throughout this interview, I think you're cooler and cooler, more intimidating. Oh my God. I don't really know if I like the intimidating thing, but I can't help it, I guess. But I find that it's so easy to hang out with Zach because when you get to know someone like that and you go through also, like you're trauma bonded to the women. So it creates a very particular relationship with those girls. I have a relationship with, I could be friends with people for like 15 years. But those girls know me in a completely different way than my family, my friends, anyone. That experience that you share together, especially the farther and farther you get because it becomes more traumatic, if you will, and you're more removed from society. So that's like a particular trauma bond with the women, but also with the lead, you also bond in a certain way.

Whether that is like romantic or long term, any of these things, you like, I think the most fun part of fantasy suites was like dishing about everything and the whole experience and finally having someone to talk to off camera about everything we'd gone through. So I've always had like a good rapport with Zach since and I think everyone's kind of moved on in any feelings that they've had. And Katie was one of the people I was closest to in Gabby, particularly because we just had the very. similar experience up until the end. I mean, I was on a boat in Thailand being like, where am I? So I think that it is so easy to go to hang out with Zach and do all these things. And it just feels like a friendship at this point. And it feels like supporting my best friend's relationship, if that makes sense. It doesn't feel like my own narrative anymore. It makes a lot of sense to me. And I think even talking to Gabby, like this dynamic doesn't work

unless Katie is also super confident, welcoming, hospitable, and very relaxed about this idea. Because I don't think it happens every season. And I think it's one of the reasons why this is such a unique, you know, kind of group coming off of Zach season, that you stayed close. We did get to hear about you all going to, was it Montana? Okay, Montana. Yeah. Justin told me at AFR, he was like, I'm so jealous of that trip. I'm like, you're welcome to come anytime.

Montana was really fun We also did the rodeo We did Houston We saw a lot of trips actually Didn't you just got to like Florida Like two weeks after your trip to Montana You guys wanted to redo it? We did

I wasn't in Florida We did but we did Houston Oh okay We did Houston way too close to Montana And I've decided I'm not traveling ever again For a long time I'm so tired But we do trips a lot

because it's really nice to have like these mini reunions and have them be like very inclusive and all of us kind of be together because again, it's such a particular bond. Like I can talk to the girls in a different way even about dating and all these things that I do to some of my closest friends sometimes. Yeah.

And even like our experiences from the show that still like affect us today. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot.

He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them.

I mean, do you believe him? he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel, writer Strong, and Wilfredel from PodMeets World. And we're bringing you Viva Las Content. That's right. We are back in Las Vegas, the city of sin, and giving the people what they want. full week of Y2K content.

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radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. We only have a few more minutes here with you. And I have really two questions. One is more just about you personally and what your dreams are here moving forward. The set. This one's more of a headline getter for us. The internet has been shipping you and Jason Tartick really since the Caitlin Bristow breakup. I don't know if you know this. I actually didn't know that.

I am not lying to you about it. You can go Google yourself and it will be out there somewhere. Yeah, that's smart. So my first question is, would you be interested in Jason Tardick? And if not, Jason, who from the show would you like to see show up to the beach in paradise if you were there? I'm open to Jason. I've never thought about him romantically.

I was supposed to go on his podcast after the show and we've spoken, but I can't really remember what he's even like, really. But I'm definitely open to that. You must not follow Jason on social media. I do. I do. I see a lot of his social media. I was going to say, he puts himself out there.

But I can't tell if that's actually, like, the way you present on social media could be very different than you as, like, a partner, a boyfriend, any of those things. So I'm trying to, like, disassociate that from the way people actually are, especially if it's someone's, like, business. But, yeah, I'm definitely open. I didn't even know that was a thing. Who would I like to see on the beach? I feel like everyone's pining for this person, so I'm not going to say.

Just say it. No, you say it. No, come on, you must. It's good for us. I'm going to be so avoidant with them, and I'm going to ignore them on the beach because that's like my approach. Well, that's going to work. They can't know that I said that. Great Gripo.

I'm open to him, actually. I see his social. media a lot more than like and I've never met him but I feel like his whole like squad is really funny online yeah I like humor what season is this guy from can you at least tell us that um I wouldn't know actually oh it was it was Greg oh yeah I'm like it's just gonna seem really just there's a difference to be like shady and mysterious but yeah no I definitely think that he would get too much attention on the beach though so I'd have to ignore him just for time he's not there Okay, it's probably going to work.

It's a competition. I don't see it as a competition. Even 30 women, one man, like, I'm fine to that ratio because, like, if you actually connected someone, none of that really matters. I don't really, I get jealous if I really love someone. She's so mature and cool. No, I'm actually really not. Like, I think the wrong guys will bring out an immature side of you and make you feel

insecure and make you feel bad. But if there's actually a connection there and someone makes you feel secure, it doesn't matter if there's all these other women are situations, in my opinion. Like, I think the right guy brings out. the right side of you and like that's when you don't really feel jealousy you don't have to question things you don't need to stalk them in certain ways we do that until you do so based on this theory i didn't marry the right person yeah yeah that's good that's a good i'm a little bit kidding but not but not i think that's the headline yeah that's it right totally

that's gonna cover over the beach or anything i cannot wait cannot wait cannot wait to see you in paradise and have like four dudes interested in you and like because you are open and you're like I'm here to enjoy it and explore you're going to say yes to all these dates and all of a sudden you're going to find yourself in this love rectangle and you're going to have to figure yourself out of it and I cannot wait to watch the conversations you have where you're explaining it and everybody's like yeah that makes sense like we're all good here well we can all make this work I know it's going to have I'm going to be in like a harem paradise is kind of that It can turn into it very quickly.

Yes. The show in general is very polyamorous. Yeah. I think I'm the first one to call it an open relationship, but it's been like that forever. It really has. It's a polyamorous show with Christian values. It's perfect for me. And a Christian audience.

With our favorite Jewish girl. Right? They've like never seen one before me. My final question is this. Obviously, we've talked a lot about your dating. We've talked about your time potentially going on Paradise if it happens. You talked also about your career and you were going to work for a startup at the time. What does life in our final few moments here look like for you right now,

outside of the romantic side, but more of the personal side. What does life look like in New York City? Life in New York City professionally or in general? Just kind of in general. I think professionally and in general all work together. Yeah, it does. So I, since the show, have been doing a lot of public speaking and motivational speaking, which I really like.

I go to different college campuses and I go to high school, and I've also hosted really big seminars. I just hosted one in D.C. in December and one in Atlanta as well. And I came back from Berlin on like a peace summit. So I do a lot of that. I do a lot of like de-radicalization work through the Middle

East. And then my life in New York is it changes every single day. I don't think I spend enough time here. I'm moving apartments right now. So I have to find new apartment if I do Paradise before them, which gives me two weeks to three. It's super fun. Because they are filming.

early in May. If they do, not that I know that information. I'm not exposed to that. I have no idea what you're talking about. But, yeah, I have to find an apartment within three weeks, move everything. I'm getting rid of all my clothes. So maybe I should do a TikTok about all the outfits that I wore on the show because they're all making a comeback now. Yeah.

But, yeah, I'm really focused on kind of all the things that I've been advocating for online in terms of like peace building, things like that and creating a space for Jewish people online. that's a lot of the work that I do and I might also start my own business but I don't like to talk about anything until it's actually set so I feel like every day is very different and that's kind of the exciting thing about being an entrepreneur

every day is not going to look the same and every day in New York looks very different too so maybe I'll have five dates one week and zero the next but hopefully this drives still end soon yeah we just want one for you right now we're just asking for one guys I have had dates I've just been saying no unless like I really want to go

Ariel, maybe this is a sign from the universe that you're not supposed to date anyone because your person's in paradise. We don't want it to get to be a messy situation. I do fully believe that. Like, I do believe in the universe and signs that you're sent. And the men that have been sent my way in the last few months are really pushing me to go to the beach. Like, they're just throwing me over the ledge. I wish I could read all the texts that I've received recently. Someone recently invited me to Pizza Omicasse, and I don't even know what that means.

Pizza in what? Pizza, oh, ma'con. It's in a restaurant. What'd you think? It's like having almost different sushi, but in different formats of pizza. I don't even get it. Okay, that sounds very intriguing to me. It was intriguing, and then they got mad that I couldn't go because I was in L.A. for AFR. And I don't know, it's been a mess out there. So maybe I will really be on the beach. I'm being pushed in that direction. We hope to see you there. Oh my gosh. Well, it is a true pleasure talking to you today. Great to properly meet you. Yeah, same. Let's let's do more. I want to go to one of your

girl retreats or something and then I'll report back on Almost Famous Investigates. Go out and follow Ariel on social media. TikTok and Instagram are your two most used platforms? Yeah, I'd say so. I don't have a YouTube yet, but maybe one day. Okay, go out and follow her, keep up with everything good going on in Ariel's life. And also from the Almost Famous Listener Group and the host of Almost Famous Podcast, we hope to see in Paradise.

It would be a pleasure for all of us. Thanks for coming on. We wish you the best. Thank you guys. Bye. Bye. Follow the Ben and Ashley I. Almost Famous Podcasts on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes.

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Join me for conversations about healing and growth, all from one of my favorite spaces, The Kitchen. Listen to the new season of the Overcombered podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Every case that is a cold case that has DNA. Right now in a backlog will be identified in our lifetime. On the new podcast, America's Crime Lab, every case has a story to tell. And the DNA holds the truth. He never thought he was going to get caught. And I just looked at my computer screen.

I was just like, ah, gotcha. This technology's already solving so many cases. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story. Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story.

It's about the scariest night of my life. This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.