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Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

EP 401: Bug Detectives with Eleanor Spicer Rice!

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Lipstick Nancy, Inc. & Glassbox Media

Comedy

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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0:00.0

What happens when two people who grew up in a very strange corner of Los Angeles look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringings really were?

0:09.0

They start a podcast, of course.

0:11.1

I'm Ashley Johnson.

0:12.3

And I'm Talas and Jaffe.

0:13.8

Before we became the internet people we are today, we spent our childhoods as working actors,

0:18.7

appearing in shows like growing pains and films like Mr. Mom.

0:21.8

In our podcast, Weird Kids, we're diving deep into our unique upbringings, our friendship

0:26.5

with each other, and all the delightfully odd interests we still carry with us today.

0:31.9

In each episode, we get to share stories of our youth, the things that bring us joy, the

0:36.6

problems that we face,

0:38.2

and occasionally the friends we've collected along the way.

0:41.1

If you're a misfit, an outcast, or just a weirdo who loves all things nostalgic and

0:45.7

unconventional, come take a seat at our table.

0:47.8

Each week, we'll be releasing previously members-only episodes on YouTube and all major podcast

0:53.2

platforms, with new episodes dropping exclusively and ad-free on beacon.tv.

1:04.0

So yeah, no, I like bagpipes, but not in the same room as me. So, you know, those two times when we recorded the show with the bagpipes

1:11.8

in the studio in that tiny little studio, that was hard. I don't even remember having bagpipes,

1:17.3

but if we did, and it was in the studio, but I loved it. We used to have a neighbor who played

1:22.5

the bagpipes, like just, he would, you know, walk around the street playing him. That I didn't

1:26.9

really care for, because I didn't have a connection to that neighbor. But, you know, walk around the street playing him. That I didn't really care for because I didn't have a connection to that neighbor.

1:30.3

But, you know, if, for example, the guy from Dropkick Murphys went around, I would love it.

1:37.2

Well, you could find out where he lives.

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