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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Middle of Nowhere

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.89K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Like some of the show’s earliest episodes, this one’s unpredictable from the jump. Sometimes funny. Sometimes uncomfortable. Our caller shares a winding history of reckless choices, addiction, and moments from his past that don’t sit easy, even for him. Set against a backdrop of small-town life and wide-open fields, it’s a story where the line between shenanigans and serious mistakes blurs fast. No clear takeaway. Just a lot to sit with.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello to everyone who has faced the consequences of their own choices.

0:08.9

It's Beautiful Anonymous one hour, one phone call, no names, no holds barred.

0:16.9

I'd rather go one-on-one.

0:19.9

I think it'll be more fun, and I'll get to know you, and you'll get to know me.

0:26.9

Hi, everybody.

0:27.7

I know not everyone loves a long intro.

0:30.8

If you want info on ordering extra copies of the magazine, or I'd have to support a huge

0:37.0

mental health show that I'm doing this weekend.

0:39.0

Listen to this week's intro. If you want to skip it, you don't want to go ahead about 11 minutes.

0:42.8

That'll put you right towards the beginning of the phone call. Thanks so much.

0:48.9

Hi, everybody, Chris Getherd here. Welcome to another episode of Beautiful Anonymous, the show where

0:53.4

we look at the human

0:54.4

condition, one anonymous phone call at a time. I'm so psyched to be here. I feel so lucky to be your

1:01.1

host before we get into this week's episode. I have some things to address. The first is that I'm doing

1:08.4

a really huge show, and it's to benefit mental health services

1:13.8

and schools. It's a show that's going to benefit my friends at wellness together, who

1:17.9

helped me start laughing together. The show is 24 hours long. It starts at 11.59 p.m.

1:24.6

Eastern on Saturday night, and it goes for 24 hours. I'm going to be doing a whole

1:29.4

bunch of stuff in it. And then on top of it, inviting tons of artists from the New York area.

1:35.9

And if you're in New York, you can get a ticket to come see some or all of it. And if you're not in

1:41.0

New York, you can get a streaming ticket for $10 and you get to watch 24 hours of comedy.

1:47.2

Comedy that's going to go in a million different directions.

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