Too Many Birds

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

This week’s caller joined Gethard at 10:30 on a Friday night to talk about wrestling and her love of a New Jersey ska band, but the conversation quickly turned into something else entirely. We hear about her tugboat captain husband (who happens to have Geth’s secret dream job), her own work representing our most vulnerable population, and the utterly baffling hobby that’s taken over her home. Somehow, this one-hour call manages to hit all the Beautiful/Anonymous sweet spots: unique jobs, highly specific interests, and someone doing the kind of quietly heroic work that keeps the world turning.

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0:00.0	Hello to everybody who thinks 1,000 birds is too many birds.
0:08.4	It's beautiful anonymous.
0:10.8	One hour, one phone call, no names, no holds part.
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, Chris Getherd here.
0:29.1	And if you're not into an intro, that's cool.
0:32.6	I get it.
0:33.6	Maybe you'll skip about like seven, seven and a half minutes ahead.
0:37.5	That'll put you right towards the beginning of the phone call.
0:39.7	Thanks so much for listening.
0:44.0	Hi, everybody, Chris Gathard here.
0:45.8	Welcome to Beautiful Anonymous, The Show, where we examine the human condition, one anonymous phone call at a time.
0:52.3	I feel so lucky to be here talking to you.
0:55.1	I feel so lucky to share this week's phone call with you.
0:58.3	I think many who have been listening from the beginning
1:01.9	are going to view this one as an all-time classic
1:05.5	because it hits so many things that people love about the show.
1:14.1	Good vibes in general.
1:16.5	Discussion of weird jobs.
1:18.4	Discussion of intense society-serving jobs.
1:24.4	Discussion of animals.
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