What's After Happening Now?
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Home on a snow day, a Canadian caller talks with Gethard about parenting, mental health, and dealing with a difficult change in her life. Along the way, they get into Star Wars, Italian brainrot, and whether or not Newfoundland is the New Jersey of Canada. Plus, our caller tells some stories that prove what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, until you share it on Beautiful Anonymous.
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| 0:00.0 | It's easy to know you want to make a change in your life, but it is hard to actually do it. |
| 0:05.4 | How to Be a Better Human from TED is a podcast for when self-help feels too daunting or just not for you. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm Chris Duffy, the host of How to Be a Better Human, and trust me, I do not have it all figured out. |
| 0:15.1 | But join me as I talk to experts about actually attainable ways we can try to improve our lives. |
| 0:25.8 | Whether it's facing fears, setting boundaries, cleaning your house, or all sorts of other topics. |
| 0:28.9 | Find how to be a better human wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:38.4 | Hello to everybody who gets a little bummed out when Darth Vader takes off the helmet. |
| 0:40.8 | It's beautiful anonymous one hour. |
| 0:42.3 | One phone call. |
| 0:43.6 | No names. |
| 0:45.5 | No holds barred. |
| 0:49.0 | I'd rather know one on one. |
| 0:57.0 | I think it'll be more fun and I'll get to know you and you'll get to know me. |
| 0:58.5 | Hi, everybody. |
| 1:00.4 | I know not everybody likes an intro. |
| 1:05.8 | I will tell you, we got tickets on sale for some touring shows and the info on those is in the intro. |
| 1:06.3 | So if you're interested in that, you will want to check out this week's intro. |
| 1:09.6 | If not, you're going to want to skip about 11 minutes ahead, maybe 11.5. That'll put you right towards the beginning of a phone call. |
| 1:15.8 | Thanks so much. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Beautiful Anonymous, |
| 1:22.9 | where we solve the loneliness epidemic, one anonymous phone call at a time. |
| 1:30.4 | That's what I'm out here trying to do. |
| 1:32.4 | That loneliness epidemic, it's real. |
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