We’re thrilled to share an episode of Happier with Gretchen Rubin, another standout podcast from Lemonada Media. Happier is hosted by Gretchen Rubin, the #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before. Known for her insightful, practical advice, Gretchen brings her signature approach to building good habits and finding more joy into each lively, thought-provoking episode. In this special installment of the Happier Roundtable Series, Gretchen is joined by Samantha Bee and b...
Jul 08, 2025•42 min
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 20, 2022. Cameras, real people, and no script. Anything could happen. Sounds like The Ricki Lake Show – and reality TV! This week, Ricki and Kalen are joined by Andy Cohen, executive producer of “The Real Housewives” and “Watch What Happens Live!” Andy talks about his lifelong love of reality TV and talk shows, the inspiration behind “The Real Housewives,” and how he first became a host. Plus, Ricki dishes on her time as the headmistress...
Jul 01, 2025•48 min
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 11, 2022. He’s shocking, raunchy, and can’t ever be censored. Today, Ricki talks to her lifelong friend John Waters, whose iconic film “Hairspray” has become a theater favorite. It’s also where Ricki, playing Tracy Turnblad, made her movie debut. After working on several films together, the two have become lifelong friends. They dish on their crazy memories of working on set, John’s appearance on The Ricki Lake Show, and what it’s like t...
Jun 24, 2025•35 min
This week we’re introducing you to a powerful new podcast, Senseless with Erika Mahoney . Everything changed one ordinary Monday, when Erika Mahoney’s mom called to say there was an active shooter at the grocery store nearby. In a matter of seconds, ten people were killed – including Erika’s father. With the high-profile trial of the shooter as a backdrop, Erika speaks to survivors of mass shootings, community leaders, and others impacted by the tragedy in Boulder, on her deeply personal quest t...
Jun 21, 2025•8 min
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 6, 2022. Before Ricki Lake, Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O’Donnell were talk show hosts, there was Sally Jessy Raphael. As the first woman in the U.S. to have her own major daytime talk show, she was one of Ricki’s role models. Ricki and Kalen catch up with Sally Jessy to talk about her trailblazing legacy. She shares the truth about how her talk show ended. Plus, at 87 years old, she’s still in the dating market. Hit her up if you know any e...
Jun 17, 2025•32 min
This week we're dropping into your feed to share another podcast we love called Everything Happens. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about living with the knowledge that everything happens. In this conversation, she sits down with Amanda Doyle to talk about what happens when helping becomes a way to stay i...
Jun 10, 2025•44 min
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired September 15, 2022. You may remember her from “The Flintstones” or even the OG “A League of Their Own.” Three years after The Ricki Lake Show first aired, Rosie O’Donnell made her talk show debut. The Rosie O’Donnell Show featured the likes of Tom Cruise and Madonna, where she was known for her authenticity and quirky sense of humor. Rosie joins Ricki and Kalen to talk about her old show, witnessing 9/11, motherhood, and coming out after leaving...
Jun 03, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired September 15, 2022. Grab a friend and some snacks – we’ll provide the tea. We’re traveling back to the 90s, when The Ricki Lake Show was the place for drama and fun unlike anywhere else on TV. Ricki and Kalen are joined by Stuart Krasnow, former supervising producer of The Ricki Lake Show, to talk about the show’s beginnings and its lasting impact on a new generation. If you were a past guest or audience member of The Ricki Lake Show, email us a...
May 27, 2025•53 min
This episode originally aired on October 1, 2024. You may know Michael Theo as the breakout star of the reality show ‘Love on the Spectrum Australia,’ where he and other young people with autism navigated the dating scene. He didn’t come away with a girlfriend, but he captured the hearts of countless people, including Ricki herself. Michael and Ricki chat about dating advice, how Michael continues to advocate for the neurodivergent community worldwide, and his new buzzy comedy series, ‘Austin.’ ...
May 20, 2025•36 min
This episode originally aired on November 12, 2024. What if we could significantly improve our physical health through our mind? Social psychologist Ellen Langer has seen it happen first hand in countless studies at Harvard University and beyond. Dr. Langer, known as the ‘mother of mindfulness,’ joins Ricki to discuss how reshaping our perspective day to day can help us get in better shape, strengthen our decision making, and even improve chronic health conditions. Check out Dr. Langer’s most re...
May 13, 2025•42 min
Does it seem like everyone around you is microdosing, or is at least talking about it? Host Reshma Saujani had a lot of questions about psychedelics, so she called up psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist Dr. Julie Holland, one of the leading voices in the field of psychedelics and mental health. Reshma and Julie dive deep into the hard science and real data behind psychedelics and discuss how these tools can be used to unlock profound healing. Plus, they get into the specific reasons why midlif...
May 06, 2025•43 min
This episode originally aired on October 29, 2024. Women are asking for divorce way more than men. Why is that, and shouldn’t that choice be met with celebration rather than pity? Ricki talks about her own divorces with Lyz Lenz, author of the recent memoir, “ This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended my Marriage and Started my Life .” They get into finances (who keeps the house?), the perks of becoming single again (wine and murder podcasts!), and how to know when you’re ready to remarry. Follow Lyz @...
Apr 29, 2025•40 min
This episode originally aired on October 8, 2024. ‘90210’ star Jennie Garth rose to fame seemingly overnight in the 1990s, just like Ricki. After successful careers, kids at young ages, and multiple marriages, Ricki and Jennie chat about their latest era of choosing themselves. Jennie also shares stories from her ‘90210’ days, including hiding her pregnancy and nearly getting fired. Plus, why she loves cemeteries. Head over to Jennie's I Choose Me podcast feed to listen to Part 1 of this convers...
Apr 22, 2025•39 min
This episode originally aired on September 17, 2024. Little Karamo grew up watching Ricki Lake and dreaming of one day being on TV. Decades later, he gives Ricki her flowers for inspiring so many career decisions he’s made, like starting his own talk show, 'Karamo,' and competing in ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ He tells Ricki how much her show meant to him as a queer, Black boy in a poor Texas neighborhood and spills the tea on his own daddy drama, 'The Real World' woes, and how his new show update...
Apr 08, 2025•39 min
This episode originally aired on September 10, 2024. As the Paralympics come to a close, Ricki speaks with snowboarder and Paralympian Amy Purdy, who at age 19 was placed on life support and underwent a double amputation after getting diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. Amy tells her story and explains to Ricki how she was able to remain positive and grateful through terrible prognoses, new prosthetics, and competition at the highest level. They also bond over their shared experience perfor...
Apr 01, 2025•38 min
We’re thrilled to invite you to The Dylan Hour , a weekly cocktail party hosted by Dylan Mulvaney, from Lemonada Media. In this fun weekly video podcast, Dylan sips and spills with some of her favorite girls, gays, and theys — featuring pop stars, Broadway belters, actors, authors, like Glennon Doyle, Margaret Cho and even her own dad! The Dylan Hour is a delightful, 1960s-inspired, pink confection of a podcast. Life can be stressful, and everyone needs time to unwind and have a little fun! So, ...
Mar 25, 2025•51 min
This episode originally aired on July 23, 2024. Ricki talks with Ernesto Londoño, NYT national correspondent and writer of the book, Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics, about his reporting on Ayahuasca retreats in Brazil and some of the dangers posed by the unregulated drug market. They also dig into Ernesto's personal experience taking the drug, and the mental health journey that he says unfolded as a result of his first trip. Check out Ernesto’s book, Trippy: The Peril and...
Mar 18, 2025•45 min
This episode originally aired on July 16, 2024. Olympian Alexi Pappas may have won gold during the 2016 Summer Games representing Greece, but she wasn’t prepared for the debilitating depression she faced after the glory. Join Ricki in conversation with Alexi as they talk about losing loved ones to suicide, opting into life, and how Alexi regained her footing after her Olympic win and ensuing battle with her mental health. Follow Ricki Lake @rickilake on Instagram. And stay up to date with us @Le...
Mar 11, 2025•41 min
In this special, wind down episode of The High Life , Ricki is joined by a very special guest - documentarian and Ricki's bestie, Abby Epstein. Hear how Abby and Ricki built their creative partnership, starting with ‘The Vagina Monologues’ in the early aughts followed by several documentary films including, ‘The Business of Being Born’ and ‘Weed the People.’ Join them both in the studio as they reminisce about the highs and lows of making their first documentary film, The Business of Being Born ...
Mar 04, 2025•40 min
When explorer Colin O’Brady was in his early twenties, he sustained a severe burn and was told by doctors he would never walk normally again. Eighteen months later, he won the Chicago Triathlon. Join Ricki as she is regaled by the countless adventures Colin has under his belt - from summiting Everest to crossing Antarctica on-foot alone to rowing the treacherous Drake Passage, the convergence point between the Pacific, Atlantic and Southern oceans. You won't want to miss this inspirational episo...
Feb 25, 2025•40 min
Dr. Amanda Hanson didn’t always feel great about getting old. It was only when she began taking care of Alzheimer's patients that she realized there was an innate wisdom to aging. Fast forward to the present day. Dr. Hanson, who works as a clinical psychologist and is known on instagram as the Midlife Muse , is fully committed to helping women through all chapters of their life. In this far reaching conversation, Ricki and Dr. Hanson discuss rage, orgasms and the newfound power women in midlife ...
Feb 18, 2025•36 min
This episode is a rerun of an episode we aired back in December, before Ricki was displaced due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. Some people have a knack for painting, singing, or sports. But a select few, like Tyler Henry, can communicate with the dead. Tyler is a medium, acting as an intermediary between the living and the departed through one-on-one sessions as well as his latest Netflix show, ‘ Live From The Other Side .’ Tyler and Ricki talk about her guest appearance on his show, and what ...
Feb 11, 2025•37 min
When journalist Lucy Jones had her first baby, she noticed remarkable changes taking place - not only was her body changing, but so too was her own psychology. By her third child, Lucy went searching for answers to her questions. What she discovered was "matrescence," a term coined by psychiatrist Alexandra Sacks that put into words the enormity of her own transformation. So she wrote a book about it, titled Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood. In this movin...
Feb 04, 2025•36 min
If you like personality tests you'll love this episode! This week Ricki unpacks the Enneagram with expert Stephanie Barron Hall. Together they show how the Enneagram can help us understand the motivations, core beliefs, and unconscious patterns that drive our behavior. Stephanie is the author of the book 'Enneagram In Real Life,' in which she offers readers a step-by-step guide to using the Enneagram as a practical tool for self-discovery, and how to successfully make changes in your life by lea...
Jan 28, 2025•32 min
When Ricki interviewed wildfire expert Dr. Emily Fischer last fall, she had no idea that her own Malibu home would burn down from the Palisades Fire just four months later. In this throwback episode with newfound meaning, Dr. Fischer explains why wildfires are becoming more destructive and the ways that moms can demystify climate change in order to change our future for the better. You can learn about Science Moms at sciencemoms.com . Follow Ricki Lake @rickilake on Instagram. And stay up to dat...
Jan 21, 2025•39 min
Please note: This episode was recorded before the devastating fires hit Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of homes, including Ricki’s. As a new year reset, Ricki is joined by functional medicine doctor, Dr. Will Cole, to answer all her pressing health questions. The two get to the bottom of seed oils, peptides and orthorexia, and talk through all the wellness trends you're curious about. You can find Dr. Will Cole on Instagram @drwillcole . To learn more about his services and practice head to...
Jan 14, 2025•40 min
Ricki is rocking her grey hair and embracing the changes in her body, like entering perimenopause. So let’s talk about it! Journalist Tamsen Fadal is among a powerful group of women demanding that the mainstream medical community takes menopause more seriously with new studies and treatments. Ricki and Tamsen discuss hormone therapy, hot flashes, libido, and how to enter this stage of your life with curiosity and vigor rather than dread. Pre-order Tamsen’s book, ‘How to Menopause’: https://www.t...
Jan 07, 2025•32 min
This episode originally aired on July 30, 2024. In this throwback episode, Ricki speaks with writer Virginia Sole-Smith. Virginia was a skinny teenager who became a fat adult. She now writes about anti-fat bias, from finding clothes to accessing medical care. On this episode, hear Ricki open up about her own weight journey as she and Virginia talk about how weight discrimination shows up across the fat spectrum, how to let your kids make their own decisions about what they put in their bodies, a...
Dec 31, 2024•43 min
Season’s greetings! Ricki’s former co-host Kalen Allen stops by to spread holiday cheer and boy does he deliver. Not only is Kalen making his Broadway debut in ‘Elf,’ but he has a new Netflix movie and Christmas album out! Kalen and Ricki talk about his favorite holiday traditions, how it feels to be on Broadway, and why he’ll be hitting on the Secret Service men at the White House this Christmas. Check out Kalen in ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81392060 List...
Dec 17, 2024•35 min
Therapy is more popular than ever thanks to social media! Dr. Nicole LePera is one of the psychologists at the forefront of this trend. She has been making content on IG and TikTok that makes terms like attachment styles, narcissism, trauma, and intuition accessible to millions. She joins Ricki in today’s episode to talk about listening to our bodies and how our past traumas affect our relationships and attachment styles. Follow Dr. Nicole LePera on Instagram @the.holistic.psychologist and on Ti...
Dec 10, 2024•34 min
