Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Comedian Chris Gethard, after more than seven years and almost 400 episodes of his “Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People,” has taken the podcast independent.
Previously, Gethard’s weekly podcast — also known as “Beautiful/Anonymous” — had been produced with and distributed by SiriusXM’s Earwolf comedy podcast network ever since he launched it in 2016.
The deal with Earwolf was up for renewal, and Gethard opted to sign an exclusive, multiyear ad partnership with Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast marketplace for better terms, according to a rep for the comedian.
In each episode, Gethard opens the phone line to a single anonymous caller — with the rule that he can’t hang up first, no matter what.
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