Ask Roulette

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our January birthday event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Julieanne Smolinski, Baratunde Thurston, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. It also features the most notorious question ever ask during Ask Roulette. Trust us. Questions Asked:  -- Is love just a chemical reaction? -- If Ken Burns made a documentary about you what would the 3rd disc be called? -- What's the most inspirational thing you've ever seen on the city streets? -- Ocean or Space? -- Would you rather be the loved or the loving in unrequited love? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is turning one year old! Over the last year, we did seven shows at Housing Works Books, with 22 special guests, and (we think) 63 audience members live on stage, asking questions. And all twelve episodes of the Ask Roulette podcast add up to 2:32:20... This supercut features, alongside audience members: Negin Farsad, Brooke Gladstone, Baratunde Thurston, Dan Rollman, Dave Hill, David Carr, Eli Bolin, Robert Krulwich, Kurt Braunohler, AJ Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Starlee Kine Thanks to all of you who attended a show, subscribed to the podcast, or just said hello. If you're in New York City on Wednesday, January 9th, come to our one-year birthday show at Housing Works. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Chris Gethard of the Chris Gethard Show, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What do you reveal on your first date? -- When failure has turned out to be a good thing? -- What fictional TV character would you be? -- What would you say to Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? -- Did Sophie in Sophie's Choice make the right decision? -- Have you ever licked an armpit? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our October event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Pat Kiernan of NY1, Edith Zimmerman of the Hairpin, house band Eli Bolin, and some audience members. Questions Asked:  -- What is the most labor intensive present you've given somebody? -- Who is the most underappreciated person in your life? -- What's the one thing you would confess, if there were no consequence? -- Are you prepared for the zombie apocolypse? -- What's in your binder (if it's not full of women)? -- More! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Joe Garden (formerly) of the Onion and several audience members. Topics covered: taking money from a stranger; watching a loved one die; masturbation; more! More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette-robert-krulwich/id527319855?i=119465627 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Robert Krulwich of Radiolab and several audience members. Topics covered: Crying, Aliens vs. God, Truth, and Killer Time Travel More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Brooke Gladstone of WNYC's On the Media, and AJ Jacobs of Esquire. Topics covered: The greatest lie Brooke's ever told, the Truman Show effect, and a few indefensible positions from AJ More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Baratunde Thurston. Topics covered: Whether Love is Just a Chemical Reaction, Ghost Towning, and Passions of the Flesh More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features comedian Negin Farsad. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our May event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our December event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This extended excerpt of New York Times writer David Carr is from our February event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. Also features comedian Dave Hill. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our February event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City. Features Starlee Kine of This American Life and various members of the audience. House band Eli Bolin. Here's the movie scene Starlee describes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVaisNPgh4 More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

This excerpt is from our February event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City.  Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio