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Because we’ll hold the boombox outside your window until you hit play.
Alysse Bryson
August 13, 2025
FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK (that is covered in tchotchkes)
Hey friends,
This week, we’re turning up the heat — literally. In our newest episode, "Sober and Hot Flashing: How Gen X Women Are Owning Menopause," I (Alysse Bryson) team up with co-host Tamar Routly and our perimenopausal Sober Curator Contributors Megan Swan and Amy Liz Harrison for a hilarious, brutally honest deep dive into navigating midlife alcohol-free… while your hormones stage a coup. Think sober sisterhood meets hot flashes with a side of mic-drop moments.
But that’s not all — because like John Cusack in “Say Anything,” we’re standing in your driveway blasting three big podcast treats this week:
🚨 THIS JUST IN – Dry August Edition: Your Buzz-Free Bulletin is here, delivering last week’s most-read sober headlines, can’t-miss sober events and celebrity sober pop culture updates. We’re running on iced lattes, strong boundaries and zero hangovers. ICYMI — our August Sober Events email went out yesterday, packed with nationwide happenings.
🎶 The KillJoy Afterparty Season 2 Spotify Playlist: Alcohol-free doesn’t mean fun-free. Hosts Rude and Goody wrap each episode of their quirky, heartfelt podcast by co-writing a brand-new song with their guest — and now you can stream all 15 of these laugh-out-loud, sometimes tear-up-worthy tracks in one unpredictable playlist.
So grab your earbuds, your mocktail of choice and maybe a hand fan (trust me, you’ll get it), and press play on this week’s Recovery Podcastland roundup. Because when it comes to sober living, we’re all about the soundtrack and the story.
Stay cool & stay curious,
—Alysse Bryson, *AB That’s ME 💋/ Founder / Seattle, WA 🌃05.01.2006
PS: We’re throwing in a non-podcast related post, because Taylor Swift 12.
RECOVERY PODCASTLAND
Sober and Hot Flashing 🥵 How Gen X Women Are Owning Menopause
Welcome to “Sober and Hot Flashing: How Gen X Women Are Owning Menopause,” a standout edition of The Sober Curator podcast that boldly intertwines the themes of sober living and menopause. This unique conversation, guided by host Alysse Bryson and co-host Tamar Routly, along with guests Megan Swan and Amy Liz Harrison, is a hilarious, honest and insightful exploration of what it means to navigate midlife — while living alcohol-free — as your hormones and real life clash.
THIS JUST IN — WEEKLY HEADLINES + EVENTS
🚨THIS JUST IN: Your Buzz-Free Bulletin for Dry August 12 | The Sober Curator Podcast🚨
🚨We interrupt your regularly scheduled Dry July to bring you THIS JUST IN (TJI) on The Sober Curator Podcast: It’s like TMZ, but sober. 🚨 Running on iced lattes, strong boundaries and zero hangovers, we’re dishing out the most read headlines of the last week(ish), upcoming sober events across the country and celeb shoutouts from the world of sober pop culture.
RECOVERY PODCASTLAND
Sober, But Make It a Bop – The KillJoy Afterparty Season 2 Spotify Playlist Is Here!
Think the party ends when the booze does? Think again. The KillJoy Afterparty Podcast is proof that alcohol-free doesn’t mean fun-free — and Season 2 just dropped a playlist that’s as catchy, quirky, and bold as the guests themselves. Hosted by the unstoppable duo Rude and Goody, The KillJoy Afterparty is the podcast love child of Nashville storytelling and sober sass. Each episode showcases a new AF (alcohol-free) guest who shares their story, spills some truth and usually gets a little weird — and it’s all wrapped up with a musical bow. That’s right: at the end of every episode, Rude and Goody co-create an original song inspired by their convo with that week’s guest.
And now? You can stream all 15 of those wild, heartfelt, laugh-out-loud songs in one perfectly unpredictable Spotify album.
MUSIC
TS12 Is Here. Showgirl Recovery Is Calling
Remember where you were on August 12, 2025, at 12:12 a.m.?
It’s TS12 time. LET’S GO.
Honestly, the only thing that scares me more than this is knowing TS13 is next. But as my therapist reminds me when I’m spiraling into the future: say one true thing out loud to ground yourself.
I am sitting at my desk.
It’s a beautiful morning.
My yogurt is cherry almond flavored.
And I am PSYCHED OUT OF MY MIND.
See you Friday, friends!
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