What's Your Deal? W/ Tarot Reader Ariana Lenarsky

Ariana’s favorite musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith calls in to talk about her newest release “Listening,” the 1st book in a 12-part series accompanied by a deck of cards with listening exercises and prompts (!) meant to “encourage the practice of listening within.”  Follow Kaitlyn:@kaitlynaurelia Buy her music:https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com Buy her book, Listening here     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elby Hunktears (@hunktears, Certified Hunkologist) joins Ariana to discuss what to do next in their life, and Ariana tries to guide them away from the Devil, whomst Elby finds hot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/Twitterer Emma del Valle (Super Deluxe) joins Ariana to explain the benefits of EMDR and reveal her plan to stop Elon Musk.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ariana’s old neighbor Micah Gordon (“Good Mythical Morning”) looks for guidance on how to navigate this transitional time in his life, the answer of which appears to be “just experience Nirvana!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/shtetl crone Amalia Levari (“Over the Garden Wall”) joins Ariana to ask how to handle the constant extremes of reading tons of great jokes and also news about the end of the world on Twitter all day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Morelli (“Tales of the City,” “Orange is the New Black”) joins Ariana to talk about how she got into reading tarot for herself (and ONLY herself) and what to do when strangers force connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/professional homosexual Adam Goldman (“The Outs”, “Whatever This Is.”)  joins Ariana in preparation for his 34th birthday.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brittani Nichols (Suicide Kale, A Black Lady Sketch Show) joins Ariana to get a birthday reading, inadvertently uncovering just what kind of Marvel super-villain she'd be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ariana’s tarot mentor Erin K. Smith (Vardo Tarot) joins her to discuss the ins and outs of what it means to be a good reader and to get her first-ever reading from Ariana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hallie Bateman (“What To Do When I’m Gone”) joins Ariana to discuss her experience at a 10-day silent meditation retreat, revenge therapy, and how to make a bunch of teens think she’s cool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Doughboys join Ariana to finally read Nick’s tarot and encourage him to find his clarity of purpose and take a creative vow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Conover (Factually!, Adam Ruins Everything) joins Ariana to pursue his quest for the truth, get to the heart of reality, and ask tarot what he should put on his pizza tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/Performer Carl Tart (Brooklyn 99, The Flagrant Ones) joins Ariana to reflect on the next step to take in his life now that he's reached the ripe old age of 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tara Shoe (@tarashoe) returns from Sedona, AZ - the self-proclaimed "psychic capital" of the world - seeking a follow-up on how to face her fears after her transformative reading with a psychic from the mysterious town.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hallie Cantor (Dollface, Lady Dynamite, Arrested Development) joins Ariana to try and figure out why people want to skip the 4th dimension, the burden of imaginary audiences, and how to not limit the number of wonderful moments in your life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Owen Ellickson (Splitting Up Together, Superstore, The Office) reflects on the day his parents told him death is forever and asks for guidance on how to impart wisdom to his daughters (who aren’t very receptive to wisdom at this stage in their lives). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasika Nicole (The Good Doctor, Fringe, Scandal) joins Ariana to probe the deck for insight on her career, reflect on her feelings of responsibility as a queer woman of color in Hollywood, and share a seriously goth and bizarre anecdote from her childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor & teacher Will Hines (Brooklyn 99, Broad City, "How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth") and Ariana compare Los Angeles and New York, which no one has ever done before, then take to the cards to see how Will can approach intimacy in a healthy way.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor, writer, and intuitive reader Charlene deGuzman (STOMP, "I Forgot My Phone, "Unlovable") joins Ariana to talk about their parallel dive into "witch shit," a snarky ouija board, and how entering addiction recovery saved Charlene's life - and also opened Charlene up to, um...other things. Book your own reading with Charlene at charlenejoy.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, former actress, and fellow valley girl Mara Wilson (author of "Where Am I Now?", Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire) joins Ariana to discuss the strangeness of growing up together over the hill from Hollywood, mental illness and magical thinking, and how embodying a fictional little girl who did impossible things affected what she believed about impossible things in her own life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices