There is a version of sobriety media that sounds like a TED Talk that forgot to end. Stefanie Wilder-Taylor built a show that does the opposite on purpose.
Drunk-ish is the sobriety podcast for people who, in her words, “don’t have it all figured out.” Wilder-Taylor is an author and comedian who describes her past self as a “former box-wine enthusiast,” which is either the most honest or the most poetic way anyone has described a Tuesday night in the last decade. She also hosts For Crying Out Loud, and she has been doing this long enough to know the difference between a sobriety story that lands and one that just performs.
Wilder-Taylor built a show that is honest, occasionally unhinged, and funny on purpose, because most long-term sober people know that humor isn’t the opposite of seriousness. It’s often the proof that you survived it.
“The goal of this podcast is to have fun conversations about sobriety without preaching,” Wilder-Taylor said at the top of the episode. “Just keep it real.”
This week, I sat down with her for the episode “The Sober Curator’s Sobriety Story.” We talked about the geographic cure, that move-to-a-new-city fantasy that anyone with a drinking problem has fallen for at least once. We talked about the exact moment I decided to project-manage my own rock bottom, scheduling my sobriety around summer break like it was a home renovation.
There’s also a story involving a bottle of wine, my then nine-year-old son, and a fistful of gumballs, which Wilder-Taylor rightly clocked as one of the saddest and funniest images I’ve ever handed a stranger with a microphone.
What I appreciated most about this conversation is that Wilder-Taylor doesn’t do the thing so many sobriety interviewers do, where they’re waiting for the redemptive line so they can wrap it in a bow. She lets the messy part stay messy. She laughs in the right places. She also, memorably, has some opinions about tiramisu that she probably should have kept to herself — and the way she drops them mid-conversation tells you everything about how she runs a show. You’ll understand when you hear it.
If you are 20 years sober like I am, or 20 days, or just sober-curious and tired of content that talks down to you, this is a show worth adding to your rotation. It’s the rare sobriety podcast that trusts its audience to be adults.
Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Follow Stefanie Wilder-Taylor on Instagram @SWilderTaylor or check out her website stefaniewildertaylor.com and follow me @AlysseIntheCity.
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Stephanie Wilder-Taylor Bio
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is an author, standup comedian, TV personality, writing teacher and co-host of the popular podcasts, For Crying Out Loud, Rose Pricks and Bored A.F. She created and hosted two seasons of the late-night comedy parenting show, Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor for NickMom on Nickelodeon.
Stefanie has written six books for Simon & Schuster, starting with the irreverent best-seller, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom. She followed-up with Naptime Is the New Happy Hour: And Other Ways Toddlers Turn Your Life Upside; It’s Not Me, It’s You: Subjective Recollections of a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman; I’m Kind of a Big Deal: And Other Delusions of Adequacy; Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic: And Other Opinions I Can’t Back Up with Fact, and her most recent, Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol.
Stefanie’s been featured on Oprah, GMA, 20/20, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Larry King Live, Fox and Friends, HLN, CNN, Dr. Drew, Katie Couric and has been a regular contributor to The Today Show on NBC.
In print she’s been featured in The New York Times, People Magazine, US Weekly and Parenting Magazine.
She’s busy, but you have to be if you want to be able to afford Botox. Oh, and she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three kids…
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What is the Drunk-ish podcast about?
Drunk-ish is a sobriety podcast hosted by comedian and author Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, built around honest, funny, non-preachy conversations about drinking, recovery, and everything in between. New episodes release weekly.
Who hosts Drunk-ish?
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, an author, comedian, and self-described former “box-wine enthusiast,” hosts Drunk-ish. She also hosts a second podcast, For Crying Out Loud.
Where can I listen to Alysse Bryson’s episode of Drunk-ish?
The episode, titled “The Sober Curator’s Sobriety Story,” is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
Is Drunk-ish only for people early in recovery?
No. The show covers a wide range of sobriety experiences, from early recovery to decades-long sobriety, and leans toward honest, humor-forward storytelling rather than clinical or 12-step-only content.
