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Prison Tattoos with Larry Normile
New Jan 09, 2026 1h 21m EXPLICIT

Prison Tattoos with Larry Normile

Kail sits down with Larry Normile owner of Artistic Additions in Dover, Delaware for a conversation that starts with tattooing and turns into something so much bigger. Larry opens up about learning...

ENCORE: Sarah Turney Fights For Answers
Jan 02, 2026 1h 1m EXPLICIT

ENCORE: Sarah Turney Fights For Answers

This week on Barely Famous, Kail talks to Sarah Turney, a true crime advocate and host of Voices for Justice, to discuss the heartbreaking disappearance of her sister, Alyssa Turney. Sarah reflects...

Encore: Behind The Thrillers With Freida McFadden
Dec 26, 2025 1h 5m EXPLICIT

Encore: Behind The Thrillers With Freida McFadden

This week on Barely Famous, Kail talks to Freida McFadden, the author behind thrillers like The Housemaid and The Boyfriend. She reveals the secrets behind crafting her signature plot twists and sh...

Vibin' & Spiralin' with Alessandra
Dec 19, 2025 1h 1m EXPLICIT

Vibin' & Spiralin' with Alessandra

Kail is joined by Alessandra for an unfiltered catch-up that somehow starts with joking about making a song, and quickly spirals into… everything. They talk about why 2025 felt so heavy, how burnou...

Healing the Hurt We Didn’t Ask For With MY sister Mikaila
Dec 12, 2025 1h 8m EXPLICIT

Healing the Hurt We Didn’t Ask For With MY sister Mikaila

In this episode of Barely Famous, I’m sitting down with my sister Mikaila for the very first time on the podcast, and it’s the raw, complicated sister story that so many of you have asked for but a...

The Favorite(s) With Layne Fargo
Dec 05, 2025 57 min EXPLICIT

The Favorite(s) With Layne Fargo

On this episode of Barely Famous Kail sits down with author Layne Fargo, writer of The Favorites, They Never Learn, and Temper, to talk toxic women, ambition, and why being an “unlikable” female ch...

ENCORE: Trisha Paytas on Fame, Motherhood and Viral Moments
Nov 28, 2025 1h 18m EXPLICIT

ENCORE: Trisha Paytas on Fame, Motherhood and Viral Moments

This week on Barely Famous, Kail sits down with internet personality Trisha Paytas. Trisha opens up about her unique experiences with fame, from viral moments to the joys and challenges of motherho...

Turning Setbacks Into Startups with Debo Williams
Nov 21, 2025 1h 4m EXPLICIT

Turning Setbacks Into Startups with Debo Williams

Delaware-born linebacker Debo Williams joins Kail this week to talk honest, unfiltered life after football, chasing the NFL dream, and becoming a 23-year-old tech entrepreneur. From growing up in S...

Breaking Cycles in Real Time with The Dude Dads
Nov 14, 2025 1h 13m EXPLICIT

Breaking Cycles in Real Time with The Dude Dads

In today's episode Kail sits down with the Dude Dads for a candid, funny, and unexpectedly tender catch-up that hits everything from joining the “dead dads club,” visiting her estranged father befo...

Beyond My Super Sweet 16 with Jazmin Knighton
Nov 07, 2025 59 min EXPLICIT

Beyond My Super Sweet 16 with Jazmin Knighton

This week Kail sits down with Jazmin Knighton from MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 for a raw, 20-years-later conversation that goes way beyond the glitz and the glam. Jazmin opens up about being adopted as...

Grief, Grit & Game: Jemmye Carroll Tells All
Oct 31, 2025 53 min EXPLICIT

Grief, Grit & Game: Jemmye Carroll Tells All

Kail sits down with Jemmye Carroll from The Real World & The Challenge for the reality-TV convo we’ve waited years to make happen. They get real about how early fame shaped their lives, grief, ...

Small Towns, Big Feelings with Lucy Score
Oct 17, 2025 1h 1m EXPLICIT

Small Towns, Big Feelings with Lucy Score

Lucy Score; indie romance powerhouse joins Barely Famous for her first in-person pod to talk pen names, slow-burn swoon, and building a publishing empire from the ground up. We get the adorable ori...

Complicated Grief
Oct 10, 2025 1h 20m EXPLICIT

Complicated Grief

Two weeks after meeting her dad for only the second time in her life, Kail got the call that he had passed away. In this emotional episode of Barely Famous, Kail sits down with Kristen to talk abou...

The Night Watcher with Daphne Woolsoncroft
Oct 03, 2025 57 min EXPLICIT

The Night Watcher with Daphne Woolsoncroft

Daphne Woolsoncroft true-crime podcaster and debut thriller author joins Barely Famous to talk about Night Watcher, her chilling new novel about a Portland radio host who receives a terrifying on-a...

Three's A Crowd With Matt Mathews
Sep 26, 2025 1h 1m EXPLICIT

Three's A Crowd With Matt Mathews

Your favorite duo is back together again wreaking havoc. Kail and Matt open up about the loneliness that comes with fame, Matt spills all the tea on his throuple situation and the messy realities b...

Such Quiet Girls With Noelle Ihli
Sep 19, 2025 1h 3m EXPLICIT

Such Quiet Girls With Noelle Ihli

Bestselling thriller author Noelle Ihli joins Kail to talk about her viral BookTok hits—Such Quiet Girls, Ask for Andrea, None Left to Tell, Run on Red, and Room for Rent. We dig into Noelle’s jour...

Bad Examples-Barely Filtered
Sep 12, 2025 1h 6m EXPLICIT

Bad Examples-Barely Filtered

Here for the chaos you didn’t know you needed. On this Barely Famous episode, Kail links up with Tracy DiMarco and Jessica Romano of Bad Examples to spill on Jerseylicious days, how “produced” real...

Tea Time With Jordy Cray
Sep 05, 2025 1h 5m EXPLICIT

Tea Time With Jordy Cray

This week Kail sits down with creator and recovery counselor Jordy Cray for a candid Teen Mom deep dive you won’t hear anywhere else. They unpack Jordy’s first-time appearance on Teen Mom: The Next...

ENCORE: FREE My Search For Meaning With Amanda Knox
Aug 29, 2025 1h 14m EXPLICIT

ENCORE: FREE My Search For Meaning With Amanda Knox

In this powerful episode Kail sits down with Amanda Knox for an intimate, emotional, and eye opening conversation about her wrongful conviction, the unwavering support of her family, and the lastin...