The High Life with Ricki Lake
Episodes
Aari and Rachel: Unfiltered at Unrivaled
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re dropping in your feed to share a new Lemonada Media show with you! Women's basketball is on fire -- and nowhere is hotter tha...
Introducing: Threedom
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Aukerman, Lauren Lapkus and Paul F Tompkins abandon their regular formats to focus on the basics of being funny with each other. In this episode...
Pulling the Thread: On Finding Our Soul's Vocation
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're introducing you to Pulling the Thread, hosted by writer Elise Loehnen, who explores life's big questions with today's leading thinking...
Featuring: Julia Gets Wise with Ruth Reichl
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Because Thanksgiving is basically Ruth Reichl season (the holy trinity of food, family, and feelings) we’re serving you a special episode of Jul...
A Special Listen: Julia Gets Wise with Roz Chast
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 70-year-old New Yorker cartooning legend Roz Chast, whose humor and unforge...
Listen Now: Julia Gets Wise with Jane Curtin
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the premiere episode of Wiser Than Me’s new season, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 78-year-old comedy icon and Saturday Night Live ...
Throwback Episode: Grab Your Mug … It’s Time to Spill Some Reali-Tea with Danny Pellegrino
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired March 2, 2023. Pop culture expert Danny Pellegrino knows what TV shows are worth watching and when ...
Throwback Episode: The Queen of Daytime Talk Talks to Bob the Drag Queen
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired December 8, 2022. Twenty years before Bob the Drag Queen won the eighth season of “RuPaul&rsq...
Throwback Episode: We're Here, Queer and on TV! with Steven Canals and Dominick Pupa
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired November 11, 2022. The Ricki Lake Show was one of the few spaces LGBTQ+ people could see themselves...
Throwback Episode: We Go Off Script with Andy Cohen!
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 20, 2022. Cameras, real people, and no script. Anything could happen. Sounds like The Ricki...
Throwback Episode: Today, I’m Talking Trash with John Waters!
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 11, 2022. He’s shocking, raunchy, and can’t ever be censored. Today, Ricki talk...
Throwback Episode: Sally Jessy, You ARE the Mother…of Talk Shows!
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired October 6, 2022. Before Ricki Lake, Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O’Donnell were talk show hosts, t...
Throwback Episode: Rosie O’Donnell, We Want to Know…What Really Happened On Your Old Show
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired September 15, 2022. You may remember her from “The Flintstones” or even the OG “A...
Throwback: Excuse Me Y’all, Don’t Be Misled, The Ricki Lake Show Is Not Dead
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of 'Raised by Ricki' originally aired September 15, 2022. Grab a friend and some snacks – we’ll provide the tea. We’re ...
Throwback: Neurodivergent Love | Michael Theo
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on October 1, 2024. You may know Michael Theo as the breakout star of the reality show ‘Love on the Spectrum Austr...
Throwback: The Secret to Good Health? Be Mindful | Ellen Langer
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on November 12, 2024. What if we could significantly improve our physical health through our mind? Social psycholo...
Introducing: My So-Called Midlife with Reshma Saujani
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does it seem like everyone around you is microdosing, or is at least talking about it? Host Reshma Saujani had a lot of questions about psychedelics, ...
Throwback: You Got a Divorce? Congrats! | Lyz Lenz
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on October 29, 2024. Women are asking for divorce way more than men. Why is that, and shouldn’t that choice be met...
Throwback: How to Choose Yourself | Jennie Garth
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on October 8, 2024. ‘90210’ star Jennie Garth rose to fame seemingly overnight in the 1990s, just like Ricki...
Throwback: Passing the Talk Show Host Baton | Karamo
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on September 17, 2024. Little Karamo grew up watching Ricki Lake and dreaming of one day being on TV. Decades later, he ...
Throwback: Proving Yourself Wrong | Paralympian Amy Purdy
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on September 10, 2024. As the Paralympics come to a close, Ricki speaks with snowboarder and Paralympian Amy Purdy, who ...
Introducing: The Dylan Hour with Dylan Mulvaney
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re thrilled to invite you to The Dylan Hour, a weekly cocktail party hosted by Dylan Mulvaney, from Lemonada Media. In this fun weekly video ...
Throwback: All Your Ayahuasca Questions Answered | Ernesto Londoño
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on July 23, 2024. Ricki talks with Ernesto Londoño, NYT national correspondent and writer of the book, Tripp...
Throwback: An Olympic Mindset | Alexi Pappas
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on July 16, 2024. Olympian Alexi Pappas may have won gold during the 2016 Summer Games representing Greece, but she wasn...
Making Your Life’s Work| Abby Epstein
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special, wind down episode of The High Life, Ricki is joined by a very special guest - documentarian and Ricki's bestie, Abby Epstein. He...
Living A Life of Adventure | Colin O’Brady
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When explorer Colin O’Brady was in his early twenties, he sustained a severe burn and was told by doctors he would never walk normally again. Ei...
Aging with Grace | Dr. Amanda Hanson
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amanda Hanson didn’t always feel great about getting old. It was only when she began taking care of Alzheimer's patients that she realized t...
Throwback: How to Think Like a Clairvoyant | Tyler Henry
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a rerun of an episode we aired back in December, before Ricki was displaced due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. Some people hav...
How Motherhood Changes You | Lucy Jones
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When journalist Lucy Jones had her first baby, she noticed remarkable changes taking place - not only was her body changing, but so too was her ...
What’s Your Enneagram Type? | Stephanie Barron Hall
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you like personality tests you'll love this episode! This week Ricki unpacks the Enneagram with expert Stephanie Barron Hall. Together they show ho...
After Losing Her Home, Ricki Revisits Wildfire Episode
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Ricki interviewed wildfire expert Dr. Emily Fischer last fall, she had no idea that her own Malibu home would burn down from the Palisades Fire j...
Paging the Doctor! | Dr. Will Cole
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please note: This episode was recorded before the devastating fires hit Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of homes, including Ricki’s. As a ne...
Why Menopause is Having a Moment | Tamsen Fadal
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ricki is rocking her grey hair and embracing the changes in her body, like entering perimenopause. So let’s talk about it! Journalist Tamsen Fad...
Throwback: ‘It’s So Hard to Have a Body in This World’ | Virginia Sole-Smith
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired on July 30, 2024. In this throwback episode, Ricki speaks with writer Virginia Sole-Smith. Virginia was a skinny teenage...
A Very Kalen Christmas | Kalen Allen
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season’s greetings! Ricki’s former co-host Kalen Allen stops by to spread holiday cheer and boy does he deliver. Not only is Kalen making ...
The Holistic Psychologist Will See You Now | Dr. Nicole LePera
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Therapy is more popular than ever thanks to social media! Dr. Nicole LePera is one of the psychologists at the forefront of this trend. She has been m...
How to Think Like a Clairvoyant | Tyler Henry
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some people have a knack for painting, singing, or sports. But a select few, like Tyler Henry, can communicate with the dead. Tyler is a medium, actin...
This Thanksgiving, Ditch Food Guilt | Evelyn Tribole
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Evelyn Tribole is a dietitian who hates diets! For the last 30 years, she has been championing the idea of "intuitive eating,” a practice where you ...
The Secret to Good Health? Be Mindful | Ellen Langer
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could significantly improve our physical health through our mind? Social psychologist Dr. Ellen Langer has seen it happen first hand in cou...
Gardening Election Anxiety Away | Brian Brigantti and John Bonny
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This election week, Ricki decides to destress by taking a weed gummy and talking about gardening alongside two pros – TikTok gardener Brian Brigantt...
You Got a Divorce? Congrats! | Lyz Lenz
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Women are asking for divorce way more than men. Why is that, and shouldn’t that choice be met with celebration rather than pity? Ricki talks about h...
Sharing Our Hair Loss Stories | Y
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time ever, Ricki tells her hair loss story in detail alongside her friend and mentor Y, the founder of The Women’s Hair Loss Project....
A Fall Food Reset | Melissa Urban
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You may notice that your body thrives off some types of foods but feels awful after eating others. Why not experiment to figure out what’s working i...
How to Choose Yourself | Jennie Garth
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘90210’ star Jennie Garth rose to fame seemingly overnight in the 1990s, just like Ricki. After successful careers, kids at young ages, and multip...
Neurodivergent Love | Michael Theo
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You may know Michael Theo as the breakout star of the reality show 'Love on the Spectrum Australia,' where he and other young people with autism navig...
What Mindfulness and Treating OCD Have in Common | Dr. Patrick McGrath
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chances are, you know someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 1 in 40 people will develop OC...
Passing the Talk Show Host Baton | Karamo
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Little Karamo grew up watching Ricki Lake and dreaming of one day being on TV. Decades later, he gives Ricki her flowers for inspiring so many career ...
Proving Yourself Wrong | Paralympian Amy Purdy
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the Paralympics come to a close, Ricki speaks with snowboarder and Paralympian Amy Purdy, who at age 19 was placed on life support and underwent a ...
We Have the Tools To Fight Climate Change | Dr. Emily Fischer
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Moms have done all sorts of hard things. It’s no surprise they’re leading the fight against global warming, too. Ricki speaks with wildfire expert...
Hollywood Health Hacks from My BFF | Rachael Harris
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ricki first met actress Rachael Harris ("The Hangover," "Suits," "Lucifer," "Mother of the Bride") while filming a Lifetime movie together in 2007. Fr...
Let’s Talk About Sex, Ricki! | Dr. Emily Morse
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The sex doctor will see you, now! Dr. Emily Morse is the host of the "Sex with Emily" podcast, a MasterClass instructor on sex and communication and b...
How Listening To Your Body Can Change Your Life | Hillary McBride
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your body is giving you information all the time. Are you listening? Ricki is trying to, and you can too. In this episode, registered psychologist and...
Learning How to Live | Alua Arthur
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Death doula Alua Arthur never thought about death until two back-to-back experiences changed her life. A serendipitous encounter with a woman on a bus...
‘It’s So Hard to Have a Body in This World’ | Virginia Sole-Smith
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Virginia Sole-Smith was a skinny teenager who became a fat adult. She now writes about and personally experiences anti-fat bias on a daily basi...
All Your Ayahuasca Questions Answered | Ernesto Londoño
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ricki talks with Ernesto Londoño, NYT national correspondent and writer of the book Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics, ab...
An Olympic Mindset | Alexi Pappas
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Olympian Alexi Pappas may have won gold during the 2016 Summer Games representing Greece, but she wasn’t prepared for the debilitating depression sh...
Introducing The High Life with Ricki Lake!
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 55 years old, Emmy-winning talk show host Ricki Lake is feeling better than ever! She’s cracked the code to her own happiness, and she wants to h...
Out Now: Raised By Ricki Merch!
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You can now show your support for the Raised By Ricki podcast with your very own Raised By Ricki sweatshirts, mugs, and bucket hats. You can order all...
Look Who’s Dropped By! It’s “That Ricki Lake Guy!” with Andew Scher
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Receiving love letters from women in prison, busting guests for lying on TV, flying Usher to the studio in a helicopter. These are just a handful of t...
Grab Your Mug … It’s Time to Spill Some Reali-Tea with Danny Pellegrino
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pop culture expert Danny Pellegrino knows what TV shows are worth watching and when it’s time to change the channel. Danny, a New York Times Bestsel...
We’re Taking It Back to 1999, Where “Boosters” Were Bragging About Committing Crime!
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Would you go on national TV and admit that you steal things? That’s exactly what these guests did in The Ricki Lake Show episode that Ricki and Kale...
SuChin Pak Is All That and a Bag of Chips
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Believe it or not, there was once only one channel where we could watch new music videos, hear celebrity gossip, and catch stars like Mariah Carey giv...
Roll Out the Red Carpet, Ross Mathews Has Something to Slay!
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Ross Mathews was a kid, he would watch The Ricki Lake Show and pretend to host the show alongside Ricki. Now he's one of the most beloved persona...
Has Your Bestie Done Something Whack? Don’t Worry! We’ve Got Your Back (with Aminatou Sow)
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aminatou Sow, host of the popular podcast Call Your Girlfriend, joins Ricki and Kalen to talk about growing up in Nigeria, where The Ricki Lake Show w...
Is Love Really Blind? We’ll See When We Hit Rewind!
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long before shows like Love Is Blind and Blind Date caught our attention, The Ricki Lake Show set shallow singles up on blindfolded dates to see if th...
You Knew Him as the Gay Pimp. Where Is Jonny McGovern Now?
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In The Ricki Lake Show’s last season, the Gay Pimp gave people and spaces makeovers, taught us about “metrosexuality,” and tested out some dubio...
Order in the Court! All Rise for Judge Lauren Lake.
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Lake has done it all – music, TV, books, law, interior design – and she says it’s all because of her appearances on The Ricki Lake Show! ...
U Got It Bad … for The Ricki Lake Show’s Musical Guests
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Britney Spears. NSYNC. Usher. Salt-N-Pepa. The Ricki Lake Show featured performances from some of the most iconic pop stars of the 90s and early 2000s...
ICYMI: Excuse Me Y’all, Don’t Be Misled, The Ricki Lake Show Is Not Dead
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grab a friend and some snacks – we’ll provide the tea. We’re traveling back to the 90s, when The Ricki Lake Show was the place for drama and fun...
Listen to This: Go Ricki! Go Ricki! It’s the Ricki Lake Episode!
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raised by Ricki is off this week on holiday break, so we’re excited to bring you an episode of V Interesting that Ricki was recently a guest on.When...
Listen Now: Pop Culture Happy Hour
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raised by Ricki is off this week, but we’re sharing an episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour, another show we think you’ll love. For more than three d...
If You Can’t Achieve It, They Can Weave It
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Weave Wars stretched the imagination of what hair could look like. From the hair-icopter to a hairdo with actual, live finches, The Ricki Lake Sho...
The Queen of Daytime Talk Talks to Bob the Drag Queen
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years before Bob the Drag Queen won the eighth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” he would run home after school to catch The Ricki Lake Sho...
Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby! with Margaret Cho
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ricki Lake Show never shied away from controversial topics. The most spicy and taboo topic of all? Sex! This week, iconic comedian, actress, and m...
ICYMI: Rosie O'Donnell, We Want to Know... What Really Happened On Your Old Show
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You may remember her from “The Flintstones” or even the OG “A League of Their Own.” Three years after The Ricki Lake Show first aired, Rosie O...
We're Here, Queer and on TV! with Steven Canals and Dominick Pupa
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ricki Lake Show was one of the few spaces LGBTQ+ people could see themselves on TV in the 90s, and could hear their stories told. Have things gott...
Tess Holliday is Here to Say: Eff Your Beauty Standards!
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 90s were no stranger to toxic ideas about what people’s bodies should look like. While we may still struggle with anti-fat bias today, fortunate...
She Was Raised by Ricki … and Is Meeting Her at Last!
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The best 90s self-care routine? For writer and podcast host Tracy Clayton, that was watching The Ricki Lake Show every day after school. The cultural ...
She Met Her Siblings On TV…Where Is She Now?
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What made a good Ricki Lake Show guest? Personality and yes, a little bit of drama. But sometimes, they just warmed your heart right up – like Candi...
We Go Off Script with Andy Cohen!
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cameras, real people, and no script. Anything could happen. Sounds like The Ricki Lake Show – and reality TV! This week, Ricki and Kalen are joined ...
Today, I’m Talking Trash with John Waters!
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
He’s shocking, raunchy, and can’t ever be censored. Today, Ricki talks to her lifelong friend John Waters, whose iconic film “Hairspray” has b...
Sally Jessy, You ARE the Mother … of Talk Shows!
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before Ricki Lake, Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O’Donnell were talk show hosts, there was Sally Jessy Raphael. As the first woman in the U.S. to have her...
Kalen Asks Ricki’s Fave TV Psychic, What Is My Future?
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Psychics: we couldn’t get enough of them in the 90s. They were in movies, TV ads – and The Ricki Lake Show! Renowned psychic Char Margolis joins R...
The Wig Snatch Episode
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This infamous moment from The Ricki Lake Show still lives on over 20 years later in memes and gifs. Ricki and Kalen are revisiting the wig snatch seen...
Rosie O'Donnell, We Want to Know... What Really Happened On Your Old Show
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You may remember her from “The Flintstones” or even the OG 1992 movie “A League of Their Own," but three years after The Ricki Lake Show first a...
Excuse Me Y’all, Don’t Be Misled, The Ricki Lake Show Is Not Dead
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grab a friend and some snacks – we’ll provide the tea. We’re traveling back to the 90s, when The Ricki Lake Show was the place for drama and fun...
You Grew Up With Ricki and Now She’s Back!
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember the wild reality of 90s daytime talk? If you do, then you definitely remember The Ricki Lake Show. Before RuPaul’s Drag Race or Brav...