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Names Optional

Names Optional

By: Alyssa Rodarte
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Some stories are too important to stay hidden even when the person telling them needs to be.


Names Optional with Alyssa Rodarte is a space for the truths people carry quietly: unbelievable experiences, complicated relationships, difficult decisions, hard-earned healing, and the moments that changed everything.


Each episode brings you into one raw, honest conversation. Some guests step forward openly. Others leave their names behind so they can finally speak freely, feel heard, and seek a new perspective. Together, Alyssa and her guests unpack what happened and transform lived experiences into awareness, connection, and resilience.


The names may be optional. The truth isn’t.

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Episodes
  • Inside the ’90s L.A. Party Crew Scene | Names Optional with Alyssa Rodarte

    Inside the ’90s L.A. Party Crew Scene | Names Optional with Alyssa Rodarte
    24 Aug 2026

    What was the Los Angeles party scene really like in the 1990s?

    In this episode of Names Optional with Alyssa Rodarte, an anonymous guest takes us inside the ’90s Southern California party crew scene and shares what it was really like to party in Los Angeles before social media and smartphones changed everything.

    From house parties and underground events to DJs, party crews, relationships, rivalries, fights, and unforgettable nights, this is a firsthand look at a side of 1990s Los Angeles nightlife and party culture that you rarely hear about today.

    These are the stories people remember but may not want their names attached to.

    Hosted by Alyssa Rodarte, Names Optional is a podcast where real people anonymously share the wild, personal, complicated, and unbelievable stories they never thought they could tell publicly.

    The names are optional. The stories are real.
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    51 min
  • Names Optional Trailer: No Names. Just the Story.

    Names Optional Trailer: No Names. Just the Story.
    16 Aug 2026

    Everyone has a story they would tell if no one knew it was theirs. Names Optional gives those wild, messy, hilarious, and unbelievable experiences a place to be heard.

    The identity stays hidden. The story doesn’t.

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    1 min
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