The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi

Psychologist Steve Rathje joins to validate Gianmarco’s feelings about astrology (with a couple caveats), then we discuss the study that depressed him the most, how academia views his TikTok fame, our...

14 Feb 20231h 53min

Nathan Macintosh joins to discuss the absurdity of comedians smoking cigars, the worst videos we’ve ever seen on the internet, a live fisting gone awry, the joys of working in fast food, and Metal Gea...

7 Feb 20231h 34min

Comedian Todd Barry joins to discuss getting bumped down from first class, being a substitute teacher, accidentally following me on twitter, my mom’s penchant for returning gifts, writing for the VMA’...

31 Jan 20231h 35min

Comedian Skyler Higley tells me and guest co-host Maddy Smith the downsides of being raised by white Mormon parents in Utah, the posthumous baptism of Anne Frank, why astrology is cultural appropriati...

24 Jan 20231h 47min

Ryan Reiss shares the downsides of being an audience warm-up comedian, crowd-working the Kardashians, the dangers of standing in Letterman’s spot, how much joking to do for a comedian’s eulogy, and Gi...

17 Jan 20231h 24min

Zach Miko shares the downsides of being Target’s first plus-size male model, what to do with the term ‘fat’, how acting classes are like cults, whether it’s better that we cry more than our dads, and ...

10 Jan 20231h 37min

Dusty Ray Bottoms joins for our third ever live episode to share the downsides of being on RuPaul’s Drag Race, TSA going through all your wigs, tucking (and popping???), straight drag queens, conversi...

7 Jan 202310min

Jerry Saltz discusses the downsides of throwing soup at paintings to raise awareness for climate change, how there’s always been and will always be bad art, why he only listens to female comedians, hi...

3 Jan 20231h 22min