Couples Therapy

Wow, wow, wow, Nia DaCosta, director of Little Woods, Candyman and The Marvels (out *this* Friday!) stops by the Virtual Couch for a little bit of a mutual appreciation society BUT mostly to talk about love, therapy and cinema! Nia and Naomi bond over going to wHite prep schools, and Nia tells us how that prepared her to direct big budget films. She also discusses her move to London, her dating life, and how her subconscious tricked her into going into therapy! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Nov 20231h 15min

We were fans of Sam's before taping this episode a few weeks ago and gotta say, afterward we're not just fans, but doggone pals! Of course you know Sam from his NPR days, from his FANTASTIC podcast Vibe Check or from Into It, which sadly just ended, although we were HONORED to be the final guests on the show! But on today's episode, you can get to KNOW Sam! We talk about growin' up pentecostal, speech pathology and coming out, crossing the 10 for friendship and MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Okt 20231h 19min

Our old pal Aparna Nancherla - surely you know her from her stand-up or from [REDACTED] or [REDACTED] which we can't really mention because of the ongoing SAG strike - just wrote a book! That's right Unreliable Narrator is available now! And y'all should buy it tout de suite! While Aparna's been on the show before, once with Jo Firestone and once with her fiancee Gabe, we've never talked to her solo on the pod, so we use the time to ask our friend all the HARD-HITTING QUESTIONS we've never asked her at dinner or hanging out after a show. We reminisce about comedy in New York, about our mental health journeys and how our various mental maladies affect our romantic lives and of course, we taped this on the day the Emergency Alert System test happened, so you know we talk about that! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Okt 20231h 29min

Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson have been guests on Couples Therapy since we were a a live show in the back room of an East Village bar, and over the last ten years, every time we'd see them, we'd ask about their UCB musical that they were turning into a movie. Fucking Identical Twins was one of our favorite shows at UCB, and it was nuts, and we were really curious to see if it would ever get made. Well, folks, not only did it get made, but Dicks: The Musical is INCREDIBLE! Just a genuinely strange and hilarious film from moment one, we can't recommend it enough. Grab your N95s and air purifiers and anti-viral sprays and go see an 11am matinee STAT! And on this episode, Josh and Aaron reminisce with us about UCB and the time Padma Lakshmi took level one, the emotional issues of making a movie over a decade, working with a comedy partner and all the ego stuff around being the least famous people in your own movie. Oh, and of course, Barbara Streisand's 2016 album Movie Partners Sing Broadway! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Okt 20231h 9min

We've loved Xosha Roquemore in a bunch of things we won't mention because SAG is still on strike, but even if you don't know her from [REDACTED] or [REDACTED], you're gonna love her after today's episode! We get into LA rich people vs. St. Louis rich people, how becoming a parent changed her identity, dating as a parent and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Okt 20231h 10min

One of our best pals just published her first novel, that's right, Jo Firestone is a published author, and we've got her on the show today! Let's see here, WGA strike is over, so we can mention something, I think, Jo is a wonderful stand-up, she was the head writer for Ziwe's show, and yeah, like we said, she just wrote her first book Murder on Sex Island, and you can pre-order it here! On this very episode, we discuss what led Jo to self-publish, how depression and anxiety played a part and how they play a part in her romantic relationships and so much more! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Okt 20231h 26min

One of our favorite episodes of Pose is Candy's funeral - obvi not because Candy has died, but because Angelica Ross is incredible in that episode, so we were super-psyched to have her on the show today! And ooh baby, is Angelica here to hand out wisdom like they're fun-sized Crunch Bars at Halloween! We talk eloquent rage, not being complacent with being exploited in Hollywood (FYI we taped this before Angelica decided to tell her story over the last week, but you can tell what's coming!), how getting political has affected her dating life and MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! And if you'd like to read our good friend Jo Firestone hilarious debut novel, you can pre-order it here! Also, CT Goofs and Gaffes, in the intro, Andy meant Douglas Rushkoff, not David... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Sep 20231h 30min

Caitlin performed with Naomi last year when Naomi did a few road dates, and she was such a delight that we had to have her on the show! Now, maybe you've seen Caitlin Peluffo performing stand-up on any number of late night shows that we won't name because WE'RE ON STRIKE! Or maybe you've listened to her podcast Good Time Gal! Well, even if this is your first time getting to know Caitlin, you're gonna love her! We talk about freezing her eggs, dating a "clean comedian", being a "jizz raccoon" (?) and so much more! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter! Oh, and go see Caitlin on tour (and wear a goshdarn mask!), why don't ya?!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! And if you'd like to read our good friend Jo Firestone hilarious debut novel, you can pre-order it here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 Sep 20231h 10min