Couples Therapy

Our pal Zeke Smith stops by the ol' Couples Therapy patented Couch o' Insights™ on today's episode for a gosh darn fun time! Now maybe you remember Zeke from when he was on with his hubby Nico Santos a few years ago, or maybe you know Zeke from Survivor or as a member of GLAAD's board of directors. Well, no matter what, we chop it up with Zeke today in an ep that starts with razzing and then goes...

Vanessa is a wonderful stand-up that we like a ton (maybe you've seen her on Jimmy Kimmel or Comedy Central or Netflix... and did you know she was named as one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch?), and on this week's episode we talk all about her and her parents' parallel therapy journeys, how she escaped her small Texas town, meeting her boyfriend on OK Cupid, slut seasons, lessons you learn fr...

We're big Attitudes! fans over here at Couples Therapy HQ - it's especially been helping us through some difficult times - so we lured Attitudes! co-host and TV writer (Chicken Sisters, Tiny Toons Looniversity) Erin Gibson onto the show with the promise of talking about Slow Horses, but that quickly falls to the wayside as Erin takes us through the rise and fall of her first marriage, how they met...

The algorithm is almost always piping dumb shit into our feeds, but EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE we get some fun clips that lead us to discover someone new to us. So we must thank the algorithm for introducing us to the wonderful Hoodo Hersi! Hoodo is a New York-based stand-up and writer (she writes on Ramy's Amazon cartoon #1 Happy Family USA) and host of the YouTube show That's So Haram!. And on today'...

St. Denis, the show Naomi writes on and produces, is coming back to NBC and Peacock for season two NEXT WEEK, Monday Nov. 3rd, and to celebrate, we're doing a couple episodes with some of the actors, and first up is the WONDERFUL Kahyun Kim! We didn't really know Kahyun that well before recording, but buddy, what a delight it was to get to know her! We discuss her four geographic dating phases (So...

Life has been lifin', folks! I'm sure we'll discuss what that means exactly on a future episode, but just know that it's been beating us both down and leaving us drained and de-brained! And also a guest had trouble with their wi-fi, so we decided to record a "Just Us" episode. In this EXCITING INSTALLMENT, we delve into the various animal sounds that plague us from outside our place, come up with...

*This* is why we podcast! Friend of the show/Friend IRL Nori Reed returns for a frank discussion of how fucked up the current political climate is, but folks, what we love about Nori and about the vibe of the show is that we can move from a very silly joke into a very serious discussion like *snaps fingers*. Now, you know Nori from her previous appearances on the show, from her stand-up or as a wr...

We've known Francesca from the stand-up scene for many years now, but we didn't know her like *this*! And of course, *you* know Francesca from her time at Al Jazeera, her YouTube show The Bitchuation Room or perhaps from her show on Zeteo with Wajahat Ali, America Unhinged. But even if this is your first time meeting Francesca, strap in! We come out of the gate hot and ask why she wanted to have c...

It seems like a lot of people's experience of the internet has been being radicalized into white nationalism. I mean, not us. Obvi. It seems like our experience has been cute animal videos, peer-reviewed scientific papers about Covid and finding cool people to talk to on the show serendipitously, and that's what today's episode is! A random google search "Can I make homemade Skittles?" led me to w...

Sam Pancake returns for a deep dive into his love life! You know Sam from almost every show that's been on TV: And Just Like That..., A Million Little Things, The Goldbergs, Search Party, Arrested Development, Will & Grace, and over a hundred other shows! Sam was on the pod four years ago, and we spent the majority of the time on his southern gothic upbringing, so now Sam returns to talk about...

If you haven't seen On Becoming a Guinea Fowl yet, please RUN to your nearest streaming service (it's on HBO Max for free if you subscribe) and watch because today we're talking to the brilliant film's brilliant lead Susan Chardy. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl competed at Cannes' Un Certain Regard section last year, where it was nominated for best film and won best director, and Susan herself won the...

Milana Vayntrub is BACK, folks... wait! Back??? That's right! We recorded an episode with Milana a few weeks ago that maybe got a bit TOO real for recorded media, especially for people with boundaries, but she's back and we still get into it! Now you know Milana from a ton of stuff including This Is Us, Silicon Valley and our personal favorites Werewolves Within and Outer Space, and on today's ep,...

Sorry Mission Impossible, for once, the algorithm has worked wonders because it introduced us to the incredibly charming Catherine McCafferty! Catherine hosts the online show Pretty Gay , which features guests like Liv Hewson, E.R. Fightmaster, Cameron Esposito and many others who you've heard on THIS VERY SHOW, on a kind of interview date with Catherine. It's one of the few things Instagram has i...

A Nice Indian Boy (Now on Hulu!) is one of our favorite films of the year, and on today's episode, we talk to power couple Karan Soni and Roshan Sethi, the star and director of the film respectively! Now, you know Karan from his previous appearance on the show or maybe from the Deadpool films, the Spider-Man Spider-Verse films, Miracle Workers and a ton of other stuff, and Roshan is both a practic...

We only knew Hannah Pilkes through her characters and not as a person before today, and boy are we glad we got to know her cuz she's great! Now, you know Hannah from her characters as well, from Comedy Bang Bang or perhaps from the hit new Netflix show Leanne! But now you can get to know the REAL Hannah! We talk about meeting her spouse, Dutch culture, growing up outside Philly, SAG-AFTRA dental c...

We've dug Jillian Bell as a comedic actor for many years, but today we get to find out about the woman behind the celluloid projection! (Or, er, digital projection these days, I guess?) Now, you know Jillian from Eastbound & Down, 22 Jump Street, Workaholics, Idiotsitter, Brittany Runs a Marathon, Sword of Trust, and of course from directing the fantastic Hulu Original Summer of 69! We get int...

Josh Gondelman and Maris Kreizman are a real power couple, and of course that power is... an adamantium skeleton? Just joshin'! And speaking of: Josh and Maris are pals of ours from New York, and darn tootin' great at their respective callings! Josh is a delightful stand-up who's written for John Oliver and Desus and Mero and his new special Positive Reinforcement is out now on YouTube and as an a...

Naomi Ackie is an incredible actor! You know her from Mickey 17, Blink Twice, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The End of the F***cking World, and of course, the new film from A24 Sorry, Baby , which is in theaters nationwide NOW (that is, run, don't walk, to your nearest cineplex, folks!). So, she's one of the best treading the boards of the silver screen, but guess what? She's also a rad person! We...

One half of power couple Zico (it's what TMZ has been calling them), yes, folks, it's Nico Santos! We had Nico and Zeke on together years ago, and now Nico returns for a solo ep (and of course Zeke will be back!). Now, you know Nico from Superstore, The Z-Suite, Crazy Rich Asians, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 and so much more, and today we get into it! Nico tells us about his dating life in Oreg...

Holy hell did we have a blast with Holmes! Now you know Holmes from Welcome to Flatch, Another Simple Favor, Hacks and Overcompensating, and on today's episode we do a deep dive into her lovelife, going back to the tale of her first love, how stopping drinking is helping her on dates and Holmes makes an impassioned plea that she is ready to find her person! All this and some impulsive, expensive d...

Naomi first met Sonia doing stand-up back in New York, and then we really dug her New Negroes set and now we have her on the pod! You might know Sonia Denis from her stand-up or as a writer on A Black Lady Sketch Show or from the new Marvel joint Ironheart, but even if this is your first time meeting Sonia, strap in! We jump right into the mental health talk and find out the best place to cry in N...

You might know from Asif's episode that Deli Boys is one of our favorite shows of the year, so yes we HAD to have Saagar on, and boy howdy, are we glad we did! Now, you know Saagar Shaikh as one of the titular Deli Boys, as well as from Ms. Marvel and the Marvels and lots of other stuff, and on today's episode we get into it! We talk about how Saagar met his wife and their long-distance relaysh, p...

The response to Adam Pally's advice a few episodes ago was EXPLOSIVE, so rather than try to rush through a single comment in an intro, we thought, "Why not just do a Naomi and Andy solo episode where we can really put up our feet and take our time?" We discuss the response from both listeners and the original advice-seeker, we hear some updates, discuss some out of pocket behavior in a work enviro...

We love Tom, and it's been four years since he's last been on the show, so we had to have him back! Now, of course you know Tom from shows and movies like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Witches of East End, an episode of Six Feet Under, Boogie Nights and many, many other things, including the fantastic sketches he posts on Instagram . Back for the second time, we talk...

Chelsea Peretti is a fun hang! And we've been fans of hers for a while (her old comedy group back in NYC Variety SHAC was the cat's pajamas, and we love love love her 2014 Netflix special One of the Greats!), so it was a real pleasure to goof around with her for a while. (And of course, you know Chelsea from tons of stuff including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, her film First Time Female Director or her pod...