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This week, Isa welcomes on Ruby Karp! Comedian, friend, serial monogamist! Ruby grew up a theater kid and came on to debate whether that is right or wrong. Along the way we talk about if its right or wrong to be a relationship girl in your 20s and whether growing out of your theater kid days is good or bad. Check out Ruby's special on VEEPS coming out next week! Learn more about your ad choices. V...

This week Isa welcome back Ellen Uhlmann, official friend of the pod!! The conversation, in broad terms, is about how the internets fascination with the extremes has lead us to forget nuance!! Which is the thesis of this podcast! But the story we assess this through, is the latest conversation surrounding a clip from Drew Afualo's podcast that Tik Tok had A LOT to say about. Drew issued a partial...

This week we could not resist getting into the conversation that is plagueing our FYPs and brains. Isa welcomes back friend and comedian Ellen Uhlman to talk about the Lindsay Clancy Trial (which is ongoing) but before they get into the details of the case they debate UP TOP, whether it's right or wrong to even be discussing an ongoing trial? Is this sensationalizing the horrible crime? Or does th...

WHAT IS UP YOU GUYS, this week I have on a trans king! ⁠Honey Pluton⁠! We talk the people we pretended to be in college, whether it's right or wrong to say "no worries if not" when asking for a favor. We also talk about the difference between artists and entrepreneurs and the strengths each bring to the table. Donate to my⁠⁠ marathon charity fundraiser here⁠⁠!  Be sure to support th...

Does watching "trash" TV make you a "trash" person? This week Isa welcomes on the VERY funny Ellen Uhlmann (follow her on TikTok or Instagram). Ellen is a hilarious comedian and FELLOW reality tv lover (sorry!). Reality TV is traditionally deemed as "trash tv" but does that mean the people who watch it are trash too? Does participating in online discourse make you a bully or shallow? Is loving rea...

This week I have on the VERY SPECIAL, beautiful, funny couple ⁠Sam Santos ⁠and ⁠JC Mendoza⁠! They are the hosts of their very own ⁠podcast: SOFT LAUNCH⁠, that they started a couple years after they began dating and a couple years before they got married. Sam and JC are both comedians and technically own a small business together. Is it RIGHT or WRONG to run work in bu...

You ask and you shall receive!! This week we have on the queer icon JESS DARROW (they/them). Jess was non other than LUISA MADRIGAL in Disney's ENCANTO, which means everything to us. In this SUMMER SESSION, unedited vibe, Jess talks about how they balance being an artist and still having side quests and passions that feel inspired but not all consuming. Jess debates that its RIGHT to CELEBRATE SMA...

Podcast friend and fan-favorite Lily Lester is back for another UNCUT SUMMER SESSION! Despite our best efforts to stay above the fray, we could not resist diving into the discourse around Taylor Swift renting out Madison Square Garden for her wedding — over July 4th weekend, during the World Cup, in one of the busiest cities on Earth. Right or wrong? We debate the ethics of it all. But b...

This week on the podcasts uncut and unedited SUMMER SESSIONS we welcome on the very funny and delightful McKenna Moore! She brings on her insanely random take of it being RIGHT for the government to require parenting classes… despite initially agreeing with her I did dig and find a reason why it’s WRONG. Leading up to that, and after, we chat about Summer House, Reality TV, and taking accountabili...

This week in SUMMERTIME uncut episode edition, we have Zubi Ahmed joining Isa on the podcast! Zubi is a born and raised New Yorker and has something to say about when people complain about the noise levels! As a self proclaimed noise sensitive girlina, Isa definitely tried her best to debate the opposite... we are allowed to complain about noise! They also chat about living with straight men. Who'...

This week I have the on the VERY funny Fumi Abe in a VERY RARE UNCUT UNEDITED episode. He lived is also a suburban raised immigrant but lived in New York for 13 years... so we have a super interesting conversation about what it feels like to "technically" be a bandwagon fan while also having to choose your own team because your parents didn't have one!! WE CHOSE THE KNICKS! Because they are underd...

Isa sits down with comedian, writer, and all around hilarious human Eliot Glazer to talk about his new upcoming book No Good Very Bad Gay (preorder it!). His book is an honest, funny, and deeply relatable look at what it actually means to grow up gay and figure out where you belong. Then things get personal. Eliot opens up about coming out, navigating the gay community when you don't always feel l...

Comedians discussing comedy alert! This week Isa (and friend of the pod Lily Lester) chat with brand new Brooklyn Comedy Club owner and comedian, Jeremy Pinsly. They talk about the decision behind making the jump into being a small business owner. Having a supportive wife and partner. Being the Mamdani of Comedy with his new club the Greenpoint Comedy Club. And of course they DEBATE whether its ri...

This week’s episode is CHAOTIC. Isa welcomes on the very funny Joey Dardano! He debates that if anyone even checks their phone in a movie theater ONCE, they should get kicked out IMMEDIATELY. Isa debates the opposite but this leads into a conversation about boundaries, patience and confrontation. Is gen z non confrontational? And is that leading to less open dialoguie? If you liked Joey check out...

This week Isa and her guest, Chandler Dean, chat about the exhausting reality of job applications!! The endless putting yourself out there, the disappointment, and somehow finding the energy to keep going anyway. Then comes the debate: Is it wrong to post pictures from a social function knowing it'll make people feel excluded? Chandler says WRONG and Isa debates both sides….from the very real safe...

This week runner up of NETFLIX's FUNNY AF Comedy Competition, USAMA SIDDIQUEE, is on the podcast! Well... he was on the podcast last year and I was traveling last week, so we are doing a re-run! Love you, enjoy!! If men had to take male birth control would they even do it right??? This week, Isa dives into the most argumentative parts of her soul to see if she can debate whether male birth control...

Isa is back with sketch comedian Brett Dodenhoff with a full yap fest. First up: is gossiping with your partner actually healthy, or are you just bonding over other people's business? They get into the unwritten rules of relationship secrets and why talking trash about an ex is always a bad look. Then things get domestic... Isa and Brett break down the roommate grey zone: the little traps we set t...

Isa sits down with Megan Garber, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of the new book Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency, for a conversation that feels equal parts eye-opening and uncomfortably relatable. Joined by friend of the podcast Lily Lester, the trio digs into how today's media landscape has conditioned us to see each other not as people, but as chara...

This week Isa welcomes on the insightful and secretly genius Heather Shaw! A lesbian comedian born in the North but raised in the South, married to a …. Lawyer! Can you believe? A recipe for the perfect union or the most disastrous divorce. Luckily, Heather is a hilairous and perfect wife. We talk about her new comedy special premiering THIS MAY on her Youtube! We also chat about some rights and w...

This week Isa is joined by FRIEND OF THE POD, Lily Lester, for a wide-ranging YAP FEST into the life, being gals, the Manosphere and more!! They get into going to the moon — and whether billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have made space travel more sinister than exciting. Plus: the childhood anxiety of learning the sun will eventually burn out, navigating spaces where you might not feel sa...

Isa is joined by comedian Zack Signore for a full yap fest — consider this episode company in your ears. They get into the unspoken language of male friendship, whether it's actually possible (or advisable) to be friends with straight men, and the tactical art of complimenting a guy without making it weird. Plus: a bodybuilder's surprisingly profound take on trans identity, why redownloading socia...

This episode was supposed to drop for Women's History Month (March!) but a man lost the files…. So we had to rerecord. Convenient!!!  Anywho! This week Ky Polanco, founder of Feminist (the media company with over 6 million followers across socials), joins us and we are NOT holding back. We're talking feminist rage, why it only grows louder as we get older and start clocking injustices we were trai...

This week your host ⁠Isa Medina⁠ hops online for a SOLO episode! In what can be described more as a video (or podcast) essay, Isa dives into all the different kinds of jealousy we experience as adults and gets into details of research she has done of how to overcome CAREER and/or FRIENDSHIP jealousy. This is a feeling that can be really informative, but also blinding if you let it consumer you. Is...

Emmy-winning Daily Show writer Matt Koff (watch his new special!) joins Host Isa and friend-of-the-pod Lily Lester for a chaotic, hilarious hour. Matt makes the case that you should tip BAD servers more?! He says the best artists make the worst servers. Plus: we chat about why cats are like Latinas or delusional artists when it comes to hunting, and why women who play dumb are actually geniuses. M...

This week, Isa is joined by the hilarious and magnetic Saidah! They dive into the Men in Finance trend — are these guys actually relationship material, or are they just really good at compartmentalizing their emotions? They break down the Male Loneliness Epidemic and make the case that men's inability to process feelings might be entirely self-inflicted — especially when women have 10x higher emot...