Couples Therapy

Between Naomi's writing gig and summer vaycays, the guest coffers have RUN DRY. So, this week, it's just Naomi and Andy goofin' around and answering advice Qs on their own (with Mabel scratching the floor in the background of course). But of course, before the advice Qs, we give you a HARROWING amuse bouche in the form of a story of a DANGEROUS ANIMAL BITE and how that fucked up our week. Then we...

The wonderful Vic Michaelis joins us this week LIVE (to tape) from... FRANCE?! Now, of course you know Vic as the host of Dropout's Very Important People or from Upload or from their menagerie of characters on Comedy Bang! Bang! Well, now you'll get to know a whole 'nother Vic! Hear them tell tales of teenage rebellion in the modeling world, getting married to a biologist, growing up in - what was...

It's our old pal Jamie Lee! We've known Jamie for forever, and of course *you* know her as one of the Emmy-winning writers for Ted Lasso, from Girl Code, Crashing, Ridiculousness, her book Weddiculous, her show The Wedding Coach and a million other things! And on today's episode, we pretty much dive right in and catch up with her as if we had stumbled upon her at a party. Jamie tells us about her...

We've dug Jasika's work since we saw her on Fringe back in the day, and SURELY you loved her in that as well, in addition to other cool things she's been a part of like Scandal, Adventure Time, Underground, The Good Doctor and so much more! And as we find out quite frequently on this show, not only is our guest a rad actor, they're also a rad person! We get all into Jasika's journey outta codepend...

Goddamn, Samantha Irby is the best! This was a delight from moment one to moment 100, so strap in, folks... for fun! And now, you know Samantha from her books Meaty; Wow, No Thank You; We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and her latest, Quietly Hostile, or from her work as a TV writer on shows like Shrill, And Just Like That... and Tuca & Bertie, and we get into a lot of what she's written about...

By popular demand, Megan Gailey is BACK! Naomi and Megan used to host the I Love a Lifetime Movie podcast together, and this episode is kind of like that in the sense that Megan is a white woman in peril (er, in the sense that she is a progressive white woman in America?). And of course you know Megan's stand-up and will see her on tour if you live on the east coast, right? And to prep for the sho...

The first time we met Hannah - at least together - Naomi was figuring out her Netflix half hour, and Hannah graciously gave her some time on a show at the Irvine Improv down in The OC. I went along to try and find the real Seth Cohen and also have some mozzarella sticks at the Irvine Improv (they did not have any). The point is, Hannah was just a delightful person and a hilarious stand-up to boot,...

We've enjoyed Aasif in numerous shows: from his time as a correspondent on The Daily Show to This Way Up to one of Andy's favs Evil (new season starts this Thursday!), but we didn't really know the man behind the actor... until today! That's right, we're talking to star of stage and screen Aasif Mandvi, and call Ron Howard, cuz we get in DEEP about parenthood! Aasif's child was born about three da...

We started following Dr. Raven Baxter AKA Dr. Raven the Science Maven because she's researching Long Coco, but that just introduced us to the ever-expanding world of this engaging multi award-winning molecular biologist and science communicator! Maybe you've heard one of her viral rap songs about science or perhaps you've heard her brand-new science The Science of Life! Either way, we get in deep...

Our pal Bryan Safi joins us again this week, folks, and it's a goddamn delight! With our various jobs and 300 vet appointments a week, we haven't had a lot of time to socialize lately, so when we were thinking of people we wanted to have on the show, one of our main thoughts was: "Who do we want to catch up with?," and Bryan was top of that list! And of course, you know Bryan from the podcasts Ask...

We met Mekki casually around Los Angeles, and kinda knew him, but after today's episode, he's become one of our favs! Now, surely you know Mekki from The Sex Lives of College Girls or Jury Duty or maybe you read some Hollyweird insider article about him being on the show Naomi's currently writing for, St. Denis Medical, but gosh darnit, until you hear today's episode, you don't *know* Mekki! (Unle...

Holy heck do we have fun with Ally Maki on today's episode! Now you obviously know Ally from Shortcomings and The Big Door Prize or from just about 1000 other things... Hacks, Toy Story 4, Wrecked, Cloak & Dagger, but boy oh boy, you don't *know* Ally until you hear our chat! An innocuous question about Ally's Wikipedia page leads us down a rabbit hole of how she lived in an early-aughts versi...

Our pal Emily joins us this week for a lovely hour of laffs, and friends, surely you know Emily from her stand-up, from her writing career - as an Emmy-winner writer on Barry, or as a writer on other great shows like The Great North - or even from her BRAND NEW Jeopardy podcast What Is... ? A Jeopardy! Podcast. But on today's EXCITING INSTALLMENT, you will get to know Emily THE PERSON! We talk abo...

We've enjoyed Lilan Bowden in tons of things over the years, especially Murderville on Netflix!, so it was a true delight to sit down with her for an hour and chat all things relaysh and therapy. And besides Murderville, surely you know Lilan from Shrinking, Andi Mack, and if you're like Andy, from an episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! the TV show and also from an episode of I Think You Should Leave! B...

Tyrel Jackson Williams is in two of the best comedies of the last handful of years, Brockmire and Party Down, but waaaaay before those shows, Tyrel got his start as a child actor, playing a younger version of his brother on Everybody Hates Chris, playing one of Shirley's kids on Community, and tons of other things including the Disney show Lab Rats. We talk all about the how being a child actor ps...

The sequel to our 200th episode A Cavalcade of Stars, that's right, folks, it's our 300th episode 2 Cavalcade of Stars! We invited six of our favorite guests from the last 100 or so episodes plus a guest we've always wanted to have on before to chat for a short while and then each answer one advice question, and the result is a JAM-PACKED THREE AND A HALF HOUR EPISODE! (And let me tell you, listen...

The creator and star of the brilliant Hulu (by way of BBC3) show Such Brave Girls Kat Sadler joins us today, and boy oh boy are we glad we got to hang out for an hour with her! Not only is Kat's show great, but Kat herself is awesome, and we get into the time her therapist cried, mental health in the UK, the crisis that got her into therapy, dating, British comedy and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we...

This was our first time meeting Rashida, but OF COURSE, we knew her from Jury Duty, and of course you know her from that, as well as, as a writer on great shows like South Side and Sherman's Showcase, and in the future you will know her from the new Marvel series Ironheart! And on this episode, taped back on Superbowl Sunday, we get in DEEP about cis male insecurity and how that manifests in Rashi...

We've known James for a decade now, but on today's episode we get to *know* James! Of course, you, dear listener, know James as a stand-up, a writer for Our Flag Means Death, you've seen them in Crush, Love Life or Tuca and Bertie or perhaps you've seen their off-Broadway show Less Lonely or STARTING TODAY, doing a set as part of Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda Netflix special! And on today's episod...

We've admired Kay Cannon for years, both as a funny comedian and a cool person, and boy howdy, does she live up to both on today's episode! Now, you know Kay as a writer for 30 Rock and New Girl, as the writer of all three Pitch Perfect films and as the director of Cinderella and Blockers, but today we get to know Kay the human being! We talk about an eventful 20 minutes of therapy, being emo...

Folks, if you haven't seen Monica yet, RUN, DON'T WALK to your movie viewing device, because today's guest Trace Lysette is the star, and it's a fantastic film! And surely you know Trace from Transparent or Hustlers or as a voice on a couple episodes of a show we dug a ton, Q-Force, but even if you don't, today, you're gonna get to KNOW her! We talk about crying in transit, dating 25-year-olds, ad...

Our friend Erin Whitehead joins us this week for a wide-ranging talk about the mating habits of snails, the dangers of black mold, and the time she dated a guy who lived in a warehouse. Plus SO MUCH MORE! Erin's the best, and of course you know her as the co-host of the amazing podcast College Town on Comedy Bang! Bang! World or from her improv group Wild Horses or, as I found out while googling h...

Live (to tape) from a Philadelphia Marriott BonVoy, it's Dylan Adler! Dylan's on the road opening for Atsuko, but that ain't gonna stop him from joining us for an hour of fun! And of course you know Dylan from his stand-up, from being a writer on James Corden or as one of Vulture's Comics You Should and Will Know. But on today's ep, we look past the showbiz glitz 'n' glamour to find the REAL Dylan...

Nina Oyama - stand-up, actor, writer, agent of chaos - joins us from Australia on today's episode, and baby, do we have a blast! Here in the States, you might know Nina from her stand-up for from Deadloch or Koala Man, or for our friends in Oz, you know Nina from all these things plus Utopia, Taskmaster and many other shows. And on today's episode we delve in deep into Nina's chaotic good life, ho...

We've loved Cory ever since we saw him in Gotham, and he absolutely stole the show in May December in a STACKED film, so when he said he'd be on the pod, we were THRILLED! And Cory doesn't do a lot of interviews, so we didn't want to waste the opportunity and got INTO IT! We talk all about how a lonely Christmas led to therapy, love vs. friendship, how therapy has changed his acting method and so...