10 Things I Hate About Me with Samantha Stoakes

Once again, we are back!!!! Today we're chatting with our first ever return guest, Cassandra Kyriazis, Philadelphia comic and co-host of the pop culture podcast Flop Soup!! We do spend a full 7 minutes debating the merits of Caesar salad and healthy sodas... the girlies are girling!!! Other topics include fire safety, going dork mode, "people change," doing stuff for yourself, and how to join a cl...

WE'RE BACK!!!! Today we're joined by Yamini Nambimadom, host of the pop culture podcast Pillow Fight! Topics include sleepovers, balance, Love Island, the dynamics of a group chat, asking people questions about themselves, and listening to your intuition. Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yourself so we can read it on a future episode! Follow Yami...

If you've listened to the podcast before, you've surely heard Jackie's name dropped at least once. Today, Jackie lets us into her journey growing up with juvenile arthritis, what it's like living with a chronic illness, and how she found herself again after getting chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant at 21. Yes I do cry in this episode, thanks for asking!!!! Other topics include tattoos, gas...

Today we're joined by one of the most creative people I know, Wolfgang Hanulec! Topics include Tetris syndrome, talking to Data from Star Trek, being a jack of all trades, connecting to your inner child, and words we learned from the Twilight series. Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yourself so we can read it on a future episode! Follow Sam on In...

Today we're joined by one of our most high-energy guests so far: David Fuller of the Chicago-based band Yawner! Topics include joking around too much, being an Ohio-head, leather jacket music, and keeping boundaries between your career and your creative work. I also talk about meeting Sasha Velour last week!!! (P.S. Correction time: I say in the ep that she won Season 7 of Drag Race, but she actua...

Today we're joined by Lily Mastrodimos of the band Long Neck! Topics include overthinking, breathing fire, doing bits, unlearning subconscious beliefs about being a woman in music, and how to appreciate birds and bats. I also use the censor button very freely in this one, but not how you would think :) Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yourself so...

Today we're joined by Liam Paris, the prettiest comic in Philadelphia! Topics include food allergies, auditioning for college improv teams, buying e-books, making mashups, and why everybody should try standup if they want to!!!!! Sorry for missing last week, and for the lack of intro this week — I have been a little sicky and you will hear more about that next week :) Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, a...

Today we're joined by Justin Crosby, co-host of our favorite pop culture podcast Flop Soup! Topics include giving in to imposter syndrome, slut phases, why society needs flops, and JORTS!!!!!!!!! Also I talk about taking the trash out 3 separate times in this episode??? One track mind on this girl...... Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yourself s...

Today we're joined by Christine Pallon, who is a musician, a writer on Inside Survivor, and a co-host on the queer Survivor superfan podcast Bitter Jurors. Topics include Survivor (obviously), dogsitting, cultivating online community, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and being passionate about the things you love. (I also lose my mind hearing Christine describe a recent hotel visit, and over whether or n...

Today we're joined by Brooklyn-based comedian Ben Wasserman. Topics include making things more difficult than they need to be, Sourdough Summer, wanting recognition, and Live After Death, his comedy show about death, grief, and loss that he performs in funeral homes. PHILLY!! Buy tickets to Live After Death on Saturday 4/22 at FringeArts' Blue Heaven Comedy Festival! Subscribe, leave a review, and...

Today we're joined by Kyle Harris, a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer. Topics include Boston (which I loved), cats (which I LOVED!!!), putting things off, guessing basketball players' heights, and rejecting pressure to be the comedian others expect you to be (i.e. Very Online). Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yourself so we can read it on a fu...

Today we're joined by Wilfredo J. Diaz, a Brooklyn-based sketch comedian and improviser. Topics include procrastination, being raised by parents of another culture, living life for yourself, being ethnically ambiguous, and the secret to entering the New York comedy scene (it's probably not what you think). Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — include one thing you hate about yoursel...

Today, I'll be the one making the list of 10 things I hate about myself! To help me do this, we're joined by friend of the pod, cover artist, and star interviewer Maddie Herring. Topics include self care, Saturn returns, treating yourself like a little baby, being allergic to major world events, and why I'm so interested in what people hate about themselves. Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave u...

Today we're joined by Owen Harrelson of the Boston-based power pop band Really Great. Topics include songwriting, Enneagram types, bean problems, getting really good at video games, and what it takes for a person to change. Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — tell us one thing you hate about you & maybe we'll read it on next week's episode! Really Great will be on tour 3/8-3/11...

Welcome to the very first episode of 10 Things I Hate About Me! Today we're chatting with Cassandra Kyriazis, a Philadelphia comic and co-host of the pop culture podcast Flop Soup. Topics discussed include FOMO, the unavoidability of flopping, standup pet peeves, texting your friends back, and the importance of having a little treat. Subscribe, rate us 5 stars, and leave us a review — tell us one...