Couples Therapy

Michael Cyril Creighton has been one of our favs for a longtime. You've seen him on High Maintenance, Spotlight, The Good Wife (!!!), Only Murders in the Building and soon Dexter: New Blood! And now you can *hear* about his terrible box office jobs, the TRUTH about Irish-Catholics, how he met his husband, and call us Shirley and Co., cuz we discuss SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!PLUS, of course, we answer YO...

Aidy Bryant is one of the best (humans, comedians) in the game, and I hope you're ready for an hour of absolutely loveliness! Of course you know her from SNL. Of course you know her from Shrill. But do you *know* her, you know? You will in approximately 70 minutes! We talk high school loves, meeting your future husband at 21, having midwestern vibes, how therapy helped after being cast on SNL and...

Our old pal H. Alan Scott, comedian, podcaster, drag queen and more joins us today for a refreshing tour of Los Angeles sex parties and California chemotherapy! You might know H. Alan from his wonderful podcast with (friends of the show, friends IRL) Eliot Glazer and Brent Sullivan, You're Making It Worse or his former Golden Girls podcast Out on the Lanai! Or maybe you've seen Latter Day Jew, the...

Langston, Langston, Langston, that's right, we've got stand-up and writer Langston Kerman on the show today, and what a barnburner it is! If you don't know Langston, he's written for everything from Pause with Sam Jay to the Oscars to Kenan and acted in everything from The Boys to Insecure to Bless This Mess. And on today's episode, we discuss how he knew his wife was the one, his "famously caucas...

Another power couple?! On Couples Therapy!?! That's right! Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger - you know them from comedy, acting and comics, and of course, their brand new podcast Did You Get My Text? And now you get to hear them right here for an hour of fun, chuckles and more emotions than you can shake a therapist at! We talk about how to be assertive, how to not invite shitty relatives to yo...

Creator of Comedy Crossing, stand-up and writer Jenny Yang joins us today (you might also know Jenny as a former writer for Busy Tonight and as one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2020), and what a gosh darn joy it was! We taped this a lil' while ago when Mabel had first started peeing everywhere, and we really needed this talk to drag us out of our despair! Jenny tells us all about the void...

Podcast queen and power couple Lauren Lapkus and Mike Castle might just be The Most Wholesome Couple™ we've ever had on the show! Lauren's been in everything from Jurassic World to Orange is the New Black to Good Girls, and Mike starred in the Netflix show Brews Brothers, and despite existing in the Hollyweird Hellscape, they are both normal, down-to-Earth folks and absolutely lovely humans! Today...

Beneath the bitboy exterior beats a heart of... well, we'll find out! This week we're joined by MaxFun founder Jesse Thorn and author of the new graphic novel Bubble Jordan Morris (who also host the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go!) - they've been friends for two decades, and we DIG DEEP INTO THEIR PSYCHES and PUT THEIR FRIENDSHIP ON THE DISSECTION TABLE to see what makes it tick! Plus an emotional hist...

We hope you enjoy the feeling of enjoyment, because we've got two people on today's show that radiate fun and cheer like a gosh darn neutron bomb! That's right, Chris Colfer and Ashley Fink of Glee join us for a gold ol' fashioned recorded hang. Chris and Ashley were part of the reason we started to like LA, and on this episode, we talk all about SABOTEUR STANS, SHOWBIZ SHERPAS and THE SOCIAL CURR...

Paul Scheer was in the "graduating class" at UCB a few years before we started there, so besides making a lot of cool stuff we like (How Did This Get Made?, Black Monday, Human Giant, The League, Unspooled, Crash Test and so on!) - which would already make us nervous to talk to him - there's also an extra aura of "freshmen talking to a senior" that made us ANXIOUS before we started recording. HOWE...

This week, we take a bit of a detour from the "usge" as we talk to, as Naomi calls them, "the hot version of us", yes that's right Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton, two the stars of the Netflix reality show Love is Blind! Lauren and Cameron were on the whistlestop tour for their new book Leap of Faith when they Zoomed into our apartment, and what an absolute freakin' delight they were! We get int...

Cool customer and hot comedian Joel Kim Booster (Singled Out, Big Mouth, Urgent Care pod, stand-up... more!) makes his triumphant return to the pod, and baby, even though he is fighting food poisoning, we are just basking in his presence! How might Joel make a tractor show better? Find out inside! What kind of relationship shape might Joel be open to? Find out inside! Should we make "I get it, you...

Star of stage and screen Jason Butler Harner (oh, you know, from OZARK, neXt, HOMELAND... an episode of Andy's personal fav THE GOOD WIFE... and of course numerous on and off-Broadway plays!) joins us for a fun-as-heck episode where we get into Jason's pandemic wedding, House Hunter International sound effects, living the movie Beginners PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd l...

You've heard Ryan O'Connell and Punam Patel on the show previously on their own, and now hear the creator and stars of the COMPLETELY BRILLIANT Netflix show SPECIAL here on the show TOGETHER! Guess what, Ryan and Punam are friends in real life and their platonic chemistry practically drips into your ears (ew?) in this episode. We talk about Special and on-screen (and off-screen) sex, Ryan's desire...

Sydnee Washington, podcaster (Hobby Hunter), stand up (co-host of Comedy at the Knitting Factory) and all around good human has graced our live show a number of times , but now we get to talk to her for an hour on her own, and baby, what an hour it is! We talk to Sydnee about hew new gf, being a "top-tier lesbian", not knowing how to date... Also, in a RINGING ENDORSEMENT, Sydnee calls us, "A hete...

I mean, what a TREAT! Maybe you heard our earlier episode featuring Garfunkel and Oates performing on our live show, but NOW we got to sit down with Riki Lindhome herself for an hour and DISH! (And of course you know Riki FROM Garfunkel and Oates, Another Period, Knives Out, Duncanville and like, tons more) We talk all about the STRANGE town Riki grew up in, having a positive attitude, being boy c...

Our old pal Eliot Glazer (you've heard him on the show before multiple times, plus know him from Broad City, The New Girl, Younger, his podcast You're Making It Worse and his show Haunting Renditions!) joins us today for a REAL deep dive into psychotic break-ups and how to heal from them as well as how some rude fans of an Instagram dog ruined one of his shows, and of course, we answer YOUR advice...

We've been fans of Charlotte Nicdao's ever since we saw her in Please Like Me, one of our fav shows, and folks, let me tell you what a joy it is for Naomi to work with her on Mythic Quest and also WHAT A JOY it is to talk to her on today's episode! We talk giving up jazz singing for the pedestrian world of professional acting, getting married in your early 20s and of course, we answer YOUR advice...

Naomi's recurring compatriot on Mythic Quest, Caitlin McGee joins us today, and we couldn't be more glad! Besides Mythic Quest, you know Caitlin from the new Topher Grace show Home Economics, from Bluff City Law and like dozens of other shows. And on today's ep, we ask if there's ever been a lesbian couple on a sitcom not played for a joke, hear about Caitlin's dating history covered in red flags,...

Ooh baby, there's a reason Solomon Georgio's one of our favs, who has graced us with his graceful presence a number of times on the live show with comedy darling Casey Ley. But now you can hear him in all his solo magnificence! Oh course you know Solomon from 2 Dope Queens, his writing on Shrill and High Fidelity, and on today's episode, we delve into his dating history, discuss why meanness is an...

One of few good things about moving to Los Angeles has been meeting people we've admired for years and then finding out that not only are they as talented and fun without the smoke and mirrors of TV, but that also they are kind people, and this perfect describes today's guest Sarah Silverman AKA a real mensch! You of course know Sarah from her stand-up; from The Sarah Silverman Program; I Love You...

This last year, we all fell in love with Shalita Grant thanks to her incredible performance in Search Party season 3. Or maybe you already were in love with her from NCIS: New Orleans or Santa Clarita DIet or if you're from the future, You season 3! Regardless, if you're not already, you WILL be in love with Shalita after today's episode! We talk about her unconventional path to Juilliard, her par...

Yes, folks, it's part three of our unofficial Sam Pancake-Drew Droege THRILLOGY finishing off with a wonderful solo ep with Drew. Of course you know Drew from Bob's Burgers and Search Party and more sitcoms than you can throw a remote control at, as well as his Off-Broadway shows, and now hear about his Southern upbringing, Church as therapy, white people and REAL TALK... PLUS, of course, we answe...

Here at Couples Therapy Industries, there is only one maxim: we stan Sam Pancake! And after today's episode, so will you! You've seen Sam for years on your small screen on shows like Friends, Will & Grace, Arrested Development, Search Party, and most recently, A Million Little Things. And now you can hear him talk about his classic Southern upbringing and all the attendant traumas that came wi...

Yowyowyow!! Long-time listeners will know that Naomi's favorite show in THE WORLD is Criminal Minds, so you have to also know then that today's episode is SPECIAL OUT THE WAZOO becuz we have the one, the only, Penelope Garcia herself Kirsten Vangsness on! And yes, Kirsten is absolutely the COOLEST! We talk all about online dating and how to date when you are on one of the most popular shows on TV,...