Couples Therapy

We've loved Xosha Roquemore in a bunch of things we won't mention because SAG is still on strike, but even if you don't know her from [REDACTED] or [REDACTED], you're gonna love her after today's episode! We get into LA rich people vs. St. Louis rich people, how becoming a parent changed her identity, dating as a parent and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like t...

One of our best pals just published her first novel, that's right, Jo Firestone is a published author, and we've got her on the show today! Let's see here, WGA strike is over, so we can mention something, I think, Jo is a wonderful stand-up, she was the head writer for Ziwe's show, and yeah, like we said, she just wrote her first book Murder on Sex Island, and you can pre-order it here ! On this v...

One of our favorite episodes of Pose is Candy's funeral - obvi not because Candy has died, but because Angelica Ross is incredible in that episode, so we were super-psyched to have her on the show today! And ooh baby, is Angelica here to hand out wisdom like they're fun-sized Crunch Bars at Halloween! We talk eloquent rage, not being complacent with being exploited in Hollywood (FYI we taped this...

Caitlin performed with Naomi last year when Naomi did a few road dates, and she was such a delight that we had to have her on the show! Now, maybe you've seen Caitlin Peluffo performing stand-up on any number of late night shows that we won't name because WE'RE ON STRIKE! Or maybe you've listened to her podcast Good Time Gal! Well, even if this is your first time getting to know Caitlin, you're go...

The absolutely lovely Karan Soni is on today's episode, and of course you know him from A LOT OF STRUCK SHOWS AND MOVIES; yes folks, we're still on strike so we're not gonna mention what Karan's been in, but obvi you know or feel free to look it up! Heck, we ain't striking against Google! Anyway, Karan understood the assignment of being on the show, and we get in deep about meeting his partner, co...

You know her, you love her, that's right, writer, producer and friend Emily Gordon returns to the show for a solo outing so we can REALLY get to know her! Now, of course you know Emily from a number of Oscar and Emmy nominated things that we will not name because we are ON STRIKE, but feel free to look them up or look up her last appearance on THIS VERY show with her husband Kumail (episode 102?)....

Naomi first heard Gearóid Farrelly on sister-podcast (???) Ask Ronna, and introduced him into the household where we fell in love with him, and so we had to have him on the show! Now, maybe you are a listener across the pond, so you know Gearóid from his stand-up, his award winning Edinburgh Festival show, supporting Joan Rivers on tour, or from his podcast Agony Rants ? Well, even if you don't kn...

We've known Liza for years - maybe you even saw her and her podcast partner Kara on an episode of our Quarantine Twitch show? - but today we get into it with her! Maybe you know Liza Treyger from her stand-up, her album GLITTERCHEESE or her aforementioned SVU recap podcast with the wonderful Kara Klenk, That's Messed Up... or maybe this is your first time meeting her! Regardless, you're gonna love...

We've hung out and talked to Lauren at a bunch of parties over the last few years, but having her on the pod gave us a chance to really get the tea on her romantic and therapeutic life! Of course you know Lauren Ashley Smith from being a multiple Emmy nominated head writer of a show we won't mention cuz we're ON STRIKE! Or maybe you know her from the Smith Sisters Live, the SiriusXM show she hosts...

We've been fans of Laura's for a long time, so we were giddy knowing she was going to be on the pod, and surely, dear listeners, you know Laura Kightlinger from her stand-up, corect? Or from her appearances on a bunch of shows we all love but WILL NOT MENTION because the AMPTP is a bunch of greedy psychos and we are on STRIKE! But you know what we can mention? Laura's great book Quick Shots of Fal...

Molly Ephraim has been on a bunch of shows we like that we can't talk about cuz we're on STRIKE, but you should know she's great, so we just had to sit down with her for an hour to talk about motherhood, being Jewish in Pennsylvania, machetes in The Valley, meeting her husband, theater acting as a teen, and of course, we're introduced to... NIGHTWORLD! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions!...

We've known Atsuko for years - check out the pre-Pandemmy™ live episode she's on! - and after she recently told the story of her officiant forgetting to file the paperwork for her and her husband, meaning they haven't actually been married this whole time, we thought, we gotta have her on the pod! And you know Atsuko Okatsuka, right? From her TikTok, her stand-up ( get tix to see her on tour!), an...

Sara Dosa has had a number of honors in her life - being an Academy Award-nominated documentarian for her film Fire of Love, winning a Peabody Award for producing the film Audrie & Daisy, but perhaps her biggest honor of all was being Naomi's freshman roommate in college! We talk all about that, how being a twin has affected the way she goes into world, how Sara has applied creative lessons fr...

We've loved Ginger as a performer in a lot of shows - especially She-Hulk - and she had a wonderful thread on Twitter about why SAG needs to strike that made us like like her as a person, so we just had to have her on the show, and boy, she truly is RAD! Now, of course, you also know her from She-Hulk or True Lies or Wrecked or I'm Dying Up Here or tons of other stuff. But on today's episode, you'...

We love Carey O'Donnell's videos, and after this episode, we love Carey himself! Now, of course, YOU also know Carey's videos or that fact that he wrote on Heathers or Summer Camp Island or you know him as the co-host of the Sexy Unique Podcast, but do you *know* know him? You will now! We talk about his journey to getting sober, his dating life in New York, how he met his fiancé (fiancé at the ti...

We're not going to rip-off the Las Culturistas awards, but if we did, today's guest would win the Our Most Mentally Healthy Guest award! That's right, we're talking to Liv Hewson! You've loved them on Santa Clarita Diet and Yellowjackets (season two *just* finished!), and now you're going to love them in a whole different way, cuz Liv is THE BEST! We talk about their new love, family dynamics and...

We've loved Lennon for years and were especially excited to see her direct a few episodes this year of one of our favorite shows, Somebody Somewhere! And of course you know Lennon from Best Friends Forever, Playing House, Veep, Bless This Mess, Lady Dynamite, as a voice on (one of our couples shows!) Royal Crackers, and Minx, obvi, which is coming back for a second season July 21st on Starz! And e...

Ain't nobody sweeter in this business called show than Vincent Rodriguez III! You know Vincent, of course, as Josh from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or maybe from popping up on Home Economics or from his NEW Amazon Prime show With Love! Even if this is your introduction to Vincent, prepare to be charmed! We talk about how dance has been important to him since he was a kid, how he met his husband, depressio...

We've casually known Jordan for years, but only on today's ep, do we finally get to plumb the depths of his romantic life! Now, you might know Jordan Carlos from The Colbert Report, The Nightly Show, Guy Code, Girl Code, tons of other stuff, and of course, his podcast with former guest and friend Michelle Buteau, Adulting! No matter how much you know about Jordan though, this episode is a banger!...

We only knew Ryan Ken from their online presence, so what an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT it was to chat and find out they are an A+ human being to boot! Maybe that's how you know Ryan, from their videos, or perhaps you know them as a writer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Regardless, you are going to get to know them from today's episode! We talk about growing up as an adultified kid, how acting chang...

We're lucky to call Michelle a pal, but even if we weren't chums, we'd still be huge fans of hers! Of course you know Michelle Buteau from her stand-up - such as her Netflix special Buteaupia - or from her hosting the show The Circle or from The First Wives Club or her book Survival of the Thickest or her podcast Adulting! But even if this is your first introduction to Michelle, you're going to wa...

We first fell in love with Ari Notartomaso when we saw the viral video of them singing "Climbing Uphill" from The Last Five Years. So when we saw they were starring in the new Paramount+ show Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, we SCREAMED at our booker Mimi, "Book them yesterday!" And what a delight it was to talk to Ari! We get into Pennsylvania repression, gender crises, the connection between mus...

One of our favorite stand-ups, Debra DiGiovanni, is on the show today, folks, and you are in for a GREAT time! Surely you've seen her perform on Conan and MGM+'s Unprotected Sets, or as a finalist on LAst Comic Standing, or maybe you've seen one of her comedy specials on Amazon Prime or Netflix?! Even if you haven't you will come out of this ep loving Debra like we do! We talk about meeting her lo...

We didn't know Jay very well before this episode, but we thought he was so funny that we had to have him on the show! You might know him from his stand-up (maybe you've seen his Tonight Show sets?) or from his stand-up album Jay Jurden Y'all or as a writer on the Apple TV+ show THe Problem with Jon Stewart (at least he is when we're not all striking!). But even if you don't, you're gonna get to kn...

Today's episode is going to have you saying, "That Zoë Chao is a gosh darn delight" from moment one! Of course you know Zoë Chao from Party Down or The Afterparty or Love Life or Your Place or Mine or tons of other stuff, but know you can get to know the REAL Zoë! Growing up in a very wHite Rhode Island, the story of how her boyfriend and her began dating again years after they first broke up, an...