Couples Therapy

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...

We are HUGE fans of Bill Crisafi's art, so we were BOWLED OVER when he said he'd be on the pod, and boy oh boy, Bill does NOT disappoint! I'm not going to attempt to describe Bill's art here - go to his website or Instagram to see how great he is for yourself! Or just listen here and find out aurally! We talk about Bill's artistic process, how he met his bf by the blood moon, Bill's therapy journe...

Well, folks, we can say from experience that Rachael Leigh Cook is a gosh darn delight! That's right, today Rachael - whom obviously you know from She's All That, Josie and the Pussycats, Perception, Robot Chicken and her NEW Netflix romcom with Ben Feldman A Tourist's Guide to Love (streaming April 21st!) - joins us to both interview the two of us about our wedding and be interviewed about parent...

Our good friend Mort Burke joins us this week, and despite a mic failure and despite the LA rain making the internet unreliable and despite having to use Mort's glitched up Zoom audio, this episode is SO good, we had to release it! Yeah, that's right, I threw THREE caveats in there, and the quality of this ep defeated them all! Maybe you've seen Mort in Enlisted or Mythic Quest or in his NEW stand...

Well, well, well, Caleb Hearon joins us this week for our usual hour of fun and feeling! And of course you know him as one of the best in the game (that game being front-facing character videos) or maybe from Fargo or Work in Progress or Human Resources, but now you'll get to know the REAL Caleb! His Christian upbringing in Missouri, his emotionally-honest relationship with his mom, Seinfeld-style...

We thought Tomás was just the bee's knees in last year's Fire Island, and then practically DEMANDED they be a guest on our show! Of course you might also know Tomás from perhaps Hadestown or their new mixtape WYD, but now get to hear about their THRILLING origins on STATEN ISLAND (???), their sobriety journey, Tomás' dating history and so much MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If...

Well, folks, we did it - we're married! (We'll talk more about that on upcoming eps and the Paetch) And what better way to celebrate our nuptials than with another amazing married comedian couple Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero! You know them from their podcast The Endless Honeymoon, their Netflix special The Honeymoon Stand Up Special, and from their books Kasher in the Rye and The World Deserve...

Strap in for 80 minutes of delight with the one, the only, Sherry Cola! Maybe you know Sherry from her stand-up, from Good Trouble, from I Love Dick or Claws (an Andy fav!) or 100 other things, but now you can know a whole 'nother side of her! We talk about her not letting her mom in on her relayshes, the Everything Everywhere All At Once of it all, not going to the prom, how Sherry is "Diet Coke...

Holy heck, Amber Riley is the best! Now, of course you know her from Glee or Single Black Female or from winning both Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer! And now you'll get to know so much more! The context: on a stormy day here in Los Angeles, when the internet was down for most of the day (like, it came back 15 minutes before we recorded this), Amber Zoomed into the Beckperigin househo...

Parvesh Cheena was in one of our favorite couples' shows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but surely you also know him from Mythic Quest, Shining Vale, or 100 other things including his new movie that premiered at Sundance this year, Sometimes I Think About Dying! Well, today, Parvesh joins us on the tail end of recovering from the 21st century plague (AKA The Coco), for a fun sequitur-filled chat about grow...