The Brighter Side

Give us your tired, weak, and hungry, and we'll do everything we can to give em right back. Do no pass GO unless you go way past GO all the way to Asia. This week the Brighter Side is joined by Ed's cousin Melinda Ballengee and Immigration lawyer Rosa Barreca. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visi...

No more teachers, no more books...Because we're in our 30's. Amber, Seena, Ed, & Sam try and relate to 15 year old Justin Atkinson. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our coll...

I know that sometimes when you see a pretty gal walking down the street you just want to scream at the top of your lungs, "Smile! You big breasted, baby, let me buy you a soda. And then after soda we bump butts." Sure it's satisfying, but it also scares the shit out of women and makes them not want to leave the house. Is that what you want? All of outdoors without beautiful ladies. Of co...

Sometimes figuring out who you really are can be a tough, daunting decision. Even if you do live in New York City, where being gay is more normal than being white. So we break down what it's like telling your family that you love what you got. Joining The Brighter Side is Mateo Lane and Allison Levering-Wong Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. St...

Peter Dinklage, Spud Webb, Napoleon. Being short is only 2/3's bad. You get all kinds of benefits, you can befriend a mouse, have a cookie as a meal, or suck on genitals quicker than others. See Short People do have a reason to live. So eat shit Randy Newman. With Andrew Short & Frank Zemel Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free tri...

Hey man, is it just me or are these ISIS guys a real pain in the ass? Then these Korean dudes won't let us fuck with them either? What a bunch of sensitive crybabies. Let's talk about it on the Brighter Side with big fat Ben Kissel and Saman Arbabi! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting sirius...

Dada? Dada? You there? Where di you go? Were you a bad man? Oh you can't even answer me because you're not here? Last week a mean man came to the house and said we owe him the money you owed him? Why Papa? Why'd you go to the big fence? I hope I never see you again. This week The Brighter Side is talking dads in jail with John Moreno of Murderfist and Jake Hart. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to...

Here comes the last Brighter Side of the year, and you know what it's about? Nothing. You know why? Fuck it. Listen to us play our own cooler version of cards against humanity called HoopaBooBoo? I think thats what its called. Who gives a shit. Happy New Year Fuckers! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or...

Sometimes inspiration comes from the oddest places. Cave Comedy Radio Ambassador Lupe Rodriguez reached out about doing an episode that dived into his battles with depression. He committed himself so many times, he lost count. Why? Because he's committed to looking on the Brighter Side. It's also been a rough road for several other CCR fans, so we took the time to learn about our audience and do w...

This is the Protest episode where we not only vent our anger about the police killings of unarmed Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice, but we talk to some people who have been on the front lines. Jordan Temple tells us what makes for a good stand-up set in a holding cell, and Brighter Side regular Luisa Diez helps us understand the racial and systemic issues of police use of force. Subscrib...

This week on The Brighter Side we talk about PTSD, and what its like for a soldier to rejoin society and continue on into life the best way they can. It is a real problem that drives a 22 marines a day to suicide. Joining Amber, Ed, Seena, & Sam this week is Combat Marine Jonathan Ward. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial n...

Late nights, camping, and constant drinking sounds fun, right? Well it's got it's moments, but overall it's a nightmare. Today we're talking about being homeless. Joining this week is comedian and co-host of Get In The Ring, Tim Warner. We love ya baby, go grab yoself some soup. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple...

The year is 1973. You're wanted in three states so you decide to hide out in the military for a couple years while sh*t cools down. Turns out criminals are pretty good soldiers and you make a career out of it, travelling the world killing humans of every race and religion. Sure, it sounds like fun, but is that anything you should put your kids through? Joining today are military brats Ryan Feik an...

Where are you gonna be when the computers stop working? Who's gonna be your buddy when the lights go out? How many bullets is a dog worth? Find out the answers to these questions and more. Joining Amber, Seena, Sam, and Ed is Steve O'Brien from Team Submarine. Start digging your holes now! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial no...

For what seems like the first time in our lives the National Football League is under scrutiny from every angle of society. Who would have thought that training 2,000 giants to beat each other up would backfire? Joining us is former college lineman Taylor Ketchum and our secret NFL insider Mrs. Baklava. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a...

On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha, you can listen to the engine moanin' out it's one note song. You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before. That's right, we're talking about the road. Joining the crew today is Danny Bedrosian of Parliament Funkadelic and Marie Anderson of the Reformed Whores! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bri...

What happens when you drunkenly bang some half idiot and they skeet some goop up into your bread barn, when you ain't got no job he works at Wendy's part time, and one of his stoned idiot tadpoles squirms his way inside of of your gin-soaked eggs? KILL, KILL, KILL! Joining us is the original baby slayer Justy Dodge! Get that tube of bleach ready, cause we're drownin' this fucker out. Subscribe to...

Welcome to a journey through the brain and times of Nick Vatterott, from growing up and learning to cope with OCD to getting abused by the St. Louis PD. If he wasn't funny he'd be a murderer. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

Tis the season. Hurricane Season. Are you prepared? Where are you gonna be when the computers don't work. Always remember: after a hurricane, chaos reigns. Joining the Brighter Side this week is anthropologist Luisa Diez and creator of the HeartGov app Asher Novek. Only the strong survive! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial no...

OK, there's a 25 year old marriage and things aren't what they used to be. He cheates on her with one of his students so she bangs his brother. Long story short, the brother walks in on it, murders her and his brother and flees to Guatemala. Someone's gotta clean this mess up. This week The Brighter Side is talking crime scene cleanup with ex-Baltimore cleanup expert Lupe Rodriquez. Also joining u...

Amber, Seena & Ed are determined to make the name and model of their mean shit, but Hell we sure gonna give it a shot. They bring in therapist Ansley March, comedian Neil Constantine, and 3 Time Roundtabler of the Year: Michael Che. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcas...

There comes moments of your life that you need to set free some human juice. And yeah, sure, that moment in your life might happen every day. This week we're talking masturbation with expert and host of This Week in Jackin', Chris Laker, director Adam Wirtz, and comedian Chrissie Mayr. You do you baby. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a...

You gotta feed that monkey. Sometimes though that monkey gets fed way too much and it starts stealing money from everyone it knows just to tie one off. But then maybe one day that monkey wakes up and he's sleeping on cardboard and cleans up its act and trades in all it's needles for bananas and rejoins the monkey village. We're talking addiction and recovery with Taylor Ketchum. Subscribe to Siriu...

It's 3 am, you're piss drunk and if you get in the subway you won't get home till 4:30 if you're lucky. You're doomed. Who's going to be your stinky foreign night in piss-colored armor? That's right: a blatantly racist cabbie. Former cab driver and current comedian Trey Galyon joins the crew. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial...

Come on baby, Daddy needs a new pair of shoes and daughter needs a backpack and wife needs a new round of birth control so daughter doesn't get another new sister. Aaaaand 7 is crap. You lose sir. Your family will never forgive you. But, you can have a free drink if you can find the waitress. This week on The Brighter Side, we talk gambling with Ben Kissel and Anton Shuford. Beat the spread baby....