The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi

Saturday Night Live’s Molly Kearney shares the downside of having all your jokes screened by a nun, trying to draw a dead dog when all you’re really good at is houses, singing the Star Spangled Banner for Lorne Michaels, growing up in a cottage with more cousins than you can remember, the costliness of attending straight weddings, and medical emergencies that turned out to just be bathroom ones. J...

Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins to find out he’s been mixing me up with some kid he met at NYU a long time ago, and then we discuss the downsides of translating death threats, Hindu epics, ignoring an invitation to collab from AOC, and why politicians should have to occasionally ride the subway. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content,...

Rosé (Ru Paul's Drag Race) joins to share the downsides of growing up in Houston with a Scottish accent, why Fat Bastard is a cultural icon, being elected varsity choir president, working with a on a cruise ship with a Steven Tyler impressionist, his short lived era of ‘Pig The Drag Queen’, and why you should never boil poppers.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for...

Kyle Kinane shares the downsides of watching euthanasia over zoom, our expired Bed Bath & Beyond, lesbian bed death and whether or not we’re the ones to be talking about it, and having a phone physically heavy with cat pictures.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Kyle Kinane on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, & Fa...

Taxidermist Divya Anantharaman joins to share why she finds ketchup more gross than an animal’s insides, the electrocuted lizard that inspired her artform, the challenges of recreating a cat mid-jump or a mouse’s genitalia, the protocols for putting a dead pet in the freezer, jokes she’s tired of hearing you make about her profession, and why there’s nothing more queer than taxidermy. Russell and...

Jeff Arcuri shares the downsides of dating someone with the same last name, ways we’re turning into our fathers, the PC term for a wife beater, finding out we’re not that Italian after all, and what it was like being in an open relationship with another Arcuri, who is not his cousin he swears. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content,...

Dr. Lisa Lippman joins us for a Patreon-exclusive LIVE episode to discuss the downsides of being a veterinarian including their high suicide rates, why more dogs get put down around Christmas, giving animal medication to your boyfriend, doggy abortions, and all things euthanasia. Brace yourself. Join the Patreon to watch and listen to the full episode!  Get tickets to our next live podcast recordi...

Mike Drucker shares the downsides of being a tv writer and we get into the weeds of the writers strike, the existential threat of AI, Bill Maher, the rules of picketing, and why theater kids could be the strike’s greatest ally. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Mike Drucker on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky Si...

Modi Rosenfeld shares the downsides of having to follow holocaust survivors with stand-up comedy, playing barking videos to get back at your neighbor, sharing a bar mitzvah, why street jokes sound better in the original Yiddish, and roasting Ben Shapiro.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Modi Rosenfeld on Inst...

Magician, Mentalist, Comedian and Sword Swallower Matt The Knife shares the downsides of ornithophobic audience volunteers, the difference between a short con and a long con, the comedic sensibilities of China, and what deserves a standing ovation. Also watch the episode on YouTube to see him do a magic trick on me at the end!! You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad...

Nimesh Patel shares the upsides of having a silicone ball but mostly the downsides of losing one in the first place, having his Joe Rogan interview reappropriated by Tucker Carlson, getting jacked (and a hernia) to write for The Oscars, and we debate if NYU really wanted him to delay getting his testicular mass examined because there’s more money in chemo than an orchidectomy.  You can watch full...

Steph Tolev joins The Downside live to discuss her Canadian goth phase, a high school bully's apology, Scottish highland dancing, getting giddy at funerals, crying until you throw up, and your dad getting invited to your ex's wedding. Join the Patreon to watch and listen to the full episode!  Get tickets to our next live podcast recording on June 5 at Sesh Comedy in LES. Watch the episode clip HER...

Chris Gethard joins to share the downsides of raising a kid post-Industrial Revolution, performing for NASA employees in Alabama, your therapist advocating for numerology, what alt comedy really means, mass shootings screwing up your commute, and whether Gianmarco has thyroid cancer or just a really big Adam’s apple and if it’s appropriate to e-mail him about either. Russell also got a haircut. Yo...

Comedian Joyelle Nicole Johnson joins to discuss having a deadbeat dad who was also an acclaimed abortion doctor, looking for a liberal gun store in Georgia, our mutual fear of performing on roasts, bailing on my show for the WGA Awards, Tovah’s April Fools’ Day prank, and whether Russell would ever include me in his award acceptance speeches. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join th...

Caleb Hearon joins (for a second time) to discuss why poles to poles isn't gay (and neither is holes to holes), how to judge livestock, buying a house in Kansas City, how we all do our own versions of gender-affirming care, and what happened to Roseanne. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Caleb Hearon on Instagr...

By popular demand, we are releasing this Patreon-exclusive episode to the main feed! Join the Patreon to listen to more exclusive live episodes with special guests including Dusty Ray Bottoms (Ru Paul's Drag Race), comedian Alia Janine, and comedian Lucas Connolly. You also get exclusive access to my clean comedy album, The Rats Are In Me, and much much more. Broadway star Joshua Henry joins to di...

Comedian Liam Nelson joins to discuss his first Marfan Conference hook up, playing Chewbacca for fraternity parties, getting a pig heart implant, guys wanting to fight you just for being tall, asking Dikembe Mutombo for shopping advice, and then Russell brags about all the celebrities who’ve seen his off-Broadway show. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free epi...

Dr. Luke Shapiro shares the downsides of being an orthodontist, how much money it would take to fix Gianmarco’s smile, a brilliant new way to tell someone they have bad breath, the ethics of dog braces, laughing gas addiction, and the best time to see a dentist.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Dr. Luke Shapi...

Actor and Playwright Ryan J. Haddad joins to share the downsides of Russell being straight, able-bodied actors playing disabled roles, Glee, watching adult entertainment on your phone vs your laptop, not touching yourself to save your family, new doctors, and lying to customer service reps. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and...

Comedian Robby Hoffman joins to discuss the downsides of monogamy, polyamory, recycling, pepper spray, Broadway’s love of straight men wearing dresses, and having a dollar from The Rebbe. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Robby Hoffman on Instagram and Twitter Get tickets to see Robby in a city near you! Follow...

Comedian Judy Gold joins to discuss getting kicked out of her son’s basketball game, her new technique for dealing with feeling angry, getting free pot while working a tollbooth, educating your kids about drugs when you’ve done a lot of drugs, and having a grandma born in the 1800’s.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE....

Comedian Alingon Mitra joins to discuss writing for the Harvard Lampoon, why we need to stop complimenting rich people on looking good for their age, whether you should be allowed to take off your shirt at Soul Cycle, no longer being able to say his dad is “funny in a Bill Cosby way”, Roseanne’s recent Fox News set, the joy of leggings, and you’ll have to listen to the episode if you want to know...

Alia Janine shares the downsides of entering and pulling out of the adult entertainment industry, Russell tells the time he got called fat by a pregnant stripper, and Gianmarco admits he used to think The MILF Hunter was real. Join the Patreon to listen to the full episode!  Get tickets to our next live podcast recording with special guest Joshua Henry on February 27 at Sesh Comedy in LES. Use cod...

Comedian Ismael Loutfi joins to discuss getting divorced over the phone, having your second wife take your couples counselor for herself, making friends only after taking off his kufi, and why it’s okay to delay prayer in order to do a podcast. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Ismael Loutfi on Instagram, Twitt...

Psychologist Steve Rathje joins to validate Gianmarco’s feelings about astrology (with a couple caveats), then we discuss the study that depressed him the most, how academia views his TikTok fame, our Valentine’s Day plans and whether you’re really in love with your significant other or just saw them after walking across a scary bridge.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patr...