Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy

Open your hearts and loosen your butts! On Couples Therapy, real life couple and real life comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman gab with their favorite actors and comics about their romantic pasts, presents and futures and answer YOUR relaysh Qs with all the wisdom two unlicensed entertainers can possibly contain! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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September 26, 2023 90 mins

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 before Angelica decided to tell her...

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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 gonna love her! We talk about freezin...

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September 12, 2023 87 mins

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, coming out to his parents, being sent...

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September 5, 2023 90 mins

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?). And today we dig into her teenage ...

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August 29, 2023 92 mins

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 know Gearóid from Adam, you're gonna g...

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August 22, 2023 85 mins

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 Liza after this ep - we talk about...

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August 15, 2023 86 mins

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 with her sisters on Radio Andy? We...

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August 8, 2023 83 mins

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 False Hope and her new podcast with fr...

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August 1, 2023 76 mins

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! If you'd like to ask your own advic...

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July 25, 2023 78 mins

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!), and from some stuff that is work for s...

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July 18, 2023 82 mins

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 from making films to her love life an...

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July 11, 2023 81 mins

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'll get to know the REAL Ginger! Dat...

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July 4, 2023 85 mins

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 time of taping...now HUSBAND!) and so...

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June 27, 2023 86 mins

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 the hard won truths about life they...

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June 20, 2023 87 mins

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 even if you don't know her work, we ...

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June 13, 2023 69 mins

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, depression, positivity and so much more! PLU...

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June 6, 2023 87 mins

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 talk about how he met his wife, ...

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May 30, 2023 96 mins

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 changed Ryan's life, coming to know them...

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May 23, 2023 70 mins

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 walk away loving her as much as we do...

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May 16, 2023 79 mins

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 musicals and emotional openness, and s...

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