Couples Therapy

We've loved Laurie's stand-up for a long time AND she's just as Coco-conscious as us, so we had to have her on the show! And now, you MUST know Laurie Kilmartin from her stand-up, her latest album Corset, her special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, her book Dead People Suck, her podcast The Jackie and Laurie Show or as an Emmy-nominated writer for Conan! But on today's show, you can also hear about her competitive swimming days, her pu...

Over the summer, we taped an episode of Liam Gareau's new podcast Tell Me Everything and had such a fun time, we decided to become friends! And you know what friends do - have you on their podcast! You might know Liam as a writer/producer (*the* writer/producer???) of the Wondery podcast Rich & Daily or as, obvi already stated, the host of Tell Me Everything, but ONLY on today's episode of Couples Therapy will you *really* get ...

Wow, wow, wow, Nia DaCosta, director of Little Woods, Candyman and The Marvels (out *this* Friday!) stops by the Virtual Couch for a little bit of a mutual appreciation society BUT mostly to talk about love, therapy and cinema! Nia and Naomi bond over going to wHite prep schools, and Nia tells us how that prepared her to direct big budget films. She also discusses her move to London, her dating life, and how her subconscious tricke...

We were fans of Sam's before taping this episode a few weeks ago and gotta say, afterward we're not just fans, but doggone pals! Of course you know Sam from his NPR days, from his FANTASTIC podcast Vibe Check or from Into It, which sadly just ended, although we were HONORED to be the final guests on the show! But on today's episode, you can get to KNOW Sam! We talk about growin' up pentecostal, speech pathology and coming out, cros...

Our old pal Aparna Nancherla - surely you know her from her stand-up or from [REDACTED] or [REDACTED] which we can't really mention because of the ongoing SAG strike - just wrote a book! That's right Unreliable Narrator is available now! And y'all should buy it tout de suite! While Aparna's been on the show before, once with Jo Firestone and once with her fiancee Gabe, we've never talked to her solo on the pod, so we use the time t...

Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson have been guests on Couples Therapy since we were a a live show in the back room of an East Village bar, and over the last ten years, every time we'd see them, we'd ask about their UCB musical that they were turning into a movie. Fucking Identical Twins was one of our favorite shows at UCB, and it was nuts, and we were really curious to see if it would ever get made. Well, folks, not only did it get mad...

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 to ask your own advice questions, ca...

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 very episode, we discuss what led Jo ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...