Couples Therapy

You know we're scared of strangers, but we watched one of Misha Brown's videos about an entitled woman who tried to feed his dog human food and instantly felt a connection! You may have seen Misha's videos at @dontcrossagayman (is the "at" redundant?) or heard his podcast The Big Flop (which we'll be appearing on soon), and on today's PULSE-POUNDING edition, we'll hear about the trash men Misha dated, his journey to sobriety, perfo...

Ayden and Naomi met while both were acting on the ABC show Single Parents, but it wasn't until we sat down for this episode that we learned some EXPLOSIVE facts about Ayden! And of course, you know Ayden from New Girl, Veep, The Afterparty, I Love That for You, as well as the brand new Peacock show Mr. Throwback and the new Amazon Prime movie Jackpot! (plus SO MANY OTHER SHOWS!). But did you know that Ayden was in a bizarre pop ban...

Our old pal Genevieve Angelson returns to the show for a second helping of open hearts and loose butts! Now, folks, you know Genevieve from Flack, The Handmaid's Tale, The Afterparty, This Is Us and so much more, including her new show on Hallmark+, The Chicken Sisters! And on today's EXCITING INSTALLMENT, we tackle some subjects we didn't talk about on Genevieve's first appearance: growing up in London (kind of), going to an all-g...

Fin Argus and Chris Renfro, you know 'em, you love 'em and on today's ep, we hold their feet to the fire in one of the most journalistically important interviews since Frost/Nixon! Haha, just kidding, although Chris does drag (in good humor) Andy for imagined offenses, which is a little Frost/Nixon! (Probably, I've never the play or movie) Now, of course, you know Fin and Chris from the Queer as Folk reboot and from their new podca...

E.R. is a cool customer and also one of the funniest folks around, and on today's episode they drop by the Zoom couch for some much needed therapy... therapy so good, maybe they fire their actual therapist afterward?? Now, of course you know E.R. from Shrill, Grey's Anatomy and as a writer on Survival of the Thickest. You know their wonderful sports podcast Jockular and their band FIGHTMASTER, whose new single "Barracuda" is out TO...

We've loved James Adomian ever since we first saw him perform back in the day, and when we saw he had a new comedy special out, we said, "We gotta talk to him on the pod!" And yes, of course you know James from his stand-up and his new special Path of Most Resistance, from Trump vs. Bernie, from his voice work on cartoons like Harley Quinn, Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Rick and Morty, Close Enough and, like, 100 other shows! And on today'...

Andy Richter understood the assignment! That's right, folks, you know Andy from his many years on different iterations of Conan, from Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Andy Barker PI, Quintuplets, from roles in every great comedy from Strangers with Candy to Arrested Development, from his own podcast The Three Questions or from his new call-in show The Andy Richter Call-In Show. But much like our Andy, Andy Richter has many diffe...

Brittani Nichols - actor, writer, and comedian Brittani Nichols, who's written for shows like A Black Lady Sketch Show and Abbott Elementary, that Brittani Nichols joins us today! Andy met Brittani canvassing for a city council candidate they both supported, and on today's episode, her calm demeanor baffles the outwardly anxious duo, and we try to get to the bottom of Brittani's placid essence! Brittani takes us through how she got...

Jacob Anderson's just the best! Naomi got to know him a bit when she hosted the first season of the Interview with a Vampire podcast and said he was lovely, so we had to have him on the show! And of course, you know Jacob from the aforementioned Interview with a Vampire, from Game of Thrones, from Episodes, Broadchurch and so much more... or maybe you know him as Raleigh Ritchie?!? No matter how you know Jacob, today we're getting ...

Besides thinking he was funny, we didn't really know Skyler before chatting with him on today's episode, but boyo, do we know him now! Skyler Higley is a stand-up and writer - he wrote for a long time for The Onion and on Conan's TBS show, and now he writes on After Midnight! And an innocuous question on today's episode about his demeanor leads to a long story about growing up Mormon in a white family, his relationship with his dad...

Our old pal Anthony Atamanuik joins us this week, and if you were around UCB in the late-aughts/early-teens like we were, Anthony's team with Adam Pally and John Gemberling was doing some of the funniest, weirdest and darkest comedy in the city. And if you weren't around UCB then, surely you know Anthony from his brilliant Trump impression and Comedy Central show The President Show, from his recurring role on What We Do In the Shad...

Writer and comedian Broti Gupta joins us this week for an odyssey into chronic pain - what?! Now, obviously you know Broti from her online comedy and writing in McSweeney's and The New Yorker or perhaps you know her from her work with comedy partner Dylan Gelula or maybe you know her as a writer for Speechless or The Simpsons? Well, no matter how well you know her, on today's episode you're gonna get to KNOW her! We talk about gett...

Between Naomi's writing gig and summer vaycays, the guest coffers have RUN DRY. So, this week, it's just Naomi and Andy goofin' around and answering advice Qs on their own (with Mabel scratching the floor in the background of course). But of course, before the advice Qs, we give you a HARROWING amuse bouche in the form of a story of a DANGEROUS ANIMAL BITE and how that fucked up our week. Then we got questions about how many pets a...

The wonderful Vic Michaelis joins us this week LIVE (to tape) from... FRANCE?! Now, of course you know Vic as the host of Dropout's Very Important People or from Upload or from their menagerie of characters on Comedy Bang! Bang! Well, now you'll get to know a whole 'nother Vic! Hear them tell tales of teenage rebellion in the modeling world, getting married to a biologist, growing up in - what was that Sufjan? that's right - Illino...

It's our old pal Jamie Lee! We've known Jamie for forever, and of course *you* know her as one of the Emmy-winning writers for Ted Lasso, from Girl Code, Crashing, Ridiculousness, her book Weddiculous, her show The Wedding Coach and a million other things! And on today's episode, we pretty much dive right in and catch up with her as if we had stumbled upon her at a party. Jamie tells us about her separation and divorce, meeting her...

We've dug Jasika's work since we saw her on Fringe back in the day, and SURELY you loved her in that as well, in addition to other cool things she's been a part of like Scandal, Adventure Time, Underground, The Good Doctor and so much more! And as we find out quite frequently on this show, not only is our guest a rad actor, they're also a rad person! We get all into Jasika's journey outta codependence, being in an 18 year relaysh w...

Goddamn, Samantha Irby is the best! This was a delight from moment one to moment 100, so strap in, folks... for fun! And now, you know Samantha from her books Meaty; Wow, No Thank You; We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and her latest, Quietly Hostile, or from her work as a TV writer on shows like Shrill, And Just Like That... and Tuca & Bertie, and we get into a lot of what she's written about on today's episode: shame, meeting...

By popular demand, Megan Gailey is BACK! Naomi and Megan used to host the I Love a Lifetime Movie podcast together, and this episode is kind of like that in the sense that Megan is a white woman in peril (er, in the sense that she is a progressive white woman in America?). And of course you know Megan's stand-up and will see her on tour if you live on the east coast, right? And to prep for the show, listen to today's episode 100 ti...

The first time we met Hannah - at least together - Naomi was figuring out her Netflix half hour, and Hannah graciously gave her some time on a show at the Irvine Improv down in The OC. I went along to try and find the real Seth Cohen and also have some mozzarella sticks at the Irvine Improv (they did not have any). The point is, Hannah was just a delightful person and a hilarious stand-up to boot, and you will find that out for you...