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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October 29, 2024 82 mins

We're spreading our wings and stepping outside our comfort zone to talk to folks we think are funny, but that we don't know, and on today's episode with Zach Zimmerman, we are rewarded for our risk-taking! Cuz Zach is the bee's knees, the cat's pajamas, heck, he's even the tapir's cape! Now Zach's a stand-up who hosts a live show with our fav Jay Jurden, he's appeared on Corden and After Midnight, and his first book of essays Is It...

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The new season of one of our favorite shows Somebody Somewhere is back, baby! And we're celebrating by talking to the star herself, Bridget Everett! And surely you've listened to our episodes with her co-star and our pal Jeff Hiller, right? Or one of their directors and a brilliant comedian in her own right Lennon Parham, right? Well dig into the Somebody Somewhere Couples Therapy Thrillogy with this episode! After we spend too muc...

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October 15, 2024 87 mins

Josh Thomas is back, y'all! It's been five years, and people, you know Josh from his brilliant shows Please Like Me and Everything's Going to Be Okay, from his stand-up, or maybe even his new book Let's Tidy Up! Or perhaps you heard him half a decade ago on this very show! Well, whether you know Josh or not, you're gonna love him after today's episode. We talk about resentments, a disdain for small talk, reconnecting with his boyfr...

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October 8, 2024 91 mins

We've known Franchesca Ramsey for over a decade and on today's episode, her longtime friend and podcast partner De'Lon Grant become our pal too! And yes, you know Fran as a YouTube star, as a TV writer and actor, and perhaps you've seen De'Lon treading the boards on Broadway, and if you haven't, you MUST listen to their podcast together Lemme Fix It!, where they rebrand the nostalgia of our youth! But even if this is the first time...

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October 1, 2024 86 mins

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...

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September 24, 2024 92 mins

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...

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September 17, 2024 94 mins

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...

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September 10, 2024 93 mins

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...

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September 3, 2024 79 mins

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...

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August 27, 2024 83 mins

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'...

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August 20, 2024 104 mins

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...

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August 13, 2024 84 mins

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...

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August 6, 2024 98 mins

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 ...

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July 30, 2024 91 mins

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...

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July 23, 2024 106 mins

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...

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July 16, 2024 99 mins

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...

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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...

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July 2, 2024 83 mins

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...

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June 25, 2024 75 mins

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...

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June 18, 2024 95 mins

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...

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