Do you remember how fun Shantira was when she was on the live show with Dewayne Perkins many years ago? We did, and when we ran into her at a party recently, it reminded us YET AGAIN what a fun person she is, and NOW you get 80 minutes of awesomeness with her! If you'd like some credits, Shantira is an Emmy nominated writer currently working on Netflix’s Big Mouth and its spinoff Human Resources. She's written for The Amber Ruffin Show and Saved By The Bell and has appeared in things like Curb Y...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 220
We met Tien at a stand-up show years ago, but maybe you know her as one of the stars of How I Met Your Father? Or from Hysteria? Or Candyman? Even if you don't, you're gonna walk out of this episode a fan cuz we had OODLES of fun with TIen. Yeah, that's right, OODLES! We talk about how she met her girlfriend, their (until recently) long-distance relaysh, and of course, beans and water parks (???)! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 3...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 219
It's our old pal Matt Rogers here for a HEALING 90 minutes of fun, love and therapy, the three things we PROMISE WITH A VENGEANCE! Of course you know Matt from Las Culturistas (check out our appearances on that show, why not???), I Love That For You, Fire Island and, like, 100 other things! But now you can get to know a different side of Matt as we talk about both his romantic and therapeutic journey, the lack of gay relaysh role models when he was growing up and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we ans...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 218
We are fans of Steph's stand-up (and also she was a voice on a Canadian cartoon we like called Gary and His Demons), and also fans of her as a human being! Maybe you've seen her stand-up on Netflix's Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill or on Epix' Unprotected Sets or from her podcast Steph Infection? Well, no matter what, this episode is a great introduction to Steph - she talks about her lover's unusual kinks, how her father is still friends with her ex-boyfriend, and how talking about sex in ...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 217
Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are the hosts of our favorite podcast The Dollop, and it's a true delight to talk to them on today's ep. As always, we try to stay away from political talk so that our listeners get a little respite from The Onslaught of the Modern World, but we do ask Dave and Gareth how they deal with the rage of living through the stupidest epoch, if yelling at shitty people on Twitter helps, how to even emotionally deal with the crumbling American empire, and also, is Gareth ...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 216
Today we have quite a talk with writer and director Charles Rogers, who you might know as the co-creator of the fantastic HBO Max show Search Party, as well as the co-writer/co-director of the SXSW Grand Jury Award-winning film Fort Tilden or maybe even as a writer on the Wet Hot American Summer TV show! But today we talk all about his relaysh history, why he hates Hinge, his complicated feelings about his dad, empathy and politics and so much more! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! I...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 215
Our old friend Ashly Burch joins us today for a peek into her relaysh history and especially the period that she calls her "slug era"! And yes, you know Ashly from a Couples Therapy episode from years past, but you also know her as a tremendous voice artist on video games like Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last of Us, cartoons like Attack on Titan, as an Emmy Award-winning writer for Adventure Time or as an actor and writer on Mythic Quest! Besides her "slug era", we talk about her Hot Topic phase, ...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 214
We've known Zainab for a minute, but on today's episode, we REALLY get to know her! Of course you've seen her do stand-up on Seth Meyers or All Def Comedy or Last Comic Standing or seen her host the Netflix show 100 Humans or seen her in Amazon's Upload, where she's a series regular. But now you'll get to know so much more about Zainab, from her days as a math teacher to having matcha with a Muslim matchmaker, plus a surprise visit from two dimwits who let their dog crap on Zainab's lawn! PLUS, ...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 213
This was our first time meeting Jackie, but hoo-boy, did we get INTO it! Maybe you know Jackie from America's Got Talent or The Tonight Show. Maybe you know her from That Damn Michael Che or The Arsenio Hall Show. Or maybe you've seen her BRAND NEW special Menoplause ! Either way, you've never heard her like this! We talk all about her fiance and Jackie really breaks down whether she even wants to get married again. There was so much real talk, Jackie Venmo-ed us a co-pay after! PLUS, obvi, we a...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 212
The wonderful Paul F. Tompkins joins us today for a hilarious and heartwarming discussion of how therapy has changed all of our relationships. Of course you know Paul from Mr. Show, his numerous stand-up specials, the Threedom podcast and dozens upon dozens of other things, but now get to know about how he deals with his depression and anger, the early days of dating his wife and his feelings on Pennsylvania's emotional effects. PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask y...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 211
What better way to celebrate the birthday of our wonderful country America (?!?!) than with Australian expat Leonardo Nam?!? Surely you know Leo from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Westworld or the brand new Hulu show Maggie??? Well, if not, now you can get to know Leo intimately! Hear about the ins and outs of dating in Oz, the hellish heights of La Jolla, how getting ripped for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants led him to meet his husband and ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 210
John is another old pal from UCB and one of the best darn storytellers around! Maybe you've heard his podcast Two Old Queens or read his BRAND NEW book Baked , about his years as the original High Maintenance guy for the New York comedy scene? Well, well, well, either way, on this episode, we talk to John about his Craig's List hookup days, how he met his husband and of course NEW YAWK VS. EL-AY, BABY! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, c...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 209
Early on in Quar, our old pals D'Arcy Carden and Brandon Scott Jones joined us to talk about their friendship, but now enjoy a full dose of D'Arcy solo! Surely you know her from The Good Place or Broad City or Barry or the forthcoming A League of Their Own or a dozen other things? But if not, today you will get to know D'Arcy to her core! We find out how she met her husband, the sex positivity of the Bay Area that she grew up in and as usual, this, that and the other thing! PLUS, obvi, we answer...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 208
What a joy it is to talk to a bosom pal on today's episode! We've known Marcelle for years and years now, but maybe YOU know her as one of the founders of Bust Magazine? Or from her BRAND NEW YA novel Getting Over Max Cooper (available NOW!)? Regardless, now you'll get to know her from her wonderful stories about growing up in NYC, teen hangouts at CBGBs and Studio 54, her hook-ups and first loves, and of course, what it's like being in the real-life Gilmore Girls! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR adv...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 207
Brought together by a Couples Therapy listener/friend of Bob the Drag Queen, could there be a sweeter episode? Yes, folks, Bob the Drag Queen! You might know him as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season eight or as one of the hosts of the HBO show We're Here or, as Bowen and Matt might say, simply from cultch itself! Today we talk about going from hook-ups straight into a long-term polyamorous relaysh, and honestly way too many other topics to list, including, well, is Bob the king of eating a...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 206
We've long admired Jack Plotnick's characters - whether on Reno 911 or his Instagram shows, or on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Drawn Together, The Mentalist, Z Nation and Grace and Frankie - so it was a delight to have him on today's show, and hoo-boy we had NO idea that not only is he a funny dude, but also super into self-help and therapy. We talk about growing up in Ohio, doing musicals in New York, dating in Los Angeles and so much more! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! I...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 205
We got a treat for you today, the one, the only Colton Haynes joins us for 80 minutes of sober fun! You might know Colton from Teen Wolf, Arrow, American Horror Story: Cult or maybe even from his memoir Miss Memory Lane! Now you can hear about his dating life, both in sobriety and before, his start in the homophobic halls of mid-aughts Hollywood, and of course, about his murderous half-bengal cat Timothée Chalameow and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to a...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 204
True hall-of-famer and one of the nicest and most vibrant guests we've had on the show, yes, folks, today, we're talking to Danielle Pinnock! You've seen her in everything from This Is Us to Get Shorty (the great TV version with Chris O'Dowd) to Young Sheldon, and of course, as one of the stars of the hit CBS show Ghosts! We talk a lot about Philly clubs, church candy, dating in the UK and how that led to her meeting her husband and SO much more! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If y...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 203
You might know Amy from an earlier live episode of this very show, from her many appearances on Doug Loves Movies, from her stand-up (Her first album Solid Gold is on Kill Rock Stars, her new album California King is on Blonde Medicine, and her latest comedy special Ham Mouth is out now on Comedy Central's YouTube page!) or maybe even Last Comic Standing? Now you'll get to know about her Melrose Place lifestyle, her friendships with exes, her pancake habits and so much more! PLUS, of course, we ...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 202
Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, being some of our favorite folks, may be the guests that have appeared on the show the most, appearing on the live show numerous, numerous times... but we've never sat down with them for a chat. UNTIL NOW!!! Surely you know the lads from their videos online, from Jordan Klepper's Comedy Central show or from their FORTHCOMING A24 film Fucking Identical Twins starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, and Megan Mullally... yow! On this episode we delve dee...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 201
It's episode 200! And to celebrate, we've invited our favorite friends of the show/friends IRL to drop by and answer one advice question each! We've got Aparna Nancherla of The Great North and Corporate; Jo Firestone, head writer for Ziwe and the woman behind the brilliant Peacock special Good Timing; Isaac Oliver, writer for GLOW and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Punam Patel of Special and I Love That for You; and of course Ask Ronna/Attitudes/9-1-1's Bryan Safi! It truly is A CAVALCADE OF STARS! ...
Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 200
We are lucky to call Sabrina Jalees a friend, and if you don't know her from her stand-up, Human Resources, Carol's Second Act or as a writer for Search Party or Harley Quinn, ooh baby, you are in for a treat! Sabrina takes us through the whole fertility journey her and her wife have been - it's a WILD ride! - and we talk about giving your lover notes, marriage and so much more! PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 199
We met Georgia at a holiday party, and Andy and her and friend of the show Brent Sullivan had a conversation for a LONG TIME that was such fun that Andy was like, "We gotta talk to her on the pod!" You OF COURSE know Georgia from her own podcast My Favorite Murder or from the podcast network she founded Exactly Right, but now you can hear about her first boyfriend who she met at rehab, how she met her tall husband and a ton of other things in one DELIGHTFUL hour! PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR ...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 198
What We Do in the Shadows is one of our couples' shows, so what a joy it was to talk to one of the stars, Harvey Guillén, on today's episode! You might also know Harvey from The Magicians, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Reacher, Human Resources or a dozen of other shows and movies, but now get to know Harvey himself! Hear about his humble beginnings, how he formed friendships even though his family kept moving around, his relaysh history and so much more! PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice q...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 197
The Natch Beaut podcast's very own Jackie Johnson joins us this week! Maybe you heard us on her show a few weeks ago, maybe you are already fans of Natch Beaut, but either way, you're in for an hour of pure fun! We talk about Jackie's relaysh history, which means discussing her less-than-savory exes, including a very less-than-savory ex-husband, but the story doesn't end there because Jackie is married again, but this time to a dynamite dreamboat! She tells us that story, her conversion to Judai...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 196
We met Zoe Lister-Jones years ago at a party (or maybe on Facebook???), and she's just an absolute delight! Maybe you know her, like we did, from the great Jon Glaser show Delocated? Or from her indie films like Band Aid or How It Ends? Or from Whitney or New Girl or Life In Pieces? Well, now you can hear all about growing up in Brooklyn as the daughter of two struggling artists, how she went from being emotionally cautious to being in an open relationship and SO much more! PLUS, of course, we a...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 195
The RESPLENDENT Robin Lord Taylor joins us this week for an exquisite hour of charm! You know Robin from shows and films like Gotham, You, Kevin Can Fuck Himself, Law & Order:Organized Crime, John Wick: Chapter 3 and SO MUCH MORE! Today we talk about love and romance in Iowa, meeting his husband at an audition, and you will find out ALL of our childhood cartoon crushes. PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM o...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 194
The brilliant DeWanda Wise in our guest this week, and baby, we should pay her to become *our* therapist! If you don't know DeWanda, she was the titular "she" in She's Gotta Have It, and you've seen her in everything from Underground to Fatherhood to the forthcoming Jurassic World Dominion (Eeee!). Anyway, her parents weren't kidding when they gifted DeWanda her surname, and on this episode, we hear about her academic dating style, her short courtship to her husband, how they navigate their rela...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 193
Father, actor and stand-up Rory Scovel is on this week's episode, and SUCH DEPTHS WE PLUMB! Rory is a bitboi at heart, but we get into his heart on everything from painting to fatherhood to marriage and so much... wait, you know Rory, right? You've seen his Netflix special? Or his wonderful show Robbie (seriously, binge it, it's great!)? Or on the Apple TV show Physical? Well, either way, we've got a ton of fun for you today! PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 192
Although today's guest is the amiable Alyssa Mastromonaco - co-host of the Crooked Media podcast Hysteria (which Naomi is on a lot) and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations during the Obama administration - we're putting aside the political chat to find out about the Washington DC dating scene! Hear how Alyssa met her husband, how DC friendships are transactional as heck, and how joyous her early days working for Bernie were! PLUS, of course, we answer YOUR advice questions! I...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 191
