Couples Therapy

Prolific director and performer (and pal!) Josh Ruben joins us today for a psychoanalysis sesh of pure fun! Now, you know Josh as a performer from College Humor or Dropout TV or as a prolific TV and film director - maybe you've seen one of his films: Scare Me, Werewolves Within or his fantastic new horror-comedy Heart Eyes? Well, even if this is your first time meeting Josh, you're in for a treat! We get into his therapy journey, w...

Straight from the hit ABC sitcom The Middle and the hit podcast Middling with Eden and Brock comes the titular Eden and Brock themselves, Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli! Two of the most delightful folks we know, and we get into it! Dating while starring on one of the highest-rated sitcoms of the era, situat...

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. And buddy, he's also a fantastic and empathetic guest who we have a blast talking to! That's right, MacArthur Fellowship recipient and the author of poetry collections like The Crown Ain't Worth Much and A Fortune for Your Disaster as well as essay collections like They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us and books like Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A...

Are we adopting Jasmin Savoy Brown? Find out on an PULSE-POUNDING, ALL-NEW episode of COUPLES THERAPY! Jasmin has been in some of the best dramas of the 21st century from The Leftovers to Yellowjackets, as well the new Scream and Scream IV and tons of other things, and today we GET REAL! We talk about religion, relationships and 'rents (specifically her mom) and we spill the secrets of a successful relationship for Jasmin and all o...

We've only known Youngmi Mayer through her work so it was a real pleasure to get to chat with the woman behind the comedy on today's episode! And maybe you know Youngmi from her writing, her stand-up, TikTok, her memoir I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying and many other things or maybe this is your first time meeting her. Either way, you're in for a fun time! We talk about parenting during the apocalypse, why Youngmi might just not be ...

Grace Helbig is on the show today! We've known Grace casually from the New York comedy scene for years, but on today's episode, we get to KNOW Grace! Grace was one of the first YouTubers out there; she's an actor and voiceover artist (you can hear here most recently as Cindy Bear on Max's Jellystone!), a podcaster and the author of TWO books! On today's episode, Grace walks us through the early days of "content creation", the toll ...

Sage-Based Therapy! That's right, it's part two of our crossover with Sage-Based Wisdom (check us out on their podcast from a week or two ago) hosted by the wonderful Jana Schmieding and Brian Bahe! You might remember Jana from a previous episode of CT or from Rutherford Falls or Reservation Dogs, and you might have seen Brian do stand-up or seen a show he's written for like The Great North or Ghosts. But even if you know NOTHING a...

Our friend and yours Vinny Thomas is on today's episode! We love Vinny's videos, his appearances on After Midnight, and of course, you've seen him on TV shows like Platonic and Ahsoka and movies like You're Cordially Invited! But the question is: WHO IS THE REAL VINNY THOMAS??? We delve into that question today, and talk about staying in his hometown for college, dating vs. being completely fine on his own, the one guy he went on a...

It's the 350th episode, and we're celebrating in style with our friends Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone! Of course you know these two from their stand-up, you know Aparna as one of the voices on the wonderful The Great North or you know Jo as the head writer of the spectacular After Midnight, well, we invited them on this special epsidoe cuz there's no one in the world we have more fun with and after the last month and a half in ...

The Good Place was one of our couples shows, so what a delight it was to have Jameela Jamil herself on today's episode! Now of course you know Jameela from the aforementioned The Good PLace, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, The Misery Index, her recently-ended podcast I Weigh, and so much more! Well, even if you only kind of know Jameela, you will definitely know her after today's episode. We talk nervous breakdowns, the unhappiness of f...

Singing sensation The War and Treaty joins us to ring in Black History Month, folks! The second episode we taped on the first day of the LA fires (yes, people, it was already on the books and we didn't seem to be in imminent danger so...), Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter AKA The War and Treaty Zoomed to us from Nashville in our anxiety-ridden state for a healing time! Now, you probably know Michael and Tanya from their music,...

Wonderful NZ-by-way-of-UK comic and actor Rose Matafeo joins us today! Taped on the first day of the LA fires (yes, folks, it was already on the books and we didn't seem to be in imminent danger so...), Rose Zoomed to us from London us in our anxiety-ridden state for an absolutely lovely time! Now, you probably know Rose from her stand-up, from her FANTASTIC show Starstruck on Max, Moana 2 or perhaps her new HBO special On and on a...

Actor extraordinaire Susan Heyward is on this week with a super-fun episode to, uh, give you some relief from dystopia descending... And of course, you know Susan from The Boys, Vinyl, Orange is the New Black... perhaps treading the boards on The Great White Way in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? And so much more, but even if this is your first time meeting Susan, you're going to fall in love with her! We talk about some early l...

Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds, the hosts of one of our favorite podcasts The Dollop are BACK, BABY and the energy is electric! Naomi put on her journalist's pith helmet and gets all the answers on how two comedians with such different personalities get along on a personal and business level. We hear about their mental health journeys, how Gareth started therapy back in high school, Dave's ability to draw boundaries and how that ...

Happy new year! And you know what the start of a new year means - our annual "just us" episode answering a bunch of advice questions! And boy oh boy do we have some doozies for you. From the serious to the silliest, we're talking about estranged family members, a critical mother-in-law, messy relayshes, your partner's shitty roommates and lots, lots MORE! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a...

We are ending 2024 right with an absolute barnburner featuring comedy couple Lily Sullivan and Tim Baltz. Yes, folks, it's part two of IT'S A COUPLES CHRISTMAS, and Lily and Tim join us for an in-depth look into their love! Now, you know both of them as frequent guests on Comedy Bang Bang, and as well, Lily hosts This Book Changed My Life and Tim hosts Hey Randy on Comedy Bang Bang World, and you've seen Lily in Spirited and I Thin...

What's this, another extra episode?? That's right, folks, Joe's Hulu special Chill just came out, and we wanted to make sure you knew about it tout de suite! Yes, today's guest is stand-up and writer Joe Mande! You know Joe as a writer on shows like Hacks, The Good Place, Master of None, Parks and Rec and so much more! And Joe is a real "cool customer" as Naomi says, so we try to plumb the depths on today's episode and get in deep ...

You know him, you love him, TV writer and podcast superstar and host of I Said No Gifts! is back, that's right, it's Bridger Winegar! But wait, who else is on the show? Why to celebrate the holidays, we've got some very special episodes this week and next because, folks, IT'S A COUPLES CHRISTMAS! And in addition to Bridger, we have his wonderful significant other Jimmy Smagula, Broadway star and host of his own podcast Baby Mouth! ...

If you like DRA-ma, we have quite the episode for you today with LaLa Ri! LaLa is a dancer, performer and *former* drag queen who was on RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 and Drag Race All Stars season eight, and the *former* part is where it gets interesting. A mere 24 hours before sitting down with LaLa, he announced his retirement from drag, so we *have* to delve into that. What it means to no longer practice the art that brought you...