In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of eating spicy ramen before a show, cultural differences between the US & Japan, having decorum in the theater, and...
2026-01-10 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostComedian/actor Kumail Nanjiani joins to share the downsides of learning how to act as an adult, getting so swole people want to fight you, why you shouldn’t clone pets (or people), and why factor...
2026-01-04 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of beating the Twitter allegations, vintage shopping in Japan, Russell contemplates a career change, and we examine the ...
2026-01-03 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
As you know, the Trump administration cut government funding to The Downside this year, but with your generous support we will continue to bring you accurate medical advice regarding vaccines. Than...
2025-12-31 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostEthan Slater (Wicked) joins to share the downsides of attending high school with Gianmarco, going from wrestling to Broadway, accidentally getting dinner at a singing waiter restaurant, an...
2025-12-28 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell are live from Brooklyn and get in the holiday spirit with Christmas carols, crowd work, and debating who's had the worst Christmas. We're jo...
2025-12-24 10:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostPolitical commentator Emma Vigeland (The Majority Report) joins to share the downsides of right wing media pundits putting on a show, the dwindling shelf life of establishment Republicans,...
2025-12-21 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell join to share the downsides of being a diva, developing parasocial relationships with people you don’t know, Trump renaming the Kennedy Ce...
2025-12-20 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJournalist Tyler Austin Harper joins to share the downsides of gatekeeping articles behind paywalls, the pitfalls of AI, why major corporations aren’t pushing back against AI, the detrimental env...
2025-12-14 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of getting DMs from faceless accounts, a dystopian trip to the hospital, unpacking Bari Weiss’s interview with Erika K...
2025-12-13 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of hacky Christmas specials, ruining the magic of movies, Hillary Clinton’s mission to be the most insufferable politi...
2025-12-06 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostComedian Sarah Sherman (SNL) joins to share the downsides of naming your improv team after a fetish, getting bullied in high school, battling intrusive thoughts with comedy, lying to get a job, and...
2025-12-05 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Cody Rigsby (Peloton) joins to share the downsides of getting recognized at Fire Island, settling the Xtina vs Britney debate, learning the difference between boofing and enemas, and why ugly boyfr...
2025-11-30 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of getting matching tattoos with your siblings, watching Ryan Murphy’s new show “All’s Fair,” and RFK Jr.’s se...
2025-11-29 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Jim Gaffigan joins to share the downsides of fatherhood, sharing the stage with your son, becoming obsessed with bourbon, the challenge of writing political jokes, clocking Gianmarco on ha...
2025-11-23 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of conservative comedians on GoFundMe, Bill Maher retiring, Denver’s International Church of Cannabis and Fosse’s su...
2025-11-21 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka returns to share the downsides of martial-law-imposed generational trauma, trying to get your mom laid, learning English through American cartoons, finding your own persona...
2025-11-16 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of using an AI version of someone after they’ve died, reviewing the newly leaked Epstein emails, people we’re glad w...
2025-11-15 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Gianmarco and Russell are live from Portland, and share the downsides of going to a vegan strip club at 2 PM, who's had the worst date, and we're joined by special guest Susan Rice who le...
2025-11-08 10:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The one and only Hasan Piker joins to share the downsides of being well endowed, identifying as culturally Muslim, the secret sauce to debates, getting detained at the US border, and why people cal...
2025-11-06 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Jim Norton joins to share the downsides of releasing a podcast episode on election day, spilling your guts on a slow news day, moving to NYC after 9/11, agreeing to disagree with the far r...
2025-11-02 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of corporations running ICE recruiting ads, why Judas Iscariot maybe wasn’t wrong about Jesus, which side of the fence...
2025-11-01 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Stavros Halkias joins to share the downsides of Greeks making bootleg versions of American TV & music, the similarities between football practice and wartime training, which hand we’...
2025-10-26 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell break down Andrew Cuomo's deleted racist AI ad against Zohran Mamdani voters, figure out what's the smelliest room in the White House, and r...
2025-10-25 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Blair Socci joins to share the downsides of opening a show with jokes about your predatory high school volleyball coach, getting diagnosed with autism as an adult, experiencing a life-savi...
2025-10-19 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Russell has some sad news to share, and Gianmarco shares the downsides of being an MC and an impromptu stage manager at Zohran’s rally in Brooklyn.
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2025-10-18 09:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. returns to share the downsides of comedians sh*t talking, the role entertainment plays in politics, making life decisions in the pursuit of happiness, and why standing too clo...
2025-10-12 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of AI paving the way for naked glasses, finding out Candice Owens is a fan, touring Asia for the first time, and ghost w...
2025-10-11 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe joins to share the downsides of losing your British accent, being meme-ified as a teenager, doing a backflip for the first time ever while on stage, and why white people ca...
2025-10-05 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell make a stink one more time about the Riyadh Comedy Festival, induce borderline manic laughter, the realness of crying while getting pin curl...
2025-10-04 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post