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The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi
Stand up comedian and lifelong cynic Gianmarco Soresi interviews people more famous than him about all the downsides to their life. If you like looking on the bright side of life, f*ck off. This is a podcast where complaining is encouraged, negativity celebrated and silver linings debunked. Misery loves company and when Gianmarco is with company he loves talking about their miseries. You can follow @gianmarcosoresi on all social platforms. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#129 Dark Disabled Stories with Ryan J. Haddad
Actor and Playwright Ryan J. Haddad joins to share the downsides of Russell being straight, able-bodied actors playing disabled roles, Glee, watching adult…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#128 Everybody is 100% Right with Robby Hoffman
Comedian Robby Hoffman joins to discuss the downsides of monogamy, polyamory, recycling, pepper spray, Broadway’s love of straight men wearing dresses, and…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#127 The Better Mom with Judy Gold
Comedian Judy Gold joins to discuss getting kicked out of her son’s basketball game, her new technique for dealing with feeling angry, getting free pot while…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#126 Poop, Blood, or Vomit with Alingon Mitra
Comedian Alingon Mitra joins to discuss writing for the Harvard Lampoon, why we need to stop complimenting rich people on looking good for their age, whether…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#125 The Downside of The Adult Entertainment Industry (Patreon Preview)
Alia Janine shares the downsides of entering and pulling out of the adult entertainment industry, Russell tells the time he got called fat by a pregnant…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#124 Four Times a Day with Ismael Loutfi
Comedian Ismael Loutfi joins to discuss getting divorced over the phone, having your second wife take your couples counselor for herself, making friends only…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#123 The Stanford Podcast Experiment
Psychologist Steve Rathje joins to validate Gianmarco’s feelings about astrology (with a couple caveats), then we discuss the study that depressed him the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#122 No Cigar with Nathan Macintosh
Nathan Macintosh joins to discuss the absurdity of comedians smoking cigars, the worst videos we’ve ever seen on the internet, a live fisting gone awry, the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#121 Not The Biggest Deal with Todd Barry
Comedian Todd Barry joins to discuss getting bumped down from first class, being a substitute teacher, accidentally following me on twitter, my mom’s penchant…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#120 The Mormon Blind Side with Skyler Higley
Comedian Skyler Higley tells me and guest co-host Maddy Smith the downsides of being raised by white Mormon parents in Utah, the posthumous baptism of Anne…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#119 Warming Up with Ryan Reiss
Ryan Reiss shares the downsides of being an audience warm-up comedian, crowd-working the Kardashians, the dangers of standing in Letterman’s spot, how much…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#118 Curve & Brawn with Zach Miko
Zach Miko shares the downsides of being Target’s first plus-size male model, what to do with the term ‘fat’, how acting classes are like cults, whether it’s…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#116 Popping Balls with Dusty Ray Bottoms (Patreon Preview)
Dusty Ray Bottoms joins for our third ever live episode to share the downsides of being on RuPaul’s Drag Race, TSA going through all your wigs, tucking (and…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#117 Inner Demons with Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz discusses the downsides of throwing soup at paintings to raise awareness for climate change, how there’s always been and will always be bad art…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#116.5 Late Night Bois
Gianmarco and Russell made their late night debuts in the same week, but did Gianmarco win because he taped it first or did Russell win because his aired…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#115 Give Me All Your Money with Rafi Bastos
Rafi Bastos shares the downsides of getting mugged at gunpoint, introducing Brazil to stand-up comedy, moving to Nebraska to play division 2 basketball, making…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#114 The Disgruntled Clown with Roy Wood Jr.
Roy Wood Jr. joins to talk the downsides of following a comic who purposefully pissed his pants, single dad Thanksgivings, bringing too many white people…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#113 Rabbi Hopping with Tovah Silbermann
Tovah Silbermann (Girlfriend) shares the downsides of sharing a meal with Gianmarco, having night terrors, washing kitchenware in the ocean, testing for…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#112 Acting Scared with Elsie Fisher
Elsie Fisher (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Eighth Grade) joins to talk about the downsides of pretending to watch your friend get decapitated, shooting a movie…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#111 Amateur Beatboxing with Sabrina Wu
Sabrina Wu shares the downsides of having immigrant parents who are not impressed by your beatboxing skills, a mom who doesn’t like to laugh (except for that…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#110 Chill Tourette’s with Benny Feldman
Benny Feldman shares the downsides of ordering edible bugs in bulk, preparing grasshoppers for consumption, people online thinking you’re faking Tourette’s in…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#109 We Already Have a Chris Rock with Dean Edwards
Dean Edwards shares the downsides of not drinking because of Eddie Murphy, not getting to do his Chris Rock impression on SNL because of Jimmy Fallon…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#108 Your Girlfriend is Bored with Danny Jolles
Danny Jolles shares the downsides of your grandfather having to get his war tattoos removed so he can be buried in a Jewish cemetery, having friends whose…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#107 Did I Hug Solomon Georgio Too Soon?
Solomon Georgio shares the downsides of internal hemorrhoids, financially supporting your parents, waiting too long to say I love you, eating bacon for the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#106 Gnashing of Teeth with Zach Zimmerman
Zach Zimmerman shares the downsides of having a father who heard god, hole pics, losing your faith after losing a friend in the Virginia Tech shooting, the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#105 Chugging Beer With Ariel Elias
Ariel Elias joins to share the downsides of having a beer thrown at you onstage but deciding to finish the set nonetheless because your merch is based on your…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#104 Pregnant Basketball with Mo Welch
Mo Welch joins to discuss the downsides of civil war museum gift shops, growing up in Normal, Illinois (not to be confused with Sandwich, Illinois), being…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#103 Throwing Plates with Michael Jenkins
Chef Michael Jenkins shares the downsides of working a short staffed kitchen on Mother’s Day, what The Bear gets right and wrong about cooking, why it’s racist…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#102 Wetting the Bed with Geoffrey Asmus
Comedian Geoffrey Asmus and I compare our JFL experiences and then dive into the secrets of getting through sleepovers as a bedwetter, not masturb@ting until…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#101 Rating Auschwitz with Shahak Shapira
Shahak Shapira joins us to discuss why Auschwitz has a 4.5 star rating on Yelp, having a grandfather who died in the Munich massacre, a Florida gun show, a…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#100 Rehab Improv with Lucas Connolly
We celebrate the 100th episode of The Downside with our second ever live episode and people actually came this time! Lucas Connolly joins as our guest to share…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#99 Nobody Likes You with Konnie Metaxa
NOTE: We did a little bit *too* much complaining in the original version of this episode so this is a slightly edited rerelease of last Tuesday’s interview. If…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#98 Straight to DVD with Josh Flitter
Josh Flitter (Ace Ventura Jr.) shares the downsides of starring in Ace Ventura Jr. when he was 13, being told it was going to be a major movie release only to…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#97 Face Eating Cats with Lauryn Petrie
TRIGGER WARNING: abuse, suicide, death, murder, gore. Today’s episode is about working at a morgue. It’s pretty intense. Ian “The Button Pusher” Fidance filled…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#96 Speaking of Existentialism with Gus Constantellis
Gus Constantellis shares the downsides of playing his mom, church gigs that want him to keep his homosexuality under wraps (while he's playing his mom), your…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#95 The Hood Athlete with Jon Laster
Jon Laster joins to share why coders are criminals, the downsides of starting an app, getting recruited to college for basketball and then having the dude who…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#94 Throwing Frozen Turkeys with Kareem Green
Kareem Green (Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors) joins to talk about white kids throwing frozen turkeys onto the highway, passing out at Pizza Hut, having a…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#93 Walking The Audience with Corinne Fisher
Corinne Fisher joins to talk walking audience members, what to do when confronted by quicksand, why good looking people need to stop getting into stand-up…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#92 Is This Hack with Jaye McBride
Jaye McBride joins us to share the downsides of stand-up comedians running their trans jokes by you, coming out via e-mail, chewing anti-acids after throwing…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#91 Coming Out As Psychic with Madalyn Geraldine
After Gianmarco makes clear that he doesn’t believe in ghosts, Madalyn Geraldine shares the downsides of being a psychic, why we aren’t visited by pre-homo…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#90 Calling Poison Control with Dani Fernandez
Dani Fernandez and I commiserate about being the only ones into Dragon Ball Z at our respective middle schools, why suicidal people still call poison control…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#89 Don’t Save The Tata’s with Caileigh Scott
Caileigh Scott shares the downsides of being diagnosed with breast cancer on your mom’s birthday, finding out your boobs need to be removed right after buying…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#88 Judged by Trump with Joanne Nosuchinsky
Joanne Nosuchinsky shares the downsides of being crowned 2013 Miss New York USA, getting bedbugs before the show, Trump not choosing you to advance (but only…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#87 Handsome Gay Teacher with Joe Dombrowski
Joe Dombrowski shares the downsides of not coming out on Ellen, a summer camp for terminally ill children that taught him the power of comedy, having a…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#86 You're Headed for Hell with Moses Storm
Moses Storm (HBO Max's Trash White) joins to talk about the downsides of a Rabbi chickening out halfway through your circumcision, being a member of a cult…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#85 The 6 O’clock Knock with Derrick Eason
Derrick Eason joins us to talk about being a cruise ship comedian during a global pandemic, the “6 o’clock knock” AKA getting fired, why the cruise staff is no…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#84 The Other Fat Jew with Raanan Hershberg
Raanan Hershberg shares his thoughts on Spinoza and a recounts and incredibly brief happy ending massage. We also talk about Amsterdam sex shows, keeping…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#83 Never Said I Love You with Zarna Garg
Stand-up comedian Zarna Garg gives tips on how to lie to your Uber driver and admits that she’s never said “I love you” to her husband. She also shares the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#82 Your Baby is Not Perfect with Tina Friml
Comedian Tina Friml joins to discuss why your baby is not perfect, how to psychologically torment your high school bullies, figuring out an opening joke to…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#81 The Problem with Jay Jurden
Our first return guest Jay Jurden joins to talk about writing for The Problem with Jon Stewart (and agreeing with Jon so long as he stays clear of hot takes on…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#80 A Second Puberty with Kristofer Thomas
Comedian Kristofer Thomas breaks down how he would get me canceled after I was thrown out of a Starbucks, what it’s like going through puberty a second time…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#79 A Visit From The Secret Service with Guy Branum
Guy Branum (who was once called “unfunny” by Time Magazine) joins to discuss why we are all failures at Judaism, getting a visit from the Secret Service at the…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#78 Making Love with a Pliable P#nis with Katie Hannigan
Comedian Katie Hannigan talks about being flown to Honolulu to do a one-night only performance of a one-woman show called Making Love with a Pliable Penis…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#77 My Condolences with Ian Lara
Comedian Ian Lara and guest co-host Jordan Jensen join to discuss what you shouldn't say to someone whose mom just died, taking a dump after your dad passed…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#76 The Death of an Acting Teacher with Chris Chung
Chris Chung (Apple TV's Slow Horses) and Gianmarco reminisce about their dead acting teacher with guest co-host Ian Fidance and then move on to lighter topics…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#75 The Sub That Got Away with Lane Kwederis
Lane Kwederis shares how she went from waiting tables to foot fetish parties, meeting men at ATM’s in stilettos and a Burberry trench, running your own…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#74 Self-Aware with Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson joins to discuss growing up in 8 Mile 2 (Alexandria, Louisiana), why dating a comedian is like dating a stripper, using college gigs to get free…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#73 Inside the Unemployed Actors Studio
On today's episode of The Downside, our producer Paige Asachika interviews Gianmarco and Russell about their generally unsuccessful lives. Gianmarco discusses…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#72 She Touched My Resistance with Casey Cohen
Casey Cohen (star of Bravo’s Princesses: Long Island and my spin instructor) joins to discuss being on a reality show with the woman who slept with your high…
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#71 Hearing Aid Sex with DJ Demers
DJ Demers joins to discuss getting a phone call on his bluetooth hearing aids in the middle of sex, worrying covid will take away one of his four senses…