Couples Therapy

EJ Marcus

It's EJ Marcus time, folks, and if you don't come out of this episode loving him, you ain't got a soul! Naomi met EJ doing stand-up, and was enamored. Maybe you've seen his stand-up either live or in clip form. Maybe you know him as a writer on HBO's I Love LA. Even if you've never heard of EJ before now, you're going to dig today's episode! We talk about how he met his partner, how they fell for each other in lockdown, their experiment in polyamory and what the scientific findings were from the experiment and of course buying a Philly soft pretzel down on Oregon Ave. PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/] or Twitter [https://twitter.com/NaomiandAndy]! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast/products/couples-therapy-podcast-mug]! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen [https://open.acast.com/networks/61b766f330fbc60012079b63/shows/61b766981695621618e95093/episodes/www.chroniclebooks.com/products/podcast-pantheon]! And: Support the show on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod] (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod/gift]! Or get yourself a t-shirt [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast] or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couples-therapy/id1410296631]? Or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4bOjKjHwMabow4y3KdPcZs]? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/]! Check out some CT clips on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMhZaDCebGNamziVMIHguw]! Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81173421] or Mythic Quest [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mythic-quest/umc.cmc.1nfdfd5zlk05fo1bwwetzldy3]! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album [https://andybeckerman.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-suddenly-aware] or his other podcast Beginnings [http://beginningspod.com/]! Theme song by the great Sammus [https://sammusmusic.net/]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Joy Sunday

Joy Sunday was recently in the wonderful HBO show DTF St. Louis where she and Richard Jenkins played two detectives trying to workout the complicated lovelife of a murder victim. It's absolutely one of the best shows to come out this year, and she's brilliant on it, so we had to have her on the show! Now you also know Joy from Wednesday, Dear White People and a bunch of other stuff, but here we delve into her INCREDIBLY MENTALLY HEALTHY life. In fact, what are we doing here? Joy is teaching us how to live! All that plus growing up on Staten Island, dating in LA, being a good kid and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/] or Twitter [https://twitter.com/NaomiandAndy]! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast/products/couples-therapy-podcast-mug]! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen [https://open.acast.com/networks/61b766f330fbc60012079b63/shows/61b766981695621618e95093/episodes/www.chroniclebooks.com/products/podcast-pantheon]! And: Support the show on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod] (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod/gift]! Or get yourself a t-shirt [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast] or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couples-therapy/id1410296631]? Or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4bOjKjHwMabow4y3KdPcZs]? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/]! Check out some CT clips on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMhZaDCebGNamziVMIHguw]! Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81173421] or Mythic Quest [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mythic-quest/umc.cmc.1nfdfd5zlk05fo1bwwetzldy3]! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album [https://andybeckerman.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-suddenly-aware] or his other podcast Beginnings [http://beginningspod.com/]! Theme song by the great Sammus [https://sammusmusic.net/]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Poorna Jagannathan

Folks, Deli Boys gotta be our fav US comedy right now - we've had Asif Ali on the show. We've had Saagar Shaikh on the show. And today, we are psyched to have Lucky Auntie herself, that's right, Poorna Jagannathan, join us for the hour! Now, Poorna's had an incredible acting career - you've seen her in The Night Of, Big Little Lies, Never Have I Ever, Ramy, Better Call Saul and tons of other things - but on today's episode, you'll get to hear from the woman behind the characters. Poorna tells us about meeting her husband in the heady days of early aughts New York, running up the company expense account, sowing her oats in Giuliani's cleaned-up city, transitioning from an ad exec to an actor, her childhood as the daughter of a diplomat, and why maybe it's not as glamorous as it sounds and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/] or Twitter [https://twitter.com/NaomiandAndy]! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast/products/couples-therapy-podcast-mug]! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen [https://open.acast.com/networks/61b766f330fbc60012079b63/shows/61b766981695621618e95093/episodes/www.chroniclebooks.com/products/podcast-pantheon]! And: Support the show on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod] (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod/gift]! Or get yourself a t-shirt [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast] or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couples-therapy/id1410296631]? Or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4bOjKjHwMabow4y3KdPcZs]? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/]! Check out some CT clips on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMhZaDCebGNamziVMIHguw]! Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81173421] or Mythic Quest [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mythic-quest/umc.cmc.1nfdfd5zlk05fo1bwwetzldy3]! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album [https://andybeckerman.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-suddenly-aware] or his other podcast Beginnings [http://beginningspod.com/]! Theme song by the great Sammus [https://sammusmusic.net/]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Phil Dunning

Smoggie Queens is our new favorite show, and we're lucky to have the creator and star Phil Dunning on today's episode! You've seen Phil pop up in some of the best shows coming out of the UK: Feel Good, Stath Lets Flats, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Juice, and of course, his own show Smoggie Queens, which just finished its second series on BBC Three (if you don't live in the UK, figure out a way to watch it STAT!). We're calling Phil "the Amy Sedaris of England" because of the wide gap between Phil's sincerity and his characters' grotesquery! We talk all about that, whether Phil needs therapy, how many friends he has (a lot, apparently), secret dating in college, whether you should upload butthole pics to the cloud and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/] or Twitter [https://twitter.com/NaomiandAndy]! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast/products/couples-therapy-podcast-mug]! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen [https://open.acast.com/networks/61b766f330fbc60012079b63/shows/61b766981695621618e95093/episodes/www.chroniclebooks.com/products/podcast-pantheon]! And: Support the show on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod] (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod/gift]! Or get yourself a t-shirt [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast] or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couples-therapy/id1410296631]? Or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4bOjKjHwMabow4y3KdPcZs]? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/]! Check out some CT clips on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMhZaDCebGNamziVMIHguw]! Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81173421] or Mythic Quest [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mythic-quest/umc.cmc.1nfdfd5zlk05fo1bwwetzldy3]! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album [https://andybeckerman.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-suddenly-aware] or his other podcast Beginnings [http://beginningspod.com/]! Theme song by the great Sammus [https://sammusmusic.net/]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Tatiana Maslany

Orphan Black was one of our couples shows in the earlier days of our relationship, which means we've imprinted on Tatiana Maslany like ducklings on a mama duck! We're profesh enough tho that we (mostly) keep our fangirling in check on today's episode! Hot on the press junket for her brand new Apple TV+ show Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Tatiana dropped by the ol' virtual couch for the usual Couples Therapy smorgasbord of light/heavy - we talk about our morning routines as well as our 4am fears, Tatiana's childhood in Saskatchewan and Tatiana's adulthood in anxiety, Everything from perimenopause to sloppy breakfasts, we got it all, and of course, we talk improv openings for 90 seconds, just like you love us to! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/] or Twitter [https://twitter.com/NaomiandAndy]! Get tickets [https://www.ticketmaster.com/naomi-ekperigin-in-town-for-one-brooklyn-new-york-05-14-2026/event/3000649E1868C38C?_gl=1*ley1cm*_ga*MTk5NDM5MzI5NS4xNzc3NjcwMTkz*_ga_C1T806G4DF*czE3Nzc5NjUwNTckbzIkZzAkdDE3Nzc5NjUwNTckajYwJGwwJGgw] to Naomi's Bell House show in New York THIS THURSDAY May 14th! Andy's latest essay [https://theslowdystopia.substack.com/p/here-comes-tomorrow] can be found here! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen [https://open.acast.com/networks/61b766f330fbc60012079b63/shows/61b766981695621618e95093/episodes/www.chroniclebooks.com/products/podcast-pantheon]! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast/products/couples-therapy-podcast-mug]! And: Support the show on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod] (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription [https://www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod/gift]! Or get yourself a t-shirt [https://www.compressmerch.com/collections/couples-therapy-podcast] or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couples-therapy/id1410296631]? Or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4bOjKjHwMabow4y3KdPcZs]? It takes less than a minute! Follow the show on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/couplestherapypod/]! Check out CT clips on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMhZaDCebGNamziVMIHguw]! Plus some other stuff! Watch Naomi's Netflix half hour [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81173421] or Mythic Quest [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mythic-quest/umc.cmc.1nfdfd5zlk05fo1bwwetzldy3]! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album [https://andybeckerman.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-suddenly-aware] or his other podcast Beginnings [http://beginningspod.com/]! Theme song by the great Sammus [https://sammusmusic.net/]! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.