The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi

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Jun 1, 2021 • 1h 32min

#17 Shrooms on an Empty Stomach with Myq Kaplan

Myq Kaplan (The Tonight Show, America's Got Talent, Comedy Central) might be too positive for this podcast but we kinda got him to talk about the downside of doing shrooms on an empty stomach, summer camp infidelity, and people who say they really want to go vegan but it's just too hard!!! Listen to MYQ KAPLAN's new album A.K.A. Check out one of MYQ KAPLAN's Just For Laughs sets Listen to MYQ KAPLAN's podcasts Broccoli and Ice Cream & The Faucet Specifically here's THE EPISODE GIANMARCO WAS ON Join MYQ KAPLAN's Patreon Why was the last episode #15 and this is #17? Because there are two Patreon-exclusive episodes released every month! Check out The Downside Patreon and for just $5/month you'll get ad-free, day-early regular episodes + two bonus episodes/month. We'll also be adding videos of the full episodes there as soon as I can figure out why my GoPro's keep overheating! See GIANMARCO SORESI headline The Tiny Cupboard (1717 Broadway, Brooklyn) TONIGHT at 9PM Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's monthly-ish mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 25, 2021 • 1h 19min

#15 A Schizophrenic Love Story with Atsuko Okatsuka

Atsuko Okatsuka (Let's Go Atsuko!) visits from LA to share the downsides of thinking your grandma is taking you on vacation as a kid from Japan to California only to find out you were actually moving there, schizophrenic moms, being a "nice comedian", and vacationing in the dessert. Gianmarco also tries a new bit with Russell that bombs spectacularly and he spirals about it for the rest of the episode. Dedicated to the memory of Russell's dog, Hennessy. Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free episodes and bonus ones on the 1st and 15th of every month. Even if you don't want to listen to them, it's a lovely way to support Gianmarco's delusions of grandeur. Follow ATSUKO OKATSUKA on instagram, twitter, & youtube Watch ATSUKO OKATSUKA's short on Hulu Listen to ATSUKO OKATSUKA's stand up comedy album But I Control Me Visit ATSUKO OKATSUKA's website Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 18, 2021 • 1h 18min

#14 Overoptimistic Doctors with Joanna Hausmann

Joanna Hausmann (Bill Nye Saves The World, Hyphenated) shares the downsides of skin cancer, overoptimistic doctors, replying to work e-mails after anesthesia, and a school teacher of hers who stabbed himself in the heart after confessing he tranquilized kids with double stuff Oreos. This episode also sets the record for most times I had to bleep out names. Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free episodes and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. Once we hit 25 we're gonna start adding video, too!!! Follow JOANNA HAUSMANN on instagram, youtube, twitter, facebook, & tiktok Listen to JOANNA HAUSMANN's podcast Hyphenated Visit JOANNA HAUSMANN's website Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's monthly mailchimp e-blast Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 11, 2021 • 1h 39min

#12 Bribing a Cop with Period Panties with Emma Willmann

Emma Willmann (My Crazy Ex Girlfriend) and Gianmarco have collectively failed the driving test 11 times but Emma is the only one who once tried to bribe a cop from giving her a speeding ticket by offering him unlimited period panties from the period panties company sponsoring her podcast. That company is now out of business but she swears it had nothing to do with the incident. We talk about the downsides of non-realistic strap-ons, opening for Louis CK and honestly the whole cop bribing story should have been enough for you to just listen so I’m not even going to list a third thing. Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free episodes and bonus ones on the 1st and 15th of every month. Even if you don't want to listen to them, it's a lovely way to support Gianmarco's delusions of grandeur. Follow EMMA WILLMANN on instagram, tiktok, youtube, and twitter Listen to EMMA WILLMANN's podcast 'Inside The Closet' Watch EMMA WILLMANN's Late Show with Stephen Colbert set Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 4, 2021 • 1h 6min

#11 Giving Birth During a Global Pandemic with Jessica Frey

Jessica Frey (Sense & Sensibility, Netflix's The Characters) shares the one or two downsides of giving birth during a global pandemic. This was originally going to be a Patreon-exclusive episode but her story was so good that felt like releasing Lord of The Rings on Peacock. We talk about the horrors of holding babies on roofs, facts about women's bodies me and my co-host should have already known, and just how much poop comes out with the baby. Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free episode and bonus ones on the 1st & 15th of every month. See Jessica (and Gianmarco and Russell) at their sketch team Uncle Function's first live show back 7PM Friday May 21st at Asylum NYC Follow JESSICA FREY on instagram, twitter & her website Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 44min

#9 Disinvited to Shabbat with Jake Cohen

Notoriously terrible chef Gianmarco Soresi welcomes NYTimes best selling author JAKE COHEN (Jew-ish: A Cookbook) to talk about the downsides of culinary school, working in a test kitchen, Zoom shabbats and why Gianmarco's birthright bar mitzvah doesn't really count. Co-host Russell Daniels, the only non-Jew in the room, also brags about playing Tevye in Fiddler on The Roof three times before he was 22. Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. We just released The Downside of Celebrity Encounters and May 1st is The Downside of Having a Family in Politics with Chris Cafero. Follow JAKE COHEN on instagram, tiktok, & twitter Buy JAKE COHEN's NYTimes best selling cookbook Jew-Ish: A Cookbook Watch GIANMARCO SORESI's $5 Zoom show Non-Essential Comedy 8PM EST TONIGHT!!! Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram Watch RUSSELL DANIELS in Characters Welcome 8PM Wednesday on the JFL facebook page Buy tickets to our sketch team UNCLE FUNCTION's show 7PM May 21st at the Asylum NYC E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 20, 2021 • 2h 3min

#8 How to Survive a Moose Attack with SallyAnn Hall

Moose and bears and pedophiles, oh my! Stand-up comedian/Alaskan SALLYANN HALL (winner of the 2017 She Devil Comedy Festival) joins us to talk about the downsides of growing up in Alaska, getting a dog in quarantine, being an au pair to a family of Italian jockeys, and pornography. Gianmarco also talks about how he almost got put on the no-fly list from yelling “F#CK” (to himself!) at an airport in Wisconsin. This is a very negative/good episode.  Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. This month's bonus episodes explore the downsides of funerals and celebrity encounters. Fun and sad! Follow SALLYANN HALL on twitter & instagram See her virtual show 'Half-Baked Alaskan' May 28th, 29th, 30th, & 31st Listen to SALLYANN HALL & IRENE FAGAN MERROW’s podcast ‘Good Pornin’ America' Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 13, 2021 • 1h 31min

#6 Jay Jurden

On what was supposed to be the first episode of The Downside, my co-host's wife was in a room with someone who had coronavirus so he couldn't join, which felt fitting given the "theme" of this "podcast". Thank god my guest was stand-up comedian/friend JAY JURDEN. We talked the downsides of growing up in Mississippi, being in a throuple, and the only person I would let eat my @ss. Are you allowed to be graphic in these podcast episode descriptions? We'll see! Follow JAY JURDEN on twitter, instagram, & tiktok Watch JAY JURDEN's Tonight Show set JAY JURDEN shirtless Wondering where episode #5 is? It's on the Patreon! Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. This month we have The Downside of Funerals (4/1) and The Downside of Celebrity Encounters (4/15). Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show (and suggest your own 'This Has Gotta Stop') at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 6, 2021 • 1h 20min

#4 Alex Brightman

Today's guest and I have a lot in common, we both went to college for musical theater, we both acted in the upcoming Billy Crystal/Tiffany Haddish movie Here Today, he's performed in Broadway's Beetlejuice, School of Rock, Matilda, Big Fish, Wicked and Glory Days, and I've seen several of those shows. ALEX BRIGHTMAN is our guest and I did everything I could to find the downsides to having the life I've always dreamed of. We talked growing up in Saratoga, going to a Jesuit prep school while being Jewish, getting death threats on instagram, and how Alex ends confrontations with people who unapologetically bump into him on the street (a steely "lead with compassion.") We also play audio from one of my girlfriend's night terror episodes WHICH SHE SAID I COULD DO! Join The Downside Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. This month's bonus episodes explore the downsides of funerals and celebrity encounters. Fun and sad! Follow ALEX BRIGHTMAN on twitter Watch ALEX BRIGHTMAN's Tony Awards performance as Beetlejuice on youtube Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 30, 2021 • 1h 51min

#3 Fumi Abe

We interrogate the RECENTLY single comedian FUMI ABE (@thefumiabe) about all the downsides of living alone for the first time in seven years. Once we've all stopped crying, he discusses moving from Chiba, Japan to Columbus, Ohio as a kid, auditioning for a popular reality show about Americans having talent, and this didn’t come up but Gianmarco wants to mention he once beat Fumi in the 2019 Devil Cup Comedy Competition. Follow FUMI ABE on twitter, instagram, & tiktok Listen to FUMI ABE's podcast "Asian Not Asian" Join The Downside Patron for ad-free and bonus episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month. This week we have The Downside of Funerals (4/1) and The Downside of Celebrity Encounters (4/15). Follow GIANMARCO SORESI on twitter, instagram, tiktok, & youtube Check out GIANMARCO SORESI's special 'Shelf Life' on amazon & on spotify Subscribe to GIANMARCO SORESI's mailchimp Follow RUSSELL DANIELS on twitter & instagram E-mail the show (and suggest your own 'This Has Gotta Stop') at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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