

Couples Therapy
Naomi and Andy
Open your hearts and loosen your butts! On Couples Therapy, real life couple and real life comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman gab with their favorite actors and comics about their romantic pasts, presents and futures and answer YOUR relaysh Qs with all the wisdom two unlicensed entertainers can possibly contain! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 1h 11min
Caitlin Peluffo
Caitlin performed with Naomi last year when Naomi did a few road dates, and she was such a delight that we had to have her on the show! Now, maybe you've seen Caitlin Peluffo performing stand-up on any number of late night shows that we won't name because WE'RE ON STRIKE! Or maybe you've listened to her podcast Good Time Gal! Well, even if this is your first time getting to know Caitlin, you're gonna love her! We talk about freezing her eggs, dating a "clean comedian", being a "jizz raccoon" (?) 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 or Twitter! Oh, and go see Caitlin on tour (and wear a goshdarn mask!), why don't ya?!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! And if you'd like to read our good friend Jo Firestone hilarious debut novel, you can pre-order it here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 2023 • 1h 28min
Karan Soni
The absolutely lovely Karan Soni is on today's episode, and of course you know him from A LOT OF STRUCK SHOWS AND MOVIES; yes folks, we're still on strike so we're not gonna mention what Karan's been in, but obvi you know or feel free to look it up! Heck, we ain't striking against Google! Anyway, Karan understood the assignment of being on the show, and we get in deep about meeting his partner, coming out to his parents, being sent away to, uh, a weight loss boarding school 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute! Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! And if you'd like to read our good friend Jo Firestone hilarious debut novel, you can pre-order it here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 30min
Emily V. Gordon
You know her, you love her, that's right, writer, producer and friend Emily Gordon returns to the show for a solo outing so we can REALLY get to know her! Now, of course you know Emily from a number of Oscar and Emmy nominated things that we will not name because we are ON STRIKE, but feel free to look them up or look up her last appearance on THIS VERY show with her husband Kumail (episode 102?). And today we dig into her teenage goth phase and how The Cure saved her, what it was like being a therapist with TWO Masters Degrees, the circumstances of marrying and divorcing her first husband 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the your wedding nightmare story on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 2023 • 1h 32min
Gearóid Farrelly
Naomi first heard Gearóid Farrelly on sister-podcast (???) Ask Ronna, and introduced him into the household where we fell in love with him, and so we had to have him on the show! Now, maybe you are a listener across the pond, so you know Gearóid from his stand-up, his award winning Edinburgh Festival show, supporting Joan Rivers on tour, or from his podcast Agony Rants? Well, even if you don't know Gearóid from Adam, you're gonna go gaga for him after today's episode! We talk about his love of convenience, how his relationship with his boyfriend works, the Irish medical system & mental health, grief, 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 22, 2023 • 1h 26min
Liza Treyger
We've known Liza for years - maybe you even saw her and her podcast partner Kara on an episode of our Quarantine Twitch show? - but today we get into it with her! Maybe you know Liza Treyger from her stand-up, her album GLITTERCHEESE or her aforementioned SVU recap podcast with the wonderful Kara Klenk, That's Messed Up... or maybe this is your first time meeting her! Regardless, you're gonna love Liza after this ep - we talk about how she finally got into therapy, her loves, being a sea cucumber 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 15, 2023 • 1h 27min
Lauren Ashley Smith
We've hung out and talked to Lauren at a bunch of parties over the last few years, but having her on the pod gave us a chance to really get the tea on her romantic and therapeutic life! Of course you know Lauren Ashley Smith from being a multiple Emmy nominated head writer of a show we won't mention cuz we're ON STRIKE! Or maybe you know her from the Smith Sisters Live, the SiriusXM show she hosts with her sisters on Radio Andy? Well, either way, we dig into the story of how she met her wife, we talk about her therapeutic journey, being raised in a religious family, sibling relationships 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 8, 2023 • 1h 23min
Laura Kightlinger
We've been fans of Laura's for a long time, so we were giddy knowing she was going to be on the pod, and surely, dear listeners, you know Laura Kightlinger from her stand-up, corect? Or from her appearances on a bunch of shows we all love but WILL NOT MENTION because the AMPTP is a bunch of greedy psychos and we are on STRIKE! But you know what we can mention? Laura's great book Quick Shots of False Hope and her new podcast with friend of the show Daniel Webb, What We Thought Would Happen. And hoo-boy, what an episode we got for you; Laura tells us about her lost loves, how she met her husband, her brush with death and what's on the other side and 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2023 • 1h 17min
Molly Ephraim
Molly Ephraim has been on a bunch of shows we like that we can't talk about cuz we're on STRIKE, but you should know she's great, so we just had to sit down with her for an hour to talk about motherhood, being Jewish in Pennsylvania, machetes in The Valley, meeting her husband, theater acting as a teen, and of course, we're introduced to... NIGHTWORLD! 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 2023 • 1h 19min
Atsuko Okatsuka
We've known Atsuko for years - check out the pre-Pandemmy™ live episode she's on! - and after she recently told the story of her officiant forgetting to file the paperwork for her and her husband, meaning they haven't actually been married this whole time, we thought, we gotta have her on the pod! And you know Atsuko Okatsuka, right? From her TikTok, her stand-up (get tix to see her on tour!), and from some stuff that is work for struck companies so we can't mention it, but you know what we're talking about! Well even if you don't know her from Eve, we get into it on the show today - Atsuko's teenage desires, the guys she dated before her husband, what attracted her to him when they met, and yes, all of us are sleepy, but we're still delivering more entertainment than you can shake 100 sticks at! 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 2023 • 1h 23min
Sara Dosa
Sara Dosa has had a number of honors in her life - being an Academy Award-nominated documentarian for her film Fire of Love, winning a Peabody Award for producing the film Audrie & Daisy, but perhaps her biggest honor of all was being Naomi's freshman roommate in college! We talk all about that, how being a twin has affected the way she goes into world, how Sara has applied creative lessons from making films to her love life and 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 or Twitter!Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or with a t-shirt (or a Jewboo shirt) and check out clips on YouTube! And why not leave a 5-star review along with the worst person you ever dated on Apple Podcasts? (Every once in a while we'll do a Twitch show, if you want to also follow us there). Plus! Check out Andy's old casiopop band's lost album! And discounted Couples Therapy Quarantine Crew t-shirts here (if you don't get one, we're gonna have A LOT of nightshirts over at the ol' Beckperigin household!)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


