

The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi
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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.
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Jun 11, 2024 • 1h 43min
#212 Embracing The Flop with Viggo Venn
Britain's Got Talent winner Viggo Venn joins to share the downsides of Norway and why the "happiest" country has such a high suicide rate, what you can learn from flopping (bombing for clowns), and whether clowning is appropriate at a family member's funeral. Gianmarco also tells his story from the one time he went to The Box for the millionth time.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 4, 2024 • 1h 50min
#210 The Hillary Clinton Simulation with Natalie Palamides
Comedian Natalie Palamides joins to share the downsides of poppin’ a popsicle up your p*$$y in front of a live audience, clowning around with Hilary and Chelsea Clinton, getting detention for being passive aggressive, having to trick your family into watching your show, and literally wrestling with the audience.
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Check out Gianmarco Soresi's bi-monthly show in NYC
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 28, 2024 • 1h 15min
#208 Prosperity Gospel with Laci Mosley
Laci Mosley, the Scam Goddess herself, joins to discuss the downsides of falling for scams including classic NYC subway guilt trips, illegitimate apartment hunting fees, girlies scheming at 7/11, megachurches, and deadly helicopter tours. We also talk feet parties for far too long.
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Get Laci's book, Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/
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Check out Gianmarco Soresi's bi-monthly show in NYC
Get tickets to see Gianmarco Soresi in a city near you
Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 25, 2024 • 21min
#209 Abandoning the Bit (Patreon Exclusive Excerpt)
In the excerpt of this Patreon exclusive episode, Jessica Frey, our friend and fellow Uncle Function member joins to share the downsides of being an only child, blacking out after arguments, and getting questionable parenting tips from Instagram.
Watch the rest of the episode exclusively on our Patreon to get the extra special treat of never-before-seen-footage of Russell performing If I Were a Rich Man from his 7th grade production of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Check out Gianmarco Soresi's bi-monthly show in NYC
Get tickets to see Gianmarco Soresi in a city near you
Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 21, 2024 • 1h 29min
#207 Cut For Time with Chris Cafero
Chris Cafero makes his triumphant return to talk with Gianmarco, Russell, and special guest Douglas Goodhart about the terrible interactive off-off-broadway theater experience that brought them together, our worst acting gigs, working with Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore, which of us has the worst mirror face, and whether or not we need to change the auditioning process.
Douglas also shares the first This Has Gotta Stop to involve a PowerPoint presentation.
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Check out Gianmarco Soresi's bi-monthly show in NYC
Get tickets to see Gianmarco Soresi in a city near you
Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 14, 2024 • 1h 26min
#206 Dark Puns with Sammy Obeid
Comedian Sammy Obeid joins to share the downsides of knowing Gianmarco during his infamous scarf phase, how he embraced being mistaken for American Idol’s Sanjaya, protesting the Iraq War, joking about Israel as a half-Palestinian comic, and whether or not loving puns is a mental illness.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 7, 2024 • 1h 42min
#205 The Divorced Dad Special with Dan Soder
Comedian Dan Soder can tell if you’re a child of divorce just by looking at you, and once he’s sized our producer up, we talk about why divorced dads give the best gifts, the joys of smoking cigs while playing with action figures, and why Boston Dynamics must be stopped.
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Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 4, 2024 • 6min
#204 Offensive High School Musicals with Megan Gailey (Patreon Exclusive Excerpt)
In the excerpt of this Patreon exclusive episode, comedian Megan Gailey joins us for our first live taping in LA to share what role tape played in her high school musical that hopefully nobody took pictures of.
Watch the rest of the episode exclusively on our Patreon to hear Megan discuss doing molly at your own wedding while your dad simultaneously hits rock bottom, how Ireland is the result of white on white crime, why Hamilton is just propaganda, and what conscious fandom means in the ethics of consuming professional sports.
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Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Apr 30, 2024 • 1h 38min
#203 Down the Clown Hole with Zach Zucker
Comedian Zach Zucker (Stamptown) joins us to share the downsides of going to clown school in France instead of playing baseball at Harvard, literally singing out of your ass (but not in front of grandma), and why we should normalize nudity on stage.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 34min
#202 Naughty Colonist Syndrome with Brittany Carney
Comedian Brittany Carney shares the downsides of growing up in Japan, love hotels and why they’re necessary, the shocking progressivism of Japanese children’s cartoons, how robbing a CVS is the most American thing you can do, and Russell confesses why everyone in his middle school choir should be canceled.
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Check out Gianmarco Soresi's bi-monthly show in NYC
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Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Technical production by Chris Mueller
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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