

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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Jul 18, 2023 • 1h 23min
#149 Dodging Oxygen Tank Cords with Drew Lynch
Comedian Drew Lynch joins to discuss the downsides of growing up in Las Vegas, the first joke he wrote about having a stutter, having a service dog that specializes in anxiety attacks, and Gianmarco shares the secondhand story of sh*tting in Steven Spielberg’s house.
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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jul 11, 2023 • 1h 40min
#148 Poop In the Urinal with Jimmy Cash
Comedian Jimmy Cash shares the downsides of both your parents being drug addicts, getting a 98% on the janitor exam, cleaning poop out of urinals, women’s restroom graffiti, your dad getting arrested for stealing cafeteria food, and your mom sleeping with your sponsor.
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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jul 6, 2023 • 16min
#147 Nun-Approved Jokes with Molly Kearney (Patreon Preview)
Saturday Night Live’s Molly Kearney shares the downside of having all your jokes screened by a nun, trying to draw a dead dog when all you’re really good at is houses, singing the Star Spangled Banner for Lorne Michaels, growing up in a cottage with more cousins than you can remember, the costliness of attending straight weddings, and medical emergencies that turned out to just be bathroom ones.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jul 4, 2023 • 1h 22min
#146 Hari Kondabolu Doesn’t Know Me
Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins to find out he’s been mixing me up with some kid he met at NYU a long time ago, and then we discuss the downsides of translating death threats, Hindu epics, ignoring an invitation to collab from AOC, and why politicians should have to occasionally ride the subway.
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See Russell in Titanique in NYC!
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 27, 2023 • 1h 30min
#145 Boiling Poppers with Rosé the Drag Queen
Rosé (Ru Paul's Drag Race) joins to share the downsides of growing up in Houston with a Scottish accent, why Fat Bastard is a cultural icon, being elected varsity choir president, working with a on a cruise ship with a Steven Tyler impressionist, his short lived era of ‘Pig The Drag Queen’, and why you should never boil poppers.
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Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
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See Russell in Titanique in NYC!
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 20, 2023 • 1h 46min
#144 Kitty Litter Tears with Kyle Kinane
Kyle Kinane shares the downsides of watching euthanasia over zoom, our expired Bed Bath & Beyond, lesbian bed death and whether or not we’re the ones to be talking about it, and having a phone physically heavy with cat pictures.
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Watch Gianmarco Soresi's special "Shelf Life" on Amazon
Follow Russell Daniels on Twitter & Instagram
See Russell in Titanique in NYC!
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 37min
#143 Pet Taxidermy with Divya Anantharaman
Taxidermist Divya Anantharaman joins to share why she finds ketchup more gross than an animal’s insides, the electrocuted lizard that inspired her artform, the challenges of recreating a cat mid-jump or a mouse’s genitalia, the protocols for putting a dead pet in the freezer, jokes she’s tired of hearing you make about her profession, and why there’s nothing more queer than taxidermy. Russell and Gianmarco also discuss where they’d like they’re stuffed bodies to go if they can ever find a country where that’s legal.
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See Russell in Titanique in NYC!
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 6, 2023 • 1h 37min
#142 I Love You [Redacted] with Jeff Arcuri
Jeff Arcuri shares the downsides of dating someone with the same last name, ways we’re turning into our fathers, the PC term for a wife beater, finding out we’re not that Italian after all, and what it was like being in an open relationship with another Arcuri, who is not his cousin he swears.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jun 1, 2023 • 21min
#141 The Downside of Being a Veterinarian with Dr. Lisa Lippman (Patreon Preview)
Dr. Lisa Lippman joins us for a Patreon-exclusive LIVE episode to discuss the downsides of being a veterinarian including their high suicide rates, why more dogs get put down around Christmas, giving animal medication to your boyfriend, doggy abortions, and all things euthanasia. Brace yourself.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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May 30, 2023 • 1h 42min
#140 Pay Your Writers with Mike Drucker
Mike Drucker shares the downsides of being a tv writer and we get into the weeds of the writers strike, the existential threat of AI, Bill Maher, the rules of picketing, and why theater kids could be the strike’s greatest ally.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Dave Columbo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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