The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi

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. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Mike Drucker on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky Sign up for Mike's newsletters for all the latest: https://mikedrucker.substack.com/ Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Modi Rosenfeld shares the downsides of having to follow holocaust survivors with stand-up comedy, playing barking videos to get back at your neighbor, sharing a bar mitzvah, why street jokes sound better in the original Yiddish, and roasting Ben Shapiro.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Modi Rosenfeld on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube See Modi Rosenfeld in a city near you Visit https://www.modilive.com/ for all the latest Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Magician, Mentalist, Comedian and Sword Swallower Matt The Knife shares the downsides of ornithophobic audience volunteers, the difference between a short con and a long con, the comedic sensibilities of China, and what deserves a standing ovation. Also watch the episode on YouTube to see him do a magic trick on me at the end!! You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Matt the Knife on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube See Matt the Knife in a city near you Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nimesh Patel shares the upsides of having a silicone ball but mostly the downsides of losing one in the first place, having his Joe Rogan interview reappropriated by Tucker Carlson, getting jacked (and a hernia) to write for The Oscars, and we debate if NYU really wanted him to delay getting his testicular mass examined because there’s more money in chemo than an orchidectomy.  You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Nimesh Patel on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter Watch Nimesh's special Lucky Lefty OR: I Lost My Right Nut And All I Got Was This Stupid Special here See Nimesh in a city near you Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Steph Tolev joins The Downside live to discuss her Canadian goth phase, a high school bully's apology, Scottish highland dancing, getting giddy at funerals, crying until you throw up, and your dad getting invited to your ex's wedding. Join the Patreon to watch and listen to the full episode!  Get tickets to our next live podcast recording on June 5 at Sesh Comedy in LES. Watch the episode clip HERE! Follow Steph Tolev on Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Gethard joins to share the downsides of raising a kid post-Industrial Revolution, performing for NASA employees in Alabama, your therapist advocating for numerology, what alt comedy really means, mass shootings screwing up your commute, and whether Gianmarco has thyroid cancer or just a really big Adam’s apple and if it’s appropriate to e-mail him about either. Russell also got a haircut. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Chris Gethard on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Get tickets to Chris' BEAUTIFUL/ANONYMOUS convention May 4-7 in NYC: https://www.beautifulcononymous.com/schedule Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian Joyelle Nicole Johnson joins to discuss having a deadbeat dad who was also an acclaimed abortion doctor, looking for a liberal gun store in Georgia, our mutual fear of performing on roasts, bailing on my show for the WGA Awards, Tovah’s April Fools’ Day prank, and whether Russell would ever include me in his award acceptance speeches. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Joyelle Nicole Johnson on Instagram and Twitter Watch Joyelle's special, Love Joy, on Peacock Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Caleb Hearon joins (for a second time) to discuss why poles to poles isn't gay (and neither is holes to holes), how to judge livestock, buying a house in Kansas City, how we all do our own versions of gender-affirming care, and what happened to Roseanne. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Caleb Hearon on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok Get tickets to Caleb's shows at https://linktr.ee/calebsaysthings Get tickets to our next live podcast recording on April 24 at Sesh Comedy in LES: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-live-podcast-recording-tickets-582276232887 Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

By popular demand, we are releasing this Patreon-exclusive episode to the main feed! Join the Patreon to listen to more exclusive live episodes with special guests including Dusty Ray Bottoms (Ru Paul's Drag Race), comedian Alia Janine, and comedian Lucas Connolly. You also get exclusive access to my clean comedy album, The Rats Are In Me, and much much more. Broadway star Joshua Henry joins to discuss the downsides of audience members filming on their phone, going to the same college as Gianmarco for musical theatre, how live live tv musicals actually are, cracking onstage, what’s the best way to deal with Mike Pence in the audience, and a high school production of RENT where Roger had pink eye instead of AIDS. Watch the full episode HERE! Get tickets to our next live podcast recording on April 24 at Sesh Comedy in LES. Follow Joshua Henry on Instagram, TikTok, and Spotify Listen to Joshua's single, Can’t Nobody Tell Us Nothin Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian Liam Nelson joins to discuss his first Marfan Conference hook up, playing Chewbacca for fraternity parties, getting a pig heart implant, guys wanting to fight you just for being tall, asking Dikembe Mutombo for shopping advice, and then Russell brags about all the celebrities who’ve seen his off-Broadway show. You can watch full video of this episode HERE! Join the Patreon for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and MORE. Follow Liam Nelson on Instagram Get tickets to Liam's shows at https://linktr.ee/liamnelsoncomedy Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & YouTube Subscribe to Gianmarco Soresi's email & texting lists 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 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.