

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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Nov 29, 2022 • 1h 10min
#112 Acting Scared with Elsie Fisher
Elsie Fisher (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Eighth Grade) joins to talk about the downsides of pretending to watch your friend get decapitated, shooting a movie during a global pandemic, making more money than your parents, and having a dog in New York City. Gianmarco also tells his awful dead dog story for like the 18th time.
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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Nov 22, 2022 • 1h 17min
#111 Amateur Beatboxing with Sabrina Wu
Sabrina Wu shares the downsides of having immigrant parents who are not impressed by your beatboxing skills, a mom who doesn’t like to laugh (except for that one time you came out of the closet), whether bboy is gender neutral, and why we should stop shaming people who are into hentai. Also, Russell has a big announcement!!!
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See Russell in Titanique through February 2023!
E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Nov 15, 2022 • 1h 26min
#110 Chill Tourette’s with Benny Feldman
Benny Feldman shares the downsides of ordering edible bugs in bulk, preparing grasshoppers for consumption, people online thinking you’re faking Tourette’s in your stand-up comedy, not being allowed to perform on [REDACTED] because you can’t help but curse, what happens when one of your tics is THE bad word, and then Gianmarco tears into Delta Airlines for destroying his roller bag but they’ve since refunded him in full so he’d like to make clear they’re all good.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 37min
#109 We Already Have a Chris Rock with Dean Edwards
Dean Edwards shares the downsides of not drinking because of Eddie Murphy, not getting to do his Chris Rock impression on SNL because of Jimmy Fallon, following Leslie Jones and J.B. Smoove, the difference between black and mainstream comedy rooms, joining the army to avoid student loans, and Gianmarco considers changing the name of this podcast to The Upside after his first shroom trip.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 50min
#108 Your Girlfriend is Bored with Danny Jolles
Danny Jolles shares the downsides of your grandfather having to get his war tattoos removed so he can be buried in a Jewish cemetery, having friends whose parents may or may not have been working for the CIA, worrying that every white van is hiding the DC sniper, self-tapes with significant others, and getting roasted by a drag queen.
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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 Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Oct 25, 2022 • 1h 7min
#107 Did I Hug Solomon Georgio Too Soon?
Solomon Georgio shares the downsides of internal hemorrhoids, financially supporting your parents, waiting too long to say I love you, eating bacon for the first time as an adult, and why restaurants should just seat you even when you’re whole party isn’t there.
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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 Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Oct 18, 2022 • 1h 30min
#106 Gnashing of Teeth with Zach Zimmerman
Zach Zimmerman shares the downsides of having a father who heard god, hole pics, losing your faith after losing a friend in the Virginia Tech shooting, the great crowd work debate, coming out to your parents as a gay atheist vegan, and the right way to tell an audience member to shut the f### up.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Oct 11, 2022 • 1h 20min
#105 Chugging Beer With Ariel Elias
Ariel Elias joins to share the downsides of having a beer thrown at you onstage but deciding to finish the set nonetheless because your merch is based on your closing bit and it feels like the audience is gonna buy a lot more given the circumstances, going viral, driving Gianmarco to comedy clubs, and how it feels like the only time the press gets excited about elevating a woman in comedy is when something awful happens to them.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Oct 4, 2022 • 1h 32min
#104 Pregnant Basketball with Mo Welch
Mo Welch joins to discuss the downsides of civil war museum gift shops, growing up in Normal, Illinois (not to be confused with Sandwich, Illinois), being addicted to bad improv, playing basketball with Adam Sandler, having your wife’s friend as a sperm donor, and leaving your abusive dad as a kid and then reuniting with him as an adult and then him getting into a motorcycle accident and not being sure how your documentary about this whole affair will end.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Sep 27, 2022 • 1h 45min
#103 Throwing Plates with Michael Jenkins
Chef Michael Jenkins shares the downsides of working a short staffed kitchen on Mother’s Day, what The Bear gets right and wrong about cooking, why it’s racist to dismiss American cuisine as not a real genre, competing in Chopped, and the most recent time he threw a plate.
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E-mail the show at TheDownsideWGS@gmail.com
Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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