
The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi
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.
Latest episodes

Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 11min
#76 The Death of an Acting Teacher with Chris Chung
Chris Chung (Apple TV's Slow Horses) and Gianmarco reminisce about their dead acting teacher with guest co-host Ian Fidance and then move on to lighter topics like improvising with Tracy Morgan, being uncircumcised, Sandy Meisner's secret island for his favorite male students, how Daniel Day-Lewis' star turn in My Left Foot would play today, and performing a play with an audience of one and that one happening to be your dad.
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Produced by Fawn Sullivan, Paige Asachika, & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Mar 15, 2022 • 1h 34min
#75 The Sub That Got Away with Lane Kwederis
Lane Kwederis shares how she went from waiting tables to foot fetish parties, meeting men at ATM’s in stilettos and a Burberry trench, running your own business in the sex work industry, the ethics of findom (financial domination), and what it’s like when guys she’s dating find out she does improv comedy. Gianmarco also shares his brief findom career and the sub that got away.
You can watch full video of this episode HERE!
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Produced by Fawn Sullivan, Paige Asachika, & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Mar 8, 2022 • 1h 7min
#74 Self-Aware with Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson joins to discuss growing up in 8 Mile 2 (Alexandria, Louisiana), why dating a comedian is like dating a stripper, using college gigs to get free clothing, and how to react when your friends who should not be having babies have babies.
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Mar 1, 2022 • 2h 8min
#73 Inside the Unemployed Actors Studio
On today's episode of The Downside, our producer Paige Asachika interviews Gianmarco and Russell about their generally unsuccessful lives. Gianmarco discusses growing up in the Beverly Hills of Maryland, when his dad dated his kindergarten teacher and then his mom got her fired, and his thankfully brief skater boi phase. Russell shares growing up in Bainbridge, why he loves The Golden Girls, and what he wants for his funeral (to not die). We also discuss the future of the Patreon, deadly subway encounters, and Paige gives us one of the best gifts of all time.
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Feb 22, 2022 • 1h 12min
#72 She Touched My Resistance with Casey Cohen
Casey Cohen (star of Bravo’s Princesses: Long Island and my spin instructor) joins to discuss being on a reality show with the woman who slept with your high school boyfriend, ignoring an old cast member who signed up for your spin class, whether or not our phones are listening, and the horror of apartments without dishwashers.
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Produced by Fawn Sullivan, Paige Asachika, & Gianmarco Soresi
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Part of the Authentic Podcast Network
Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Feb 15, 2022 • 1h 6min
#71 Hearing Aid Sex with DJ Demers
DJ Demers joins to discuss getting a phone call on his bluetooth hearing aids in the middle of sex, worrying covid will take away one of his four senses, trying to film a comedy special before his wife’s water breaks, splitting a comedian’s salary among a soon-to-be family of three, telling jokes with an ASL interpreter onstage, and how the hell a Canadian got on America’s Got Talent.
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Produced by Fawn Sullivan, Paige Asachika, & Gianmarco Soresi
Video edited by Spencer Sileo
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Feb 8, 2022 • 1h 31min
#70 A Cousin Party with Abbi Crutchfield
Comedian Abbi Crutchfield joins us to discuss being rejected from Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s improv team, mystery dinner theatre, grocery shopping for your significant other, convincing toddlers to eat their vegetables and how we should maybe use those same tactics to get people vaccinated, teaching your kid to stop biting their teachers, and throwing a Zoom cousin party.
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Feb 1, 2022 • 1h 19min
#69 Banned from REDACTED with Kyle Gordon
Comedian Kyle Gordon shares how he was banned from a theater after one of his fans throw a glass at the bartender (and other downsides of being a TikTok celebrity). We also talk about having an orthodox dad and a hippie dippy mom, auditioning for commercials with UCB students, the swift death of improv comedy, the anxiety of performing for elementary students, going to a spa with the boys, and whether Russell and I should see each other naked.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 1h 21min
#67 World’s Biggest Gape with Samantha Ramsdell
Samantha Ramsdell shares the downsides of applying for a Guinness World Record, using concealer to make your mouth look smaller after your peers compare you to Big Mouth Billy Bass, doing TikTok couple challenges with your non-performer boyfriend, being a child from your mom’s third (of four) marriages, your dad enlisting you as a wingwoman on your 16th birthday, not being able to sleep rawdog, and waxing poopy buttholes. I also finally confront the fact that I’m balding.
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Original music by Douglas Goodhart
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Jan 18, 2022 • 1h 8min
#65 Watching a Man Drown with Daphnique Springs
Comedian Daphnique Springs shares the dangers of deep ocean fishing, scales that can cut you to the "white meat, watching a man drown, being a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas and watering down (or liquoring up) drinks for unruly customers, this one guy at the blackjack table who sh!tted himself, dropping out of college ten credits short of a chemistry degree, having a psychic predict you won't be returning to NBC's Kenan, and I shamefully recount the time I paid for a "medium lesbian show" in Hamburg, Germany.
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Produced by Fawn Sullivan, 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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