Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! It's a CHARACTER ACTRESS EXTRAVAGANZA with our pals Damian & Anne! What makes someone a character actress? Minnie Driver's Oct-Oprah Surprise! And SO MUCH MORE! ONLY ON PATREON! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! It's a CHARACTER ACTRESS EXTRAVAGANZA with our pals Damian & Anne! What makes someone a character actress? Minnie Driver's Oct-Oprah Surprise! And SO MUCH MORE! ONLY ON PATREON! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Kyle Kinane stops by the ol' virtual couch to talk about the trouble with processing your romantic relationships on stage, anger issues, "the CBS Dynamic", cat psychics and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTKinane

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Jessica Matten of Dark Winds stops by for a HEALING HOUR to tell us about soul agreements, the medicine woman that changed her life, how to draw boundaries and SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJessicaMat...

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We're PEELING BACK THE SICK CURTAIN OF SHOWBIZ to talk about our emotions and labor issues in Hollywood, attending the Hacks S.5 premiere, our new kittens and MORE! ONLY ON PATREON! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Megan Gailey is back to tell us about the emotional tilt-a-whirl of the last year; the highs, lows and whoas of postpartum life; handsy border czars at the Hollywood Bowl + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTMeganG3

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Pablo Castelblanco from Happy's Place stops by CTHQ this week for his FIRST podcast EVER to talk about the busted ankle that got him back into therapy, ex-boyfriends becoming friends + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTPabloC

If you like content, you're gonna love this bit from a Patreon episode last year!

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Great talk with PCPC (Profoundly Charming Power Couple) Zazie Beetz and David Rysdahl! Evangelical childhhods, atypical German dads, New York meetcutes and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTZazieDavid

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! On the TELEHEALTH HOTLINE, listeners ask advice Qs LIVE so we can get into the nitty-gritty! This episode we talk about difficult family members & help someone choose a bridesmaid! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

The vet hospital when they see us coming with Mabel

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We thought we knew our pal @richiemoriarty.bsky.social until today's episode! Richie tells us about his first marriage, divorce + therapy & obvi, a heated debate on improv opening The Pattern Game! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTRMoriarty

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We taped this after our actual couples therapy, so maybe we spill too much this episode? YOU BE THE JUDGE, DEAR LISTENER! Plus, trying to navigate Hollywood in the Mask Off age + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

My meditation guide said “let’s open our hearts “ and I immediately thought “and loosen our butts.” Thanks @couplestherapypod.bsky.social for the mantra. #meditation #podcast

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! On today's ep, @thekatyo.bsky.social brings the discipline, we bring the silliness & all of us bring the anxiety! We talk rustbelt vulnerability, misophonia, wanting to be Michaelangelo + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTKatyOBrian

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! One of the stars of our fav new Australian show Fisk, Aaron Chen joins us on this BONUS ep to talk about intergenerational anxiety and Maoist China (???), dessert therapy, getting married + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTAaronChen

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! One of our fav panelists from Taskmaster, Jamali Maddix stops by to talk learning to be a real person, being haunted by endless wanting, a near-death experience in Thailand + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJamali

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! The great Amy Landecker stops by this week to talk being an open parent, sobriety, meeting her second husband and of course, hanging out on a Pride float with his manager; PLUS SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTLandecker

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! Showbiz pettiness in the age of Imperial Collapse, attending the NAACP Image Awards nominee luncheon, door-to-door second-rate cults, the enshittification of mozzerella sticks + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We love Stumble & Jenn has been one of our favs for a while! Today we're talking being the preacher's daughter, dating at Applebee's, searching for your identity, Phish, Latin class + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJennLyon

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We survived a MENACING PARAKEET ATTACK! PLUS: Pavlovian pen clicks! RFK's aura photograph! Bird conspiracy theories! And are we going insane in the modern world? Listener, YOU DECIDE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! BONUS EP w/ our old friends Damian Bellino & Anne Rodeman, hosts of the FANTASTIC podcast You Might Know Her From! "Despised" therapists, wanting a Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera kind of love + MORE 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTDamianAnne

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We love Gus Heagerty and on today's episode, we talk about starting therapy as a tween, caring for flour babies, spatchcocking in the country with your boyfriend & SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTHeagerty

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Allison Tolman returns! Caring for your inner child, Hollywood accounting, becoming your own best friend, the understudy to Lexapro pipeline, a DCU product pitch for James Gunn (?) + MORE!!! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTAllisonTol...

At the NAACP Image Award Luncheon celebrating Naomi’s nomination!

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Celebrating 400 eps with our third CAVALCAD3 OF STARS! One advice question each with some of our fav folks: @boomboomhiller.bsky.social, Nicole Byer, @amberruffin.bsky.social, Tien Tran & Caleb Hearon! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTep400

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We're talking Thomas Pynchon rumors on DeuxMoi, Hollywood awards in the age of ICE, Andy takes a hike with a pal, Naomi's dream comes true + we debut a brand new segment Highest2Lowest! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Get uplifted with Desiree Burch! Moving to the UK for love, the power of the mid-life crisis, trying to walk your cat on a leash, and as we discuss on every episode, Looksmaxxing murderers! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTDesiree

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! A real grabbag of fun as Naomi recounts the "fun" folks she meets in the neighb, we talk post-prom parties, Marty Supreme & one of John Waters top films of 2025, Palm Springs + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! It's @jeanofthegraes.bsky.social today, baby! Jean talks to us about a later-in-life neurodivergent epiphany, dealing with narcissists, perimenopause vs. Perry Mason, revenge fantasies & MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJeanGrae

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! The return of Jameela Jamil! We get in the nooks & crannies of Jameela's mind & talk about the gulf between her public persona & how she feels inside, how she met her bf, dental hygiene + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJameelaRet...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! It's our annual "Just Us" episode! A rainy NYE! Some exciting updates from previous advice seekers! We answer YOUR questions both serious and sprightly! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTCameoVal

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! Fuck off, 2025! And ring in the new year with us as we watch House Hunters International Season 198, episode 10 "His Shirts, Her Pole, Germany"! Yes, that's the title. Verbatim. Yikes! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We ❤️ Brandon Ash-Mohammed! Brandon joins us to talk about ending an international situationship, meeting his bf, outfoxing a nefarious child psychologist + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTBrandonAM

I always felt @naomiekperigin.bsky.social had an all-time bit with this one that, depressingly, is more and more relevant every day.

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! An absolute blast having our pal Steph Tolev back on the show to ring in the holidays! Meeting her boyfriend, how they resolve arguments, hoarding lacrosse sticks + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTStephTRetu...

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We "celebrate" 2025 by looking back with Crunchyroll's recap + BRAND NEW segment The Shade Report, Couples Therapy Goes to the Cinema with our look at The Running Man + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our pal @michaelcyril.bsky.social returns to talk about his pre-marriage dating life, panic attacks, beta blockers + of course, we ask, whatever happened to the twin of your high school bf? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTMCCReturns

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! The wonderful host of Gaydar @anania00.bsky.social joins us today to talk through their dating phases, therapy & family issues, and of course, character actor Charles Durning (???) ! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTAnania

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Tim Bagley from Somebody Somewhere & hundreds of other shows stops by to talk about the journey to accepting himself, LA dating in the '70s, his sensible no-drama policy + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTTimBagley

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We're giving advice live to those in need of the help of two unlicensed comedians! Two dear listeners Zoom with us to discuss evil jobs, parents & the FBI + D&D character pitches! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our pal Zeke stops by to tell us how he learned to razz, Survivor dishing out the moolah for New York's swankiest therapist, sex friend circles, dating from HS to Nico + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTZekeSmith

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! Cheese agents, fitness scams, disgraced former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani's love of AI indie rock... life is nuts right now & we're trying to have some fun within the maelstrom of lunacy! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Stand-up Vanessa Gonzalez drops by for a fun-filled discussion of growing up in Texas, going into therapy at the same time as your parents, American-sniffing dogs, small-town psychics + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTVanessaG

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! @attitudespod.bsky.social's Erin Gibson tries to convince us to move to Santa Fe, walks us through the rise & fall of her first marriage + in general, is a light in the dark tunnel that is 2025! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTErinGibson

Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway: "I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons." Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Stand-up and writer Hoodo Hersi stops by the ol' Zoom couch this week to talk about starting therapy in the wake of working at Canada's Most Racist School™ + Hoodo's dating rules and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTHoodoHersi

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! On Coupghouls Scareapy, we do a Halloween deep dive into a formative filmic experience for Andy’s psyche: 1983's sci-fi creature feature The Creature Wasn't Nice! Only on Patreon! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! St. Denis S.2 premieres next week, so to celebrate we're talking to Kahyun Kim! And hoo boy, do we get into it! Kahyun's ENTIRE romantic history, moving to the US to study acting + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTKahyun

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! More missives from Daily Life at the End of Empire! Naomi details a recent family visit, Andy is accused of Jeep malfeasance + microdosing candy & MORE! Only on Patreon! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...