SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! The great @sampancake.bsky.social returns for a deep dive into his lovelife! Plus: a coke spoon of under-eye cream, becoming an adult in the 1980s, Drew Barrymore pool parties + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTSamPancake

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Susan Chardy from the incredible film On Becoming a Guinea Fowl tells us about her positive experience of English boarding school (?!), her model days in NYC, meeting her tennis pro husband + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTChardy

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! @mintmilana.bsky.social returns (???) to psychoanalyze us (!!!), and talk food issues, Family Systems, evil inner voices, having healthy self-esteem, being friends with her exes and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTMilana

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Host of Pretty Gay, Cathereine McCafferty drops by for an hour of fun! High school romance, Zoom break-ups, weeping therapists and SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTCatherineM

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We're back in the bedroom with Squee covering a bunch o' stuff including some new cray Next Door posts, Naomi grapples with Wikifeet, Scientology sanitation + YOUR advice/life questions! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Power couple Karan Soni & @roshansethi.bsky.social of A Nice Indian Boy stop by to have fun and talk love crumbs vs. love loafs, run-ins with the law, the myth of the white doctor and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTKaranRoshan

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! On this PULSE-POUNDING INSTALLMENT, our house is now a feline elder care facility! Plus YOUR Qs including "Why does Andy keep referencing Marc Maron? + families & finances + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We had so much fun with Hannah Pilkes! People pleasing, Dutch culture & marriage, updating MASH, the "Dave & Busters of Soul Food", converting to Judaism & spoken word rabbis + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTHannahP

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! What a time with Jillian Bell! Working and dating at Abercrombie & Fitch, horse tranqs, focusing on career over romance, OCD + does Gen Z know who Christine Baranski is? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJillianBell

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Power couple @joshgondelman.bsky.social & @maris.bsky.social talk the early days of their relaysh: Josh's love of squalor, Maris' lack of pots & pans + snoring pugs & WASPs ❤️ of wedge salad + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJoshMaris

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We use your suggestions as a launchpad to tell stories of Australian injuries & ska suffocations, the true dangers of vampire bites, the bong rip house PLUS the return of Naomi Hates! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! The brilliant Naomi Ackie joins us for fun & feelings! Fiery families, her first longterm relaysh, anxiety, the benefits of EMDR & as always we ask, has UK food gotten worse since Brexit?? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTNaomiAckie

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our pal Nico joins us this week for a deep dive into his pre-Zeke dating life, Filipino family traditions, how therapy entered his life + we pitch our restaurant ideas to each other & MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTNicoS

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! Once again, we pull back the SICK CURTAIN OF SHOWBIZ to talk about all the stuff that goes on ibehind the scenes of lists and awards, plus Hollywood and white supremacy and SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! A true blast with Holmes! First loves, not drinking, wanting to learn carpentry for the collapse, making expensive impulsive decisions and SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTHolmes

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Sonia Denis is the BEST! We talk the best places to cry in NYC, therapy & parents, anxiety while filming #ironheart, dating a narcissist while being invaded by raccoons and SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTSoniaD

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! We talk about some health stuff Andy's been dealing with as well as the dangers of cheese plates, the embarrassment of your dog's pill alarm going off during a stand-up show + MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We LOVE Deli Boys, so we HAD to have @saagarshaikh.bsky.social on the show! How Saagar met his wife, their pre-wedding long-distance relaysh, growing up in Texas, therapy & parental issues + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTSaagar

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! We had SO MANY listener comments that we had to do a "just us" @naomiekperigin.bsky.social & @andybeckerman.bsky.social ep.! All YOUR responses + office faux pas, Onyx's 1993 hit "Slam" and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTRushHour

It's the COUPLES THERAPY JUNETEENTH SPECTACULAR (in the sense that we recorded this today) It's an ep to heal your hurtin' souls, folks, as we discuss Andy's health journey, the great show Big Boys, we create a new game "Nepobaby Cowboy Perv" + SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! @tommylenk.bsky.social is back! We got it all: Nicole Kidman's wigs, how Tom's been coping since his therapist retired, method acting co-star insanity + Naomi asks Tom, "What are you running from???" 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTTomLenk

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Take a trip through @chelseaperetti.bsky.social's mind with us! Balancing weirdness and vulnerability both on stage and in real life, wanting to have a child, our brains are escape rooms and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTChelsea

We got more Patreon goodness to give you some respite from the demons! Did we remember it was the 150th Paetch ep *before* we did a special AUA? We did not! That's where we are mentally! We answer show-specific Qs, life-specific Qs + of course, one Q about Norway! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Somehow an episode that starts with @adampally.bsky.social musing on 15 bees stinging you in the butthole ends with a meditation on the existential possibilty of happiness! Plus SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTAPally

“When I wear a mask, I'm asserting that my physical health is worth protecting, as is the health of those around me. I'm asserting that I deserve clean air and safety when I step out into the world, and so does everyone else.”— Naomi @naomiekperigin.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DKUx08lOcP...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our old pal @boomboomhiller.bsky.social returns to talk Texas bullies, the things you give up for your partner and how to deal with that, and we ask: is it okay to microdose revenge? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJeffHiller

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our pal Rekha Shankar, host of @smartypantsshow.bsky.social, tells us about dating Staten Island rude boys & Genius Bar film nerds, feeling like you're romantically behind, Mall Wars + MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTRekhaS

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our pal Sydnee Washington returns to update us on her lovelife + we talk cats, long-distance relationships, her bottle girl days, sobriety and more! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTSydReturns

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Old chum Asif Ali stops by this week (our fav comedy of the year is Deli Boys, people!) to talk about how he fills his void, Arizona, therapy re-ups + we ask the question: When is this wife? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTAsifAli

We got more Patreon goodness to give you some respite from the demons! It's PILOT CAGEMATCH - we pit two pilots, 2004's Lisa Kudrow post-Friends vehicle The Comeback & the 1998 NBC hit multicam Will & Grace, against each other to see which one comes out on top! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Our Reacher group chat brought to life! @gabrusky.bsky.social talks about how 1980s action films set up his libido + high school dating, an Alan Ritchson kink and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTGabrusRetu...

We got more Patreon goodness to give you some respite from the demons! How private equity destroyed our vet hospital! We debate reading the news first thing in the morning! Naomi enjoys praise from friends' mothers! Plus an insane Long Island election and MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplestherapypod

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! What a delight! Nik Dodani on THE ORIGINS OF HIS NEUROSES, meeting his boyfriend in the early Pandemmy™, long distance relationships, pre-emptive couples counseling and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTNikDodani

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Old pal & director extraordinaire @joshruben.bsky.social is on the show today! We talk therapy, what really matters in life + ask if Heart Eyes is his Fabelmans (i.e. the key to unlocking his psyche)! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJRuben

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! An absolute blast with Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli! Dating while on The Middle, meeting their partners, mental health, and of course, the most important question: what kind of tree are they? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTEdenBrock

We got more Patreon goodness to give you some respite from the demons! Gen Z character actors, Next Door lunacy, the world's most condescending vet tech... PLUS we resent the changing world and discuss... Mama's Family??? AND SO MUCH MORE! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

I love listening to him as much as I love reading his words! I really appreciated his orienting us toward showing up for our local communities, and what he said about survivor’s guilt made me feel so seen.

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Brilliant talk with @NifMuhammad! dating in the Columbus punk scene, musical obsessions and romance, long-distance dating soundscapes and of course, why High Fidelity sucks! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTHanifA

ON A BRAND-NEW PAETCH: a scary weekend, insane dispatches from Next Door, strange texts from a family member, some good news about Mabel (for once) and we ask: Who is the Gen Z Wallace Shawn??? PLUS SO MUCH MORE... ONLY ON PATREON! 🔊 www.patreon.com/c/couplesthe...

The Mythic Quest season finale is up! We can’t really enjoy it too much because our idiot Mabel scratched her cornea during post-bath zoomies, so we’re delivering anti-bacterial eyedrops round the clock, but YOU should watch it!

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Are we adopting Jasmin Savoy Brown??? We're talking the Three "R"s this ep: religion, 'rents (moms, specifically) and relationships! And Jasmin tells us what Young Hollywood is up to these days! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJasminSB

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! @ymmayer.bsky.social KNEW the assignment! Raising your kid in the apocalypse, maybe not being suited for monogamy, dating sociopaths (😬) and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CT-Youngmi

why is this truly the best (and only) comedy podcast on God's green earth?

@naomiekperigin.bsky.social and @andybeckerman.bsky.social join us to discuss Anime! Sparks fly as we roast, drag and celebrate the world of Japanese animation! After listening to this, listen to their show @couplestherapypod.bsky.social. so good it receives the Rebrand Guarantee (copyright pending)

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! What a lovely time with Grace Helbig today as we do a deep dive into her psyche! The psychological toll of creating content, meeting her husband, beating breast cancer and more! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTGrace

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SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! A killer crossover with Sage-Based Wisdom! Dads teaching health class! Friday Night Lights-esque high school drama! Extricating yourself from a Palm Springs hook-up! And MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTSageBased

We can't douse the flames of hell, but we sure can make 'em feel comfy! On the latest Paetch, we cover it all: conservative mozzarella sticks opinions, "algorithmic bitches", more NextDoor fun, and a "behind the sick curtain" deep-dive into the comedy scene! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! A wonderful time w/@vinnythomas.bsky.social! We delve deep into his psyche & find out about staying in his hometown for college, first dates with Old Hollywood obsessed guys + lots of Hays Code talk??? 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTVinny

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