Gianmarco Soresi

#11 The Downside- of Having a Criminal Dad

Anthony DeVito shares the downsides of finding out at 18 that your dad didn't "die in a car accident" but was in fact a member of the mob, got murdered, and was found in a trunk. Then we move onto something even more grim: The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Gianmarco also discusses the heckler who called him anti-semetic after their wife gave a heil H*tler salute. Fun fun fun!!!!

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#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.

You can watch full video of this episode 2022-11-01 09:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

#10 The Downside- of Our Guest Not Showing Up

Russell complains about people complaining about Christmas decorations going up too early and Gianmarco wonders if all of support your Jewish friends then why did nobody donate to the indiegogo for his web series in 2013?

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#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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#9 The Downside- of Being an Intimacy Coordinator

Amy Northup shares the downsides of being an intimacy coordinator and why we need to think of sex scenes more like stunt work.

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#8 The Downside- of Working at a Sperm Bank

Sarah Adelman shares the downsides of working at a sperm bank and recruiting for donors at open mics.

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#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.

You can watch full video of this episode 2022-10-18 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

#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 wh...

#7 The Downside- of Bipolar Disorder

Andrea Allan shares the downsides of having bipolar disorder and having friends with bipolar disorder and why you should stop saying people who are moody have bipolar disorder. 

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Debbie Downsiders: AMA!

We’re going to make a bonus episode of The Downside, and we need your help! Please send any burning questions you have for us, anything you want advice for, and any this has gotta stops you want us to discuss by Sunday, October 9. Comment your questions/topics below or email us at thedownsidewgs@gmail.com. Thank you!

#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 ...

#6 The Downside- of being a Phone Sex Operator

Vanessa Paradis shares the downsides of being a phone sex operator + Russell and Gianmarco try figuring out what’s their version of being a dom.

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#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.

You can watch full video of this episode HERE 2022-09-27 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

#5 The Downside- of Being a Party Clown with Ryan Dempsey

Ryan Dempsey shares the downsides of being a party clown and answers the philosophical question: what if you’re white and your boss tells you to play Black Panther at a child’s birthday?

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#102 Wetting the Bed with Geoffrey Asmus

Comedian Geoffrey Asmus and I compare our JFL experiences and then dive into the secrets of getting through sleepovers as a bedwetter, not masturb@ting until you’re 25, the merits of kegel exercising, the importance of smelling your therapist, and if our lovemaking skills are worthy of music.

You can watch full video of this episode 2022-09-20 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

#4 The Downside- of the Edinburgh festival fringe

Lukas Arnold joins for a second time to sorta talk about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe but more to discuss his dead dad’s unproduced play, if we’d let Hillary Clinton do our respective podcasts, and Gianmarco gets a spam sext while on air and tries conning them into attending his sketch show.

#101 The Downside | Rating Auschwitz with Shahak Shapira

Shahak Shapira joins us to discuss why Auschwitz has a 4.5 star rating on Yelp, having a grandfather who died in the Munich massacre, a Florida gun show, a wedding derailed by bees and ways we can use my co-host’s resemblance to Tim Dillon to get more listeners.

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#3 The Downside- of Having a Baby

James III (Netflix’s Astronomy Club) shares the downsides of having a baby from a man’s perspective (finally!!!).

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#100 Rehab Improv with Lucas Connolly

We celebrate the 100th episode of The Downside with our second ever live episode and people actually came this time! Lucas Connolly joins as our guest to share the downsides of passing your driver’s test while high on heroin, getting arrested for arson even thought you were trying to put the fire out, having four moms, doing improv in rehab, and stealing a safe from your parents in order to b...

#2 The Downside- of Being a Sex Advice Columnist with Dan Savage

Dan Savage shares the downsides of being a sex advice columnist and other submissions he received before coining the term pegging.

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BIG UPDATE + The Downside-

Hello Debbie Downsiders,

Some uncharacteristically exciting news, The Downside has been picked up for a 48-week run of LIVE shows by Amazon for their new audio app Amp!!!

Most importantly, this doesn't affect the regular podcast at all.

What it does mean is that every Tuesday from 4-5 PM ET you can h...

#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...

#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 w...

#68 We're Only In Our 30's

Russell and I vaguely discuss the one interview where we betrayed our principles, comedy club bouncers that are a little too gentle, movies that use CGI for things we have in real life, and Russell's fears for our upcoming interview with producer Paige. 

SPEAKING OF WHICH, if you have any questions you'd like her to ask let us know in the comments. 

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#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 rawdo...

#66 The Girl with the Plastic Tiara (AUDIO)

Gianmarco rants about a bachelorette party from hell, being booked as a “mystery headliner”, bullying his way into brunch at the Clinton Street Baking Company, a post show hook up (many years ago!) where she described his bedroom as “a mental asylum” and then made him pay for her uber back to her hotel. Russell pushes back somewhat but ultimately agrees Gianmarco is right in everything ...

#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 b...

#64 The Jewish Youth Group From Hell (AUDIO)

I share all the things I should have said at a private event for a Jewish youth group, Russell chastises me for the one thing I did say, and we debate if I ruined a high school girl's life. We also discuss the downsides of sharing an Uber with a mid-seizure dog, going to a funeral for someone you haven't spoken to in years, the overabundance of Jesus paintings, and the time my...

#63 You Should Be in a Coma with Sam Morrison

We’re joined by comedian Sam Morrison to discuss being tricked into buying shrooms, having a masseuse clip your toenails unprompted, high school speech and debate, a comedy club hate crime, getting diagnosed with diabetes, and having a hospital lab call you to ask “Are you okay???”, and performing stand-up.

You can watch full video of this episode 2022-01-07 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

#62 Uncle Moishy and The Mitzvah Men (with Tovah!)

We’re doing FOUR patreon-exclusive episodes a month now and what better way to start than an episode with my current girlfriend, Tovah Silbermann. I talk about my New Year’s gig at Punch Line Philly and New Year’s past, my resolution to be more engaging with strangers and then the audience encounter that immediately made me take it back. Tovah then re-educates me on how she grew ...