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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. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Actress and comedian Angela Giarratana joins the boys from JFL Montreal to share the downsides of not being the favorite child, going to a performing arts middle school, trying to sing around a vocal node, reading the comments section, and why “not being a social media person” has gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Angela Giarratana on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube Watch/listen to Angela Giarratana's podcast, Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists Watch Angela Giarratana on Smosh, Dropout TV, and Team StarKid -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gianmarco is on a much needed vacation in France, but wanted to say hi to all of our Debbie Downsiders! In lieu of a Patreon exclusive episode this week, we're releasing two videos from Gianmarco and Russell you won't see anywhere else except for on this Patreon! Join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian Michael Blaustein joins to share the downsides of growing up nearby Gianmarco in Maryland, how we rank bodily excrements, confronting death from a young age, being a foot guy, and why petting strangers dogs has gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Michael Blaustein on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube See Michael Blaustein in a city near you: https://blaucomedy.com/ Listen to/watch Michael Blaustein's & Trevor Wallace's podcast, "Stiff Socks": https://www.youtube.com/c/stiffsocks -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of JetBlue cancelling your red eye flight to barely make it on time to your show on Fire Island. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian Aaron Chen joins to share the downsides of moving to America on an alien of extraordinary ability visa, visiting the pig farm your dad was sent to during China’s Cultural Revolution, adjusting to American culture as an Australian, and why mean roasts have gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Aaron Chen on Instagram and YouTube Watch Aaron Chen's new comedy special, "Funny Garden," on Netflix Watch Aaron Chen in "The Dink" on Apple TV -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Gianmarco-free Patreon exclusive excerpt, comedian and actor Mitch Wood joins Russell to share the downsides of growing up watching Austin Powers and doing impressions for strangers. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside Follow Mitch Wood on Instagram and TikTok See Mitch Wood: My Impression of a Show live in St. Louis on July 31! https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/mitch-wood --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Broadway Royalty Laura Benanti joins to share the downsides of not being recognized in public, taking a break from Broadway, getting doxxed for doing an impression of Melania Trump, blacking out after getting drinks with Patti Lupone, and why deep-plane facelifts have gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Laura Benanti on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok See Laura Benanti's show, "Nobody Cares," in a city near you: https://www.laurabenanti.com/ Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a hilarious, unfiltered one-woman show that's part stand-up, part storytelling, part original music. -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell are joined by friend of the pod Alex Fast to share the downsides of helping your wife deliver your baby on the side of the New Jersey turnpike. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside Follow Alex Fast on Instagram --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian Jourdain Fisher joins to share the downsides of experiencing a long distance custody arrangement, becoming a stand up comedian at 17 years old, celebrating Halloween for the first time in college, being around dead people in your grandfather’s funeral home, and why email surveys have gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Jourdain Fisher on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok See Jourdain Fisher in a city near you: https://foms.me/jourdain/america.html Watch Jourdain Fisher's new special, "Bits & Pieces" on YouTube -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell are joined by friend of the pod Chris Cafero to share the downsides of having a memorable proposal for all the right and wrong reasons. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside Follow Chris Cafero on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian and pop culture expert Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas) joins to share the downsides of imagining losing the Jimmy Awards, growing up playing sports as a closeted “metrosexual,” being in your bitch era, what it takes to host a podcast with your friend, and why “pushing through” has gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Matt Rogers on Instagram Listen to Las Culturistas on Spotify & Apple Podcasts Watch the Las Culturistas Culture Awards 2026 on Peacock -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell discuss the downsides of Usha and JD Vance’s bizarre story time. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian Ali Siddiq joins to share the downsides of having street smarts, getting your parents to sign their divorce papers, becoming a comedian before social media existed, paying your dues, and why comedians rushing through their careers has gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Ali Siddiq on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X, and TikTok Watch Ali Siddiq's new special, My Father, out now on his YouTube channel See Ali Siddiq live in a city near you: https://alisiddiq.com/ -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell discuss the downsides of greedy landlords who hired actors to play zombies in a protest against a proposed rent freeze in NYC. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pro wrestler Simone Garcia Johnson joins to share the downsides of growing up with no junk food in the house, following in the footsteps of your dad (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to become a fourth generation wrestler, the parallels between theater and wrestling, and why Ubering in Teslas has gotta stop. Follow The Downside on Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebok, Threads, and TikTok Follow Simone Garcia Johnson on Instagram Follow Simone's and Tatiana's travel adventures on Instagram & TikTok -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Gianmarco-free Patreon exclusive excerpt, friend of the pod Grace Reiter returns with Russell to share the downsides of NYC's lack of drive thrus and the culture shock that ensued moving there from Wisconsin. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Comedian Bassem Youssef joins to share the downsides of being a surgeon by day and salsa teacher by night, the steep price of being a comedian in Egypt, holding your own in a treacherous political media landscape, and why preface texting has gotta stop. Follow Bassem Youssef on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and X See Bassem Youssef in a city near you: https://bassemyoussef.xyz/ -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell are joined by producer Paige who reads a letter she received from Erika Kirk. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Puppet director James Ortiz (Project Hail Mary) joins to share the downsides of making niche musical theater jokes, working with the gorgeous Ryan Gosling, navigating your way through the small world of puppeteering, and why using the word “camp” to mean “bad” has gotta stop. Follow James Ortiz on Instagram Watch James Ortiz as Rocky in Project Hail Mary, now available to stream For all the latest on James Ortiz, visit: https://www.jamesortiz.co/ -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast -- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of "the tolerant left" and why Stephen Miller needs to shut the f*ck up. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/downside --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by Douglas Goodhart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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