Why You Mad

UNLOCKED: Catch-up: capitalism, schtick or treat, horatio sanz, aries spiers, tiffany haddish, comedy being comedy...write us an email! (Sound is not great on this one! We know! This is in the past and it got better with future episodes, ok?) Recorded 6/21/22. To get episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

Nick Marx, co author of "That's Not Funny: How The Right Makes Comedy Work For Them" joins us to talk about the book! NICK MARX @marxnick https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382138/thats-not-funny EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

This week we discuss comedy and how it sucks, as well as Darren Aronofsky's film "Mother," Luisa's interest in Blumhouse horror films, Apefest, Amy Schumer, Cruel Intentions, masks, Jordan Peterson, Carl Jung, tradition, and more. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com BONUS EPS + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

This week we talk about the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard court case and why comedians and other artists should be more worried about this SHIT, yo. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON BONUS EPS DISCORD patreon.com/WhyYouMad

I (Jake) talk about getting canceled for being hilarious and then we talk about addiction, suicide, vices, Carlin, social media, TV, Murray, and what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

Jake is back in town and he talks with Luisa about cats, dumbass twitter nazis, "accidents," guns, mass shootings, prisons, another problem with hyper-individualism, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Jake is back from tour and his brain is slow mud. Luisa talks to him about offices, The Office, old bookers, business cards, Roe v Wade, automation, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/whyyoumad

Jake calls in from Grand Rapids Michigan after a run of 7 straight shows to discuss the tour, the show in NYC, Titus Andronicus, Eve6, We Are The Union, ska, happy hardcore, Nicolas Cage, Jackson Pollock, Dane Cook, Nickelback, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Jake calls in from a hotel in Asheville to talk to Luisa about the Eve6 tour, Miles Davis, Lenin, Ali Wong, Marx, "radical monogamy," and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKE SHOWS https://www.ticketweb.com/event/meatspace-comedy-khalid-rahmaan-bunny-the-gutter-tickets/11966335?pl=scenic http://eve6.com/tour

Jake talks about the beginning of his tour with Eve6 and then we discuss weddings, Philly, Eugene Mirman, Pig, The Wizard of Oz, and more. EMAIL US Whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

LOW KEY CHILL EP, we talk about the new film "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once", this other new film "Master," (SPOILER ALERTS FOR BOTH) trads, Kollontai, multiple timelines, losing limbs, being chill, and more. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

We talk about the greatest thing that has happened online in quite some time. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKE'S SHOWS MEATSPACE 4/19 and 5/17 tickets at: http://scenicnyc.com/ Tour w/ Eve6 http://eve6.com/tour

CONTENT WARNING: We talk about W. Kamau Bell's 4 part docu-series "We Need To Talk About Cosby", as well as Louie, rape culture, careers, liberals, OJ, Sarah Silverman, Dick Gregory, Jackass and more. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

We read an email from a listener regarding last week's episode about sex work discourse, then we talk about The Batman, Crash, Chomsky, NGOs, Cosby, self censorship, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumadpod

This week Luisa studies up and synthesizes her views on radical marxist feminism, Kristen Ghodsee, revolt, revolution, Monique Wittig, liberals, girlbosses, trans women, Tai Lee, controversy, epistemological deplatforming, and more. And we don't even fight about it, crazy. *audio in the middle of this episode it a little choppy from tech difficulties, sorry! EMAIL US at whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON for BONUS Q&A EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

People are mad at Jake for making fun of a rich comedian who blocked him online for undiscernible reasons. We talk about that, as well as Jake's overall theory of the multi-level-marketing-scheme-esque dynamics that cause comics to turn a blind eye to shitty behavior in the "community." We name a lot of names. This is a hot one. Get mad. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumadpod

I'm reading Freud's book on jokes and we talk about that plus twitter bullshit, Ted Lasso, Euphoria's show within a show, Lacan, edgelords, Katy Perry, and more! EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON BONUS EPS AND DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

This week we start off by discussing Luisa's work on this meta stunt that South Park pulled in tandem with its newest episode, which then leads into a discussion of postmodernism, mark fisher, artistic evolution, presidents, and more. THEN we round out by talking about this anti-non-monogamy opinion piece that made us both mad. THE ARTICLE https://novaramedia.com/2022/02/14/monogamy-is-cool-actually/ EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON FOR BONUS EPS AND PRIVATE DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad

On this week's trip through the rhizome we start with the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats and work our way through Joe Rogan, Steve Albini, Spotify, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Ross, Boston Dynamics, Jimmy Fallon, Don't Look Up, Wutang, Euphoria, Dave Chappelle, Cowboy Bebop, the "Tinder Swindler," ICE, Palestine, and somehow MORE. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON FOR BONUS EPS patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKES SHOWS MeatSpace Comedy NYC 2/15 www.ticketweb.com/event/meatspace-…755105?pl=scenic https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-50-first-jokes-tickets-221011179387 RushTix Comedy ONLINE 2/24 rushtix.com/events/jakeflores/ https://www.brooklynvegan.com/eve-6-announce-tour-w-we-are-the-union-field-medic-jake-flores/

We're back and we're sober this time. This week we talk about last week, then we talk about consent and kink parties and stuff like that, and then we talk about HBO's EUPHORIA (spoilers), some more Against Me!, Larry Clark/Harmony Korine's film Kids, and more. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com hear your emails answered on our PATREON at patreon.com/whyyoumad

You may have noticed that our recording schedule got MESSED up this month. Things have been a little screwy but we'll be back to our regular schedule next week. In the mean time we decided to release one of our Patreon exclusive Q&A episodes on the public feed so people could hear what we get up to back there. Enjoy, and for more *wink* *wink* sign up for our patreon at Patreon.com/WhyYouMad Also you can EMAIL us to be ON these episodes at Whyyoumadpod@gmail.com

We lost the audio from the original recording we did about west elm Caleb but we have a lot to say about West Elm Caleb so we did it all over again and somehow went longer this time. We also talk psychology, psychiatry, Euphoria, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON bonus eps where we ANSWER emails patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKE'S SHOWS 2/15 at THE GUTTER 2/24 RUSHTIX ONLINE SHOW https://rushtix.com/events/jakeflores/

We did it. We discussed West Elm Caleb. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/whyyoumad

We discuss Bell Hooks, Laura Jane Grace's book Tranny, The Matrix: Resurrections, The Real World, and the United States of America. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We are joined by comedian Melissa Rocha to discuss perhaps the most anti-WYM piece of media we have encountered yet: Sex and the City, specifically its new reboot entitled And Just Like That (?). MELISSA ROCHA @melsideponytail on Twitter and IG melissa-rocha-2 on venmo ;) EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON (mailbag eps) patreon.com/whyyoumad

We're back from our non Christmas related holiday break to discuss holidays, traditionalists, remakes, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Salma Hayek, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We talk about how everyone in comedy has covid this week, as well as getting old, stand up, integrity, and a bunch of other classic WYM topics. EMAIL US AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We talk about HBO's Succession and the New Yorker's recent interview with actor Jeremy Strong, plus comedy, Game of Thrones, Righteous Gemstones, Arrested Development, dudes, guys, bros, method acting, etc. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We talk about rape culture, fascism, Chris Cuomo, Lis Smith, Disco Elysium, comics, facebook, Charlottesville, writing books, free speech, and more! EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

¿Que pasa, eses? It's a CHICANO episode, ¿me entiendes? We are joined by our friend Yesi from HOT GIRL AGENDA to discuss the 1993 film BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT, chicanismo, Aztlán, the different types of latin we all are, The Outsiders, masculinity, stand up comedy, families, sex work, and more! YESI @StolenVelour_ @hotgirlagenda https://linktr.ee/hotgirlagenda https://www.patreon.com/hotgirlagenda EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON EPS patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We talk about Amazon's Mexican American horror film Madres and also about the Fugees, refs, Starbucks, Rousseau, Hobbes, Marx, and more! EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON (bonus Q+A eps) patreon.com/whyyoumad

We talk about Jake's new album, the concept of recording a comedy album, Kyle Kinane, Eric Hobsbawm, Skankfest, Parks and Recreation, apoliticism, the Romantics, trads, and dating. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON BONUS EPS AT Patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Jake is back from doing shows at Fest 19 in Florida so we talk about that, folk punk, white people, latino people, being a misfit, the latino horror film Madre, and stand up. EMAIL US AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com PATREON (BONUS MAIL BAG EPS) Patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Comedian, podcaster, and PRODUCER Brandon Collins returns to the show to talk about the state of comedy and social media, Harry Potter, D&D, films about the ocean, and complex moral diagnostics. BRANDON COLLINS @americancollins @mediumppodcast americancollins.com AND GO SEE DRUNK BLACK HISTORY LIVE THIS WEEKEND IN NYC DrunkBlackHistory.com https://www.caveat.nyc/series/drunk-black-history CASUAL SETS NYC OCT 28 @CasualsetsNYC https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casual-sets-comedy-tickets-189122960867 SEE JAKE AT FEST IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA OCT 30+31 https://thefestfl.com/comedy/jake-flores EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We discuss the work of sculptor Richard Serra, edgelords, Storm King, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, Jodorowsky's Dune, Paul F Tompkins, LSD, Young Adult, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON EPISODES patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We discuss solo vacations, LSD, sculptures, Squid Game, white horror, non-white horror, Bingo Hell, Ma, Nightmare on Elm Street, Blumhouse films, and the NYT story Bad Art Friend. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON.COM/WHYYOUMAD for BONUS Q+A eps

Luisa is BACK and we get right back into it by discussing Jake's theory of October Syndrome, the recent SNL castings, and Dave Chappelle's master opus on gender The Closer. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON FOR BONUS EPS patreon.com/WhyYouMad

It's fall and as such we are discussing two extremely WYM spooky stories: American Horror Story's newest mini-season and Jordan Peele's Candyman. Plus drinking and not sleeping. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com WE ANSWER QUESTIONS ON OUR PATREON Patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We talk NYC stand up, our pal Bruno Latour, Norm Macdonald, John Mulaney and the confusing masterpiece that is Malignant. Email us at WHYYOUMADPOD@gmail.com PATREON Q&A eps patreon.com/WHYYOUMAD

We're back from our break and we're here to discuss the thing where AOC wore a dress to the Met Gala, the Sackler Family, Hot Topic mall culture, Aesop Rock and more! If you're DYING to hear us discuss the fight we got in on our last patreon episode, or you just want to hear our regular Q&A episodes, email us questions at: whyyoumadpod@gmail.com AND sign up for our PATREON at: Patreon.com/WhyYouMad Come to CASUAL SETS this wednesday now in BROOKLYN: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casual-sets-comedy-tickets-168961360979 and check out Jake's new album streaming LIVE on September 24th at 2pm and 10pm on SIRIUSXM comedy radio!

A bunch of really horrible things and one really cool thing happened in Texas today. We discuss. EMAIL US AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com PATREON EPISODES AT Patreon.com/WHYYOUMAD

We discuss Jake's tour and Luisa's evolving philosophy on running comedy shows in New York City. Plus: Carrot Top, Las Vegas, "best of" lists, roller derby, and more! ASK US QUESTIONS AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com HEAR THEM ANSWERED AT patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We discuss psychology, pharmacology, what we were like in school, mental health, meditation, ego death, open mics, Joe Rogan, DMT, Billions, and Luisa's twitter fight with her neighbors. EMAIL US AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad

We are joined by professor, behavioral economist, author and podcaster Peter McGraw from the podcast Solo to discuss his taxonomy of the 4 types of "single" a person can be, as well as our shared experiences with breaking out of the dating paradigms we exist under. PETER MCGRAW: Director of The @HumorResearchLab (HuRL) Author of Shtick to Business Co-author of @HumorCode SOLO https://petermcgraw.org/podcasts/solo/ ALL OTHER LINKS https://linktr.ee/petermcgraw

We got the perfect level of drunk and talked about skateboarding, MMA, pottery, comedy, and video games (Dark Souls, Nightmare Temptation Academy) EMAIL US AT WHYYOUMADPOD@GMAIL.COM BONUS Q+A EPS AT PATREON.COM/WHYYOUMAD

We discuss the nuances of the 2020 political comedy horror film The Hunt, which attempts to satirize the facebookian culture wars via an Animal Farm themed, Purge esque, Most Dangerous Game ish, Hunger Games sort of murder contest. We also talk about twitter bullshit, mental health, and physical health. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com Q&A PATREON EPS patreon.com/whyyoumad

We talk about Chasing The Scream, Freud, Billie Holiday, cocaine, rats, podcasts, parasocial entertainment, and the whole thing going on with our sister podcast and it's various comics and reply guys. EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON Patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Creator of 8chan, star of the HBO docuseries Q: Into The Storm, and font creator Fredrick Brennan joins us to discuss coming out as a furry, fighting nazis, doxxing, public and private lives, latino shit, twitter, and more. FREDRICK BRENNAN @fr_brennan dba.gg DONATE TO https://home.unicode.org/ EMAIL US AT WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com PATREON for Q&A and BONUS EPS Patreon.com/WhyYouMad

Classic WYM: we talk comedy doubts, gripes, and bad moods. Plus: collectivism in comedy, I Think You Should Leave and the problem with sketch comedy, etc. EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/Whyyoumad

This week we discuss a sci-fi movie you have probably not heard of, which Luisa watched on an airplane, called Chaos Walking. Although it's an unknown B-movie, we find some pretty heavy stuff in it: patriarchy, immigration, masculinity, & feminism. We also discuss YA fiction, Harry Potter, The Fast and the Furious, Kids, Euphoria, The Left Hand of Darkness, and more! EMAIL US whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/Whyyoumad

Comedian, podcaster and artist Ramin Nazer joins us to talk about mysticism, the WWE, anthropology, racism, CaNcEl CuLtuRe, Austin, and more. RAMIN NAZER https://raminnazer.com/ @raminnazer @mindunderpod EMAIL US AT whyyoumadpod@gmail.com PATREON patreon.com/whyyoumad