Maybe you haven’t noticed, but 2020 has been a real bummer so far. Working from home has led to embarrassing Zoom fails that will haunt us forever. Virtual schooling has caused a sharp increase in both hair loss and day drinking amongst parents. Our pitiful attempts at sourdough loaves mock us from our kitchen counters. Who is more sick of us, our kids or our spouse? We don’t even care anymore. So we distract ourselves with these five hilarious comedy podcasts. Comedy is connection, after all, and when we’re laughing about ill-advised quarantine purchases, terrible Zoom dates, hilarious old wives’ tales, Bette Midler’s tweets, or Yelp reviews about Applebee’s $1 margaritas, all this pandemic stuff seems just a little bit easier to deal with. Because we might be apart, but we’re not alone. And we don’t like sourdough anyway.
Best friends and steadfast romantics Carolina Barlow and Devin Leary host True Romance to laugh about everything love-life-related. Besides their own personal stories, they also dive into public relationships like Demi Lovato’s engagement or why only Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston should stay friends after a breakup. And they leave no stone unturned, getting into everything from Zoom dating to polyamory to stalking (the good and the bad). Laugh yourself silly when they slide into Justin Theroux’s DMs or discuss why the perfect spouse is obviously Mrs. Doubtfire; if you love love and laughter, you’ll love this podcast, too.
Las Culturistas, hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, is a rowdy and rollicking podcast about culture, honey. With hilarious guests like Nicole Byer, Ego Nwodim, Bob the Drag Queen, Will Ferrell, Aidy Bryant, and many more, they debate School of Rock vs. The Sound of Music, discover the problematic history of kewpie dolls, fill us in about the “straight part” of Fire Island, and hold forth on daytime talk show hosts, celebrity billionaires, Bette Midler’s Twitter account, J.K. Rowling’s TERF tendencies, and so much more. Get a handle on any trending topic with their highly entertaining take on today’s pop culture.
Pete Correale and Sebastian Maniscalco are two A-list comedians trying to get through this pandemic with as much grace – and as many laughs – as possible. So they started The Pete & Sebastian Show, where you can bust a gut at their tight comedy bits and jokes centered around their quarantine experience. They share stories about questionable parenting incidents, bombing at Zoom comedy, contemplating strange lockdown purchases, wondering how Amazon really works, their attempts at quarantine cooking, and a whole lot more. If you’d like to cry with laughter about the pandemic, instead of just cry, this is the podcast you’ve been looking for.
Everyone’s a critic these days – but only Scott Janovitz and Greg Conley criticize the critics. On Citizen Critic, they provide side-splitting laughs as they read terrible (or just terribly written) reviews of movies, television shows, and music from Schitt’s Creek to The Doors to Frozen – but they also hop onto Amazon and Yelp to laugh at reviewers who rate restaurant appetizers, nipple shields, Elsa wigs, or the Yankee Stadium while claiming that Mr. Rogers had something to do with 9/11, warning that This is Spinal Tap isn’t even about a real band, or wondering if Tom Hanks is a serial killer. You’ll get five-star laughs from this podcast, guaranteed.
Langston Kerman explores the silly, scary, and hilarious conspiracy theories particularly popular in the Black community. Along with guests “with no expertise whatsoever” like Chris Redd, Sam Jay, and Yassir Lester, he tries to see if there’s any truth to the idea that the Mystic Juice company was run by the KKK, that Bill Clinton was a member of the Black Illuminati (“Nobody in the white Illuminati plays a jazz-based instrument. You can look that up”), or that the Chuck E. Cheese robots come alive at the stroke of midnight and search for children to eat. Is there a conspiracy to keep you rolling on the floor, helpless with laughter? If so, My Momma Told Me is behind it.
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