Why You Mad
186 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 236 ratingsA leftist Latino philosophy podcast about art, standup comedy and other things that make us mad. Hosted by comedian Jake Flores and anthropologist and comedy booker Luisa Díez.
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Episodes
UNLOCKED: Oscars 2024
March 28, 2024 01:54 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThe Oscars (we did not watch but we have OPINIONS), Dune, Source Material vs Remakes, JFL, Corporate, This Fool, and much more! Recorded March 11 2024. Sign up for Patreon to get episodes when they're fresh: https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad !
UNLOCKED: Labor Issues
March 13, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBDesk jobs, comedy clubs, comedy jobs, and MORE! This ep came out February 27,2024. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad to get episodes when they're fresh! XO
UNLOCKED: Sunk Cost Fallacy
February 13, 2024 16:00 - 2 hours - 120 MBComedy Ethics & Choices: SNL, Schtick or Treat, Twitter, Podcast Cringe, comedy cliques, party Fremen, and much more. Get mad? This episode came out last week on Patreon. Sign up to get early access to all episodes! XO @ feraljokes & @ luisadieznuts
UNLOCKED: Sell-Outs and Other Forgotten Concepts
February 02, 2024 06:30 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBThis week we showed up with no plan. Topics include sell-outs, hustle crabs, consumption as identity, and turning art into a job. Plus: weird Sopranos/comedy analogies, award shows, and more! https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad for early access!
The Curse (Art)
January 15, 2024 20:32 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis week: The Curse, Smile, and Soft & Quiet. Horror, comedy, absurdity, reality, and making art (of course). Almost zero references to ongoing wars or genocides! (FREE PALESTINE) LA: go to Jake's bday show/party! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-wave-an-indie-sleaze-party-tickets-785522397637?aff=oddtdtcreator NY: check out Luisa's shows @dieznutsprod Support us on Patreon if you can. We're figuring it out over here! https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad
We're Back! (and We're Mad!)
January 07, 2024 03:43 - 1 hour - 107 MBAfter a long hiatus, bouts of depression, and cross-country moves we're back, baby! We talk about Palestine, zionism in comedy, and generally catch up (you know how we do it). Happy new year, commies! Go to Jake's cool fuckin birthday party/ show, LA: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-wave-an-indie-sleaze-party-tickets-785522397637?aff=oddtdtcreator Stay tuned for more! We love you! XOXO
Crossover EP: Welcome To Soldiers of Light Radio feat. Luisa Diez
November 02, 2023 02:56 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBRecorded October 26, 2023 with Sameer Mon and Gabriel Pacheco of Halal Cartels (@halalcartels) The response from Israel post October 7th has been devastating on civilians, especially children in Palestine. Gabe and Sameer have Luisa (their favorite guest) from Why You Mad podcast to talk about the current climate in the United States and abroad. They discuss the immediate McCarthyist attempts at silencing people who question the indiscriminate killing of civilians by Israel as "self defense...
The Spectacle of the Slap
March 22, 2023 16:41 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBGuy Debord's Society of the Spectacle, a little Latour, serial killers, the Oscars, EEAAO, Nope, Chris Rock's Selective Outrage, Marlon Wayans' God Loves Me, and what really is comedy anyway?
The One Where Jake Gets Attacked Again
March 15, 2023 01:45 - 1 hour - 93 MBLate release! Jake and the stalker. Plus: Luisa interrupts, they talk mad shit, something about decompartmentalization ... Classic-style WYM! Enjoy! You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Last Of The Banshees
March 12, 2023 19:23 - 1 hour - 60 MBThe Last of Us, the Banshees of Inisherin, and other things to get mad about! Follow us on everything at @ feraljokes and @ luisadieznuts You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Je Suis Magic Mike with Brett Arnold
March 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBFilm critic and comedy producer Brett Arnold joins Luisa to discuss the Magic Mike Trilogy: artists, sex workers, capitalism, survival vs. joy, performers, producers, trads... and much more! Follow Brett at @brettredacted and listen to his pods Roger & Me and The New Flesh! You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
February 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBGood artists and bad people: Marc Maron, George Lopez, Rhianna's Super Bowl, JK Rowling's video game, Ayn Rand, and more! Follow us at @feraljakes and @luisadieznuts Come see Jake at Union Pool in BK 2/26! Check the venue's website! You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Perfect Blues
February 16, 2023 00:34 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBPunishers, trads, and colonizers in comedy and in NY! Plus: Perfect Blue, Lopez vs Lopez, and more! Follow us on Twitter: @feraljokes & @luisadieznuts Come see Jake at Union Pool in BK 2/26! Google it! You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
The Action is the Juice with Katie McVay
February 11, 2023 00:29 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBJust in time for Valentine's Day, comedian and writer Katie McVay fills in for Jake to talk to Luisa about the movie HEAT! Relationships, capitalism, art, violence, and more! We had some connection issues but we made it work. Be grateful & don't complain!!! Follow Katie @katiemcvay and sign up for her newsletter at https://katiemcvay.substack.com/ You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (not just the movie)
February 03, 2023 02:57 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBJake is back! This week Luisa and Jake discuss Severance, The Menu, EEAAO, plus much more! Have feedback? Sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad
The Will to Change All
January 26, 2023 03:10 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBComedian Steve Hernandez fills in for Jake! He and Luisa talk about bell hooks' The Will to Change, masculinity, and what feminists of all genders must do to defeat our common enemy: patriarchy (cringe! we know!) Follow Steve: https://twitter.com/BigHern You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
The Will to Change All with Steve Hernandez
January 26, 2023 03:10 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBComedian Steve Hernandez fills in for Jake! He and Luisa talk about bell hooks' The Will to Change, masculinity, and what feminists of all genders must do to defeat our common enemy: patriarchy (cringe! we know!) Follow Steve: https://twitter.com/BigHern You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Suspiria(s)
January 20, 2023 03:32 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBArtist and host of Fangs for the Memories Kayte Terry fills in for Jake to talk to Luisa about: Suspiria (1977), Suspiria (2018), Italian directors, Giallo film, Dance Horror, hope vs realism, feminist film, Climax, Yves Klein, Heat, and so much more! Follow Kayte: https://twitter.com/kayteterry Follow her pod: https://twitter.com/FangsPodcast You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Suspiria(s) with Kayte Terry
January 20, 2023 03:32 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBArtist and host of Fangs for the Memories Kayte Terry fills in for Jake to talk to Luisa about: Suspiria (1977), Suspiria (2018), Italian directors, Giallo film, Dance Horror, hope vs realism, feminist film, Climax, Yves Klein, Heat, and so much more! Follow Kayte: https://twitter.com/kayteterry Follow her pod: https://twitter.com/FangsPodcast You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Halal Small Talk and Cartel Menus with Gabe Pacheco
January 12, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBComedian Gabe Pacheco joins Luisa for a special cross-over episode of Why You Mad/Halal Cartels! Topics include: Colin Quinn's Small Talk, HBO's The Menu, and art for the audience vs art for the artist(s). Plus more! Follow Gabe: https://twitter.com/gabe_pacheco Follow Halal Cartels: https://twitter.com/halalcartels You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Halal Small Talk and Cartel Menus
January 12, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBComedian Gabe Pacheco joins Luisa for a special cross-over episode of Why You Mad/Halal Cartels! Topics include: Colin Quinn's Small Talk, HBO's The Menu, and art for the audience vs art for the artist(s). Plus more! Follow Gabe: https://twitter.com/gabe_pacheco Follow Halal Cartels: https://twitter.com/halalcartels You mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)
Journoganda
November 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBAre we our jobs? Are journalists heroes of objectivity? Plus: Agency vs Systems, Jacobin, Fox News, Glenn Greenwald, Max Blumenthal, Lee Fang, Katie Halper, Karl Marx, and much more! Recorded 11/9/22. To get (all) episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! We won't release them all!
UNLOCKED: X Space X
November 18, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBNew York Comedy Festival, Space, Communist Comics, and more! Check it out! Recorded 11/2/22. To get episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! EMAIL US [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
UNLOCKED: Creeps
November 11, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBIn this episode: Creep 1 & 2, The Rehearsal, crank calls, and MORE! Recorded 10/26.To get (all) episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! We won't release them all!
UNLOCKED: ART SOUP
November 04, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBIn this episode: Work vs. Art, Art vs. Soup, Message vs. Messenger! Plus: object fetishization, James Corden, and much more! Recorded 10/19/22. To get (all) episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! We won't release them all! EMAIL US [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
UNLOCKED: Archiving Yourself
October 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBTry guys, Trad guys, Therapized guys, oh and also a brief history of streaming media and a forecast on the future problems around media preservation? Check it out! Recorded 10/5/22. To get episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! EMAIL US [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
UNLOCKED: "Spooky Season"
October 19, 2022 23:06 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBIn this episode: Dahmer, landlords, big cities, and other spooky things. Plus our love of nonconformists, workers vs owners, chatting with cabbies, and more! Recorded 10/5/22. To get (all) episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! We won't release them all! EMAIL US [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
UNLOCKED: Season 2 Premier
October 11, 2022 23:38 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBUNLOCKED: 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 9/21/22. To get episodes when they're new sign up for our Patreon! EMAIL US [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Why You Not Funny
June 30, 2022 23:27 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBNick 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 [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica
Why You Mother
June 23, 2022 05:58 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBThis 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 [email protected] BONUS EPS + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Defamation Comedy Jam
June 08, 2022 02:29 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBThis 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 [email protected] PATREON BONUS EPS DISCORD patreon.com/WhyYouMad
You've Got To Be Kidding Me
June 03, 2022 04:06 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBI (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 [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Accidents
May 28, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBJake 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 [email protected] PATREON patreon.com/WhyYouMad
Slow Mud
May 21, 2022 08:34 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBJake 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 [email protected] PATREON patreon.com/whyyoumad
The Unbearable Weight of Touring
May 10, 2022 01:06 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBJake 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 [email protected] PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/WhyYouMad
The Note After
April 29, 2022 03:29 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJake 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 [email protected] 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
Paths and Zones
April 22, 2022 06:25 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBJake 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 [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Everything Everywhere Mad At Once
April 06, 2022 22:11 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBLOW 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 [email protected] PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Digital Feedback
March 31, 2022 03:26 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBWe talk about the greatest thing that has happened online in quite some time. EMAIL US [email protected] 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
We Need to Podcast About Cosby
March 24, 2022 06:27 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBCONTENT 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 [email protected] PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
Narrative Hijack
March 17, 2022 04:37 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBWe 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 [email protected] PATREON for BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumadpod
Revolt vs Revolution
March 10, 2022 16:49 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBThis 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 [email protected] PATREON for BONUS Q&A EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
The SNLMLM
March 03, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBPeople 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 [email protected] PATREON BONUS EPS and DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumadpod
Eufreudia
February 24, 2022 06:41 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBI'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 [email protected] PATREON BONUS EPS AND DISCORD patreon.com/whyyoumad
The End of South Park
February 17, 2022 08:33 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBThis 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 [email protected] PATREON FOR BONUS EPS AND PRIVATE DISCORD patreon.com/w...
Josie and the Job of a Comedian
February 10, 2022 05:13 - 1 hour - 100 MBOn 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 [email protected] PATREON FOR BONUS EPS patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKES SHOWS MeatSpace Comedy NYC 2/15 www.ticketweb.com/event/meatspace-…75...
The Job of a Pussycat
February 10, 2022 05:13 - 1 hour - 100 MBOn 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 [email protected] PATREON FOR BONUS EPS patreon.com/whyyoumad JAKES SHOWS MeatSpace Comedy NYC 2/15 www.ticketweb.com/event/meatspace-…75...
Why Euphoria
February 03, 2022 04:38 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBWe'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 [email protected] hear your emails answered on our PATREON at patreon.com/whyyoumad
(FREE BONUS EPISODE) Mail Bag Jan 2022
January 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBYou 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 [email protected]
Lost Elm Caleb
January 27, 2022 21:06 - 2 hours - 112 MBWe 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 [email protected] 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/