Why You Mad
186 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months 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
Videoinferno
April 16, 2020 05:03 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBVideodrome. The evils of metal, porn, South Park, Reddit, YouTube, and other media. Dante's Divine Comedy (but mainly Inferno, of course). Chivalry and Arthurian Literature and Disney movies. Plus: Horror vs. SciFi, de-stigmatization vs misrepresentation in media, Mark Rothko, fascism and anti-fascism, and more!!! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @WhyYouMadPod Ja...
Ephemera In The Time Of Corona
April 09, 2020 21:33 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBEphemeral art & the stand-up object, streams of production in comedy, and quitting. Names we dropped/forgot: Bernie, Barry, Blind Boy Paxton, Ana Mendieta, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic, Biden, Stalin, GG Allin, 13 Chambers, Echo and the Bunnymen, and more! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @feraljokes Luisa Diez: @luisadieznuts Why You Mad ...
Animal Frameworks
April 02, 2020 17:38 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBSome pros and cons of quarantine life. Plus: Animal Crossing, Jacques Lacan, settler colonialism, hallucinogens, Peter Kropotkin, Tiger King, and more! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @feraljokes Luisa Diez: @luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by DJ Fake Gucci
Quarona Virus
March 25, 2020 20:44 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBChecking in from self-quarantine: Demystifying vs hoarding knowledge. Basketball player Vince Carter, de facto quitting comedy, and canceled comedy festivals. Plus: Crowd-funding, mutual-aiding, and means-testing in comedy and much more! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yu...
*Marc Maron Voice* "Doomer Lives!"
March 19, 2020 03:27 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBChecking in from self-quarantine: fascists going left, the Xennial experience and Marc Maron's End Times Fun, and Gen Xers trying to wake up. Plus: A Roy Wood, Jr. thread warning: is comedy gonna die? Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by DJ Fake Gucci
TV Writer Carnage
March 09, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBThe effects of media on the media makers, absurdist comedy & socio-economic privilege, PLUS name-drops: Coronavirus, ass-eating, Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock, Surrealism, South Park, Jackass, Happy Hardcore (?), TV Carnage, and the first Super Bowl. Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art...
All The Hits
March 02, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBThe end of the joke, identity politics vs identity representation, and the real Comedy Civil War. PLUS, listener email: can you have radical politics while rejecting radical views on sex and relationships? Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by DJ Fake Gucci
Mad About The Oscars (with Jourdain Searles)
February 21, 2020 16:26 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBJourdain Searles: film-related festivals, awards, criticism, and twitter fights. Plus: Performative 'wokeness' at the Oscars, reactions to Parasite winning, Neal Brennan gets mad on the internet, and much, much more! Review us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-…ad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: Jourdain Searles: @ jourdayen Her pod: @ badromancepod This pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisad...
The Super Bowl
February 17, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBReactions to the halftime show: infiltrating traditional spaces vs rejecting those to build your own. Plus: American Dirt, Watchmen, and other objectifications; booking diversely vs booking "diversity," and materialism & rhetoric (again). Review us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-you-mad/id1476317902 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad ...
How To Grieve
February 09, 2020 14:27 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBMourning people with problematic legacies & joking about death: Ari Shaffir & Kobe Bryant, Jake & Brody Stevens, Dina Hashem & XXXTentacion, Gilbert Gottfried & Japan. PLUS: drunkenly talking Gilles Deleuze's rhizome theory, tourist art, and more! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by DJ Fake Gucci
Lightning Round
February 02, 2020 16:09 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBCatching up: some of the problems of capitalism, comedians endorsing presidential candidates, celebrities fighting with people on the internet, and more! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Critique & Crisis
January 15, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBOn getting canceled and uncanceled: Kevin Hart: Don't Fuck This Up and Contrapoints' Canceling. Plus: The problem with social silos, sycophants, and online anonymity. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
A Little Bit Of Mad, As A Treat
January 09, 2020 20:27 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBInside (inside) baseball: fighting comics over jokes, scapegoating, twitter arguments, swarming fans, neo-nazis, milkshakes, and more! Plus, we debate about the possibility of organizing comedy labor when we're all a bunch of scabs (callback!) and also MAILBAG! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Parasocially Speaking
December 23, 2019 14:30 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBThe decade of the parasocial: The Net (1995), Harmontown, Keith and the Girl, WTF, and Walking the Room; Plus, unrelated: the social overvaluation of tall men, objectification and traditionalism in kink, and metanarratives. Oh, and pet peeves about how to hold the mic, too (lol)! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Mil...
Tradition And Disruption
December 16, 2019 13:00 - 1 hourArt-making traditions being challenged by increased access and upheld by internal policing. The problems of categorizing and not categorizing comedy. Also, Drum and Bass? PLUS: Michelle Wolf's Joke Show, political reply guys, and judging comedy without (enough) context. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Tradition & Disruption
December 16, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBArt-making traditions being challenged by increased access and upheld by internal policing. The problems of categorizing and not categorizing comedy. Also, Drum and Bass? PLUS: Michelle Wolf's Joke Show, political reply guys, and judging comedy without (enough) context. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Scabs
December 02, 2019 15:30 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBJay Z, JLo, and Shakira are scabs. Plus: holiday family conversations and woke t-shirts; bringer shows, check spots, and other evils of capitalism; and comedy data and headliner problems. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Parasites (with Kate Willett)
November 25, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBComedian Kate Willett (@ ReplyGuysPod) joins us to discuss artists and medicare for all, emotional labor and emotional work (and comedy), plus: Parasite (it circles back!)! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Kate Willett: @ katewillett Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Un Secular Time
November 18, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThe internalization of Judeo-Christian time and how it relates to the Matrix, making comedy, and gender and relationship non-conformity. Plus: the temporality of art, the effects of traditionalism on art-making, and escalator relationships and alternate arrangements... (but we're not poly). Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness...
Give It A Name
November 11, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWalter Mercado (RIP), astrology, irony poisoning, and identity politics. Plus: categorizing as a disease of the west and the power in naming; clowns, stand-ups, and mirror neurons; OK Boomer, low-hanging fruit, and the epidemiology of ideas (we got tipsy). Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Hubris And Despair
November 07, 2019 18:15 - 1 hourLuisa fell down the stairs and Jake fell in a depression. Plus: New York moments and New York teens, hypocritical pet peeves, industry folks with comedy fan origin stories (a rare bird), everyone's a grifter! and a WYM bonus track: the problems of being an ambiguous latino! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Hubris & Despair
November 07, 2019 18:15 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBLuisa fell down the stairs and Jake fell in a depression. Plus: New York moments and New York teens, hypocritical pet peeves, industry folks with comedy fan origin stories (a rare bird), everyone's a grifter! and a WYM bonus track: the problems of being an ambiguous latino! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Front-Facing Podcast (with JFOD)
October 28, 2019 12:02 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBWYM's first guest! Beloved comedian John F. O'Donnell joins us to discuss mental health and comedy, PLUS: problematic takes on front-facing videos and crowd work with sexual predators, high energy and low energy comedy, and so much more! Watch JFOD's special for free at https://livefromouterspace.com/ (code JFODspecial) Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: JFOD: @ TheRealJFOD The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ ...
Full Metal Ghost World
October 21, 2019 12:01 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBAnother thing about Joker, Bernie Bros and other "bad fans," Zizek, Full Metal Jacket, and another thing about Nannette! Also: Ghost World, the King of Comedy, complaining about booking emails and promos...and much more! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Jokers & Punishers
October 14, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBJOKER, The Great Depresh, I'm Dying Up Here, alienation and/in advertisements, hecklers, comedians and political ads, and more. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
The Basement & the Shop
October 07, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBPodcasting responsibly, Twitter debates, challenging our own idols and peers, Red State Blue State, comedy centrism and comedy peer pressure, shitty fans, art and society (again!), diversity in comedy, and more! Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
On the Road
September 30, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBOn the road and on the phone! Topics include: touring, Hannah Gadsby's Douglas, Bill Burr, SNL, Comedy list season, HBO vs Netflix, and more. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Amazing
September 23, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBListener email, plus: The Amazing Jonathan(s), Comics and romantic relationships, and Finsta and the French Enlightenment. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Rubber & Glue
September 16, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBSticks and Stones, canceling vs criticism, getting old and staying young, the problems of fame, and the Bitter Buddha. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Creators & Destroyers (Part 2)
September 09, 2019 13:58 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBA Rough Classification of Iconoclasts, continued. Plus: type As, trolling as a craft, atheism(s), and the voice you want vs. the voice that sells. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Creators And Destroyers (Part 2)
September 09, 2019 13:58 - 52 minutesA Rough Classification of Iconoclasts, continued. Plus: type As, trolling as a craft, atheism(s), and the voice you want vs. the voice that sells. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Creators & Destroyers (Part 1)
September 02, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBUnsolicited feedback, small-business owners as gatekeepers, comedy family, and a rough classification of iconoclasts. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts
Creators And Destroyers (Part 1)
September 02, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutesUnsolicited feedback, small-business owners as gatekeepers, comedy family, and a rough classification of iconoclasts. Support us on Patreon so we don't quit: https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez: @ luisadieznuts
Old Tweetdeck Road
August 26, 2019 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBOpinions in public/public opinions, blacklists, feelings, internet fame, class in comedy (again), and more. Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez @ luisadieznuts Why You Mad art by Eli Yudin Madness Dub by Miles Wilson
Read Scare
August 19, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBFighting Libertarians on Facebook, "punching down" on Twitter, conservative comedians and the Russian Revolution. Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez @ luisadieznuts
Intro (Why We're Mad)
August 09, 2019 19:33 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWelcome to Why You Mad! In our first ep Jake, a comedian, and Luisa, an anthropologist and comedy booker, talk about how they met, why they're mad, and toss around some ideas and opinions to set the tone for the pod. Check it out! Follow us on Twitter: The pod: @ WhyYouMadPod Jake Flores: @ feraljokes Luisa Diez @ luisadieznuts