Latest Complaining Podcast Episodes
I Love Limes
Pessimistic at Best - May 28, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Is there anything better than seeing how the other half lives? If you enjoy treating yourself to celebrity home tours or listening to Dakota Johnson ramble on about false fruit obsessions, this episode is for you! Join us for a silly little con...
I Hate White Rabbits
Pessimistic at Best - May 21, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Sitting around the campfire is all fun and games until you become the chosen one and suddenly you're blind and both of your lungs collapse. Not to mention the lingering smell that adheres to everything you own — 'tis the season! James and I jum...
We Contain Multitudes
Pessimistic at Best - May 14, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Did you have a Christian phase? Have you also been arrested? I'm not saying there's a correlation, but let's look at the facts. Kyle and I self-identify as total sweethearts, but previously we were singing hymns and doing time. Join us for an h...
Closing Time
Pessimistic at Best - May 07, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Picture this: It's 1:30 am, the lights come on, 'Closing Time' starts playing over the speakers, the bartenders have turned on you and there are two big burly guys telling you that you can't wait for your Uber inside. Is there anything worse? ...
Death Penalty
Pessimistic at Best - April 30, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Do you suffer from road rage or are you medicated? As a proud passenger princess myself, I typically abstain — but I understand the urge, driving is hard! Let it out, bestie! Dylan and I take to the pod to grumble about physical labor and publi...
Open Campus Lunch
Pessimistic at Best - April 23, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Did your high school have an open campus lunch or were you one of the unlucky ones? I hate to break it to you, but there is truly no experience that could compare to piling seven deep in a friend's car and zipping across the street to the mall ...
iPad Kids
Pessimistic at Best - April 16, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Do you ride or die for Steve Jobs? Don’t worry, you’re safe here! Jake and I take to the podcast to discuss the finest technological advances of our lifetime (caller ID & iPhone cases with kickstands) while simultaneously confessing our unyield...
With the Works
Pessimistic at Best - April 09, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) I need to apologize to anyone who listens to this episode and purchases a ticket to Lollapalooza because I said Phoebe Bridgers is on the lineup. That is utter misinformation, she's probably busy that weekend, and I have no idea where I heard t...
Who Invented Nicknames
Pessimistic at Best - April 02, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Do you have a nickname? Was it self prescribed or bestowed upon you? Do you prefer your god-given name? What if god isn’t real, then what? So many questions! While you contemplate your answers, why not join us for a silly little episode about...
Watch This Space!
Pessimistic at Best - March 26, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Becoming an adult means getting a printer for the home and we're officially shedding our youth today, folks. James and I take to the pod to discuss the versatility of breakfast sandwiches, lament over the incredible inconvenience of having to t...
We Used to Have Class
Pessimistic at Best - March 19, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) What ever happened to getting all gussied up for a night at the theater? We used to have class, we used to have taste, we used to have culture — now all we've got are a bunch of hussies wearing their "Kiss me, I'm Irish" t-shirts to the Saturda...
Super Fresh
Pessimistic at Best - March 12, 2024 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Not to be dramatic, but I would happily lay down my life for the man who sings songs to his goat on TikTok. Have you had the pleasure of encountering this sweet creature? His gentle spirit, his adoring fan, I simply can't get enough! Join us on...
Choose Your Own Destiny
Pessimistic at Best - March 05, 2024 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Did you know that if you get bad news during a tarot reading it's your fault? Anyway, Jasen paid 30 dollars for a woman to tell him he was destined to get famous by coming on my podcast, so here goes! Join us for a silly little conversation abo...
Ketchup or Mustard
Pessimistic at Best - February 27, 2024 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) When it comes to condiments, how refined is your palate? I'm a mustard girlie, but I admittedly still fuck with ketchup, is that okay? You can be honest! Join us for a silly little conversation about our favorite mayo-based dressings, our bigge...
Locked In
Pessimistic at Best - February 20, 2024 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Besties, are you tweaking out or are you locked in? We're asking the tough questions today on Pessimistic at Best! Personally, I'm tweaking but I'm trying sooo hard to lock in. Join us for a comically unstable conversation about bidets, movie t...
Slay the House Boots Down
Pessimistic at Best - February 13, 2024 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Are you a cat person or a dog person? I'm not trying to start drama but personally, I've never seen a dog boots the house down, just saying!!! Zoe and take to the podcast to fawn over the feline's primordial pouch, trash talk Chicago winters, a...
Popping Off
Pessimistic at Best - February 06, 2024 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) It's 2024 and the rumors are true, I'm popping off this year! So sorry you had to find out like this, destiny is calling and I'd be a fool to let her go to voicemail, as they say! We're back with a new season and a slightly new episode format...
Internet Couple
Pessimistic at Best - November 28, 2023 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) We’re just another internet couple creating content for our adoring fans. It’s hard work, but somebody’s got to do it. So, here we present you the final episode of season six. We’re celebrating Festivus a little early this year and airing our ...
Who Are We to Say?
Pessimistic at Best - November 21, 2023 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) How old were you when you learned to eat vegetables? As a former picky eater, I was admittedly a bit of late bloomer, myself. Magda and I may have grown up in different cities but we were both members of our respective middle school skiing club...
Midwestern Casserole
Pessimistic at Best - November 14, 2023 09:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) What's your favorite season? If the answer isn't fall, you're wrong, no offense! The weather, the clothes, the variety of soups — I mean seriously, what's not to love? Join us for a little chat about our mutual love for all things autumnal and ...
Hell on Wheels
Pessimistic at Best - November 07, 2023 08:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Did you know opting out of Boom Cup could prevent you from contracting coronavirus? That's a W for my non-competitive gals if I've ever heard one! Yes, the rumors are true, James got the vid and then got his job back, and I got to be home for o...
Pickle in the Fridge
Pessimistic at Best - October 31, 2023 06:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Someone on YouTube commented on one of my recent podcast episodes and said, "Good video and pretty feet," so do with that information what you will! Safe to say I've been wearing socks on the pod ever since. Anyway, your favorite co-host is bac...
Two Hours in Calabasas
Pessimistic at Best - October 17, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Have you ever traveled to Calabasas and back in a day? Well I have, and it stunk! Picture this—you’re flying Southwest Airlines, you unknowingly choose the seat in between a large party of 40-year old divorcees, you land at LAX and are forced t...
Mother Knows Best
Pessimistic at Best - October 03, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Do you still seek approval from Mom? Don't worry, you're amongst friends! I mean come on, there's truly nothing more validating than an endorsement from your mother, even at the ripe old age of twenty-seven. Alex, Andrew, and I take to the podc...
Girls Just Want to Play Outside
Pessimistic at Best - September 26, 2023 10:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Do you believe in astrology? Meg and I are both fire signs entering our Saturn Return, so send us your thoughts and prayers, besties! On this week's ep, we discuss the pros and cons of recreational sports, recount the trauma of running the pace...
Funk It Up
Pessimistic at Best - September 19, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Besties, what do you do when you get into a funk? Do you quit your job? Move to a new city? Guest star on a friend's podcast? All valid options, to be sure! Collin and I take to the pod to chat about when it's appropriate to run away from your ...
F*ck Ass Bob
Pessimistic at Best - September 12, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) My wonderful friend Clair and I take to the podcast for a philosophical discussion about a few of the very particular life experiences explicitly reserved for twenty-somethings who are post-college, but pre-normal, happy, functioning adult life...
This One's for My Non-Sporty Girls
Pessimistic at Best - September 05, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) I'm not a particularly competitive person and I certainly wasn't gifted with strong hand-eye coordination—and as they say—two wrongs don't make a right. Brit, Cat, and I take to the podcast to share our mutual disdain for competitive sports, di...
Only Child Syndrome
Pessimistic at Best - August 29, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Fun fact: I once had a classmate give a 5-minute speech about how I'm actually not that big of an asshole despite being an only child — pretty cool right! Ray and I take to the podcast to bond over our "only child syndrome," debate over Drake's...
Where the Hell Have You Been, Loca?
Pessimistic at Best - August 22, 2023 07:00 ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSend us a love letter (or hate mail, your choice!) Ok be honest, was Twilight your sexual awakening too? I think it goes without saying that we're Team Edward, but the thing about being Team Edward is that we were obviously still hootin' & hollerin' along with everyone else in the theater durin...