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Not gonna lie this episode looks like a pretty solid blunt rotation

“So you have ADD.” “Sorry” 😭😂⚰️

Rachel coster is hands down one of the best guests in Downside history

@rebeccareber113

3 күн бұрын

Thank you. She was so thoughtful.

I really appreciate this podcast having these difficult conversations. What I noticed when visiting canada and the states is that there is alot of white guilt relating to discussing or portraying these topics in comedy and movies and it bothered me and I realized it was because they just feel guilty and move on they don’t do anything about it or learn from it and that is so frustrating

Didn’t think I’d ever see someone upstage you in the hyperactivity department. This episode is completely unhinged in the best way

I saw the Blacks and Wax museum and I was too young, traumatize, horrified. We saw the basement. Me and my sister. We saw the enslaved woman with her breasts cut off and a baby beneath her cut out and bloody. There was a head severed on top of a barrel, the people chained who jumped ship. OMG It is graphic, triggering and yes they do have a warning but it was still accessible. It was just...like Obama seemed like a bandaid. Like it was and is a very big deal and what we hace accomplished as a people, but for me even to be traumatized by thw wax figures, it's like real people endured this. I don't think all yt ppl should see it bc there are those who would laugh, take jokes, selfies, not be changed in anyway. I went in D.C. to the Black History and Culture museum and there are MAGA hat people there. Do uou think they give a damn? Some just walk around to be antagonistic. It's tough but at the lynchings you see people who enjoy it, it's entertainment, a family event and it's sick. Many people would sooner weep over a puppy being k! LLed than a Black person. It's so tragic. But I'm REALLY GLAD you went Gianmarco And I absolutely love your channel I love that you unapologetically stand up for groups that are marginalized and you're wonderful intelligent comedian with heart and I do find it as a form of activism because you're able to reach audiences that otherwise wouldn't know about these kinds of things. You Rock Dude FRFR!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!

I really enjoy the cadence of Rachel’s voice, I found her so interesting and engaging.

As a 32 year old with ADHD her saying sorry about the time being later than expected because of how long you've been talking was so relatable haha

I’ve only seen a couple of her videos but this has made me a fan. She’s so chill and funny and wise

I could listen to Rachel’s voice all day!

15:47 “We need to stop people being so hateful…” Ten seconds later: “We need to bring back a good old punch to the face!” “TOTALLY!” 😂😂😂

WHAAAA you actually went to the black wax museum?!? went on a family renuion and had nightmares for years (context: im black). although the guy shipping himself in a wooden crate to freedom always made me smile. last place in the world i'd ever thought you'd end up, G

@KristineMaitland

4 күн бұрын

You mean Henry Box Brown? Oh yes. He went to England and became a magician. He returned to the US and continued activist work. He later moved to Toronto, Canada, and is buried at Necropolis cemetery. A current magician tells this story on Britain's Got Talent (Google: BGT magician Henry Box Brown)

Rachel was fantastic. One of the best episodes for sure

As someone with ADHD, and has taken medication for it, I can say that for me personally the problem I was worried about in regards to the meds, losing creativity/tangential thinking, wasn't an issue. I can't take stimulant medication because I don't eat or sleep, but it does make me infinitely more functional without any of personality changes that you seem to be worried about. Vyvanse is generally considered to be the "best" slow release stimulant med for ADHD, if you're going to try one it's the one to try.

This is hands down great content and providing a platform for so many amazing people. Can't wait to you guys live!

This girs is so chill and amicable

Well, my God🎉😂 Rachel Coster ROCKS❣️❤️‍🔥👏🏻✌🏻

i love the way this woman speaks

I managed to listen to this episode twice, once just as background noise basically ignoring it, the second time actually listening to it, both times were excellent!

This is an excellent episode!! Shes so funny!

funny,fine and cool guest. Downside always a good time

The one kid falling out of the chair all the time in school is definitely a trope. We had a girl (who was also a horse girl) who fell ALL the time. It was like her chair and her butt were magnetized in the same direction and just could not stay in contact! But also she would constantly pull her hair out and one day came to school with a giant bald spot so there was probably a lot more going on there than we could piece together

52:29 I like that she was curious and asked this question. She’s a bit of a talker but also very curious. I see myself in her lol I also can talk too much but am legitimately curious and I love to hear people’s backstories.

Kids are why people go to bed early. I was a night owl before my kid and now I sleep whenever possible. They're soooo exhausting!

Thanks for another pipin' hot episode papa gian (and Russell and Paige and off camera crew) 💖

laughed so hard I literally.....huffed a bit under my breath, great job guys!

Come to Humboldt county! Were small but everyone here just moved from SoCal so... you'll have an audience lol

I think the reason Vyvanse works for both ADHD and binge eating disorder is because they both deal with the brain's preference (to a pathological degree in both cases) to activities that provide dopamine. From what i understand, the slow release of the Vyvanse provides a low, constant dopamine release in the brain, which can in turn produce more regularlity/stability in behavior - such as in being able to avoid/mitigate impulsive behavior and being more readily able to do "low reward" dopamine activities that would've likely been consciously or unconsciously avoided before

@planningpersonlaidbackdeep1273

2 күн бұрын

Be careful. My friend hallucinate on Val and got in trouble with the law.

I love this pod so much

Can’t believe Gianmarco got so upset he walked off the pod 😨😨 (NOT CLICKBAIT)

@manuelaarmendariz59

4 күн бұрын

He wasn’t upset.

@SofondaCox69

4 күн бұрын

@@manuelaarmendariz59 no he walked out in such a huff it was crazy (REAL NOT FAKE)

Peer pressured into doing drugs on the pod 🎉🎉🎉

All the Millennials from Baltimore have vivid memories of their first time at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum. That slave ship is burned into my soul.

Sometimes I question whether I have adhd n then I watch podcasts like this n see myself reflected n I no longer have imposter syndrome

Well now I wanna see Gianmarco's joke that he won't use to get monetized on Twitter with

Absolutely criminal that the DC Downside show is happening a week after I move. I'd tell my friends to go except I don't have friends, good luck y'all🤙

not all heroes wear capes, russell, re the floor ice cream

29:08 - its not difficult to order a new social security card from the US government. I still have my original and i ordered a copy. I agree that its not on good parchment though. It should be more like a credit card or passport than a sticky note

rachel's psychiatrist sounds like the psychiatrist from "my year of rest and relaxation" which is very impressive in a scary way

I went to that rodeo the next day! It was in Sisters Oregon

Okay. Do poppers, but also they are slightly more dangerous than she's letting on...

Prenuvo scans. No radiation. MRIs. They’re like 2500$

Love you guys and just saw Gianmarco at Laugh Boston but jebus Ticketmaster is marking up your live podcast tickets 50%.

@GianmarcoSoresi

4 күн бұрын

Get directly from us!!! Those other sites are not to be trusted

@joecab1

4 күн бұрын

@@GianmarcoSoresi LOL I hope you're serious but looks like Ticketmaster is the only ticket source for your Medford MA show

Rachel is so funny. She's a fun time gal. I'd love to try poppers with her.

I am so tired of gianmarco having pants i want, tone it down or share the knowledge

That’s John Melanie’s doctor

please come to the toronto

@GianmarcoSoresi

4 күн бұрын

I am!! September at comedy shop (just stand up, pod someday for sure)

@KristineMaitland

4 күн бұрын

​@@GianmarcoSoresiAs I noted above, Danforth Music Hall would be just the spot. Looking out for you.

Working in restaurants in socal it wasn't nearly as gross. And we have roaches lol

you guys need to have natalie and charlie from “exploration: live” on. they’re friends with rachel. what i’m really saying is that you guys should go on their pod. super interesting concept that the downside boys would love.

Picnic doesn’t actually come from “pick-a-n” it’s from 17th century France. pique-nique. Apocryphal etymology.

@simplicitylost

3 күн бұрын

I immediately went and looked it up too!! Sometimes these folk/false etymologies are wild. One is the “rule of thumb” which some woman told my dad decades ago that it was because if the bruise on someone’s wife was the size of a thumb or smaller it was acceptable. Anyway, my dad had been told this and had kept repeating it (and in the context of the story it was that the woman was, like, _really_ upset about its usage and that everyone needed to stop), and I finally looked it up years ago and it’s completely false.

Please come to Vancouver ❤❤❤

Bulls cant see red.

What the heck you mean Toronto is not on the roster? Book Danforth Music Hall - good size and other comedians are doing well here. Grin.

9:40 The origin of the word picnic seems to be pretty harmless and dates back to 17th century France? Is this in reference to another word?

@redsxfenway

4 күн бұрын

There's a common myth that it comes from lynching. jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2021/july.htm

I'm so fucking poor this girl is making me feel some type of way

Have to know where you went shopping in Dublin

@GianmarcoSoresi

3 күн бұрын

I wish I remembered! So many good shops

❤❤❤

1330 min tradition. If your not part of their clan ie social group you dont matter.

Here for the coverage of the museum, but the Picnic thing is not true. It’s earliest origin is as a 17th century French word - the fact people played on the word to include the N word came later. Same with at your show, a guest said the origin of the word idiot was from more recent history, but it’s actually Ancient Greek for people who weren’t concerned with others and thus not engaged in society (Plato and Aristotle talk about idiotes), and it’s gone on quite a journey since then to get to its present meaning. I didn’t want to call her out in front of everyone 😂 Love your stuff but wouldn’t want this inaccurate info to be perpetuated.

I only make 9.50. 14 is a dream.

Actually no. Its history and tradition and areas of the US value tradition above religion.

can someone pls fall off their chair during Gianmarco joke ?!

Poppers suffocate you

Which guest are they alluding to who doesn't share their views on Palestine?

GianMarco going to….. YOGA CLASS…….. and being upset at ancient eastern religious/spiritual practices being brought up and NOT SEEING THE IRONY is pretty funny. It’s not like someone randomly bringing up the commandments in conversation. Bringing up astrology in yoga class is like bringing up the commandments…. During Sunday mass. Lmfao. You religious appropriating silly goose. What do you think YOGA IS!!!!!!????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

FIRST

@CatyBee

4 күн бұрын

I hate these posts, but I am also excited that I found this super early, lol.

This was a bit too ''wealthy, liberal bubble'' for me. I'm on the left btw, but I'm tired of hearing the children of wealthy people telling us how wages should rise and how valuable black/brown people are. It's not their fault they are wealthy of course and it's great that they have positive instincts rather than evil ones, but it's an off-putting perspective. Also, they are not going to convince Trump voters and the like, because they present as so entitled and so much in a bubble.

@GianmarcoSoresi

4 күн бұрын

Understood. Be on the look out for upcoming episodes where we advocate for a lower minimum wage with special guest Ben Shapiro ❤

@dylanblue2271

4 күн бұрын

​@@GianmarcoSoresi Touché. I do still think my point has validity though, and you could consider it. Maybe some more contrasting viewpoints on the pod. Echo chambers are kinda boring.

@hansolohansolo

3 күн бұрын

​@@dylanblue2271 You must be new here, bud. They've disagreed with guests before on the pod many a time (Gianmarco even alluded to that in this episode lol). Not that they owe it to you to curate an echo-less chamber, since this is literally just a casual pod with two dudes and a guest having a good time, not the nightly news. If you don't dig it, all you have to do is click another video to ✨escape the chamber✨

Yeah I’m switching to the Zoltan Kasazas podcast at least that podcast isn’t constantly acting like others should be thinking the exact same as them. And it’s still funny and enjoyable. It takes a lot of Narcissism for privileged white guys to be preaching to people. This podcast used to be enjoyable and funny at the same time but ever since the Palestinian conflict that’s all you guys complain about. Not everyone is gonna agree with you 100%. And yes Israeli hostages still do matter the only reason Israeli is in Gaza is because they were invaded. I’m sick and tired of you guys purporting your opinions of others. That’s dangerous and Nazi like where your expecting everyone to 100% agree with you guys on everything. This has become a preach podcast and not an actual fun podcast anymore. And for people who didn’t study history all history is important regardless of what you agree with it or not it teaches lessons. Cringey podcast now for sure.

@GianmarcoSoresi

4 күн бұрын

Big Zoltan fan! I love his bit on cats vs dogs.

@IDGAF_AboutYourLuckyCharms_238

4 күн бұрын

@@GianmarcoSoresi You could probably learn some stuff then he’s actually funny and his podcast is actually enjoyable to listen to while I work

The "picnic" thing is an urban legend.