A 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. Fresh eps and hundreds of archived episodes available on patreon.com/whyyoumad <3
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Released on Patreon on May 22, 2024: Baby Reindeer, abuse, comedy, proximity to power, People's Joker, all the fun stuff!!Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad to get the eps when they're fresh!By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Recorded May 4, 2024 on Patreon: Jake is back from a little tour of the south west and he discusses the opener on his show the other night who has a big career ahead of him. Also Max Blumenthal, The Gray Zone, covid deniers, selling your personality, intention, and more!To get episodes when they're fresh follow us on https://www.patreon.com/whyyoum…
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Recorded April 8, 2024: Redbelt, Octavia Butler, Religion, Dune, and more. Sign up for Patreon to get get episodes when they're fresh! https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumad XOBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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The 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 !By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Desk 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! XOBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Comedy 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 & @ luisadieznutsBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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UNLOCKED: Sell-Outs and Other Forgotten Concepts
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This 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!By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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This 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=oddtdtcreatorNY: check out Luisa's shows @dieznut…
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After 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=oddtdtcreato…
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Crossover EP: Welcome To Soldiers of Light Radio feat. Luisa Diez
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Recorded 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…
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Guy 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?By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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The One Where Jake Gets Attacked Again
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Late 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 :)By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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The Last of Us, the Banshees of Inisherin, and other things to get mad about!Follow us on everything at @ feraljokes and @ luisadieznutsYou mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Just want to keep us from quitting? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :)By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Je Suis Magic Mike with Brett Arnold
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Film 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 qu…
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Good 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 @luisadieznutsCome 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.co…
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Punishers, trads, and colonizers in comedy and in NY! Plus: Perfect Blue, Lopez vs Lopez, and more!Follow us on Twitter: @feraljokes & @luisadieznutsCome 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 :)…
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Just 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/Y…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (not just the movie)
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Jake 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/whyyoumadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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The Will to Change All with Steve Hernandez
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Comedian 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/BigHernYou mad? Have questions, comments, suggestions? Sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/whyyoumad :…
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Artist 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/kayteterryFollow her pod: https://twitter.com/FangsPodcastYou mad…
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Halal Small Talk and Cartel Menus with Gabe Pacheco
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Comedian 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_pachecoFollow Halal Cartels: https://twitter.com/halalcartelsYou mad? Have questions, comments, …
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Are 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!By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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New 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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In 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!By Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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In 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumad…
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Try 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumad…
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In 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumad…
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UNLOCKED: 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPAT…
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Nick 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@marxnickhttps://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382138/thats-not-funnyEMAIL USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/poddamnamericaBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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This 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comBONUS EPS + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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This 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREONBONUS EPSDISCORDpatreon.com/WhyYouMadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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I (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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/whyyoumadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Jake 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREONpatreon.com/WhyYouMadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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Jake 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 USwhyyoumadpod@gmail.comPATREONpatreon.com/whyyoumadBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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(FREE BONUS EPISODE) Mail Bag Jan 2022
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You 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…
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Jake and Luisa discuss Seth Simons' newest exposé on the seamy alt right underbelly of the New York City comedy scene and how it caused one of the owners of The Stand comedy club to go have a meltdown in Jake's mentions. Long time listeners of the show will remember this guy, Cris Italia, as the one who protected Luis Gomez after he attacked Jake a…
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We discuss Luisa's feelings about a SECRET UPCOMING GUEST and then answer a listener question about Reno 911.FULL EPISODE ATPATREON.COM/WHYYOUMADBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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(Preview) Patreon ep: What is a Freaking Lib?
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for the FULL EPISODE go toPATREON.COM/WHYYOUMADBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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to hear our full Q&A eps sign up for our PATREONatPATREON.COM/WHYYOUMADPODand send your questions to whyyoumadpod@gmail.comBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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FULL EPISODE ATPATREON.COM/WHYYOUMADSign up for our PATREON to hear our BONUS Q&A episodes where we answer listener questions. WhyYouMadPod@gmail.com to send questionsBy Luisa Diez and Jake Flores
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PATREON PREVIEW: Chappelle's Speech (w/ Khalid Rahmaan)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------FULL EPISODE AT PATREON.COM/WHYYOUMAD--------------------------------------------------------------------Khalid Rahmaan joins us to talk about Dave Chappelle's current thing where he's doing un comedic stand up .KHALID RAHMAAN@KhalidNYChttp://www.khalidrahmaan.com/IG: @KhalidSays @…
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PATREON PREVIEW - Mailbag - November 15, 2020
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On this Patron-only episode: Listener mail! Topics include: Latinx reports from North Carolina, COVID reports from other places, breaking the fourth wall, joke laughs vs fame laughs, Mrs. Maisel & Tarantino & Stanhope, oh my! Plus: the problems of representing stand-up in fiction and a German inquiry about "punching up."To listen to the full episod…
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PATREON PREVIEW: September Mailbag: On Tallness And Trolls
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On this Patron-only episode: Comedians as bands, Hamilton feedback and internal critique, new science re: the social value of tallness, idolatry and cognitive dissonance (Jake's reply guys). PLUS: toxic jokes, comedian "accountability," and a little bit of Foucault!To listen to the full episode become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/whyyoumadRe…
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Our first BONUS episode is now available to everyone as a little treat! These episodes will be available to Patreon supporters only so if you enjoy it consider supporting us at www.patreon.com/whyyoumadIn this mailbag episode: Broad jokes vs niche jokes. When your job includes teaching others the social order. Parasite, race, and Native American cr…
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