{"podcast":{"title":"The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi","slug":"the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096","podcast_index_feed_id":3641096,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP1717216655","website_url":"http://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2ccd6014-2f60-11f1-b604-8be22f5f95de/image/a24df2225c14031d831fa8b0a7c56013.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":377,"summary":"Stand up comedian and lifelong cynic Gianmarco Soresi interviews people more famous than him about all the downsides to their life. If you like looking on the bright side of life, f*ck off. This is a podcast where complaining is encouraged, negativity celebrated and silver linings debunked. Misery loves company and when Gianmarco is with company he loves talking about their miseries. You can follow @gianmarcosoresi on all social platforms. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T08:21:13.247640+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096"},"episode":{"title":"#358 Books, Baby, and a Boob with Claire Parker","slug":"358-books-baby-and-a-boob-with-claire-parker","published_at":"2026-03-10T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096/358-books-baby-and-a-boob-with-claire-parker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8723860252.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8723860252.mp3","summary":"Comedian/podcaster Claire Parker joins to share the downsides of reading dense books vs celebrity memoirs, the problem with looksmaxxing, wrestling with the idea of having kids, and why playing a hit song as the encore has gotta stop. Follow Claire Parker on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Watch Claire Parker's special, \"Claire Parker's 32,\" on YouTube Listen to Claire's podcast, Good Noticings: linktr.ee/goodnoticingspod -- The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, & Dallas. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/ -- This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content! Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Russell Daniels on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Technical production by Ty Colgate Edited by Christian Pittman Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Douglas Goodhart⁠ Executive Producer - Anya Kanevskaya VP of Development & Production at Headgum - Kaiti Moos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Comedian/podcaster Claire Parker joins to share the downsides of reading dense books vs celebrity memoirs, the problem with looksmaxxing, wrestling with t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5420,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096/episodes/358-books-baby-and-a-boob-with-claire-parker/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096/358-books-baby-and-a-boob-with-claire-parker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}