Worse Than You with Mo Fry Pasic
Episodes
This Thing Called You with Nic Scheppard and Jenson Titus
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Scheppard and Jenson Titus are comedians, muralists, and creative collaborators. And if they look like a couple? Well, you're close: they're exes....
LIVE! at SeriesFest with W. Kamau Bell and the ACLU
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in April, Mo had the chance to sit down with W. Kamau Bell at SeriesFest in Colorado as part of a collaboration with the ACLU's podcast At Libert...
Feels True with Michael Cruz Kayne
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cruz Kayne wrote a show about grief because it’s all he wanted to talk about. What resulted is the only project he’s ever made that matter...
Down to Listen with Akilah Hughes
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Akilah Hughes knows her audience. They’ve been by her side since the early days of YouTube, growing with her through career pivots, cross-country mo...
The Invisible Realm with Jess Perlman
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Jess Perlman, facilitating conversations with the beyond is a form of spiritual charades. This week, she joins Mo to discuss what it’s like to p...
Four Quadrant Keanu with Christi Somers
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humor has been a lifeline for Christi Somers. And she wants everyone to have access to it. She joins Mo this week to discuss how she's overcome analys...
And Now, A Solo with Henry Koperski
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When composer and musician Henry Koperski sits down at a piano, he's not looking to write the next great pop song. Instead, he's searching for a feeli...
Unapologetically A Fan with Roz Hernandez
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roz Hernandez should be more famous—and she's the first one to admit it. It's with this spirit that she approaches every project, from her 46-city s...
Julia Roberts Excellence with Tim Murray
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Murray is the only one who can perform his solo show. It is, after all, called Tim Murray is WITCHES! But if you’ve ever felt out of place, he’...
Chili Peppers and Milk with Fin Argus
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fin Argus takes small journals with her wherever she goes, for drawing or lyrics or stray creative thoughts. She also carries an archive of all the mu...
President Improviser with Kimia Behpoornia
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The common denominator in Kimia Behpoornia's career is fun, and she's pursued it everywhere from her childhood math classes to some of TV's most belov...
Versions of Reality with Sarah Friedland
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For filmmaker and choreographer Sarah Friedland, screenwriting is a movement notation practice—one where she foregrounds bodies and cameras rather t...
100,000 Hours with Rashawn Nadine Scott
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Rashawn Nadine Scott, an hour spent with second graders is as creatively fulfilling as an hour spent on stage. This week, she joins Mo to discuss ...
Options for Becoming with E.R. Fightmaster
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up, E.R. Fightmaster had to build their identity from scratch. Now, they're giving a new generation of queer youth a foundation for seeing—a...
Coming Soon: Season Three!
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, friends! We've excited to announce that we'll be BACK for an all-new season of Worse Than You starting Wednesday, September 3. Make sure you're su...
We're On Summer Break!
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're off for the next few weeks, but you've got everything you need to keep your creative process going! Whether you're on the road, by a body of wat...
Invitation to the Party with Mano Agapion and Oscar Montoya
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re celebrating this week as we welcome comedians Mano Agapion and Oscar Montoya to Good Get! The hosts of the internet’s ONLY drag race podcast...
Spiritual Tools with Mo Fry Pasic
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All it takes is one spark of inspiration to set a creative process in motion. And this week, to celebrate our one-year anniversary, a single question ...
Silly Art with Jo Firestone
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Murder mysteries. Card games. Late night comedies. This week, we're exploring Jo Firestone's creative playground! She joins Mo to discuss why she love...
Object Permanence with Anu Valia
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Director Anu Valia has a knack for staying present, whether she's on set for a hit comedy series or in post-production on one of her films. This week,...
The People Side with Devon Walker
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your creative outlet becomes a career? It’s a question that comedian Devon Walker has navigated ever since being cast on SNL. He j...
The Coven We've Built with Josh Sharp
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Sharp has just begun rehearsals for his Off-Broadway debut. It’s billed as a solo show, but technically, Josh has a scene partner: a 2,000-slid...
Pride and Punishment with Joel Kim Booster
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Kim Booster knows the power of pining: if there’s even a chance that a script he loves can be produced, he’ll work tirelessly on it. But you ...
Burlesque of the Heart with Vico Ortiz
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vico Ortiz sees their career as a relationship. And they're putting in the work to keep it from becoming toxic. That means pursuing projects that feel...
Meet in the Mess with Anna Pasic
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the most meaningful art exists in the interstices, where a blank canvas becomes a space that's separate from work or family or the churn of ...
Award-to-House Ratio with Ronald Young Jr.
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ronald Young Jr. is building his career in audio the same way that he'd like to build a house: with care, intentionality, and a strong foundation. And...
Stay in the Basement with Becky Chicoine and Sam Reece
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Becky Chicoine and Sam Reece met as UCB interns more than a decade ago. Since then, they've headlined comedy festivals across the country and co-writt...
Six Jobs and a Fuzzy Blanket with Catherine McCafferty
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosting a popular web series wasn’t part of Catherine McCafferty’s plan. But when her friends Sam Reich and Elaine Carroll asked her to collaborat...
Feels Like Fate with Ashley Ray
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Ray was told that she would need to choose between writing comedy and writing about it. But as an acclaimed critic, TV writer, and stand-up c...
A Really Big Hope with Richard Perez
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Experiencing Richard Perez's comedy is a lot like riding a rollercoaster: one moment, you're laughing your head off; the next, you're clutching your h...
Whimsy Sais Quoi with Vinny Thomas
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vinny Thomas lets his characters speak to him, whether he's playing a pigeon at Pride or Clarence Thomas's grandson. He joins Mo this week to discuss ...
Disarmingly Earnest with Ruby Karp
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By the age of three, comedian Ruby Karp had made her Upright Citizens Brigade debut. By the age of ten, she was performing stand-up across New York Ci...
The Elephant In My Head with Kyle Ayers
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Kyle Ayers feels funniest when he's not in control. But after brain surgery for Trigeminal neuralgia, he wondered whether he could be funny a...
In Real Time with Parvati Shallow
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Parvati Shallow, life is a game—and she's playing it authentically. She joins Mo this week to discuss what it's been like to take control of her...
Introducing: At Liberty with W. Kamau Bell
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're honored to present an episode of At Liberty, from our friends at the ACLU. Every other week, host W. Kamau Bell is asking the big qu...
Unchecked Authenticity with Jeffery Self
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and actor Jeffery Self isn't afraid to let go—whether he's pursuing a creative path that doesn't feel generative or reflecting on an early pr...
It's All Connected with Kate Helen Downey
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artmaking can help heal us emotionally; for Kate Helen Downey, that healing process has also been physical. Kate's spent more than two decades living ...
Pure Kayfabe with Tim Platt
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Platt is a creative polymath: he can write songs, he can draw, and he can commit so hard to a bit that he ends up infiltrating a multi-level marke...
Divine Protections with Sasheer Zamata
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing for an audience to separate the art from the artist. But what if an artist wants to keep aspects of their life separate from their ar...
Showing Up with Chris Grace
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For actor and comedian Chris Grace, writing a solo show isn't the hard part. Neither is performing it. It's the feeling that he should always be doing...
Midwestern Work Ethic with Bri LeRose
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and director Bri LeRose periodically asks herself: if a teenage Bri, living in Wisconsin, looked at her career today, would she think it was en...
The Far Side with Albertina Rizzo
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a regular listener of Worse Than You, then you know that Albertina Rizzo is inner circle. Albertina and Mo connect through the shared phil...
Negative to Broadway with Chris Renfro
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's not every day that we get to witness someone's process on the eve of a major creative milestone. Today's one of those special days. Join us in ce...
Quanta with George Civeris
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A note from team Worse Than You: When we recorded our first batch of episodes for season two, we had no idea that we'd be releasing them amidst the on...
Blue Skying with Matt Rogers
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year, dear friends! We figured you might want to start 2025 off with a burst of creative inspiration... and we've got you covered, with an e...
We're Back, Baby!
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new year, and we've got an all new season teed up for you! We're thrilled to announce that we'll be back on Wednesday, January 15, with weekly...
The Second Gaze with Sam Taggart
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating our season finale with a very special guest: Sam Taggart! The Straightiolab co-host joins Mo to discuss millennial jokes, the fine l...
Little Black Dress with Julio Torres
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julio Torres has never let other people measure his success. This week, Julio joins Mo to discuss being a "zero waste" artist, embracing chaos and mes...
Make 'Em Laugh with Stephen Brower
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be gay? It's a question that actor and comedian Stephen Brower is working out in his stage show Palatable Gay Robot, where he pl...
I'll Be Rest with Greta Titelman
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's homecoming week for Worse Than You! Mo's back in LA and back in the saddle with their friend Greta Titelman to discuss the creative life cycle. W...
Introducing: One of Us with Fin and Chris (featuring Dylan Mulvaney!)
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part of the creative process is rest, and to mark the end of the Fringe festival, we're taking some this week! Instead of a Worse Than You episode, w...
Table Mates with Catherine McCafferty and Demi Adejuyigbe
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was the real Edinburgh Fringe Festival the friends we made along the way? This week, Mo's unwinding with Catherine McCafferty and Demi Adejuyigbe befo...
Summer Camp Kids with BriTANicK
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have two very special guests on the show: Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, also known as BriTANicK! Listen in as the duo talks about the...
Act As If with Sudi Green
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What starts as a catch-up between Mo and their best friend and creative collaborator Sudi Green turns into a sprawling conversation about what it mean...
Mozart and Messiah with Kate Cheka
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When artist and comedian Kate Cheka looked at her astrological chart, she wasn't sure she'd make it to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We're so...
Big Daddy Mode with Mo Fry Pasic
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast's all about process, so we want to give you a peek behind the curtain of Mo's Edinburgh Fringe Festival run of Worse Than You! Listen in ...
Party Rock with Catherine Cohen
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Cohen's in the houuuuse this week! She and Mo chat about Cat's songwriting process, the joys of performing to a new crowd every night, and t...
Soft Smile Energy with Ella Evans
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a Victorian sprawled on a chaise lounge. Now give them tattoos or muscles, and place a boiled egg or other odd, unexpected object just out of ...
A Giant Set-Up with Demi Adejuyigbe
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some comedians commit to the bit. Demi Adejuyigbe reinvents it. This week, Demi joins Mo to discuss how he tends to even the smallest moments on stage...
Clay on the Mound with Sudi Green
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we say prowl, you say panther! This week, Mo chats with their best friend and collaborator Sudi Green about holding each other accountable, life ...
Trailer
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paris may be hosting this summer’s Olympics, but every summer, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hosts the Olympics of performing arts. And this year, a...