PODCAST · comedy
Hairy Butthole
by Youngmi Mayer
Hairy Butthole is a podcast based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole!" Each week Youngmi Mayer is joined by a guest with a sad story and counters it with a funny one in hopes of causing hair to grow out of their butthole.
Episodes
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I am WRITING* (*= i'm actually writing?)
This week Youngmi reads her latest blog post to promote her substack. The essay focuses on how men throughout history have blamed women for.. everything.
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Your Therapist is Going Through It
This week Youngmi talks to Jeff Gunther (LPC and Content Creator @therapyjeff) about how bizarre it was to be going through exactly what his clients were going through during Covid. Including the beginning and end of a Covid relationship, shifting careers, and watching all 5 million seasons of...
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I Sh*t Everywhere
This week Youngmi talks with Kevin Hayes (content creator, @thedirtiestrainbow) about their adventures with Skatman.
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I Have the Number One Movie on Netflix (and I Still Have to Work in a Restaurant)
May Hong (voice actor, Kpop Demon Hunters) joins Youngmi to commiserate over having career success while still struggling financially. They discuss how juggling relationships with everyone from family to strangers on the street change, and the fears and hopes triggered by the shift in how they…
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I'm Broke Somehow
Hairy Butthole Podcast is back with a new episode. Youngmi talks about the strange juxtaposition of having perceived success while being the brokest she's ever been in her entire life. She gets into the emotions behind being broke and the reasons she finds it difficult to be candid about this...
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I Smoked Weed One Time And It Ruined My Life
This week I talk to Aaron Harris, (voice actor and comedian featured in Ice Age and the new YuGiOh series). Aaron had a harsh reaction to smoking weed as a teen which he describes as feeling like almost triggering psychosis. We also talk about parenting (even though Aaron doesn't have kids) and…
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Your Dad's A Narcissist, My Dad's A Narcissist, Everyone's Dad Is A Narcissist!
This week I talk to Erin Hosier the host of Tell Me About Your Father Podcast and author of Don't Let Me Down, a book about her relationship with her narcissist father. We talk all about narcissism. We talk about how common this personality disorder is but how it's very misunderstood. We...
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I Could've Been The First Lady Of Korea But My Boyfriend Died In A Fire
This week I talk to my friend Cindy who is the owner of Azaelea's in NYC. She and I have been friends for a long time so I was totally shocked when she told me about a traumatic incident she endured in her early 20s involving the death of someone she was dating at the time. We talk about the…
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IDGAF I'm Getting An Abortion AND A Tattoo
This week I talk about how I discovered that the abortion I had was illegal and why I had no idea until I discussed it on this podcast. I talk about how Korean people deal with an oppressive and conservative government and how the spirit of doing whatever they want behind "father's" back lives on...
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Neve Campbell Isn't Coming To Save Me From My Assault
CW: childhood assault, Bullying. This week I talk to Gus Constantellis (Comedian, Tiktok star) about how his obsession with celebrities and media from a certain time of his life relates to a trauma that he experienced during the same time. Gus discusses how during the pandemic his body had a…
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Yes He Tried To R-Word Me But Also He Does A Great Kermit The Frog Impression
CW: Sexual Assault, Childhood Sexual Abuse. This week I talk to Lucie Pohl, the brilliant comedian behind Immigrant Jam Podcast. I talk about a really traumatizing experience I had as a teenager and Lucie talks about two incidents of her life where she experienced sexual assault and why her…
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Guns Don't Kill People Cops Kill People
CW: mass shootings. I'm back with another solo episode about my feelings about guns and cops. I'm stupid and I don't know anything so I kept it to my feelings. I touch on how if you grew up in an unfair/abusive household, this feeling of powerless and frustration is familiar as well as triggering.
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I'm OK With My Mom Dying But I Draw The Line At Hilary Clinton Losing
CW: death. This week I talk to John deBary about the death of his mother from brain cancer. John had no emotional reaction to her passing only to suffer a mental breakdown two years later after Hilary Clinton lost the presidential race in 2016. We talk about how we both tend to repress strong...
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My Abortion IS Funny IT'S FUNNY
CW: Abortion, Statutory Rape, Abuse. This week I talk about my abortion in full detail by myself. It was weird recording on my own but then I ended up sharing stories I have NEVER told until this day. I talk about having sexual relationships with adults as a minor and why I think that happened…
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Now That's A REAL Woman (I'm Non-Binary)
CW: Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Homophobia. This week I talk to Ryan Marie Burdge (who also goes by Hilary Burdge) about growing up neurodivergent and queer. Ryan Marie talks about being part of the first group of children to be diagnosed with ADHD in the 80s and the abuse they went through at...
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I Think I Killed My Sister
CW: Negligent Abuse, Child Death. This week I speak to Anne Ishii Executive Director of The Asian Arts Initiative, the owner of the clothing brand MASSIVE and a manga translator. Anne discusses the shocking death of her younger sibling when she was 6 years old and the ways it shaped her life and...
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I Can't Stop Thinking About My Baby Dying
CW: Death and illness in children. This week I talk to Alex Pemoulie about her baby going through open-heart surgery (he is fine). Alex and I met when her first child and my son were babies and got along because we were utterly traumatized by motherhood. We had a short-lived feminist mom podcast...
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My Uncle Got Murdered And My Mom Never Noticed I Was Allergic To Milk
CW: Violence, ED, Negligent Abuse. This week is part two of the conversation with Chansophalla Nop and Oak Laokwansathitaya. Chan talks about her family's traumatic history of living in wartime Cambodia and Oak discusses recently finding out he might suffer from narcoplepsy. Oak also talks about...
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You're laughing? I'm getting SAed and you're laughing?
CW: Childhood SA, A, Asian hate crimes, Violence. This week on Hairy butthole Chansophalla Nop and Oak Laokwansathitaya discuss childhood trauma and how the recent spike in Asian hate crimes encited trauma responses from both of them. They discuss how their response to violence and harrassment...
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I'm A Coward. But I'm Going To Live.
This week Lana Siebel joins Youngmi to discuss her life as a Ukranian Jewish refugee in America. She talks about Ukraine in a realistic way that feels authentic and different compared to recent discourse. Her family considered themselves "second class citizens" as Jews in their own homeland and...
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Stupid Ass Bitch Who Doesn't Know Where TF She's Going
This week I'm joined by the hilarious comedian Dylan Adler. Dylan talks about not being able to cry about the death of his grandma. Then I discuss being called a 'stupid ass btich who doesn't know where tf she's going' by a receptionist and then feeling the need to apologize to her. We then…
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I'm Going To Kill Myself
This week on Hairy Butthole I talk to my long-time friend Helen Cho. Helen is a celebrated producer. After four years she finally breaks her silence on the death of her beloved friend Anthony Bourdain. We also talk about grieving the loss of Christina Yuna Lee as strangers, not feeling entitled…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hairy Butthole is a podcast based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole!" Each week Youngmi Mayer is joined by a guest with a sad story and counters it with a funny one in hopes of causing hair to grow out of their butthole.
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Hairy Butthole is a podcast based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole!" Each week Youngmi Mayer is joined by a guest with a sad story and counters it with a funny one in hopes of causing hair to grow out of their butthole.
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Hairy Butthole is created and hosted by Youngmi Mayer.
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