Giving Up

Giving Up

By John deBary, Youngmi Mayer, Alex PemouliéComedySociety & Culture
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Giving Up episodes

  • "What's Severance?"

    We're baa~ack!

    At long last, the crew has dusted off their mics and re-learned how to make podcasts. Season 4 starts with a somewhat free-from episode where a new format for the season takes place in real time.

    We still want your advice questions, however! Send us a voice note via our IG profile, email them to [email protected] or send anonymously.

    Media:

    JdB: Severance

    Youngmi: Love is Blind

    Alex: The Pitt

    57 min
  • Giving Up Returns! ...For The Finale

    After taking a few weeks off, the crew triumphantly returns to record the final episode of season 3. Starting off with a robust discussion of everyone's current gripes before adressing an advice question about nuerodivergence among restaurant workers.

    See you all in 2025 for season 4!

    Media:

    Youngmi - Cold Case

    Alex - Lost Children

    JdB - Somebody Somewhere

    1 hr 5 min
  • We're Still Alive

    The first post-election episode discusses the aftermath of the most recent election before going into a more on-topic restaurant subject.

    Media:

    JdB - The Boyfriend

    Alex - Extremely American

    Youngmi - Right-Wing YouTube

    59 min
  • Tis the (Election) Season

    The crew comiserates about the upcoming election and Alex's recovery from Covid before diving into the Simu Liu Boba Tea controversy. The advice section discusses a common fear among the dining public.

    Media:

    Alex - Somebody Somewhere

    JdB - Angela Collier

    Youngmi - Escape at Dannemora

    Send us your advice questions! [email protected] or send anonymously.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Confessions of a Sink Vomiter

    The tables have turned! This episode features confessions from John, Youngmi, and Alex about the times they were the embarrasing restaurant guests.

    Media:

    JdB - Ariana Grande's SNL Episode

    Youngmi - Love Is Blind (still)

    Alex - Random Guys on TikTok

    Send us your advice questions! [email protected] or send anonymously.

    54 min
  • We Can Get Angry About Cake

    The usual segments are largely abandoned in favor of a deep dive of the recent TikTok-based cake controversy where an amateur cake maker accused an NYC restaurant of pilfering uneaten cake.

    Media:

    Youngmi - Love Is Blind

    Alex - Mr. McMahon

    JdB - Interview with the Vampire

    Send us your advice questions! [email protected] or send anonymously.

    57 min
  • Silent Generation Pause

    The crew kicks off by trying to figure out who exactly the "Silent Generation" is that segues into a discussion of World War 2. The Thunderdome yields a discussion of Lana Del Rey's new husband and the advice section touches on a very niche concern of restaurant people: what the tipping etiquette is when invited in for a friends and family meal before a new restaurant opens.

    Media:

    Alex - Monsters

    JdB - Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

    Youngmi - The Message

    52 min
  • Customization Culture

    This episode starts with an exploration of self image and then John talks about how he's sad and mad about a tree. The Thunderdome make its triumphant return and features a discussion of Priya Krishna's article about drink customization which dovetails nicely to the advice question about getting into bartending and if bartending school is worth it.

    Media:

    Alex - In the Dark

    Youngmi - Sex and the City

    JdB - Tuesday

    50 min
  • Just Lie

    The crew starts out talking about the humiliations of job interviews and then about how people talk about punctuality online. The Thunderdome is waived (gasp) in order to give proper time to an advice question about aging in the restaurant industry.

    Media:

    Alex - Civil War

    Youngmi - Uglies

    JdB - EUSEXUA

    47 min
  • The Beach That Makes You Old

    The crew somewhat flinches on their commitment to talking more about restaurants by spending the episode discussing aging, perimenipaus and ambivalently critiquing astrology. However, and advice question regrounds in the topic of reporting toxic behavior in the restaurant workplace.

    Media:

    JdB: Trap

    Alex: Animal Crossing

    Youngmi: The Deliverance

    1 hr

About Giving Up

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Giving Up is the podcast where three aging Millennials talk about giving up: surrendering to the inexorable march of time and their inevitable demise. Each week we talk about why the world is mad at…