You only have one stupid human suit, so what do you do when it is suddenly confined? This week Carol and Sean are joined by comedian, actor and teacher Jeffrey Joseph, who teaches creative writing to juvenile offenders at Rikers Island. He also works with an organization called Witness To Innocence, an "organization dedicated to empowering exonerated death row survivors to be the most powerful and effective voice in the struggle to end the death penalty in the United States." You can learn more about Witness To Innocence at their web site, witnesstoinnocence.org.

Playwriting for Prisoners (with Jeffrey Joseph)

You are a completely insignificant, totally random evolutionary accident who could die any moment for no discernible reason. Fun, right? 

Nearly everyone, at one time or another, has looked down at their body and thought, “What is this thing? How the hell did I get in here? What is an ‘I’ anyway and how much pizza can I put in it?” But almost no one asks those questions out loud for fear of making others uncomfortable. 

Well, good news. Stupid Human Suits is all about that uncomfortable...ness. Each week, life/comedy partners Carol and Sean chat with a different guest about their obsessions with death, aging, the limitations of being in these bodies, our relative insignificance in the universe and other light topics. Sometimes it’s gross. Sometimes it’s sad. Sometimes it’s hopeful. And curiously, a lot of times it’s funny.

Music: Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com  Illustration: William Cheselden, Skeleton Praying, Osteographia, 1733

Comedy

Does the idea of permanently altering your stupid human suit excite or terrify you? Does body alteration make you feel like you have more control or does it simply remind you that you are temporary and easily damaged? Tattoo artist Bob joins us this week to talk about his work, the lost art of naughtiness and why so many of us fall in love with turning our bodies into canvasses.

Tattoos Are Forever, We Are Not (with Bob Hodge)

Part of the deal with these stupid human suits is they come from somewhere. Sometimes, that somewhere has its own stupid human suit issues. This week, Phillip Betts joins us to talk about what happens when your parents aren't quite up to parenting.

Finding Family (with Phillip Betts)

Chances are, if this week's guest was called to your house for a cleanup, you and your stupid human suit had a very bad day. On this episode of SHS, Lupe Rodriguez regales Sean and Carol with tales from a job neither of them would be capable of doing.

Crime Scene Cleanup (with Lupe Rodriguez)

What happens when you experience a loss so great you know nothing can ever hurt you to that degree again? This week's guest, writer and editor Kimberly Steele, experienced a kind of freedom in personal tragedy, though that freedom also came with a decades-long flirtation with self-destruction. She joins Carol and Sean to talk about surviving loss and the eating disorder that plagued her teens and twenties.

The Freedom Of Loss (with Kimberly Steele)

This week, Carol and Sean sit their stupid human suits down with one of their favorite humans and actors, James Urbaniak. They talk character, what "making it" looks like, and that moment when you start to realize that yes, you are getting older.

Playwriting for Prisoners (with Jeffrey Joseph)

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