Why Oh Why

By Andrea SilenziComedy Society & Culture Personal Journals

Why Oh Why episodes

June 14, 2017 #34: Live at Bonobos - The Rules for Dating in NYC
We begin with a story: The tale of your host's earliest ancestor’s dating life, and the love life of a more recent relative, Grandma Phyllis. Then comedian and writer Naomi Ekperigin (Broad City, Difficult People) and her “Jew Boo” writer and performer Andy Beckerman help an audience member find love, and share how they found each other in the NYC improv scene.
To see photos from our live show, visit whyohwhyradio.com.
Why Oh Why: Live At Bonobos! This summer we're taking over Bonobos Guideshops across the country for special live podcast tapings. These shows are all sold out! But even if you don't have a ticket, Why Oh Why subscribers will get to hear everything that goes down in special bonus episodes. Our next one comes out in two weeks.
This live show was made possible by Bonobos. If you want to find clothing that will fit you better than you ever imagined, and get 20% off your first purchase, visit bonobos.com/whyohwhy.
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41 min
June 08, 2017 Why So Forlorn, OK Cupid?
Does OK Cupid's app icon tell a larger narrative of chaos and distress? Let's use the logo design of popular dating apps to explore the state of the companies and the substance of their products. In doing so, we're joined by Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut. They're the cofounders of Design Observer, and hosts of The Design of Business | The Business of Design and The Observatory podcasts. We're also joined by Teddy Blanks, a graphic designer and founder of design studio Chips. He makes the logo for our podcast.
To follow along with the corresponding visuals for our design discussion, visit whyohwhyradio.com.

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54 min
June 08, 2017 #33: Why So Forlorn, OK Cupid?
Does OK Cupid's app icon tell a larger narrative of chaos and distress? Let's use the logo design of popular dating apps to explore the state of the companies and the substance of their products. In doing so, we're joined by Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut. They're the cofounders of Design Observer, and hosts of The Design of Business | The Business of Design and The Observatory podcasts. We're also joined by Teddy Blanks, a graphic designer and founder of design studio Chips. He makes the logo for our podcast.
To follow along with the corresponding visuals for our design discussion, visit whyohwhyradio.com.
Why Oh Why: Live At Bonobos! Join our show as we take over Bonobos Guideshops across the country for special live podcast tapings. These shows sold out quick! But even if you don't have a ticket, Why Oh Why subscribers will get to hear everything that goes down in special bonus episodes. The first one will come out next week.
These live shows were made possible by Bonobos. If you want to find clothing that will fit you better than you ever imagined, and get 20% off your first purchase, visit bonobos.com/whyohwhy.
Our sponsors for this episode are ThirdLove and HelloFresh (code: WHY30). Go to thirdlove.com/WHY or hellofresh.com and use the promo code for special offers.
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55 min
June 01, 2017 Deep in the Woods
Over at Why Oh Why HQ, we're planning quite the event for our first live show with Bonobos. And it got us thinking about the joy of crafting a live show and the fun of experimenting with the medium. Today, we'll listen back to one of this podcast's first live radio experiments starring our hilarious pal Jim Behrle, and our even more hilarious relative Grandma Phyllis.

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28 min
June 01, 2017 #32: Deep in the Woods
Over at Why Oh Why HQ, we're planning quite the event for our first live show with Bonobos. And it got us thinking about the joy of crafting a live show and the fun of experimenting with the medium. Today, we'll listen back to one of this podcast's first live radio experiments starring our hilarious pal Jim Behrle, and our even more hilarious relative Grandma Phyllis.
Why Oh Why: Live At Bonobos! Join our show as we take over Bonobos Guideshops across the country for three special live podcast tapings. These shows sold out FAST! But even if you don't have a ticket, Why Oh Why subscribers will get to hear everything that goes down in special bonus episodes. The first one will come out on Tuesday, June 13.
These live shows were made possible by Bonobos. If you want to find clothing that will fit you better than you ever imagined, and get 20% off your first purchase, visit bonobos.com/whyohwhy.
Our sponsors for this episode are Lyft and StoryWorth. Go to lyft.com/WHY and storyworth.com/WHY for special offers.
To see photos from our live events as they happen, be sure to follow along on Twitter (@andreasilenzi), Instagram (@andreasilenzi) and Facebook (facebook.com/whyohwhyradio).
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29 min
May 13, 2017 #31: Daddy Randy
The other day, Randy called to say he was outside Panoply studios. Didn't we get his fax messages? Hear why our show's favorite regular guest is happier than ever.
Why Oh Why: Live At Bonobos!
Join our show as we take over Bonobos Guideshops across the country for 3 special live podcast tapings. The tour kicks off in NYC on June 1st, and will travel to Chicago on June 15th, and LA on June 29th. To reserve your free tickets today, visit slate.com/live.
These live shows were made possible by Bonobos. If you want to find clothing that will fit you better than you ever imagined, and get 20% off your first purchase, visit bonobos.com/whyohwhy.
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29 min
May 13, 2017 #31: Daddy Randy
The other day, Randy called to say he was outside Panoply studios. Didn't we get his fax messages? Hear why our show's favorite regular guest is happier than ever.
Why Oh Why: Live At Bonobos!
Join our show as we take over Bonobos Guideshops across the country for 3 special live podcast tapings. The tour kicks off in NYC on June 1st, and will travel to Chicago on June 15th, and LA on June 29th. To reserve your free tickets today, visit slate.com/live.
These live shows were made possible by Bonobos. If you want to find clothing that will fit you better than you ever imagined, and get 20% off your first purchase, visit bonobos.com/whyohwhy.
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29 min
May 05, 2017 Don't Listen If You're My Ex-Boyfriend
How do you even begin to deal with heart break? Your host weighs the advice.
We'll speak with Olga Pronin, the marketing manager at Wham-O.
Dr. Fred Nour is a neuroscientist and wrote the book True Love.
Gretchen Rubin hosts the Happier podcast with her sister, Elizabeth Craft.
Baldwin Way is an assistant professor at the Ohio State University. You can find his research study about acetaminophen dulling emotions here, and can read more about the connections between physical and emotional pain here. If you haven't read that Modern Love column, you can find that here.

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35 min
May 05, 2017 #30: Don't Listen If You're My Ex-Boyfriend
How do you even begin to deal with heart break? Your host weighs the advice.
We'll speak with Olga Pronin, the marketing manager at Wham-O.
Dr. Fred Nour is a neuroscientist and wrote the book True Love.
Gretchen Rubin hosts the Happier podcast with her sister, Elizabeth Craft.
Baldwin Way is an assistant professor at the Ohio State University. You can find his research study about acetaminophen dulling emotions here, and can read more about the connections between physical and emotional pain here. If you haven't read that Modern Love column, you can find that here.
Our sponsors for this episode are ThirdLove and HelloFresh (code: WHY30). Use the promo code, and go to ThirdLove.com/WHY for special offers.
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36 min
April 21, 2017 Hotter on Bumble, Part 2
If our potential matches on Bumble feel hotter than other apps, who's making that decision? What does this mean for us normals?
Reynald Adolphe caught our eye with his blog post: "Is Bumble's Algorithm Filtering Ugly People?" He is a software engineer and teaches other people how to be engineers, too. He tweets: @reynaldadolphe
Chris Volinsky was part of the winning team for the Netflix Prize to develop a better recommender system. He's assistant vice president of big data research at AT&T, and he tweets: @statpumpkin
To discuss this week's episode, head to facebook.com/whyohwhyradio or tweet with #whyohwhy. You can find Andrea on Twitter as @andreasilenzi.

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39 min

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Named a best new podcast of 2016 by The New York Times, NPR, Huffington Post and iTunes. Andrea Silenzi speaks with friends, experts, and guys in bars about where love, dating and sex meets…