Stupid Human Suits

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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

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

Jul 17 2017 40 mins

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.

Finding Family (with Phillip Betts)

Jun 25 2017 61 mins

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.

Crime Scene Cleanup (with Lupe Rodriguez)

Jun 12 2017 37 mins

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.

The Freedom Of Loss (with Kimberly Steele)

Jun 05 2017 52 mins

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 plague

Age Is Just A Word (with James Urbaniak)

May 28 2017 47 mins

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.

When The 'Cure' Is Sick (with Maris Ehlers)

Apr 13 2017 41 mins

Sometimes when the world cannot accept the way we're born into our stupid human suits, it conspires to change us... with disastrous results. This is what happened to Maris Ehlers' older brother, Kirk. Maris was only a baby when Kirk was "cured" of his homosexuality, so she didn't understand the damage that had been done to him until much later. On this episode of Stupid Human Suits

Never Throw Up On The Body (with Dave Bledsoe)

Mar 29 2017 41 mins

Our friend and fellow podcaster Dave Bledsoe stops by to tell us what it was like to be a military cop at the tender age of 19. SPOILER: Sometimes bad things happen.

Playwriting for Prisoners (with Jeffrey Joseph)

Mar 19 2017 55 mins

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 m

OMG, How About Those 7 Planets! (with Moiya McTier)

Mar 05 2017 39 mins

This week on Stupid Human Suits we have our first return guest, astrophysicist and Columbia PhD candidate, Moiya McTier. Moiya stops by to explain to us that, no, we aren't about to make first contact with the aliens from Trappist-1, but the discovery is still really cool anyway.

Saying Goodbye (with Sharon Spell)

Feb 27 2017 58 mins

There is no good way to say goodbye to the stupid human suits who tailored you into this world. Or is there? This week comedian and storyteller Sharon Spell stops by for a totally casual, not at all omg-inducing retelling of how she was "really lucky to be there" when both her parents died within weeks of each other. HER WORDS, NOT OURS! Look, it makes sense when she explains it. I