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GAYDHD with EMMA WILLMANN

by Witz Comedy Network · English · Comedy

GAYDHD with EMMA WILLMAN is a podcast for people who like comedy, curiosity, and conversations that can go from unhinged to weirdly insightful in under thirty seconds. Expect comics, tangents, oversharing, strong opinions with limited research, and the occasional moment of accidental depth. No grand

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 4 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 8 minNew

25. I Have to Squeeze My Dog Like a Capri Sun ft. Kylie Vincent

Comedian and actress Kylie Vincent joins Emma for a hilarious, defiant, genuinely joyful conversation about living with MS, finding comedy in the worst news, and her harmonica. Kylie gets into the paralyzed rescue dog she found on Petfinder and has cared for seven years (yes, the Capri Sun thing is real), turning a cane into a crowd-work weapon, and the specific art of making perverts feel welcome. They also dig into the maze of autoimmune symptoms that women get told are nothing, dating and making out in the ER, the reply guys who sniff out women with no dads and dispense surprisingly solid…

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Earlier episodes 29 most recent

6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
The Straightest Way to Be Gay ft. Dan St. Germain | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Comedian, actor, and podcaster Dan St. Germain joins Emma as the first mostly-straight guy on the show, and immediately offers up his "gay bona fides": the time a guy blew him, which he maintains is the straightest way to be gay, and playing Joseph in the Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was somehow gayer. From there it's a wide, funny, no-filter hang between two people who have clearly spent real time in therapy and rehab. They get into Emma catastrophically tanking the dating apps over one misread sentence, SSRIs and sex drive, kicking benzos, the "right-sized reaction" problem and a gym guy…
29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
23. I Spent 17 Years as a Lesbian Before I Figured It Out with James Tom
Comedian, actor, and producer James Tom joins Emma for a funny, deep, and genuinely moving conversation about spending 17 years in the wrong pool before finding his way home. James traces the whole arc: 13 years in the Girl Scouts, coming out at 14 and going all in, women's college, starting testosterone right before the pandemic on a hunch about his future career, and the Fire Island trip that quietly rearranged his entire sense of himself. They get into the spiritual difference between a butch lesbian and a twink, the crossed wires of being attracted to (and attractive to) people who were…
22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
22. I Quit Comedy the Week Before Kevin Hart's Show Found Me ft. Winston Hodges
Comedian and Funny AF finalist Winston Hodges joins Emma for a warm, funny, wide-ranging conversation about the strange truth that every good thing that happens to him seems to raise the stakes instead of lowering them. After ten years and a self-imposed deadline, Winston had made peace with not "making it" and was on a lake vacation when a casting email landed that turned out to be Kevin Hart's Funny AF — and his anxiety hasn't returned to baseline since.They get into the ten-day whirlwind of making the show, closing on a house, and getting a Cellar audition all at once, why success can…
15 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
21. My Apartment Looks Like a Child Lives Here ft. Natalie Cuomo | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Comedian and classically trained actress Natalie Cuomo joins Emma for a very funny hang that eventually gets to her obsessive Hello Kitty claw-machine phase — the one that's left her apartment buried in stuffed animals and looking like a child lives there. Before that, they get into the specific humiliations of auditioning, including the self-tape that got Natalie's team to ask, in writing, whether she'd ever taken an acting class (she went to acting school), and the blonde-bombshell soap opera audition where they had to lower the camera for her.Emma gets into the acting feedback she keeps…
8 Sep 2026 · 56 min
20. A $6 Pill Fixed My Whole Life | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann | SOLO EPISODE
Emergency solo recording, because I had too much to report and no intention of letting my brain flit it into the ether. Last time I was high on my supply of mantras — turns out "I'm not someone who scrolls" lasted about seven days, and I'm ready to admit I'd medal at the Scrolling Olympics. Then a head cold, a Kansas City real estate gig, and a full health-anxiety spiral led to me buying a Life Alert bracelet at 40. And finally, the payoff I'd been saving: the sphincter specialist, the exam, the diagnosis, and the $6 Amazon fiber pills that may have quietly fixed everything. Plus whether I…
1 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 20 min
19. Sperm Banks, Big D*ck Energy & the Human Brain with Sarah Adelman | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Comedian and science nerd Sarah Adelman joins Emma to talk sperm banks, big dick energy, anxiety, gossip, the placebo effect, and all the bizarre ways our brains shape reality. Sarah shares what it was actually like working at a sperm bank, why she thinks she found scientific evidence for “big dick energy,” and how seeing that much sperm changes a person. They also get into why gossip helps us bond, why embarrassing memories stick with us, whether being cringe is actually the key to getting good at something, and why Emma uses the placebo effect to convince herself a bad stand-up set is…
25 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
18. Sex Therapist Explains: You Can Be an Angel AND a Wh*re | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Sex therapist Shavon Gaddy joins Emma for a very funny, very frank conversation that starts exactly where you'd expect — Emma's newly diagnosed weak inner sphincter and the fiber-supplement redemption arc that came with it — and somehow gets genuinely useful from there. They break down the actual difference between anxiety and depression, and between "being depressed" and a depressive disorder, plus why they don't hand out major diagnoses to 12-year-olds. They also get into the Madonna/whore issue in a long-term relationship (you can be a sweet pea AND a whore), the real difference between a…
18 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
17. The Breakdown I Had After Meeting My Therapist with Alex Kumin
Comedian Alex Kumin joins Emma for a conversation that goes 0 to 100 in the best way — funny, tender, and ultimately inspiring. Alex tells the story of finally meeting her longtime therapist in person, sobbing in her arms, and then falling into a three-week breakdown that turned out to be exactly the release she needed — decades of pushed-down feelings finally moving through her. (Content heads-up: they discuss surviving childhood sexual trauma, cancer, and survival in general.) They also get into the difference between CBT and DBT and holding two opposing truths at once, the fantasy of a…
11 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
16. We Started a Book Club and It Turned Into Therapy with Elle Orlando
Elle Orlando is back — and this time she and I are doing a book club. Two dyslexic comedians who hadn't cracked a book in years both tore through Lena Dunham's memoir, and they get into everything it stirred up: feeling compassion for their 24-year-old selves, the wild Klonopin doses in the book, and how getting off Klonopin made Emma feel like she hadn't known herself in years. They also dig into where the "school system got my ass," being alternative thinkers displaced from the Midwest, being lifelong people-pleasers (and why this book felt like exposure therapy), the terror of asking for…
6 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
Dirty Talk and Trout Don't Mix | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann | SOLO EP
Solo one this week. I get into the week that gave me a little breakdown, the mantra that pulled me out of it, my favorite neuroscientist who identifies as a dolphin, and why I spike my matcha with Celsius.
4 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
14. "Your Emotional Support Dog Is Lying to You" with Onika McLean | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Comedian Onika McLean joins for a hilarious conversation that opens with a full-blown rant about trying to "ground" in a New York City park that's been overrun by transplants and their so-called emotional support animals. Onika breaks down the real service these dogs provide, the rescue dogs dragging their new Minnesota owners around Bed-Stuy, and why she's been reduced to standing in a basin of Epsom salt at home just to relax. From there, we get into everything we try because TikTok told us to, chasing morning sunlight while fighting the urge to grab our phones, nervous systems and stomach…
28 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
13. Gay Slang Lightning Round with Oscar Aydin
Comedian Oscar Aydin joins for an unhinged, very gay, very funny conversation between two friends with zero filter — capped off by a gay-slang lightning round where they rank each other with words like slay, shade, chosen family, and butch queen. Along the way: Emma announcing she got "rear-ended" and Oscar needing to know which kind, the fantasy always beating the reality (see: dressing up for the cable technician), and the amateur porn couple Emma followed so long she felt genuinely happy when they moved into a nicer house. They also get into the comedy of porn comment sections, reclaiming…
21 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
12. The Algorithm Knew I Was Getting Cheated On Before I Did with Brittany Schmitt
Comedian and actress Brittany Schmitt joins Emma for a raw, funny conversation that starts with the eerie feeling that your phone knows your love life better than you do. Mid-breakup, Brittany's feed filled up with reels describing her exact situation — and she breaks down the meme that finally got her off the wrong train. They get into self-righteous anger as a drug, the interior designers who stole $25K, why saying "I'll never" paints a target on your back, and rerouting your brain the way athletes do.
14 Jul 2026 · 56 min
11. A Compliment in Jamaica, a Slur in America with Eva Evans | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Comedian Eva Evans joins for a sharp, funny conversation about saying the wrong thing online and the people waiting to punish you for it. Eva breaks down what happened when a follower told her a word she'd grown up hearing as a compliment in Jamaica was actually rooted in an ethnic slur — and how posting the apology publicly, hoping to help other people learn, turned into the thing she regrets most. They get into the self-righteousness of "how did you not know that," the impossibility of code-switching without getting dragged for it (see: calling a Jamaican TRN a "social security number"),…
7 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
10. "If Any of You Turn Out Like That, I'll Kill You" with Jaye McBride
Comedian, actress, and TED talker Jaye McBride joins Emma for a funny and surprisingly tender conversation about growing up trans before there was even a word for it. Jaye opens with the childhood moment of seeing a trans person on TV — that flash of "that's me" — followed by her father's worst-possible reaction. They get into coming out as trans in 2007, how Pride has changed over two decades, the theory that the most rigidly conservative people are hiding the most, losing religion, neurodivergence, celebrity crushes, and the racism baked into how the NFL treated Black quarterbacks.
30 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
09. I Don't Miss My Ex, I Miss My Admin Assistant with Ali Kolbert
Comedian, actor, and writer Ali Kolbert joins Emma for a long-overdue catch-up that goes deep on the brutal mechanics of dating, breakups, and queer identity. They open on the gaslighting breakup Ali's still recovering from — the ex who insisted "I'm gay, he's just my friend" and is now a year-plus into dating that man — and the universal agony of not trusting your own gut until it's too late. From there: what it's like being single-single for the first time in years, why being a messy partner makes you "a guy, but a shitty guy," whether every long-term couple is secretly up to something,…
25 Jun 2026 · 40 min
Why I Spent an Entire Wedding Befriending a Homophobe | BONUS EP
A solo deep-dive bonus episode where Emma gets back from a mini comedy tour and can't stop thinking about perception — what it feels like to walk on stage and feel a room "register" you in real time. That spirals into the legendary tale of the Texas wedding where she set out to win over the most conservative guy there (sleeveless cowboy tuxedo and all) and ended up more popular than the bride. Then comes the main event: a full investigative deep dive into Willa Ford, the early-2000s "bad girl" pop star behind "I Want to Be Bad," whose entire second-album rollout got buried when her single…
23 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
07. "How About an Over-the-Pants Handj*b?" — The Worst DM Ever with Caitlin Peluffo
Comedian, actress, star of Kevin Hart's Funny AF, and aspiring empire-builder Caitlin Peluffo joins Emma for an unhinged, very funny, very gay conversation about dating, desire, and the absolute state of modern courtship. They get into the frozen-peas-on-the-TV trick for sneaking past strict parents, getting caught by mom mid-hookup in high school, and Caitlin's quest to get back out there after seven months off the market. The two break down what actually makes a DM work (public account, good photo, don't be creepy — the bar is in hell), the worst messages they've ever received, and the guy…
16 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
06. Yawning, Quantum Physics & Curing Anger With Pettiness with Elle Orlando
omedian, actress, and podcaster Elle Orlando joins Emma for an episode that goes everywhere. They start with the anxiety symptom no one talks about — excessive yawning — and somehow end up explaining the double-slit experiment. Elle breaks down the four-day healing retreat led by her dad's girlfriend (a self-taught spiritual healer who studied with Tibetan monks), the finger muscle-testing technique that supposedly makes your body answer questions honestly, and her theory that every possible version of your life is happening in a parallel dimension right now. They also get into aging parents…
10 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
05. Catfishing, Closet Cases & Code Switching with Akeem Woods
Comedian Akeem Woods joins Emma Willmann for a hilarious and surprisingly deep conversation about gay hookup culture, getting catfished, and what it really means to code switch as a queer person of color. Akeem opens up about growing up closeted in Florida, fabricating a fake girlfriend named Kiana on Facebook, and the moment he finally came out at 25. Emma shares her own unforgettable Craigslist catfish story involving a "supermodel" and a 7-Eleven in Queens — and yes, it ends exactly how you'd expect. They also dig into the heated rivalry around the show 'Rivals' (yes, they watched it),…
2 Jun 2026 · 57 min
04. Shame Spirals, ADHD & a Baby in a Blizzard | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Emma Willmann sits down with comedian Ashley Austin Morris for an honest, hilarious deep-dive into life with ADHD — from shame spirals over undone dishes to hyperfocus mysteries, lost wallets, and thriving in total chaos. Ashley opens up about growing up in Texas housing projects, being pulled in and out of school, and never having ADHD formally explained to her — yet somehow always knowing her brain worked differently. Emma and Ashley bond over the peculiar ADHD gift of shining in a crisis (even one you personally created), the complicated feelings around medication, and why the early days…
26 May 2026 · 47 min
03. ADHD, Top Surgery & Phone Addiction with Molly Kearney | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Molly Carney joins Emma Willmann on GAYDHD for one of the most relatable conversations we've had yet. From phone addiction and TikTok rabbit holes to ADHD cabinet doors left open forever — if you've ever spent 18 hours on your phone on a random Tuesday, this episode is for you. Molly opens up about growing up queer at a Catholic all-girls school, the stomach anxiety that came with being in the closet, and how therapy helped her build real tools to cope. She also shares her experience getting top surgery, dealing with unexpected health setbacks, and why every shirt she puts on now feels like…
26 May 2026 · 38 min
02. The Art of Small Talk (and Why I’m Bad at It) | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann | BONUS EPISODE
Small talk is harder than it looks — and a cruise ship is the worst place to figure that out. Emma Willmann just got back from performing comedy on a cruise and came home with one big realization: she's lost the ability to have a normal short-form interaction with another human being. From blurting "I'm not a prostitute" to a stranger at the breakfast buffet, to derailing elevator conversations with true crime documentaries about people going feral on ships, Emma breaks down exactly how and why small talk goes wrong — and why it actually matters that we get it right. This episode covers the…
19 May 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
01. Intrusive Thoughts, OCD, and Botox Confessions with Jordan Jensen | GAYDHD with Emma Willmann
Welcome to GAYDHD with Emma Willmann! This week I sit down with Jordan Jensen and we go deep on the real experience of intrusive thoughts (yes, including the ones that terrify you), what it's actually like managing OCD with exposure therapy and Prozac, and why sleeping 10 hours still feels like a hangover. We also get into under-eye fillers, tummy tucks, and what happened when a cosmetic clinic basically told me to go home because I didn't need anything done. If you've ever punched a car, said the wrong thing at the worst possible moment, or convinced yourself you're allergic to pineapple —…
S1 · E8 · 23 Apr 2026 · 29 min
I’M NOT A PROSTITUTE
Emma talks about getting back from a cruise and realizing she might be bad at small talk. What starts with one awkward interaction turns into a riff on group chat anxiety, conversational “vibe matching,” and why some people make casual conversation look effortless while others somehow turn it into a hostage situation. A funny solo episode about awkwardness, overthinking, and the hidden social rules everyone else seems to understand.
S1 · E7 · 17 Apr 2026 · 32 min
I Trust My Little BHole with Colton Dowling
Let me know if you like me writing this in the first person, or pretending its someone writing it for me (i.e "today Emma and her gust discuss...)". This episode I recorded in Austin a few months ago, we catch up talk about being Gay and ADHD, life, love, fitness stuff (LET ME KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT WHEN I DIP INTO THAT, I know my girlfriend thinks its SUPER BORING). I LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, drop me a message it can be for the show or just for life! https://www.speakpipe.com/EmmasHotline69
S1 · E7 · 9 Apr 2026 · 50 min
Self-Care or Self-Destruction? I Genuinely Can’t Tell Anymore
In this solo episode, I get into the blurry line between self-care and self-destruction. I talk about growing up without a real model for how to take care of yourself, why balance can feel so confusing now, and how hard it is to know whether saying no is healthy or just isolation with better branding. This is about burnout, guilt, rest, avoidance, and trying to build a life that feels better without becoming completely obsessed with healing.
S1 · E8 · 1 Apr 2026 · 59 min
Church, Closets & Gay Confidence with Rachel Scanlon
Rachel Scanlon came over and we immediately got into gay panic, ADHD, church trauma, pronouns, confidence, sobriety, dating, bodies, and the general chaos of being alive. This episode is very funny, very gay, a little existential, and weirdly heartfelt. We talk about growing up tomboy, figuring yourself out, being too polite to correct people, and all the ways identity gets complicated fast.
S1 · E6 · 31 Mar 2026 · 54 min
Alaire Thomas: Queerness, ADHD & Dating
Alaire Thomas joins me to talk about queerness, ADHD, dating, coming out, relationships, and identity. We talk lesbian dating, being androgynous, awkward flirting, late-bloomer feelings, ADHD in relationships, and the weird ways people try to label you. Funny, honest, and all over the place in the best ADHD way.

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GAYDHD with EMMA WILLMANN is a English comedy podcast from Witz Comedy Network. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Witz Comedy Network
Language: English
Category: Comedy
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 4 min
Latest episode: 13 Oct 2026
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