Breaking Up With Joe

Betty Smithsonian came by this week to talk about meeting her dream girl and rivaling Steven Tyler in number of rehabs. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Combination by Aerosmith Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley   Send questions, comments, stories, concerns, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com  

Max Barth returns to celebrate our 25th episode, and we talk about how to be in love without being insane. We're a little more somber than usual, but there are still plenty of voices and sounds to go around. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina   She's Tight by Steel Panther   Send questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Philly comic Mallory Leonard joins us to talk comedy, anxiety, and the time she dated Joe. A-WHAAAA???? Yeah. It's a Breaking Up with Joe first, ya jabronis. Listen up. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Rock n' Roll Train by AC/DC Mad World by Gary Jules Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Maureen Durkin is in the studio this week. Yes, related. We talk living with exes, text-based betrayal, and the old favorite, Tindahhh. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney On to The Next One by Jay-Z   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com, especially if you live in Australia.

Joe talks to Philly comic Alejandro Morales about being attracted to the wrong people and why Hispanics overpronounce names and Italians overpronounce food. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Nightmares by the Sea by Jeff Buckley   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Law student and fan of the show Mike Mauger joins us for our booziest episode yet, and by that we mean Joe was drunk throughout. We talk to Mike about his engagement, being a normal person, and Star Wars. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black Theme Song: Hail Mary by Joe Messina and Ryan Laney   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Buckle up everyone, it's Mykal Carter-Jackson. The funnyman so nice, they last named him twice. We talk dating and dogs vs. cats as this podcast slowly morphs into a stand up set from 1985. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black Theme song: Hail Mary by Joe Messina and Ryan Laney   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Joe does a solo 'cast from the back seat of his car in Kansas. He welcomes a new wave of listeners, especially those from Australia, and explains what he's doing in the back seat of his car in Kansas. Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Not Enough by Van Halen   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Lisa Wise is here! Listen to her harrowing tale of divorce, premature home buying, and social studies, all strangely centered around the state of Maryland. For longtime listeners - we read the text! For new listeners - there was a text! And we read it!   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

The tables have turned. It's a Max Barth takeover, y'all. Max hosts this week and interviews Joe. They get into their deepest issues and almost break up on air. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Love is Not The Answer by The Darkness   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Joe and Brian are joined in the studio by Gabe Henninger, Managing Director of the Manayunk Theater Company (http://www.manayunktheatreco.org/). Gabe is a friend who doesn't put up with Joe's bullshit and also the show's first bi guy, so it sure gets interesting. Listen in on our wildly unfocused conversation about various types of loss, gender and sexual fluidity, and more. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Somebody Kill Me by Adam Sandler   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Joe sits down with self-described Atheist, Polyamorous, Relationship Anarchist, Skeptic, Rationalist, Feminist Attorney Wes Fenza. Wes practices divorce law in the Philadelphia area and we think he's getting pretty good at it. Learn why divorce is actually a good thing and why everyone who gets married should get a prenup but you shouldn't call it a prenup. More info at fenzalaw.com   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music Hail Mary by Joe Messina and Ryan Laney Positively 4th Street by Bob Dylan   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, jokes, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Smooth talking, walk-walking funnyman Setoiyo joins Joe and Brian for an evening of laughin', learnin', and lovin'. The man imparts to us his remarkably healthy approach to relationships and dating, and everyone gets drunk. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina and Ryan Laney Poison by Bell Biv Devoe   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Philly comic, artist, and music journalist Greg Trout joins Joe for a solid talk about divorce, music, and Star Wars. Greg is our favorite guest to date as the only one who has ever asked about the theme song. Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina & Ryan Laney Rain by The Blake Babies   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

LA Comic Nikki Black (Reductress, stand up, publicly shaming Kurt Metzger) and Max Barth (Party Lines, Tinder Show, stand up) take over the podcast for a very special and zany epi. The gang talks about their glory days at Ithaca College and all the breakups and breakdowns along the way. Listen up, y'all Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Thunderstruck by AC/DC You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth by Meat Loaf Miss You by Blink 182   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Brian Durkin valiantly filled in after a last minute cancellation. Joe and Brian talk dating etiquette and when it's time to let go, which is apparently an option. Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Why Can't This Be Love? by Van Halen   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Send questions, comments, concerns, stories, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Joe is joined by two members of the endlessly capable and hospitable staff of Helium Comedy Club, Darnell Williams and Christian Austin. They've both dabbled in comedy, and after this episode you'll be begging for more dabbles. Calm down, you crazy dabble fiends. Topics include catcalling, the futility of dating, and how to fake a male orgasm. Strap in for a goofy one, folks. Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Gives You Hell by Glee Cast   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Send stories, questions, comments, concerns, and recipes to BreakingUpWithJoe@gmail.com

Joe gets dating advice from hilarious Philly comic Rachel Fogletto. We delve into Rachel's varied and sometimes frightening dating history and talk oversensitive, easily offended conservatives. Featured Music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Possum Kingdom by The Toadies   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Send questions, stories, comments, concerns, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Joe welcomes Sam Donnelly, comedian and guitarist for the Knoxville-based band Deconbrio. Also joining the conversation: Sam's wife Haylie and Sam's girlfriend Ashley Rendo. UH-WHAAAAAA??? Surely you speak of two separate Sams. Nope. Two girls, one Sam. Stay tuned to find out more.   Featured music: Hail Mary by Joe Messina Kiss Your Past Goodbye by Aerosmith Now or Never by Deconbrio   Produced by Brian Durkin Artwork by Nikki Black   Send stories, questions, comments, concerns, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com

Today's guest is Victoria Watts, a guitarist and singer songwriter who plays throughout Philly and all over the east coast. Her music is available on Reverbnation and iTunes Featuring Hail Mary by Joe Messina A Thousand Miles Between by Victoria Watts Stand up from Greg Trout Send the show an email with breakup and dating stories, questions, and comments at breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com  Artwork by Nikki Black Produced by Brian Durkin   Send stories, questions, comments, concerns, and recipes to breakingupwithjoe@gmail.com