Chaos, confessions, crazy characters, funny bizarre encounters - Neurotica takes you on a wild ride and gives you an insiders’ view of their unfiltered love affair - complete with all the stranger things and what it’s like to live in their wild world of performing, creating, and cohabitating in the twisted corners of their minds. From backstage drama to domestic bliss, they'll have you laughing, crying, and questioning your own sanity. A hilarious and heartfelt relationship - nothing is off limits as Ari and Brett aren't afraid to share it and bare it - After all, they have the rest of their lives together.
Hosts Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan reminisce about shared experiences with abusive teachers, school lunches, and their admiration for their mothers in this episode.
27 May 2025
HAPPY BELATED MOTHER’S DAY PART 1
Hosts Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan discuss a variety of topics, including their fluidity, fears of aging, and hatred of school, while exploring the Tik Tok trend "Guess My Fart."
13 May 2025
BRETT ALMOST EATS ARI (she's ok)
Brett talks about his Shrek vibes, Ari blames Brett for blaming her, Ari auditions for Headspace, they both get triggered by the word trigger, express their love for Love On The Spectrum, and Brett gives a shout out to his Other Guys fans.
14 Apr 2025
BRETT AND ARI STAGE AN INTERVENTION (for eachother) - DRUG ISSUES
Are we drug addicts? Brett can't sell drugs when he's on tour with a family for the last Dead tour. Ari loves a deal. Buying mushrooms in bulk. Ketamine. K Holes. Mystery psychadelics in amsterdam. Everyone sh*t their pants. Am I the doorknob?
7 Apr 2025
FLAP THOSE WINGS ON THAT BIG BIG - Sex Issues
Stressing each other out. Lack of sleep. Dehydration. Ari's guilt for killing the ant colony infesting her bathroom. OCD. The craziest thing Brett ever said during sex. Ari's former italian lover - sex with him was like prosciutto & melon. Brett is like a pastrami sandwich. James Gandolfini is Ari's sexiest man of all time.
31 Mar 2025
ARI JOINS A CULT
That time Ari joined an Ayahuasca cult. Or maybe it wasn't a cult - but they all wore white... and they ritualistically did all the drugs... and it sure looks and sounds and feels like a cult. She freaks out. The cult bros put a crystal on Ari's forehead. Brett is with that deadhead family smoking weed. The cult leader cracks Ari's neck, then gets into some shit and it's not pretty.
24 Mar 2025
A VERY SPECIAL INTERVIEW - CLIMATE CHANGE + GLOBAL WARMING
On tje very first NEUROTICA original interview, Brett and Ari sit down with climate activist Grata Thurrrrrrrnberg - who has recently switched sides in the fight of global warming. Break out the sunscreen, bathing suit season is coming.
17 Mar 2025
KIDS ARE IDIOTS (and so were we) - Teenage Problems
Ari meets a teenager on a dark road - one of them may be a serial killer, or it's just a teenager who snuck out of her house. Ari needed therapy so bad, so did Brett (if you watch the show, that's very obvious). They share stories of things that should have killed them in their teens. Ari blacked out and climbed on a roof while her friends cried. Brett tries to steal weed from a farm in Illinois to get Rainbow out of jail. Brett wraps his Pontiac around a tree.
10 Mar 2025
ARUGULA GATE! - OCD Issues + Biggest Fights
Their biggest fight was about the toppings on a pizza. Bagels. Getting hit by a surfer. Arugula Gate. French Fry Gate. Watermelon Gate. Early days of their relationship. Cramps. The best pizza in the world. Their dogs. Brett's OCD. What are the biggest changes they would make in each other?
3 Mar 2025
A BETTER CONDOM - Sex + Everything Else
Ep 3 - Imagining Sharon stone/ Michael Douglas during sex, getting pregnant, doctors, giving away their old condoms, body count, the favorite, the arc light, pointing your toes during sex, technology solving the climate crisis, fossil fuels, cleaning the ocean with a zapper.
24 Feb 2025
NEUROTICA - BEEPING MY TEENIES
In the second episode of NEUROTICA with Brett Gelman & Ari Dayan, the newlywed couple talk about refusing to clean in moments of afterglow, neurotic behaviors and what makes them love each other.
No holds are barred as we become part of their strange and wonderful family.
17 Feb 2025
NEUROTICA ep 101 - ARE YOU MAD AT ME?
In the premiere episode of NEUROTICA with Brett Gelman & Ari Dayan, the newlywed couple argue over whether they are or aren't in a fight, talk about signing their Ketubah, living with Ari's parents, and "Soaking"
No holds are barred as we become part of their strange and wonderful family.
10 Feb 2025
NEUROTICA with Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan (TRAILER)
First trailer for Neurotica with Brett Gelman & Ari Dayan, premiering everywhere 2/17/2025
Funny, touching, and completely insane. Listen (Watch) as newlywed artists Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan take you on a wild ride and give you an insiders’ view of their unfiltered love affair - complete with all the chaos, confessions, crazy characters, bizarre encounters, and what it’s like to live in their wild world of performing, creating, and cohabitating in the twisted corners of their minds. From backstage drama to domestic bliss, they'll have you laughing, crying, and questioning your own sanity. A Hilarious and heartfelt relationship - nothing is off limits as Ari and Brett aren't afraid to share it and bare it. After all, they have the rest of their lives together.
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YouTube views
28,163
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.0 / 5
21 ratings
Spotify
2.5 / 5
32 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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55
Social presence
0
YouTube
76
Engagement
49
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