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Hairy Butthole

Hairy Butthole is a podcast based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole!" Each week Youngmi Mayer is joined by a guest with a sad story and counters it with a funny one in hopes of causing hair to grow out of their butthole.

comedy comedy interviews

All Episodes

39:09

Just Stop Being Depressed

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/05/31

This week, Youngmi discusses her history with depression. She talks about the events in her childhood that led her to develop this mental illness and the process of ongoing recovery as an adult. She also touches on the reasons why it is so hard to get out of depressive episodes and why it is so hard to reach out for help while experiencing them.

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35:33

What Do You Think About AANHPI Month REALLY?

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/05/25

This week, Youngmi shares her real thoughts about the month of May being celebrated as Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander month. She talks about the good the bad and the corporate.

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30:14

With Or Without Kids

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/05/19

This week, Youngmi discusses the topic of “having it all” and why women are constantly asked about their work/life balance but men aren’t. She also touches on women who decide to be child-free by choice and why she considers it a revolutionary act.

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40:11

Jealous And Angry

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/05/11

This week, Youngmi discusses her relationship to jealousy and anger. She talks about how her childhood relationship to her family impacted her emotions as adults. She discusses how people who are socialized female are often made to suppress emotions usually associated with men, such as anger, and how that experience led her to not be able to see her own emotions until well into her 30s. Also she defends nepo babies!

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37:38

Growing Up Poor

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/05/04

This week, Youngmi discusses the psychological impact she carried into adulthood from growing up poor. She talks about interacting with other adults who shared her past and the harmful messages they seemed to have internalized. She also discusses how Korean and American cultures view poverty differently.

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35:02

Horny Single Asian Mom In Your Area

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/04/27

This week, Youngmi discusses what it’s like to date as a single Asian mom. She talks about the negative stereotypes surrounding single moms and how they proved untrue in her experience. She also discusses why she thinks these harmful tropes were created. Also, she touches on how her Asian identity plays into it all.

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52:54

Is It Because I'm Fat?

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/04/21

(TW: ED, child abuse) This week Youngmi Mayer discusses being an overweight child and how the abuse she received from her family led her to internalize the idea that everything bad that happened was because of her inability to manage her weight. Also, she discusses developing eating disorders in her teens and how she manages her eating disorders today with the help of therapy.

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46:58

The Adults Are Not Alright

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/04/14

This week, Youngmi discusses how sexual/romantic relationships she had in her teens with adult men profoundly shaped her as a person. She touches on how common this type of relationship is, and why she thinks so many people have the problematic view that it is “normal,” when it is far from it.

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51:32

Having A Baby Was Like, Hard?

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/04/07

This week, Youngmi discusses the trauma of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. She touches on topics that rarely seem to be discussed because of the stigma of shame of “not being a good mother.” Also, she reads an informative message from someone who lives with ADHD in Korea, who goes in depth about what it’s like to be diagnosed and seek treatment for ADHD while living in Asia, as well as the problematic belief people in the West have that Asia falls behind in the field of psychological

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37:49

I Have ADHD Or As My Korean Mom Calls It ‘No You Don’t’

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/03/29

This week, Youngmi discusses two topics suggested by listeners: ADHD and friendship breakups. She talks about being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and how it felt to look back on her life and reassess her childhood. She also discusses how she views friendships and why they seem so different to her than romantic relationships.

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42:17

Comedy and Tragedy (Divorce)

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/03/24

This week, Youngmi touches on two topics suggested by listeners: comedy power dynamics and divorce. After a viral TikTok about the unspoken rule of comedy “Always Punch Up,” Youngmi discusses the nuances of power dynamics in comedy in relation to who she feels comfortable joking about. She also discusses how comedy helped her keep a level head in day-to-day life. In the second half of the episode, she brings up a common occurrence for people on the brink of divorce or the end of a

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49:31

Live Your Life...Or Not, Who Cares?

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/03/16

This week, Youngmi discusses in depth the huge shift that occurred when she was 33, when she went from living life the way others wanted her to living life on her own terms. She talks about the depression, resentment and uncontrollable anger that used to be part of her daily life as someone who believed she wasn’t good enough and how she just realized those feelings are no longer part of her life.

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24:10

Asian Women With White Guys

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/03/09

This week, Youngmi introduces a new format. They’re addressing a new format focused on identity politics surrounding Asian American, biracial, single mom, and ex-drug addict topics. Things the listeners seem to identify with! Donate to Hairy Butthole Patreon or comment on socials to hear your topics of choice being discussed!

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24:08

I Achieved My Dream And It Made Me Very Sad

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/02/23

This week, Youngmi discusses getting a book deal and the unexpected sad feelings that came with achieving her most unattainable feeling dream.

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64:25

Wearing Pants While Being Orthodox

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/02/16

This week Youngmi Mayer talks to Chani Lisbon (standup comedian) about growing up Orthodox Jewish. Chani talks about the first time she wore pants and rode in a car on the Sabbath and how far she's come since then. She discusses her history of alcoholism and recovery and leaving and returning to her faith. As a queer person who found acceptance from her mother and her community, she touches on how important it is for her to have a voice and give a new perspective on her community. She also

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37:27

You Better Work

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/02/10

This week, Youngmi discusses her relationship to work. After returning from vacation where she was riddled with guilt and shame about not doing enough, she reflects on the origins of that anxiety. She talks about being called lazy as a child, the belief that domestic labor isn’t valuable by society and the effects that late-stage capitalism has on all of us. She talks about how her own work is invisible to her, leading her to not realize that she is burning herself out. Also she discusses

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58:51

A Korean In Thailand

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/02/03

This week Youngmi discusses her recent time in Thailand through the perspective of an Asian woman who is obsessed with race and gender politics. She talks about things that the typical white guy travel host would not be able to see and talks about why it’s harmful that travel content has been seen through one POV for the most of humanity. She talks about the influence of Korean culture in Southeast Asia, the politics of food safety, sex work and sex tourism and of course white people with

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17:28

Leaving Mino For One Month with Mino Bowien

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/01/05

This week, Youngmi talks to her son Mino Bowien (8-year-old, future YouTuber) about being separated for one month. This is the longest time Mino will be away from his mom since his birth eight years ago. He talks about being sad but also looking forward to spending a lot of time with his dad and his girlfriend and their new kitten, Screech. Also, Mino talks about how it’s embarrassing that Youngmi refers to herself as “mommy” and not “mom” (he asked to edit that out, but changed his mind

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71:42

My Dad Wasn't There for Me Until He was There for Me...

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/01/05

This week, Youngmi talks to Sameer Naseem (comedian, host of Halal Cartels podcast) about standup comedy. Sameer and Youngmi chat about their nontraditional processes as comedians and judging themselves for being different. Sameer also discusses the nuances of growing up with an immigrant father whose expression of love differed from the other dads in his community. Ultimately, both of them realize that different expressions of love cannot be quantified or judged as “better” or “worse.”

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70:17

White Guys Who Went to Harvard Steal Jobs from...

Hairy Butthole ·

2023/01/05

This week, Youngmi talks to Tulika Bose (journalist, documentarian) about her extremely talented father who was a respected Bollywood cinematographer before moving to the states. Tulika talks about his struggle to find work in his field, despite his immense talent and the correlation between legacy white people who get all the top jobs in her industry. She shares the emotional discovery of his cancer diagnosis, and the way that it has changed her family. Youngmi and Tulika also do a deep

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