Joy Sunday

Joy Sunday

From Couples Therapy by Naomi and Andy

June 9, 2026 · 1h 25m · Episode 420

About this episode

Joy Sunday joins the hosts to discuss her life, career, and mental health insights.

Joy Sunday was recently in the wonderful HBO show DTF St. Louis where she and Richard Jenkins played two detectives trying to workout the complicated lovelife of a murder victim. It's absolutely one of the best shows to come out this year, and she's brilliant on it, so we had to have her on the show! Now you also know Joy from Wednesday, Dear White People and a bunch of other stuff, but here we delve into her INCREDIBLY MENTALLY HEALTHY life. In fact, what are we doing here? Joy is teaching us how to live! All that plus growing up on Staten Island, dating in LA, being a good kid and SO MUCH MORE! PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter ! ALSO BUY A SUPER CUTE "Open Your Hearts, Loosen Your Butts" mug ! Also, we're in culture critic and Vulture writer Sean Malin's book The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen ! And: Support the show on Patreon (two extra exclusive episodes a month!) or gift someone a Patreon subscription ! Or get yourself a t-shirt or a discounted Quarantine Crew shirt! And why not leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts ? Or…

People in this episode

Hosts: Naomi, Andy

Guest: Joy Sunday

Topics covered

  • mental health
  • dating
  • television
  • advice
  • growing up
  • comedy

Keywords

  • Joy Sunday
  • mental health
  • DTF St. Louis
  • dating in LA
  • Staten Island
  • advice questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO, Vulture

Books & works: DTF St. Louis, Wednesday, Dear White People, The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen

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