Pete does an amazing job of staying playful but getting vulnerable and diving deep. I’ve been listening since 2012 and the show has only gotten stronger over time and it’s always been solid. The Val episodes is a fantastic addition.

I discovered Pete from his Netflix special “I’m Not for Everyone” and stumbled on to You Made it Weird. We Made It Weird bonus episodes are awesome as well. I love being a part of this much needed podcast/community. I love going deep on existential topics then laughing and crying about dog poop. His guests are amazing and Pete is such a hilarious humble and kind soul. Hi Val!

Long time weirdo, first time reviewer. Pete’s conversations feel like listening to old friends chat about life. Love the long format, mixture of insight and bit riffin. 10/10

Pete is my all time favorite comedian but no one makes me belly laugh out loud like Valerie. I look forward to Pete and Val’s Friday shows even more than the regular shows! Love you guys!! ❤️

I’m a painter and listen to audiobooks and pods while I work. I’ve been a YMIW and dollop listener for years and have so many favorite episodes but I genuinely cannot remember the last time I laughed this hard. I had to lean on my ladder to wipe my eyes from giggle tears. Thank you for giving me exactly what I didn’t know I needed today. From the bit about us being allowed to visit England to the Jeff Foxworthy father bit, Julia Child and of course Jay Leno. I’ll definitely be buying a shirt and I don’t even wear t shirts. Perfect glimmer for my day!

Long time weirdo here. I’ve been listening to every episode since 2017, and since 2020 the Friday episodes with Val have become a relished part of my weekly rhythm. Always feels like a recharge into healing through loving attention after a long week. Couldn’t connect more with your life experience and healing journeys. My wife and I grew up in the church and have similar parent disconnects. I’m also a songwriter and music producer so all the creative process talks are right up my alley. Thanks, you two!

Please have Gareth Reynolds on once a month at least! Big fan of Friday’s with Val too!

I have been listening to this podcast since 2013. It was the first podcast I ever listened to and now 11 years later it’s still my favorite. I mostly listen to comedy podcasts and I have learned so much about comedy from listening to Pete talk to so many people from the entertainment industry, from standup to actors. But Pete has another side that is more spiritual that I love hearing his ideas and the guests he’s had that come from that world. I didn’t grow up religious, but I still enjoy hearing about his thoughts about the nature of existence. Also, ever since the pandemic Pete has had a weekly episode with his lovely wife Val and that has me my absolute. I love both of them so much and it’s so rewarding listening to them talk about mental health, spirituality, relationships, and parenthood. I recommend this podcast to everyone I know who does or even doesn’t listen to podcasts.

Whether I’m a huge fan of the guest, or it’s someone I’ve never heard of, I’m always captivated by the profound and insightful discussions that unfold. These aren’t talk show style interviews with punched-up anecdotes and shameless plugs, they’re genuine conversations. I first heard Pete on the Fake Doctors Real Friends podcast in Nov 2023 and enjoyed the dialog he had with them so much I decided to check out You Made It Weird. I started out looking through the 10 year catalog for episodes with people I was big a fan of, as a sampler of sorts. Seeing the 1-2 hour long run time, I really didn’t think I’d make it through a full episode, but Ive never not listened to an episode all the way through. After that sampler I looked for episodes of people who I had just heard of, and now I listen to every new episode and have discovered some very interesting people and their creative works.

I look forward to the Friday episodes with Val all week!

I discovered this podcast during the pandemic and became instantly addicted. To say that it has helped transform my life is an understatement. I began reading every book that was recommended and looked up every teacher, and I have not been disappointed once. Not only have I grown deeply through this experience of learning alongside Pete and Val, but the podcast brings just the right amount of playfulness, laughter, and absurdity into my life. The Friday episodes are my absolute favorite thing to listen to, and I eagerly open the app every Friday morning to get my weekly dose of Pete and Val. Their journey and relationship is a true delight, and I am continuously grateful for their willingness to be vulnerable and share themselves with us. Thank you for being a part of my world!

Pete does the best Tony Robbins.

Whether it’s riffing, philosophy, spirituality, relationships, comedy, art, or whatever, Pete Holmes is an amazing host, interviewing fascinating guests from a variety of backgrounds. It’s a hub of interesting people discussing anything from sex, art, comedy, God, and anything in between. I’ve learned so much from Pete and his guests, and have become a lifelong fan of both his podcast and his comedy because of it. It’s helped me to grapple with some of my own existential questions, relationship issues, or finding a new shape for my faith; and I find peace and laughter in the middle of the absurdity of life. I’m inspired and encouraged by almost any episode, and feel like Pete is a cool friend who lets me into his life like I belong, regardless of what’s being shared.

I’m a fan of everything Pete Holmes does from his stand up to Crashing, but this podcast is probably my favorite content from old Petey. I love the way he connects with guests, he’s a really great interviewer. The episodes he does with his wife Val (we made it weird), bring me unbridled joy. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and the we made it weird Friday episodes are in my top 3. Thanks Pete and Val!

This show is an amazing combo of comedy and spirituality. Pete and Val consistently put out great episodes - I listen to every episode that comes out (2 per week). I especially value hearing about everything that Pete has learned spiritually from his many practitioners. I love hearing from Val too, who is brilliant in her own right - they are near and dear to my heart. Then out of nowhere they will devolve into the stupidest hilarious goofing around and it grounds everything they’re saying that much more. Their own creativity and playfulness reflects the nature of the universe, which is crucial to my understanding, because spirituality shouldn’t ALL be serious business. I’ve seen Pete’s standup live several times and this show is the reason why. Thank you for all the effort, Pete and Val, and to the producer Katie, the unsung hero!

I listen to every episode. The humor is awesome, but the spiritual side of Pete’s journey is the reason this show has had such staying power for me.

It’s frankly a crime how much time passed between me watching Badman sketches with my friends in high school, crying from laughter, to finally re-discovering Pete Holmes this last year. He’s an amazing comedian and interviewer that manages to keep things in a flow teeming with bits and impressions while also truly engaging the guest to bring out their best parts. I love all the spirituality talk as well, feels like I’m listening to a dear friend or mentor. The episodes with Val are a delight, truly sweet and inspirational hearing two intelligent, funny people who are so clearly in love. I look forward to this pod every week, keep it up guys :)

… and now you have TWO new listeners! Every episode is a joy, and I cherish the Friday Val and Pete conversations. Thank you for earnestly sharing your hearts.

I love this show so much! I look forward to every single episode and am so thankful that it comes out twice a week, which feels selfish because I reap the benefits of all the hard work and time put into each one. I just love how honest, hilarious and different every episode is. I am a single mom and work a desk job remotely and while my son is at school, each episode provides much needed laughter, sometimes a good cry and a little bit of insight or hope that I didn’t have before. I admit I am late to the train on listening, but firmly believe it arrived when I needed it most. Thank you!

Can you be a silly goose? Are you a curious critter? Do you like bible verses, bodily fluids, psychedelics, and nondualism? Can you be kind to yourself? Can you also get freaky? If so, this podcast is for you. Let’s get into it!

This is my absolute favorite podcast. I love how simultaneously silly and deep the discussions are and am grateful for the laughter, relatability and just the genuine kindness delivered throughout every single episode. I’ve been listening for years and Pete, Val and his guests have helped expand my little mind sponge with some lighthearted spirituality, and who wouldn’t require exactly that delivery system (if you’re into that sort of thing)? Keep up the great work, Pete! You very often make my day! - Rachel

Love Pete and Val so much; I look forward every week to a new We Made It Weird to get me through to the weekend! Their openness and frank discussions on a wide range of topics is so engaging, and their quirky and fun sides keep it flowing. I also love the original Pete episodes. They are such a delight. There’s something really comforting in hearing successful comedians and actors and writers talk about their fears, insecurities, and doubts. There is so much wisdom to be gained from hearing these amazingly deep convos. They range from pee-in-your-pants funny to jaw-droppingly-mind-blowing. Please keep doing what you’re doing! And maybe consider a Patreon or paid subscription — I’d gladly pay directly to support the show!

Pete makes you feel almost like you’re listening to a friend’s podcast. I usually get a good laugh, and he does a good job at doing casual interviews. They don’t feel like he’s forcing any questions on the guests, but he is actively engaged and listening. It’s a real good show. Keep it crispy

Do some more of your Batman impression. I got a fevah…the only prescription; MORE PETE HOLMES BATMAN VOICE!!! Otherwise great pod.

Pete, you are breath of fresh air entertainment and encouragement for CE in Thriving

Started listening to this podcast in 2012! When I was a wee lad of 17. The Duncan Trussel interview to be exact. Been with Pete through a lot, his life and mine. He was the first person to show me ram dass and Rammy D changed my life dramatically. So by the transitive property Pete changed my life dramatically haha Still my favorite podcast after all these years! Funny, thought provoking, and wholesome! Love ya Petey!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sorry for your loss of Brody. Love you guys! JB

I came here for Pete Holmes (batman/X-men) I stayed for that AND the couple and life goals. WE made it weird is such a treat. It along with YOU made it weird have helped me so much with calming anxiety and coping as I make the journey into therapy and medication after having read some of the book recommendations they've discussed together. Also Val talking about her dads love of BREAD! I sought out there music... BREAD IS FANTASTIC! Thank you both for all you do to entertain us :) you don't know how much it helps coping and growing in life.

Latest episode was so great I could’ve listened for 2 more hours!

Anne Lamott is a brilliant and funny and kind and insightful writer of twenty books who has lived through troubles and come out wiser and laughing. As a guest on You Make it Weird, she was ignored, condescended to, and diminished so that host Pete Holmes could stroke the enormous and undeserved ego of Lamott’s “partner,” Allen Neal. What a shame, what a narcissistic insult to Lamott who deserves far better than Neal or Holmes.

I LOVE the Pete and Val episodes best— i always walk away with a little piece of wisdom/ something to think about. So good! But recently I’ve had to fast forward through a few episodes due to their singing. It’s painful to listen to. Pete and Val— love you both- but please stop or cut down on the singing.

I found this podcast in 2019. It helped me in many way find joy, peace, laughter. I cherish this wave of good to ears/hearts/minds.. it fills the soul. Thank you! Val is a GEM too!

We made it weird has been an oasis for me these past few years starting w the pandemic, a wonderful place to feel like I’m having coffee w two sweet, loving, creative, funny friends, noodling over life’s big questions. My father is in hospice now, and this episode was just what I needed. Thank you!

Why have guests if you won’t let them talk?

Whenever I put on this podcast, it always has a way of breaking through any emotional blockages I feel and getting me into a silly, heart-on-my-sleeve mood. I love this podcast so much.

An excellent podcast. Absolutely love.

I’m new to the pod, but just finished the episode with Malik Elassar while in the midst of a very broad and deep fight with my dad, while also at work. This episode kept me grounded, provided context, and was a balm to the soul. Thank you.

I love Pete’s arenas and the conversations he instigates and I think he’s whip smart w recall and references but it is sometime brutal to hear him completely miss a tone or vibe of a guest because he was too busy thinking of a cute pun. If the guest and him click, and you’ll notice within 3 minutes then it’ll be a GREAT episode (Gary Gulman) but if they don’t (Rainn Wilson) it’s just insanely rough. I feel like maybe Pete should be more able to sense the guest is just a dud and stick to more of a proper interview. Honestly some of these non comics/TV actors are just c***ts and it’s a swing and a miss. Listen to guests you like or know are real comics.

He’s not for everybody

Please don’t stop. Please save the planet. Please get out. It doesn’t matter what you call them, they’re funny and thought provoking!

Long time listener. Really disappointed that you recently interviewed a Zionist that is posting hateful, pro genocide things online right now. For someone so concerned about being PC, please consider your guests more carefully.

Remember when Greg Geraldo just let it rip? The Petes are always hedging, conforming, not wanting to offend. Not funny. Just sad. Pete is just a guy trying so hard to look like he's not trying so hard. He's like the MrBeast of comedy. Turned off the netflix special after 30 seconds. He looked so greasy like petroleum jelly all over. Don't worry your mom thinks you look great. He is his own laugh track most of the time. He thinks he's funny. Very very funny. He has a psycho laugh at his own jokes.

I’m a new listener, didn’t know it existed until this past month. I haven’t been able to stop listening. Thank you and your guests for sharing your lessons with us, it has been such a joy. Just updating my review - I’ve listened to this podcast for years now. Had to revisit to make sure my five stars were still there - the Lewis Black Returns episode was so absolutely beautiful. Thank you and your guests for sharing.

Love the podcast!! The bed you play while doing your ad reads reminds me of a very specific time in my teens, but I cannot place the artist or title 😣 it’s like right on the tip of my tongue! Please help me out, and tell me what song that instrumental is from 🤓💚💚

as an autistic person, pete, who claims to have many people in his life ‘on the spectrum’, nonetheless displays ignorance and ableism and a complete lack of understanding of what autism actually is, and commits all the stereotypical (wrong) ideas about autistic folk for the sake of comedy. what he says is typical of people who fall into the dunning-kruger trap. his tendency to try to say all people are aspects of the same being is ignorant and disrespectful. he needs to do better as someone with some level of reach and influence. he also regularly uses white mens takes on various eastern religions as his authorities on the subjects rather than going to actual sources within the culture.

My kids and I have enjoyed Pete’s comedy for years, I’ve listened to nearly every episode of this podcast at this point, and I love the search for answers (whatever that means) that he and his wife are on. However, after finally getting to see him live with my family last night and then having him actively avoid eye contact with my shy son who recognized him as we were walking by at the same hotel this morning (in Raleigh, NC), I have to doubt the sincerity of his belief that we’re all connected and just trying to “sparkle.” We were all caught off guard by seeng him the morning after the show and just wanted to tell him how much we enjoyed it. We even stepped outside as he was briskly walking away and I said “Pete” loud enough that I know he heard me. I get that most celebrities have to deal with a lot…this wasn’t “a lot.” This was my 19 year old son (who also has social anxiety) just trying to find the words and the “it’s okay to speak to me” body language from a celebrity who claims to understand how it feels to have awkward interactions and big fanboy feelings…what we encountered was an exceptionally closed off individual who wanted to pretend like we were ALL invisible. What he doesn’t seem to understand is that, for a lot of people, coming to a comedy show or getting out in public at all is “The Clam” choice…so you’d think his defense of that more open way of living would inform his attitude and energy in public. Nope. It was a great show (and still worth the 5 hour drive) but we simply wanted to let Pete know how much we appreciate him here in “the South” since he had specifically joked about not needing the mic due to the crowd size. I still love his comedy, the podcast overall, and the ideas he and Val work through/to in real time but hearing all his sycophantic interviews with other celebrities has a pretty sour aftertaste now. Still looking forward to his new special coming out but I sincerely hope “opportunist hypocrite” is a self-diagnosis he can find and remedy during his next ice bath.

Great pod, great guests. But please stop interrupting guests so much. This Jason Mewes episode hurts. I really want to hear his story but it is difficult.

Great show. Great guests. I don’t listen to the Friday show much but the other one is fantastic.

I’ve loved YMIW for 6+ years! I love the spiritual questions and journeys Pete takes us on. My one request is to please interview more women 🙏! We go weeks and months with only straight, cis, male guests on the show. Thank god for Friday's with Val. But I want to hear women’s and others’ perspectives on Pete’s big life questions on the Wednesday episodes. I’ve heard a lot of wisdom on the show over the years and gotten a lot of laughs. More female voices, more trans and non- binary voices, would make it better. It’s time. Thank you Pete, All the love 💕

A fun hang with your favorite celebrities. Deep insights. Hearty laughs. Stick around for the We Made it weird episodes with lovely Val for healing and personal growth. You never know where this podcast will go, but you will be entertained getting there. Consistently my favorite podcast since episode one. A real gift.