Kitchen-table chaos from Eastchester.
Self-Absorbed turns everyday mishaps into a running argument between Silvio and Giovanna. Bad audio, missed recordings, mailbag shout-outs, family teasing, beach stories, and neighbor complaints all get treated like breaking news at the kitchen table.
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Self-Absorbed is a casual comedy show built from interruptions, retakes, and impatience. Silvio and Giovanna make the mess part of the format. A typical episode may open with broken video, dead audio, missing glasses, a deleted recording, or a long debate over whether the setup is even working. Then it keeps moving anyway. The result feels less like a planned segment than an argument that found a microphone. Eastchester supplies much of the texture, from bar run-ins and neighbor feedback to local sports talk and the small politics of who said what to whom. Mailbag notes give the show a loose spine, but the real engine is the back-and-forth. A shout-out to Big John after knee surgery can turn into a fake surname, a question about a CYL basketball fight, or another detour before anyone notices. Family stories take up a lot of space. Lisa, Justine, parents, friends, and beach acquaintances drift through the conversation as names in a running household mythology. Giovanna often catches Silvio in the act of overexplaining, misremembering, or blaming the equipment. Silvio pushes the story forward with grievance, performance, and mock authority. The show likes petty details. Lollipops, Milk Duds, CVS-style reading glasses, salon candy, allergies, Milo on set, and a beach seating dispute all get enough attention to become comic business. It also keeps returning to failed production as a joke about itself. Test files go live, first takes disappear, microphones fail, and the hosts keep narrating the damage. That roughness is central, not incidental. Self-Absorbed is for listeners who enjoy blunt, familiar banter and do not need a clean topic list. It can be crude, and its humor sometimes leans into adult stories, family embarrassment, and sharp teasing. Still, the core appeal is recognizable: people turning ordinary annoyances into a fast, affectionate argument that refuses to end neatly.
Made for: Best for listeners who like informal comedy, family teasing, neighborhood stories, and talk shows that leave the rough edges in. It fits anyone who prefers momentum and personality over tidy segments.
What sets it apart: The show turns production mistakes into recurring comedy instead of hiding them. Its signature is the way tiny details become full arguments before drifting back into mailbag, family stories, and Eastchester talk.
A show about nothing!!!!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Silvio and Giovanna turn family friction, competing memories and technical mishaps into loose, quick-witted comedy for adults.
Self-Absorbed turns the affectionate friction between Silvio and Giovanna into comedy, with a father and daughter arguing their way through family stories, social encounters and whatever has gone wrong with the recording setup.
Broken microphones become family ammunition before you've even settled in.
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A second take lets family banter carry the episode.
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A busted setup turns into a loose, funny, very human hangout.
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A messy hangout where studio chaos and family nonsense keep turning into bits.
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Sports talk with family room heat.
The show opens on a second take.
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The hosts of Self-Absorbed Show discuss listener feedback and technical issues while promoting their podcast on various platforms.
The show comes back in a bit of a mess.
The hosts of Self-Absorbed introduce the episode with casual banter about lost glasses, allergies, and a content warning for explicit material.
The hosts of Self-Absorbed return after a three-week hiatus, dealing with technical issues and introducing their new dog Milo in a casual, humorous episode.
Hosts Silvio and Giovanna discuss their second podcast episode, joking about how their first episode with Lisa was a disaster that got deleted, leaving only an audio test.
The hosts of Self-Absorbed podcast discuss celebrities, a mailbag question about Jack Nicholson's sports preferences, and personal banter in a casual, unfiltered style.
The hosts realize the second half of the conversation was not recorded, so they start over anyway because the Barbie conversation is still too hot to drop.