Joe Santagato on Selling Out MSG, Proposing, and Building The Basement Yard

Joe Santagato. He's a regular-degular Italian-American born in Queens who has, along with his childhood bestie Frank Alvarez, become the internet's favorite hang. He joins us on the couch for the first time to chart his career from YT and Vine virality to being "the least famous person" to sell out MSG; building his podcasting empire with his buds, to becoming People Magazine's Sexiest Podcaster of 2025. Whatta category!

The comedian, podcaster, and entrepreneur opens up about the anxiety leading up to ticket sales, proposing to his fiancée with a mouth so dry he could barely speak, playing the Garden hungover, and why therapy has shifted his focus from chasing outcomes to caring about the work itself. Plus Joe talks about fans turning clips into an entire content ecosystem, navigating parasocial relationships, and the thinking behind his new charity The Happy Cry Fund and the thinking behind it. He's about to head out on tour again too and for every live show ticket sold a dollar goes to his charity. to help turn moments of joy into something that gives back.

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