If I Were You (podcast)

If I Were You

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Presentation
Hosted by Jake Hurwitz
Amir Blumenfeld
Genre Comedy
Advice
Language English
Updates Weekly (Monday) with occasional bonus episode (Thursday)
Length 3065 minutes
Publication
Debut May 13, 2013
Provider iTunes
SoundCloud (2013-2014)
PodcastOne (2014-2015)
Spreaker (2015-present)
HeadGum (2015-present)
Website http://ifiwereyoushow.com/

If I Were You is a comedy advice podcast created and hosted by Jewish American comedians Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, known for their involvement with CollegeHumor and their web series Jake and Amir. First released on May 13, 2013, new episodes are posted every Monday (as well as occasional bonus Thursday episodes) and involve the hosts attempting to give humorous advice to listeners who have submitted their problems.

The show has appeared on the iTunes podcast charts in multiple countries, reaching number 3 in the United States.[1]

Content

Each episode of If I Were You begins and ends with a different theme tune created by a listener. The format of the show consists of hosts Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld reading out questionsor, some episodes, playing audio questionsemailed to them by listeners with problems; usually three or four questions every episode. They assign the listener a pseudonym (often humorous or that of a popular fictional character) and discuss the problem, often brainstorming ideas and improvising humorous situations, before reaching and summarizing a conclusion of what the person should do.

The show has featured several guest stars, including CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen,[2] actors and comedians Ben Schwartz[3] and Thomas Middleditch,[4] actresses Allison Williams[5] and Rose McIver,[6] co-workers Streeter Seidell,[7] Emily Axford, Sarah Schneider,[8] Brian Murphy,[9] Patrick Cassels, and Dan Gurewitch,[10] The Pete Holmes Show host Pete Holmes,[11] rappers Hoodie Allen[12] and Lil Dicky,[13] singer Alana Haim,[14] Jake's mom Laura Hurwitz, and his brother Micah Hurwitz, all of whom were present for entire episodes, as well as cancer sufferer Ethan Trex[15] and Amir's (at the time) girlfriend Laura,[16] who were only in parts of an episode.

Guests with multiple appearances

Reception

The podcast reached number 1 on the British,[17] Canadian[18] and Australian[19] iTunes charts, as well as peaking at #3 in the United States[1] and #17 in Germany.[20]

The Guardian's Miranda Sawyer called If I Were You "a typical example of a comedy podcast" and "amiable enough", but said it contained "far too much laughing", commenting that "If I wanted stream-of-consciousness waffle with the occasional funny line, I'd listen to [my small children]."[21]

Episodes

Episodes were originally posted every Monday to SoundCloud and Tumblr,[22] and then were posted on podcast website PodcastOne. As announced on Episode 146, IIWY show left PodcastOne and is now available on radio and podcast website, Spreaker. They are also available on iTunes.[23] The second episode was posted early, on the Friday after the first episode.[24] There are currently 200 episodes.

# Title Length (hours:minutes:seconds) Release date
1"Starbucks"0:30:26May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
2"Bounce"0:30:22May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
3"Noodles"0:30:35May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20)
4"Cheeseburger"0:29:54May 27, 2013 (2013-05-27)
5"Seize the Cheese"0:33:25June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03)
6"Tattoos (with Ricky Van Veen)"0:34:03June 10, 2013 (2013-06-10)
7"YouTube"0:35:52June 17, 2013 (2013-06-17)
8"Tinder"0:38:32June 24, 2013 (2013-06-24)
9"Communism (with Streeter Seidell)"0:37:19July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01)
10"Grandma"0:38:50July 8, 2013 (2013-07-08)
11"Zero to D (with Allison Williams)"0:40:51July 15, 2013 (2013-07-15)
12"Kick Ass Dad"0:29:24July 22, 2013 (2013-07-22)
13"The Necklace"0:36:26July 29, 2013 (2013-07-29)
14"Sexting"0:38:37August 5, 2013 (2013-08-05)
15"Trust"0:45:45August 12, 2013 (2013-08-12)
16"Drunk"0:42:58August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
17"Batman vs. Porn"0:37:51August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26)
18"Snapchat"0:42:24September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
19"Roller Coaster of Love"0:41:05September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09)
20"Honesty"0:44:16September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
21"The Weiner Game"0:42:47September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
22"Threesome"0:49:14September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)
23"Scientific Study"0:43:29September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)
24"Braces"0:51:00September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
25"Waxing (with Emily Axford)"0:48:52September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30)
26"The Richest Man"0:48:43October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07)
27"The Easter Bunny"0:50:07October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)
28"Sex Is Sex (with Pete Holmes, live at ComicCon)"0:57:07October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)
29"Dicks And Nipples"0:52:25October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)
30"Haehh! (with Patrick Cassels)"0:53:34October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21)
31"Texting Casanova"0:51:38October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)
32"Jake’s Mom (with Laura Hurwitz)"0:53:59October 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)
33"Tinder Talk"0:54:56October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
34"Dibs"0:48:15November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)
35"Merkin (with Allison Williams)"1:05:43November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)
36"Snail Trail (Live at Littlefield!)"0:59:53November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
37"The Friend Zone"0:51:18November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)
38"Jealousy"0:49:25November 18, 2013 (2013-11-18)
39"Facebook Official (with Streeter Seidell)"0:56:07November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
40"Sugar Daddy"0:50:57November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)
41"Aunt"0:51:18November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)
42"Paranoid"0:42:18December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)
43"Guys Suck"0:46:59December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)
44"Awkward"0:45:57December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09)
45"Gotye"0:47:24December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)
46"Christmas Gift"0:41:40December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)
47"Cheating"0:44:48December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19)
48"Best of 2013"0:53:20December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23)
49"Jewish (with Micah Hurwitz)"0:44:38December 30, 2013 (2013-12-30)
50"Swinging"0:46:16January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06)
51"Stay Friends"0:47:50January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09)
52"Steroids (with Ben Schwartz)"0:45:54January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)
53"Shot Through The Heart (with Ben Schwartz)"0:46:01January 16, 2014 (2014-01-16)
54"Rap Love"0:46:58January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
55"Wet Dream"0:46:11January 23, 2014 (2014-01-23)
56"Business Ideas"0:42:55January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)
57"Confidence"0:43:58January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
58"Immune To Sex (Live At UCB Theatre in LA!)"0:52:52February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03)
59"Preach"0:46:31February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06)
60"Butthole (with Thomas Middleditch)"0:59:51February 10, 2014 (2014-02-10)
61"Polyamory (with Josh Ruben)"0:48:09February 13, 2014 (2014-02-13)
62"Phone Thief"0:45:48February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)
63"Porn Browser"0:40:50February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)
64"Cat Noises (with Rose McIver)"0:57:56February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
65"Nice Guys Finish Last"0:44:11March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
66"Hoodwinked (with Jeff Rosenberg And Rose McIver)"0:47:15March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06)
67"Howdy (with Dave Rosenberg)"0:52:09March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)
68"Hemorrhoids"0:49:55March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)
69"Mom"0:42:02March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24)
70"One Word Texts"0:44:07March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)
71"Sim Cheating (with Thomas Middleditch)"0:56:30April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
72"Gifts"0:48:07April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
73"Horoscope"0:40:17April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
74"Ladies Night"0:45:29April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)
75"Harry Potter (with David Rosenberg)"0:45:52May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)
76"Bowl Cut (with Streeter Seidell)"0:52:58May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)
77"Mother’s Day/Butt Plugs"0:49:52May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)
78"Steroids (with Rick Fox and Kyle Fox)"0:51:28May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
79"Persistence"0:48:13May 22, 2014 (2014-05-22)
80"Ultimatum"0:41:35May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)
81"Hot Pizza"0:44:05June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
82"Baby Dick (Live at the Hollywood Improv!)"0:57:30June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)
83"Meredith"0:40:08June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16)
84"Everybody Snoops (With Allison Williams!)"1:04:18June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)
85"Homophobia"0:42:11June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)
86"Instagram (with Hoodie Allen!)"0:55:11June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30)
87"Racist Opinions"0:40:21July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)
88"Walmart (With Eliza Hurwitz!)"0:44:59July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10)
89"One Less Problem (With Ben Schwartz!)"1:01:03July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
90"Nipple Ring"0:48:40July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)
91"Meddling"0:45:03July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)
92"Cookies"0:50:15August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)
93"Weird Name"0:50:06August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07)
94"Ex-Girlfriends"0:53:44August 11, 2014 (2014-08-11)
95"Minnesota"0:48:21August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14)
96"The Fly (With Sarah Schneider!)"1:09:21August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18)
97"Break Up"0:51:45August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21)
98"Underwear (with Thomas Middleditch)"1:11:44August 25, 2014 (2014-08-25)
99"Violence (with Brian Murphy)"1:04:02September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)
100"Family Fiction (with Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch!)"0:54:53September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)
101"Bag of Poop (with Mike Schaubach)"1:02:58September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11)
102"Plane Crash"0:47:13September 15, 2014 (2014-09-15)
103"Psychic (Live from Manchester!)"0:53:41September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)
104"Berlin"0:52:26September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)
105"Vibrator (with Milana Vayntrub!)"1:06:00September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)
106"Phone Case (live from L.A. Podfest!)"0:56:14October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
107"Farting (with Bobby Lee!)"1:01:05October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)
108"Park Sex"0:48:20October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)
109"Military Men"0:48:26October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)
110"Lie Forever"0:50:12October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)
111"Clam Dip (with Dave Rosenberg!)"0:54:46October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22)
112"TextJake.com"0:49:17October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
113"Bad Skin (with Jon Gabrus!)"1:00:13November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)
114"Hickey (with Streeter Seidell!)"0:51:15November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
115"Groupies"0:53:55November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)
116"Eat Your Heart Out (Live from the Hollywood Improv!)"0:59:42November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22)
117"Stomping"0:52:13December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
118"Stinky"0:50:06December 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)
119"The Wolf"0:48:31December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
120"Cucumber"1:04:14December 10, 2014 (2014-12-10)
121"Peach Fuzz (with Emily Axford!)"0:59:03December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)
122"Gay Barber"0:47:06December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)
123"Best of 2014"0:50:47December 29, 2014 (2014-12-29)
124"Racism"0:52:44January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)
125"Get a Massage"0:48:41January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)
126"Platonic Cuddling"0:51:03January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)
127"Missing Dad (with Patrick Cassels!)"1:00:58January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
128"Herpes"0:51:05January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)
129"Especially You"0:52:58January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21)
130"Sexual Training"0:50:59January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)
131"#GreenlightJakeAndAmir"0:53:47January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)
132"Taylor Swift (Live from Austin!)"1:05:58February 1, 2015 (2015-02-01)
133"Bro-Job"0:53:18February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
134"Toothbrush"0:54:20February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)
135"Attraction (with Laura Hurwitz!)"1:01:29February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)
136"Male Stripper"1:00:36February 22, 2015 (2015-02-22)
137"Shower Sex (w/ Lil Dicky!)"1:10:27March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01)
138"Sitcoms"0:49:30March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)
139"Get Weird (w/George Basil !)"1:01:14March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)
140"Australia"0:49:21March 11, 2015 (2015-03-11)
141"Chivalry (w/Ben Schwartz!)"0:53:24March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
142"Fake Sex (w/Ben Schwartz!)"0:50:43March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)
143"Spelling Bee"0:49:57March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)
144"Heart to Heart (w/Thomas Middleditch!)"0:45:32March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)
145"Stage Kiss"0:43:33April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)
146"End of an Era"0:51:55April 9, 2015 (2015-04-09)
147"Strangling (w/Jon Wolf!)"1:01:05April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)
148"Master"0:47:50April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)
149"Orgy (Live at Duke U!)"1:00:31April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)
150"Prom"0:49:09April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
151"Spicy (w/Alana Haim!)"1:01:25May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)
152"Litmus Test"0:50:23May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07)
153"Mint (live at the Improv!)"0:56:04May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)
154"Truth or Dare"0:48:44May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
155"Carpets (w/Rose McIver!)"1:03:34May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)
156"Raven Nest"0:55:07June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01)
157"Tile and Ring"0:49:33June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07)
158"Matt Damon"0:48:08June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
159"Best of Australia"1:00:56June 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)
160"Memory"0:49:33June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)
161"Honor (w/Dan Gurewitch!)"1:07:06July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)
162"Anti Drug"0:54:06July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)
163"Ugly Hot"0:52:28July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)
164"Stinky Pets"0:53:52July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)
165"League (Live from Montreal!)"0:59:44July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)
166"HeadGum"0:58:43August 3, 2015 (2015-08-03)
167"Secrets"1:00:29August 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)
168"Where's the Beef"0:53:28August 17, 2015 (2015-08-17)
169"Lightning Round"0:59:21August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20)
170"Hairy Butthole"1:02:27August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)
171"Soulmate (w/Julia Nunes!)"1:06:36August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)
172"Airplane Romance (/Jon Gabrus!)"1:02:11September 7, 2015 (2015-09-07)
173"Heroin"0:57:24September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
174"Romance"0:53:50September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)
175"Moon Facts"0:57:26September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)
176"Fantasy (w/Emily Gordon)"1:00:55September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)
177"Cocaine (Live From Toronto!)"0:54:51October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)
178"Divorce (w/UTK)"1:04:58October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)
179"Hickey (w/Laura and Angela)"0:58:18October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)
180"Baldness"0:47:13October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
181"Flying Bull (live at the Irvine Improv!)"0:53:37October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
182"Halloween"0:50:08November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)
183"Filet-o-Fish (w/Billy Scafuri!)"1:04:45November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)
184"Parental Love (w/Dannielle and Claire!)"1:10:15November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)
185"Turtles and Honey"0:59:24November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)
186"Polyamory (w/Elliott Morgan!)"1:09:56November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)
187"Old Bully (live in Brooklyn!)"0:57:16December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)
188"Red Dot (w/Jonathan, Jerah, and James III!)"1:01:56December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)
189"Silver Lining"0:58:17December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)
190"Best of 2015"0:52:54December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28)
191"The Emotionary (w/Eden Sher!)"1:01:15January 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)
192"Surge Dude"1:00:05January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11)
193"Game Boy"1:02:27January 18, 2016 (2016-01-18)
194"Get At It (w/iJustine!)"0:49:04January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22)
195"Caviar"0:53:55January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)
196"Don't Do That"0:55:06February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)
197"Mormon Mama (w/Laura Hurwitz!)"1:05:29February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)
198"Peyton Manning"1:00:13February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
199"Homework (w/Brian Murphy!)"0:50:13February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11)
200"Yes Dude (w/Ben Schwartz!)"1:04:30February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)

See also

References

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  2. Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld (June 10, 2013). "Tattoos (with Ricky Van Veen)". If I Were You (Podcast). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  3. Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld (January 13, 2014). "Steroids (with Ben Schwartz)". If I Were You (Podcast). Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  4. Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld (February 6, 2014). "Butthole (with Thomas Middleditch)". If I Were You (Podcast). Retrieved April 4, 2015.
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  6. Jake Hurwitz Amir Blumenfeld (February 27, 2014). "Cat Noises (with Rose McIver)". If I Were You (Podcast). Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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