Mom Love

Yannis Pappas spent years as a mainstay of the New York club scene and co-host of the cult-favorite History Hyenas podcast before releasing this self-produced hour. He uses his stage time to argue that modern men have been emotionally ruined by too much maternal coddling, a theory he tests against his own new role as a father. It is a cynical, fast-paced set that contrasts the high-stress production of a modern wedding with the cheap reality of taking his wife on a budget honeymoon to Cancun using a voucher left over from his ex-girlfriend.\n\nRecorded at Comedy on State in Madison, Wisconsin, the special captures Pappas during a transitional phase in his career, leaning heavily into his signature mix of high-energy ranting and pointed social observation. He moves easily from a bit about the absurdity of talking to his daughter’s future class on career day to a run about JFK Jr. conspiracy theorists. Instead of going the traditional network route, Pappas released the hour independently on YouTube, building directly on the online fan base he cultivated through his podcasting.