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Girl On Guy with Aisha Tyler is a weekly podcast hosted by actress, author and comedian Aisha Tyler. Launched in July 2011, the podcast features Aisha in conversation with actors, authors, musicians, athletes and other cultural icons in a no-holds-barred format that frees guests to speak openly and honestly about their lives, struggles, accomplishments, setbacks, aspirations, and what drives them to create.

Past guests of the show include; Chris Rock , Joe Manganiello of "True Blood    ,” Carlton Cuse (Creator of "Lost")  , Steven Yeun of "The Walking Dead,"   Seth Green    , Maria Bamford   , Anthony Bourdain , Felicia Day   , Questlove of “The Roots”  , Judy Greer  , Daniel Dae Kim of "Hawaii Five-0,"  Kevin Smith , Marcus Samuelsson  , Jared Padalecki of "Supernatural  ," Lisa Kudrow , Saul Williams  , Gary Anthony Williams , Jack Osbourne , Tom Green , Shirley Manson  , Talib Kweli , Jay Mohr , Wayne Brady and many more.

Within hours of the show’s debut on July 26, 2011, it was number one on the Itunes comedy podcast charts. The show was voted “Best New Comedy Podcast of 2011” by Itunes, and was a Webby honoree and Stitcher Award nominee for best podcast. In November 2013 it surpassed 8 million downloads.

Background
Being an avid gamer, spirits enthusiast, action film lover, hard rock fan, comedian and fangirl, Aisha has often been referred to as “the ultimate guy’s girl.” She created Girl on Guy as an expression of all the things she loved and an opportunity to have uncensored conversations with artists and icons that she admired in a format that celebrated — as the show’s slogan proclaims — “stuff guys love.”

The first episode of the podcast was released on Itunes on July 26, 2011, with guest H. Jon Benjamin. The first season of the show was recorded at The Redbury Hotel in Hollywood, CA. As the show became more successful it outgrew that space, and moved in August of 2012 to its own production offices, however, Aisha occasionally records podcasts in the field while traveling, most notably in New York City and at San Diego Comic-Con.

Format
While the show is wide in scope and highly unstructured, there are two primary segments to each episode. The core of the show is the interview, which can be very wide-ranging and multi-topical but tends to follow a generally biographical path. Guests may explore everything from current events to their latest work, but the usual thrust of the show focuses on the path that led them from childhood to their current creative or athletic life.

The second part of the show is a segment called “self-inflicted wounds.” This segment features guests sharing a story about an event that has gone wrong in their lives that was their own fault. These range from epic drinking stories to work-related fails, but all are meant to show a human side to people who may seem, in the eyes of their fans, to be perfect. The stories are often hilarious and occasionally touching or inspirational, but always riveting.

Self Inflicted Wounds
After a vigorous bidding war, Aisha sold the book Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales Of Epic Humiliation, a collection of comedic essays pegged to the popular podcast segment of the same name, to Harper Collins’ IT Books. The book hit stores July 2013, and was launched with special Girl on Guy fan appreciation event and multiple signings at San Diego Comic-Con. During the fan appreciation event Aisha also recorded a live podcast with returning guest Jared Padalecki.

To promote the book Aisha embarked on a Self Inflicted Wounds Tour; performing readings and signings in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland. Upon its release. Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales Of Epic Humiliation debuted on the coveted New York Times Bestseller List.

Episodes
Episodes of the podcast are posted every Tuesday at 12am. Once a month Aisha posts an additional episode available exclusively to premium (pay) subscribers.

Production
Aisha created, hosts, produces, engineers, edits, conforms, uploads the show and maintains the website all on her own. The show is recorded on Shure Dynamic Cardioid microphones, run through standard XLR cabling and a splitter combiner into a XLR cable for the iPad.

This is unique amongst top podcasters. Aisha has claimed that due to her overwhelmingly heavy workload, the only time she has to work on the show is in the wee hours, and bringing an engineer on board would make her job more, rather than less difficult.

Reception
Upon release of its first episode Girl On Guy reached number one on the iTunes comedy podcast chart within hours. Since then it is regularly found in the top ten of comedy podcasts and has often returned to the number one slot, besting top podcasters like Adam Carolla, Bill Burr and Marc Maron. Itunes named it a best new podcast of 2011, and it has been both a Webby honoree and Stitcher Award nominee.