The Scaries with Matty Rossi
The Scaries with Matty Rossi is your go-to podcast for debriefing the weekend and shaking off The Scaries. Each week, listeners submit their funniest, messiest, and craziest stories or questions—whether it’s cringe-worthy confessions, relationship drama, or career chaos. Matt blends comedy with real talk, offering helpful (and hilarious) advice to remind you it could always be worse. It’s the perfect mix of laughs and life lessons to cure your Scaries - no prescription required. Want to submit your own Scaries? Email us anonymously at [email protected]. New episodes Sunday @ 12pm!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 25: Season Finale – Moving, Breakups & Being on Your Own
In the Season One finale, Matt unpacks what it really means to start over—moving to a new city, navigating breakups and open relationships, and finding comfort in your own company. From adjusting to …
00:49:19 |
Sun 14 Sep 2025
Episode 24: Dating Heart Attacks, Eating Ass, & Family Group Chat Disasters ft. The Bachelder Bros
The Bachelder Brothers (Chad and Sammy) join Matt on the couch for an unhinged mix of dating disasters, family confessions, and career chaos. Together they tackle Scaries like: a date having a heart …
00:58:49 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
Episode 23: Live from Banners – Bachelor Singles Dating Event
Who said dating has to be scary? This episode comes straight from the Banners Bachelor singles event, where the drinks were flowing, the crowd was buzzing, and love (or at least situationships) was i…
00:58:26 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Episode 22: How to Quit Your Job and Build a Career You Love
In this episode, Matt shares the story of how he went from being the son of first-generation Italian immigrants—both entrepreneurs themselves—to carving his own path from a top university into a corp…
00:55:34 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Episode 21: Live from Ritual – Sweaty Scaries, Situationships & Soaked Sheets
This week’s episode is extra sweaty—recorded live at Ritual Social Wellness Club. Four guests pulled straight from the crowd join in to share their Sunday Scaries and help answer them. From two-year-…
00:44:34 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Episode 20: Reflection, Growth thru Grindr, and New Beginnings
In this milestone 20th episode, Matt reflects on the past six months of The Scaries podcast and shares how social media played a pivotal role in his coming out journey. He recounts the first person h…
00:57:21 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Episode 19: Coming Out, Growing Up Mormon, & Dance Icks ft. Dancing with the Stars’ Ezra Sosa
This week, Matt is joined by Dancing with the Stars pro and TikTok sensation Ezra Sosa for a conversation that twirls between heartfelt and hilarious. Ezra opens up about coming out to a deeply relig…
00:54:43 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
Episode 18: Answering Your Dating Questions LIVE with The Handle Bar
Matt hosts the first-ever Scaries live show at The Tall Ship in Boston with The Handle Bar—and the chaos did not disappoint. With help from his childhood bestie (🌹), he dives into your wildest dating…
00:31:27 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Episode 17: Boston Dating, Dead Exes & Best Friend Crushes
Matt is joined by Boston-based content creator Narcolepsy Betsy to talk all things dating — from falling for your best friend to navigating the chaos of Boston situationships. They swap unfiltered st…
01:04:05 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Episode 16: DMs, Gay Bars, Prep, Oh My!
Matt is back from his EuroSummer adventures and is hitting the ground running. This week, he’s recapping your Fourth of July Scaries, reading some of his wildest DMs, and sharing the story of his ver…
00:36:28 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Episode 15: I’m Not in Love, I’m in Italy (ft. Hot Tubs, Gay Heartache & Yoga Farts)
Reporting live (and a bit overserved) from a Sardinian hot tub, Matt recaps the emotional aftermath of a recently ended situationship while poking holes in the fantasies of Call Me by Your Name. With…
00:32:05 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
Episode 14: Gay Sh*t ft. Transatlantic Lovers, Sugar Daddies & Falling for Straight Men
To close out Pride Month with the chaos it deserves, Matty’s resident twink Billy Duke is back in the studio—fresh off the sheets of last night’s Upper West Side hookup. After a Memorial Day weekend …
01:13:04 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Episode 13: Letting That Sh*T Go with Nina Purewal ft. Work/Life Balance, Trauma & Grief, and Not Giving a F*ck (Part 2)
We’re back with international best-selling author Nina Purewal for Part 2—and yes, we’re still letting that sh*t go. We kick things off with the chaos of work/life balance, then dive into trauma & gr…
00:35:48 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Episode 12: Letting That Sh*T Go with Nina Purewal ft. The Chatty Mind, Anxiety & Self Doubt, & Relationships (Part 1)
This week, Matty is joined by bestselling author and mindfulness guru Nina Purewal—his longtime mentor and friend—for a grounding convo on the “chatty mind,” anxiety, and self-doubt.
They unpack liste…
They unpack liste…
00:53:24 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Episode 11: Adults Friendships pt. 2 featuring Imposter Syndrome, Boss Hookups, & Micropenis Sightings
Matty’s best friend Ben Shore returns (last seen in Episode 3) for a chaotic catch-up that covers everything from imposter syndrome to the ethics of sleeping with your boss—and one micropenis sightin…
01:04:16 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
Episode 10: Skeletons Out of the Closet ft. Matty's Coming Out Story
In celebration of the first day of Pride, Matty shares his full coming out story as a bisexual man—from years of silent confusion to the messy, beautiful process of finally living out loud. After a v…
00:59:25 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Episode 9: Memorial Day Weekend Special ft. Mafia Boyfriends, Disappearing Acts, & A Few Too Many Martinis
For the first time ever, we’re taking The Scaries out of the studio and into the group chat. This special Memorial Day episode was recorded on a friends weekend with some familiar faces—and some new …
01:17:40 |
Mon 26 May 2025
Episode 8: Matt Goes to Therapy ft. The Psychology of Cheating, Texting Your Ex, and Foot Fetishes
In this episode, Matt is joined by licensed therapist Abby Granigan for a deep (and occasionally unhinged) dive into the psychology behind cheating, why we keep texting our exes, and the surprisingly…
01:17:59 |
Sun 18 May 2025
Episode 7: Corporate Chaos, Scandalous Snapchats, & Zoom Trauma ft. Gay Cousin Matt
In this episode, Matt is joined by Matt Kearney, aka Gay Cousin Matt, to dive into the spooky side of corporate life. They spill the tea on scandalous Snapchats, HR horror stories, and Zoom trauma, w…
01:01:36 |
Sun 11 May 2025
Episode 6: Off the Deep End with Bellyflops, Fear of Heights, & Active Diarrhea ft. Professional Cliff Diver Morgane Herculano
This week, Matt dives off the deep end with professional cliff diver Morgane Herculano — and yes, there’s literal diving involved. From conquering a fear of heights to the unexpected risks of active …
00:55:58 |
Sun 04 May 2025
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