From Basement to Big City: Therapy Gecko Gets Unlicensed

Unlicensed Therapy w/ Ari Mannis

Ari Mannis

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.9 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Ari sits down with Therapy Gecko for a raw, hilarious, and surprisingly deep conversation. The two give unlicensed advice to write ins, talk about Gecko’s rise from his mom’s basement to LA and now NYC, the weird world of internet fame, stand-up comedy, dating, and what it really means to put yourself out there online.

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0:00.0	I'm pretty sure that you have a way harder time getting through life for the average person, Ari.
0:07.4	I don't know why anybody would listen to this. I know I won't.
0:13.8	Ari, your advice single-handedly broke up my marriage. You're an awful person.
0:21.3	You're 24 years old.
0:22.9	Why would I listen to you?
0:24.4	Why would you be giving therapy
0:26.5	and advice to people who clearly need it?
0:28.8	It doesn't make any sense, Ari.
0:30.2	This is a horrible idea.
0:32.2	You're listening to...
0:33.5	Unlicensed.
0:34.1	Unlicensed.
0:35.2	Unlicensed.
0:35.7	Unlicensed therapy with Ari Minlicensed therapy with R.E. Manus.
0:41.1	Well, thank you for me.
0:43.3	You go by.
0:44.6	I hear calls, and I call you Gecko.
0:48.4	Do people call you Lyle, too?
0:49.8	Yeah, you can call me Lyle.
0:51.3	Yeah, yeah.
0:52.3	I think that would feel.
0:53.6	Feels most normal. Yeah, it feels most normal. Yeah, because you're ayle. Yeah. Yeah. I think that would feel. Feels most normal.
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