The cult-favorite podcast Seek Treatment is, according to its theme song, about “boys, sex, fucking, dating, and love.”
Sometimes, that’s true. The co-hosts, comedians, and best friends Catherine Cohen and Pat Regan, love to ask guests if they “hooked in highsk” (had hookups in high school) and occasionally recount their own sex lives in great detail. More often, though, you’ll find them debating the merits of various brands of chipotle mayonnaise, reliving childhood nostalgia, or unpacking a weird conversation they had last week.
But about once an episode, Cohen will excuse herself to use the bathroom, or to retrieve her delivery order, and Regan, who is a stand-up comedian and a writer on the hit HBO show Hacks, gets the mic to himself. That’s when Seek Treatment becomes the world’s funniest running podcast.
For a brief few minutes, Regan monologues on recent races he’s seen, how his own training is going, and the running world’s latest controversies. What makes Regan such a singular comedic voice—his obsessive, encyclopedic mind; his penchant for intense parasocial relationships; his ability to…
