THE ORIGIN STORY
It started as a vent session.
It became a show
…and now you can crash out with us.
MEET THE HOSTS
The duo behind
I Hate It Here.
Erika Villa
Co-Host · Creative & Marketing
Handles creative, social, and marketing. Which basically means she’s in charge of making the chaos look intentional with many middle fingers thrown along the way. Always armed with f-bombs, a laugh, and a very strong caffeine dependency, she’s the friend you want on your side…unless she’s driving.
Marissa Gomez
Co-Host · Business & Ops
The IHIH business guru and operations mastermind. Keeps the Hotmess Express on track while securing partnerships, managing the business side of spiral, and somehow making it all look effortless. She’s the friend who knows exactly how ridiculous life is and encourages you to choose violence first.
VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY
Built from rage, randomness,
and very strong opinions.
I Hate It Here started the way most things do — with a rage text, anger-fueled Slacks, and daily bitch sessions about jobs, life, and relationships. The kind of conversations that should probably stay in the group chat but were too good not to share. In 2022, Erika and Marissa tapped “go live” on the now-defunct Amazon app AMP, and an interactive podcast built on rage and randomness was born. No script, no producer, no idea what they were doing. Just two friends, a microphone, and a hate for Corporate America.
What was supposed to be a one-time vent session turned into a weekly thing. Then a community of unhinged besties. Listeners started showing up like clockwork — every Thursday. The audience didn’t just listen; they showed up with their own stories, their own rage, cutting it up and adding their unhinged opinon in the live chat.
Erika and Marissa are NOT experts. They are unlicensed, unqualified, and unprofessional — your unhinged cheerleaders who’ll cheer on your vent session, plot revenge tactics, and laugh at the absurdity of life with you. From corporate nonsense to relationship disasters, pop culture chaos, and everything in between, they let you crash out without judgment… well, maybe just a bit of judging.
They’ve turned the spiral into a sport and the meltdown into a love language. What started as a private outlet quickly became a community. A space where people can finally say what they’ve been thinking all along.
I Hate It Here isn’t just the name of the podcast — it’s the energy, the audience, the inside joke that somehow became the whole point.
’22
Go Live
First broadcast on Amazon’s AMP. Interactive chaos begins — no script, no plan, no idea what we were doing, just two friends, a microphone, and a comments section full of strangers cheering us on. The audience showed up. We never logged off.
’23
Spotify Drop
For those who needed to hate it here quietly. I Hate It Here hit Spotify, giving everyone more reasons to yell in their cars. Meltdowns now available on demand. You’re welcome!
’24
YouTube Era
Migrated to YouTube Live. Weekly Thursday rage sessions became a ritual. The faces, the chaos, the unfiltered reactions — all on screen now. Therapy in real time, except with worse advice and better lighting.
’25
Hotmess HQ
Community grows. We’re unwell, but together. I Hate It Here turned from a show into a whole vibe — a place where people show up every Thursday to crash out, laugh too hard, and remember they’re not the only one barely holding it.
Think of it as therapy — if your therapist came with hot takes, sarcasm, and a violence-first mentality.
— THE OFFICIAL IHIH MISSION STATEMENT