How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome a comedian, actor, and writer (Good Mythical Morning, host of Gastronauts) with INCREDIBLE VIBES Jordan Myrick to the pod! We get into how the gay world is a funhouse mirror of the straight world, if we still like doing the pod now that we're almost 100 eps in, Lady Gaga buying fish, Jenny's time at Sitcom/Soap Opera School, if we should forgive Richard Kind, why Gen Z h...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Mentalist & Mindreader Vinny DePonto to the pod! We get into the 3 M's - Mentalism, Mindreading & Magic, go back to a simpler time (2012) in reality tv when Million Dollar Listing NY premiered, taking shots of gin in your 20's, how Instagram ruins every magic trick, if cereal is "of the earth", and what it's like to be the brainwashER for once! Check out "MINDPLA...

Jenny & Nicole welcome dreamboat of a guest Chris Murphy (staff writer at Vanity Fair, comedian, and actor) to the pod! We get into the concept of being "well-rounded," how much talking is appropriate when watching the Oscars on a couch with your friends, being excited for Nicole's PTA era, if being a good singer means you are a more valuable human, Brian Litrell's son, and what American Idol...

Jenny & Nicole welcome real deal writer (Heathers), comedian, and podcasting star Carey O'Donnell (SUP) to the pod! We get into Hanson and their luscious locks, the Vanderpump reboot, Megan Hilty being talented (hot take!), if Bill Irwin and Ilana Glazer should play husband and wife, the White Lotus brother dynamic (as of Episode 5 so just KEEP THAT IN MIND), Brie Larson's instagram presence,...

Jenny & Nicole welcome LOVELY actor (The Politician, Madam Secretary, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), playwright, and autobiographical performer Ryan J. Haddad to the pod! We get into Ryan's star turn in Pasadena Playhouses' production of La Cage Aux Folles, trying to control the uncontrollable as a child, whether we should have Mike White and Miss Rachel on the pod at the same time, giving roses...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius stand-up, writer, actress, and fellow podcaster (Go Touch Grass) Milly Tamarez to the pod! We get into hookup culture, the shrimp in the cereal, if we should buy bots, what they're selling at The Beef Jerky Experience, getting a visa to do coke, how many weed breaks are necessary to get through a baby shower, why movies should take big swings, and if guys should s...

It's just us gals this week! We get into how Traitors, White Lotus, and Summer House are The Big 3, how Jenny's son's Spotify Wrapped is just Wheels on the Bus, if we should have had stage names, if Jenny's ever made a mistake, finding your UCB classmates on LinkedIn, cleaning a dog's ears via VR, if White Lotus can cure depression, and Jiminy Cricket. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashe...

Jenny & Nicole welcome ICONIC Burlesque STAR and Author (Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques) Fancy Feast to the pod! We get into if bronchitis is a virus, scrims in high school theater, being Gandalf in 6th grade, how doing burlesque is microdosing having power, Nicole's driving journey update, mudlarking, nap dresses, and if Boomers are tipping. @fancyfeastburlesque @theheiser @nicoles...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the DELIGHTFUL actor (Everything's Trash, I Feel Pretty), writer (Vulture), and comedian Paul McCallion to the pod! We get into the culture being too woke for us to book, very smart business & finance hacks, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's new show, the Distracted Boyfriend meme, if The Strategist gift guides can be trusted, the pod being a small business, if we'll make our k...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius comedian, writer, and actor (Search Party, The Other Two) Joe Castle Baker to the pod! We get into Joe's short film "Honey" (now streaming on Vimeo), whether or not Nicole has Munchausens, Roseanne Barr's long-lost reality show "Roseanne's Nuts," Kid Nation, being good at sex, and who is which of the seven erogenous zones. @joecastlebaker @nicolespiezio @theheiser...

Jenny & Nicole welcome joyous actor (OKLAHOMA! Nat'l Tour) and sweet lil friend Benj Mirman to the pod! We get into what bad stuff happened at all of our weddings, Paul Rudd's candy store, if we can stretch mid-30's to mean 37, being a talented child, if time out works, and how Gen Z loves Shrek. @benjmirman @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Jenny & Nicole welcome our first TONY AWARD WINNER (Oklahoma!) Ali Stroker (Only Murders in The Building, Blue Bloods, Christmas Ever After) to the pod! We get into brainwashing as a good thing, being working mommies, if doctors should wear suits, how Petco is kind of like a zoo but not, the beauty of having a finished basement and a yard, how having a disability is like having a suitcase that...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the radiantly delightful author (When You Read This, Privilege, Palm Beach) Mary Adkins to the pod! We get into if undercover cop is the same job as detective, the (lol) TikTok ban, Ace Ventura, attending a murder mystery WEEKEND, being a lawyer for 7 months, a vaping Ghost of Christmas Future, reading joke books at bedtime, and Nicole being the next Judge Judy. SPOILERS...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius creator and culture curator Alex Bedder to the pod! We get into Nicole coming clean about still being on a family phone plan, what's happening with Jenny's butt, Bye Sister, if Nicole or Marlon Brando is the better actor, how the internet is built on Tiffany Pollard, being in a cult lite, how Enlightened is the best show, and Wild Wild Country setting the bar too...

Jenny & Nicole welcome pop culture maven and podcaster (Dumpster Dive, Good Judys) Tom Hamlett to the pod! We get into the end of Paige & Craig, who Dorinda should play in Chicago on Broadway, doing spin class in a pool, fathers being scared of The Sixth Sense, horror villains who do bits, Lisa Barlow telling you to "Fuck Off", and chicken bacon ranch martinis. @thetomhamlett @theheiser @n...

Happy New Year! Your girls are off nursing their NYE hangovers (jk we can't go anywhere because we are new moms) and hope you are too. Enjoy this re-release with funniest person alive - Pat Regan! Jenny & Nicole welcome the ONE, the ONLY, PAT REGAN , to the pod!!!!! If you thought Hannah Horvath was the voice of her generation, you must not know Pat, babe! They get into a little bit of everyth...

Merry Christmas, all! Please enjoy our re-release with the Prince of Christmas himself, Matt Rogers! Jenny & Nicole welcome funniest goddamn human of all time and ray of light MATT ROGERS to the pod! They get into internet cafes, how Nicole & Jenny have deeply and earnestly loved Las Cultch since DAY ONE, how Jenny is so excited to meet Matt she might go into labor, the amount of soda bein...

Jenny & Nicole welcome ultimate star director & Broadway actor (Oh, Mary!, Macbeth) Peter Smith to the pod! We get into all the celebs coming to see Oh, Mary!, how genitals are a spectrum, if being on Broadway is the same as motherhood, The People's Couch, getting text messages from Heather Gay, getting censored by The BBC, how solo shows are NOT radical, The Magic School Bus but make it i...

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious and delightful writer/comedian (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, SNL, How To Die Alone) Kristen Bartlett to the pod! We get into if non-theater people are capable of throwing good weddings, motivational water bottles, why all the confrontations on Catfish happen in a frigid parking lot, what celebs are currently on Raya, Christian clowning, how Harry Potter is T...

After a loooong stretch of incred guests, Jenny and Nicole cozy up for a nice lil solo ep. We get into Jenny's transformation from Dirty Messy Slut to Anxious Clean Mommy, who is stoned while filming Real Housewives, if Nicole has sideburns, if The Substance is like skydiving, puzzles being Victorian, pedicure tickling as torture, and who has coolatta energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Happy Thanksgiving week! Jenny and Nicole are taking this week off to make yams for our babies. Enjoy this re-release with best person we know, Richard Perez! Jenny & Nicole welcome HILARIOUS ANGEL RICHARD PEREZ to the pod! They get into what jobs are good for meeting people to hook up with, why media is obsessed with making high schoolers feel like they have to fuck by graduation, and what ev...

Jenny & Nicole welcome gorgeous genius actor, writer, producer (Watch What Happens Live, Project Runway, Top Chef, Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List) John Hill to the pod! We get into where we're at post-election, if peacocks attack, bare: A Pop Opera (ur welc), working at Six Flags, the elevators at The Luxor, Titanic-themed snowglobes, Tabatha Takes Over, if we can get Kathy Griffin on Ma...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Reality TV LEGEND Caroline Manzo (Real Housewives of New Jersey, Manzo's With Children) to the pod! We get into how Jenny and Nicole can be incredible Italian chefs like Caroline, acknowledging your therapist at the movie theater, why people feel like they're friends with reality tv stars, the traditional role of women in the household, being a mom vs. being a grandma, w...

Jenny & Nicole welcome our very funny parasocial bestie - comedian, writer, and Youtuber (Buzzfeed, The Kitchen & Jorn Show) Kristin Chirico to the pod! We get into nightstand pretzels, whether or not we should be able to Yelp people, if Leonardo DiCaprio will ever be on The Masked Singer, The Tyler Perry storyline on The Crown, The Imperial core, nuance on Love Is Blind, how capitalism is...

Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian, actor, and writer (First Wives Club, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Everything's Trash) Jordan Carlos to the pod! We get into basically everything you could ever want to know about Dallas, if someone dresses up as Raygun at Magic Time Machine, Sadie Hawkins dances, Nicole not understanding how to pump gas because of her New Jersey culture, how Italian Ame...