How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius of all geniuses, comedian/actor/writer and CREATOR AND STAR of Dicks: The Musical Josh Sharp to the pod! We get into Mormon sodas and if Gatorade is supposed to be milky, baths, how line dancing is lore, firing all doormen, if we go to the suburbs for safety or size, taking your children to see an immersive production of RENT, if Jenny's talking about the pod in t...

Jenny & Nicole welcome cultural stalwart and incredibly funny writer/actor (Broad City, Younger, New Girl) Eliot Glazer to the pod! We get into Mars 2112, if waking up is embarrassing, running a television network as a child, getting your grandfather's sketch comedy character as a tattoo, if it's mean to name your child Peach, if Jen Fessler should have a YouTube channel, learning how to cruis...

Jenny & Nicole welcome ICONIC Actress with a Capital A Ashlie Atkinson (The Gilded Age, And Just Like That, Mr. Robot) to the pod! We get into whether or not Jenny & Nicole have wills, Manischewitz jingles, the Tenement Museum, roller derby, if we can blame Paris Hilton, sellout culture, selling designer imposter perfumes, what it was like to originate the role of Helen in Fat Pig, and who...

Jenny & Nicole welcome damn delightful comedian (NBC’s Bring The Funny) and actor Willy Appelman to the pod! We get into squirting milk during your mammogram, T9Word, your kids loving the Baha Men, The Twins Days Festival, emulating Gavin Rossdale, hair gel for boys, stretched out belly button piercings, dancing hard to the Annie soundtrack, and Jimmy Buffett Corn Mazes. @wappelman @theheiser...

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious writer (SNL, Shrill, Loot, I Love That for You) and actress (I Think You Should Leave, The Other Two) Sudi Green to the pod! We get into going to college with baby teeth, flat ironing your hair with a Chi straightener, seeing all walks of life in Las Vegas, how shampoo suds are fake news, buying birthday gifts for your friends that you want to do, the masked ma...

Jenny & Nicole welcome endlessly entertaining writer, comedian, and content creator (Buzzfeed, HuffPost, UCB) Sarah Burton to the pod! We get into mammogram logistics, if dating sports mascots makes you a furry, if Jenny should get her real estate license, if Buzzfeed was the peak millenial job, recording TikTok content in your nightshirt, if it's better to be pompous or modest, The Dunning-Kr...

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor (Mean Girls, Booger), comedian, and writer/director Sofia Dobrushin to the pod! We get into Sofia's role in the new movie Booger (in theaters this Friday!), the DJ @ the DNC, warm Caesar salads, dogs being camera shy, if Nicole's babies should be bartenders on WWHL, if trigger warnings can actually trigger people, giving other people the opportunity to change, call...

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious and insightful director, actor, and comedian Gus Heagerty to the pod! We get into Jenny dressing up her baby as a flapper, the anticipation of arriving at a new persona, being BYO-rollerblade, the pressure of doing the right thing for your birthday, abundance and joy in eating, the chokehold of consumerism, buying objects when you don't get into grad school, co...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress (American Fiction, Gayby, Search Party), director and writer (She's Clean) Jenn Harris to the pod! We get into Succession being spoiled for Nicole, Jenny's final thoughts on Summer House, how women apologize like we're constantly bumping into ghosts, feeling vs. thinking, the emotional health of the community not being your job, sexualizing people 40-7...

Jenny & Nicole welcome deliciously talented actor, writer, and tastemaker Patrick Foley to the pod! We get into Patrick's upcoming ‘Real Housewives’-Inspired Murder Mystery film starring Jennifer Lawrence 'The Wives' (can u believe?!), if Nicole is capable of making stew, forcing yourself to use the treadmill in order to watch Housewives, waking up at 3AM to do therapy with Alex McCord in Aust...

This week it's just us gals! We get into hot snake wranglers and deep dive into everything Love Island, if we should star in a reality show about Millenial Moms, growing up in a naked house, how trying to entertain your baby is clown school, the myth around medication making you lose the artistic "spark", if your ear is a good gift, and how Nicole is Dr. Dolittle. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwer...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius director and filmmaker Doron Max Hagay (SNL, Matt Rogers's Have You Heard of Christmas, Joel Kim Booster's Psychosexual) to the pod! We get into if we can make prohibition happen again, Jenny's distaste for Ray Romano, when actors get replaced on TV shows, how yearbook is a filmmaker's medium, if Swifties are the new Phishheads, bringing your own trash bag to MSG,...

Jenny & Nicole welcome powerhouse actor Ronald Peet (Bad Monkey, Jeremy O. Harris's "Daddy") to the pod! We get into Ronald's turn as one of the stars of the upcoming Apple TV show "Bad Monkey" premiering August 14th, pureeing salmon (GAG), how acting disregulates the nervous system, learning about Zen Buddhism at Border's, how running a marathon makes you the world's most powerful person, the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Musical Theater DARLING Kim Blanck (Suffs, Octet, Alice By Heart) to the pod! We get into Kim's BROADWAY DEBUT in Suffs, what it's like to perform at The Tony's, Costco rotisserie chicken, Hillary Clinton's vibe, the lace budget on Hamilton, if performing arts high schools are good or bad, how Jenny & Nicole were both student council secretaries, how yearbooks are pe...

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, singer, and all-around powerhouse performer Sherz Aletaha to the pod! We get into Sherz's journey with the iconic Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, how Nicole invented starring places on Google Maps, Jenny being the single vote for Gore in her Texas school's mock election, if we can still be on Summer House now that we have kids, being terrified of a Phan...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the delightful stand-up comedian, writer, and Jenny's former work bestie Maria Wojo to the pod! They get into whether babies float like witches, Rochester Garbage Plates, looking like Laura Dern, being pranked by your children, being young and bold with your Facebook requests, if Conservative female OBGYNs exist, and whether Nicole could or should improv a movie, @mariaw...

Jenny & Nicole have a BFF catch-up this week. They get into a shopowner upstate who has a personal vendetta against Nicole, Jenny being wrongfully accused of wearing and returning an expensive dress, watching people have sex on Summer House, why we still say "god bless you" after sneezes, Jenny's commitment to nightgowns, the brainwashing by big pineapple, and the Robert Downey Jr. classic Hea...

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, writer, producer, and commercial superstar Paul Marcarelli to the pod! They get into permanently changing your eye color, auditioning to play an airplane seat, not identifying as happy, pre-Ellen vs. post-Ellen, if there is any good job, if there's a difference between advertising and propaganda, and who among them would make the perfect Traitor. @paulmarcarelli @...

Jenny & Nicole welcome brilliantly funny comedian, actor, and writer James Tison to the pod! They get into making your baby Italian via daycare, #calzonegate, how living in New York has forced us all to be vigilante exterminators, why anyone would want to move to Manhattan after seeing RENT, and having an agent that asks YOU for notes on their stand-up set. @jamestison @theheiser @nicolespiezi...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress and all-around beautiful human Marisol Sacramento to the pod! They get into spoon-shaped tools for your pelvic floor, if the Bodies Exhibit is good or bad, lying about being on Gossip Girl, website guides to doing drugs in other countries, if Pét-nats are like kombucha, the pursuit of perfection, and having compassion for the 19-year-old version of you...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress, comedian, and Indie DARLING Eleanore Pienta to the pod! They get into dancing making you happy, if there's any clickbait we can get about The Daniels, hatred for The King's Speech, Bridget Jones fucking Ed Sheeran in a yurt, Jenny's dad carrying a hardback briefcase, Jenny eating a bagel moments before her c-section, how cringy it is to be an actor, a...

YOUR GIRLS ARE BACK!!!! Nicole is back from maternity leave (does that exist for podcasters?) and she and Jenny have some major catching up to do. They get into if babysitting prepares you for motherhood, how Joseph Campbell wishes he was as strong as Nicole, if Rosemary is a blonde's name, how they feel about Scandoval a year out, Tom Schwartz's anal fissure, pregnant villains, and Jenny wearing...

Jenny & Nicole welcome dear friend and GIFTED & TALENTED Casting Director Taylor Williams to the pod! They get into if Henry Winkler mistook Nicole for Ricki Lake or if she's just delulu, if parents understand art or not, where to drink beer out of styrofoam cups, casting children and animals, the Wishbone dog (honestly surprised it's taken this long to come up on the pod), owing NYU money...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius actor, artist, and human ray of light Preston Martin to the pod! They get into whether learning about similes and metaphors should still be taught in schools, the original Tin Man's closed pores, when NY theater has a food/smell gimmick, being on a lifelong HEALING journey, being #rulefollowers, again questioning if we should do clown, and The Traitors (duh.) @the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome filmmaker (We Strangers) and director of all your fav TV shows (The Other Two, And Just Like That, The Afterparty) Anu Valia to the pod! They get into Jenny's insatiable need for jalapenos + dairy, the dangers of Amazon overnight delivery, Nicole & Jenny's Vanderpump Rules inspired pregnancy pact, working with the icons of And Just Like That, how your body shape and...