Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata

It's the episode Sasheer and Nicole have been waiting for: astrologer and poet Heidi Rose Robbins is here! The ladies learn why they are best friends, the importance of Mercury in friendship, what rising and moon signs mean, looking at past transits, dating predictions that make Nicole cry, how to learn astrology, using astrology charts to plan projects, negative predictions, Saturn on your sun, a...

After Sasheer politely declines Nicole's offer to start over they discuss sports bras, pole goals, delivery woes, Bezos should share, front page Instagrams, waking up early, outdoor activity gang, and getting to the bottom of it - does Sasheer have something she wants to tell Nicole or not? Plus the quiz: Would You Survive Joel Goldberg's Glass Box? This quiz yields some surprising revelations. An...

Nicole and Sasheer dish with best friends Bob The Drag Queen and Monét X Change about how they met, favorite traveling-in-pain memories, loving your best friend because their crazy, being late to trends, what qualities you need to win Big Brother and Survivor, We're Here, being nominated for an Emmy and a discussion about what is and isn't a bird. Get access to all the podcasts you love, music cha...

Nicole and Sasheer kick off this week with a metaphor for COVID. Then they discuss Nicole's birth certificate, getting yelled at for going to a restaurant, doing things that make you happy, tornado titties, Sasheer's tarot cards, scheduling issues, word pronunciations, P-Valley, " Jill Mason" and "Betty Bumpkin", weight biases, and what they're wearing. Then, they take the "Which Random Cartoon Ch...

Nicole and Sasheer went on their first roller skating adventure and lived to tell the tale! They also discuss United Skates, performative companies and deciphering what's real and what's a joke, thoughts about why OJ was found innocent, seeing through performative acts in general, police brutality, shaming people before 6 AM, pole dancing, and blaming bad behavior on your astrological sign. Then N...

Nicole and Sasheer are back for another fun-filled episode to discuss Floor Is Lava, Bar Rescue, Tiny House Nation, House Hunters, Normal People, why men date you if they don't want to date you?!, therapy goals, planning a vacation, and what does "Cheesecake" mean? Plus answers to YOUR questions! This week is full of follow-ups and updates. A listener calls in with really helpful advice about addi...

This week Nicole and Sasheer discuss their new roller skating plan, beach options, doubling down on "everything will be great by October", and trying to understand what exactly is going on with the Karens. Then they take the BuzzFeed quiz "What Kind of Sexy Food Are You?" and of course, answer your questions! The ladies give advice about how to handle loved ones with ADD and ADHD, how to repay a f...

This week starts with a dramatic reading of a listener comment! Then, Nicole and Sasheer are joined by best friends Beth Stelling and Mary Hollis Inboden. With Beth, they find out what she’s wearing (Is it a bikini top? Workout wear?), Beth & Mary Hollis’ performances in 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, meeting Joanna Kerns (Mrs. Seaver from Growing Pains), zoom stand-up shows, and Beth’s love of M...

This week Nicole and Sasheer try to answer the question "how are you?" during this time. They also discuss Sasheer's experience at a recent protest, Nicole's response when she gets pulled over, why it's good to defund the police, Ben and Jerry's setting a corporate example, advice to white people, Nicole's Jeep, hair or scarf confusion, COVID contraction updates, jizz stances, Nicole's prediction...

This week Nicole and Sasheer discuss launching a "Things We've Learned In Quarantine" tour, why months don't have the same number of days, "the thrill of the chase" shopping, bigger and bigger candles, Celebration Florida, yacht getaways, and October 2020. Then, Nicole and Sasheer answer your questions! This week they advise not to be someone who doesn't want to be with you and ways to get strange...

Once again, out of respect for the events taking place nationally at this time, Nicole and Sasheer have decided not to record a new episode for this week. Instead, they are releasing a beloved old episode with last week's intro expressing their thoughts. Re-release: Nicole believes all men masturbate in public, but Sasheer isn’t so sure. So, they ask all the men and women they can find, and the an...

Out of respect for the events taking place nationally at this time, Nicole and Sasheer have decided not to record a new episode for this week. Instead, they are releasing a beloved old episode with a new intro expressing their thoughts. Nicole and Sasheer re-examine Disney movies, and share that they both stan Cruella De Ville. And, it becomes clear that Nicole thinks hairless cats are skinned - n...

This week Nicole and Sasheer talk about being sore from online twerking class, gift ideas for Sasheer’s birthday, nourishing and loving your plants, all the things they’ve bought online during quarantine, getting birth control implants and why can’t men get birth control implanted? Then they take the quiz “What magical creature are you?” And of course listen to your voicemails where they give advi...

Recorded LIVE at the 2019 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Nicole and Sasheer talk street scoopers, removing someone from your seat on an airplane, and how bad of a terrorist Nicole would be. Then they bring out their guests Matteo Lane and Emma Willman who answer the age old question: does coffee dehydrate you? Finally all four friends answer a listener voicemail on what to do when you think...

After learning about the sound effects athletes get to choose for themselves, Nicole and Sasheer talk about teachers coming to students' windows during quarantine, videos of soldiers returning home to see their dogs who thought they were gone forever, and other heartwarming stories. Then, for another Besting Each Other, Nicole and Sasheer welcome Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski from Queer Ey...

After talking the pitfalls of remote workouts, Nicole and Sasheer tell Nicole's dogs to shut up while mommy's working. Then they explain the rules of Too Hot to Handle and MASH, plus even play a round (of MASH, not Too Hot to Handle.) Then they answer some listener questions on what to do when your friend has engaged in sexual misconduct and how quarantine has affected their friendship. Email or c...

This week Nicole and Sasheer talk the perils of quarantine life including fights with your housemates, needing more attention, and having to fix toilets. Then they introduce us all to the mighty Grasshopper Mouse. Finally they answer some listener questions on sending a gift to an ex as friends, making in person friends through online groups, and... babies at fire stations? Email or call Nicole &a...

After clarifying that Coronavirus is not Nicole's fault, Nicole and Sasheer talk the sexual health of bath bombs, how to wash a washing machine, and who would survive in an apocalypse. Then they answer listener questions on when to cut a friend off completely, and if you can be friends with people you pay for services. Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at: nicoleand...

Sasheer scrubs! With a tool! After talking through some self care go-tos, Nicole and Sasheer decide that one glass of wine doesn't affect your judgement, that maybe sleeping with the pool boy isn't hot, and that everyone needs to scrub! Then they answer some listener questions on what to do when your weight comment offends a friend, how to handle a friend talking over your partner, and how to help...

After clarifying which power rangers are doing porn and which are deceased, Nicole & Sasheer talk their crushes on Patrick Stewart, the 2019 film The Fanatic starring John Travolta, and the limpest bizkit there ever was. Then they answer listener questions on meeting your friend's significant other, trying to change when you feel like you've been a bad friend, and staying in touch with friends...

Nicole got hit on today! Nicole & Sasheer talk getting nuzzled at the bar, stuffing bras to make trash tits, and debate if Nicole is humble. Then they answer listener questions about pole dancing technique, vacationing with couples even if you're single, and what to do you if you don't like your friend's friend. Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at: nicoleandsas...

Pockets are trending! Nicole & Sasheer talk wearing flats to the governor’s ball, the disappearance of pockets in women’s clothes, fingering cold rice balls and the difference between grease gangs vs greece gangs. Plus, Sasheer clarifies how getting served bad food is exactly like being mauled by a dog. Then they answer listener questions about what to do when you don’t like your significant o...

Happy Monday or Wednesday (or whenever you are listening to this)! Nicole & Sasheer discuss if the Statue of Liberty is holding an ice cream cone, Bojack Horseman dreams, Nicole’s mother’s perfume, books they are reading, Nicole doing what strangers’ ask, being an adult, and a deep dive into Goldilocks’ white privilege. Then they answer listener questions about how to handle a friend pulling a...

Wow! This week, Nicole and Sasheer discuss interesting graffiti, scary spider-crawling, evil babies, how long can you wait before returning a baby, Jamie Lee Curtis’s excellent turn in Freaky Friday, transcendental meditation, and the government’s plan to blow up the moon. They see if Sasheer can join Nicole’s next pole class, and then answer some listener questions about mixing friend groups for...

After wondering what a water-cooler chat would be like, Nicole & Sasheer are joined by LeVar Burton and Stephanie Cozart Burton for another round of Besting Each Other! First, Stephanie shares about how she pursued LeVar, getting drunk in Mexico, her Skinny Pop popcorn obsession, and LeVar’s sleep moaning. Then, LeVar spills the parts of their story that Stephanie left out, how he almost becam...