Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best

This week, Busy is back in Los Angeles even though she might feel like Los Angeles doesn’t want her here, and Caissie has embarked on a strength training program she may not need based on what she accidentally did to her sons’ bathroom door. Then, author, yoga teacher, entrepreneur and advocate, Jessamyn Stanley joins the party to talk about her experience as a fat, Black, queer woman who is bring...

This week, Busy’s packing and moving AGAIN, while also trying to juggle some semblance of a social life with being a mom. Caissie is experiencing a menopause symptom she had never heard of in her life. Then, their friend Marcella Kroll (@savedbythespell on Instagram) joins the chat to talk about her intuitive gifts and how embracing them saved her life. SPONSORS: http://AthleticGreens.com/BUSY for...

This week, it’s Caissie’s birthday and she’s finally back from Cape Cod, and Busy is feeling so many things, both as a Taylor Swift fan and a parent whose oldest will be off to boarding school soon. Then, author and hilarious person Samantha Irby stops by to talk about her new bestseller “Quietly Hostile” while comparing IBS notes with Busy and contemplating what one should do after seeing a Satan...

This week, find out how things went on the Whale Watch Memorial for Caissie’s mom and what happened when Busy decided to stop for the night because of a torrential downpour on her way to Cape Cod. Then, Busy’s friend, Christa Miller pops in to talk about working not only as an actor on Scrubs, Cougar Town and now Shrinking on Apple+, but also being the music supervisor on all those shows and more....

This week, Busy breaks down how she spent her Mother’s Day, driving to Philly for a Taylor Swift concert. Caissie describes her infuriating overly casual traveling style. Then, human sunshine Ellie Kemper drops by to discuss some memories from The Office, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and to talk about her new gig, The Great American Baking Show on Roku. Plus, Ellie shares something she did recently t...

This week, Caissie is wondering what lessons she is supposed to learn from Mercury Retrograde and shares the latest reason one of her dogs had to go to the emergency vet on Sunday. After recent events, Busy wonders if our country isn’t already in a Civil War we don’t realize we’re in and she describes a feeling she’s been having that she’s never had before. Then, actor and Busy’s friend Sofia Blac...

This week, Busy and Caissie squeezed in an hour of podcasting between Busy’s scenes on set, but when they reconvened to record the rest, decided that first hour sucked and should be tossed out, proving that this podcast does sometimes dabble in quality control. Caissie tells about how she was humiliated by a bird and a chef, and Busy reveals what one of her children caught her doing in the kitchen...

This week, Busy is making big breakthroughs and someone in Caissie’s house had a mental health emergency and it wasn’t a person for once. SPONSORS: http://HiyaHealth.com/BUSY for 50% off your first order of pediatrician approved superpowered chewable children’s vitamins http://AthleticGreens.com/BUSY for a 1 year-supply of Vitamin D, plus 5 free travel packs of AG1’s special blend of 75 high quali...

After a two-week break, Busy and Caissie are back. Find out what Busy did for the first time ever in her career and why Caissie is cussing out these new eye drops! SPONSORS: http://MyKitsch.com/BEST for 30% off your entire order of affordable yet luxurious haircare and self-care essentials http://honeylove.com/BEST20 PROMO CODE: BEST20 for 20% off the world’s best shaping built into shapewear, int...

This week, Busy is on-set working and the podcast was supposed to be recorded in two parts, both on Monday. But when she and Caissie hit pause on Part One, they learned about yet another school shooting, this time in Nashville. Part Two became yet another discussion about the feelings of rage American leadership’s impotence on gun reform inspires, plus a repeat airing of their conversation with Sh...

This week, Busy is headed back to work on Girls5Eva…this time for NETFLIX! And she’s also headed back into the dating pool where she maybe made out with someone? Then, fresh off her 5th Oscar nomination, BFF Michelle Williams joins the pod to tell Busy what she missed not being at the Academy Awards this year, plus a bunch of other stuff you’d talk to your very best friend about. Then, Caissie sho...

This week, Busy gives us an update on Birdie’s medical scare and talks about how her own ENT once saved her from a potentially brain-eating infection. She and Caissie make a list of essentials they’d want someone to bring them if they had to stay in a hospital. They discuss the three O’s of the week in Hollywood, the Oscars, the outfits and the Ozempic. Busy has rejoined Raya but isn’t sure it’s w...

This week, Busy is shooting her dream role in “Mean Girls: The Musical” movie, but she has just as much drama going on off-camera and she’s letting it all out. Literally. Caissie shares her theory that the tendency to wear tops with no pants is genetic. And they both weren’t really feeling celebratory about International Women’s Day this year, considering…y’know, everything. SPONSORS: http://Cariu...

This week, Busy and Caissie have returned from their mini-tour and are back in their respective homes. Busy has had a couple of uncomfortable confrontations in New York City and Caissie is considering a unique funeral service for her mother. Busy shares a memory of something miraculous she once had the privilege of witnessing and Caissie wonders if anyone remembers the time Ryan Seacrest fell thro...

This week, Busy and Caissie are visiting Boston, dressed in their finest interpretations of “J Lo Goes to Dunkin Donuts” and chatting with their friend, comedian and star of Bob’s Burgers, Eugene Mirman, about what it’s like to play what is basically a cartoon version of yourself if you were a child. The pivot he shares is heartbreaking but also imbued with so much love. Joining the stage is frien...

This week, Busy and Caissie are live in beautiful Newark, New Jersey talking to their friend, the great Phoebe Robinson, about so many things, including UFOs, dating drug dealers, is it okay to fart during an energy healing and whether something Phoebe once read about Leonardo DiCaprio is acceptable or not. And everyone freaks out over the fact that Pheebs is friends with Bono. Then, New Jersey’s...

This week, Busy and Caissie are doing the podcast live from the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco! The theme of dress is sequins. Comedian, and the podcast’s most name dropped friend in history, Paul F. Tompkins joins the women for a wide ranging discussion that touches on everything from whether a horse can help anyone in an emergency to whether rocks are an effective messaging system. Then, Z...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains references violence, death and disordered eating This week, Busy and Caissie are mourning the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police and share why they believe policing must change now. In lighter news, they discuss MrBeast’s latest video where he pays for surgery that restores sight for 1000 people. They touch on this week’s controversy surrounding Cai...

This week, Busy is celebrating the Oscar nomination of her BFF Michelle Williams and trying to figure out why she keeps puking. Caissie also talks about puking and tries to figure out why she’s so pragmatic. They’re both gearing up for their live shows in San Francisco on February 3rd, Boston on February 9th and in Newark on February 11th. Will attendees join in and dress according to the themes t...

This week, Busy accompanied BFF Michelle Williams to the Critics’ Choice Awards and she shares what went on behind the scenes amongst the stars, plus a little bit about why her trip was unexpectedly and unpleasantly cut short. Almost equally as glamorous, Caissie shares why she had a small melty at the Post Office. Then, perhaps he seems a little…familiar…to you? The wonderful Harvey Guillén, star...

This week, Busy and Caissie are ready to put some of their recent grief aside to talk about other things, like Prince Harry’s new book, and some huge news out of Massachusetts where Ben Affleck and J. Lo were spotted at two local Dunkin’ Donutses. Will there be a commercial we can all enjoy soon? Fingers crossed. Then one half of musical duo Sylvan Esso, Amelia Meath, joins the team to talk about...

This episode was pre-recorded on New Year’s Eve, 2022. Caissie talks about the sudden unexpected loss of her mother days before Christmas and Busy talks about other losses, also unexpected and sometimes sudden. There’s crying, duh, but also some laughs. SPONSORS: http://AthleticGreens.com/Busy for 1 year’s supply of Vitamin D & 5 free travel packs with purchase http://Wildgrain.com/BUSY for $30 of...

This week, Caissie confesses a strange addiction, while Busy details her misadventures in Christmas present shipping. They both share their thoughts on the Harry and Meghan docu-series and Busy recounts a time when she jokingly called out a young male star on James Corden’s show for standing her friend Kelly up and lying about it. Both women mourn the loss of one of Hollwood’s hottest bad boys, P-...

This week, Busy talks about consuming the entirety of White Lotus season 2 in one sitting. WARNING: This episode does contain some potential White Lotus S2 spoilers, so if you haven’t watched it, do that before listening. Because everyone is talking about it and somebody online is gonna spoil it for you!!! Also, Caissie talks about how she had a little bit of a meltdown before her Cookie Swap part...

This week, Busy and Caissie share what they got each other for Christmas! And they talk about how Busy’s fear of Chelsea Handler stopped her from trying to lie to get out of a tricky situation, how much people in Massachusetts love scratch tickets and the runoff results in Georgia, thank heaven, with a little side of parenting advice from Cais to Biz. Then, entertainment journalist, Michael Ausiel...