Jenny Donheiser

How Were U Brainwashed?

Comedy EN ↓ 163 episodes

How Were U Brainwashed? is a podcast hosted by your new best friends, Nicole Spiezio and Jenny Donheiser, that asks guests just that. What did you grow up thinking was true that you now know is just full brainwashing, babe? How did you unpack that bullshit and come out the other side? From religion to Jersey Shore, from Monogamy to Pepé Le Pew, the pod tackles women stuff, fat/body stuff (Nicole is fat! Trendy!!!), mental health stuff (you know your girls are in therapy), and a fair share of lowbrow pop culture (hiiiiii Real Housewives). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Author

Jenny Donheiser

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

"The Moon is Obviously a Woman" (w/ Chelsea Devantez) 14.01.2026

This week Jenny & Nicole are joined by genius funny writer (Jon Stewart, Girls5Eva, Not Dead Yet) and host of the podcast Glamorous Trash Chelsea Devantez! They get into the Ashley Tisdale mom group drama, Sisters of Salt: A Greek Tragedy, living the dream of turning a short film into a feature, stalking your partner's exes on Insta, the neverending GLP-1 debate, putting crystals in your bra,...

"Top Bottom Christmas" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 07.01.2026

Jenny & Nicole are solo this week for a much-needed catch-up after the holidays. They get into Nicole's traumatic health stuff (ultimately everything's fine!), new Vanderpump Rules, Lisa Rinna's healing energy, and who they would each play in "Chicago." @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod https://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

RE-RELEASE "Chiropractors & Body Hair" (w/ Eric Williams) 31.12.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome angel on earth and actor/comedian Eric Williams to the pod. They get into what chain restaurants Jenny & Nicole ate at this week (is that exciting?), the marketing of couple's therapy, and if we as a society are still into watching Love is Blind. Make sure you check out Eric's show That's a Gay Ass Podcast! @gayasspodcast @ericwillz @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwere...

RE-RELEASE "Thought In My 30's I'd Know How To Do My Hair" (w/ Cat Cohen) 24.12.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome INCREDIBLE AND GORGEOUS Actress, Comedian, Singer, and co-host of your other fav podcast Seek Treatment Cat Cohen to HWUB! They get into shoes on babies, how Gaga does dancing whereas Taylor Swift just walks, getting railed by Peter from Vanderpump Rules, the greatest passion in life being eating after midnight, why chicken parm chicken breasts are so thick and disgustin...

"The Worst Timeline" (w/ Garrick Bernard) 10.12.2025

This week Jenny & Nicole are joined by comedian, writer, actor (Booger, Single Drunk Female) Garrick Bernard! They get into baby raves, Garrick's widower fantasy, whether Nicole has or has not seen an action movie, weeping at Top Gun: Maverick, Yug-ih-oh cards being satanic, and gooners (NOT the Arsenal fans). @garrickbernard @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod https://www.youtub...

"An Evil Eye is a Boundary" w/ George Civeris 03.12.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome incredible comedian and host of the ICONIC podcast Straightio Lab, George Civeris to the pod! We get into George's new comedy special "A Sense of Urgency" OUT NOW, our keychain personalities, a harrowing motherhood tale from Jenny, if we're on a nickname basis with Elizabeth Olsen, taping a standup special just so you have Reels to post, if Apple products bring you bad luc...

RE- RELEASE "The IMDB is Extensive" (w/ Jeff Hiller) 26.11.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious star and iconic actor (Somebody Somewhere, American Horror Story: NYC) Jeff Hiller to the pod! We get into why we need THE VILLAGE, whether or not Nicole has been to Connecticut, buying abandoned amusement parks off Zillow, Jeff's (legitimately very good) audition tips, why doing standup is good because you don't have to take turns talking, the overlap between...

"Shock. Fear. Better. Safer." (w/ Joy Nash) 19.11.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome incredible actress (Dietland, Twin Peaks) Joy Nash to the pod! We get into Benihana espresso martinis, how Bravocon is high school, which of us has been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, American Girl Doll Cafe franchises, Campus Crusade, NYU's fencing team, the smartest new year's resolution of all time, and why men invented stocks. @therealjoynash @theheiser @nicole...

"I Think She's My Cousin" (w/ Dan Pelosi) 12.11.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome New York Times best-selling author and "food personality" Dan Pelosi to the pod! They get into Nicole finally finishing "Succession," which Real Housewife adjacent character Dan has in his phone, Dan's bathroom tampon fantasy, being brainwashed into thinking that tofu is unhealthy, and how "The Family Stone" connects us all. Check out Dan's new cookbook Let's Party: Reci...

"The Bird Authority" (w/ Sophie Lucido Johnson) 05.11.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome the wonderful author (Kin: The Future of Family, Many Love) and cartoonist at The New Yorker Sophie Lucido Johnson to the pod! We get into how the nuclear family is a LIE, secularizing community, the long awaited reveal if Jenny did sex at her film festival, our children's halloween costumes, if you can share a lawnmower with your neighbor, if cars and the internet are the...

"Purgatory is an Au Bon Pain on East 38th St" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 29.10.2025

It's just your girls Jenny & Nicole this week. They get into if Jenny is gonna bone someone on her weekend away, Nicole's update on her GLP-1 research, our long-awaited review of Carl Radke's Soft Bar, if Jenny should have a fire escape or not, what our kids are putting in their mouths, eating dinner at a restaurant alone, and what classic Halloween costumes they each are. @theheiser @nicolesp...

"My Life is Sad MASH" (w/ Julia Shiplett) 22.10.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome the wonderful writer and performer (Overcompensating) Julia Shiplett to the pod! We get into Nicole's hack for falling asleep, which Love is Blind cast members have a podcast, Julia's hot fashion tips, dressing your postpartum body, honoring Diane Keaton via Pinterest board, PYG, Youth Pastors as interns, if our lives are the saddest Mash outcomes, the friend AI necklace,...

"Rosie O'Donnell was Right" (w/ Danny Pellegrino) 15.10.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome the host of the Everything Iconic podcast, author of How Do I Un-Remember This, and ur parasocial bestie, Danny Pellegrino, to the pod! We get into our plans to visit Carl Radke's Soft Bar, getting your baby's first words to be a Dorinda quote, doing caviar bumps while Meredeih Marks DJ's, which housewives are AI, the vibes at Bravocon, justice for Rosie O'Donnell, being j...

"Maid Marion's Chicken Friend" (w/ Sabrina Ryan Houlihan) 08.10.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome writer and brand director Sabrina Ryan Houlihan to the pod! They get into their kids being in different school years, loving ArsNova, missing the old Instagram, what Nicole's twins should be for Halloween, Barbra Streisand's ice cream habits, how they each define "cringe," and the fashion at Disneyworld. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Who is your Jennifer Lawrence?" (w/ Jake Cornell) 01.10.2025

Comedian and delightful human Jake Cornell joins Jenny & Nicole this week. They get into a recap of Nicole's Disney trip, shamans v. life coaches, doing improv on Zoom, the worst thing Jenny ever said in a break-up, whether or not parents should stick it out and not get divorced for their children, secret twin language, and what pastries they each are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

"Hypothetical Liar" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 24.09.2025

Jenny & Nicole fly solo this week and get into whether Jenny should submit to be on the next season of The Traitors, Nicole's upcoming trip to Disney World, and her ongoing obsession with Buzzfeed, frying ice cream on a Blackstone grill, attending BeatlesCon as a child, and GLP-1s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Lil Sensy Tummy" (w/ Bayne Gibby) 17.09.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome iconic actress and goddess of prestige TV shows (The Comeback, Enlightened, Mad Men) Bayne Gibby to the pod! We get into the concept of "good luck", the best show of all time aka The Comeback, playing Traitors at a Wedding, having boundaries with your neighbors when they try to bring you chili, when airbnb's are for blood relatives only, how the playground has office cockt...

"Diablo Cody Has NOTHING To Do With Me" (w/ Rae Sanni) 10.09.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome true genius television writer (Everybody Still Hates Chris, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Rel) Rae Sanni to the pod! We get into how perfectionism will never get you access to what's being held from you, Dateline, Unknown Number on Netflix, the pursuit of masculine attention, Karen Huger's grand return to society, if Rae has Lin-Manuel Miranda vibes, how TIRED people are of Ma...

"Chet Hanks is a Labubu" (w/ Tim Murray) 03.09.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome the lovely comedian (Wish You Were Queer), writer, and actor (The Other Two) to the pod! We get into how the fear of being cringe will stop all your dreams from happening, praying to God about Tonya Harding, what self help book will cure Nicole, if we'll ever get to see our children play Miss Hannigan in Annie, if John Cameron Mitchell or Courtney Cox is getting stopped on...

"Double Idea" (w/ Aaron Jackson) 27.08.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome deeply genius and joyous comedian and writer (Dicks: The Musical), Aaron Jackson, to the pod! We get into if Cowgirl SeaHorse makes any sense as a restaurant name, being the COO of cops, doing crafts as a virgin, finding out your Human Design type over a delicious chicken dinner, if mayonnaise is lard, if it's corny to be a picky eater, why Game of Thrones gets a pass, The...

"Jazz is Smart People Music" (w/ Tim Chawaga) 20.08.2025

Jenny and Nicole welcome Tim Chawaga, dear friend and debut author of the new sci-fi mystery novel Salvagia, to the pod! We get into Tim's debut novel, loving jazz, pneumatic tubes, Kramer bobbleheads, Cedar Point, Jenny's son liking a little bit of a thrill, being a guest of Mickey, if Chip & Dale are twins, why wood affects your bones differently than metal, toilet bowl water slides, being s...

"NO HANKY PANKY!" (w/ Drew Droege) 13.08.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome the amazingly talented actor and comedian Drew Droege (Heathers, Search Party, Bob's Burgers) to the pod! We get into FBoy Island, if all little kids have English accents, teaching improv to teens, if Jenny can learn CPR from Youtube, if Forrest Gump is the worst movie of all time, the version of yourself you become around your family, the brainwashing around children be...

"Dessert Toast" (w/ H. Alan Scott) 06.08.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome DREAM of a guest, Senior Culture Writer at Newsweek H. Alan Scott to the pod! We get into how tortilla espanolas should be made to order, if the stomach health of the Hot Ones host is ok, Hillary Clinton's pepper eating habits, Dolly Parton's Oscar snubs, longing for Stevie Wonder's spoof Twitter account, getting fingered at a baseball game, what celebrity names we want...

"Billionaires V. Whales" (w/ Tracie Morrissey) 30.07.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome the LEGENDARY writer, podcast host (Pot Psychology) and culture SCHOLAR Tracie Morrissey to the pod! We get into thinking you can never be too rich or too thin, how most fans of The Valley suck, Amy Bradley Is Missing, Scheana making the right call not talking about Brock's cheating, if we would allow our kids to do pageants and/or ice skating, Tracie's upcoming biograph...

"A Girl's Girl's Boyfriend" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 23.07.2025

Get all snuggled in and cozy for a classic ep with your girls! We get into Jersey Shore Family Vacation, Nicole's best nausea tips, etiquette around gifts and thank you cards, being anti fake kitchen, climbing trees at the mall, Next Gen NYC, and if our babies will be yuppies. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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