How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome the VERY funny and smart actress Chloé Wepper (Manhattan Love Story, Office Christmas Party, Family Switch, the upcoming Legally Blonde Prequel Elle ) to the pod! We get into getting into Nicole almost getting scammed, timeshare presentations, being attracted to Tom Colicchio, how many tennis coaches is too many, if gut health is real, how not hurting other people's feel...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible performer and writer (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Glow, High Maintenance, Intimacy Idiot) Isaac Oliver to the pod! We get into if friendships are worth less than romantic relationships, Nicole reuniting with Z100, Zohran being so hot (if we're allowed to talk about that), artistic legos, if we like to figure out dinner, palm reading, if Jonathan Groff would lik...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the newly crowned Entertainment Editor of Paper Magazine (!!!) and co-host of the podcast Eating For Free, Joan Summers the pod! We get into if pokémon cards are a portal to hell that will make you gay, if Jenny needs creatine, Nick Viall's rise as the preeminent podcaster, what counties can legally be considered "north" Jersey, the link between toothpaste & time, if...

Jenny & Nicole welcome amazing actor (30 Rock, Weeds, Whitney) and the writer/director/STAR of the new Audible Original "Murder at the Patel Motel" Maulik Pancholy to the pod! We talk all about Murder at the Patel Motel, get into what our How Were U Brainwashed merch should be, Jenny's star turn as Dr. Michelle, if being a "Namer" is a job, dueling shows about SNL, if dogs having whites of the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome absolutely incredible actress (Search Party, Fort Tilden) Clare McNulty to the pod! We get into how corporate a daycare should be, how babies are doing clowning, the timeline on doing downtown collaboratively created work, how scallops have incredible vision, being ruled by our lizard brains, how getting what you want is kind of lame, Natasha Bedingfield, if your life ne...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the delightful NY Times Best Selling author and fellow podcaster (Just Between Us, Starter Marriage) Allison Raskin to the pod! We get into Allison's new podcast Starter Marriage which she co-hosts with her husband, the Scarlet Letter of divorce, if being a relationship coach means you win all the fights, if any of us know what Andor is, which Summer House cast member br...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the very lovely solo performer/actor/storyteller Jenna Dioguardi to the pod! We get into being good little girls, the airing out Nicole & Jenny's most recent pod related fight, the Nonna's of the World restaurant, watching sex on The Real World, our hopes for the future of Summer House, curly hair, who is allowed to refer to themselves as a "stand-up", and who is the...

Today is a VERY exciting get on the pod - we're talking to Nicole's shaman/energy healer and author of the new book "Ariel Speaks: Messages from a Spirit Guide" Joan Volpe! We get into if God is the Ocean, when energy gunk starts blocking up your vibes, Charlotte's Web (again), how healthy trees literally send sick trees nutrients (science is beautiful), why it's helpful to delete "should" from yo...

Today we have the triumphant return of beloved guest Meagan Kensil!!! We get into the brainwashing of to-do lists, ABBA holograms, how men shouldn't run companies, and dragon porn. @meagan_pencil @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny & Nicole welcome undeniable star Max Jenkins (Titanique, High Maintenance, Dead to Me) to the pod! We get into if Jenny should wear a tube top to a job interview, how Girls is on Nick at Nite, a Lea Michele obsession, offending your mom by not wanting to look at T***p's ass, disregulating your nervous sytem to match your mom's, how it's necessary to live within walking distance of a Twix...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible comedian (Smartypants on Dropout), actor, and writer (Digman!) Rekha Shankar to the pod! We get into Rekha's new movie she's working on, the darkness currently happening on The Valley, slugline behavior, Brad Pitt selling pinto beans, if any 17 year old can write a good college essay, what happenned to the first spoueses in The Brady Bunch, and how Starbucks i...

Welcome to the big 100th Episode special (lol)!!!!! We solve listener brainwashes and discuss if we had millenial weddings, driverless cars, Nicole's sleep apnea journey, Dr. Spock, if CEOs are smarter than us, if Instagram is the new male gaze, if we'd want high boobs if we existed in a vacuum, if Nicole knows how Harry Potter ends, Jenny having sex to Newsies and if a bath counts as self-care. T...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the literal geniuses behind THNK1994 Viviana Olen & Matt Harkins to the pod! We get into if skincare is real, Gayle in space, which of us will be the next QVC host, Princesses of Long Island, our love language being Wheel of Fortune fails, deep plane lower facelifts, if it's ok to have mirrors in your bedroom, tinytents.com , and Nicole's grandfather breaking through...

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...