How Were U Brainwashed?

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...