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

"Girls Meets Narnia " (w/ Mary Adkins) 22.01.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome the radiantly delightful author (When You Read This, Privilege, Palm Beach) Mary Adkins to the pod! We get into if undercover cop is the same job as detective, the (lol) TikTok ban, Ace Ventura, attending a murder mystery WEEKEND, being a lawyer for 7 months, a vaping Ghost of Christmas Future, reading joke books at bedtime, and Nicole being the next Judge Judy. SPOILERS...

"Poet Laureate of The Dark Arts" (w/ Alex Bedder) 15.01.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius creator and culture curator Alex Bedder to the pod! We get into Nicole coming clean about still being on a family phone plan, what's happening with Jenny's butt, Bye Sister, if Nicole or Marlon Brando is the better actor, how the internet is built on Tiffany Pollard, being in a cult lite, how Enlightened is the best show, and Wild Wild Country setting the bar too...

"Deconstructed Crab Rangoon" (w/ Tom Hamlett) 08.01.2025

Jenny & Nicole welcome pop culture maven and podcaster (Dumpster Dive, Good Judys) Tom Hamlett to the pod! We get into the end of Paige & Craig, who Dorinda should play in Chicago on Broadway, doing spin class in a pool, fathers being scared of The Sixth Sense, horror villains who do bits, Lisa Barlow telling you to "Fuck Off", and chicken bacon ranch martinis. @thetomhamlett @theheiser @n...

RE-RELEASE "Childhood Sports is Other People's Dad Yelling at You" w/ (Pat Regan) 01.01.2025

Happy New Year! Your girls are off nursing their NYE hangovers (jk we can't go anywhere because we are new moms) and hope you are too. Enjoy this re-release with funniest person alive - Pat Regan! Jenny & Nicole welcome the ONE, the ONLY, PAT REGAN , to the pod!!!!! If you thought Hannah Horvath was the voice of her generation, you must not know Pat, babe! They get into a little bit of everyth...

RE-RELEASE ""Soda Culture as an Entry into Capitalism" (w/ Matt Rogers) 25.12.2024

Merry Christmas, all! Please enjoy our re-release with the Prince of Christmas himself, Matt Rogers! Jenny & Nicole welcome funniest goddamn human of all time and ray of light MATT ROGERS to the pod! They get into internet cafes, how Nicole & Jenny have deeply and earnestly loved Las Cultch since DAY ONE, how Jenny is so excited to meet Matt she might go into labor, the amount of soda bein...

"A Fellow Mountain Wild Woman" (w/ Peter Smith) 18.12.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome ultimate star director & Broadway actor (Oh, Mary!, Macbeth) Peter Smith to the pod! We get into all the celebs coming to see Oh, Mary!, how genitals are a spectrum, if being on Broadway is the same as motherhood, The People's Couch, getting text messages from Heather Gay, getting censored by The BBC, how solo shows are NOT radical, The Magic School Bus but make it i...

"The Category is Simply Catfish" (w/ Kristen Bartlett) 11.12.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious and delightful writer/comedian (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, SNL, How To Die Alone) Kristen Bartlett to the pod! We get into if non-theater people are capable of throwing good weddings, motivational water bottles, why all the confrontations on Catfish happen in a frigid parking lot, what celebs are currently on Raya, Christian clowning, how Harry Potter is T...

"Be Nervous and Be Aware" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 04.12.2024

After a loooong stretch of incred guests, Jenny and Nicole cozy up for a nice lil solo ep. We get into Jenny's transformation from Dirty Messy Slut to Anxious Clean Mommy, who is stoned while filming Real Housewives, if Nicole has sideburns, if The Substance is like skydiving, puzzles being Victorian, pedicure tickling as torture, and who has coolatta energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

RE-RELEASE "Literally Anyone Can Be Hot" (w/ Richard Perez) 27.11.2024

Happy Thanksgiving week! Jenny and Nicole are taking this week off to make yams for our babies. Enjoy this re-release with best person we know, Richard Perez! Jenny & Nicole welcome HILARIOUS ANGEL RICHARD PEREZ to the pod! They get into what jobs are good for meeting people to hook up with, why media is obsessed with making high schoolers feel like they have to fuck by graduation, and what ev...

"A Crazy Bitchy Chihuahua" (w/ John Hill) 20.11.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome gorgeous genius actor, writer, producer (Watch What Happens Live, Project Runway, Top Chef, Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List) John Hill to the pod! We get into where we're at post-election, if peacocks attack, bare: A Pop Opera (ur welc), working at Six Flags, the elevators at The Luxor, Titanic-themed snowglobes, Tabatha Takes Over, if we can get Kathy Griffin on Ma...

"We Can Handle Much More Than a Man Can" (w/ Caroline Manzo) 13.11.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome Reality TV LEGEND Caroline Manzo (Real Housewives of New Jersey, Manzo's With Children) to the pod! We get into how Jenny and Nicole can be incredible Italian chefs like Caroline, acknowledging your therapist at the movie theater, why people feel like they're friends with reality tv stars, the traditional role of women in the household, being a mom vs. being a grandma, w...

"Comedians Are All Little Sensitive Philosophers" (w/ Kristin Chirico) 06.11.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome our very funny parasocial bestie - comedian, writer, and Youtuber (Buzzfeed, The Kitchen & Jorn Show) Kristin Chirico to the pod! We get into nightstand pretzels, whether or not we should be able to Yelp people, if Leonardo DiCaprio will ever be on The Masked Singer, The Tyler Perry storyline on The Crown, The Imperial core, nuance on Love Is Blind, how capitalism is...

"Sizzling Fajitas is Showmanship" (w/ Jordan Carlos) 30.10.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian, actor, and writer (First Wives Club, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Everything's Trash) Jordan Carlos to the pod! We get into basically everything you could ever want to know about Dallas, if someone dresses up as Raygun at Magic Time Machine, Sadie Hawkins dances, Nicole not understanding how to pump gas because of her New Jersey culture, how Italian Ame...

"Dark Web But For Line Dancing" (w/ Josh Sharp) 23.10.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius of all geniuses, comedian/actor/writer and CREATOR AND STAR of Dicks: The Musical Josh Sharp to the pod! We get into Mormon sodas and if Gatorade is supposed to be milky, baths, how line dancing is lore, firing all doormen, if we go to the suburbs for safety or size, taking your children to see an immersive production of RENT, if Jenny's talking about the pod in t...

"A Little Love Tap of Trauma" (w/ Eliot Glazer) 16.10.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome cultural stalwart and incredibly funny writer/actor (Broad City, Younger, New Girl) Eliot Glazer to the pod! We get into Mars 2112, if waking up is embarrassing, running a television network as a child, getting your grandfather's sketch comedy character as a tattoo, if it's mean to name your child Peach, if Jen Fessler should have a YouTube channel, learning how to cruis...

"The Generation of Endorsement" (w/ Ashlie Atkinson) 09.10.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome ICONIC Actress with a Capital A Ashlie Atkinson (The Gilded Age, And Just Like That, Mr. Robot) to the pod! We get into whether or not Jenny & Nicole have wills, Manischewitz jingles, the Tenement Museum, roller derby, if we can blame Paris Hilton, sellout culture, selling designer imposter perfumes, what it was like to originate the role of Helen in Fat Pig, and who...

"Temporary Garlic Knot Problem" (w/ Willy Appelman) 02.10.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome damn delightful comedian (NBC’s Bring The Funny) and actor Willy Appelman to the pod! We get into squirting milk during your mammogram, T9Word, your kids loving the Baha Men, The Twins Days Festival, emulating Gavin Rossdale, hair gel for boys, stretched out belly button piercings, dancing hard to the Annie soundtrack, and Jimmy Buffett Corn Mazes. @wappelman @theheiser...

"Mime Adjacent" (w/ Sudi Green) 25.09.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious writer (SNL, Shrill, Loot, I Love That for You) and actress (I Think You Should Leave, The Other Two) Sudi Green to the pod! We get into going to college with baby teeth, flat ironing your hair with a Chi straightener, seeing all walks of life in Las Vegas, how shampoo suds are fake news, buying birthday gifts for your friends that you want to do, the masked ma...

"There's No Reality Show About Baristas" (w/ Sarah Burton) 18.09.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome endlessly entertaining writer, comedian, and content creator (Buzzfeed, HuffPost, UCB) Sarah Burton to the pod! We get into mammogram logistics, if dating sports mascots makes you a furry, if Jenny should get her real estate license, if Buzzfeed was the peak millenial job, recording TikTok content in your nightshirt, if it's better to be pompous or modest, The Dunning-Kr...

"A Verification Family Plan" (w/ Sofia Dobrushin) 11.09.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor (Mean Girls, Booger), comedian, and writer/director Sofia Dobrushin to the pod! We get into Sofia's role in the new movie Booger (in theaters this Friday!), the DJ @ the DNC, warm Caesar salads, dogs being camera shy, if Nicole's babies should be bartenders on WWHL, if trigger warnings can actually trigger people, giving other people the opportunity to change, call...

"It's All Terracotta Now!" (w/ Gus Heagerty) 04.09.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious and insightful director, actor, and comedian Gus Heagerty to the pod! We get into Jenny dressing up her baby as a flapper, the anticipation of arriving at a new persona, being BYO-rollerblade, the pressure of doing the right thing for your birthday, abundance and joy in eating, the chokehold of consumerism, buying objects when you don't get into grad school, co...

"Explain Yourself Less" (w/ Jenn Harris) 28.08.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress (American Fiction, Gayby, Search Party), director and writer (She's Clean) Jenn Harris to the pod! We get into Succession being spoiled for Nicole, Jenny's final thoughts on Summer House, how women apologize like we're constantly bumping into ghosts, feeling vs. thinking, the emotional health of the community not being your job, sexualizing people 40-7...

"The RENT to Garden State Pipeline" (w/ Patrick Foley) 21.08.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome deliciously talented actor, writer, and tastemaker Patrick Foley to the pod! We get into Patrick's upcoming ‘Real Housewives’-Inspired Murder Mystery film starring Jennifer Lawrence 'The Wives' (can u believe?!), if Nicole is capable of making stew, forcing yourself to use the treadmill in order to watch Housewives, waking up at 3AM to do therapy with Alex McCord in Aust...

"Commedia dell'baby" (w/ Jenny & Nicole) 14.08.2024

This week it's just us gals! We get into hot snake wranglers and deep dive into everything Love Island, if we should star in a reality show about Millenial Moms, growing up in a naked house, how trying to entertain your baby is clown school, the myth around medication making you lose the artistic "spark", if your ear is a good gift, and how Nicole is Dr. Dolittle. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwer...

"Phish Was My Beard" (w/ Doron Max Hagay) 31.07.2024

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius director and filmmaker Doron Max Hagay (SNL, Matt Rogers's Have You Heard of Christmas, Joel Kim Booster's Psychosexual) to the pod! We get into if we can make prohibition happen again, Jenny's distaste for Ray Romano, when actors get replaced on TV shows, how yearbook is a filmmaker's medium, if Swifties are the new Phishheads, bringing your own trash bag to MSG,...

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