How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome powerhouse actor Ronald Peet (Bad Monkey, Jeremy O. Harris's "Daddy") to the pod! We get into Ronald's turn as one of the stars of the upcoming Apple TV show "Bad Monkey" premiering August 14th, pureeing salmon (GAG), how acting disregulates the nervous system, learning about Zen Buddhism at Border's, how running a marathon makes you the world's most powerful person, the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Musical Theater DARLING Kim Blanck (Suffs, Octet, Alice By Heart) to the pod! We get into Kim's BROADWAY DEBUT in Suffs, what it's like to perform at The Tony's, Costco rotisserie chicken, Hillary Clinton's vibe, the lace budget on Hamilton, if performing arts high schools are good or bad, how Jenny & Nicole were both student council secretaries, how yearbooks are pe...

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, singer, and all-around powerhouse performer Sherz Aletaha to the pod! We get into Sherz's journey with the iconic Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, how Nicole invented starring places on Google Maps, Jenny being the single vote for Gore in her Texas school's mock election, if we can still be on Summer House now that we have kids, being terrified of a Phan...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the delightful stand-up comedian, writer, and Jenny's former work bestie Maria Wojo to the pod! They get into whether babies float like witches, Rochester Garbage Plates, looking like Laura Dern, being pranked by your children, being young and bold with your Facebook requests, if Conservative female OBGYNs exist, and whether Nicole could or should improv a movie, @mariaw...

Jenny & Nicole have a BFF catch-up this week. They get into a shopowner upstate who has a personal vendetta against Nicole, Jenny being wrongfully accused of wearing and returning an expensive dress, watching people have sex on Summer House, why we still say "god bless you" after sneezes, Jenny's commitment to nightgowns, the brainwashing by big pineapple, and the Robert Downey Jr. classic Hea...

Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, writer, producer, and commercial superstar Paul Marcarelli to the pod! They get into permanently changing your eye color, auditioning to play an airplane seat, not identifying as happy, pre-Ellen vs. post-Ellen, if there is any good job, if there's a difference between advertising and propaganda, and who among them would make the perfect Traitor. @paulmarcarelli @...

Jenny & Nicole welcome brilliantly funny comedian, actor, and writer James Tison to the pod! They get into making your baby Italian via daycare, #calzonegate, how living in New York has forced us all to be vigilante exterminators, why anyone would want to move to Manhattan after seeing RENT, and having an agent that asks YOU for notes on their stand-up set. @jamestison @theheiser @nicolespiezi...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress and all-around beautiful human Marisol Sacramento to the pod! They get into spoon-shaped tools for your pelvic floor, if the Bodies Exhibit is good or bad, lying about being on Gossip Girl, website guides to doing drugs in other countries, if Pét-nats are like kombucha, the pursuit of perfection, and having compassion for the 19-year-old version of you...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress, comedian, and Indie DARLING Eleanore Pienta to the pod! They get into dancing making you happy, if there's any clickbait we can get about The Daniels, hatred for The King's Speech, Bridget Jones fucking Ed Sheeran in a yurt, Jenny's dad carrying a hardback briefcase, Jenny eating a bagel moments before her c-section, how cringy it is to be an actor, a...

YOUR GIRLS ARE BACK!!!! Nicole is back from maternity leave (does that exist for podcasters?) and she and Jenny have some major catching up to do. They get into if babysitting prepares you for motherhood, how Joseph Campbell wishes he was as strong as Nicole, if Rosemary is a blonde's name, how they feel about Scandoval a year out, Tom Schwartz's anal fissure, pregnant villains, and Jenny wearing...

Jenny & Nicole welcome dear friend and GIFTED & TALENTED Casting Director Taylor Williams to the pod! They get into if Henry Winkler mistook Nicole for Ricki Lake or if she's just delulu, if parents understand art or not, where to drink beer out of styrofoam cups, casting children and animals, the Wishbone dog (honestly surprised it's taken this long to come up on the pod), owing NYU money...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius actor, artist, and human ray of light Preston Martin to the pod! They get into whether learning about similes and metaphors should still be taught in schools, the original Tin Man's closed pores, when NY theater has a food/smell gimmick, being on a lifelong HEALING journey, being #rulefollowers, again questioning if we should do clown, and The Traitors (duh.) @the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome filmmaker (We Strangers) and director of all your fav TV shows (The Other Two, And Just Like That, The Afterparty) Anu Valia to the pod! They get into Jenny's insatiable need for jalapenos + dairy, the dangers of Amazon overnight delivery, Nicole & Jenny's Vanderpump Rules inspired pregnancy pact, working with the icons of And Just Like That, how your body shape and...

Jenny & Nicole welcome a damn OSCAR NOMINEE and writer of the deeply iconic May December Samy Burch to the pod! They get into everything you could ever want to know about your fav movie May December, Traitors Season 2 (spoilers for the first 3 eps!), how Suits is the Good Wife but bad, eating your cereal with non-dairy creamer, and how mashed potatoes and pasta are cousins. @sermyberch @thehei...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Supervising Producer at Late Night with Seth Meyers and sweetie pie Henry Melcher to the pod! They get into Reality Von Tease-gate, Nicole no longer identifying as Below Deck resistant, how Seth Meyers is a beloved boss (boring but true), the Kellyanne Conway of it all, being at a comedy show when Tr*mp won in 2016, how copying SNL is a rite of passage for funny children...

Jenny & Nicole welcome writer, actor, fellow podcaster, and DAMN DELIGHT Andrew Farmer to the pod! They get into Sonja Morgan's boundaries, ripping toilets out of walls, whether Jenny's mom knows the Gilgo Beach Killer, the burping on The Jinx, if there are any valid reasons why someone would support one sport team over another, whether an assortment of dips makes a Super Bowl party worth it,...

We're back with a classic Jenny & Nicole ep! They get into the birth of Jenny's son (!!!!!!), including his perfectly circular little face, eating a Caesar Salad Wrap at 3:30 AM, not wanting to have Tim Allen on the pod, May December being an absolute BOP of a movie, Nicole asking a question on WWHL, Jenny's amazing impression of The Crown, getting pumped for the new Vanderpump Rules season, a...

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredibly smart, funny, and charming comedian, actor (Bros, Hacks, Platonic) & writer (The Other Two, The Mindy Project, Q-Force) Guy Branum to the pod! They get into sad lights & testosterone increasing red lights (?), the liberation of taking off your shirt in a park, the amount of Family Guy references in Prince Harry's book, the undeniable brainwashing we re...

Jenny & Nicole are with family this Xmas! Please enjoy this re-release of our LIVE SHOW with funniest human alive JO FIRESTONE! --- Jenny & Nicole record How Were U Brainwashed LIVE at the Green Room 42 with special guest JO FIRESTONE! They get into Jo's self-published book "Murder on Sex Island," conspiracies of Big Q-Tip, and a BIG life announcement from Jenny. Please enjoy this special...

Jenny & Nicole welcome Comedian/Writer/Sister/Funny Lady Susan Casey to the pod! They get into predictions about Jenny's unborn baby, binge-watching The Sopranos, the Selling Sunset twins and their large pupils, how watching Ted Talks is like really important, the horniness & evilness of Cruel Intentions, who teen movies are *actually* for, Nicole being a child narc, and Jenny's love for P...

Jenny & Nicole welcome amazing Director of theater (!) and film (!) Annie Tippe to the pod! They get into delayed gratification TV watching, Jenny's pregnancy weeping sessions, what it's like to be in the *cool* college acapella group, if being a director is like playing with Barbie dolls, how showing off at karaoke is uncouth, how men talking to you should be handled like the meats at Fogo de...

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 being consumed on Long Island in the '90s, how questioning reality parallels improv rules, how Leah Remin...

Jenny & Nicole welcome beloved childhood friend of Jenny and INCREDIBLE director Mary Dauterman to the pod! They get into Jenny being a juror on a murder trial, taking home the class pet for the weekend, what it's like to direct (and text with) Jennifer Coolidge, reciting bible verses for your Grandma's Christmas present, watching the Left Behind movie as a youth, how True Vibe is the only goo...

Jenny & Nicole are out for Thanksgiving week! Please enjoy this re-release of our ep with the legend JOHN EARLY! Jenny & Nicole welcome college friend turned CELEBRITY John Early. They get into how John convinced Taylor Swift to release "Anti-Hero" as the first single, how "The Brady Bunch Movie" created his aesthetic, and that time he shat himself on the subway on his way to work. Please...

Jenny & Nicole welcome true original genius comedian and writer Billy Domineau to the pod! They get into Kevin Federline appearing on Celebrity Fit Club, Wendy's baked potatoes, the disgusting science behind babies being born with pneumonia, their grandmothers pushing tomatoes on them, getting ketamine therapy in a strip mall, and what illicit materials we all are. @duraflamelogs @theheiser @n...