How Were U Brainwashed?

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...

Jenny & Nicole welcome downtown theater darling and incredibly talented actor & creator Janice Amaya on the pod! They get into their BravoCon FOMO, how phlebotomists have incredible vibes, Mary Cosby choosing to sit in a car instead of filming, how the aliens are actually coming from the water and not from space, and if mermaids actually exist or if sailors just want to hook up with fish....

Jenny & Nicole fly SOLO this week and get into Britney's memoir, who they're voting for in the BravoCon Awards, what foods/bevs might make Jenny go into labor, the expectations around friendship, and their audio play of Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes in prison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny & Nicole welcome cabaret STAR and all-around icon Salty Brine to the pod! They get into what's ACTUALLY inside the pyramids, Nicole's undying love for Hibachi, Salty's incredible cabaret series The Living Record Collection, which of them have made out and under what circumstances, how birth should feel like squashing a blueberry, why art is MORE than just an elective honey, seeing Rent i...

Jenny & Nicole welcome SUPREMELY FUNNY comedian & writer Anna Drezen (SNL, Praise Petey) to the pod! They get into if there was a flash mob at Jenny's recent baby shower if the women on the Golden Bachelor should be allowed to sit during the rose ceremony if having eucalyptus on your wedding tablescape is over or not, how being from Long Island is going to Blockbuster after church, Jenny's...

It is a huge day on the pod this week because Jenny and Nicole are joined by their husbands - Graham Burns and Mike Duquette! They get into Back to the Future THE MUSICAL, Nene on Bethenny's podcast, if our couples would survive as teams on the Amazing Race, how to work with your neurodivergence instead of fighting against it, and most importantly - which Ninja Turtle everybody is. @sir_duque @the...

Jenny & Nicole welcome THE TASTE MAKER Evan Ross Katz to the pod! They get into Welcome to Plathville (a questionable show), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (an incredible show), The Legend Cirie Fields, the Reality Reckoning of it all, and the love we have for Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. We know you will enjoy Evan's impeccable taste & takes and Jenny & Nicole's less cultured but equa...

Jenny & Nicole welcome filmmaker and actor extraordinaire Todd Flaherty to the pod! They get into fried bologna sandwiches, what it's REALLY like to make an independent feature film, how good it can feel to be in feral wild animal single mode, and most importantly - what bodies of water everyone is. Make sure to check out Todd's film Chrissy Judy! @toddflaherty @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwe...

It's a classic Snooki & JWOWW ep this week. Jenny & Nicole take on #boymoms, what they're currently watching (aka Selling the OC, Station Eleven, Girls, The Ultimatum, The Return of Real Housewives of Salt Lake, AND MORE), if zoos are helping or hurting, and all you can eat buffets. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Jenny & Nicole welcome star writing duo Claire Rothrock and Ryann Weir to the pod! We get into the Lindsay & Carl of it all on Summer House, just how many plants Jenny has, making a TV pilot 4 weeks postpartum, how grades are ultimately about winning, and what jobs are good for robots. Please also enjoy Jenny's family losing all sense of decorum in this week's Babe, What's Going On? @rothr...

Welcome to a very special ep of How Were U Brainwashed! This week we welcome professional astrologer Jordan Shomer aka Your Astrologer Friend to the pod! Jordan breaks down our charts and tells us whether or not we should be friends. Ultimately Jenny is Mother who is nervous and Nicole is Alien who is anxious and ur gonna have to listen to REALLY GET IT. (Spoiler alert: they both need to work on b...

Jenny & Nicole welcome the host of your FAV Bravo pod, Sarah Galli from "Andy's Girls," to HWUB. We of course dabble in Bravo since we're in the presence of greatness (Michael Rapaport wishes!). We also get into wedding and marriage as the pinnacle of a young girl's life, how acting school is essentially majoring in thoughts & feelings, and celebrating therapists for all going on vacation...

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius writer & director Morgan Gould (A League of Their Own) to the pod! They get deep into Housewives from the new New York cast to the golden age of Brooks faking cancer, the #darkness of the Salem Witch trials, and who is shaving what. @actuallyfatmorgan @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian, actor, writer, co-host of the podcast Straightiolab, and damn GEM OF A HUMAN Sam Taggart to the pod! They get into how being an actor/comedian/perfomer ultimately means you also have to be hot and dress well, if dermatologists are hotter than musicians, and how your older cousins peer pressure you into being indie. @samtaggart @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwere...