The Ashlee and Jessicast

Grab your oregano, waste time playing basketball with Drew instead of driving your Ferrari, and break a lobster’s neck - it’s time for Nick and Jessica’s unscented Valentine’s Day celebration! Today, your host Lia Russo welcomes back guest Dara Laine of Les Deux You Remember This? to review the final episode of Newlyweds Season 2. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Lia and Dara collab without heavy discu...

Come on-ta my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy... come on-ta my house, my house, I'm gonna give you Chicken of the Sea! Jessica and that guy she was married to paved the way for many relationship reality shows after Newlyweds debuted, but none of them were quite as intriguing to me as The Girls Next Door starring Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Kendra Wilkinson, and that guy they were d...

This week on The Ashlee and Jessicast one of our favorite guests, Jessica and Ashlee superfan Derrik Noack, is back to discuss Jessica’s inspiring new Amazon essay “Take the Lead” with Lia. We also talk about her recent talk show appearances on The Today Show and The Drew Barrymore Show as well as her fragrance Fiend and the classic Newlyweds episode, “Newlyweds Vacation.” There’s sooo much, as us...

We're back today with Part 2 of my convo with Michael Cadoch of the Planet 2000's podcast. You're in for a Simpson Sisters tour-de-force today because we start by talking about the albums by our beloved Ashlee Simpson Ross and then get into the Newlyweds episode entitled "Puppy Madness" in which Jessica sings the National Anthem in green fur and Nick is useful for something!...

This week we are doing something a little different on the Ashlee and Jessicast, it’s Part 1 of a two part episode with pop culture encyclopedia Michael Cadoch of the Planet 2000’s podcast! Part 1 is a discussion of early 2000’s pop in general centered around an album by album rundown of Jessica’s music. Also featuring: Janet Jackson, Mariah, Britney, Christina, The Dixie Chicks, and more! Part 2,...

Today on the Ashlee and Jessicast, Lia welcomes back former co-host Joli to discuss one of the episodes that has been burned into Joli's brain since 2004, "Jessica's Dessert". Didn't that pretty quilted corset, flawlessly coiffed hair, and deliciously lickable moisturizing creme imprint on all of us? Jessica unfortunately falls ill during her big photoshoot, causing pregnancy rumors to fly faster...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Lia chats with our amazing guest, Troy McEady of the iconic pop culture podcasts Dunzo and Beyond the Blinds, about "A Newlyweds Christmas" and a whole sleigh full of other Simpson Family (and beyond) topics.  PATREON Subscribers get bonus episodes, videos, commentaries AND get all public episodes a week early, ad-free, and extended. Join our community at Patreon.com/AshleeAndJe...

This week your host Lia welcomes a new guest, Jessica superfan Amanda Duerk, to discuss Jessica’s recent talk show appearances, her paperback release of “Open Book”, the action & fashion-packed Newlyweds episode “The Duet”, and so much more!  PATREON Subscribers get bonus episodes, videos, commentaries AND get all public episodes a week early, ad-free, and extended. Join our community at Patreon.c...

Today on the Ashlee and Jessicast, Lia welcomes guest Kat Kelly (@katxkelly) to discuss the Newlyweds episode “The French Language” in which Ashlee wears the most fabulous burgundy velvet suit you’ve ever seen to Thanksgiving in Waco. That’s really the most important part of the episode. Well, that and anal seafood. You know how that anal seafood is, it always comes back like a demon. Subsequent?...

The times they are a-changin’ on the Ashlee and Jessicast this week as Lia co-host Joli make some announcements about the future of the podcast as well as welcome our first guest, the wonderful Jessica superfan Derrik (@derriklovato)! We interview him about his experiences meeting Jessica and Ashlee, their concerts, his favorites of their music, fragrances, and so much more, In Newlywedland, we’re...

Strap on your corset, Lia and co-host Joli are back with another Newlyweds review! In November 2003, Jessica Simpson was extremely busy promoting her single, album, reality show, and book. Nick Lachey was standing in his living room with his brother staring at the stereo. Like any loving wife would, Jessica made time in her busy schedule to plan an elaborate birthday party for him at a burlesque c...

Strap on your lederhosen, it's time for an... October carnival? Jessica Simpson and Nick Lackey have made it through their first year of wedded bliss (?). Let's hop back in the time machine to October 26, 2003 when Joe Simpson shaded their marriage by scheduling Jessica for work on the anniversary of her special day. At first Jessica is bummed about this, but never fear, MTV is there to swoop in a...

This week on The Ashlee and Jessicast, Lia and co-host Joli are back with another album & era review, this time of Jessica's sophomore effort, Irresistible. We're a little more critical of this album than the last because we know Jessica's interests and desires were passed over in order to serve the record label's ridiculous ideas which mainly included forcing her to copy other popular young women...

This week on the Ashlee and Jessicast, Martha Stewart is shaking! Jessica Simpson dons a baby blue apron to cook a well balanced meal of pasta, chicken, green beans, salad, and HOMEMADE BREAD for Nick’s ungrateful ass. Later, on a trip clearly conceived and paid for by MTV, The Newlyweds enjoy a sunset cruise (which is actually kind of sweet), eat a private meal on their hotel patio as sirens blar...

Welcome to the latest Ashlee and Jessicast Holiday Spectacular, this time celebrating the greatest adventure of them all... love. Today we travel through space and time to revisit all the known romances of our fave sisters from the beginning to happily ever after. Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs, film some reality shows, and go through a divorce or two before meeting the knights in shining...

Glue on your extremely long lashes, hang playing cards from the ceiling, and put both of your very painful high heels on... it's time to hop in our magical Simpson Sisters time machine once again! Today, our destination is Jessica's 23rd birthday party. The organizers of this event did not let the fact that Jessica doesn’t know exactly what Alice in Wonderland is about stop them from choosing that...

It’s time for another Newlyweds review here on The Ashlee and Jessicast! This week, Lia and co-host Joli discuss the music-business centered “The Video Shoot”, in which Nick and Jessica record the ever-important music videos for their respective first singles. Jessica’s video, “Sweetest Sin”, is beautiful because everyone involved actually tried. Nick and his team put almost no effort into his vid...

Today on The Ashlee and Jessicast, Lia and her co-host Joli take you through the world of marital disputes when Jessica asks Nick to refrain from decorating their Calabasas, California mansion while she’s on a promo tour for her first book, “I Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding.” Of course, Nick doesn’t listen to her even a little bit and decides to not only decorate, but call her a bitchy spoiled b...

In 1999, the world received the greatest gift in recorded history: Jessica Simpson released her first album! Listen as Lia and co-host Joli discuss what lead to the making of her debut, Sweet Kisses. We get into it all -- the 1999 pop landscape, the music videos, fashion, performances, reviews, awards, tv specials and SO much more! Hop in that time machine... it's time to re-live our collective ch...

It's time for another installment of The Ashlee and Jess-i-ma-cast! In this episode, Lia and co-host Joli discuss "The Platypus", in which Nick and Jessica actually seem vaguely interested in each other. We gleefully watched as they attended the wedding of Nick's adorable grandma and worked together in the studio, and we can't wait to share our thoughts with you.! This is notably the first episode...

Thank you so much to Jesus for being born because many years later, we were blessed with this Christmas Special from the iconic Newlyweds, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Listen as Lia and co-host Joli break "Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas Special" down scene by scene as well as give a review of Jessica's angelic first Christmas album, ReJoyce. Thankfully, Ashlee has a guest spot on both of th...

Grab your bunny ears and a copy of Happy Gilmore, cause it's time to go on an exciting adventure through the lives of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Journey back with us to summer 2003, in which Nick is wrestling with whether or not to visit the Playboy Mansion against Jessica's wishes. In a completely unrelated outing, the Newlyweds invite Drew and Lea to join them for a relaxing game of golf....

After some Jessica-centric episodes, we just needed a minute to discuss our other queen, Ashlee Simpson Ross. Our first episode dove into Jessica's early life, so now let's check out Ashlee's oddly mysterious pre-2004 existence. Grab your studded belt, hair dye, and absolute refusal to be anything like your older sister... it's time for the All About Ashleecast!  PATREON Subscribers get bonus epis...

Let's discuss the unpleasant camping trip of all time, cleverly documented on MTV's hit reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica". Nick's brother Drew and his wife Lea join the Newlyweds for their Yosemite vacation and we learn that Nick's berating of his wife runs in the family. Listen as we drag Drew for constantly making rude and undeserved comments to both women. Due to his hideousness, we pr...

We have a lot to say about Episode 2 of Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey's groundbreaking MTV reality series, Newlyweds. In "The Dancers", Nick is auditioning some hot ladies to join him on stage. Jessica is not excited about this whatsoever, so she buys some sexy lingerie in order to show them up. Since this is our girl, you know this wasn't a trip to Kohl's. Of course, she exhibited extremely iconi...