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).
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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).
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Jenny & Nicole welcome angel on earth and actor/comedian Eric Williams to the pod. They get into what chain restaurants Jenny & Nicole ate at this week (is that exciting?), the marketing of couple's therapy, and if we as a society are still into watching Love is Blind.
Make sure you check out Eric's show That's a Gay Ass Podcast! @gayasspodcast
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Jenny & Nicole welcome INCREDIBLE AND GORGEOUS Actress, Comedian, Singer, and co-host of your other fav podcast Seek Treatment Cat Cohen to HWUB!
They get into shoes on babies, how Gaga does dancing whereas Taylor Swift just walks, getting railed by Peter from Vanderpump Rules, the greatest passion in life being eating after midnight, why chicken parm chicken breasts are so thick and disgusting, having hair that's straight and flips up at the ends, how contouring is drawing a 3 on your face in brown marker, if cleaning your makeup brushes once a year even counts as cleaning them, and drinking shirley temples during pregnancy.
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This week Jenny & Nicole are joined by comedian, writer, actor (Booger, Single Drunk Female) Garrick Bernard! They get into baby raves, Garrick's widower fantasy, whether Nicole has or has not seen an action movie, weeping at Top Gun: Maverick, Yug-ih-oh cards being satanic, and gooners (NOT the Arsenal fans).
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Jenny and Nicole welcome incredible comedian and host of the ICONIC podcast Straightio Lab, George Civeris to the pod!
We get into George's new comedy special "A Sense of Urgency" OUT NOW, our keychain personalities, a harrowing motherhood tale from Jenny, if we're on a nickname basis with Elizabeth Olsen, taping a standup special just so you have Reels to post, if Apple products bring you bad luck, the Kennedy curse, if our podcast is home movies, how Cocomelon is drugs, and how the Haim sisters are constantly doing a sketch with Jimmy Kimmel.
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Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious star and iconic actor (Somebody Somewhere, American Horror Story: NYC) Jeff Hiller to the pod!
We get into why we need THE VILLAGE, whether or not Nicole has been to Connecticut, buying abandoned amusement parks off Zillow, Jeff's (legitimately very good) audition tips, why doing standup is good because you don't have to take turns talking, the overlap between bad improv and buttholes, if Wicked is too niche, the gatekeepers of comedy, if real estate agents need to be hot, and being too old for Godspell.
Go see Jeff's show at Joe's Pub in NYC August 12 & 14th!
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Jenny and Nicole welcome incredible actress (Dietland, Twin Peaks) Joy Nash to the pod!
We get into Benihana espresso martinis, how Bravocon is high school, which of us has been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, American Girl Doll Cafe franchises, Campus Crusade, NYU's fencing team, the smartest new year's resolution of all time, and why men invented stocks.
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Jenny & Nicole welcome New York Times best-selling author and "food personality" Dan Pelosi to the pod! They get into Nicole finally finishing "Succession," which Real Housewife adjacent character Dan has in his phone, Dan's bathroom tampon fantasy, being brainwashed into thinking that tofu is unhealthy, and how "The Family Stone" connects us all.
Check out Dan's new cookbook Let's Party: Recipes and Menus for Celebrating Every Day.
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Jenny and Nicole welcome the wonderful author (Kin: The Future of Family, Many Love) and cartoonist at The New Yorker Sophie Lucido Johnson to the pod!
We get into how the nuclear family is a LIE, secularizing community, the long awaited reveal if Jenny did sex at her film festival, our children's halloween costumes, if you can share a lawnmower with your neighbor, if cars and the internet are the same, how many hours it takes for someone to move to the best friend tier, who thrives after divorce and who crumbles, when the polyamorous character only has a one episode arc, and what birds we all are.
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It's just your girls Jenny & Nicole this week. They get into if Jenny is gonna bone someone on her weekend away, Nicole's update on her GLP-1 research, our long-awaited review of Carl Radke's Soft Bar, if Jenny should have a fire escape or not, what our kids are putting in their mouths, eating dinner at a restaurant alone, and what classic Halloween costumes they each are.
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Jenny and Nicole welcome the wonderful writer and performer (Overcompensating) Julia Shiplett to the pod!
We get into Nicole's hack for falling asleep, which Love is Blind cast members have a podcast, Julia's hot fashion tips, dressing your postpartum body, honoring Diane Keaton via Pinterest board, PYG, Youth Pastors as interns, if our lives are the saddest Mash outcomes, the friend AI necklace, and soups vs. stews.
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Jenny and Nicole welcome the host of the Everything Iconic podcast, author of How Do I Un-Remember This, and ur parasocial bestie, Danny Pellegrino, to the pod!
We get into our plans to visit Carl Radke's Soft Bar, getting your baby's first words to be a Dorinda quote, doing caviar bumps while Meredeih Marks DJ's, which housewives are AI, the vibes at Bravocon, justice for Rosie O'Donnell, being jealous of Amanda Bynes as a child, and what rom-coms we all are.
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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 cocktail party vibes, being similar to the WB Frog, how to dodge really bad advice, if Bayne has pickleball chic vibes, and why you all should adopt black cats!!!
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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 Marvel movies, being rejected by the mainstream, and if Nicole has rockabilly vibes.
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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 the street more, manifesting being on the damn Tony Awards (!), being "the sensitive comedian", our brand new segment "Should We Respect Our Elders", TomKat tea, and pear martinis.
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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 Great Gatsby being public domain, and one of the most euphoric casting sessions of all time.
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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 sci-fi curious, and if Jenny is Animal Kingdom.
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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 being scared of getting kidnapped, Wonder Woman being your imaginary friend, if we are pro or anti massage, and what punishments we all are.
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