Here to Make Friends

This week, Tony-award winning voice of a generation Laura Benanti joins the pod! She tells Liz and Jessi about what it was like to be born as an 18-year-old ingenue, how she plans to resist the upcoming robot revolution, and the deeply beautiful yet unhinged apology letter she writes every year. Go see Laura's one-woman show, "Nobody Cares," in LA at The Wallis Oct. 1-Oct. 4!

This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by Emmy-award winning actress, comedian, and notable Wife Guy Robby Hoffman. The three get to the bottom of important questions facing our world today, including: How do lesbians pull so hard in high school? Do you ask for birthday gifts beyond the age of 12? And what the hell is the name of this podcast?!Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPodFollow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspodFollow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspodSend us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com

Supermodel, actress, writer, and newly minted podcaster Paulina Porizkova joins Liz and Jessi to talk about her long career in modeling, life behind and in front of the Iron Curtain, aging gracefully, late-in-life romances, and finally feeling like herself. We recorded before Paulina got married earlier this summer– congratulations, Paulina! Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPodFollow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspodFollow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspodSend us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com

This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by comedian, writer, reality TV host, and all around dream boat, Sabrina Jalees. Liz and Sabrina bring Jessi into the loop around queer lingo; Sabrina recounts the odyssey she went through to meet her wife and future sperm donor (Nolan was not involved), and Jessi shares a (not so) near death experience she had with a moose. Watch Sabrina Jalees as a fox in the new Netflix series Mating Season.Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPodFollow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspodFollow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspodSend us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com

This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by screenwriter, director, writer, and conflict-averse Libra Lee Sung Jin—also known as Sonny Lee. Together, Lee Sung Jin + Liz reflect on their days as writers for 2 Broke Girls, and the Emmy-award winning director dives deep into the thoughts and emotions that inspired his hit show “Beef.” Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPodFollow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspodFollow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspodSend us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com

Liz and Jessi make good on their promise to bring us into their group chat – because they text All. Day. Long. Liz and Jessi take an IG friendship quiz, Jessi hears Liz sing for the first time, Liz asks Jessi what she looks at in the mirror, and they both talk about all the feelings they love and hate. It’s cute, it’s vulnerable, it’s real.Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPodFollow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspodFollow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspodSend us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com