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"This Young 32 Year Old Ingénue" (w/ Anu Valia)

Season 1, Ep. 52

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 face shape determines what you're allowed to wear and what haircut you're allowed to have, what happens when your hairdresser isn't inspired by you, if Lisa Barlow naps, the Tom Cruise coconut cake,


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