How Were U Brainwashed?

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.@georgeciveris@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed

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!@boomboomhiller@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

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.@therealjoynash@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed

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.@grossypelosi@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed

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.@sophielucidojohnson@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashedhttps://sophielucidojohnson.medium.com/do-you-know-about-all-the-things-pigeons-can-do-db4f65f2856c

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.@juliashiplett@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed

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.@dannypellegrino@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@HowWereUBrainwashed

Jenny & Nicole welcome writer and brand director Sabrina Ryan Houlihan to the pod! They get into their kids being in different school years, loving ArsNova, missing the old Instagram, what Nicole's twins should be for Halloween, Barbra Streisand's ice cream habits, how they each define "cringe," and the fashion at Disneyworld.