How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome Mentalist & Mindreader Vinny DePonto to the pod!We get into the 3 M's - Mentalism, Mindreading & Magic, go back to a simpler time (2012) in reality tv when Million Dollar Listing NY premiered, taking shots of gin in your 20's, how Instagram ruins every magic trick, if cereal is "of the earth", and what it's like to be the brainwashER for once!Check out "MINDPLAY" at The Greenwich House Theater thru May 11th!@vinnydeponto@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome dreamboat of a guest Chris Murphy (staff writer at Vanity Fair, comedian, and actor) to the pod!We get into the concept of being "well-rounded," how much talking is appropriate when watching the Oscars on a couch with your friends, being excited for Nicole's PTA era, if being a good singer means you are a more valuable human, Brian Litrell's son, and what American Idol contestants we all are.@christress@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome real deal writer (Heathers), comedian, and podcasting star Carey O'Donnell (SUP) to the pod!We get into Hanson and their luscious locks, the Vanderpump reboot, Megan Hilty being talented (hot take!), if Bill Irwin and Ilana Glazer should play husband and wife, the White Lotus brother dynamic (as of Episode 5 so just KEEP THAT IN MIND), Brie Larson's instagram presence, the Loch Ness Monster, if we've explored every animal,@ecareyo@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome LOVELY actor (The Politician, Madam Secretary, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), playwright, and autobiographical performer Ryan J. Haddad to the pod!We get into Ryan's star turn in Pasadena Playhouses' production of La Cage Aux Folles, trying to control the uncontrollable as a child, whether we should have Mike White and Miss Rachel on the pod at the same time, giving roses on Hinge, Atma Janzu, Nicole's star turn in the sexual harassment training video that will not go away, and Big Dolly.https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/beattys-chocolate-cake@ryanjhaddad@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius stand-up, writer, actress, and fellow podcaster (Go Touch Grass) Milly Tamarez to the pod!We get into hookup culture, the shrimp in the cereal, if we should buy bots, what they're selling at The Beef Jerky Experience, getting a visa to do coke, how many weed breaks are necessary to get through a baby shower, why movies should take big swings, and if guys should send you playlists,@milly_tamarez@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

It's just us gals this week! We get into how Traitors, White Lotus, and Summer House are The Big 3, how Jenny's son's Spotify Wrapped is just Wheels on the Bus, if we should have had stage names, if Jenny's ever made a mistake, finding your UCB classmates on LinkedIn, cleaning a dog's ears via VR, if White Lotus can cure depression, and Jiminy Cricket.@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome ICONIC Burlesque STAR and Author (Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques) Fancy Feast to the pod!We get into if bronchitis is a virus, scrims in high school theater, being Gandalf in 6th grade, how doing burlesque is microdosing having power, Nicole's driving journey update, mudlarking, nap dresses, and if Boomers are tipping.@fancyfeastburlesque@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome the DELIGHTFUL actor (Everything's Trash, I Feel Pretty), writer (Vulture), and comedian Paul McCallion to the pod!We get into the culture being too woke for us to book, very smart business & finance hacks, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's new show, the Distracted Boyfriend meme, if The Strategist gift guides can be trusted, the pod being a small business, if we'll make our kids wear leashes, and Jenny reading dragon erotica.@pmccallion@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius comedian, writer, and actor (Search Party, The Other Two) Joe Castle Baker to the pod!We get into Joe's short film "Honey" (now streaming on Vimeo), whether or not Nicole has Munchausens, Roseanne Barr's long-lost reality show "Roseanne's Nuts," Kid Nation, being good at sex, and who is which of the seven erogenous zones.@joecastlebaker@nicolespiezio@theheiser@howwereubrainwashedpod