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"Types of Expulsions" (w/ Rachel Pegram)

Season 2, Ep. 160

Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian and writer (SNL) Rachel Pegram to the pod!


They get into why "Obsession" reminded Jenny of her toddler, Rachel's Trader Joe's haul, if we're drinking too much water as a culture, Jenny peeing into a sifter to catch her kidney stone, Nicole disremembering the story of Madeline, the fingertip length rule, and what bodily expulsions they each are.



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