How Were U Brainwashed?
How Were U Brainwashed? is a podcast hosted by your new best friends, Nicole Spiezio and Jenny Donheiser, that asks guests just that. What did you grow up thinking was true that you now know is just full brainwashing, babe? How did you unpack that bullshit and come out the other side?From religion to Jersey Shore, from Monogamy to Pepé Le Pew, the pod tackles women stuff, fat/body stuff (Nicole is fat! Trendy!!!), mental health stuff (you know your girls are in therapy), and a fair share of lowbrow pop culture (hiiiiii Real Housewives). Hosted on Acast. See a...
"Drive-Thru Botox" (w/ Chloé Wepper)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the VERY funny and smart actress Chloé Wepper (Manhattan Love Story, Office Christmas Party, Family Switch, the upcoming Legally Blonde Prequel Elle) to the pod!
We get into getting into Nicole almost getting scammed, timeshare presentations, being attracted to Tom Colicchio, how many tennis coaches is too many, if gut health is real, how not hurting other people's feelings is just lying, how moms love Smartless, a classic soup vs. suit mixup, being a flip-flopper, and what they teach in statistics class.
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"Vulnerable and Susceptible to Illness" (w/ Isaac Oliver)
Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible performer and writer (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Glow, High Maintenance, Intimacy Idiot) Isaac Oliver to the pod!
We get into if friendships are worth less than romantic relationships, Nicole reuniting with Z100, Zohran being so hot (if we're allowed to talk about that), artistic legos, if we like to figure out dinner, palm reading, if Jonathan Groff would like us, and if Ariana Grande should play Mama Rose.
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"Jigglypuff is Not Satan" (w/ Joan Summers)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the newly crowned Entertainment Editor of Paper Magazine (!!!) and co-host of the podcast Eating For Free, Joan Summers the pod!
We get into if pokémon cards are a portal to hell that will make you gay, if Jenny needs creatine, Nick Viall's rise as the preeminent podcaster, what counties can legally be considered "north" Jersey, the link between toothpaste & time, if the world needs more Megan Draper, how watching Love Island is anthropological, Chipotle bridging the political gap, what other job Kristen Doute could possibly get, and Big Poppa.
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"The Name of The Namer" (w/ Maulik Pancholy)
Jenny & Nicole welcome amazing actor (30 Rock, Weeds, Whitney) and the writer/director/STAR of the new Audible Original "Murder at the Patel Motel" Maulik Pancholy to the pod!
We talk all about Murder at the Patel Motel, get into what our How Were U Brainwashed merch should be, Jenny's star turn as Dr. Michelle, if being a "Namer" is a job, dueling shows about SNL, if dogs having whites of their eyes matters, and what White Lotus season we all are.
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"David Lynch Broadway Opera" (w/ Clare McNulty)
Jenny & Nicole welcome absolutely incredible actress (Search Party, Fort Tilden) Clare McNulty to the pod!
We get into how corporate a daycare should be, how babies are doing clowning, the timeline on doing downtown collaboratively created work, how scallops have incredible vision, being ruled by our lizard brains, how getting what you want is kind of lame, Natasha Bedingfield, if your life needs to have a cohesive narrative, and Nicole's neverending dentist obsession.
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"Why Are We Telling the Doctor We're Divorced?" (w/ Allison Raskin)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the delightful NY Times Best Selling author and fellow podcaster (Just Between Us, Starter Marriage) Allison Raskin to the pod!
We get into Allison's new podcast Starter Marriage which she co-hosts with her husband, the Scarlet Letter of divorce, if being a relationship coach means you win all the fights, if any of us know what Andor is, which Summer House cast member brands we will be supporting, the Romantasy genre, animal statues, and robot massages.
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<..."The West Village Three" (w/ Jenna Dioguardi)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the very lovely solo performer/actor/storyteller Jenna Dioguardi to the pod!
We get into being good little girls, the airing out Nicole & Jenny's most recent pod related fight, the Nonna's of the World restaurant, watching sex on The Real World, our hopes for the future of Summer House, curly hair, who is allowed to refer to themselves as a "stand-up", and who is the SJP.
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"Happiness is Your Birthright" (w/ Joan Volpe)
Today is a VERY exciting get on the pod - we're talking to Nicole's shaman/energy healer and author of the new book "Ariel Speaks: Messages from a Spirit Guide" Joan Volpe!
We get into if God is the Ocean, when energy gunk starts blocking up your vibes, Charlotte's Web (again), how healthy trees literally send sick trees nutrients (science is beautiful), why it's helpful to delete "should" from your vocabulary, and keeping women barefoot and pregnant.
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"B-Side Amber" (w/ Meagan Kensil)
Today we have the triumphant return of beloved guest Meagan Kensil!!!
We get into the brainwashing of to-do lists, ABBA holograms, how men shouldn't run companies, and dragon porn.
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"Chic Enough for Bowls" (w/ Max Jenkins)
Jenny & Nicole welcome undeniable star Max Jenkins (Titanique, High Maintenance, Dead to Me) to the pod!
We get into if Jenny should wear a tube top to a job interview, how Girls is on Nick at Nite, a Lea Michele obsession, offending your mom by not wanting to look at T***p's ass, disregulating your nervous sytem to match your mom's, how it's necessary to live within walking distance of a Twix, and the intersection of Cee Lo, puppets, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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"Work is Yogurt" (w/ Rekha Shankar)
Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible comedian (Smartypants on Dropout), actor, and writer (Digman!) Rekha Shankar to the pod!
We get into Rekha's new movie she's working on, the darkness currently happening on The Valley, slugline behavior, Brad Pitt selling pinto beans, if any 17 year old can write a good college essay, what happenned to the first spoueses in The Brady Bunch, and how Starbucks is for the airport.
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"I Was Never Supposed to Have a Desk" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)
Welcome to the big 100th Episode special (lol)!!!!!
We solve listener brainwashes and discuss if we had millenial weddings, driverless cars, Nicole's sleep apnea journey, Dr. Spock, if CEOs are smarter than us, if Instagram is the new male gaze, if we'd want high boobs if we existed in a vacuum, if Nicole knows how Harry Potter ends, Jenny having sex to Newsies and if a bath counts as self-care.
THANKS FOR 100 EPS! LOVE YA!
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"4 Swirls on Time Magazine" (w/ THNK1994)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the literal geniuses behind THNK1994 Viviana Olen & Matt Harkins to the pod!
We get into if skincare is real, Gayle in space, which of us will be the next QVC host, Princesses of Long Island, our love language being Wheel of Fortune fails, deep plane lower facelifts, if it's ok to have mirrors in your bedroom, tinytents.com, and Nicole's grandfather breaking through the space time continuum.
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"Funky Hat" (w/ Jordan Myrick)
Jenny & Nicole welcome a comedian, actor, and writer (Good Mythical Morning, host of Gastronauts) with INCREDIBLE VIBES Jordan Myrick to the pod!
We get into how the gay world is a funhouse mirror of the straight world, if we still like doing the pod now that we're almost 100 eps in, Lady Gaga buying fish, Jenny's time at Sitcom/Soap Opera School, if we should forgive Richard Kind, why Gen Z has so many descriptors in their bios, how when you're an only child your siblings are your parents, extravagant milkshakes being bridge and tunnel, and bringing...
"Sigmund & Roy" (w/ Vinny DePonto)
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!
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"America's Next Top Pope" (w/ Chris Murphy)
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.
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"I'm Mermaid-Open" (w/ Carey O'Donnell)
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,
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"Cookin' Cake in Your Fish Pan" (w/ Ryan J. Haddad)
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.
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"I'm Trying Not to Sleep with Idiots" (w/ Milly Tamarez)
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,
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"Pepper Nipples" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)
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.
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"He's Right Behind Me, Isn't He?" (w/ Fancy Feast)
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.
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"Iterations of a Gay Assistant" (w/ Paul McCallion)
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.
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"This Image is SO Complex" (w/ Joe Castle Baker)
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.
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"I'm Gifted AND Talented!" (w/ Benj Mirman)
Jenny & Nicole welcome joyous actor (OKLAHOMA! Nat'l Tour) and sweet lil friend Benj Mirman to the pod!
We get into what bad stuff happened at all of our weddings, Paul Rudd's candy store, if we can stretch mid-30's to mean 37, being a talented child, if time out works, and how Gen Z loves Shrek.
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"Bouncing Off The Walls at Coldstone" (w/ Ali Stroker)
Jenny & Nicole welcome our first TONY AWARD WINNER (Oklahoma!) Ali Stroker (Only Murders in The Building, Blue Bloods, Christmas Ever After) to the pod!
We get into brainwashing as a good thing, being working mommies, if doctors should wear suits, how Petco is kind of like a zoo but not, the beauty of having a finished basement and a yard, how having a disability is like having a suitcase that you're always unpacking, and who is Kimmy Gibbler.
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"Girls Meets Narnia " (w/ Mary Adkins)
Jenny & Nicole welcome the radiantly delightful author (When You Read This, Privilege, Palm Beach) Mary Adkins to the pod!
We get into if undercover cop is the same job as detective, the (lol) TikTok ban, Ace Ventura, attending a murder mystery WEEKEND, being a lawyer for 7 months, a vaping Ghost of Christmas Future, reading joke books at bedtime, and Nicole being the next Judge Judy.
SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST 3 EPS OF THE TRAITORS 4:46-7:39
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<..."Poet Laureate of The Dark Arts" (w/ Alex Bedder)
Jenny & Nicole welcome genius creator and culture curator Alex Bedder to the pod!
We get into Nicole coming clean about still being on a family phone plan, what's happening with Jenny's butt, Bye Sister, if Nicole or Marlon Brando is the better actor, how the internet is built on Tiffany Pollard, being in a cult lite, how Enlightened is the best show, and Wild Wild Country setting the bar too high.
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"Deconstructed Crab Rangoon" (w/ Tom Hamlett)
Jenny & Nicole welcome pop culture maven and podcaster (Dumpster Dive, Good Judys) Tom Hamlett to the pod!
We get into the end of Paige & Craig, who Dorinda should play in Chicago on Broadway, doing spin class in a pool, fathers being scared of The Sixth Sense, horror villains who do bits, Lisa Barlow telling you to "Fuck Off", and chicken bacon ranch martinis.
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RE-RELEASE "Childhood Sports is Other People's Dad Yelling at You" w/ (Pat Regan)
Happy New Year! Your girls are off nursing their NYE hangovers (jk we can't go anywhere because we are new moms) and hope you are too. Enjoy this re-release with funniest person alive - Pat Regan!
Jenny & Nicole welcome the ONE, the ONLY, PAT REGAN, to the pod!!!!! If you thought Hannah Horvath was the voice of her generation, you must not know Pat, babe!
They get into a little bit of everything this ep. From the current Kim v. Kourtney fight playing out on The Kardashians to giving handjobs as a strategy...
RE-RELEASE ""Soda Culture as an Entry into Capitalism" (w/ Matt Rogers)
Merry Christmas, all! Please enjoy our re-release with the Prince of Christmas himself, Matt Rogers!
Jenny & Nicole welcome funniest goddamn human of all time and ray of light MATT ROGERS to the pod!
They get into internet cafes, how Nicole & Jenny have deeply and earnestly loved Las Cultch since DAY ONE, how Jenny is so excited to meet Matt she might go into labor, the amount of soda being consumed on Long Island in the '90s, how questioning reality parallels improv rules, how Leah Remini needs to get on the pod STAT...
"A Fellow Mountain Wild Woman" (w/ Peter Smith)
Jenny & Nicole welcome ultimate star director & Broadway actor (Oh, Mary!, Macbeth) Peter Smith to the pod!
We get into all the celebs coming to see Oh, Mary!, how genitals are a spectrum, if being on Broadway is the same as motherhood, The People's Couch, getting text messages from Heather Gay, getting censored by The BBC, how solo shows are NOT radical, The Magic School Bus but make it intersex, how Erika Jayne ruined Housewives, and giving your children unfilmed focused attention.
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"The Category is Simply Catfish" (w/ Kristen Bartlett)
Jenny & Nicole welcome hilarious and delightful writer/comedian (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, SNL, How To Die Alone) Kristen Bartlett to the pod!
We get into if non-theater people are capable of throwing good weddings, motivational water bottles, why all the confrontations on Catfish happen in a frigid parking lot, what celebs are currently on Raya, Christian clowning, how Harry Potter is The Bible, finding community when you need it, and Lane Bryant bras.
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"Be Nervous and Be Aware" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)
After a loooong stretch of incred guests, Jenny and Nicole cozy up for a nice lil solo ep.
We get into Jenny's transformation from Dirty Messy Slut to Anxious Clean Mommy, who is stoned while filming Real Housewives, if Nicole has sideburns, if The Substance is like skydiving, puzzles being Victorian, pedicure tickling as torture, and who has coolatta energy.
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RE-RELEASE "Literally Anyone Can Be Hot" (w/ Richard Perez)
Happy Thanksgiving week! Jenny and Nicole are taking this week off to make yams for our babies. Enjoy this re-release with best person we know, Richard Perez!
Jenny & Nicole welcome HILARIOUS ANGEL RICHARD PEREZ to the pod! They get into what jobs are good for meeting people to hook up with, why media is obsessed with making high schoolers feel like they have to fuck by graduation, and what everybody's first concert was.
Check out the short film "The Woodpecker" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDHWE3WuoZ0
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"A Crazy Bitchy Chihuahua" (w/ John Hill)
Jenny & Nicole welcome gorgeous genius actor, writer, producer (Watch What Happens Live, Project Runway, Top Chef, Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List) John Hill to the pod!
We get into where we're at post-election, if peacocks attack, bare: A Pop Opera (ur welc), working at Six Flags, the elevators at The Luxor, Titanic-themed snowglobes, Tabatha Takes Over, if we can get Kathy Griffin on Masterclass, Garden Salsa Sunchip overstock, crotch rot, there being too much hugging in RENT, and getting in touch with the God Warrior's Reps.
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"We Can Handle Much More Than a Man Can" (w/ Caroline Manzo)
Jenny & Nicole welcome Reality TV LEGEND Caroline Manzo (Real Housewives of New Jersey, Manzo's With Children) to the pod!
We get into how Jenny and Nicole can be incredible Italian chefs like Caroline, acknowledging your therapist at the movie theater, why people feel like they're friends with reality tv stars, the traditional role of women in the household, being a mom vs. being a grandma, why taylor ham is better than Canadian bacon, plus Caroline gives us some incredible marriage advice and we pitch her on a million possible tv vehicles,
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"Comedians Are All Little Sensitive Philosophers" (w/ Kristin Chirico)
Jenny & Nicole welcome our very funny parasocial bestie - comedian, writer, and Youtuber (Buzzfeed, The Kitchen & Jorn Show) Kristin Chirico to the pod!
We get into nightstand pretzels, whether or not we should be able to Yelp people, if Leonardo DiCaprio will ever be on The Masked Singer, The Tyler Perry storyline on The Crown, The Imperial core, nuance on Love Is Blind, how capitalism is the opposite of empathy, and if we are 3 Che Diazes.
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"Sizzling Fajitas is Showmanship" (w/ Jordan Carlos)
Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian, actor, and writer (First Wives Club, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Everything's Trash) Jordan Carlos to the pod!
We get into basically everything you could ever want to know about Dallas, if someone dresses up as Raygun at Magic Time Machine, Sadie Hawkins dances, Nicole not understanding how to pump gas because of her New Jersey culture, how Italian Americans would say "peanut butter & jelly", being nervous in restaurants, and Yancey's Fancy Buffalo Wing Cheddar Cheese.
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"Dark Web But For Line Dancing" (w/ Josh Sharp)
Jenny & Nicole welcome genius of all geniuses, comedian/actor/writer and CREATOR AND STAR of Dicks: The Musical Josh Sharp to the pod!
We get into Mormon sodas and if Gatorade is supposed to be milky, baths, how line dancing is lore, firing all doormen, if we go to the suburbs for safety or size, taking your children to see an immersive production of RENT, if Jenny's talking about the pod in therapy, and Fartin' Queen which is like Dancing Queen but farting.
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<..."A Little Love Tap of Trauma" (w/ Eliot Glazer)
Jenny & Nicole welcome cultural stalwart and incredibly funny writer/actor (Broad City, Younger, New Girl) Eliot Glazer to the pod!
We get into Mars 2112, if waking up is embarrassing, running a television network as a child, getting your grandfather's sketch comedy character as a tattoo, if it's mean to name your child Peach, if Jen Fessler should have a YouTube channel, learning how to cruise from a book, and Livejournal being for indoor cats.
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