It’s that bonus episode we promised earlier this week! Find out how Busy managed to pull a huge April Fool’s prank on herself. Plus, talk turns to what we want to hold onto & what we need to let go. WARNING: This discussion does include mentions of body image and weight. 
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Not An April Fool!

It's me, your friend Busy Philipps! My creative partner Caissie St. Onge & I love making things that we believe people need & will love & we’ve had so many plans. We had plans to do a TV show that would shake up late night! And we think it kinda did! For six months. We adored our genius, scrappy creative team at “Busy Tonight” as much as we loved our audience, so when we broke the news that we’d been canceled, we vowed to get back up & make even bigger plans to invent a whole new way of doing things in the entertainment biz, to reunite our beautiful staff & change the game for everyone! An entertainment Utopia! And we were so close, then...the world changed. Now those plans are, at the very least, on hold. So, we've shifted gears, like everyone has had to, & with our friends, we're just doing our best, taking it slow & talking to fascinating friends about how *they* are doing *their* best. They’ll tell us all about those times in their lives when a setback actually led to the right thing. Maybe it was a job that didn't pan out, but opened the door to an even more perfect one, or maybe it's how they studied for years to do the thing they thought was their calling, only to fall into something else that felt like kismet. The thing is, we want to share those moments because right now EVERYBODY is having one of those moments. Maybe we'll all learn something life-changing or maybe we'll just have a conversation where we break down in tears, then laugh at ourselves for crying. Whatever happens, we can assure you, Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best!

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This week, Busy and Caissie are still playing catch up in their lives. Caissie’s still recovering from an ear infection, Busy has invested in a lower-sugar candy company, snd they share a story about something horrifying that happened in Emily BB’s bed! THEN! It finally happens! Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Michael R. Jackson drops by the pod to talk about his incredible musical “A Strange Loop” and Caissie reveals who was sitting in front of her at the theater on opening night in LA. You’re not gonna believe it! 
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Michael R. Jackson “A Strange Loop”

This week, Caissie has moved out of Casa Kismet and back home to LA, after a brief stop in Texas, and Busy is experiencing post-strep-throat-induced euphoria. Then, co-creator of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air America, comedian and activist, Lizz Winstead, stops by to talk about the work her organization Abortion Access Front has been doing since long before Roe was reversed. A documentary about their efforts No One Asked You, just premiered. 
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Lizz Winstead “Meats and Worms and Abortion”

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Chelsea Devantez, “Future Tripping?”

This week, Busy and Caissie have to keep it tight because they’re in the midst of shooting episodes of Busy This Week for QVC+, and they are…busy this week! But they had to make time to talk about tiredness, trials, tribulations…and turds. Among other things! 
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Gemini Season

This week had a lot of highs and lows. Busy finally got to meet Oprah! Busy cursed in front of Oprah and millions of people watching. Caissie caught a mouse in Busy’s apartment that turned out to be something else. They have a new show coming out tonight on QVC+ with Kenan Thompson as the guest! But the highest of the high was getting to chat with the charming and talented Dylan Mulvaney about what it’s like to find yourself in the middle of the debate over trans rights, and beer, and finding your creative voice amidst the noise. 
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Not An April Fool!

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