How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny & Nicole welcome singer, musician, actor, and theater maker, Lisa Stephen Friday to the pod this week!

They get into Nicole being a DIY costume mom, Jenny's sixth grade poetry book, Lisa's show at Joe's Pub "A Musical for Henrietta," Bernie Wagenblast's (the voice of the subway) acting debut, Lisa's experience as a young trans person and the brainwashing of gender, why Nicole should journal, and which subway line they each are.

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Jenny & Nicole welcome Bravo superfan and Watch What Happens Live producer Nick Rizzo to the pod this week!

They get into the movie of the moment (skip ahead to 19:17 to avoid "You Can See Everything" spoilers), Nick's time at Bravo Fan Fest partying with Angela Oakley and DJ Kyle Cooke, whether any of them would wear diapers at NYE in Times Square or in the pit at a Lady Gaga concert, if it's okay to be enthusiastic and happy at your job, Nick's IRL hot mic moment with a co-worker, the horror of being in Chuck E. Cheese after hours, and which Housewives franchise they each are.

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Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, performer, and playwright Becca Blackwell (The Pitt, Survival of the Thickest) to the pod this week!

They get into where Jenny & Nicole stand on the Kelly-Clarkson-Art-of-Play Gate, Nicole accidentally participating in a hidden-camera show, Becca's past life in a queer punk rock band called Inner Princess, whether the President of Iceland will save us from AI, Taoist philosophy and qigong, Chinese medicine and how illness is imbalance, Istanbul's cat parks, and which desert animals they each are.

Get tickets to see Becca in Austin Saturday, October 24th! https://events.ticketleap.com/events/rudemechs/dandelion

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Jenny & Nicole welcome model, actor, content creator, and activist Jordan Underwood to the pod this week!

They get into Jenny & Nicole's 20-year Friendship Anniversary dinner extravaganza, Nicole role-playing as her twins at their daycare, Jordan's review of JLo's Vegas Residency, sanitizing Rocky Horror for Broadway, how wrinkles are actually beautiful signs of emotion, sleep hygiene, if it's too late to learn to tap dance, an edgy reboot of "Nunsense," the brainwash that skinny = healthy, and which cult classic film they each are.

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Jenny & Nicole are BACK this week after a brief hiatus, with incredible comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dicks: The Musical!) Danielle Perez!

They get into how independent filmmaking is not for the weak, Nicole's daughters learning to curse, what Danielle has purchased on TikTok Shop, how public transit in NYC still has a HUGE accessibility problem, if Jenny & Nicole will ever experience sexual tension with their husbands again, how long until the next feminism wave happens, Jenny needing to fix all men via her son, and Nicole casts Heated Rivalry without ever having seen a frame.

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Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, musician, comedian Douglas Goodhart to the pod this week!

They get into wrestling their toddlers, Nicole putting her children to bed with fist bumps, Douglas' past life ripping cigarettes at a gas station in Long Island, how to decompress when you no longer have vices, why no one should be allowed to binge Mad Men, Douglas learning how credit cards work in his late 30s, Nicole asking for advice from a finance influencer, what AI deepfakes they each have believed, how Douglas broke away from his Catholic, conservative parents, learning Method acting at fourteen years old, and which book genre they each are.

Get tickets for Douglas' show September 18th! https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/peoPnwXxHxQvC74bHx3Z/S4LPsgibANhohQYw2LMw

Jetson's Movie AI: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYjDnEOidsE/

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Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, writer, and filmmaker Joel Perez ("Fun Home" on Broadway, "Tick, Tick... Boom!" on Netflix, and currently "Hazbin Hotel") to the pod this week!

They get into Jenny's eccentric Uncle's memorial, Nicole's new passion for watercoloring, growing up gay in a Pentecostal church, how church is not so different from theatre, Joel's family learning to accept him through "Fun Home," and which of Nicole's iconic watercolor paintings they each are.

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Jenny & Nicole are joined by performer and writer ("School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play," "JaJa's African Hair Braiding") on the pod this week!

They get into the craziest plate of nachos Nicole ever received at a restaurant, how many times Jenny has been to the aquarium, Jocelyn's play "School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play" going to Broadway, beauty standards, colorism, and whether the Lucille Lortel is haunted.

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Nicole and Jenny welcome content creator and former "The Circle" contestant Sean Taylor to the pod!

They get into Nicole being contacted by Page Six, Jenny's deep dive into dorm room interior decorators, how all the Teen Moms' kids are fully in high school now, Sean's double Trump run-in, if Nicole will ever dip a toe into Love Island, Adam & Eve as the original brainwash, chimps vs. bonobos, and which characters from the Bible they each are.

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