How Were U Brainwashed?

How Were U Brainwashed?

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  • "Prosciutto Skeleton" (w/ Deanna Cheng)

    Jenny & Nicole welcome actor ("Heathers," "Black Monday") and podcaster ("How To Be Less Old") Deanna Cheng to the pod this week!


    They get into beach poop etiquette, those flats that look like hooves, the Italian word for vagina, the Rainforest Cafe frog, whether or not they have forgiven Howard Stern for the sins of his past, and the importance of tretinoin.


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    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio


    @howwereubrainwashedpod

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    1 hr 12 min
  • "Recovering People Pleasers" (w/ Bryan Safi)

    This week Jenny & Nicole welcome actor ("9-1-1", "You"), writer, comedian, and podcaster ("Attitudes!" "Ask Ronna") Bryan Safi to the pod!


    They get into Bryan's off-Broadway show "Are You Mad at Me?", Jenny's GLP-1 reveal, if they should all be on beta blockers, the Below Deck Med stain, if getting older means actually caring less, the Glass Child, how cars no longer prioritize dry cleaning in their design, and which airline they each are.


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    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio

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    1 hr 12 min
  • "Types of Expulsions" (w/ Rachel Pegram)

    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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    1 hr 8 min
  • "From Fatburger to Pizza Mama" (w/ Gibson Johns)

    Jenny & Nicole welcome fellow podcaster Gibson Johns (Gabbing with Gib) to the pod this week!


    They get into Nicole's awkward movie Q&A experience, Heather Dubrow reading her mom for filth on the RHOC premiere, Famesick's potential role in Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley's split, how Pixar's still got it, Gibson hiding his love of Britney Spears as a closeted gay boy, and the lasting power of The OC's soundtrack.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • "Knives on my Feet" (w/ Chris Schleicher)

    Jenny & Nicole are joined this week by hilarious TV writer/actor, Chris Schleicher (The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever)!


    They get into Nicole's distaste for nature, wild parrots in New York City, toddler toy etiquette, homophobia in figure skating, that time Chris bodyswapped with the Quad God and cost him the Olympics, if Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey" can top the Wishbone one, and why we were not allowed to "wake daddy."






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    1 hr 8 min
  • "Forks and Poons" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)

    In today's episode solo ep, Jenny & Nicole get into how good Maddie's Secret is, if Nicole is actually memorable or just fat, how making fun of people misspeaking is the ultimate Millenial humor, Jeremy Strong's wig in the Social Reckoning, which Valley stars should be on the pod (Benji?!?), getting disregulated thinking about Drew Sidora, and if Jenny is too sensitive for the Hacks finale.


    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio


    @howwereubrainwashedpod



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    1 hr
  • "My Legs, My Armpit, and My Nipple" (w/ Gabe Gonzalez)

    This week, Jenny and Nicole are joined by comedian and fellow podcast maven (We Disrupt this Broadcast, Sniffies' Cruising Confessions) Gabe González !


    They get into what we would shave if we were Gen Z, our top 4 on Letterboxd, if the heat between Carl and Lindsay is still there (it is), banning Bat Boy in Scotland, what shades of blonde are hot on guy, how Christopher Columbus was the first Ivanka Trump, if it's an HR violation for your co-workers to wax you, having twin uncles, and Sally Jessy Raphael.


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    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio


    @howwereubrainwashedpod

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    1 hr 11 min
  • "Shake Acting" (w/ Blair Beeken)

    Jenny and Nicole welcome extremely talented writer and actor (Pluribus, Jury Duty presents Company Retreat, She Keeps Me Young) Blair Beeken to the pod!


    They get into Nicole's visit to Watch What Happens Live!, Jenny's husband's airport faux pas, Blair's incredible shake acting on Pluribus, Ariana Grande #donutgate, which celebrity Anthony from Company Retreat looks like, if Amanda Batula ever had a singing career, doing a murder mystery on a cruise ship, Stephen Colbert thinking he should be allowed to sing with Sir Paul McCartney, and which shoe we all are.

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    1 hr 10 min
  • "Butt Barrel Curls" (w/ Claudia O'Doherty)

    This week, Jenny and Nicole are joined by BELOVED actor and comedian (Maddie's Secret, Killing It, Trainwreck, Love) Claudia O'Doherty!


    They get into the juicy goss about Claudia's new role in the upcoming film Maddie's Secret, all the big industry secrets of being on a film set (ex: spitting steak into a bucket and being too sweaty), doing the honor system for Zoom therapy, if Ratatouille is "too stimulating", if we were able to emotionally invest in the breakdancer Raygun, what Rizzo's solo number in Grease ACTUALLY means, John Travolta's beret collection, and Jenny's spray tan confirmation email.


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    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio


    @howwereubrainwashedpod

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    1 hr 3 min
  • "The Polite Olympics" (w/ John Onieal)

    This week, Jenny and Nicole are joined by Emmy-winning writer/director John O'Neill (Bridesman, Sister)!


    They get into the millennial prison of politeness, the investment banking to Grindr original series pipeline, improv being prescribed as exposure therapy, if hypnosis works, why your banana breaking as a child is basically the equivalent of your iPhone shattering, auditioning new hobbies to replace the Hacks-shaped holes in our hearts, putting large croissants on vision boards, attempting to understand what is special about pandas, finance bro choices in Death of a Salesman, and an introduction to the "dictaphone" (whatever the hell that is).


    @johnonieal


    @theheiser


    @nicolespiezio


    @howwereubrainwashedpod

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    1 hr 9 min

About How Were U Brainwashed?

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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…

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