How Were U Brainwashed?

By Jenny DonheiserComedy TV & Film Society & Culture

How Were U Brainwashed? episodes

March 18 "Everyone's Stepdad is an AI" (w/ Maya Deshmukh)
In today's episode Jenny & Nicole are joined by the lovely actor (Girls5eva, The Other Two) and comedian Maya Deshmukh!

They get into what it's like to be a freshly postpartum comedian who happens to be a dentist, if our children will be able to hang, the concept of the nuclear family, New York's new cafe where you can take your AI lover, why the Kennedys talk like that. coveting Carolyn Bessette's closet, performatively liking Darren Aronofsky movies, how avocado toast seemed impressive at the time, and how we can't wait until the life phase where we can order appetizers with our kids.

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1 hr 2 min
March 11 "You Have Baloney Vibes" (w/ Bridger Winegar)
In today's episode, Jenny & Nicole are joined by the deeply delightful writer (The Afterparty, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and host of the popular podcast I Said No Gifts - Bridger Winegar!

They get into how straight people are obsessed with being tall, why Jenny doesn't have access to the lights in her home, which RHOSLC cast members are also Broadway producers, SubKrunch, why the men on Love is Blind are monsters, and all the meats at Subway being turkey-based.

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1 hr 3 min
March 04 "Grapes & Calamari" (w/ Yassir Lester)
In today's episode, Jenny & Nicole are joined by phenomenal comedian, actor (Black Monday, Making History), and writer/director of The Gutter, Yassir Lester!

They get into if you should have a LinkedIn when you're a comedian, if Mr. Beast was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the trash scent choices for men's cologne, bidet recommendations, if ancient men were bullied into being filthy, if men notice stuff, and if Jenny is any good at making perfume.

@yassir_lester

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 15 min
February 25 "It's a Journ" (w/ Amil Niazi)
In today's episode Jenny & Nicole are joined by The Cut's parenting columnist and author of the new book Life After Ambition: A Good Enough Memoir, Amil Niazi!

They get into spending Valentine's Day potty training, what it REALLY looks like to balance motherhood and career and what it means to "be succesful" at either, the gift of having ownership over your time, if we're pro or anti Shep Rose, Lindsay Hubbard being the standard for having it all, if you can be 30, flirty, and thriving in a small town, hating al fresco dining, and if having a basement makes you unrelatable.

@amilniazi

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr
February 18 "Manhattan Door-to-door Salesman" (w/ Russell Daniels)
In today's episode Jenny & Nicole are joined by the DELIGHTFUL actor (Ginger Twinsies, Titanique), comedian, and podcaster (The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi) Russell Daniels!

They get into one of the SINGLE worst jobs we've ever heard about, if you should pick your sexual partners based on if they have a driver's license or not, if Jenny should see what AI knows about her, bartending at Watch What Happens Live, explaining 'serving c*nt" to someone in Ohio, scamming in the name of giraffes, seeing your former students when you're demonstrating magic toys, what you should do if someone pees their pants in front of you, and if you're supposed to ask permission to have sex in the office, .

@russelljdaniels

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 5 min
February 11 "Identical Cousins" (w/ Brian Moylan)
Jenny & Nicole welcome Bravo anthropologist and author (The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives) BRIAN MOYLAN to the pod this week. They get into everything Bravo: Dorit's ghost-writing mother-daughter duo, if what was on the VPR cousins' Only Fans was incest, Karen Huger mentoring young people in prison, Kyle Cook's standing desk, which Bravolebrity they would want to DJ their wedding, Amanda Frances and Anjelica from VPR being the absolute worst women on television, and who is the Green Goddess sandwich from Something About Her.

@brianjmoylan

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod
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1 hr 13 min
February 04 "Not Mature Enough to Recline" (w/ Nigel DeFriez)
Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, writer, director (Wake Up, Leonard!) to the pod! They get into Jenny's sexy sick voice, Nicole's vision board, if they would upload their consciousness into a robot, Jenny & Nigel partying in Alabama in 2018, Three Identical Strangers, what is Pluribus, and which Mike White project they each are.
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1 hr
January 28 "Fruit Can Be Wet" (w/ Grace McLean)
In today's episode Jenny & Nicole are joined by incredible actor (The First Lady, The Other Two, Suffs, Bad Cinderella), singer and writer Grace McLean!

They get into the first 5 eps of The Traitors (SPOILERS), the thin salsa at Chili's, if we competed in high school, how exciting it is to smoke fake cigarettes in a play, if kiwi should be categorized as "wet", "slimy", or "slick", if being an artist means you need to share EVERYTHING, when it's appropriate to watch Midsommar, if we secret baptized our children, and if being hungover makes you feel like you've accomplished something.

@thatgracemclean

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 5 min
January 21 "Are All Vets Trained on Monkey?" (w/ Janna Emig)
In today's episode, Jenny & Nicole are joined by an amazing editor who's worked on films like Song Sung Blue, Gorgeous, Stress Positions, etc. - Janna Emig!

They get into Nicole's marriage reaching a new level of intimacy, if water expires, if a vet can be your primary care doctor, The Real Housewives Ultimate Road trip cast announcement, if Nicole smells like hospital, how being an "honest" person doesn't mean you have to say EVERYTHING you think, all the monologues in Bugonia, if we can name any Neil Diamond songs, and if Do Re Mi is a good karaoke song.

@jannaemig

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 3 min
January 14 "The Moon is Obviously a Woman" (w/ Chelsea Devantez)
This week Jenny & Nicole are joined by genius funny writer (Jon Stewart, Girls5Eva, Not Dead Yet) and host of the podcast Glamorous Trash Chelsea Devantez!

They get into the Ashley Tisdale mom group drama, Sisters of Salt: A Greek Tragedy, living the dream of turning a short film into a feature, stalking your partner's exes on Insta, the neverending GLP-1 debate, putting crystals in your bra, and the cabbage soup diet.

@chelseadevantez

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 2 min

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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…