How Were U Brainwashed?

By Jenny DonheiserComedy TV & Film Society & Culture

How Were U Brainwashed? episodes

October 22, 2025 "My Life is Sad MASH" (w/ Julia Shiplett)
Jenny and Nicole welcome the wonderful writer and performer (Overcompensating) Julia Shiplett to the pod!

We get into Nicole's hack for falling asleep, which Love is Blind cast members have a podcast, Julia's hot fashion tips, dressing your postpartum body, honoring Diane Keaton via Pinterest board, PYG, Youth Pastors as interns, if our lives are the saddest Mash outcomes, the friend AI necklace, and soups vs. stews.

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@nicolespiezio

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58 min
October 15, 2025 "Rosie O'Donnell was Right" (w/ Danny Pellegrino)
Jenny and Nicole welcome the host of the Everything Iconic podcast, author of How Do I Un-Remember This, and ur parasocial bestie, Danny Pellegrino, to the pod!

We get into our plans to visit Carl Radke's Soft Bar, getting your baby's first words to be a Dorinda quote, doing caviar bumps while Meredeih Marks DJ's, which housewives are AI, the vibes at Bravocon, justice for Rosie O'Donnell, being jealous of Amanda Bynes as a child, and what rom-coms we all are.

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@nicolespiezio

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52 min
October 08, 2025 "Maid Marion's Chicken Friend" (w/ Sabrina Ryan Houlihan)
Jenny & Nicole welcome writer and brand director Sabrina Ryan Houlihan to the pod! They get into their kids being in different school years, loving ArsNova, missing the old Instagram, what Nicole's twins should be for Halloween, Barbra Streisand's ice cream habits, how they each define "cringe," and the fashion at Disneyworld.
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59 min
October 01, 2025 "Who is your Jennifer Lawrence?" (w/ Jake Cornell)
Comedian and delightful human Jake Cornell joins Jenny & Nicole this week. They get into a recap of Nicole's Disney trip, shamans v. life coaches, doing improv on Zoom, the worst thing Jenny ever said in a break-up, whether or not parents should stick it out and not get divorced for their children, secret twin language, and what pastries they each are.
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1 hr 1 min
September 24, 2025 "Hypothetical Liar" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)
Jenny & Nicole fly solo this week and get into whether Jenny should submit to be on the next season of The Traitors, Nicole's upcoming trip to Disney World, and her ongoing obsession with Buzzfeed, frying ice cream on a Blackstone grill, attending BeatlesCon as a child, and GLP-1s.
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56 min
September 17, 2025 "Lil Sensy Tummy" (w/ Bayne Gibby)
Jenny and Nicole welcome iconic actress and goddess of prestige TV shows (The Comeback, Enlightened, Mad Men) Bayne Gibby to the pod!

We get into the concept of "good luck", the best show of all time aka The Comeback, playing Traitors at a Wedding, having boundaries with your neighbors when they try to bring you chili, when airbnb's are for blood relatives only, how the playground has office cocktail party vibes, being similar to the WB Frog, how to dodge really bad advice, if Bayne has pickleball chic vibes, and why you all should adopt black cats!!!

@baynegibby

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

@howwereubrainwashedpod

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1 hr 11 min
September 10, 2025 "Diablo Cody Has NOTHING To Do With Me" (w/ Rae Sanni)
Jenny and Nicole welcome true genius television writer (Everybody Still Hates Chris, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Rel) Rae Sanni to the pod!

We get into how perfectionism will never get you access to what's being held from you, Dateline, Unknown Number on Netflix, the pursuit of masculine attention, Karen Huger's grand return to society, if Rae has Lin-Manuel Miranda vibes, how TIRED people are of Marvel movies, being rejected by the mainstream, and if Nicole has rockabilly vibes.

@raesanni

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

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1 hr 21 min
September 03, 2025 "Chet Hanks is a Labubu" (w/ Tim Murray)
Jenny and Nicole welcome the lovely comedian (Wish You Were Queer), writer, and actor (The Other Two) to the pod!

We get into how the fear of being cringe will stop all your dreams from happening, praying to God about Tonya Harding, what self help book will cure Nicole, if we'll ever get to see our children play Miss Hannigan in Annie, if John Cameron Mitchell or Courtney Cox is getting stopped on the street more, manifesting being on the damn Tony Awards (!), being "the sensitive comedian", our brand new segment "Should We Respect Our Elders", TomKat tea, and pear martinis.

@tmurray06

@theheiser

@nicolespiezio

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1 hr 15 min
August 27, 2025 "Double Idea" (w/ Aaron Jackson)
Jenny and Nicole welcome deeply genius and joyous comedian and writer (Dicks: The Musical), Aaron Jackson, to the pod!

We get into if Cowgirl SeaHorse makes any sense as a restaurant name, being the COO of cops, doing crafts as a virgin, finding out your Human Design type over a delicious chicken dinner, if mayonnaise is lard, if it's corny to be a picky eater, why Game of Thrones gets a pass, The Great Gatsby being public domain, and one of the most euphoric casting sessions of all time.

@garbagetroll

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@nicolespiezio

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1 hr 9 min
August 20, 2025 "Jazz is Smart People Music" (w/ Tim Chawaga)
Jenny and Nicole welcome Tim Chawaga, dear friend and debut author of the new sci-fi mystery novel Salvagia, to the pod!

We get into Tim's debut novel, loving jazz, pneumatic tubes, Kramer bobbleheads, Cedar Point, Jenny's son liking a little bit of a thrill, being a guest of Mickey, if Chip & Dale are twins, why wood affects your bones differently than metal, toilet bowl water slides, being sci-fi curious, and if Jenny is Animal Kingdom.

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1 hr

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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…