Night School

We open with a Hudson Williams update. Then we tackle negative self talk and dive into how Jesse and Kristin need to stop saying they are morons (Kristin has a masters.. Jesse has a focus medicine prescription). We talk about how after Netflix is a joke Jesse felt devastated and how both girls experience emptiness after major milestone and discuss how both their self-worth is so (disastrously, at times) tied to our productivity and career accomplishments. We postulate over how much economic stability and financial freedom could change their relationship with self-image its relationship to work/productivity. We talk about how if we had different childhoods we’d be completely different people. We end on a listener question about which Pitt character we are most similar to, wish we were more like, which one is totally our type.

We talk Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, François Arnaud turning down Variety’s actors on actors. We talk about Spencer Pratt’s bid for LA Mayor, the growing anti-homeless movement in Los Angeles with seriously dangerous implications, the Tuscan mom trend and how it relates to a general Gen-Z nostalgia for a future they feel they were robbed of, Kristin’s relationship with Disney and how she’s no longer a Disney adult. 

Coming in hot. We talk about Jesse wearing the pants when courting for the first time. We talk (argue) about cigarettes being back.  Kristin and Jesse share their edible horror stories. The girls come up with a way to dix their dad issues and it’s part parent trap part wife swap…but with our dads. 

Kristin talks about her new strategy to get through difficult seasons and it’s called strategic limerence. Jesse shares her disdain for Sydney Sweeney and the new season of euphoria, and we end on advice questions on how to passive aggressively text your ex and settle an AITA listener question. 

This week, Jesse and Kristin debrief from the live show (available now on Patreon) and announce Night School Pod Patreon. Kristin and Jesse review met gala outfits, debate whether Jon Hamm is hotter at 50s than he was in his 30s, Kristin's RELUCTANT Take on FameSick & Lena Dunham (AGAINST KRISTIN’S BETTER JUDGEMENT), the girls discuss whether straight men slide into the dm’s Platonically, and the differences between their sleeping and bed conditions. If you'd like to watch more exclusive bonus content, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/c/nightschoolpod/ to get access to our bonus advice segments, bonus episodes, and more.

Jesse convinced Kristin to watch the Coachella stream weekend 1 and now Kristin wants to go to Coachella and Jesse tries to convince her that she’d hate it.  We also discuss Justin Biebers incredible performance and discuss our Coachella fashion hot takes including the trinket dress everyone wore, Hailey Bieber and Rhode beauty absolutely SLAYING Coachella, and how Kristin and Jesse would approach their Coachella experiences. Kristin discusses her recent realization that every close friend she has is a virgo (Jesse included). Kristin shares her hot take that she hates when people in their 20s and 30s say they’re running out of time and that it’s too late for them. Jesse shares her hot take about people complain about how the internet ruined art and comedy.   Kristin talks about how moving in silence is dumb and also shares an update on her book. We end on advice questions about getting back on the dating scene in your 30s after ending an engagement and how do deal with your parents relying too much on AI for big life decisions (like selling their house). 

Jesse unexpectedly enrages Kristin with the Savannah Bananas. The girls touch on the impact of the latest discriminatory law against trans folks in Idaho. Kristin has a (brilliant) hot take and business idea for a chrome extension that will flag athlete’s jersey’s that voted for Tr*mp. We talk about Buzzfeed’s recent announcement that they don’t think they’ll be in business (shocker). We revisit the Buzzfeed IPO tea. Kristin shows Jesse The Necessary Conversation podcast (spoiler alert: it’s an unnecessary conversation at this point.) Kristin shares her guilty pleasure song and we end on a question from a listener wanting advice on how to ask out a 60-year-old volunteer at her workplace.

This week, we talk about Jesse ascending into a man hole aka a man’s apartment. We talk about Iran’s Lego propaganda Pete Hegseth diss track video, and Kristin explains the Hanoi Hannah TikTok trend. Jesse shares some of her LA nepo baby lore and then the girls break down the Pitt and the larger cultural/societal themes the show hits on, and how if art isn’t an escape, it has to be an affirmation. Kristin and Jesse also unknowingly discover they both had ovarian cysts when they were 13 and both share their experiences. We end on advice questions from listeners asking about how to deal with avoiding AI in the workplace when your job is pushing you to use it. We also talk about how to deal with going no contact with your family and Kristin gives some practical advice on how to build community.

Kristin shares her preference of greyhound over trains. She shares fun facts on American train policy, IMAX screen sizes, and baseball field inequities. She shares a wild night in Chicago from tour where she runs into a crush from high school and it takes an unexpected turn. Jesse shares a personal revelation and the girls discuss compulsory heterosexuality. Jesse also gets duped by an absurd advice question. 

We end on a listener question about  financially supporting her boyfriend through his PHD program and making more than her boyfriend and wondering about the longevity of their relationship if the financial inequity remain at play. 

Kristin has more to say on GLP-1s and how morally bankrupt and fundamentally boring you are if you are a thin person making their brand taking GLP 1s. Ned Fulmer Feeld Profile gets leaked and we discuss his doofus coded response. Kristin shares RARE comments on this topic. Don’t forget, Ned was Kristin’s annoying co-worker first. Jesse introduces Kristin to nightmare fuel aka Clavicular and the #LooksMaxxing trend or as we name it #HospitalMaxxing Jesse’s best friend from college, Kalyn is in the studio and she shares her most unhinged Jesse college story (spoiler: Jesse is doing something questionable). We end on an advice question about coming out in your 30s.

TW: dv

We talk Connor Storrie on SNL and Men’s USA Hockey floppery. We discuss our most LA opinions: Pet Psychics are real. Chiropractors are valid. Kristin goes to the Magic Castle and spoiler alert she has a TIME. We discuss the Alpine Divorce headlines and the broader implications.  We end on Matthew Morrison update and a re-watch of one of Glee’s musical numbers that left us with questions.