Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz

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Welcome to Pretty Basic, a weekly podcast hosted by two, twenty-something year old best friends and digital creators, Alisha Marie & Remi Cruz. Each week they welcome listeners into their daily life for a special helping of the tea you're not getting from their wildly popular YouTube channels. From fun lighthearted conversations about dating to sharing their tips on how to feel more confident - each week you'll be left wanting more "content, baby, content." New episodes every Wednesday!

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Best Of Pretty Basic Season 4

12.28.2022

Every great season needs a “best-of” episode and Season 4 would not be complete without this cumulative episode filled with highlights and special moments. The girls take a walk down memory lane and share some of their favorite moments from ...

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12.28.2022 Best Of Pretty Basic Season 4 Every great season needs a “best-of” episode and Season 4 would not be complete without this cumulative episode filled with highlights and special moments. The girls take a walk down memory lane and share some of their favorite moments from ...
12.21.2022 Pretty Basic Holiday Re-Run: Meghan Trainor To celebrate the holiday season and commemorate a year well-spent, the girls decided that this week's episode will be a re-run of one of their favorite episodes of 2022 featuring the one and only, Meghan Trainor. If you haven't heard ...
12.14.2022 What We Learned In 2022 We’re ending 2022 on a high note with this amazing Pretty Basic season finale! The girlies are in their [Real] Housewives Era! They recount their wild night out on the town and what happens when Romy and Losh hit the ...
12.07.2022 Girl Talk With Pokimane: What It’s REALLY Like Dating Other Gamers This week on Pretty Basic, Remi and Alisha sat down with their new BFF, Twitch Streamer, and newfound lifestyle girly, Pokimane! Poki discusses expanding her audience demographic beyond the predominantly male sphere and the girls share pointers on their respective ...
11.30.2022 Vlogmas Drama, Taylor Swift Tickets, + Manifesting D Hello PB listeners! Holiday season is nigh and the PB studio is all decked out. The girls discuss vlogmas prep, the Taylor Swift ticket chaos, and the possibility that Alisha and Remi might get to finally live out their Romy ...
11.23.2022 Ashley Tisdale Tell-All! we're still fangirling We wished for a fabulous guest to have on the podcast this week and our dreams came true! Gracing Pretty Basic with her iconic presence is THE Ashley Tisdale. Ashley is the star we all grew up watching and adoring; ...
11.16.2022 Call Him Daddy ft. Chris Olsen This week on PB, the girls are joined by the Tik Tok star you’ve definitely seen on your FYP, Chris Olsen. Chris Olsen is a singer, actor and influencer that has taken Tik Tok by storm with his celebrity coffee ...
11.09.2022 How To Get Over Your Situationship It’s time to celebrate! Why? Because Pretty Basic just turned 4 years old. To celebrate another year of PB, the girls filmed a juicy rendition of Ask PB. They delve into many topics, including: What do if school is not ...
11.02.2022 Fans Caught Alisha Hooking Up With Someone in Vegas We all know that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. And in Alisha’s case, this is especially true. This week on PB, Alisha shares all the tea about her trip to Vegas: getting yelled at in public, ...
10.26.2022 Jackie Aina: Evolving With The Times + The Pay Gap Between Black and Non-Black Creators This week on PB, the girls are getting down to business with Youtube legend and business-owner, Jackie Aina. As a black creator and entrepreneur, Jackie gives her unique perspective on the pay gap between black and non-black creators, encouraging creators ...
10.19.2022 Dixie D'Amelio Tell-All: Taking Her Relationship Offline, Shaving Her Head, + Recent Diagnosis This week on PB, the girls sit down with internet phenom, Dixie D'Amelio, and chat business with the President of D'Amelio Family Enterprises and "inventor" of Pretty Basic, Greg Goodfried. This episode has everything from girl-talk with Dixie and answers ...
10.12.2022 Eva Gutowski Tell-All: Fake People in the Industry, OG YouTube, 'Literally My Life' Calling all lifestyle girlies!! This week on PB, we have another OG icon, Eva Gutowski. The girls leave no stone unturned: they address the elephant in the room: Literally My Life, the song that skyrocketed to popularity and that Remi ...
10.05.2022 Is Influencing Harder Than A 9 to 5 Job? (REUPLOAD) This week on Pretty Basic: Alisha tells all about her true feelings concerning her sister Ashley’s flight from the proverbial nest(moving out and living on her own for the first time!!); Remi the Reader makes a reappearance and recommends some ...
10.05.2022 Under Maintenance This week on Pretty Basic: Alisha tells all about her true feelings concerning her sister Ashley’s flight from the proverbial nest(moving out and living on her own for the first time!!); Remi the Reader makes a reappearance and recommends some ...
09.28.2022 Lauren Giraldo: Talking Sh*t and Playing Would You Rather THE genius behind the revolutionary 12-3-30 treadmill workout joins Pretty Basic this week for her first podcast ever. Yeah, that’s right, it’s Lauren Giraldo. The girls discuss establishing boundaries in a productive way, wedding planning, tea/drama channels and so much ...
09.21.2022 Remi's Influencer Trip From Hell You know we love a story-time on PB and our girl Remi has a crazy one just for you guys! Remi dishes on the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to her during an influencer trip – let's just ...
09.14.2022 Oh We're Worried Darling ft. Tefi The PB girls are bringing out the big guns this week with pop-culture maven/enthusiast, Tefi Pessoa. Pretty Pop Culture has NEVER been this iconic: the girls talk about a d*ckmatized director, a DM-sliding Tik Tok dad, careers in celebrity gossip ...
09.07.2022 Is It Too Late To Reach Out Again? This week on PB, the girls talk about their recent relaxing trip to Tucson; their biggest fears; Pretty Pop Culture: VMA's, Britney Spears' Heartbreaking 22 Minute Long YouTube Video and stage parents. Plus, they get into more philosophical subjects like ...
08.31.2022 Harry Styles SNUCK Into Her Dressing Room! Guys, we’re not kidding when we say that this is the FUNNIEST PB episode to date! The unmatched, BRITTANY BROSKI joins PB this week to talk One Direction, the fangirl to influencer pipeline and the day that HARRY STYLES snuck ...
08.24.2022 Wet Dreams + Engagement Plans This week on PB, Remi and Alisha catch up and get into many different life updates that have been taking up their time. Remi clears the air about her future engagement plans and recounts her disastrous trip to Hawaii, while ...
08.17.2022 BF vs. BFF: Who Knows Me Better The long awaited rematch is here, continuing the battle to determine who knows Remi better between Cal and Alisha. No base is left untouched in this riveting competition; they cover: Remi’s birth chart, childhood nicknames, dream blunt rotations and even ...
08.10.2022 Claudia Sulewski: The Cost of Internet Fame The most iconic influencer, actress and fan-favorite PB guest returns to the show this week: Claudia Sulewski! The girls all catch up and dig into what Claudia has been upto since she was last on the show. Claudia also dishes ...
08.03.2022 Is “If He Wanted To, He Would” Toxic??? This week on PB, Alisha and Remi respond to listener hot takes that were submitted on Instagram. This episode is mad fun and the girls talk about everything from their take on hard seltzers and ring shopping, to their thoughts ...
07.27.2022 Surprising Remi with Meghan Trainor This week’s episode of PB proves that manifestation is REAL. Remi wished it into existence and it happened…her favorite artist, THE Meghan Trainor, joined the girls this week for a very fun episode. Meghan, Remi and Alisha discuss Meghan’s new ...
07.20.2022 The Flaws In Our Friendship Alisha and Remi are inseparable ride-or-dies, right? Well, this week on PB the girls are putting their friendship to the ultimate test: they play the viral card game, We’re Not Really Strangers, to bring their deepest thoughts to light. Take ...
07.13.2022 Is Influencing Dead? Emma Chamberlain, Vidcon, and Virality It’s time to address the question that’s on every content-creator’s mind: Is this the beginning of the end for influencers? In the wake of empty meet-and-greets and Emma Chamberlain’s infamously prophetic 3-part series, “there is a culture shift coming,” the ...
07.06.2022 Beauty Scams in the Industry Guys! This is a momentous episode for PB. Why, you ask? Well, the day has finally come (the girls have swapped couches)! PLUS, Remi debuts her stunning new pearly whites and the girls delve into their thoughts about cosmetic surgery ...
06.29.2022 Niki DeMar Tell All: Coming Out, the Toxic Music Industry, and Mental Health Get excited because it's Niki DeMar’s first podcast ever!! Niki joins the PB girls on this week's podcast and discusses everything from the challenges and benefits of creative liberty and the art of living in the present moment, to her ...
06.22.2022 Dating App Red Flags Sound the alarms! Alisha is officially back on the dating apps. SO, of course the PB girls HAD to dedicate an episode to the infamous issues that arise when dealing with ghosting, replying and flirting virtually. The girls give their ...
06.15.2022 The Dark Reality of Content Creators' Mental Health: Alisha Addresses Her Depression! The PB girls get super real this week. Alisha talks about how she just hasn't been feeling herself lately and this inspires a conversation about the dark reality of dedicating your life to being a content creator and simultaneously struggling ...
06.08.2022 Questioning Our Relationships With Religion ft. What We Said This week the girls are doing a legendary podcast swap: Remi and Alisha are joining forces with Jaci and Chelsey from the What We Said Podcast. In this episode, they talk about many topics, including: friendships and how they evolve ...
06.01.2022 Help! My Best Friend Got A Boyfriend... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
05.25.2022 This is Going to Break the Internet This week, Miss Remi Ashten is back! If you missed the PB girls last week, no need to worry. Remi and Alisha explain in this week's episode why they were MIA for the first time EVER. This episode is jam-packed ...
05.11.2022 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of being a Social Media Creator: Egos, Contracts, Management, & Networking This week, Pretty Basic is releasing part II of the deep dive into the ins and outs of life as a creator. The girls cover everything from networking in a way that's self-aware and genuine to the importance of dropping ...
05.04.2022 How To Get Your Dream Job in the Entertainment Industry: YouTube, Digital, Influencing Alisha spills the tea on how to land your dream job in the digital space with her producer/the host of the "Making Moves with TK" podcast, Taylor King. They're sharing their best tips and hottest takes on working as a ...
04.27.2022 Remi Opens Up About Her Mental Health Remi gets real about her mental health, and how comparing her struggles to others held her back from opening up. Plus, Alisha addresses comments criticizing her for interrupting Remi, the girls reminisce on iconic jingles from random commercials, and they ...
04.21.2022 What REALLY Happened at Coachella 2022 The girls are back from the desert recapping all of the Coachella madness. From the online hate toward influencers, to fashion hot takes, Remi getting featured in Vogue's "Best Dressed", their awkward encounter meeting Carly Rae Jepson, and Alisha got ...
04.13.2022 Mean Celebrities, JoJo Siwa, & Wardrobe Malfunctions Alisha spills the tea on throwing her first ever major birthday party! The girls recap their Kardashian launch party experience, give their take on the Nickelodeon/JoJo Siwa controversy, talk all about their prep for this year's Coachella, and dive into ...
04.06.2022 Alisha Almost Got BANNED From YouTube Alisha tells Remi about the time she collaborated with Taylor Swift after almost getting banned from YouTube for using her music. Remi updates Alisha on the INTENSE recent Bachelor finale. Alisha reflects on turning 29 and living it up during ...
03.30.2022 Pretty Basic REACTS to the Will Smith Oscars Slap The girls are back as Remi tells Alisha all about her first-hand experience attending the Oscars. From seeing all of the top celebs on the red carpet, to the uncomfortable moments during the show, of course the Will Smith slap ...
03.23.2022 Drunk Vegas Stories w/ Ash & Taryne (Unsolicited Advice) This week the girls are joined by Ash & Taryne aka the hosts of Unsolicited Advice aka Alisha's roommates. They discuss Taryne moving out of the house, Remi riding a Zamboni during an NHL game, Ash & Alisha's drunk Vegas ...
03.16.2022 Josh Peck Got Rejected By THIS Celeb The girls chat with childhood fave Josh Peck and his "Male Models" podcast co-host Joe Vulpis. The group discusses Josh's new book, getting rejected by a celeb, dating apps, if farting is a dealbreaker, moms on Facebook, and more! To ...
03.09.2022 Is PB Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? In this hilarious episode, the girls play a trivia game testing their knowledge of history, geography, science, and pop culture with questions like... Who invented the light bulb? How many grandchildren does Kris Jenner have? Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...
03.02.2022 He Lied To Me About Another Girl The girls do a full recap of Remi's birthday party that involved leaving Remi behind because she thought her house was on fire. Plus, a PB Q&A from fans, including questions like if men can be friends with girls, how ...
02.28.2022 Introducing: Deux U by Deuxmoi Join the anonymous creator of the pop culture and entertainment news Instagram account @deuxmoi for a weekly podcast featuring an extensive analysis of the most popular and controversial posts from the account. On every episode “Deux”, along with insiders and ...
02.23.2022 What It's Like Losing 2 MILLION Followers Overnight ft. Matt King Matt King joins Pretty Basic to chat about his transition from Vine, transactional friendships, Matt and Alisha's shared music video appearance, childhood memories, and cheering on Zane and Heath during all of their radical life changes. To learn more about ...
02.16.2022 Remi Got SCAMMED on a Modeling Job The girls are back for another episode celebrating Remi's birthday month. Remi surprises Alisha with a past child modeling gig, they chat about Remi's birthday surprise in a limo ft. Kanye West, Alisha shares her experiences on a solo self-care ...
02.09.2022 We Caught These Influencers Talking Sh*t About Us The one and only Oli joins Alisha and Remi to chat about the inner workings of the influencer world. The trio discusses what is proper collab etiquette and what not to do when collaborating with another influencer, share stories about ...
02.02.2022 Why I'm Going Back To My Toxic Ex The girls are back this week talking about what you should when a friend is dating someone toxic. Are friendship interventions effective at all? Alisha shares what she learned from meeting back up with her dating coach, and Remi confronts ...
01.26.2022 Remi Set Alisha Up on a Blind Date The girls are back for Season 4 of PB!!! Alisha gets real about finding purpose after a chaotic 2021, the girls chat about breaking away from societal timelines and standards, Remi takes over Alisha's date app and sets her up, ...

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