NOTE: This episode was recorded in early January.

This week on Sage-Based Wisdom, Jana and Brian ping-pong from SAT scores and stress dreams to Bri’s week-three vlog era, construction chaos, and a renewed commitment to 2026 being the Year of the Bitch™. AKA stop people-pleasing, start roasting the powerful, and please keep your eyes on the alley. In the advice section, a listener doesn’t even ask for advice… she blesses us with a dispatch from Earth Haven, an eco-village in North Carolina that’s giving dry toilets, tantric retreat flashbacks, and “is this a cult?” energy, which launches Jana and Brian into a full investigation + a pitch for Brian’s new moonlighting career as an $800/hour massage therapist.

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Joined by stand-up comedian and longtime NYC sketch scene legend Brigid Boyle, the conversation spirals from cosmetic procedures, aging, dating, desire, power, and why fantasy is often hotter than reality. Together, they unpack slut energy vs. slut behavior, fear of commitment, and the psychological thrill (and terror) of actually being seen by another person. The trio dives deep into roleplay fantasies, Taylor Swift level yearning, why early-stage dating gives some people hives, and whether anyone actually wants to poop in the same bathroom as their partner. In the advice segment, they tackle internet moralizing around pleasure and addiction, the loneliness baked into modern scrolling culture, and whether community can really save us from ourselves. A caller asks how to renegotiate a salary after realizing their paycheck is not what they expected. As always, the advice is unsolicited, occasionally useful, and delivered with love. Zero refunds.

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)
Guest: Brigid Boyle (@brigidboy)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian spiral productively into a full-blown stand-up special intervention. What starts as a casual check-in turns into a radical commitment to being delulu on purpose: chasing a Hulu/Netflix special, vlogging the process, and refusing to wait for permission. Along the way, they unpack rage as creative fuel, why bombing is actually essential to comedy, clowning vs. cringe, and whether stand-up belongs at protests, sit-ins, and the mall. The episode swerves hard into Taco Bell discourse (bag sizes, nacho fries, merch capitalism), holiday gift reveals, and the deep emotional power of a good bolo tie. A caller asks for real advice on creating culture camps and teen nights for Native youth, prompting a grounded conversation about food, vulnerability, not being corny, and how intergenerational community actually gets built. Bottom line: feed people, make a fool of yourself first, choose momentum over fear, and if the system won’t give you a platform... so build one anyway.

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)

Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)

Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Joined by friend of the show and Loud About Nothing co-host Sebastian Conelli, the conversation ricochets from Staten Island Italians on the internet to dating when you’re broke, busy, and spiritually exhausted. Things get intimate: giver vs. receiver energy, workaholism killing romance, Gilmore Girls as a roadmap to softness, and why third spaces are disappearing (and what Brian has unfortunately replaced them with). The episode also delivers peak New York storytelling with examples of public crying, subway kindness, snow trash, sanitation worker appreciation, and multiple absolutely harrowing “I shit my pants in public” confessions. A caller asks for petty answers only after being humiliated by a former friend-with-benefits who tried to rope them into a threesome with a pretendian. They answer: You don’t owe politeness to people who crossed your boundaries and sometimes the most healing move is choosing yourself, loudly.

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Guest: Sebastian Conelli (@sebastianconelli)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian kick off 2026, immediately spiraling into New Year “goals,” scammy influencer fitness plans, and the bleak reality that January is just a crowded gym with a calendar. Then the episode takes a HARD pivot into politics and Indigenous rage: Kristi Noem catching strays, a crash course in colonization, and the debut of the White Relocation Act–complete with a “five white passes” draft list for allies, boyfriends, and essential celebs. Finally, two callers bring the real: burnout from nonprofit/legal work and the emotional trap of serving your community at the expense of your own health. Jana and Brian deliver the only advice that matters: set boundaries like your life depends on it (because it does), make a strategic pivot if you need to, and let Gilmore Girls guide your career arc straight into your Paddington-era softness!

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana hosts a chaotic-perfect Sage Based Wisdom LIVE with guest co-host Sierra Teller Ornelas (Rutherford Falls), turning a packed room into the newest batch of callers. With Brian tragically missing in snowy Montreal, the night spirals from Indigenous snow art submissions to nepo vendor lore, cookie-snob confessions, and a surprisingly tender TikTok moment about getting older (and getting freer). Podcast and musical guest Xiuhtezcatl joins for laughs, life talk, and sweet-breakfast philosophy before the audience takes the mic: from powwow snagging etiquette to favorite places in Mexico, to one of the most heartfelt questions of the night, how to feel more confident as your authentic self. The answers? A little practice, a little community, and just enough delusion to go full delulu in the best way!

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Sierra Teller Ornelas (@sierraornelas)
Guest: Xiuhtezcatl (@xiuhtezcatl)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian ring in the end of the year with a recap episode that spirals from Montreal mishaps and icy travel tales to totaled cars, high-stakes auditions, and the sacred wisdom of never ignoring a bad vibe. They reflect on a year of building community, teaching audition workshops, surviving industry collapse, and learning when to show up… and when to conserve energy. They revisit favorite moments from the year, listener messages, hemorrhoid updates, truck culture, and why embracing a little messiness might be the healthiest move for 2026. A caller asks the question, "why doesn’t producer John have a mic?” and another caller leaves a note as a “certified sager.”

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)
Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)
Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian are joined by comedian Nori Reed (Raven’s Home, After Midnight, HBO, Showtime) for a long-overdue redo episode after a tragically corrupted audio file. Together, they unpack the algorithm’s favorite “wisdom,” debate whether quarter-zips thin culture, and grocery store inflation are all signs of late-stage capitalism, and share recession-era survival tips ranging from refund confidence and rejection therapy to accidentally buying 20 bunches of kale at Whole Foods. The conversation swerves from self-help grifters and body politics to fascism and why everything suddenly costs $80, before diving into listener advice when a Bay Area pastry chef asks what people actually want from a bakery case. Jana, Brian, and Nori weigh in.

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)

Guest: Nori Reed (@norireed)

Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)

Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian spiral gloriously from BBL surgeries and Beverly Hills housewife culture into foam-roller TikTok propaganda, pony herpes panic, and whether big cities are dying. A crash-course in medical tourism leads to faja talk, band-of-horses discourse, and Brian’s dream of a 10K population town with surgically-enhanced friends. Jana goes long on her Kristi Noem vendetta (and Brian maybe follows her husband), while horse stables quarantine like a soap opera. This week’s caller asks how to end things with a sweet but not-quite-right guy and gets a crash course in guilt-free breakups, clean exits, and why you can’t protect someone from their own feelings.

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)

Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)

Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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Jana and Brian welcome writer/comedian/professor Amy Silverberg (Comedy Central, Hulu, JFL, Amazon Prime, Don’t Tell) and author of her debut novel “First Time, Long Time,” for an episode that ricochets from news-anchor bloopers to Krampus Christmas lore. A deep dive on the iconic Grape Lady video spirals into internet nostalgia, Thanksgiving chaos, and why canceling the holidays for “political reasons” is actually just good self-care. Amy unpacks the toll of teaching Gen Z, Brian reveals the WeHo gym hookup that turned out to be Amy’s former boss, and Jana shares her secret bad-girl origin story. This week’s caller asks how to speak up confidently in grad school without shrinking herself in rooms full of “smart people.”

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Hosts: Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) and Brian Bahe (@brian_bahe)

Guest: Amy Silverberg (@amysilverberg)

Music: Steve Jenkins (@stevejenkins)

Producer: John Delviscio (@johndelviscio)

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