Shortcomings

Briana Cuoco is an accomplished singer and actress. She tells the girls about the time she had a job "in the bag," and how maybe if she had $400 shoes, it would have gone better. We also talk about Bri stepping into a show with four days notice and one rehearsal. Oh yeah, and we FUCK on this podcast!

What We Are Living For:

Training Mate Workout Class

LaDuca Dance Shoes

HQ Trivia

Peaky Blinders on Netflix

13 Reasons Why on Netflix

Huji App

Follow Briana on Instagram:

@bricuoco

And Check Out Her Website

www.brianacuoco.com

Rain Valdez is an out and proud Transgender Actress and Director. She talks candidly with Natalie and Brittany about her shortcoming about the fear of showing people who she really is. They also talk about how Rain is a self trained dental hygenist for herself, but we don't recommend that you do that at home.

Things We Are Living for:

Dental Duty Kit - Available on Amazon (but BE CAREFUL)

The Premium Outlets in Cabazon (the YSL outlet is a MUST)

Jilz Crackers available at certain grocery stores and on Thrive Market

Vegan Bolognese - made with "Beyond Burger"

Follow Rain:

Instagram: @rainvaldez

Check out her website:

www.rainvaldez.com

Watch Her Shows!

"Ryans" available on Seed and Spark

"Hexed" available on Revry TV

HAL RUDNICK, is a comedian and actor known for hosting "Screen Junkies." Hal tells a story of how he fell short on America's Got Talent and what he learned from it. He keeps the girls laughing the entire show! PLUS a surprise appearance from Eric Jennifer!!!

Things We Are Living for:

Screen Junkies on Youtube

Hal's New Show "Movie Fight" available on YouTube

Technovorn Coffee Maker (although nothing beats a Mr. Coffee)

Movie Pass (Not Sponsered)

NBA Playoffs (We love Baseball!)

Eric Jennifer "The Good Boy of Comedy"

Follow Hal on Instagram and Twitter: @Halrudnick

Follow Eric Jennifer too @ericjennifer

MARGOT LEITMAN is a renowned author and storyteller, she joins Natalie and Brittany to talk about her shortcoming of how being a mother can make you very emotional about things, like true crime murder documentaries! But in reality, it's not a shortcoming at all, it's what makes her a compassionate and dynamic human. And we discuss why Margot HATES breakfast. She HATES it!

Things We are Living For:

Margot's Book: "Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling guide you'dd ever need." Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Homeland (check out the outfits)

Rose Quartz Crystals (and all crystals)

Stress Putty - Available on Amazon

Standing up for yourself (Go Natalie!)

Follow Margot 

Twitter and Instagram @margoteitman

www.margotleitman.com

Talia Tabin is an actress and improver, she joins Nat and Britt to discuss about how she found out she was "French Vanilla" but that that doesn't have to be a shortcoming. Natalie and Brittany also talk about people who snore are selfish and that Mercury Retrograde will ruin your birthday gifts.

Follow Talia!

Instagram: @taliataben and @womenwhowonder (to find out what women wonder about)

Watch her live!

At UCB in Los Angeles on her improv team "Yeti"

Things we are living for:

Lemon Water in the Morning

Mama Medicine Meditation Workshop

Radiant Human - Aura Photography

www.ismurcuryretrograde.com

Winc Wine Club - use promo code SHORTCOMINGS for a discount on your first order!!

Tan Towels - available on Amazon

Fiddle Fig Trees

Infatuation App

Clueless at The Rockwell in Los Angeles to see Natalie as "Tai"

On a very special Mother's Day edition of Shortcomings...Brittany and Natalie sit down with their MOMS!!! Natalie's Mom, Kathy Lander, talks all things astrology and about Natalie being born in a restaurant. Brittany's Mom, Tricia Gambertoglio, talks about how Brittany saved her sister from being kidnapped and how Brittany got the nickname "Helen Keller." This episode will give you a sneak peek into why Brittany and Natalie are the way they are.

Things We Are Living For:

Kathy:

Spinach Feta Wrap from Starbucks (if you're nice to the manager, he will hide one for you in the back).

Water Goals: The Flow Water Station (it's expensive, one can wish).

Nature's Path Heritage Cereal with Almond Milk

The Ring Doorbell

The Tile (help find your keys).

Wanna see where Kathy's water broke? Head over to Osteria Mozza!

Tricia:

Rick Warren's Podcast (to get your church on).

Crush Letters Game (it's hard!)

Cordless Vacuum - look it up on Amazon, it's about $80

Shout Out to Century 8 in NoHo!

Texas Wine Glasses!! Sooo Cute!

Copa single wine by the glass (for the girl on the go).

Britt:

Movie Pass (get it, it's awesome).

20/20 Dateline

Nat:

Winc! Use our promo code SHORTCOMINGS for $22 off your first month!!

Confection Co-Op in Hollywood. Good Cupcakes!!

G. Charles Wright, is the casting director of the hit series The Middle, on ABC. He is the man responsible for putting Brittany and Natalie together. Without him, there would be no "Shortcomings" podcast!! So we are obviously very grateful to him. G opens up with the gals about his shortcoming of not fully doing what he loves to do. We also talk about bed sheets that murder, unfulfilled dreams of being on Barney, and nightmare auditions.

Follow G on Instagram!

@GCharlesWright

Things we are living for:

-Coffee AND Stretching

-Oasis Massage on Sunset Blvd.(minus the cigarette smoke hands guy)

-At Home Micro Needling Tool by ORA (Available on Amazon)

-Lost in Space on Netflix (our second recommendation for this! We better watch!)

-My Favorite Murder Podcast

- Check out G's Audition Class:

https://www.facebook.com/gcwcasting/

- One Sentence Recipe for "Protein Coffee:"

Make black coffee, add scoop of vanilla protein powder, enjoy.

Cyrina Fiallo is an actress who most recently guest starred on Brooklyn 99. She joins Brittany and Natalie to talk about her shortcoming about getting a dream opportunity that is anything but a dream.And how we'd all be rich if we kept our thousands of Beanie Babies. Dang it.

Follow Cyrina!

Instagram: @fifers3000

Twitter: @cyrinafiallo

Things we are living for:

Roseanne Reboot on ABC

Queer Eye Netfilx

Umami Burger (not organic beef, but still yummy!)

Apec Water Systems available on Amazon (pay extra for installation, trust us).

Cellulite Shorts 

Natalie's One Sentence Recipe for Salmon:

Coat salmon in Olive Oil, put salmon in glass baking dish, bake on 350 for 20 minutes, enjoy.

Sam Pancake is and actor comedian extraordinaire! Sam talks with the girls about his shortcoming with finding love and and not doing enough. Oh, and he was a victim of a shortcoming of Brittany and Natalie, because this was the SECOND he had to record the podcast with them. Oops!

Follow Sam!

Instagram: @thesampancake

Listen to his podcast!

The Gasp - available on iTunes and podbean.com

See him LIVE:

In Los Angeles: "Fritz Zimmer: What's Left of Me" at The Celebration Theatre April 22nd, 29th, and 30th. Get tickets at www.celebrationtheatre.com

Things We Are Living For:

The Artist Way

Hayhouse Podcast Meditations

Coconut Oil Pulling

Mary Kay Makeup and Skincare www.marykay.com/aprilf (buy through Nat's friend!)

Uniqlo

Lost in Space on Netflix

Whirly-Pop Popcorn Maker available at Target

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (Lifetime Movie) 

Kayla Ewell is an actress best known for her role on "Vampire Diaries." In preparation for the show Kayla had a MAJOR breakthrough. That's right, we change lives here on Shortcomings. Kayla opens up about her shortcoming of feeling like her younger sister is experiencing life changes before she is. We also talk about how Brittany doesn't have any bad photos of herself and that Natalie needs to be more assertive with her Dentist.

Follow Kayla!

IG: @kaylaewell

Twit:  @real_kayla

Follow Britt's Sister for Handstand inspo:

@chels_mck

What we are Living For:

- Handmaid's Tale on HULU

-Wild Wild Country on Netflix

-Suju Juice https://www.sujajuice.com

-Perfect Bar https://perfectbar.com

-Training Mate https://trainingmatela.com

-Natalie's One Sentence Recipe: Flour Tortilla Chips - take one flour tortilla, cut into triangles, put on baking sheet with olive oil and salt, bake at 350 for 10 min (or until crisp), enjoy.

To see Nat's Doppelganger go to @shortcomingspod on Instagram!