What'd You Do This Weekend?

“A Big Bottle of Cranberry Juice”

New Yorker cartoonist Ellis Rosen joins Hilary and Derek this week to breakdown their first weekend of February! Ellis finishes watching Everything Everywhere All At Once, takes his daughter to her first movie theater, and drinks a really big bottle of Cranberry Juice. Hilary has a wild weekend in Atlantic City and Derek’s friend with a peanut allergy gets totally gaslighted.

Follow Ellis Rosen on Instagram and pre-order his new book Dink! Pickleball Facts Fictions & Cartoons, available this April!

Episode note: there is a little feedback issue in the 2nd half of the episode that we couldn’t get rid of, but it’s not terrible! Apologies!

“Did God create the aliens?”

Derek and Hilary’s college bestie Corie Anderson joins the podcast this week to discuss her weekend in her home of Chicago! She has a new furnace installed, goes to the gym and watches a lot of the L Word. Meanwhile Derek witnesses a vegan donut meltdown and binges a lot of Real Housewives, Hilary sees Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man & the Pool, dog sits, and dreams about seeing UFOs. Plus everyone goes to see M3GAN!

“Happy Poo Year!”

Scout Durwood, comedian, singer, actress and director, join Hilary and Derek this week to breakdown her New Years Eve weekend! She hosts a burlesque show, drinks Champagne, and attends a clown party to yell “Happy Poo Year!” while working through all of her godless traditions like writing love letters to herself and burying ideas in the ground. Meanwhile, Derek builds a Target Gingerbread house and Hilary gets yelled at on the street. Also discussed: obsessive grooming, Avatar 2, the Rose Bowl and popcorn habits.

Scout Durwood’s debut feature film YouTopia will be available for VOD this coming February! Follow her on Instagram for more information.

"The Most Random Thing About Me"

Laila Hashemi of pop punk band The Paranoyds joins Hilary this week (sans Derek!) to discuss her first weekend in LA after getting back from a long tour. She sees a fashion show at the Wiltern, attends a casino themed baby shower and celebrates her 31st birthday. Hilary hosts her annual Holiday Arts & Crafts party, wonders about being the “poor friend,” and believes The Crown is full true history.

Check out The Paranoyd’s new album Talk Talk Talk on Spotify today!

“POETIC AND TRUE”

No guest this week! Just Hilary and Derek talking about the weekend. Topics include: Kirstie Alley’s death, LCD Soundsystem, the play “2:22,” finishing a 10-piece chicken nugget, the LA Zoo lights show and being “not at home.”

“SBARRO”

Playwright and co-host of the podcast Beckett’s Babies Sarah Cho joins Hilary and Derek this week! Topics discussed: Ikea layouts, Sbarro Pizza, escape rooms, white girls in Seattle and whether or not we’ll be hot in our 60s?

Also an apology about the audio quality this week. We were unaware of an issue with Sarah’s computer during recording, so her audio fluctuates throughout. Our bad!

“HOT DOG, WHISKEY”

Beth Prouty, who spearheads the Unstoppable program at the Slamdance Film Festival, joins Hilary and Derek this week to breakdown her weekend. She survives programming deliberations, pukes in a yoga class, and makes a day trip to Canada! Plus, Hilary decides its Christmas and Derek gets a free trip to Disneyland.

“BREASTFEEDING”

Comedian and host of Sundance/AMC’s Indefensible Jena Friedman joins Hilary (no Derek!!) this week to talk about… well… breastfeeding! She’s a new mom and all that means is weekends blend together, baby! She has NO CLUE what she did this weekend!! Hilary raves about new friends in your 30s, Dunkin Donuts’ new bagel minis and The Banshees of Inisherin.

Check out the new season of Indefensible on AMC+ and stream Jena’s new hour special Ladykiller on Peacock!

“BUMFUCK”

Bestselling thriller author Danielle Girard joins the podcast this week to talk about her weekend in Montana. Danielle works on her breath work, has some good sushi and admits she hates steak and potatoes. Derek gets a pumpkin from Scotty Tahoe’s and has to eat lunch next to a really gross man. Hilary goes to see The Paranoyds, attends too many Halloween parties and discovers Trader Joe’s cheese powder. Plus, everyone tries to understand the origin of the term “bumfuck”…?

Find Danielle’s books on Amazon, plus listen to her podcast Killer Women where ever you find your podcasts!

“Sweater Poncho Deal Situation”

Documentary filmmaker and cat mom Jasmine Luoma chats about her weekend with Hilary and Derek this week. She looks for a Halloween costume, eats a dosa, and sees Halloween Ends (spoiler alert!). Derek travels to Palm Springs for elevated diner food and almost has to deal with his fear of heights. Hilary competes in the East Village Dog Costume Contest, goes to a punk show and leaves her new shirt at a strip club.

For more details from Jasmine, Hilary and Dereks’ weekend follow the podcast on Instagram @thisweekendpod!