What'd You Do This Weekend?

This week! With New Yorker cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield, Hilary and Derek cover important topics like:

Restaurant delivery fees, Hocus Pocus 2, cold plunges, dogs in the East River, BravoCon and getting stuck on rollercoasters.

Find Jason Chatfield’s wonderful work here on Substack at New York Cartoons!

“Republican Poetry”

We’re back from our very long and random hiatus this week, chatting (sans Derek!) with Iowa journalist Lyz Lenz, author behind the famed substack Men Yell At Me. Please join us as we break down her weekend where she watches Broadcast News for the first time, cries, cuts her bangs, and finds herself having to listen to the poet laureate of Iowa. Plus, Hilary talks about being a sex positive dog mom, figuring out a shoe fits, and going to a traveling pumpkin patch in Brighton Beach.

For more of Lyz’s work, please follow her on Twitter and find her books Belabored and God Land at a bookstore near you!

“BORN AGAIN”

The fantastic Brooke Bundy — actress (The Hunger Games, Neighborhood Food Drive), writer, director and performer at Jumbo’s Clown Room in LA — joins Derek and Hilary this week to talk about her weekend from watching A League of Their Own to dancing at Jumbo’s and finally having a woman at the grocery store think she’s a born again Christian! Plus, an auto repairman flirts with Derek as he gets his car serviced and Hilary goes to an 80s cover band show in Walnut Creek.

Check out the trailer for Brooke’s Almost Already Famous and follow her on instagram at @dr.brookebundy !

“FULL BLOWN MENTAL BREAKDOWN”

The absolutely enchanting Hayley Orrantia (The Goldbergs, The Masked Singer) and her fiance, comedian and actor, Greg Furman join Hilary and Derek this week to chat about their weekends. Hayley starts the weekend off with a meltdown but then films a new music video with Greg. Plus, Greg talks to people at the farmer’s market about peppers. Meanwhile, Hilary goes to the mall with her 14 year-old nephew and buys an outfit at Tilly’s and Derek waits in line for 2 hours to get into a haunted house.

Check out Hayley’s new hit singles Open Your Mouth and Gasoline and watch Greg’s new movie Wing Dad on Amazon Prime.

"The difference between canoeing & kayaking"

Hilary’s boyfriend Frank Graniero, famed musician and revolutionary war fanatic, joins the podcast this week to break down his vacation to Lake Champlain! Derek flips out over Shakira’s tax evasion scandal and Elizabeth Olsen shows up at Hilary’s small town baseball game.

“TIGHT BUTTS!”

Cartoonist and illustrator Rachal Duggan joins Hilary and Derek this week to breakdown her weekend! Derek takes a pilgrimage to the Encino Bucca di Beppo, Hilary dog sits in the Bay Area and Rachal works multiple events doing butt portraits in Milwaukee. Get your booty pic today! Find her work online at @radillustrates and www.radillustrates.com.

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The Really Boring Episode!

No guest this week, just Hilary and Derek! Apologies for a couple reasons, Hilary and Derek are both a little tired and also… the AC in Hilary’s parents’ house turns on halfway through recording. WHOOPS! We’re living and learning out here!

This week your fabulous hosts discuss buying taffy when you know you don’t like it, going to the Hallmark store, and the highly addictive Sirius satellite radio. Are you going on vacation this summer? Let us know! Email us at [email protected] or find us on instagram @thisweekendpod.

“DOOMSCROLLING”

Hilary and Derek talk with NYT journalist Jessica Bennett and her husband Sam Slaughter about how they coped in the days following the fall of Roe. This is a sad episode, folks! We doomscrolled, we cried, and Hilary spilled an entire salad. But it’s not all bad news, Jessica tells us about her Fun Coach, Sam attends a Raiders of the Last Arc screening and Derek sees Countess Luann de Lesseps perform.

Find Jessica’s newsletter Wait, Really on Bulletin, and keep up with the rest of her work for the NYT by following her on twitter @JessicaBennett. Plus, if you don’t own a copy of Feminist Fight Club, get it now! (Hilary co-illustrated the book!).

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“CRYSTAL LIGHT LEMONADE PACKETS!”

WORLD FAMOUS comedy photographer Mindy Tucker joins Hilary and Derek this week as they talk about the fabulous new film Fire Island, Mindy realizing she’s not a rebel, the Arroyo Park Shell Gas Station, and Hilary having to attend four parties in two days. Find Mindy Tucker’s work on Instagram @withreservation and hire her for all your comedy portrait needs!

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“The Summer of Sprawling Salads!”

Writer and CEO of Very Famous Magazine Kelsey Lawrence joins Hilary and Derek to discuss Memorial Day Weekend 2022! Hilary and Kelsey see Pamela Anderson on Broadway, Derek takes notes while watching Top Gun, and everyone breaks down the importance of the Bunny Museum in Altadena!

Want to tell us about YOUR weekend? Comment below or email us at [email protected]! Plus, find even MORE out about our weekends by following on Instagram @thisweekendpod! Make sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher and we would love it if you could leave us a positive rating!