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How Were U Brainwashed? is a podcast hosted by your new best friends, Nicole Spiezio and Jenny Donheiser, that asks guests just that. What did you grow up thinking was true that you now know is just full brainwashing, babe? How did you unpack that bullshit and come out the other side? From religion to Jersey Shore, from Monogamy to Pepé Le Pew, the pod tackles women stuff, fat/body stuff (Nicole is fat! Trendy!!!), mental health stuff (you know your girls are in therapy), and a fair share of ...
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Jenny & Nicole welcome the delightful stand-up comedian, writer, and Jenny's former work bestie Maria Wojo to the pod! They get into whether babies float like witches, Rochester Garbage Plates, looking like Laura Dern, being pranked by your children, being young and bold with your Facebook requests, if Conservative female OBGYNs exist, and whether …
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Jenny & Nicole have a BFF catch-up this week. They get into a shopowner upstate who has a personal vendetta against Nicole, Jenny being wrongfully accused of wearing and returning an expensive dress, watching people have sex on Summer House, why we still say "god bless you" after sneezes, Jenny's commitment to nightgowns, the brainwashing by big pi…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome actor, writer, producer, and commercial superstar Paul Marcarelli to the pod! They get into permanently changing your eye color, auditioning to play an airplane seat, not identifying as happy, pre-Ellen vs. post-Ellen, if there is any good job, if there's a difference between advertising and propaganda, and who among them wou…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome brilliantly funny comedian, actor, and writer James Tison to the pod! They get into making your baby Italian via daycare, #calzonegate, how living in New York has forced us all to be vigilante exterminators, why anyone would want to move to Manhattan after seeing RENT, and having an agent that asks YOU for notes on their stan…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome INCREDIBLE AND GORGEOUS Actress, Comedian, Singer, and co-host of your other fav podcast Seek Treatment Cat Cohen to HWUB! They get into shoes on babies, how Gaga does dancing whereas Taylor Swift just walks, getting railed by Peter from Vanderpump Rules, the greatest passion in life being eating after midnight, why chicken p…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress and all-around beautiful human Marisol Sacramento to the pod! They get into spoon-shaped tools for your pelvic floor, if the Bodies Exhibit is good or bad, lying about being on Gossip Girl, website guides to doing drugs in other countries, if Pét-nats are like kombucha, the pursuit of perfection, and having…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible actress, comedian, and Indie DARLING Eleanore Pienta to the pod! They get into dancing making you happy, if there's any clickbait we can get about The Daniels, hatred for The King's Speech, Bridget Jones fucking Ed Sheeran in a yurt, Jenny's dad carrying a hardback briefcase, Jenny eating a bagel moments before her…
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YOUR GIRLS ARE BACK!!!! Nicole is back from maternity leave (does that exist for podcasters?) and she and Jenny have some major catching up to do. They get into if babysitting prepares you for motherhood, how Joseph Campbell wishes he was as strong as Nicole, if Rosemary is a blonde's name, how they feel about Scandoval a year out, Tom Schwartz's a…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome dear friend and GIFTED & TALENTED Casting Director Taylor Williams to the pod! They get into if Henry Winkler mistook Nicole for Ricki Lake or if she's just delulu, if parents understand art or not, where to drink beer out of styrofoam cups, casting children and animals, the Wishbone dog (honestly surprised it's taken this lo…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome genius actor, artist, and human ray of light Preston Martin to the pod! They get into whether learning about similes and metaphors should still be taught in schools, the original Tin Man's closed pores, when NY theater has a food/smell gimmick, being on a lifelong HEALING journey, being #rulefollowers, again questioning if we…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome filmmaker (We Strangers) and director of all your fav TV shows (The Other Two, And Just Like That, The Afterparty) Anu Valia to the pod! They get into Jenny's insatiable need for jalapenos + dairy, the dangers of Amazon overnight delivery, Nicole & Jenny's Vanderpump Rules inspired pregnancy pact, working with the icons of An…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome a damn OSCAR NOMINEE and writer of the deeply iconic May December Samy Burch to the pod! They get into everything you could ever want to know about your fav movie May December, Traitors Season 2 (spoilers for the first 3 eps!), how Suits is the Good Wife but bad, eating your cereal with non-dairy creamer, and how mashed potat…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome Supervising Producer at Late Night with Seth Meyers and sweetie pie Henry Melcher to the pod! They get into Reality Von Tease-gate, Nicole no longer identifying as Below Deck resistant, how Seth Meyers is a beloved boss (boring but true), the Kellyanne Conway of it all, being at a comedy show when Tr*mp won in 2016, how copyi…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome writer, actor, fellow podcaster, and DAMN DELIGHT Andrew Farmer to the pod! They get into Sonja Morgan's boundaries, ripping toilets out of walls, whether Jenny's mom knows the Gilgo Beach Killer, the burping on The Jinx, if there are any valid reasons why someone would support one sport team over another, whether an assortme…
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We're back with a classic Jenny & Nicole ep! They get into the birth of Jenny's son (!!!!!!), including his perfectly circular little face, eating a Caesar Salad Wrap at 3:30 AM, not wanting to have Tim Allen on the pod, May December being an absolute BOP of a movie, Nicole asking a question on WWHL, Jenny's amazing impression of The Crown, getting…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome incredibly smart, funny, and charming comedian, actor (Bros, Hacks, Platonic) & writer (The Other Two, The Mindy Project, Q-Force) Guy Branum to the pod! They get into sad lights & testosterone increasing red lights (?), the liberation of taking off your shirt in a park, the amount of Family Guy references in Prince Harry's b…
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Jenny & Nicole are with family this Xmas! Please enjoy this re-release of our LIVE SHOW with funniest human alive JO FIRESTONE! --- Jenny & Nicole record How Were U Brainwashed LIVE at the Green Room 42 with special guest JO FIRESTONE! They get into Jo's self-published book "Murder on Sex Island," conspiracies of Big Q-Tip, and a BIG life announcem…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome Comedian/Writer/Sister/Funny Lady Susan Casey to the pod! They get into predictions about Jenny's unborn baby, binge-watching The Sopranos, the Selling Sunset twins and their large pupils, how watching Ted Talks is like really important, the horniness & evilness of Cruel Intentions, who teen movies are *actually* for, Nicole …
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Jenny & Nicole welcome amazing Director of theater (!) and film (!) Annie Tippe to the pod! They get into delayed gratification TV watching, Jenny's pregnancy weeping sessions, what it's like to be in the *cool* college acapella group, if being a director is like playing with Barbie dolls, how showing off at karaoke is uncouth, how men talking to y…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome funniest goddamn human of all time and ray of light MATT ROGERS to the pod! They get into internet cafes, how Nicole & Jenny have deeply and earnestly loved Las Cultch since DAY ONE, how Jenny is so excited to meet Matt she might go into labor, the amount of soda being consumed on Long Island in the '90s, how questioning real…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome beloved childhood friend of Jenny and INCREDIBLE director Mary Dauterman to the pod! They get into Jenny being a juror on a murder trial, taking home the class pet for the weekend, what it's like to direct (and text with) Jennifer Coolidge, reciting bible verses for your Grandma's Christmas present, watching the Left Behind m…
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Jenny & Nicole are out for Thanksgiving week! Please enjoy this re-release of our ep with the legend JOHN EARLY! Jenny & Nicole welcome college friend turned CELEBRITY John Early. They get into how John convinced Taylor Swift to release "Anti-Hero" as the first single, how "The Brady Bunch Movie" created his aesthetic, and that time he shat himself…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome true original genius comedian and writer Billy Domineau to the pod! They get into Kevin Federline appearing on Celebrity Fit Club, Wendy's baked potatoes, the disgusting science behind babies being born with pneumonia, their grandmothers pushing tomatoes on them, getting ketamine therapy in a strip mall, and what illicit mate…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome downtown theater darling and incredibly talented actor & creator Janice Amaya on the pod! They get into their BravoCon FOMO, how phlebotomists have incredible vibes, Mary Cosby choosing to sit in a car instead of filming, how the aliens are actually coming from the water and not from space, and if mermaids actually exist or i…
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Jenny & Nicole fly SOLO this week and get into Britney's memoir, who they're voting for in the BravoCon Awards, what foods/bevs might make Jenny go into labor, the expectations around friendship, and their audio play of Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes in prison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome cabaret STAR and all-around icon Salty Brine to the pod! They get into what's ACTUALLY inside the pyramids, Nicole's undying love for Hibachi, Salty's incredible cabaret series The Living Record Collection, which of them have made out and under what circumstances, how birth should feel like squashing a blueberry, why art is M…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome SUPREMELY FUNNY comedian & writer Anna Drezen (SNL, Praise Petey) to the pod! They get into if there was a flash mob at Jenny's recent baby shower if the women on the Golden Bachelor should be allowed to sit during the rose ceremony if having eucalyptus on your wedding tablescape is over or not, how being from Long Island is …
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It is a huge day on the pod this week because Jenny and Nicole are joined by their husbands - Graham Burns and Mike Duquette! They get into Back to the Future THE MUSICAL, Nene on Bethenny's podcast, if our couples would survive as teams on the Amazing Race, how to work with your neurodivergence instead of fighting against it, and most importantly …
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Jenny & Nicole welcome THE TASTE MAKER Evan Ross Katz to the pod! They get into Welcome to Plathville (a questionable show), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (an incredible show), The Legend Cirie Fields, the Reality Reckoning of it all, and the love we have for Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. We know you will enjoy Evan's impeccable taste & takes and J…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome filmmaker and actor extraordinaire Todd Flaherty to the pod! They get into fried bologna sandwiches, what it's REALLY like to make an independent feature film, how good it can feel to be in feral wild animal single mode, and most importantly - what bodies of water everyone is. Make sure to check out Todd's film Chrissy Judy! …
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It's a classic Snooki & JWOWW ep this week. Jenny & Nicole take on #boymoms, what they're currently watching (aka Selling the OC, Station Eleven, Girls, The Ultimatum, The Return of Real Housewives of Salt Lake, AND MORE), if zoos are helping or hurting, and all you can eat buffets. @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast.…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome star writing duo Claire Rothrock and Ryann Weir to the pod! We get into the Lindsay & Carl of it all on Summer House, just how many plants Jenny has, making a TV pilot 4 weeks postpartum, how grades are ultimately about winning, and what jobs are good for robots. Please also enjoy Jenny's family losing all sense of decorum in…
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Welcome to a very special ep of How Were U Brainwashed! This week we welcome professional astrologer Jordan Shomer aka Your Astrologer Friend to the pod! Jordan breaks down our charts and tells us whether or not we should be friends. Ultimately Jenny is Mother who is nervous and Nicole is Alien who is anxious and ur gonna have to listen to REALLY G…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome the host of your FAV Bravo pod, Sarah Galli from "Andy's Girls," to HWUB. We of course dabble in Bravo since we're in the presence of greatness (Michael Rapaport wishes!). We also get into wedding and marriage as the pinnacle of a young girl's life, how acting school is essentially majoring in thoughts & feelings, and celebra…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome genius writer & director Morgan Gould (A League of Their Own) to the pod! They get deep into Housewives from the new New York cast to the golden age of Brooks faking cancer, the #darkness of the Salem Witch trials, and who is shaving what. @actuallyfatmorgan @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. S…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian, actor, writer, co-host of the podcast Straightiolab, and damn GEM OF A HUMAN Sam Taggart to the pod! They get into how being an actor/comedian/perfomer ultimately means you also have to be hot and dress well, if dermatologists are hotter than musicians, and how your older cousins peer pressure you into being indie. …
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Jenny and Nicole are back as a twosome this week after their first live show! Jenny walks us through what she learned at her first birthing class (yes, you CAN eat fried chicken before you go to the hospital), Nicole's undying love for a children's science museum, the bravery of a middle school teacher, and why rich people look hotter and younger t…
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Jenny & Nicole record How Were U Brainwashed LIVE at the Green Room 42 with special guest JO FIRESTONE! They get into Jo's self-published book "Murder on Sex Island," conspiracies of Big Q-Tip, and a BIG life announcement from Jenny. Please enjoy this special ep! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome the ONE, the ONLY, PAT REGAN, to the pod!!!!! If you thought Hannah Horvath was the voice of her generation, you must not know Pat, babe! They get into a little bit of everything this ep. From the current Kim v. Kourtney fight playing out on The Kardashians to giving handjobs as a strategy to get votes in Big Brother to the m…
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History is truly made as Jenny & Nicole welcome another pair of BFF Podcast Hosts - Sarah Adams & Maggie Rieth Austin from "Unstable Topics" to the pod! They get into PRIME BRAINWASH AREAS P90x and... IMPROV. Plus, Nicole & Jenny break down all the stupid bad TV they've been watching. CW: There's some diet culture talk 24:20- 33:53, so FEEL FREE TO…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome comedian and true SWEETIE PIE Drew Anderson to the pod! They get into what Bethenny Frankel vehicles they are currently consuming, the gut punch of getting hired at Abercrombie KIDS instead of the classic version and being gay in a pre-Glee era. PLUS the Paul Scheer update you've all been waiting for... @imdrewanderson @thehe…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome absolute LEGEND with a CAPITAL L Constance Shulman (Doug, Orange is the New Black) to the pod! They get into how actors are prime targets for cults and/or MLM's, senior citizen discounts, and how despite the marketing, your 20s actually suck. @connie.shulman @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. S…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome POWERHOUSE PODCAST PRODUCER Jackie Danziger to the pod! They get into what true crime is enjoyable and what is too scary, why we're not able to order Ubers in our dreams, and how women are BRAINWASHED to compete with each other. Make sure to check out all the kewl podcasts Jackie works on - Blind Plea, Wiser Than Me, and more…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome star actor/comedian/dancer TALLIE MEDEL to the pod! They get into THE ONLY GOOD MOVIE aka EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, the gorgeous vulnerability of CLOWNING, and Enya's genre of music being: ENYA. @talliemedel @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome genius comedian/figure skater (CAN U IMAGINE A BETTER COMBO?!) Tommy Do to the pod! They get into #influencerlife, all the Princes Tommy has played in Disney on Ice, and forcing your child to go to The Olympics for GLORY. Notes on a Scandoval: https://dice.fm/event/9a9l6-notes-on-a-scandoval-18th-jun-cmon-everybody-new-york-t…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome LEGIT ACTOR Michael Cyril Creighton (Only Murders in the Building, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, High Maintenance) to the pod! They get into the truth about being a dog owner, MERYL GODDAMN STREEP, how Glengarry Glen Ross IS Gilmore Girls, and who among the three is pigs in a blanket. @mccisnauseous @theheiser @nicolespiezio @ho…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome supremely funny goddess Danielle Gibson to the pod! They GO DEEP (get it?) about the Janet Jackson concert Nicole went to, why celebrity struggles get marketed as FUN FOR ALL via the Ballad of Charlie Sheen, and seeking parental advice on Reddit. @HeyJulieBB - twitter @theheiser @nicolespiezio @howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted o…
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Jenny & Nicole welcome HILARIOUS ANGEL RICHARD PEREZ to the pod! They get into what jobs are good for meeting people to hook up with, why media is obsessed with making high schoolers feel like they have to fuck by graduation, and what everybody's first concert was. LA get your tix to Richard's show on 6/16 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/richard…
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Jenny and Nicole stop being polite and start getting REAL on this solo ep. Your girls are ***in a mood*** on this rainy day and talk about the brainwashing surrounding alcohol (which is 5:00-18:00 if you want to skip that part, baby), the tragedy of having a day job, and they cast themselves as fast, casual chains (is this the content ya'll want?) …
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