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PODCAST

How Were U Brainwashed?

Jenny Donheiser

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 lowbrow

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1:03:49

"Chic Enough for Bowls" (w/ Max Jenkins)

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2025/05/14

Jenny & Nicole welcome undeniable star Max Jenkins (Titanique, High Maintenance, Dead to Me) to the pod!We get into if Jenny should wear a tube top to a job interview, how Girls is on Nick at Nite, a Lea Michele obsession, offending your mom by not wanting to look at T***p's ass, disregulating your nervous sytem to match your mom's, how it's necessary to live within walking distance of a Twix, and the intersection of Cee Lo, puppets, and Gwyneth

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1:09:24

"Work is Yogurt" (w/ Rekha Shankar)

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2025/05/07

Jenny & Nicole welcome incredible comedian (Smartypants on Dropout), actor, and writer (Digman!) Rekha Shankar to the pod!We get into Rekha's new movie she's working on, the darkness currently happening on The Valley, slugline behavior, Brad Pitt selling pinto beans, if any 17 year old can write a good college essay, what happenned to the first spoueses in The Brady Bunch, and how Starbucks is for the airport.@rekha_s@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See

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1:07:57

"I Was Never Supposed to Have a Desk" (w/ Jenny &...

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2025/04/30

Welcome to the big 100th Episode special (lol)!!!!!We solve listener brainwashes and discuss if we had millenial weddings, driverless cars, Nicole's sleep apnea journey, Dr. Spock, if CEOs are smarter than us, if Instagram is the new male gaze, if we'd want high boobs if we existed in a vacuum, if Nicole knows how Harry Potter ends, Jenny having sex to Newsies and if a bath counts as self-care.THANKS FOR 100 EPS! LOVE YA! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:02

"4 Swirls on Time Magazine" (w/ THNK1994)

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2025/04/23

Jenny & Nicole welcome the literal geniuses behind THNK1994 Viviana Olen & Matt Harkins to the pod!We get into if skincare is real, Gayle in space, which of us will be the next QVC host, Princesses of Long Island, our love language being Wheel of Fortune fails, deep plane lower facelifts, if it's ok to have mirrors in your bedroom, tinytents.com, and Nicole's grandfather breaking through the space time continuum.@thnk1994@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See

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1:10:21

"Funky Hat" (w/ Jordan Myrick)

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2025/04/16

Jenny & Nicole welcome a comedian, actor, and writer (Good Mythical Morning, host of Gastronauts) with INCREDIBLE VIBES Jordan Myrick to the pod!We get into how the gay world is a funhouse mirror of the straight world, if we still like doing the pod now that we're almost 100 eps in, Lady Gaga buying fish, Jenny's time at Sitcom/Soap Opera School, if we should forgive Richard Kind, why Gen Z has so many descriptors in their bios, how when you're an only child your siblings are your parents,

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57:52

"Sigmund & Roy" (w/ Vinny DePonto)

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2025/04/09

Jenny & Nicole welcome Mentalist & Mindreader Vinny DePonto to the pod!We get into the 3 M's - Mentalism, Mindreading & Magic, go back to a simpler time (2012) in reality tv when Million Dollar Listing NY premiered, taking shots of gin in your 20's, how Instagram ruins every magic trick, if cereal is "of the earth", and what it's like to be the brainwashER for once!Check out "MINDPLAY" at The Greenwich House Theater thru May

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1:00:19

"America's Next Top Pope" (w/ Chris Murphy)

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2025/04/02

Jenny & Nicole welcome dreamboat of a guest Chris Murphy (staff writer at Vanity Fair, comedian, and actor) to the pod!We get into the concept of being "well-rounded," how much talking is appropriate when watching the Oscars on a couch with your friends, being excited for Nicole's PTA era, if being a good singer means you are a more valuable human, Brian Litrell's son, and what American Idol contestants we all are.@christress@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See

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1:02:52

"I'm Mermaid-Open" (w/ Carey O'Donnell)

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2025/03/26

Jenny & Nicole welcome real deal writer (Heathers), comedian, and podcasting star Carey O'Donnell (SUP) to the pod!We get into Hanson and their luscious locks, the Vanderpump reboot, Megan Hilty being talented (hot take!), if Bill Irwin and Ilana Glazer should play husband and wife, the White Lotus brother dynamic (as of Episode 5 so just KEEP THAT IN MIND), Brie Larson's instagram presence, the Loch Ness Monster, if we've explored every

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58:24

"Cookin' Cake in Your Fish Pan" (w/ Ryan J. Haddad)

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2025/03/19

Jenny & Nicole welcome LOVELY actor (The Politician, Madam Secretary, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), playwright, and autobiographical performer Ryan J. Haddad to the pod!We get into Ryan's star turn in Pasadena Playhouses' production of La Cage Aux Folles, trying to control the uncontrollable as a child, whether we should have Mike White and Miss Rachel on the pod at the same time, giving roses on Hinge, Atma Janzu, Nicole's star turn in the sexual harassment training video that will not go away,

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57:41

"I'm Trying Not to Sleep with Idiots" (w/ Milly Tamarez)

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2025/03/12

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius stand-up, writer, actress, and fellow podcaster (Go Touch Grass) Milly Tamarez to the pod!We get into hookup culture, the shrimp in the cereal, if we should buy bots, what they're selling at The Beef Jerky Experience, getting a visa to do coke, how many weed breaks are necessary to get through a baby shower, why movies should take big swings, and if guys should send you playlists,@milly_tamarez@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See

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52:15

"Pepper Nipples" (w/ Jenny & Nicole)

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2025/03/05

It's just us gals this week! We get into how Traitors, White Lotus, and Summer House are The Big 3, how Jenny's son's Spotify Wrapped is just Wheels on the Bus, if we should have had stage names, if Jenny's ever made a mistake, finding your UCB classmates on LinkedIn, cleaning a dog's ears via VR, if White Lotus can cure depression, and Jiminy Cricket.@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:01

"He's Right Behind Me, Isn't He?" (w/ Fancy Feast)

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2025/02/26

Jenny & Nicole welcome ICONIC Burlesque STAR and Author (Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques) Fancy Feast to the pod!We get into if bronchitis is a virus, scrims in high school theater, being Gandalf in 6th grade, how doing burlesque is microdosing having power, Nicole's driving journey update, mudlarking, nap dresses, and if Boomers are tipping.@fancyfeastburlesque@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:56

"Iterations of a Gay Assistant" (w/ Paul McCallion)

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2025/02/19

Jenny & Nicole welcome the DELIGHTFUL actor (Everything's Trash, I Feel Pretty), writer (Vulture), and comedian Paul McCallion to the pod!We get into the culture being too woke for us to book, very smart business & finance hacks, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's new show, the Distracted Boyfriend meme, if The Strategist gift guides can be trusted, the pod being a small business, if we'll make our kids wear leashes, and Jenny reading dragon

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59:58

"This Image is SO Complex" (w/ Joe Castle Baker)

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2025/02/12

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius comedian, writer, and actor (Search Party, The Other Two) Joe Castle Baker to the pod!We get into Joe's short film "Honey" (now streaming on Vimeo), whether or not Nicole has Munchausens, Roseanne Barr's long-lost reality show "Roseanne's Nuts," Kid Nation, being good at sex, and who is which of the seven erogenous zones.@joecastlebaker@nicolespiezio@theheiser@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:39

"I'm Gifted AND Talented!" (w/ Benj Mirman)

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2025/02/05

Jenny & Nicole welcome joyous actor (OKLAHOMA! Nat'l Tour) and sweet lil friend Benj Mirman to the pod!We get into what bad stuff happened at all of our weddings, Paul Rudd's candy store, if we can stretch mid-30's to mean 37, being a talented child, if time out works, and how Gen Z loves Shrek.@benjmirman@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:12

"Bouncing Off The Walls at Coldstone" (w/ Ali Stroker)

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2025/01/29

Jenny & Nicole welcome our first TONY AWARD WINNER (Oklahoma!) Ali Stroker (Only Murders in The Building, Blue Bloods, Christmas Ever After) to the pod!We get into brainwashing as a good thing, being working mommies, if doctors should wear suits, how Petco is kind of like a zoo but not, the beauty of having a finished basement and a yard, how having a disability is like having a suitcase that you're always unpacking, and who is Kimmy

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1:00:37

"Girls Meets Narnia " (w/ Mary Adkins)

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2025/01/22

Jenny & Nicole welcome the radiantly delightful author (When You Read This, Privilege, Palm Beach) Mary Adkins to the pod!We get into if undercover cop is the same job as detective, the (lol) TikTok ban, Ace Ventura, attending a murder mystery WEEKEND, being a lawyer for 7 months, a vaping Ghost of Christmas Future, reading joke books at bedtime, and Nicole being the next Judge Judy.SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST 3 EPS OF THE TRAITORS 4:46-7:39Go Fund Me for Marisol:

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58:53

"Poet Laureate of The Dark Arts" (w/ Alex Bedder)

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2025/01/15

Jenny & Nicole welcome genius creator and culture curator Alex Bedder to the pod!We get into Nicole coming clean about still being on a family phone plan, what's happening with Jenny's butt, Bye Sister, if Nicole or Marlon Brando is the better actor, how the internet is built on Tiffany Pollard, being in a cult lite, how Enlightened is the best show, and Wild Wild Country setting the bar too high.@itgetsbedder@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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59:47

"Deconstructed Crab Rangoon" (w/ Tom Hamlett)

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2025/01/08

Jenny & Nicole welcome pop culture maven and podcaster (Dumpster Dive, Good Judys) Tom Hamlett to the pod!We get into the end of Paige & Craig, who Dorinda should play in Chicago on Broadway, doing spin class in a pool, fathers being scared of The Sixth Sense, horror villains who do bits, Lisa Barlow telling you to "Fuck Off", and chicken bacon ranch martinis.@thetomhamlett@theheiser@nicolespiezio@howwereubrainwashedpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:29

RE-RELEASE "Childhood Sports is Other People's Dad...

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2025/01/01

Happy New Year! Your girls are off nursing their NYE hangovers (jk we can't go anywhere because we are new moms) and hope you are too. Enjoy this re-release with funniest person alive - Pat Regan!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

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