Quitters Podcast

Raven-Symoné and her wife Miranda Maday join Chad and Julie for their Quitters Season 2 finale. They’re candid about what it’s taken them to work through their starkly different communication styles in their relationship and as business partners. Raven shares stories from growing up in the industry and why she broke up with Miranda years ago before they got back together and got married. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad talk to food blogger and entrepreneur Erin Morrissey-Antoniak. She gets real about how her issues with control led her to an eating disorder that took her out of college. She talks about quitting her corporate job, healing her relationship with food and turning it into a thriving business with Erin Lives Whole.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ally Maki is a CEO, actress and model. She talks to Chad and Julie about living in an “actor bootcamp house” with other aspiring child actors, finding her real identity later in life and a story she’s never told before about choosing her feeling over work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad interview their first magician! Justin Willman tells them about what drew him to magic, how he went from performing at birthday parties to creating his own Netflix show “Magic For Humans,” and dissects ethics in performing magic. He also explains why it was difficult to leave his identity as Justin Kredible behind to mature as a performer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Thea Trinidad Büdgen, also known as WWE’s Zelina Vega! She dives into how she got started in wrestling, working with Florence Pugh, her obsession with anime, and going against gender norms as one of WWE’s biggest stars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Quitter is actor and filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones. She tells Julie and Chad about the challenge in hiring an all women crew, gets candid about being in an open marriage and dealing with divorce, and hooks them up with details about her new Roku show, Slip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Quitter is the creator of MTV’s Catfish, Nev Schulman. He talks about how getting catfished catapulted him towards producing and hosting 10+ years of the show, how the show has evolved, the future of identity, and how Catfishing has grown since the Pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Ben Norris of “Never Have I Ever” fame. He tells us about what it took to quit his desk job to chase the Hollywood pipe dream and dealing with the barrage of “nos” in the acting pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Jameela Jamil - a writer, actress and devout feminist. She was honest and forward about her body dysmorphia, attempted suicide and her choice not to have children. She moves nimbly between heavy topics and humor.  TW: suicide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18-year-old TV star Peyton Elizabeth Lee discusses her experience as a freshman TV star on a college campus and adjusting to life in New York. She also talks about working with Julie on their new movie, Prom Pact, and reflects on high school, the future of movies, and navigating adulthood in the entertainment industry. The speakers also discuss the importance of media training, the impact of behind-the-scenes drama, and watching themselves and reflecting on insecurities.