

Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata
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Gayle & Oprah. Bonnie & Clyde. Nicole & Sasheer. Enter the pantheon of best friendship. When you’re forced to change your number, are sick of being single, or want to take a pole-dancing class, you’re going to need a best friend...and if you don’t, you can still have this podcast.This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm.
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Jun 15, 2022 • 46min
Sasheer Is Not A Follower
We hope you too are nice and loose and limber! This week Nicole and Sasheer make dinner plans, discuss Nicole’s peanut habits, Sasheer’s need to get to the bottom of why there is a line, how dreamy a young Steve Buscemi was, Nicole’s bruised coccyx, and exploring new exercise classes. They take a quiz to see if they have psychic abilities, learn about Sasheer’s three imaginary friends, and answer listener questions about choosing between weddings, and more! Here is the quiz we took: https://www.quizyourfriends.com/1-in-100000-actually-have-psychic-abilities-do-you/ Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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Jun 8, 2022 • 57min
Nicole Knows Support Is Not Just For Breasts with Grace Edwards & Amy Aniobi
Hello! You look good and thriving! Welcome to another episode of Besting Everybody? Besting Ourselves?!? Besting Each Other with Grace Edwards & Amy Aniobi! Grace shares how well black people are treated in Portugal, how much she admires Amy’s inclusive leadership skills, gassing your best friend UP, and wanting more morning cocktails with your best friend. Amy tells stories of wonderful hot toddies, being the friend who schedules, printing directions in case of zombie apocalypse, and what's the word for expressing interest in a job? Submission? Let us know. Reunited, Grace and Amy remember connecting over cocktails, loving your friend’s titties, and BFF EGOTs.
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Jun 1, 2022 • 1h 17min
Sasheer Doesn’t Have A Favorite Color - LIVE
This week, we’ve got a couch! And we’re live from the Netflix Is A Joke festival! We discuss the size of pyramids, Sasheer meeting Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the app Sasheer tells if she’s horny, pornhub - ever heard of it?, if Sasheer would travel 16 hours for a hot dog, and if Nicole got power hungry on the set of Nailed It. They take a quiz to find what bird they would be in another life, and learn if having a duck is feasible for Nicole. They answer listener questions about an office threesome, mushroom birthday presents, and lots of wonderful questions from our audience! Here is the quiz we took this week: https://www.quizyourfriends.com/what-bird-would-you-be-in-another-life/ Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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May 25, 2022 • 49min
Nicole Had To Undress Some Shrimp
3-2-1 - HAPPY SASHEER! HAPPY NICOLE! This week we discuss undressing shrimp, restaurant horror stories, post-covid bad behavior, why everyone is talking to Nicole at the airport, birth stones and their spiritual meanings, Nicole’s ceiling keyboard, the colors everyone wants to see on Sasheer, going braless, and more. They take a quiz to see if they would be better with Shrek or Prince Charming, and answer a listener question on whether you should be friends with someone who collects teeth. Plus - Sasheer explains sandwiches! Here is the B for Bones website we look at: https://bforbones.com/Here is the quiz we took in today's episode: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ranma/shrek-soulmate-quizEmail or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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May 18, 2022 • 1h 9min
Sasheer Has a LOT of Unread Emails with Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey
Hello! Fancy seeing you here! It’s the fanciest. This week, we are bringing you an episode of Besting Each Other with Iconic best friends Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey! Jenna shares about the moment she and Angela became best friends, WHY she had to take a guitar to NYC, and does an impression of Angela. Angela shares what Jenna has for breakfast every morning, not wanting to poop in the woods, and the sweet thing Steve Carrell said about their friendship. They wrap things up together and share about their new book - The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office From Two Best Friends Who Were There. Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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May 11, 2022 • 48min
Nicole Is Poling on the Inside Now!
No sleep till Brooklyn! This week we discuss Sasheer’s new Tesla adventures and literal window shopping, Nicole’s vegan corn dogs and too-big bagel, their ideas for inventions, the newest season of Rock the Block, and what even is glass? Also Tiffany Brooks - please reach out! Nicole wants you to do her friend’s house! Then they answer listener questions about what to do when your friend doesn’t like seeing your boyfriend shirtless, and how to manage the haters. Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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May 4, 2022 • 51min
Sasheer Wants An Update On Your Coldness
S! H! Wait… Nicole’s having issues with spelling today! This week Nicole breaks down the beats in the movie Curly Sue, Sasheer shares about getting better at skating, Nicole gets a new indoor pole, Sasheer shares that she is a morning person, Nicole has weak snaps and cute sneezes, Sasheer teaches us what a housecoat is, Nicole opens up about her tambourine dreams, and more. They take a quiz to find out what their chronotype is, and answer listener questions on how to influence your roommates towards good interior design as well as gift ideas for best friends who live far away. Here is the quiz we took: https://www.purewow.com/wellness/chronotype-quiz Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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Apr 27, 2022 • 1h 6min
Nicole Doesn’t Like Soup - LIVE
Largo Concrete anyone? In this live episode, Sasheer explains her struggle with spacial awareness and how it saved her from a teacher asking TOO many questions, Sasheer thinking she could have a nice time AND get up early, Nicole’s sleep moans on the plane, Sasheer’s new plane husband, and the difference between plush and soft (one is fatphobic!). Sasheer introduces us to a new game, we take a quiz to see if their tastebuds are trashy, and answers listener and audience questions - including how to tell the real Sasheer apart from a fake one, dealing with a co-worker/friend who ghosts you, how to properly send off a best friend who is moving away, and more. PLUS - a favorite caller drops in to say hi and give us some updates on White Brian! Here is the quiz we took: https://www.buzzfeed.com/wnjensen123/foodie-food-quiz Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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Apr 20, 2022 • 56min
Sasheer Knows That’s Right
Hello, mhmm! This week we talk about Sasheer’s overenthusiastic fan, break down TI’s antics/bad behavior at comedy shows, the things fans yell at Nicole, Sasheer’s busy travel schedule, Nicole’s private jet dreams, celeb sightings on planes, take another swing at the “I Hate” game, luxurious car washes, and more. They take a quiz to find their most toxic trait, and answer listener questions on whether you should push yourself to go out, more chair advice, fat girl summer camps, and how to handle a friend who ghosted for years and then acts like nothing happened. Plus, stay tuned at the end of the episode for a clip of Well Read Black Girl with Glory Edim: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well-read-black-girl-with-glory-edim/id1591263597 Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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Apr 13, 2022 • 39min
Nicole Would Go To Beverly Hills Jail
LISTEN… we are good! This week, Nicole shares more of her deep love for Vin Diesel, we break down how the justice system REALLY works and decide the answer is DON’T COMMIT CRIME, we wonder if jail in Palm Springs has a pool, and question capitalism in general. Nicole and Sasheer take a quiz where they pick food to see who they are in a friend group (and learn what a hot milk cake is), and answer a listener question about trying to care about your friends’ interests (even when you think it’s boring). Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com424-645-7003
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