

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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Sep 23, 2020 • 1h 10min
Nicole Isn't Sure How Loud She Is With Michelle Buteau and Franchesca Ramsey
This week "very good friends" Michelle Buteau and Franchesca Ramsey join Nicole and Sasheer to discuss what makes a good cake, Palm Springs and getting white girl wasted, confrontation, perfectionism, a future without judgment, not remembering exactly how they met, appreciating honesty, being a prude, early people vs late people, and super powerful electric toothbrushes.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Sep 16, 2020 • 1h 1min
Sasheer Would Date Simba and His Mane Wisps
Sasheer and Nicole are up early this week to discuss ideal wake up times, home improvements, ant season, lady bugs and whether or not they'd ride a giant one, critter friends, Nicole's pizza update, watermelon is a great summer snack, how to describe a tortilla, 90's talk shows, and determining that crushes are great! Then they take the Date Or Dump These Disney Men to Reveal Your Type quiz and of course your questions are answered!
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/friends.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sep 9, 2020 • 56min
Nicole Wants To Travel Like Gabrielle Union and Larry Sims!
Best friends Gabrielle Union and Larry Sims are here! They gab about Larry's transition from dancer to hair stylist, yacht vacations, fighting for your friends, being a good mom, punctuality, how their new haircare line Flawless came to be, how to balance work and personal life, where they hope to be in 20 years, making up dances in Paris, angels you can party with, food based arguments, and morning salutations.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Sep 2, 2020 • 50min
Sasheer Knows You Can Find People Who Like You For You
This week's episode kicks off with a bang that leads Nicole and Sasheer to discuss how much sugar should you put in Kool-Aid and should you dye your hair with it? They also chat about hair bleaching woes, Avril Lavigne conspiracy theories, Solange, how much work it takes to be racist, kids getting in the way of skating, and what a post-COVID world could look like. Then, they take the Want to Know Your Inner Color quiz. And finally, Sasheer and Nicole answer YOUR questions, this week they give some top notch advice on friendship.Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Aug 26, 2020 • 49min
Nicole Is Crying Over Tomatoes
This week begins with Nicole insisting Sasheer knows Brenda Walsh which leads to discussions about wait, does anyone actually know a Brenda (that's not a dog)?, vacation memories, wardrobe options, employees who don't try, clothing sizes, evil wardrobe people on set, and why Nicole cried over tomatoes. Then they take the What Kind Of Karen You Are You quiz. And of course, listener emails where Nicole and Sasheer tackle Chinese lunar, Gregorian, and Ethiopian calendars.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 4min
Sasheer Has To Wait 89 Years (Or A Year And a Half) with Heidi Rose Robbins
It's the episode Sasheer and Nicole have been waiting for: astrologer and poet Heidi Rose Robbins is here! The ladies learn why they are best friends, the importance of Mercury in friendship, what rising and moon signs mean, looking at past transits, dating predictions that make Nicole cry, how to learn astrology, using astrology charts to plan projects, negative predictions, Saturn on your sun, and good energy that transcends zoom.
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Aug 12, 2020 • 52min
Nicole Wants Her Murderer To CHOOSE Her
After Sasheer politely declines Nicole's offer to start over they discuss sports bras, pole goals, delivery woes, Bezos should share, front page Instagrams, waking up early, outdoor activity gang, and getting to the bottom of it - does Sasheer have something she wants to tell Nicole or not? Plus the quiz: Would You Survive Joel Goldberg's Glass Box? This quiz yields some surprising revelations. And of course, your questions answered! Sasheer and (eventually) Nicole advise communication over manipulation and to shoot your shot AFTER the trip, and making the mauled community feel seen and heard.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Aug 5, 2020 • 1h 26min
Sasheer Doesn't Think Birds Are That Hard with Bob The Drag Queen & Monét X Change
Nicole and Sasheer dish with best friends Bob The Drag Queen and Monét X Change about how they met, favorite traveling-in-pain memories, loving your best friend because their crazy, being late to trends, what qualities you need to win Big Brother and Survivor, We're Here, being nominated for an Emmy and a discussion about what is and isn't a bird.
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Jul 29, 2020 • 56min
Nicole is Sure Your Titties got Lifted in That Tornado
Nicole and Sasheer kick off this week with a metaphor for COVID. Then they discuss Nicole's birth certificate, getting yelled at for going to a restaurant, doing things that make you happy, tornado titties, Sasheer's tarot cards, scheduling issues, word pronunciations, P-Valley, "Jill Mason" and "Betty Bumpkin", weight biases, and what they're wearing. Then, they take the "Which Random Cartoon Character Are You?" quiz. And finally, your questions are answered! Nicole and Sasheer weigh in on how to handle someone saying all lives matter, and why it's not helpful to put a hex on someone.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Jul 22, 2020 • 55min
Sasheer Can See Through Your Performative Act
Nicole and Sasheer went on their first roller skating adventure and lived to tell the tale! They also discuss United Skates, performative companies and deciphering what's real and what's a joke, thoughts about why OJ was found innocent, seeing through performative acts in general, police brutality, shaming people before 6 AM, pole dancing, and blaming bad behavior on your astrological sign. Then Nicole and Sasheer take the quiz "Which Disney Princess Are You Based On A Sushi Roll You Build." And of course, your questions are answered! This week a listener follows up on a previous story, and Nicole and Sasheer answer by acting out the scenario in question.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/friends.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.