

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.
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May 20, 2020 • 1h
Nicole Still Doesn't Know That Much About Cake - LIVE
Recorded LIVE at the 2019 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Nicole and Sasheer talk street scoopers, removing someone from your seat on an airplane, and how bad of a terrorist Nicole would be. Then they bring out their guests Matteo Lane and Emma Willman who answer the age old question: does coffee dehydrate you? Finally all four friends answer a listener voicemail on what to do when you think your friend is dating a creep and doesn't like when you talk about...snowboarding?
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May 13, 2020 • 1h 11min
Nicole's Dogs Are Grateful They Don't Have to Depend on Her with Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski
After learning about the sound effects athletes get to choose for themselves, Nicole and Sasheer talk about teachers coming to students' windows during quarantine, videos of soldiers returning home to see their dogs who thought they were gone forever, and other heartwarming stories. Then, for another Besting Each Other, Nicole and Sasheer welcome Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski from Queer Eye! Antoni talks about meeting JVN at Queer Eye auditions, JVN's singing voice in the morning, and how he wants to live on a farm. JVN has a slightly different story about meeting Antoni at Queer Eye auditions, gives HIS thoughts on his own singing voice, and does not escape talking gymnastics. Finally, Nicole wraps everything up by determining JVN and Ant may continue being friends.
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May 6, 2020 • 51min
Sasheer Drives an Orange Limo to Work
After talking the pitfalls of remote workouts, Nicole and Sasheer tell Nicole's dogs to shut up while mommy's working. Then they explain the rules of Too Hot to Handle and MASH, plus even play a round (of MASH, not Too Hot to Handle.) Then they answer some listener questions on what to do when your friend has engaged in sexual misconduct and how quarantine has affected their friendship.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Apr 29, 2020 • 58min
Nicole Loves the Grasshopper Mouse
This week Nicole and Sasheer talk the perils of quarantine life including fights with your housemates, needing more attention, and having to fix toilets. Then they introduce us all to the mighty Grasshopper Mouse. Finally they answer some listener questions on sending a gift to an ex as friends, making in person friends through online groups, and... babies at fire stations?
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Apr 22, 2020 • 1h 5min
Nicole Thinks Sasheer Will Die First
After clarifying that Coronavirus is not Nicole's fault, Nicole and Sasheer talk the sexual health of bath bombs, how to wash a washing machine, and who would survive in an apocalypse. Then they answer listener questions on when to cut a friend off completely, and if you can be friends with people you pay for services.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Apr 15, 2020 • 60min
Sasheer scrubs! With a tool!
Sasheer scrubs! With a tool! After talking through some self care go-tos, Nicole and Sasheer decide that one glass of wine doesn't affect your judgement, that maybe sleeping with the pool boy isn't hot, and that everyone needs to scrub! Then they answer some listener questions on what to do when your weight comment offends a friend, how to handle a friend talking over your partner, and how to help a friend with a drinking problem.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Apr 8, 2020 • 52min
Nicole Has A Council in Her Head
After clarifying which power rangers are doing porn and which are deceased, Nicole & Sasheer talk their crushes on Patrick Stewart, the 2019 film The Fanatic starring John Travolta, and the limpest bizkit there ever was. Then they answer listener questions on meeting your friend's significant other, trying to change when you feel like you've been a bad friend, and staying in touch with friends who are long distance.
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.

Apr 1, 2020 • 51min
Nicole Got Hit On Today!
Nicole got hit on today! Nicole & Sasheer talk getting nuzzled at the bar, stuffing bras to make trash tits, and debate if Nicole is humble. Then they answer listener questions about pole dancing technique, vacationing with couples even if you're single, and what to do you if you don't like your friend's friend.
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.

Mar 25, 2020 • 47min
Sasheer Has Lost The Taste For It
Pockets are trending! Nicole & Sasheer talk wearing flats to the governor’s ball, the disappearance of pockets in women’s clothes, fingering cold rice balls and the difference between grease gangs vs greece gangs. Plus, Sasheer clarifies how getting served bad food is exactly like being mauled by a dog. Then they answer listener questions about what to do when you don’t like your significant other’s friends and how Carrie (Fisher? Bradshaw?) should handle her dueling bridesmaids.
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.

Mar 18, 2020 • 51min
Nicole Can Find Your Tabasco
Happy Monday or Wednesday (or whenever you are listening to this)! Nicole & Sasheer discuss if the Statue of Liberty is holding an ice cream cone, Bojack Horseman dreams, Nicole’s mother’s perfume, books they are reading, Nicole doing what strangers’ ask, being an adult, and a deep dive into Goldilocks’ white privilege. Then they answer listener questions about how to handle a friend pulling away because you are “draining,” and if you should ask a former-hookup-now-friend how good you were!
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.