

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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Jul 15, 2020 • 51min
Nicole Wrote Down "Cheesecake." BUT WHY!?
Nicole and Sasheer are back for another fun-filled episode to discuss Floor Is Lava, Bar Rescue, Tiny House Nation, House Hunters, Normal People, why men date you if they don't want to date you?!, therapy goals, planning a vacation, and what does "Cheesecake" mean? Plus answers to YOUR questions! This week is full of follow-ups and updates. A listener calls in with really helpful advice about addiction, and Nicole and Sasheer give advice about boundaries in friendship, making jokes about people's appearance, and how to open up in therapy.
Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:
nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com
(424) 645-7003
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Jul 8, 2020 • 51min
Sasheer Was Bullied Into Roller Skating
This week Nicole and Sasheer discuss their new roller skating plan, beach options, doubling down on "everything will be great by October", and trying to understand what exactly is going on with the Karens. Then they take the BuzzFeed quiz "What Kind of Sexy Food Are You?" and of course, answer your questions! The ladies give advice about how to handle loved ones with ADD and ADHD, how to repay a friend for their kindness, and how to help friends deal with the anxiety that limits their experiences.
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.

Jul 1, 2020 • 1h 24min
Nicole Is Still Thinking About The Zombie Apocalypse with Beth Stelling & Mary Hollis Inboden
This week starts with a dramatic reading of a listener comment! Then, Nicole and Sasheer are joined by best friends Beth Stelling and Mary Hollis Inboden. With Beth, they find out what she’s wearing (Is it a bikini top? Workout wear?), Beth & Mary Hollis’ performances in 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, meeting Joanna Kerns (Mrs. Seaver from Growing Pains), zoom stand-up shows, and Beth’s love of MTV reality shows. Mary Hollis shares about being a great audience, Beth’s love of online shopping, and how Beth and Mary Hollis would handle a zombie apocalypse. Reunited, we learn that Mary Hollis’s Blackjack romance, Beth’s love of a repeat, how often to replace your sponge, and how Beth would be the Michael Jordan of Survivor.
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.

Jun 24, 2020 • 1h 5min
Sasheer Thinks We Should Replace Police Guns With Cans of Soup
This week Nicole and Sasheer try to answer the question "how are you?" during this time. They also discuss Sasheer's experience at a recent protest, Nicole's response when she gets pulled over, why it's good to defund the police, Ben and Jerry's setting a corporate example, advice to white people, Nicole's Jeep, hair or scarf confusion, COVID contraction updates, jizz stances, Nicole's prediction for 2023, and making sure you have a car mask and a car protest sign. PLUS your questions! Nicole and Sasheer weigh in on how to navigate friends checking in or not checking during the Black Lives Matter Movement and also during a hypothetical drive-by souping.
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.

Jun 17, 2020 • 47min
Nicole's Candles Are Getting Bigger and Bigger
This week Nicole and Sasheer discuss launching a "Things We've Learned In Quarantine" tour, why months don't have the same number of days, "the thrill of the chase" shopping, bigger and bigger candles, Celebration Florida, yacht getaways, and October 2020. Then, Nicole and Sasheer answer your questions! This week they advise not to be someone who doesn't want to be with you and ways to get strangers to stop talking to you.
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.

Jun 10, 2020 • 58min
Sasheer is Nipping At The Bud: Re-Release
Once again, out of respect for the events taking place nationally at this time, Nicole and Sasheer have decided not to record a new episode for this week. Instead, they are releasing a beloved old episode with last week's intro expressing their thoughts.Re-release: Nicole believes all men masturbate in public, but Sasheer isn’t so sure. So, they ask all the men and women they can find, and the answers are surprising! They take a quiz to prove the strength of the friendship, answer questions about ending bad friendships, and Sasheer tells a story about Nicole’s terrible suggestions for hook-ups. Plus, learn with Nicole and Sasheer what a hymen REALLY is.
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.

Jun 3, 2020 • 55min
Nicole Wants You To Draw Your Vagina: Re-Release
Out of respect for the events taking place nationally at this time, Nicole and Sasheer have decided not to record a new episode for this week. Instead, they are releasing a beloved old episode with a new intro expressing their thoughts.
Nicole and Sasheer re-examine Disney movies, and share that they both stan Cruella De Ville. And, it becomes clear that Nicole thinks hairless cats are skinned - not bred. They talk about the importance/sexiness of consent, inclusive clitorises, and paying attention to your pussy. They answer listener questions on if a best friend or romantic relationship is more important, how to make friends as an adult, and how you know you’ve found a best 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.

May 27, 2020 • 54min
Sasheer Agrees Men Should “Put Bars in Their D*cks!”
This week Nicole and Sasheer talk about being sore from online twerking class, gift ideas for Sasheer’s birthday, nourishing and loving your plants, all the things they’ve bought online during quarantine, getting birth control implants and why can’t men get birth control implanted? Then they take the quiz “What magical creature are you?” And of course listen to your voicemails where they give advice on how men can respectfully navigate friendships with women, and how to help a friend having a hard time with COVID.
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.

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?
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.

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.
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.