

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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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
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 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
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 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
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 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.

Mar 11, 2020 • 46min
Sasheer Went Ice Skating With Sabrina
Wow! This week, Nicole and Sasheer discuss interesting graffiti, scary spider-crawling, evil babies, how long can you wait before returning a baby, Jamie Lee Curtis’s excellent turn in Freaky Friday, transcendental meditation, and the government’s plan to blow up the moon. They see if Sasheer can join Nicole’s next pole class, and then answer some listener questions about mixing friend groups for a Christmas party, and asking “who’s coming” to a friend’s party, what are Jordan and Kimmie’s favorite moments on the show, and can you ask a friend to help with a hard job.
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 4, 2020 • 1h 11min
Nicole Saw The Batman with LeVar Burton & Stephanie Cozart Burton
After wondering what a water-cooler chat would be like, Nicole & Sasheer are joined by LeVar Burton and Stephanie Cozart Burton for another round of Besting Each Other! First, Stephanie shares about how she pursued LeVar, getting drunk in Mexico, her Skinny Pop popcorn obsession, and LeVar’s sleep moaning. Then, LeVar spills the parts of their story that Stephanie left out, how he almost became a priest, their journey to parenthood, and how there are too many Amazon packages at their home. Reunited, they discuss their expectations for marriage, deal-breakers, and who really breaks down all the Amazon boxes.
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.