This week, Busy has been busy round the clock doing press for the new season, plus the past two seasons, of Girls5Eva on Netflix! It’s almost finally here! And in her spare time, she’s been hosting every benefit and gala for every important cause she can get her hands on. Meanwhile, Caissie may be be getting some of that BPE in her house. Like, literally. SPONSORS: http://Blissy.com/BUSYPOD CODE: BUSYPOD for 30% off your order of washable, hypoallergenic and luxurious 100% Mulberry silk award-wi...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 45 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are trying to balance the dark and the light. On the one hand, the world is dark and scary, on the other hand, they were sent Dunkings jogging suits. While taking photographs for a gig, Busy was asked to smize and learned she does not have that skill! Then, comedian writer and first time female director, Chelsea Peretti stops by to talk about her new movie, “First Time Female Director” available on Roku, March 8th! SPONSORS: http://Ritual.com/busy for 20% off your fir...
Feb 28, 2024•2 hr 20 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are still basking in the glow of all the info they learned from The Points Guy and waiting for their Amex Gold cards with 4x points on groceries to arrive. While they wait, they discuss why Busy’s trip to visit BFF (Michelle Williams) was cut short, the concept of body doubling in ADHD, the pig pot raffle status, what BFF Michelle gave Busy for Christmas and how, hopefully, not to get scammed by a fake call from the CIA. SPONSORS: http://BEISTRAVEL.COM/best for 15% of...
Feb 21, 2024•2 hr 27 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are talking about Busy’s epic garage sale in New York City and how, afterward, they attempted to watch the Super Bowl together by looking in the window of Busy’s neighbor. There is a thorough recap of Ben Affleck’s Dunkin commercial. Then, the day has finally arrived when the women are joined by THE Points Guy, Brian Kelly, who explains which credit cards offer the best programs and perks and how to use them to take the fullest advantage of airline miles and cash back...
Feb 14, 2024•2 hr 12 min
This week, Busy is excavating her entire life in preparation for her epic garage sale and Caissie’s getting ready to fly out to NYC to help her…when one of the stars of The Office, Veep, Silicon Valley, The Good Wife and so much more, Zach Woods, joins the chat and absolutely enchants the pants off everyone. They talk about THE sexiest scene in cinematic history, neurodivergent hyper-focus meals, the significance of Snow Babies, masculine candle habits, shoplifting, dating drug dealers and other...
Feb 07, 2024•2 hr 50 min
This week, Busy and Caissie thought they were getting a great guest, but when it got down to brass tacks, the ladies decided to bump him up to honorary co-host. Jake Johnson from New Girl, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse plus 21 Jump Street, among many other things, joins the pod to talk about the new film he wrote, directed and stars in, called Self-Reliance on Hulu now, and his new podcast We’re Here to Help. They also talk about breakups, witchy pre...
Jan 31, 2024•2 hr 36 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are discussing the Oscar nominations…and the snubs. They’re reminiscing about how much they used to obsess over Bradley Cooper’s bang. Plus, Biz is preparing for a colonoscopy while working through a weird interaction with a guy, and Caissie is paranoid her sons saw her pubes. SPONSORS: http://BollandBranch.com CODE: BUSY for 15% off your first order of super soft, luxurious 100% organic cotton sheets. Some exclusions apply. See site for details. http://HungryRoot.com...
Jan 24, 2024•2 hr 8 min
This week, Mean Girls is #1 at the box office and Busy is celebrating being in her first #1 movie, while also talking about clearing some of the physical and emotional clutter from her life with a big upcoming sale that anyone can come to if they want! Caissie is realizing that perhaps she can only write under perfect conditions and, for her, those conditions are while riding on a moving train. SPONSORS: http://ForiaWellness.com/BEST CODE: BEST for 20% off your 1st order of all-natural plant bas...
Jan 17, 2024•2 hr 26 min
This week, Busy describes what was going through her mind, and her stomach, at the “Mean Girls” premiere. Then, her movie daughter Reneé Rapp joins the pod to talk about what it feels like to bring her Broadway portrayal of iconic character Regina George to the big screen, and the one and only thing that made her nervous about stepping into the role. SPONSORS: http://Wildgrain.com/BUSY PROMO CODE: BUSY for $30 off your first box of bake from frozen artisanal breads, pastries and pastas. PLUS FRE...
Jan 11, 2024•2 hr 35 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are together for the second week in a row, sharing how they rang in the New Year and what they wore. Then, Rabbi Sharon Brous returns to the podcast to talk about her new book, “The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts,” and how we can better help each other to grieve. http://Chomps.com/BEST for 20% off your first order of Chomps high-protein meat stick snacks http://HungryRoot.com/BUSY for 40% off your first order of fresh high quality food and ready...
Jan 03, 2024•2 hr 30 min
In their last episode of 2023, Busy shares why her Christmas was lousy. Literally. Then she and Caissie share their New Year’s resolutions and Busy pushes back against an Instagram critic.
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 50 min
Busy and Caissie promised to come back and tell everyone what they were doing their best at this week, and they do. But they also talk about so many other things, including gifts, grief and why Biz has a yeast infection. CONTENT WARNING: Death, child death SPONSORS: http://HelixSleep.com/Best for 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows! http://MyKitsch.com/BEST for 30% off your entire order of affordable yet luxurious haircare and self-care essentials http://honeylove.com/BEST20 PROMO C...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 40 min
This week, Busy talks us through what’s been going on in her family and why there was no podcast last week and Caissie shares why she’s the world’s most useless psychic. SPONSORS: Visit https://www.pax.com/busy for 15% your first order of innovative, cutting-edge, high quality and safety-tested cannabis oils, pods and devices http://AthleticGreens.com/BUSY for a 1 year-supply of Vitamin D3K2, plus 5 free travel packs of AG1’s special blend of 75 high quality vitamins, minerals, superfoods, probi...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 35 min
This week, Busy and Caissie both had a bit of familial friction over the turkey-based holiday. Plus, they both remember the druggies and drug dealers they dated in high school. Then, Roxane Gay, best-selling author of “Bad Feminist,” “Hunger” and editor of “Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture” stops by, in the middle of having a bloody nose, to talk about her new book, “Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism and Minding Other People’s Business” and everyone shares some of their most s...
Nov 29, 2023•2 hr 38 min
This week, Busy and Caissie have just returned from a surprise birthday weekend for Emily BB that was full of misadventure and misunderstanding. Find out what someone almost got stung by, what someone *did* get stung by, why Busy’s kid was detained at the airport and who Caissie was spotted kissing! Plus, after publicly going on record as an ugly flower hater, Busy accidentally sent ugly flowers to someone special. SPONSORS: UNTIL 11/27/23! http://Hatch.co/Best for $40 off your purchase of a Hat...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 52 min
This week, Busy is feeling sad, which is understandable, but Caissie wonders if it isn’t the kind of sad she should consider getting some extra professional help with. They do their best to make each other laugh between tears, talking about The Vermont Country Store, gross foods of the 70s and why Jared Leto climbed the Empire State Building. SPONSORS: http://DrinkLMNT.com/BEST for a free 8 flavor sample pack of LMNT electrolyte drink mix with any order http://Wildgrain.com/BUSY for $30 off your...
Nov 15, 2023•2 hr
This week, Busy’s installing window treatments she can’t remember ordering and, for the first time in her life, dating. And even though she’s never really dated either, Caissie tries her best to offer some advice. Then, NYT bestselling author and poet Cleo Wade drops by to talk about her new book, “Remember Love” and the pivot that changed her entire life. SPONSORS: TRYARMRA.com/BUSY CODE: Busy for 15% off your first order of ARMRA Colostrum, the new superfood that can strengthen immunity & ...
Nov 08, 2023•2 hr 26 min
This week, Busy has strep and you can actually hear the antibiotics enter her system and start to make her less sick over the course of the pod. Caissie is telling some wild stories about her family’s medical issues and Biz is sharing some real talk about the tougher side of parenting teens. Plus, actor Ariel Winter pops in to talk about the pressures of being a child star, moving out of Hollywood for happiness and her new movie, “Tripped Up!” SPONSORS: http://ForiaWellness.com/BEST for 20% off ...
Nov 01, 2023•2 hr 39 min
It’s Caissie’s 25th wedding anniversary and while she’s not doing the best job of celebrating it, Busy IS celebrating the one year anniversary of the day she fell down her stairs and almost died. The downward spiral she’s been experiencing since has her wondering if she fell through some kind of portal that she’s just now coming out of. In fact, she’s calling for the new year to start immediately. Then, comedian, actor and author, Aparna Nancherla, pops by to talk about her new book “Unreliable ...
Oct 25, 2023•2 hr 30 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are very excited to welcome iconic actor Martha Plimpton to talk about her work with A is For, an organization she helped found, that fights tirelessly to advance reproductive rights, end the stigma of abortion care and to protect bodily autonomy for all. Plus, Busy talks about a spontaneous decision to let her kid come home from boarding school for the weekend and Caissie explains why she needed Matt to physically dress her for a friend’s birthday celebration. SPONSO...
Oct 18, 2023•2 hr 52 min
This week, Busy and Caissie, like so many of you, are feeling a deep sadness over the attacks on Israel and the subsequent conflict in the Middle East, trying to remain informed while also being pretty horrified by some of the online discourse. Busy discusses the scientific phenomena of Quantum Entanglement and how she believes it applies to this moment in time. Then, everyone’s spirits are lifted when Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, the writers and stars of the hilarious new movie, “Dicks: The Mu...
Oct 11, 2023•2 hr 52 min
This week, Busy and Caissie have a jam packed show with two iconic performers turned authors, Hilarie Burton Morgan of MTV and One Tree Hill fame, and Geri Halliwell-Horner of SPICE GIRLS FAME! These are just a few of the topics touched upon: wallpaper, ghosts, girl power, finding your voice, a Prince’s bum, the 90s, Jell-O and much, much more! Hilarie’s book, “Grimoire Girl” is out now and her podcast “Drama Queens” will return for season 3 soon. Geri’s book “Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen”...
Oct 04, 2023•3 hr 9 min
This week, Busy has an interesting discovery about her sexuality. Plus, something that Caissie never intended for anyone to see was seen…by a lot of people. And http://MoveOn.org’s Rahna Epting cruises by to talk about their “Banned Bookmobile Tour”! SPONSORS: http://BEISTRAVEL.COM/best for 15% off your first luggage purchase http://blueland.com/BEST for 15% off your first order of beautiful, endlessly refillable home cleaning products http://MyKitsch.com/BEST for 30% off your entire order of af...
Sep 27, 2023•2 hr 29 min
This week, Busy made a brisket and broke it off with a friend. Caissie is getting set for her plus size clothing sale and explains why she’s too lazy to sell clothes online like Busy does. Then, comedian Chris Fleming stops by to talk about EVERYTHING including his new special, his bath addiction and the growth he has on his shoulder that is identical to one Emily BB also has! SPONSORS: http://Cariuma.com/BEST for 15% off stylish, sustainable sneakers http://HiyaHealth.com/BUSY for 50% off your ...
Sep 20, 2023•3 hr 32 min
This week, even though Busy has Covid again and is stuck inside her apartment, she and Caissie are delighted to have their old friend and co-host, Shantira Jackson, joining them for a reunion! They had so much to talk about including what Shantira’s new passion is now that she’s been on strike for months, what happened when Caissie’s husband opened the glass shower door box that has been sitting outside their bathroom for months and where Busy dreams of moving to now. Plus some hot old goss from...
Sep 13, 2023•2 hr 8 min
This week, Busy wasn’t sure she was ready to return to the podcast, but she showed up to remember her friend Kate. Then, Broadway’s Bonnie Milligan talks about how the recent loss of her father affected her Tony Award-winning performance in “Kimberly Akimbo.” Trigger Warning: Discussion of death and dying SPONSORS: http://AthleticGreens.com/BUSY for a 1 year-supply of Vitamin D, plus 5 free travel packs of AG1’s special blend of 75 high quality vitamins, minerals, superfoods, probiotics and adap...
Sep 06, 2023•3 hr
This week, Busy and Caissie take a look back at some of their favorite moments with Andrew Rannells, Rosie O’Donnell, David Letterman, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paul F. Tompkins, Janie Haddad Tompkins, Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond! SPONSORS: At any store, you can buy 1 JuneShine package of premium canned cocktails with no added sugar, and get the 2nd for only a penny ($0.01). Go to JUNESHINE.com/BUSY, text them a photo of your receipt, and they’ll Venmo you immediately! http://Greenpan.us PROMO CODE...
Aug 30, 2023•3 hr 36 min
Busy and Caissie asked if any of you needed any advice from us and boy did you ever! So, they did our best to answer some of them and they hope it helps! SPONSORS: http://Wildgrain.com/BUSY for $30 off your first box of bake from frozen artisanal breads, pastries and pastas. PLUS FREE CROISSANTS! http://NUTRAFOL.com/scalp CODE: BUSY for $10 off your first scalp care order http://BEISTRAVEL.COM/best for 15% off your first luggage purchase http://Mixhers.com/BEST promo code BEST for an additional ...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Every week, Busy and Caissie ask their guests about a major pivot they’ve faced in their lives. Whenever anyone chooses to generously share something that is so deeply personal while also being incredibly relatable, their stories are unforgettable. This week, author and queer activist Glennon Doyle, journalist Lisa Ling, actor and director Natalie Morales, actor Julia Duffy, comedian Nikki Glaser, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 5 Shea Couleé and actor, comedian, writer and directo...
Aug 16, 2023•2 hr 59 min
This week, Busy and Caissie are answering some of YOUR questions! Like, how do they stop life from flying by and what skincare products they use and what celebrities they’ve worked with who surprised them the most. You get the picture! SPONSORS: At any store, you can buy 1 JuneShine package of premium canned cocktails with no added sugar, and get the 2nd for only a penny ($0.01). Go to JUNESHINE.com/BUSY, text them a photo of your receipt, and they’ll Venmo you immediately! Betterhelp.com/BUSY f...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 50 min
