Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best

It's me, your friend Busy Philipps! My creative partner Caissie St. Onge & I love making things that we believe people need & will love & we’ve had so many plans. We had plans to do a TV show that would shake up late night! And we think it kinda did! For six months. We adored our genius, scrappy creative team at “Busy Tonight” as much as we loved our audience, so when we broke the news that we’d been canceled, we vowed to get back up & make even bigger plans to invent a whole new way of doing things in the entertainment biz, to reunite our beautiful staff & change the game for everyone! An entertainment Utopia! And we were so close, then...the world changed. Now those plans are, at the very least, on hold. So, we've shifted gears, like everyone has had to, & with our friends, we're just doing our best, taking it slow & talking to fascinating friends about how *they* are doing *their* best. They’ll tell us all about those times in their lives when a setback actually led to the right thing. Maybe it was a job that didn't pan out, but opened the door to an even more perfect one, or maybe it's how they studied for years to do the thing they thought was their calling, only to fall into something else that felt like kismet. The thing is, we want to share those moments because right now EVERYBODY is having one of those moments. Maybe we'll all learn something life-changing or maybe we'll just have a conversation where we break down in tears, then laugh at ourselves for crying. Whatever happens, we can assure you, Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best!

Society & Culture
Comedy
TV & Film
76
Don’t Get Crushed
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.
95 min
77
Roxane Gay “Quickety Quacks”
Busy and Caissie both had a bit of familial friction over the turkey-based holiday.
158 min
78
Oh No, Ugly Flowers!
Busy and Caissie have just returned from a surprise birthday weekend for Emily BB that was full of misadventure and misunderstanding.
112 min
79
“Waiting for Superman”
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.
119 min
80
Cleo Wade “The Shade Store Called”
Busy’s installing window treatments she can’t remember ordering and, for the first time in her life, dating.
145 min
81
Guest: Ariel Winter “Streppy Halloween!”
Actor Ariel Winter talks about the pressures of being a child star, moving out of Hollywood for happiness and her new movie, “Tripped Up!”
158 min
82
Guest: Aparna Nancherla “Happy Busy New Year”
Busy's celebrating the one year anniversary of the day she fell down her stairs and almost died.
150 min
83
Martha Plimpton “The Bird Flew Home”
Iconic actor Martha Plimpton talks about her work with A is For, an organization she helped found, that fights to advance reproductive rights, end the stigma of abortion care and to protect bodily autonomy for all.
171 min
84
Aaron Jackson  and Josh Sharp “She Was Like Sea...
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.
172 min
85
Hilarie Burton Morgan and Geri Halliwell-Horner...
Hilarie Burton Morgan of MTV and One Tree Hill fame, and Geri Halliwell-Horner of SPICE GIRLS FAME!
189 min
86
Demi More or Less?
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.
149 min
87
Chris Fleming / “That Might Be So Fun”
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!
212 min
88
Finally! Shantira Reunion!
127 min
89
Tony Award Winner, Bonnie Milligan
Busy wasn’t sure she was ready to return to the podcast, but she showed up to remember her friend Kate.
179 min
90
Favorite Moments
A look back at our favorite moments with Andrew Rannells, Rosie O’Donnell, David Letterman, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paul F. Tompkins, Janie Haddad Tompkins, Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond!
215 min
91
Busy and Caissie Give YOU Advice!
Busy and Caissie asked if any of you needed any advice from us and boy did you ever!
99 min
92
Pivots
Best pivots from Glennon Doyle, Lisa Ling, Natalie Morales, Julia Duffy, Nikki Glaser, Shea Couleé, and Ike Barinholtz.
178 min
93
Askmasters!
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!
110 min
94
No, Bitch! Moving On!
This week, Busy has felt a shift in something. The atmosphere, the energy in the Universe.
154 min
95
Heather Morris
Busy & Caissie compare experiences seeing a movie everyone is talking about, then Heather Morris talks about why she’s nervous that her sons running around naked with a new dog in the house.
161 min
96
Samantha Bee
Busy & Caissie welcome their first post SAG-AFTRA strike guest, Samantha Bee, and things get weird as they try to talk without breaking any strike rules by not mentioning any TV projects, past or present.
173 min
97
What the Hill???
This week, Busy is feeling burnt out and Caissie can’t take the TikToks she used to watch.
145 min
98
Kirsten Vangsness
Actor and writer, Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds) shows up with a whole bunch of radical honesty.
199 min
99
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Modern Family star, the sparkling Jesse Tyler Ferguson, relives one of his most awkward celebrity encounters and find out how his riskiest pivot paid off in the end.
136 min
100
Alex Edelman
Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman talks about imposter syndrome, pottery and what it’s like to suddenly be opening in your own Broadway show while grieving an unfathomable loss.
178 min