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
126
Howard You Doing?
Busy & Caissie are squeezing in the podcast wherever they can, recording it in two installments.
195 min
127
Theresa Caputo
Busy describes what it was like seeing Elton John perform at Dodger Stadium on his farewell tour while Caissie describes what it was like to come home late at night to discover one of her dogs had peed on her bed.
174 min
128
Ticketbastards
Busy is going through it as she and Marc work together to try to purchase Taylor Swift tickets for their kid.
178 min
129
Sarah Jones
Busy & Caissie are a day late because they didn’t want to record on Election Day when everything was all nerves and no answers.
177 min
130
GOTV!
Busy shares more about her big Girls5Eva news and how the difficult jump from Peacock to Netflix was accomplished.
187 min
131
Busy Almost DIED!
Busy shares the story of how she had almost died the night before, what flashed before her eyes and what lesson she thinks the Universe was trying to teach her.
196 min
132
Nora McInerny
Nora talks about the death of her first husband, her miscarriage and the loss of her father happening all within a short time, and how her grief and the community she has built has evolved since that time.
176 min
133
The Turkey’s Out of the Oven
Busy & Caissie welcome Rabbi Sharon Brous from Temple IKAR in Los Angeles, to discuss the frightening rise in antisemitism.
163 min
134
A Li'l Bonus Episode
Busy & Caissie realized there were a few more things they wanted to talk about.
121 min
135
Girls Gotta Eat
Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine, hosts of “Girls Gotta Eat” podcast, drop by to talk about why it’s a good idea to only bone bald men and a smart way to make BJs more fun.
153 min
136
LIVE from TORONTO!
Busy and Caissie took the show on the road, internationally, to do the podcast live in front of a big audience in Toronto at the Just For Laughs Festival Comedy Con!
132 min
137
Hayley Kiyoko
Busy and Caissie are telling anyone who will listen that they need to get out there and vote!
200 min
138
Don’t Call Me Butter
Busy and Caissie welcome a guest co-host, actor, new mom and friend, Liz Jenkins!
201 min
139
Don’t Worry Darlings
Busy & Caissie discuss Harry styles, the beautiful mystery that is Chris Pine, #spitgate, whether they’re happy it pulled focus from the Flo v. O narrative & whether it’s ok to be deeply enjoying this low-stakes celeb gossip bonanza
161 min
140
Power Tools
Busy & Caissie discuss Harry Styles, the behind-the-scenes press mess surrounding his new movie and the many weddings of Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez.
192 min
141
Am I Rehearsaling Myself?
Caissie did her best at something that came so far out of left field she couldn’t have predicted it in a million years, but which she also could not have even tried without Busy’s expert help.
227 min
142
Scholastic Book Fair For Adults!
Busy is just back from what was supposed to be a quick, easy trip. She’s exhausted, and tipsy, but that isn’t stopping her from thinking outside the box and coming up with genius business ventures.
158 min
143
Katie Aselton
Busy is desperately trying to locate Swedish cinnamon rolls, and has a whole scenario worked out in her mind for why Gina has been acting weird about going in the back yard.
220 min
144
WAY TO F*CKING GO KANSAS!
Busy explains how she completely forgot about the month of August, how she got boned in a dress deal, and how being non-separated from your future ex-husband can be a challenge, especially at lunch time.
167 min
145
100th Episode - with Brian Baumgartner
It’s #BPIDHB’s 100th episode and Busy and Caissie are fired the f*ck up about climate change, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee being canceled, Matt Gaetz’s face and more.
177 min
146
Jenny Slate
Busy gets real about…a lot of things. Her financial peril, “money” jobs and how people who hire you to do them want you to stay still against the best possible background with the best possible lighting and not zip around!
154 min
147
Late and Long
Busy goes into detail explaining why the podcast was late this week.
211 min
148
Arrested!
This week, Busy discusses her recent arrest and Caissie has a very bad pimple inside her nose.
136 min
149
Ungovernable Temper
This week has been a trash fire, but Busy & Caissie showed up to do their best.
173 min
150
First Of All, I Can’t Afford Cocaine
It’s Busy’s birthday week and…she might not be feeling it this year?
164 min