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
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Busy Made a List!
Busy is podcast-prepared with a list of people who can f*ck off and things she wants to talk about including why her kitchen didn’t smell great, medi pedis and money problems.
155 min
152
City of Likes
Busy and Caissie are joined by actor and best-selling author, Jenny Mollen, whose debut novel “City of Likes” comes out next week. Pre-order now!!!
170 min
153
I KNEW IT!
Busy talks about what life has been like over the past few days since she publicly discussed becoming separated from her husband and Caissie talks about what it’s like being 50.
166 min
154
THIS IS NOT A STATEMENT!
Busy has some news that’s not *really* news, and Caissie’s crying because she’s a big birthday baby.
157 min
155
Again
Following the devastating mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Busy and Caissie welcome Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action and a member of the grassroots army of Everytown, a movement of parents, students, survivors, educators and concerned citizens fighting to end gun violence.
85 min
156
No Shit, Pelican!
Busy and Caissie discuss the tragic mass shooting in Buffalo and the ongoing crisis of white supremacy in America.
146 min
157
Foxes and Space
Busy takes a Covid test live on the podcast to see if she is finally well. Plus she discusses the time she learned a lesson about using a crane to get something into her house.
172 min
158
Justice Alito Can Suck My Left Tit!
172 min
159
My Neck, My Back…
A crossover reunion between Busy & her former co-host on the “We’re No Docs” podcast…comedian, actor and star of shows and movies such as Peacemaker, The Suicide Squad and Superstore…it’s Steve Agee!
134 min
160
This is Actually My Kink
Busy is helping Caissie reframe some things she finds incredibly annoying so that she can be slightly less salty.
181 min
161
Is There a Sofa Doctor in the House?
Busy talks about how she needed a doctor to make an emergency house call. For her sofa.
172 min
162
"Flipping"
Busy and Caissie discuss everything from childhood imaginary friends, to brutal bathroom injuries, to the whiplash they feel when scrolling social media these days.
152 min
163
Not An April Fool!
It’s that bonus episode we promised earlier this week! Find out how Busy managed to pull a huge April Fool’s prank on herself. Plus, talk turns to what we want to hold onto & what we need to let go. WARNING: This discussion does include mentions of body image and weight.
139 min
164
Slow and Easy
Busy & Caissie talk about the Oscars and the thing that everyone is talking about, while also wishing some people were talking less about it, while also being a little hypocritical by continuing to talk about it.
153 min
165
A Bear on a Wire
The Academy Awards are still 12 days away, but this is basically their Oscars special as Busy shares a hilarious story from an Oscar party of the past that she attended with her friends Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger, and involving one Matthew McConaughey.
137 min
166
Wristful Thinking
Busy tells a story about her injured wrist, with a twist! Plus, Caissie shares a theory she’s long had about Paula Deen & her fears of various kinds of doors.
143 min
167
The Longest Week
Busy & Caissie's hearts go out to the people of Ukraine. They are sending love to trans kids & their families in Texas. They are just trying to help each other make sense of things that don’t make a lot of sense right now.
165 min
168
Casa Kismet
This week is a first for Busy & Caissie. They are doing the podcast not just from the same coast, but the same city in the same room, at Casa Kismet!
135 min
169
We've Lost the Thread
Busy calls in from the deserted spa & sauna in her hotel. Was she wearing a robe? Yes. Did she walk by people having a fancy dinner in the lobby restaurant in that robe? Also yes!
103 min
170
Trust Your Gut
Host of the “Scam Economy” podcast, Matt Binder, drops by to explain what is going on with cryptocurrency & all these celebrities & their NFTs.
209 min
171
Emergency Episode
We said we needed to start doing emergency episodes when the occasion called for one. So we did!
66 min
172
Grace
Celebrity apologies and whether they’re sincere! Are NFTs sinister and are people who are, in Busy’s opinion, “good Terminators” getting involved with them? Is it gross to reference your own tweets?
154 min
173
To What End???
This week has felt like a year and Busy and Caissie are talking through the pain, remembering Louie Anderson and others who left us too soon this week.
126 min
174
If You Come For Me, Bring a Dollar!
Busy and Caissie discuss the Vulture profile of Joss Whedon & try to finally get to the bottom of what cryptocurrency is & why celebrities are suddenly tweeting about NFTs.
111 min
175
Sick Cricks :(
This week, Busy’s got a sick co-worker & a sick kid & one less set of sheets. But she’s doing her best! Even when it’s cold outside, Busy’s just “Dolly Parton-ing It!”
98 min