354 episodes
Brilliant Observations Melissa Brilliant, Amy Fugazi
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4.6 • 36 Ratings
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Real friends. Real funny. We swear. Like, a lot. Join us for unscripted, uncensored, and definitely unsuitable-for-work comedy conversation about relationships, marriage, friendship, sex, hope, parenting and prospering at midlife. It's like grabbing a weekly cocktail with your favorite girlfriends for a candid look at life that lifts you up as it pulls you in. From religion to porn to money, fears, our bodies, our brains, secrets, failures, food, family and finding your path, almost nothing is off-limits (except politics — gross). Longtime friends Melissa Brilliant and Amy Fugazi overshare about everything with the love and trust that only comes from a lifetime of being there for each other. So cut through the fake friends who try to glamourize all the BS masquerading as midlife. We're the bawdy, brutally honest best friends you never knew you had. And we always pick up the check. Love us? Tell your friends. Hate us? Tell your therapist.
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Weed-Free Sleep and the Greedy Peasant
Looking for a gentler way to fall asleep than My Chemical Romance? Don't use this episode — unless laughing is your favorite way to drift off (see what we did there?). Join us as we recap a raucus Bat Mitzvah among friends, some gentle penis humor, and a few favorite accounts you have to see on TikTok.
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Broken Tents and Miscreants
If you're looking for a man in Finance, Trust Fund, 6'5", blue eyes, then keep looking. All we got here is a Waffle House training manual, the world's weirest obiturary and a long-overdue congressional censure. Serve that up with a lil no-tip salami and a brief dive into dating before cell phones, and you've got yourself a podcast. There's laughs here, friends. Dig in.
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Dammit Jim, I'm a Mother Not a Podcaster
Holy Suprise Audio Feed Swap, Batman! Amy FUHG!-azi strikes again with a badly mangled cable connection resulting in some seriously compromized audio for this week's show. Try as we might, Dear Listener, we were only able to clean things up so much. Then again, you like it a lil dirty, don't you?
Either way, Amy sincerely apologizes for once again falling victim to the Universe's highjinks. Swear she'll get 'em next time, folks.
Meanwhile, enjoy our weekly recap of milestone moments like college graduation, the perils of engaging with social media, GoFundMe and the Broh-letariat, and a sudden aligning of the planets. Juicy stuff! -
Restraining Orders and Sticky Conversations
Which came first: the two drink maximum or shooting a dog in the face? And to think, these aren't even the most controversial things we joke about this week. Join us for a rousing conversation that includes ill-suited funeral home administrators, voting stickers, Middle East unrest, avoidng your life's purpose and (everyone's favorite), "Tubby People."
It's every bit as weird, free-ranging and surprisingly metaphysical as you think. Just one more reason to love us.
Customer Reviews
Love this podcast!!
In a time of high stress and anxiety, listening to this podcast is the highlight of my week. Despite the fact that you’ve put me off of ranch dressing for good (dear review reader, listen to the episode about Jeff Bezos going into space for why 🤣) listening to you two laugh, curse, call out stupid things and people, and so lovingly support each other through life’s milestones makes me so happy every week. This podcast is such fun!
Art and Content Theives
Just learned that these two have been selling comedian Kai Choyce's official merch design as their own. They put it on shirts, stickers, and even made it part of the logo for their podcast. Not sure how or why they decided to put his original shirt design that he has been selling on his website for years now on their own merch but that's pretty much the lowest thing you can do to an artist.
Thank you
You ladies make me laugh, you make me tear up as I am driving, you make me smile, but most of all you make me realize that life is what you make of it. Your friendship is incredible and I look forward to conversations when you disagree with one another because you are both willing to listen to what the other has to say. Amy and I have many things in common, including being outnumbered by the Y chromosomes in our houses. Melissa’s adventures with the dogs and building a shore house make me appreciate my one dog and not building a 2nd home. Thank you both for keeping it real.
Thank you.