Friends With Us

Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek
  • 5.0 (4)
  • RELATIONSHIPS

Best friends Mel and Shruti talk, laugh, and sing for their friends and themselves. Just a small and an x-large trying to fit into this medium.

  1. 11/24/2025

    16. Meet-cute and Salmon Gossip w/ Chris and Bhavna Part 1

    Bhavna’s back, this time with more Chris! We’re ripping off bandaids, playing some games, hearing the story of how these two met, and finally getting some highly anticipated salmon gossip from Bhavna. Watch this space for Part 2!

    58 min

  2. 10/06/2025

    15. Pomegranates Assemble w/ Ceren

    Hallo freunde (hello friends)! Our dear distanced friend Ceren joins the pod and tells us about living in Germany and answers some questions submitted by you, our friends! We get into egg frying methods, what are Germans dipping their French fries into these days, and what celestial body would we be? Ceren’s plug - Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

    1h 30m

  3. 09/08/2025 · BONUS

    14.5 A Game of Castmates Minisode

    Tune in as Shruti and Mel reach peak alignment by playing How Many Castmates Does It Take To Guess The Movie?

    22 min

  4. 08/25/2025

    14. Extraterrestrial, Extra Mean w/ Yan Xin

    In this ep, we chat with Yan Xin, who is in fact a book-shaped iceberg that is from this earth. We start with a game of Name 5, then dive deep into our thoughts on aliens. Then ribbing your friends, yes or no? And finally, Yan Xin's secret to maintaining friendships: flirting. Yan Xin's plug: moisturizer by Wet Leg

    1h 10m

  5. 08/04/2025 · BONUS

    13.5. A House Count Minisode

    Tune in to this minisode to hear Shruti and Mel discuss how many houses they’ve been in and finally answer the age-old question: is garage house?

    19 min

  6. 07/21/2025

    13. Holding Space Hostage

    We talk about violence in this ep, and consider if humans are inherently violent, and discuss our relationships with violence. Btw, what’s your fear response? Do you lean more fight or flight or freeze or flip or flambe or fawn? Check out Shruti’s plugs: Hanumankind "Chikkama" by VENGAYO

    56 min

  7. 07/07/2025

    12. Gay Commas w/ Jordan

    How old is being gay? This week we chatted with our friend and yours, Jordan! They talk to us about one of their greatest passions: queer history. We discuss how queerness in history is often suppressed or erased and Jordan gives us a brief timeline of queer history in the U.S., plus they recite lil’ gay excerpts from letters written by Eleanor Roosevelt and Alexander Hamilton. Content warning for use of the “f” slur at 30:29-31:55 when the origin of the word is described. Jordan’s plugs - Support these organizations! The Transgender Law Center The Trevor Project The Point Foundation Lambda Legal

    1h 7m

  8. 06/23/2025 · BONUS

    11.5. A Pee-textured Minisode

    Ever wonder what getting a colonoscopy is like? Well, you can find out right now in this minisode as Mel shares her experience and some surprising details about the prep and procedure.

    17 min
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Best friends Mel and Shruti talk, laugh, and sing for their friends and themselves. Just a small and an x-large trying to fit into this medium.

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  • Creator
    Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Mel Severin and Shruti Vanderbeek
  • Show Website
    Friends With Us