Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen

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On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends.

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Introducing Broad Ideas

On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends. New episodes dropping every Monday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Yes! Georgie gets an ep!

Aug 12

1990JSR1990

We all know and love George. So excited he’s a guest host this week!
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Sep 25

The Final Rose

Super boring and monotone.
Fun easy listening

11/21/2024

Jeevesies

Love the way this show ends up feeling like I’m just listening to three friends talk about fun and interesting things together. Feels very related:)
Boring

Jun 21

Malthegal

I’ve tried to listen to this podcast and I have to say it’s super boring. They make the guests do all of the heavy lifting. Can we stop giving celebrities podcasts just because they were famous 20 years ago?

On Broad Ideas, Rachel Bilson is joined by long-time best friend Olivia Allen to talk about sex, mental health, their belief (or lack of) in ghosts, and so much more. They’ll be joined by old friends, young friends, and some friends they haven’t met yet to have fun, casual conversations about the same kind of broad topics you'd find yourself discussing with your girlfriends.