Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata

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Gayle & Oprah. Bonnie & Clyde. Nicole & Sasheer. Enter the pantheon of best friendship. When you’re forced to change your number, are sick of being single, or want to take a pole-dancing class, you’re going to need a best friend...and if you don’t, you can still have this podcast. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm.

12/24/2025

Nicole Loves the Avatar Whales

Happy Holidays from Best Friends! This week, Nicole and Sasheer get into the latest Avatar film, how they react differently during emergencies, and take the wildest quiz yet in the history of Best Friends! QUIZ: https://ela-ine.github.io/what-vehicle-are-you/index.html Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1h 8m
12/17/2025

Sasheer Cheered for Tobey's Spider-Man (w/ Paul Feig)

Nicole and Sasheer are excited to welcome very special guest, filmmaker Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks, A Simple Favor, Spy) to chat about his upcoming film, The Housemaid, which is in theaters December 19th! Our trio of friends discusses what makes a friendship movie great, a shared past passion for tap dance, and the best piece of test audience feedback Paul ever received. Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

58 min
12/10/2025

Nicole Champions Underripe Persimmons

Nicole and Sasheer are back for an extra special solo episode of Best Friends! Nicole gives the update on her latest apple discoveries and considers the best way to get backstage at Beyoncé. Sasheer gives a fantastic enactment of sitting in an exit row and important advice to a listener that involves sprinting towards a group of people. Get into it! Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 hr
12/03/2025

Nicole and Sasheer's Excellent Adventure

Nicole and Sasheer are back from a night out on the town to catch up with each other about kissing in the rain, the joy of lasagna, butt facials, neutering and Nicole's giraffe family. Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 hr
11/19/2025

Nicole Knows Her Cars

Nicole and Sasheer are back with a special solo episode for your video watching eyes and podcast listening ears! They get into Nicole's latest musical fixation, Sasheer's cat's recent escape attempt, take a quiz and answer some questions from the lovely listeners. Quiz Link: https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=pq-what-type-of-vehicle-are-you Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1h 3m
11/12/2025

Sasheer Jumps at Things That Are Normal (w/ Betsy Sodaro & Gilli Nissim)

This week, Nicole and Sasheer are joined by best friends Betsy Sodaro (A Funny Feeling, We Love Trash) and Gilli Nissim (The Other Two, Twisted Metal, AP Bio)! The group gets into the story behind Betsy and Gilli's matching shirts, memories from their trip to Bulgaria where Betsy filmed a commercial playing an eye mite, and the absolute joy of living with a best friend! Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1h 9m
11/05/2025

Nicole's In Her Pants Era

Nicole and Sasheer are back in the studio to debrief Sasheer’s house project, uncover the origin story of cereal mascots, try a new quiz and answer some friendship advice questions from our gorgeous listeners. QUIZ: https://www.autostraddle.com/quiz-which-classic-bath-and-body-works-scent-are-you/?results=44c723e2 Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1h 2m
10/29/2025

Sasheer Might Try Bouldering (w/ Tawny Newsome)

We have a very special guest this week - one of Nicole and Sasheer's best friends, actor and musician Tawny Newsome (Space Force, Star Trek: Lower Decks)! The trio gets into strength-training, the multitude of activities you can do outside with your friends, the joy of adult coloring books, and Tawny's memorable night on the town that solidified a best friendship. Watch this full video on YouTube and follow below! Follow Nicole: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok Follow Sasheer: Instagram, TikTok Like the show? Rate Best Friends 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Have a friendship question for Nicole and Sasheer to solve? Leave us a voicemail at (323) 238-6554‬ or write in at nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com. Best Friends is a production of Headgum Studios. Our producer is Allie Kahan. Our executive producer is Anya Kanevskaya. The show is edited, mixed, and engineered by Richelle Chen. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm. 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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Introducing Best Friends

Get ready for Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata, premiering on Earwolf June 12! Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/friends. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

05/20/2019

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Join the staff of the Headgum network as they try to navigate a series of quizzes, games and conversation enders poised by their coworker Geoffrey James. If you have questions, email in to hgpod@headgum.com.

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12/10/2025

Queer and Worried

My favorite podcast! They’re hilarious and were so comforting during the pandemic because listening to them feels like hanging with close friends 💖
Love Nicole and Sasheer

12/24/2025

Aliyahrg

I wanted to leave a tiny bit of feedback since the podcast has come back that bums me out to even say - because I normally LOVE best friends and can listen to Nicole and Sasheer gab about nothing and crack up - but lately these one off random episode sit downs with, usually, industry people but not with their own best friend doing the best friend/marriage game - feel really random, press obligated and inauthentic to Sasheer and Nicole’s dynamic. Just one listener’s opinion but others might feel similarly.
This is peak Nicole

10/30/2025

C.D.R. Poet

I love Nicole Byer and my favorite thing about this podcast is that she is her most unfiltered here. It is a testament to her friendship with Sasheer and indicative of Sasheer's ability to stay grounded while still having her head in the clouds. But Nicole's head is reallllly in the clouds. Like mine.
Effortlessly Funny

10/06/2025

Trixie’s Dad

What a lovely way to spend some time with two hilarious friends who genuinely love each other and still crack each other up. This podcast just keeps getting better.

Gayle & Oprah. Bonnie & Clyde. Nicole & Sasheer. Enter the pantheon of best friendship. When you’re forced to change your number, are sick of being single, or want to take a pole-dancing class, you’re going to need a best friend...and if you don’t, you can still have this podcast. This is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Best Friends via Gumball.fm.