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On the Bully Proof podcast, actor/writers Sofia Gonzalez and Tess Paras take a funny, heartfelt approach to interviewing guests about their vivid bullying stories. With a focus on the lessons learned, Bully Proof explores how difficult times can be our greatest teachers and offers hilarious anecdota…

Bully Proof Podcast, Sofia Gonzalez, Tess Paras


    • Oct 24, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Episode 8: Patty Guggenheim “Hug Your haters”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 27:34


    Actress and sketch comedienne Patty Guggenheim (LA to Vegas, The Happytime Murders, Florida Girls) shares stories about manipulative frenemies, teenage girl hormones, real  life “burn books,” using comedy to cope, a unique way she communicated with her parents, and adding childhood bullies on social media as an adult.

    Episode 7: Celia Finkelstein “National Panic Attack”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 41:20


    Writer and Actor Celia Finkelstein (For the People, Angie Tribeca, You’re the Worst) shares her stories about growing up in Pensacola, how arts education shared her life, Les Miserables fandom, depression and anxiety, tools to cope with the horrors of this current political administration, and we somehow end up talking about Terrace House and Bachelor in Paradise. politics, political, terrace house, bachelor, actor, writer, american horror story, for the people, shondaland  

    Episode 6: Jimmy Fowlie “Guys, you know I’m losing my voice”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 43:28


    Actor and Comedian Jimmy Fowlie (Two Broke Girls, Go-Go Boy Interrupted, The Comeback) drops by to divulge the dirt on the old days of the CBS Diversity Showcase, growing up a feminine guy in Bedford, Massachusetts, the messiness of gender identity, and loving yourself.   lifestyle, women, girls, teens, trans, gay, lgbt, lgbtqia, boston, twobrokegirls, gogoboy, gogo, cbs, diversity, showcase, acting, actors, gender, hollywood, losangeles, musicalcomedy, improv, sketch

    Episode 5: Jake Matthews “Giant Middle Finger”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 43:06


    Jake Matthews (Wisdom of the Crowd, Bosch) comes by to talk about his life: getting in fights, being an unapologetic weirdo, having a pet pig, and other complex stuff! #bullies #bullying #highschool #comedy #therapy #advice #lifestyle #women #girls #teens, #trans #gay #lgbt #lgbtqia #boston #cbs #indian #pets #petpig #pig, aspergers, massachusetts, outfest, latina, latino, latinx, filipina, filipino, filipinx, asian, asianamerican, history

    Minisode - “You Guys are Such Nerds”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 22:28


    Tess and Sofia re-cap the lessons they’ve learned on this podcast adventure thus far: the definitions of bullying, Tess unpacks how she’s sometimes perceived as cold, Sofia explains how she’s reluctantly dulled her “sparkle,” and they both talk about how they were each “cool once.”     podcast, cool, women, drugs, bullying, bullies, brooklyn, hipster, sacramento, highschool, advice, therapy, comedy, drugabuse, highschool, comedy, therapy, advice, lifestyle, women, girls, teens, losangeles, roseanne, television, actress, actors, movies, films, hollywood

    Episode 4: Nick Casalini “I Think I Did Bully Macklemore”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 52:35


    Nick Casalini (Co-host of the “Hella In Your 30s” podcast, Co-creator of “Fam Club” web series) joins Tess and Sofia as their first bully! We discuss what “punking” is, high school with Macklemore, nostalgia for “Yo mama” jokes, the satisfaction of getting a reaction.     podcast, drake, punking, highschool, macklemore, sacramento, seattle, yomama, men, bullying, bullies, therapy, comedy

    Episode 3: Gabrielle Ruiz “Shakespeare's Bring it On!”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 55:10


    Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Broadway’s In The Heights, IF/THEN, Evita) discusses protecting yourself while engaging on social media, ballet class bullies, manipulative cheer squad mean girls, sororities, and having a strong mom.       dance, ballet, crazyexgirlfriend, highschool, texas, tejana, moms, dancemoms, cheermoms, cheerleading, drama, showbusiness, sororities, sisters, sororitylife, sororitysisters, rachelbloom, bullies, bullying, highschool, comedy, therapy, advice, lifestyle, women, girls, teens, socialmedia, social, starwars, kellymarietran, twitter, instagram, latina, latino, latinx, filipina, filipino, filipinx  

    Episode 2: Hayley Marie Norman “High Road Petty”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 42:43


    Hayley Marie Norman (Alone Together, Living Biblically) discusses what it's like to have grown up bi-racial in the suburbs of Los Angeles, who she really feels sorry for in the Roseanne fallout, and how she's stood up for herself in real life and Yelp.     bullies, bullying, highschool, comedy, therapy, advice, lifestyle, women, girls, teens, biracial, losangeles, roseanne, television, actress, actors, movies, films, hollywood

    Episode 1: Grace Parra (a.k.a. Wedgie Woman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 30:29


    On the first episode of Bully Proof, hosts Sofia Gonzalez and Tess Paras are joined by comedienne and activist Grace Parra (The Nightly Show with Larry Willmore) as she describes growing up in Texas, playing the recorder, and how to gracefully end relationships. 

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