Bully Proof

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.

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  

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

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

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

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

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  

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

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.