Quitters Podcast

Raven-Symoné and her wife Miranda Maday join Chad and Julie for their Quitters Season 2 finale. They're candid about what it's taken them to work through their starkly different communication styles in their relationship and as business partners. Raven shares stories from growing up in the industry and why she broke up with Miranda years ago before they got back together and got married. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad talk to food blogger and entrepreneur Erin Morrissey-Antoniak. She gets real about how her issues with control led her to an eating disorder that took her out of college. She talks about quitting her corporate job, healing her relationship with food and turning it into a thriving business with Erin Lives Whole.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ally Maki is a CEO, actress and model. She talks to Chad and Julie about living in an “actor bootcamp house” with other aspiring child actors, finding her real identity later in life and a story she's never told before about choosing her feeling over work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad interview their first magician! Justin Willman tells them about what drew him to magic, how he went from performing at birthday parties to creating his own Netflix show “Magic For Humans,” and dissects ethics in performing magic. He also explains why it was difficult to leave his identity as Justin Kredible behind to mature as a performer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is Thea Trinidad Büdgen, also known as WWE's Zelina Vega! She dives into how she got started in wrestling, working with Florence Pugh, her obsession with anime, and going against gender norms as one of WWE's biggest stars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Quitter is actor and filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones. She tells Julie and Chad about the challenge in hiring an all women crew, gets candid about being in an open marriage and dealing with divorce, and hooks them up with details about her new Roku show, Slip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Quitter is the creator of MTV's Catfish, Nev Schulman. He talks about how getting catfished catapulted him towards producing and hosting 10+ years of the show, how the show has evolved, the future of identity, and how Catfishing has grown since the Pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is Ben Norris of “Never Have I Ever” fame. He tells us about what it took to quit his desk job to chase the Hollywood pipe dream and dealing with the barrage of “nos” in the acting pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is Jameela Jamil - a writer, actress and devout feminist. She was honest and forward about her body dysmorphia, attempted suicide and her choice not to have children. She moves nimbly between heavy topics and humor.  TW: suicide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Chad and Julie's youngest Quitter, Peyton Elizabeth Lee. She tells them about what it's like to be a TV star as a freshman on a college campus and adjusting to life in New York. She also talks about working with Julie on their new movie, Prom Pact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Julie and Chad speak to Ally Love, who talks to them about how her career turned since becoming a Peloton fitness instructor and her upcoming Netflix Show: Dance 100.  Ally almost died in a car crash at age 9 and was told she might live life with limited use of her legs, but instead she went on to become a dancer, model, CEO and host of the Brooklyn Nets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is actor/director Avan Jogia who is talking to Chad and Julie live from a remote cabin in Canada. Avan opens up about supporting his family as a child actor, the challenges of shooting his first feature film in the pandemic, and trying to find balance as a passionate creative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Chad and Julie welcome reality star turned women's wellness entrepreneur Lo Bosworth. They explore her time as a star on Laguna Beach and The Hills, dealing with unwanted fame and how she turned Hollywood rejection into a new career path. Lo educates Chad and Julie on the brain, gut, vagina connection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is SNL's Kenan Thompson! Julie and Chad have been fans of Kenan for decades and he opens up to us about missing funerals for work, dealing with overly competitive SNL hosts, dreaming in jokes and the difference between being smart and funny. They walk through Kenan's journey from his All That days to unemployment to his relationship with his brother Kel to becoming SNL's longest tenured cast member. To hear more from Kenan, check out his podcast You Already Know, wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad speak with former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe. She tells them about quitting a poisonous relationship in Germany, quitting her addiction to valium and she lets us in on her conflicts with The Bachelorette franchise. She shares something she's never spoken about publicly and tells them when she realized she had to change her life because a close friend couldn't connect with her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is Mayan Lopez, star of Lopez vs Lopez. Mayan talks about growing up with her family in headlines as the daughter of George Lopez, quitting college and how TikTok led her to starring in her own NBC show. She also reveals how her fathers very public scandal impacted her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Chad and Julie interview Stanley Cup Champion Daniel Carcillo. Daniel walks us through everything he's gone through to surviving intense brain trauma caused by his pro hockey career and how he walked away from the game that once ruled his life. This conversation touches on a few serious topics including suicide and the medicinal use of psilocybin (magic mushrooms). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have Canadian indie pop star duo Tegan and Sara! They explain their journey breaking into the music scene at 19, dealing with sibling arguments on stage, and the ways they work through family trauma to continue building their creative empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is Emmy award winning writer and producer Larry Wilmore. Larry describes creating The Bernie Mack Show and then getting fired in the middle of the show's Emmy winning mega success, finding new life on The Daily Show and the unique challenges Black writers face in Hollywood. He also explains how he shifted his emotional relationship with money to an intellectual relationship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is pop-star and writer/director, Hayley Kiyoko. She takes us on her journey from performing for 15 people in a hole in the wall to sharing a stage with Taylor Swift in front of 70,000 screaming fans. Hayley describes the danger of riding through unwelcoming environments on a tour bus, the thrill of signing to a label and the challenge of telling stories about her love life as a queer woman despite discouraging advice from executives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad are joined by The School For Good And Evil author Soman Chainani. Soman shares his unlikely journey from Harvard to pharmaceutical sales to the New York Times bestselling list to Netflix. Soman opens up about realizing his gifts for writing, finding inspiration, and life growing up as a gay Indian American in mostly white environments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad talk to the Queen of Crime Podcasts, Ashley Flowers. Ashley dissects quitting her corporate job in medical sales to build her podcast empire, Audiochuck, and clearing space to write a novel. She also shares how her interest in true crime has actually helped close a number of unsolved cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Chad and Julie are joined by critically acclaimed actor and Emmy Winner Tony Hale. Tony opens up about his anxiety, what it's like to be religious in Hollywood and how the birth of his daughter forced him to be present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad talk to Maia Mitchell. Maia opens up about the challenges of moving from Australia to Hollywood, dealing with self-abandonment, walking away from Good Trouble, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Julie and Chad speak to former Bachelor contestant Becca Tilley. Becca explains how her life changed after she was cast on the show, navigating negative online criticism, her private (but not secret) relationship and what it was like to come out publicly. She even gives them a glimpse into what really happens in a Bachelor fantasy suite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad sit down with podcaster, journalist and documentarian David Farrier. David describes what life has been like since moving to America, how he loves to be the first to a story, and why Americans love conspiracy theories. He also shares some behind the scenes stories from critically acclaimed documentary “Tickled”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Quitters, Julie and Chad interview the final member of the Dunphy family: Nolan Gould. Nolan tells them about growing up on a #1 TV show and defining himself now without it. They also get into stories of Julie messing with Nolan on the set of “Modern Family”, walking away from a college acceptance, and why pursing art is so important to him. 

Today Chad and Julie talk to the witty and multitalented Nicole Byer. Nicole talks about being her own biggest fan, how her white friends texted her during the protests in 2020, and missing her calling as a car mechanic. She also reveals that she quit smoking after 20 years, and talks about life after cigarettes.

In their Season 2 premiere episode, Julie and Chad are joined by quitting extraordinaire Jennette McCurdy. Together they dissect Jennette's unique journey growing up as a child star, dealing with two eating disorders and having a complicated relationship with an abusive parent. They also dive into how Jennette's life has changed after her mothers death. Quitters is now available in video on YouTube.

This week's Quitters episode is the final episode of Season 1. In a conversation between Julie and chad, they talk about teenage racial experiences, unwanted sexual attention and confusing power dynamics.They also announce their plans for Quitters Season 2 which will premiere this Fall with video!The Quitters team would like to thank their Season 1 guests, producers, editors and most of all, the fans for sticking with then on this adventure.See you soon. 

This week's special guest is a talented writer, lawyer, mother and oh yeah, Chad's sister… Shannon Sanders! Shannon joins Julie and Chad to talk about a number of things she had to quit during the pandemic to focus on the things that truly matter to her: her family and her writing.

Elyse Myers was enjoying her life as a web developer in Nebraska before her almost overnight rise to Tik-Tok fame. She quit her day job to focus on creating content as new people and things rushed into her life.She talks to us about how she realized it was time to quit and focus on her content, how her unexpected fame impacts her family, growing up poor in California and chasing a guy to Australia in her dating years. 

This week's Quitter is Hollywood veteran Ariel Winter, who just underwent a massive quit by leaving her life and home in Los Angeles.Ariel opens up about having her body objectified as she grew up on TV and choosing to prioritize herself. She reveals why she left LA, her complicated relationship with fame and how she thinks about social media.

Today's quitter, Sam Richardson [Veep, Detroiters, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates], sits down with us to discuss quitting sugar and eating 2-3 steaks in one sitting, how patience has affected his career, how moving from Ghana to Detroit at 9 years old has shaped his worldview and confidence, and more!

This week's Quitter is the vulnerable, talented recording artist, Ashe! She opens up about losing her brother to an overdose during the rise of her stardom, becoming famous during a global pandemic and why she quit a toxic marriage.

This week's conversation with the bold, insightful and uplifting Kalen Allen is packed full! Chad and Julie cover how Kalen became an achievement junkie, his hopes to quit being single, his time working at The Ellen Show, how he got permission to be himself and more.

This week's guest is true-crime savant and podcasting empress, Karen Kilgariff! Julie and Chad's conversation taps into the rise of the “My Favorite Murder” podcast empire, her slide into nightly partying and boozing as an Hollywood writer, her unexpected decision to quit drinking, the dangers of the 90's fen-phen trend, and much more!

This week's Quitter is Armchair Expert co-host and our insightful “fairy podmother”, Monica Padman!She's authentic and graceful in this honest conversation about her complicated relationship with assimilating, how she stays true to herself in the public eye, her point of view on the term “model minority” and her plans to quit getting in her own way.

Today's Quitter is Julie's TV brother and Modern Family co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson! Jesse is quick, charming and vivacious as he talks to Julie and Chad about an early quit that catapulted his career, whether or not he wants to quit people-pleasing, and the time he got caught shoplifting and quit hiding from his parents!

Today's Quitter is the incredibly smart, funny and charming Lamorne Morris. Lamorne opens up to Chad and Julie about living in his car early in his career, Quitting his job at a network where he felt miscast, and how he handles white people constantly asking him how they can be better people. This conversation was real, fun and surprising.

Today, Julie and Chad speak to their first PAIR of Quitters on the show: sibling duo Meghan Trainor and Ryan Trainor.They learn how their connection as siblings has been tested by Meghan's enormous stardom and Ryan's battles with anxiety and addiction. They explore Ryan's wake-up call to quit substance abuse and Meghan's battle to quit body dysmorphia.

You might know her from Blossom, Big Bang Theory and Jeopardy! But Julie and Chad know her as… a quitter. This week, they have an honest conversation with Mayim Bialik, where she discusses quitting Hollywood, academia, hyper-vigilance, and what happens in our brain when we decide to quit something.

On this episode of Quitters, Chad and Julie are joined by Julie's TV daughter Sarah Hyland. They discuss Sarah's chronic health struggles through shooting Modern Family, the woes of social media, and learning to speak up as a young woman. Oh yeah, and she teaches Chad what “ingénue” and “kupa” mean.

This week, Julie and Chad talk to Jimmy Kimmel, learning all about how he had to flee from a Mike Tyson press conference, his relationship to fame, wanting to be the funniest kid in class, and the words "I love you" losing its power in LA. They also ask Jimmy the million dollar question - what would it take for him to quit his show?

On this episode of Quitters, Julie has a heartfelt reunion with her Modern Family-husband Ty Burrell while Chad makes a new friend. They discuss Ty quitting the Los Angeles lifestyle, moving to Salt Lake City, the power of social media and much more. 

This time, Chad is in the Quitter seat. He and Julie dissect Chad's unique journey: leaving the East Coast and heading West after college to work for Google in Silicon Valley - the world's “best place to work” at the time. Sounds like a dream first job, right? Well, not for Chad. Together, they get to the bottom of everything that led him to quit the corporate climb and start down the winding path of life as an artist.

Welcome to Quitters! In their premiere episode, Julie and Chad discuss how they got to know each other and why they wanted to start a podcast. They get into Julie's unspoken (until now) quits, including her struggle with body shame and dysmorphia.

Quitters premieres February 14th 2022.