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It's me, your friend Busy Philipps! My creative partner Caissie St. Onge & I love making things that we believe people need & will love & we’ve had so many plans. We had plans to do a TV show that would shake up late night! And we think it kinda did! For six months. We adored our genius, scrappy creative team at “Busy Tonight” as much as we loved our audience, so when we broke the news that we’d been canceled, we vowed to get back up & make even bigger plans to invent a whole new way of doing things in the entertainment biz, to reunite our beautiful staff & change the game for everyone! An entertainment Utopia! And we were so close, then...the world changed. Now those plans are, at the very least, on hold. So, we've shifted gears, like everyone has had to, & with our friends, we're just doing our best, taking it slow & talking to fascinating friends about how *they* are doing *their* best. They’ll tell us all about those times in their lives when a setback actually led to the right thing. Maybe it was a job that didn't pan out, but opened the door to an even more perfect one, or maybe it's how they studied for years to do the thing they thought was their calling, only to fall into something else that felt like kismet. The thing is, we want to share those moments because right now EVERYBODY is having one of those moments. Maybe we'll all learn something life-changing or maybe we'll just have a conversation where we break down in tears, then laugh at ourselves for crying. Whatever happens, we can assure you, Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best!

Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best Kismet Productions

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

It's me, your friend Busy Philipps! My creative partner Caissie St. Onge & I love making things that we believe people need & will love & we’ve had so many plans. We had plans to do a TV show that would shake up late night! And we think it kinda did! For six months. We adored our genius, scrappy creative team at “Busy Tonight” as much as we loved our audience, so when we broke the news that we’d been canceled, we vowed to get back up & make even bigger plans to invent a whole new way of doing things in the entertainment biz, to reunite our beautiful staff & change the game for everyone! An entertainment Utopia! And we were so close, then...the world changed. Now those plans are, at the very least, on hold. So, we've shifted gears, like everyone has had to, & with our friends, we're just doing our best, taking it slow & talking to fascinating friends about how *they* are doing *their* best. They’ll tell us all about those times in their lives when a setback actually led to the right thing. Maybe it was a job that didn't pan out, but opened the door to an even more perfect one, or maybe it's how they studied for years to do the thing they thought was their calling, only to fall into something else that felt like kismet. The thing is, we want to share those moments because right now EVERYBODY is having one of those moments. Maybe we'll all learn something life-changing or maybe we'll just have a conversation where we break down in tears, then laugh at ourselves for crying. Whatever happens, we can assure you, Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best!

    Phillipa Soo “My Sister’s Sister is My Sister”

    Phillipa Soo “My Sister’s Sister is My Sister”

    This week, Busy and Caissie share their thoughts on the explosive Max documentary Quiet on Set about the behind the scenes misconduct and abuse on the sets of several Nickelodeon children’s shows, plus they recap the arguments heard by the Supreme Court about whether access to abortion pills will be restricted. Then, Grammy winner, Tony and Emmy nominee, Phillipa Soo, stops by to talk about her experience as a child trying to break into the entertainment business and what the gasp uttered by her iconic character, Eliza, at the end of Hamilton might mean. Plus, she talks about her latest pivot, to being a children’s book author with her debut book, Piper Chen Sings, out this week! Finally, Busy and Caissie discuss an amazing afternoon they spent, meeting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and celebrating her new memoir, One Way Out, with a whole bunch of wonderful women. CONTENT WARNING: Frank discussion of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and sexual assault

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    • 2 hr 27 min
    “Love in an Elevator”

    “Love in an Elevator”

    This week, Busy and Caissie are together in Los Angeles, gearing up for their new talk show on QVC+! Busy reveals a celebrity elevator encounter she had that might have inadvertently given off a vibe she did not intend. OR DID SHE? Caissie gets extremely vulnerable and, she hopes, relatable, by sharing her struggle with an embarrassing affliction she thought was just for people in Bible times. Plus, Busy talks about how Cricket saw someone super famous at The Grove and saw a lot more of that super famous person’s wife!

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    • 1 hr 43 min
    Librarian Mychal Threets, “Pop the Tequila!”

    Librarian Mychal Threets, “Pop the Tequila!”

    This week, Busy and Caissie are trying to get the pink dye out of Busy’s hair while getting to the bottom of that questionably photoshopped royal photo. They also have a really big announcement that’s been almost 5 years in the making and they are so excited to finally spill the beans! Then, everyone’s favorite librarian, Mychal Threets, joins the pod to talk about the absolute joy of reading and to make a couple of exciting announcements of his own! Finally, a bad date and the Girls5Eva premiere are recapped tighter than a can of paint somebody tapped with a mallet.

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    • 2 hr 42 min
    Big P*ssy Energy!

    Big P*ssy Energy!

    This week, Busy has been busy round the clock doing press for the new season, plus the past two seasons, of Girls5Eva on Netflix! It’s almost finally here! And in her spare time, she’s been hosting every benefit and gala for every important cause she can get her hands on. Meanwhile, Caissie may be be getting some of that BPE in her house. Like, literally.

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    • 1 hr 45 min
    Chelsea Peretti, “Not a Smizer!”

    Chelsea Peretti, “Not a Smizer!”

    This week, Busy and Caissie are trying to balance the dark and the light. On the one hand, the world is dark and scary, on the other hand, they were sent Dunkings jogging suits. While taking photographs for a gig, Busy was asked to smize and learned she does not have that skill! Then, comedian writer and first time female director, Chelsea Peretti stops by to talk about her new movie, “First Time Female Director” available on Roku, March 8th!

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    • 2 hr 20 min
    “Stuck in the Middle”

    “Stuck in the Middle”

    This week, Busy and Caissie are still basking in the glow of all the info they learned from The Points Guy and waiting for their Amex Gold cards with 4x points on groceries to arrive. While they wait, they discuss why Busy’s trip to visit BFF (Michelle Williams) was cut short, the concept of body doubling in ADHD, the pig pot raffle status, what BFF Michelle gave Busy for Christmas and how, hopefully, not to get scammed by a fake call from the CIA.

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    • 2 hr 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
2.5K Ratings

2.5K Ratings

SRRpod ,

Love you both

Thank you for the storytelling and the fresh perspectives!

Yukan1224 ,

Gives me all the good feels!!

Absolutely love the podcast and listening each week!! I always learn something new from Busy and Caissie!! I feel like I’m with two good friends and I wish I could give them both a big hug!!

paigerd ,

We 🫶🏼 Caissie

I really enjoy this podcast. But I dare Busy to ask Caissie ONE question or to not constantly divert every.single.conversation back to herself. I understand the podcast is called “Busy Phillips is Doing Her Best”— but she has a co-host. And it doesn’t seem there is a lot of air left in the room for that co-host, or any other guest.

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