Hey! Hi! Hello! We are recording a catch up episode to let you know that Hayley and Jen are here, we’re doing the best we can, and we are ending season 3 with a bang. 🥲 We know it’s been a wild ride on NFF the past six months and the geminis need a break, quite frankly. We love you all, please keep sharing and listening, and we’ll catch you on the …

What do you do when your friend is going through a divorce? Hayley, for better or for worse, has a unique perspective on it. Listen to her share her experience and some good takeaways from her divorce in 2022. Things changed. Not better, not worse, just different. ❤️Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on …

Happy NFF Friday! This week Jen and Hayley are here to discuss extracurricular activities: how to get into them as an adult and how you can use them to bond with your friends! Who else wants to eat snacks and talk about books for an evening? Or drink wine while yelling at The Bachelor? Enrich your lives and your friendships. Send in your friendship…

Jen and Hayley have returned and they are coming at you hot with some listener advice! Ever have two friends get in a giant fight (partially instigated by their husband) and when they stop speaking it really fucks up your shit? Well… so has our listener Kristen. We give her the most sound advice we can (spoiler alert: men suck). Enjoy!Send in your …

Jen and Hayley have returned and this time they're bringing you all the tips and tricks for making work friends. We took some time to look through an article from The New York Times and offer our own personal stories about turning coworkers into confidants. Check out the article here and follow along! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfr…

Jen and Hayley are back (like they never left) in the year 2023! And you know what else is back this year? TikTok Talks! Today we learned what stress management is (but not where to sign up for a class, TBD on that one) and how it can relate to your friends. Spoiler alert: it makes friendship less anxiety inducing or aggravating and more fun! Liste…

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, friends! This week, Hayley tells a harrowing tale that begs the question: “Is having not-so-great friends a red flag?” It might be! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written an…

Welcome back to the beautiful world of NFF, where Jen and Hayley think TOO MUCH about their friendships. Are you also psychotic and a freak in the Excel sheets? You too might want to make a spreadsheet of every friend you have and their trends — are they moving up or down in your tiers? These curious questions are what keep us coming back for more……

We’re back. We’re singing Taylor Swift. And we’re talking about TikToks. This week, Jen and Hayley give you a TikTok Talk segment featuring our favorite girl, Danielle Bayard Jackson @thefriendshipexpert. Danielle posted a video discussing picking bridesmaids when you’re getting married and we have a lot of thoughts. Since our last wedding ep, both…

Not to make this about us but… this is our podcast. Jen and Hayley have returned (many) days late and several dollars short, but we tried our best. This has been a tumultuous period for Hayley and a frantic one for Jen. They are so sorry it took so long to get back to you, but they’re here, they’re emotionally ready, and they want to fill you in. S…

Jen and Hayley are sending their besties off for a summer hiatus in style. This week, we do some TikTok Talking (shout out to @polkadothead & @savannahamilton11), some Austin Diaries updates, and just a lot of personal catching up. It’s been a wild first half of the year and we couldn’t have done any of this without you guys. We’ll be back soon! Se…

Jen and Hayley are back with one of their easy breezy bite-sized episodes! This week, the geminis are diving into a Twitter thread (from @brujabitchh) on toxic friendships: both what they look like and the stages of healing after one ends. It’s a heavy topic and one we all are too familiar with, so listen close if this applies to you! Send in your …

Jen and Hayley are back with an entire episode of Demote or Deletes! And this time… they’re personal. Listen to Hayley share a tale of college friends who deleted her first and Jen’s friend who got her to lower her expectations… more than once. What did we do? How did we handle it? What would YOU do? Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfri…

Jen and Hayley are here with a brand new segment we’re calling TikTok Talk *cue the windchimes*. That’s right, we have selected a riveting TikTok story of friendship, straight from our fyp, to share with all of you and discuss our thoughts. This week, it’s a tale of a friend who was DUMPED by her bestie one week after being in her wedding… what?! S…

Take a trip down memory lane with Jen and Hayley this week and relive our high school bestie drama! Or rather, relive what we actually remember, because trauma brain is rough. The friends are taking time to share the ups and downs of their ex-besties who changed their lives (for better or worse…). Enjoy! If you have ex-bestie stories, or general fr…

This week, Jen and Hayley are discussing another Reddit & Weep! When a friend is a high achiever and enters a period of their life that is especially challenging, you may inadvertently take a backseat. It doesn't mean they love you less... or does it? Listen to the geminis debate on what is and isn't ok, and how they've managed these ebbs and flows…

Welcome to… the future? The present? Just life? When a listener wrote in to Jen and Hayley to ask about “de-intensifying the friend hang,” the geminis were immediately intrigued. It’s true, things HAVE felt very intense for a long time. And it hasn’t been easy to get back to the chill, spontaneous atmosphere they were in before. Listen to them wax …

Jen and Hayley are here and they are… struggling with friends who don’t like each other. You know when two people in a group of four decide they don’t like someone in the group and start ostracizing them but never tell them why? Come on, haven't we all been there? Well then surely you’ve had two friends get in a fight and need to figure out how to …

Have you ever wondered what to do for your pregnant friends? What about the new parents who are trying to keep themselves afloat? Are you overwhelmed even thinking about what to ask and what to do? This week, Jen and Hayley wanted to find out. We invited Emma Broadfoot back (previously heard on Murder of Geminis) and Jen’s childhood friend Kathleen…

This time we’re back with another Reddit & Weep! Ever had a friend’s girlfriend move in with you and then, after breaking up with her SO, start kinda hooking up with your other friend? No? Just wait, Jen and Hayley have THOUGHTS!Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or …

There’s so much happening. And it’s happening in Austin, Texas! Hayley and Jen open this episode with a very special Austin Diaries check in, detailing the weekend they spent together. Get the download on Jen’s new friends, new city, and new job. Then, they pivot into a discussion surrounding alcohol and how it affects friendships. Why can’t adults…

Content warning: this episode includes discussion of abuse. This week, Jen and Hayley read a Reddit & Weep that turns into a Demote or Delete once they realize the writer is in an abusive friendship. So maybe more of a Delete or Delete? Please use caution listening to this one! Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follo…

Bitch, it might be! Next up on the docket for this week: astrology and friendship. How does your astrological chart affect your ability to get along with others? Which signs do you mesh with the most? If you’re out here in these streets… what element should you be scouting out? All that and more awaits in this episode of NFF with our resident amate…

Jen and Hayley are back, back again, and this week we're asking ourselves: do we choose our friends? Or do we let friendship just... happen to us? How much of it is subconscious? Any? All of it? There's SO much to unpack, and we do it with the story of a dear listener and friend. Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and fol…

Hello, and welcome back to your favorite friendship pod where (spoilers) superheroes Jen and Hayley solve friendship once again! This week, we’re catching up TV like Inventing Anna and Love is Blind (it’s relevant, we swear), and covering a new Reddit and Weep! Do you struggle to find good friends? Are you the problem or are they? And also, why are…

Did you miss us? Jen and Hayley are back for another installment of The Austin Diaries! This week, we get to hear about Jen’s closest friendships she has developed and all the ways Austin is finally feeling like home. Also, lots of exciting visits from friends, including a certain podcast co-host… stay tuned! Send in your friend questions (or Demot…

Oh boy, what a week. Jen got back from LA, Hayley has a new therapist, and both friends are stumped by this week’s questions. First, Jen poses an interesting scenario: could they have less friends? What would that look like? Why would anyone want that? And then they move into a very real Demote or Delete: having a friend that is miserable to be aro…

Welcome back to part 2 of The Austin Diaries! The series where Jen fills us in on how her transition to Texas is going and what shenanigans she’s up to. This week, we’ll hear about bestie of the pod Hannah spending the weekend and Jen’s realizations that keeping up with people long distance is a lot more time-consuming than before.Send in your frie…

Jen and Hayley are here for the TEA! If you also love mess, then you will love today’s listener Q. It’s a tale as old as time: two friends decide to date and things get messy… but with a new twist! A new friend that turns around and wants to steal your guy. Backstabbing? Check. Breaking girl code? Check. Villain origin story? Potentially. Get ready…

This week, Jen and Hayley are back with their first ever segment of Demote or Delete! This is the game where you guys tell us about your awesome friendship that has one teeny tiny little problem (like they never ask you about your life…) and we tell you to either demote them to a lower level of friendship or delete them from your life! Fun! Send in…

Happy NFF Friday, besties! It’s time for your favorite past time: being vulnerable and making friends. (Content warning: discussion of suicide.) This week, Jen and Hayley are thrilled to welcome special guest Saira Malhotra to the pod! Saira is a licensed social worker and therapist based out of Denver, CO and, bonus, an old friend from Hayley’s Bo…

Welcome to Texas, y’all. Jen and Hayley are pleased to bring you the first installment of The Austin Diaries! Jen will detail how the first month in her new home has been going and cover the bases of: meeting new friends, navigating a new city, and the quiet awkwardness of not being quite comfortable yet. If you’ve ever moved to a new city, you wil…

Happy Season 2, besties!! Jen and Hayley are back and better than ever! In this inaugural episode of the new season, the friends do a deep dive that has been highly anticipated: friendship tiers. What do they look like? How do they function? Do they matter at all? Why are we sweating just thinking about this? After reviewing an Instagram poll, Jen …

It’s the end of season 1! In honor of the past year and the first 53 episodes of our show, Jen and Hayley are doing a Q&A episode. We asked you all to send in questions about anything, friend related or not, and we were thrilled with the responses. While we will be taking a hiatus from new episodes until January 2022, we will still be available onl…

Jen and Hayley are back for the second to last episode of season 1! Hayley’s friends are moving into their homes, Jen went to her sister’s graduation, and both of them are shook that the end of the season is almost here. This week, the geminis answer a listener q about a friendship that ended suddenly over a disagreement. The listener wants to know…

Another NFF episode with a tale as old as time: Jen and Hayley getting too drunk at bottomless brunch. Listen to the geminis chat about their wild New York wedding weekend celebrating a dear friend’s wedding. Then, they move into a listener Q about hosting a friend who appears ungrateful. What’s up with that? They also read an article (link below) …

Jen’s sister got married! Hayley’s friendship dreams are coming true! It’s been a long two weeks for the geminis and they are FULL of juicy updates for you guys. Also, they have a lovely listener q about bridal buds in a bit of a blunder. Is the friendship over? Is it worth trying to save? Jen and Hayley have a lot of thoughts and, of course, share…

Jen and Hayley are back with so much to say (as usual). This week, the geminis have an article to discuss about dealing with unvaccinated friends. It’s been on everyone’s mind and there are a LOT of emotions behind it. The friends break down the different experiences highlighted in the article and then go off on a tangent about people pleasing (a p…

Happy Friday, besties! This week we have friend of the pod/brand ambassador Louis Vitti with us! Louis talks to Jen and Hayley about a LOT, including starting in a new city, living abroad, male friendships, and Bumble BFF dates. There’s a ton to cover in this episode so get a snack and enjoy! Louis can be found on socials @lmvitti. Send in your fri…

Jen and Hayley are back with a classic NFF special. After discussing the intricacies of TikTok, astrology, and supporting friends, the geminis dive into an episode all about making friends in toxic workplaces. If you’ve worked in one, you know the struggle. It is no easy feat finding people who you like and vibe with at work! Hayley and Jen pull fr…

Jen and Hayley both went to birthday parties (#leoseason) and had pre-pandemic feels. Fingers crossed that continues! This week, the geminis have a deep dive into something that is very frustrating to them: friend trios, or friend threesomes, if you will. Why are they so common in film and TV? Especially when they are wildly inaccurate? As Hayley s…

Happy NFF Friday! This week, Jen and Hayley have a special guest in the Zoom studio: professional dietitian and nutritionist, Danielle Allen! Danielle has been Jen’s dietitian for several months now and has come on the pod to discuss friendship and food. We cover everything from how to talk about dieting with friends, dealing with bad body image, s…

Jen had a bachelorette party, Hayley went to New York, and both friends are thrilled to people-watch again. This week on NFF, the geminis are back from whirlwind weekends and can’t wait to talk about the meaningful friendships in their lives. Each of them picked an article from a series in The Atlantic called “The Friendship Files” by Julie Beck. J…

On a very special and exciting week of NFF, Jen and Hayley are joined by none other than Marissa Meizz! You might remember when the ladies discussed a viral TikTok about a girl whose friends were talking about her behind her back. That was Marissa and she’s here to tell the whole story. She also fills the geminis in on her astrology sign, meeting n…

Jen is riding roller coasters, Hayley is obsessing over fake designer goods, and both ladies have THOUGHTS about the viral TikTok going around. The geminis start by expressing a lot of strong feelings about "nickel and diming" your friendships. Then, they move into a listener email all the way from Hong Kong. "Tommy" writes in to tell us about his …

On today’s special episode of NFF, Jen and Hayley are joined by friends Cian and Cala from Not Another Review Show! The four friends chat a lot about sleeping with friends, making friends, being friends with people of the opposite sex, sunburn, and flirting. Join us for a hodge lodge of hilarious conversation and check them out wherever you stream …

Jen gets caught in the middle of a scheduling whirlwind, Hayley is chilling in the mountains, and both of them are ready to reflect. Today’s episode was inspired by a listener message about family friends. This relationship is so unique, and the geminis have a hell of a time picking it apart, defining and re-defining it, until it feels right. After…

Jen and Hayley are both socially exhausted. Is it because Jen has a calendar bursting at the seams? Or maybe because Hayley had a party (even though it was a total flop)? Or possibly because neither of the geminis have time to even answer a FaceTime call? Time will tell if this is the “new normal” we’ve been talking about. The ladies are also discu…

Jen sounds like she’s been chainsmoking (she hasn’t), Hayley is unemployed (surprise!), and both ladies are tired. This week, the geminis are finishing up their review of the 8 simple friendship habits they talked about last week. The last four cover everything from saying thank you, connecting with your friends’ friends, making the most of life wh…

Jen and Hayley are IRL and the energy in this episode is ~electric~ as a result. Please enjoy the geminis reminiscing over a wild weekend of birthday bonanza for Jen in Boston. The friends are very tired, very happy to be together, and spending their last few hours recording before Hayley heads home. Listen to them go over the first half of a Buzzf…