Girls Next Level

Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt

Take a trip back to the early 2000's with Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt, the stars of the E! network's iconic reality show The Girls Next Door. Each week, the girls take you inside the gates of the Playboy Mansion and behind the scenes of the hit show to break down what was real and what was fake. From the wild parties, the backstabbing drama, lifelong friendships and complicated relationships . . . it's here every Monday with a brand new episode of Girls Next Level.

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Oct 2, 2023 · 59 min
S2 Ep4: The Craziest Party Ever: "80 is the new 40" Part 2!
This week, Holly and Bridget drop all the details of what they agree was the craziest party at the mansion while discussing the importance of personal boundaries and how holding them can sometimes backfire in your face. The girls talk being labeled a "bitch," corsetry, being self conscious of their bodies, the Playmate finder's fee, celebrity worship, mirroring, Paris Hilton's viral birthday serenade, who Donald Trump "hired," Ed Hardy, The Playboy Murders, the lack of diversity at the parties, performances at the mansion and . . . whatever happened to the giant cake? For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel
Sep 25, 2023 · 59 min
S2 Ep3: Giant Muffs and MySpace Passwords "80 is the New 40" Part 1!
Join Holly and Bridget as they take us back to the Playmate reunion of 2006 featuring the women of the 1970's . . . what can they relate to? Were there 70's "mean girls?" What was it like seeing these women return to the mansion? The girls get into what production spent money on, slobbing on knobs, a human centipede, breaking the 4th wall, breast implants, the clown playmate and pubic hair trends. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://www.betterhelp.com/nextlevel today to get 10% off your first month. Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code GNL at checkout - just pay $5 shipping. https://www.bluechew.com
Sep 18, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
S2 Ep2: Ep. 54: Food Shaming in Our Highest Rated Episode: "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" Part 2
Holly and Bridget catch us up on what they've been up to over the summer, talk Marilyn Monroe's house, the LA hurricane/earthquake combo, Hef's hearing loss, more naked scenes and Casablanca Night. The girls get into other books written about the mansion, fake scenes, house hunting, how possessive we really were, the food shaming on the show and the pressures that went along with it. Join the girls and they go over everything The Girls Next Door Season 2, Episode 1, "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Manage your money the easy way by going to https://www.rocketmoney.com/nextlevel To learn more about microdosing THC go to https://www.microdose.com and use code NEXTLEVEL to get free shipping and 30% off your first order. Try BlueChew FREE when you use promo code GNL at checkout - just pay $5 shipping. Visit https://www.bluechew.com for more details and important safety information.
Sep 11, 2023 · 54 min
S2 Ep1: We're Back! Stripping Down Season 2 "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" Part 1
Holly and Bridget welcome listeners back for Season 2 to break down the highest rated episode of The Girls Next Door, "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" In this episode, our bodies are on the table in every way from nudity to body shaming. Join the girls as they discuss phantom cultural clichés, Bridget's burlesque performance, the Pussycat Dolls, Three 6 Mafia, who the producers were buying time for, whose nudes were used in the magazine against their wishes, the most disgusting thing on the show, the Alligator Man, undressing in front of the camera and stripping in front of family. Go to https://www.quince.com/NEXTLEVEL for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.
Aug 28, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
S1 Ep52: Our Burning Questions! Producer Jen is Back!
The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Go to https://www.greenchef.com/60nextlevel to get 60% off plus free shipping! Manage your money the easy way with https://www.RocketMoney.com/nextlevel
Aug 28, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
S1 Ep52: Ep. 52: Our Burning Questions! Producer Jen is back!
The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Go to https://www.greenchef.com/60nextlevel to get 60% off plus free shipping! Manage your money the easy way with https://www.RocketMoney.com/nextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 21, 2023 · 57 min
S1 Ep51: Ep. 51: A Producer Tells All! (featuring special guest Jen Colbert)
This week, we finally get some answers! We are joined by a special guest, producer Jen Colbert who worked on the first eight episodes of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and she's dishing all the behind-the-scenes dirt! Jen gets into what she thought the girls were going to be like, her weirdest boss, nudity on camera, who they were NOT allowed to film, and more! We find out if anyone received favoritism, talk about what we absolutely didn't want to film and solve all our burning mysteries about Season 1! For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Control body oder ANYWHERE with @lumedeoderant and get $5 off your starter pack (that's over 40% off) with promo code NEXTLEVEL at https://www.lumedeoderant.com! #lumepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 14, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min
S1 Ep50: Ep. 50: Bryant is Back! A Butler Tells All, Part 2!
Bryant is back for another tea spill session, taking a walk down memory lane with Holly and Bridget. In this episode, Bryant talks mansion pranks, if there was any hazing, who was the most difficult guest to deal with, whether or not the mansion was bugged and how he felt about his Girls Next Door scenes. We get into why the pantry scenes were cut down, the prank calls the mansion would get and the weirdest requests from girlfriends. Bryant tells us about a midnight visit from Pamela Anderson, which celebrity fell down the stairs, which one got scared by a rat and a Donald Trump bathing suit story. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 7, 2023 · 58 min
S1 Ep49: Ep. 49: A Butler Tells All! (featuring Bryant Horowitz)
We have your favorite Playboy mansion butler Bryant Horowitz here to catch up with Holly and Bridget on all the crazy times that they shared together! Get the behind the scenes scoop from Bryant, who worked at the mansion from 1997-2016 while earning his PhD in psychology at UCLA. The ultimate inside source, Bryant tells us what it was really like working at the mansion, the changes he saw over his 19 years working there, all the rules the staff had to follow and what he thought was the most shocking part about The Girls Next Door. Were staff allowed to talk to the Playmates? Who were his favorite celebrities that he got to hang out with? What secrets did he learn? Was there really a secret basement vault? Bryant talks Bridget and Holly's secret menus, Hef's stolen luggage, his favorite mansion pranks and more! For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Check out our merch at https://www.girlsnextlevel.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 31, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min
S1 Ep48: Ep. 48: Too Hot for TV: The Dirt Behind the Deleted Scenes!
Join the girls as they dig into what didn't make the show: the Season 1 deleted scenes! Holly and Bridget get into instant karma, how to exit a limo without paparazzi getting a full view of your vagina, the drama of having to ask Hef for something, Holly's time working in a haunted house, and who came up with all the perv-y scene titles. The girls chat about the scene that was the most real AND the most fake, Hef's lost solo scene, whether or not All the Way Ray hooked up with Marilyn Monroe and who was the oldest of the foursome when they lost their virginity. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/NEXTLEVEL and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 24, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
S1 Ep47: Ep. 47: Secrets of Playboy with Carmella DeCesare
The girls are back with one of their favorite Playmate friends, Carmella DeCesare, to discuss Season 2 of Secrets of Playboy. What do they dread most about this new season? Who's there to spill tea? Just how truthful is it? The trio get into all of it and more as they discuss Playboy's first reality show, what it's like shooting nude videos, women's bodies getting critiqued on tv, what made Carmella leave the show and what life is like for her now in the world of high end San Diego real estate at the Oppenheim Group. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.Patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min
S1 Ep46: Ep. 46: Body Dysmorphia and the Glass Tube: "It's Vegas, Baby!" Part 2
In this episode the girls discuss body dysmorphia, how Holly felt she suffered from it at the mansion and what types of pressures led to it. Bridget and Holly get into how they felt their actions were limited, walking in the Roberto Cavalli fashion show, the Olive Garden controversy and what happened the first night Bridget was "allowed" to stay out all night. Joint the girls as they laugh about ferret friends, guys catcalling Hef, fondling wax figures and Bridget's bridal moment. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 10, 2023 · 59 min
S1 Ep45: Ep. 45: The Cold Open From Hell: "It's Vegas, Baby!" Part 1
In this episode, Holly and Bridget get deep into the last episode of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and it's a doozy! The girls start out with the cold open from hell and get into why they hate it so much. On a more positive note, Holly talks about doing the Roberto Cavalli fashion show and how it felt to have a solo moment on the show. The girls discuss where they wish the show would have gone deeper, how Hef's ex-girlfriends were categorized, guest starring on CSI: Las Vegas, plastic butts, which friends they loved traveling with, and the time they all almost got married in Vegas! For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 26, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
S1 Ep44: Ep. 44: Mansion Mysteries and Cutthroat Competition: "Clue-less," Part 2!
Join Holly and Bridget as they confess which mansion mysteries they would most like to solve and question the reasons the tension was thick in The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 14 "Clue-less." The girls talk food trends, scene stealing and much more as they dive into Bridget's murder mystery birthday party. At the end of the episode, Holly and Bridget answer some of your burning questions, touching on a near-death moment, underground tunnels, a Laguna Beach apartment makeover and how they felt around guys their own age. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/NEXTLEVEL and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 19, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min
S1 Ep43: Ep. 43: Why We Hated Each Other: "Clue-less," Part 1!
This week Holly and Bridget get real about why the three Girls Next Door cast members didn't always get along. Competition and conflict brewed under the surface leading to scene stealing tactics and stifling resentment. The girls speculate on which personality traits were incompatible with the multi-girlfriend situation, why Bridget got blocked from the tennis tournament and what Holly feels bad about in this episode. Reminisce with the girls about learning to drive stick shift on a million dollar car, undressing in front of the cameras, and the type of humor their executive producer loved. Find out about the most secret room at the mansion, what "Pig Night" was and what happened to Queen Elizabeth's corgis in this episode of Girls Next Level. For more content, check out the Girls Next Level Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2023 · 55 min
S1 Ep42: Ep. 42: Bimbo Culture: Then and Now "My Kind of Town," Part 2
Come back to Chicago with Holly and Bridget as they discuss the word "bimbo" and how the meaning of the word has changed over the years, as well as how bimbo culture was at once fostered and rewarded at the mansion but also made fun of on the show. The girls get into the "backdoor pilot" that's hidden in the episode, who was thrown under the bus, performative sexuality, the football player who did NOT want to be on their show, an Al Capone Mandela effect, which of the mansion's dogs was the most difficult, and why Hef reminds Holly of Kylie Jenner. The girls recount visiting the original Playboy mansion in Chicago, why makeup artists weren't allowed in their rooms and if the show believed women could be smart and funny at the same time. For more content, including a whole extra podcast, Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget, visit our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Thanks to Microdose.com for sponsoring today's episode! Go to http://www.microdose.com and use code: NEXTLEVEL to get free shipping & 30% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2023 · 57 min
S1 Ep41: Ep. 41: We've Been Cloned! "My Kind of Town" Part 1!
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Holly and Bridget as they explore Hef's hometown, Chicago! As they dig into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 13 "My Kind of Town," they discuss conformity, feeling like you are losing yourself to a group identity, striving to be more than a stereotype, and the balancing act between trying to stay true to yourself while becoming the person you always dreamed of being. The girls chat about Juicy Couture, high school reunions, human cloning, walking in on other people nude, "cyber girls," trying to break into the entertainment industry, insecurity, bonding with other women, and trying to avoid a bathtub foursome. For more content, check out our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 29, 2023 · 58 min
S1 Ep40: Ep. 40: Us Vs. The View: "I'll Take Manhattan" Part 2!
This week, Holly and Bridget take us back to New York and the seventh circle of hell that was doing press as one of Hef's girlfriends. The girls get into what it was like selling out the magazine in Times Square, the nature of the jealousy between the three girlfriends, the questions the press asked them, the optics of being a "girlfriend," hotel room business meetings, their worst interviews ever, who made them feel appreciated and of course, their interview with the ladies of The View! Be sure to join our LIVE podcast on June 1st, 9pmEastern/6pmPacific! Get your tickets here: https://www.moment.co/girlsnextlevel For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Thanks to Microdose.com for sponsoring today's episode! Go to http://www.Microdose.com and use code: NEXTLEVEL to get free shipping & 30% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 22, 2023 · 57 min
S1 Ep39: Ep. 39: The Mile High Club: "I'll Take Manhattan" Part 1!
In this episode, the Girls are off to New York City! Holly and Bridget dive into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 12 "I'll Take Manhattan," where the girls travel to New York to promote their first Playboy cover. They examine how they classify their memories and if they choose to remember the positive or the negative, who stole stuff from the mansion, an evening with Mike Tyson, the most embarrassing thing we had to pack for the trip, doomsday prepping at the mansion, all the weird quirks about traveling with Hef, Area 51, an alien brothel, who won the mile high club lifetime achievement award, feeling out of control and thoughts on polyamory. Be sure to grab tickets to our next Live podcast event! http://www.moment.co/girlsnextlevel For more content, including our Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget podcast, check out our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
S1 Ep38: Ep. 38: Blue Balls and Haunted Dolls: "Grape Expectations," Part 2!
Get back on the road with Holly and Bridget as they relive their road trip back to the mansion and the first time the broke curfew on The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 11 Grape Expectations. Were the girls ever afraid of Hef cheating while they were away? Are flutters real or a porn urban legend? Which of the girls loved drama? Find out as the Girls compare each of their hometown episodes, talk about sex noises at the mansion, the intricacies of "game night," Holly's favorite rumor about herself and "scandalous girls." For more gossip with Stacy Burke and Bridget's mom, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Go to https://www.Microdose.com and use code: NEXTLEVEL to get free shipping & 30% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices