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Here to Make Friends

Welcome to Here To Make Friends, where hosts Liz Feldman and Jessi Klein celebrate their longstanding friendships and attempt to make new ones in adulthood. New audio and video episodes every Tuesday.

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S2 · E17
Today · 50 min
Janice is the Hottest Muppet with Gabe Liedman
It’s a partial Women’s Brunch Reunion! (Or is it Woman’s Brunch?) Emmy Award-winning TV writer, producer, comedian, and actor Gabe Liedman joins the podcast this week to talk about meeting the Muppets for the first time, co-hosting his own podcast about friendship, and why it can be so hard to accept a compliment. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E16
November 3 · 1 hr 2 min
Concert Friends with Tegan Quin
The indie pop duo Tegan and Sara helped an entire generation through breakups and breakdowns. Tegan Quin — who is more than a musician — talks about her newest novel “Merry Christmess,” analyzes Liz and Jessi’s dreams, and gives the masses the concert etiquette guidelines they need to hear. » FOLLOW Jessi on Instagram: / youracquaintancejessiklein » FOLLOW Liz on Instagram: / thelizfeldman Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E15
October 27 · 54 min
This Episode is a Commercial for Lesbianism with Ky Dickens
Minds meld, thoughts are read, and ideas are born in today’s episode with documentarian and podcast host Ky Dickens. Ky joins Liz and Jessi to discuss the origins of her massively successful podcast The Telepathy Tapes, the mysteries of creativity, and whether they are a skeptic or believer. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E14
October 20 · 46 min
Jena Friedman is a Proud Motherf*cker
Comedian and intrepid journalist of the “Epstein Files Bookclub” Jena Friedman joins us in the studio this week to discuss secrets of national importance, including: scaling Splash Mountain with a 3-year-old; the etymology of a “Motherf*cker;” and why puking in a flat is actually sort of chic. Catch Jena’s show “Motherf*cker” off-Broadway Nov 14-24! Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E13
October 13 · 54 min
Don’t Eat That Potpourri! With Kerri Kenney-Silver
Actress, writer, and comedian Kerri Kenney-Silver joins Liz and Jessi to talk all about her iconic MTV sketch show, The State, Kerri’s latest acting venture in The Four Seasons, and the time Kerri accidentally ate potpourri. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E12
October 6 · 44 min
Liz and Jessi Face Their Greatest Fears
Beginning in 1993, Vanity Fair magazine ran its first “Proust Questionnaire” on the back page of its print issue. The questionnaire was popularized by the French author and essayist, Marcel Proust, who thought the collection of 35 questions could reveal a person’s most authentic self. Liz and Jessi think sometimes quickly, and sometimes way too deeply, about these questions, discuss being drawn as a cartoon, and ponder how they would like to die. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E11
September 29 · 46 min
No One Spas Harder Than Michelle Buteau
Liz and Jessi are joined by the eternally funny and effortlessly stylish Michelle Buteau. They discuss the final season of her Netflix series, Survival of the Thickest, her intention around queer and POC stories, her openness about her fertility and surrogacy journey, and her newest movie Spa Weekend (please listen to this episode in shavasana with cucumbers on your eyes and a jade roller in hand). Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E10
September 22 · 54 min
Laura Benanti and the Portal to Greatness
This week, Tony-award winning voice of a generation Laura Benanti joins the pod! She tells Liz and Jessi about what it was like to be born as an 18-year-old ingenue, how she plans to resist the upcoming robot revolution, and the deeply beautiful yet unhinged apology letter she writes every year. Go see Laura's one-woman show, "Nobody Cares," in LA at The Wallis Oct. 1-Oct. 4! Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E9
September 15 · 54 min
Robby Hoffman Says Get a Girl a Gift!
This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by Emmy-award winning actress, comedian, and notable Wife Guy Robby Hoffman. The three get to the bottom of important questions facing our world today, including: How do lesbians pull so hard in high school? Do you ask for birthday gifts beyond the age of 12? And what the hell is the name of this podcast?! Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E8
September 8 · 1 hr
Paulina Porizkova Calls Your Bleph
Supermodel, actress, writer, and newly minted podcaster Paulina Porizkova joins Liz and Jessi to talk about her long career in modeling, life behind and in front of the Iron Curtain, aging gracefully, late-in-life romances, and finally feeling like herself. We recorded before Paulina got married earlier this summer– congratulations, Paulina! Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E7
September 1 · 55 min
Sabrina Jalees Is the Nick Cannon of Lesbians Who See Signs
This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by comedian, writer, reality TV host, and all around dream boat, Sabrina Jalees. Liz and Sabrina bring Jessi into the loop around queer lingo; Sabrina recounts the odyssey she went through to meet her wife and future sperm donor (Nolan was not involved), and Jessi shares a (not so) near death experience she had with a moose. Watch Sabrina Jalees as a fox in the new Netflix series Mating Season. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E6
August 25 · 58 min
Anger is a Secondary Emotion with Lee Sung Jin
This week, Liz and Jessi are joined by screenwriter, director, writer, and conflict-averse Libra Lee Sung Jin—also known as Sonny Lee. Together, Lee Sung Jin + Liz reflect on their days as writers for 2 Broke Girls, and the Emmy-award winning director dives deep into the thoughts and emotions that inspired his hit show “Beef.” Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E5
August 18 · 46 min
Liz and Jessi In Conversation with Jessi and Liz
Liz and Jessi make good on their promise to bring us into their group chat – because they text All. Day. Long. Liz and Jessi take an IG friendship quiz, Jessi hears Liz sing for the first time, Liz asks Jessi what she looks at in the mirror, and they both talk about all the feelings they love and hate. It’s cute, it’s vulnerable, it’s real. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E4
August 11 · 48 min
This, But Different, and Sometimes Worse With Cazzie David
Liz and Jessi are joined by Cazzie David–writer, actress, screenwriter and one of the funniest (and youngest) voices of her generation. Together, they discuss how long a prime can last, anxiety around aging, and the unspoken rules around new friend etiquette (raise your pinkies). Cazzie also attempts to talk Jessi out of getting a very specific haircut. Check out Cazzie David’s newest book Delusions, wherever you can find a bookstore. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E3
August 4 · 1 hr 1 min
Tan France Approves a Barrel Jean
Liz + Jessi welcome french tuck architect, actor, and genuine literal angel, Tan France. We learn Tan approves of a barrel jean on a date, doesn't buy into the color analysis pyramid scheme, and, most of all: really, really wants to be friends. » FOLLOW Jessi on Instagram: / youracquaintancejessiklein » FOLLOW Liz on Instagram: / thelizfeldman Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E2
July 28 · 45 min
Jeff Hiller is the Most Perfect Unicorn
Liz and Jessi are joined by Jeff Hiller—Emmy-award winning actor, author, former social worker, and one-of-one special human. Liz and Jessi debate what makes someone a unicorn and all three friends ponder whether or not it’s appropriate to talk to someone while pooping on the toilet. After filming, Jeff became an even-doubly-more-prestigious guest with a new Emmy nomination for his role in Pluribus. Congratulations, Jeff! » FOLLOW Jessi on Instagram: @youracquaintancejessiklein » FOLLOW Liz on Instagram: @thelizfeldman Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E1
July 21 · 43 min
Casey Wilson is the Great Recommender-er
Liz and Jessi kick off season 2 of the pod with everyone’s BFF: writer, actor, and recommender-er extraordinaire, Casey Wilson. Aided by a comically large cup of soda, Casey explains the dos and don’ts of liquid IVs, the ghostbusting business in Los Angeles, and getting non-believers on the woo train. Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Follow us on TikTok: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 7 · 1 min
Here To Make Friends - Season 2 Coming Soon!
Here To Make Friends is back for Season 2! Liz Feldman and Jessi Klein host this funny, frank, heartfelt chat show— which is really just a long con to trick their amazing guests into becoming their friends. New episodes drop every Tuesday starting July 21st! » FOLLOW Jessi on Instagram: / youracquaintancejessiklein » FOLLOW Liz on Instagram: / thelizfeldman Subscribe to the show: @HereToMakeFriendsPod Follow us on Instagram: @heretomakefriendspod Send us an email: HTMFpod@gmail.com Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#21
Aug 8, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Kelly Hutchinson
Liz and Jessi are joined by dear friend Kelly Hutchinson (Dead To Me, Palm Royale) to talk about friend-of-a-friend dynamics, how Liz first met Kelly in a ham and cigarette-scented dorm room, and how possessiveness shapes a friendship. It's an amazing bff hangout and you're gonna love it! Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Watch video episodes on YouTube here. Follow Liz on Instagram. Follow Jessi on Instagram. Follow Headgum on Instagram. Advertise on Here To Make Friends via gumball.fm Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#20
Aug 1, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal delights Liz and Jessi with her famous voice on an extra-friendly edition of Here To Make Friends! Liz, Jessi, and Kristen share their true thoughts on women's swimwear, learn about Kristen's deep fear of dolls, and retell the story of the Thai cooking class that (kinda) started it all. Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Watch video episodes on YouTube here. Follow Liz on Instagram. Follow Jessi on Instagram. Follow Headgum on Instagram. Advertise on Here To Make Friends via gumball.fm Subscribe and Rate Here To Make Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Here to Make Friends is an Acast Production. Our producers are Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Adrien Behn, Sara Schleede, and Avery Loftis. Our executive producers are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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