Phone a Friend with Jessi Cruickshank

Phone a Friend with Jessi Cruickshank

Comedian Jessi Cruickshank HAS A PODCAST! Because she needed a safe space to talk about EVERYTHING without getting in trouble. Each week, she’ll give her hot takes on what’s happening in the world, in her home and in Pop Culture. But when she wants to dive deeper, learn more, or just understand important things like Who the F*&# is Bhad Bhabie? She’ll get to Phone a Friend! This can be a real-life friend, a celebrity friend, a sassy tween, a serious news anchor, a gay man who knows about The Real Housewives, a straight man who knows about sports, or the only person she could find who actually got Taylor Swift tickets. The conversations might last three minutes or the entire episode. They can be deep or petty, but they’ll all be eye-opening and HILARIOUS. New episodes drop EVERY THURSDAY wherever you get your podcasts! And if you read this entire description, you’re pretty much obligated to CLICK SUBSCRIBE and leave a 5 STAR REVIEW! LEAVE JESSI A VOICEMAIL: 323-448-0068 FOLLOW JESSI: @jessicruickshank Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

May 2, 2024 54 mins

Jessi is LIVE from TORONTO for her official Joe Fresh Collection Launch (IN STORES & ONLINE NOW) and she's taking you along for the ride. From stalking-I mean- meeting Cindy Crawford at the airport, to hosting a roller-skating rager, it's been a (fun-filled fashionable) week and Jessi's sharing it all! Then, we issue a formal apology to Taylor Swift and we should probably issue one to Blue Ivy and Beyonce as well after Jessi GO...

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Swifties BEWARE: this week, Jessi is sharing her unfiltered opinion about The Tortured Poets Department, please don’t torture her for it! Her 6 year old son Dray also stops by to give his (hilarious) thoughts on Taylor Swift. Then, Kim Kardashian clears up online rumors about herself and so does Jessi, Victoria Beckham turned 50 and Mark Zuckerberg is HOT??


Plus! Jessi phones one of the most successful female business owners in ...

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April 18, 2024 60 mins

wow. wow. WOW.  Jessi has emerged from a foam party in Cabo to tell you EVERYTHING about her girls trip; including who hit on her, who danced with her and why she ended up semi-nude and covered in foam.


While she was in Mexico, everyone born before 2001 was at Coachella! Jessi breaks down the stories you NEED TO KNOW about the music festival, that have NOTHING TO DO with music. Plus, there were devastating breakups for the ...

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April 11, 2024 55 mins

It’s our first post-eclipse episode and we are reaching TOTALITY (still not sure what that means). Jojo Siwa has officially entered her Bad-Girl Era and it’s Good?! Prince William’s dirty text messages are uncovered, Rihanna spent the afternoon at a Color Me Mine and it’s about time we made some rules about airplane etiquette. Which armrest can you use? Should you recline your seat? What do you do if someone else’s hair is in your ...

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April 4, 2024 58 mins

This episode is a Real Life Boogie and a Real Life Hoedown as Jessi tries to convince Jason to listen to Beyonce’s COWBOY CARTER (instead of Melissa Joan Hart’s Sabrina The Teenage Witch Soundtrack). Then, she thirsts after, I mean, discusses the appeal of Travis Kelce’s “Dad Bod” in the name of SCIENCE, a Tik Tok therapist explains why listening to Pitbull is good for our mental health, Ariana Madix is the bad guy now and how much...

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March 28, 2024 54 mins

Turns out it wasn’t The Masked Singer. This week, Jessi (and the WORLD) issue a formal apology to Kate Middleton. Then, Rebel Wilson joins the #MEANtoo Movement and calls out yet another A-List A-Hole. Plus! Would you work out with your partner NAKED and when is the last time you PEED YOUR PANTS? Apparently game show contestants do it… A LOT.  


All of this is coming to you LIVE from Vancouver, BC where Jessi has f...

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March 21, 2024 67 mins

It’s the episode Jessi has waited ALL WEEK A LIFETIME to record! She’s giving ALL the insider details about being at the Justin Timberlake concert when *NSYNC performed together for the first time in 20 years! Warning: She did BLACK OUT for most of the performance, but she’s piecing it back together for YOU. Plus, was the new *NSYNC single rejected from the TROLLS soundtrack? Jessi has EVIDENCE that it was. 


Then- we...

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It’s our SEASON 2 PREMIERE!! To celebrate, Jessi reunites with Heidi Montag for the first time in 10 years to clear the air. Did Heidi HATE The After Show? What did she REALLY think of Dan and Jessi?  Was Spencer ACTUALLY a threat to their safety at the series finale? Does Heidi still want to be the new Michael Jackson? All that, and  SHOCKING revelations about money, fame, plastic surgery, motherhood and making NEW MUSIC...

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Hot off her sold-out comedy show, Jessi is coming at you LIVE from a blizzard in SASKATCHEWAN ! Yes, this final mid-season banger is as glamorous as it seems, as Jessi gets empowered by Pitbull’s new single and discusses Bradley Cooper naked. 


Plus, when you should you stop being nude in front of your kids? Is it OK for Kristin Cavallari to date a 24 yr old Tik Toker? And, on the eve of International Women’s Day, Jessi revi...

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BENNIFER 4EVA! Jessi was moved to TEARS (and AROUSED) watching the new Jlo & Ben Affleck documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told”, Pitbull is opening a restaurant in a Walmart, Trayvis Swelce spent a romantic day at … The ZOO? And Beyonce might be facing legal action from Franklin The Turtle… But does “Texas Hold ‘Em” sound like the “Franklin” theme song? Jessi lets YOU, The PEOPLE decide. 


Then, make sure you’r...

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This is Me… Jessi in an ALL-NEW MID SEASON BANGER! I watched Jlo’s “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story” so you don’t have to! I take back everything I said about Beyonce’s country album and I get shamed for not believing in Trayvis Swelce. Also, I took my daughter to the American Girl Doll Store and I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. 


Plus! Only Fans has been all over the news this week, so I re-visit my conversation with top creator and...

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“VIVA LAS VEGAS!” This is the SUPERBOWL of mid-season bangers… and Jessi is tackling (pun intended) The GAME! The HALFTIME SHOW! The NUDITY! The LOVE STORY! The AFTER PARTIES! The BEYONCE SINGLES! And …will Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift stay together after what transpired on Sunday Night? Jessi has THOUGHTS.  Plus, we revisit her call with Taylor Swift’s Security Guard, because, if we’ve learned one thing from the NFL, it’s ca...

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February 8, 2024 72 mins

It’s a mid-season banger filled with Chaos Queens: Miley Cyrus! Jay Z! Taylor Swift! Donald Trump! Jessi breaks down the most UNHINGED moments at the Grammys- if you are a #swiftie… maybe skip that part. While you’re skipping things, Jessi suggests you skip the movie Saltburn (controversial take!) and reveals her family member featured in the new Netflix Doc ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’.


Plus! Trump is creeping back into your new...

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February 1, 2024 53 mins

Ready or Not… It’s a mid-season banger filled with COMEBACKS! Justin Timberlake is BACK with new music! Vanderpump Rules is BACK with Season 11! And Heidi Montag is BACK with her first single in 16 years! JESSI. HAS.THOUGHTS. Plus- Coachella will make you feel geriatric and Jessica Biel wants you to eat in the shower?


Then, we re-visit Jessi’s call with icon, legend, reality TV QUEEN Scheana Shay to get you Vanderpumped UP for t...

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IT’S A MID-SEASON BANGER MIRACLE! Jessi survived pink eye, lice, covid and a work trip with her 3 children and she’s here to tell you all about it. Plus, it’s JUST KEN at the Oscars and Jessi has THOUGHTS. You won’t believe what Elder Millennial Song is climbing to the top of the charts again and tips on how NOT to buy your husband a Man Spank.


Then, for the first time ever, we release our inhibitions AND the complete Whitney Po...

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Jessi says “Yes, and?” to EVERYTHING in this Mid-Season Banger! Including Ariana Grande’s new, controversial single ‘Yes, And?’ Then she delves into the winners, the wives, the speeches, the jokes and Matty Matheson at the Emmys. Plus, Jessi’s husband Evan returns for a HOTLY ANTICIPATED review of The Scandinavian Sleep Method. Will it save their marriage? Or are they destined for sleep divorce? Find out today!


All that AND Chri...

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January 11, 2024 61 mins

It’s a GOLDEN Mid-Season BANGER ! First, Jessi watched The Golden Wedding with her mom and her reaction was platinum. Then, there was romance, drama and sexist jokes at The Golden Globes, and Evan makes his 2024 Phone A Friend debut to talk SPORTS! (Because sports coverage is what the Phonies are looking for.)


Plus! We revisit Jessi’s conversation with Sarah Nicole Landry of The Birds Papaya, to give you a fresh perspective on h...

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It’s our first MID-SEASON BANGER ! These are mini episodes before we launch Season 2, and this one is a BANGER. Jessi reveals why the end of 2023 was ROUGH, how she ended up vacationing at a 5 star kids resort, where she spent Christmas and why she is READY FOR HER KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. Plus! CALLING ALL THIRSTY MOMS Jessi is parched for Jeremy Allen White in his Calvin’s.


Then, we revisit the conversation with Dan Le...

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December 28, 2023 79 mins

In one of Jessi's FAVORITE INTERVIEWS OF THE YEAR, Shenae Grimes-Beech will make you say ‘9021-0H-MY-GOD!’ with shocking, unfiltered revelations about her time in Hollywood. She tells ALL about the behind the scenes drama at 90210, tabloid headlines, aging terribly, forgetting Meghan Markle and dating John Mayer. And don’t ever call her a ‘bitch’. 


Plus! Kesha is officially single and Taylor Swift is officially NOT. Jada an...

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Get Horny in time for the Holidays! With Jessi’s FAVORITE comedian/podcaster/singer of Christmas bangers Matt Rogers, who is here to serenade us all with sultry songs off of his hilarious, horny and festive debut album ‘Have You Heard Of Christmas?’ Then, he reveals private text conversations with Jennifer Lawrence and gives hot tips on how to hook up at the holidays.  


Plus! Jessi saw The Eras Movie! 4 ...

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