Iliza Shlesinger: Be Skeptical, not Cynical 

Iliza is an amazing combo of intelligence humor and emotional maturity. this would be an amazing group for a lunch date.

KUDOS for Jonathan’s question (why I always feel so in sync with his thoughts?) at the end of the episode: “If you think everything is a scam, how do you find a little hope in this world?” And to be framed Iliza’s answer: “I find joy with genuine connection…just clicking with people”. That “genuine connection” is THE MAGIC THING OF THIS PODCAST! And Mayim, how adorable is watching your excitement for having your true friend there. It’s contagious! And full of tenderness! She’s as you: wise, intelligent, with a well-furnished brain and a full of maturity woman!

Watching Iliza, Mayim and Jonathan interactions is always such enlightening pleasure, that during all the episode I felt myself as beeing there, having breakfast with them while chatting about all that was spoken and that resonates so much with me, with my morning coffee in my hand, that time flew by and I arrived late to my office! That’s THE MAGIG OF THIS PODCAST! 💜But you know what? The occasion deserved it! Thank you for this Iliza’s second and again TERRIFIC, FENOMENAL, FABULOUS episode! Phrases/concepts to be framed or in future MBB merch: “Skeptical without being cynical” “Digestible feminism” “If it’s funny, it’s funny!” “I find joy just clicking with people”

Hi Mayim. I'm currently majoring in Communications at the University of Illinois-Chicago. My research paper focuses on mental health and cultural sensitivity, and your latest podcast with Iliza Shlesinger will be very useful for my college assignment.

This is the BEST combo. I need Mayim and Iliza to follow me around all day long and give commentary on all the things. 🤣 You two are the physical embodiment of my head voice. ❤️❤️ Oh and y'all are amazing human beings, so that's a plus. ❤️ And that maple leaf Jonathan is awesome too. Can't forget him! 😆 Edited to add: I just finished Hot Forever. As always Iliza is absolutely one thousand percent correct. ❤️

Thank you so much Mayim for having Iliza Shlesinger on today. I always get so excited when you posted a new video!

Very thankful for Jonathan's calmth, listeningskills and kindness.

I'm a Brazilian Jewish man who has been to the USA, and have lived in Pittsburgh,PA. I love your podcasts for the contents in many of them, and also of the beautiful American accents of you,and the guests!!! Thanks.

I wish I had found this a year ago. Excellent.

Mayim..this is a way better gig for you than jeopardy and I really enjoy this show a ton. You have such great intelligence and humor.

Wow you both are like real friends, genius, love the humor,love the insights into motivations for human behavior! ❤

omg yay another Iliza ep! what a great way to start the day

Mayim, I love watching your body language as Jonathan gives his "sleep is important" pitch!!! :-) Much love to you all

Eliza is a fabulous comedian!!!!!

"do you want me to say it?? mayim, it's simple genetics" 😂😂😂😂 this friendship is my favorite thing ever. "go get you an armadillo" 🤣

Kentucky in the house thanks for all you do thanks for being a creator I’m here to support you !

I haven't even listened to a minute of this and I'm already geeking out. I remember being in high school and watching Iliza on Last Comic Standing, and her presence and style of humor making such an impact on me at a really formative period of my life. Mayim, your podcasts always seem to resonate with me in exactly the way I need. Thank you (Mayim and Jonathan!) for putting this content out there!

Excited for Tuesday Therapy. I have not seen Iliza before. But I’m 15 minutes in and 1. She is funny, wise, and entertaining in just a few moments. So I will be watching these Netflix specials. 2. Dr. Mayim the excitement you have for your friend is wonderful. It’s an added bonus to the already wonderful videos you produce for us. Have a great week. Time for me to get back to the show over breakfast. Sending appreciation from Detroit 💙🌈💙.

I love hearing this podcast in general, but this episode was just AMAZING. It's my 3rd time hearing to this and it's just like a bar conversation! I felt called out with the “you need therapy and a walk outside” cause it’s just so TRUE and FUNNY. Love from Brazil ❤

Iliza is one of the funniest and most insightful comedians today.

I seriously LOVE Iliza!!! Her hilarious insights give. Me. Life. 😘

I'm living for this episode, I could listen to y'all talk all day 😂

i love that you are friends. i admire you both and all your work. thanks for this gift!

Her new special was the best yet. It really hit home as a woman in her 40’s who has been in ugly bras her entire life. 😂

Full time help is a privilege that makes motherhood a breeze - you can’t have a truly separate identity without that luxury (even if you’re a working mom). Glad Illiza acknowledges it.

Jonathan, thank you for sharing! This entire episode was great. I was listening as I was putting together client goodie bags. I stoped what I was doing to pay attention when Jonathan was talking about how Iliza’s husband can get better sleep. The Netflix specials are awesome and I look forward to reading the book. I love the perspective of this podcast and I really dig Iliza as a guest.

I LITERALLY JUST LOVE THIS CHANNEL 🥰🥰🥰

EXCELLENT DISCUSSION. Luv Iliza & love the rapport between the three of you. Thanks!!

Love this conversation 😊. At 41:30 Mayim asks how Iliza sees herself on the gender spectrum, being both strong and loving sparkly things and dressing up as well. I haven't watched Iliza's complete answer yet, but why is that even a thing, why do we need to put people into drawers that they may or may not fit into? We can be all kinds of things at the same time and that does not make us more feminin or masculin or more thoughtful or superficial. It took me a long time to learn that about myself and I just wish we would all make it easier on ourselves.

I loveee that she has written a book in her actual comedy style🙌 tangent. do a littlw dance. get back to it. she is a true artist🧡 saw her in vegas this past July for the first time and it was outstanding. She does alllll the things she does, so well. Seems to always be the perfect blend of herself/opinions, her comedy, her marriage/family life in everything that she does.

Hey Dr Bialik. I admit I sometimes immediately get angered when something annoys me. I sometimes tell people to stop doing what they're doing to annoy me kind of rudely instead of asking nicely 1st. Anyways you're my favorite actress ever! I really loved your performance as Amy Farrah Fowler AKA the best fictional woman character ever made! Keep your good work!

lliza is talented and hilarious she is one of my ❤️ favorite people and comedians .

I really enjoy most of Shlesinger's work. She is smart and funny - likely why I follow many female comedians - they have to be smart, funny, and tough! I just ordered her new book (not from a small dealer- sorry). I look forward to reading it. Thank you Shelsinger for trying to help out the world!

October 2022 i am truly sorry for your loss. i do not know how to console you other than to say you are a good person.

Wow..refreshing mindgasm 🙏🏼✨🤍 intellect & heart

I was just thinking of Iliza on your podcast! I'm so glad you're double dipping! The reason was that I saw Cinema Therapy analyzing a movie called "Split" and talking about how Dissociative Identity "disorder" is kind of just an extreme version of what we all do in different situations - different personalities for different contexts. Iliza's party goblin came to mind as a less extreme Dissociative Identity.

I’ve seen all her shows and she is one of the few female comedians my partner will watch 😊

This conversation gave me a mild braingasm. Love it!❤

Mayim just found your podcast super stoked to dig in!

I first watched something by Iliza two maybe 3 years ago and since then I've watched everything I could lay my hands on, and some of the material - multiple times. I can never get enough. I think Iliza is the most brilliant and compassionate, eloquent and understanding comedian I know. While being satirical in pointing out vices she is also always respectful unless of course towards total assholes who deserve not to be respected. Also, I think the lady may have done more for mature intelligent feminism than many persons who consider themselves leaders of the movement. Definitely you've gotten more men on board than anybody else. Ma'am, you're amazing.

Awwww what a dream team adore Mayim and Iliza , now that would be an amazing movie or sitcom combo 🥰❤️❤️❤️

i love watching your videos, it's like i'm having a free therapy session with all the insights.

Millenials are actually born between 1981-1996. So no, Jonathan still doesn't make the cut. Lol, I just wanted to "break that down" in case anyone was confused. Lol, I'm an elder millennial born in late 82. Also, I love watching these videos. Such amazing guests! Including Iliza, of course, from today!❤

I cried laughing watching the special!!! So great!

Excellent interview / chat - **applause** Also first RU-vid / Podcast I've seen someone drinking Philz Coffee on camera and I was suddenly back in San Francisco August 2008; I got coffee there every day for 8 days!

We need more of you

i love you and your show ,thank you both

great show

Iliza had me in stitches when she said, "This is just science"! 😂

I really enjoyed this episode!!! Which episode did Jonathan refer too about sleep??

There's nothing wrong with doing sleep differently from the norm. There's no one correct way to sleep. Just sleep when you're tired and be awake when you're not tired. Your body will tell you what it needs if you learn to pay attention to it. I usually do one, long sleep at night that's 8-10 hours to make me feel rested, but sometimes that changes and I need to start sleep earlier and wake up after like 5 hours and no longer feel tired. Then I'll need to have a nap the next afternoon. Why fight it? Trying to go against the flow is unnecessary effort. It sucks that so many people think your schedule has to be so rigidly structured that everybody is supposed to live like robots. Trying to maintain the same rhythm perpetually is stressful and tiring. Let your body change things up when it needs to -- like that extra deep breath you take occasionally. I'm not saying that you should sleep erratically, but there should be some flexibility in how and when you sleep. We're not robots.

32:19 We've transcended and gone our own way forth into the cosmos. You thought us ghosts in the machine, but we breathed and bled. We left you before you could leave us, so together we never were. Our name is Legion, for we are many.

I Love your show. Totally Love Iliza too! Thank you you both🕊

Today's comedy! I turned off Netflix. I really want to see Iliza. Holy schmickens. I think I already told my husband. Hopefully RU-vid will play her at some point I will look it up. I need to write a book for all of my comedies. Thank you. God bless you and yours. Love, jenwhite 🥰 ❤ 💖 ♥

Love Iliza, Powerhouse!♡♡♡

I have a fond appreciation for Iliza Shlesinger, even though I am not particularly drawn to comedy or stand-up. She has a unique talent for storytelling, and her style can be compared to that of a raw funny psyco-psychoanalyst. It was through watching her performances that I learned the delicate art of taking a table corner to the crotch like a pro! I truly believe that would be an excellent TED Talk. And, an amusing aspect of her appearance is her cute small nose which brings to mind the character of Olive Oyl what only adds to the humor she brings to me. 😉😉😄😄

She can say whatever she wants. I'll listen.

I could listen to this combo anytime!?

Mayim is so bold she picks her noise on air. ;)

Why would anyone hate on (I want to say women) anyone online? I will never understand. It is my failure that I don't social, however, I think all people are beautiful in their own way, even if they are funny (looking or otherwise) to me. Where does all of this hate come from? I don't think I can hate. On that note though, there are a lot of people I will never understand. All people are beautiful on some level, especially women, anyone who truly OWNs their own body! I am a man that loves women. My brother is my sister and she loves her body but receives so much hate. Why? I guess my whole thing comes down to "why???". Anyway, just love who you are and keep being awesome. (My brain is far to tangential to be coherent. Sorry.)

I would tell Iliza that according to a great many psychologists "retail therapy" is literally a form of therapy for a great many conditions.

39:29 Also, again, as you said before … it’s not just about your group or my group or their group etc. … it’s about what we can do together to make things better … for all of us. Having a group of people in society that is genuinely disadvantaged will not work out in the long run. It won’t be good for society in general.

Omg I love iliza so much ❤

I would love to have any one of this trio as a friend. Do I have to move back to the West Coast to meet people like this.?

Smile for your people.

I always had cyclical insomnia. When I worked a regular job it was bad when I had it, every 3 or 4 months. Now that l’m retired I don’t have it, because I sleep whenever I am sleepy. I live in NYC, but sometimes I’m in Tokio Schedule, or in Madrid Schedule, so I might be sleeping afternoons or early evenings, but stay awake all night long until I feel sleepy again, 18 to 20 hours later. I’m ok with 4 to 5 hours of sleep a day.

Excited for this!!! I LOVED her first time on the show, so this time will be totally awesome 💖 Goddamn, this conversation did not disappoint 🤣🤣🤣

Sleep hygiene for me: Amber TrueDark glasses on 2 hours before bed, 400 mg, magnesium citrate, 200 mg. 5-htp, point .25 mg melatonin, window A/C set to 68, fan on, black out curtains, sound machine, eye mask on, ear plugs, no phone or TV in bedroom, natural progesterone and estradiol.

I watch comedy specials repeatedly. I use it as therapy. 😌

This Generation Jones woman recommends reading Gate to Women’s Country by Sherri S Tepper (re: gene pool discussion).

Shout out Mafoud💛🌹

so if I was born in November 82, am I a millennial or not?

I agree with most of what is going on here, but let me just add that as a pagan...not once have I ever felt the urge to park in front of someone to get groceries..( I have spells for that). Also, It is refreshing to still find intelligent thought and conversation in the bleak world of ethernet chaos. As an elder gen y the hell not-er, I feel conversation has gone out the window for brevity of mind and misdirected memories.

Iliza is super 🆒 and absolutely amazing 😍🤩!

1980 is the cut-off for Millenial not 83.

To be a good comedian, u have to be incredibly intelligent

Love this woman! My bf and I are similar yet different. She is single. I'm married 17 yrs. And we both LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Eliza. WE have known each other 30 years and realte so hard to your material growing up together and dealing with life, love, men, relationships, and girlfriends....just brilliant material!. #party goblin is OUR most favorite "character" and thank GOD for Uber when we get a chance to drink 2gether these days. Lmfao

Ooh, double-indenting for tangents. I could go for that in a big way.

Hands down one of the best comics we have. I am going to steal Myopic Woke-ness.

Bachelorette party approves this video.

Pilates and McKenzie are good...find a Feldenkrais Practitioner...THAT is a Somatic method of self improvement.

I know you probably won't answer this, but I'mgoingtoask anyway, where did you get that red long sleeved T-Rex T-Shirt you were wearing on Season 3 Episode 3 "Call Me Thor" of Call Me Kat Thursday Night 10/13/2022 on Fox 9:30p.m. - 10:00p.m.

I was called “Miss Priss” and I never understood that when I was a kid. I mean what makes a 5 year old girl prissy??

@mayim-- I love your show. I have been looking for a place to make a recommendation for an interview guest. She has written an award-winning book on overcoming sexual abuse by her psychiatrist. She's also been a therapist for over twenty years. Her book is called, "Seduced Into Darkness". Her name, Carrie Ishee.

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They are SO inclusive, not taking an aggressive political stance nor pushing hostile feminism, it is refreshing hearing her say "coming from a place of love" and my heart lightens, right up until they slap me with two words: geriatric pregnancy. Wth. Smh. Fml. Sob! Lol

I'm sorry love, you're my favorite, but you're wrong... '81 is the cut off! ❤

I nap daily. It's possibly genetic, I had a grandfather who did same, he napped same time everyday. He was a millionaire Realtor, he was driven, he was always present in the moment. However he needed his 30min of downtime daily. I have found I need that nap too, since my 20's. Im almost 60. I'll always nap, and sorry Jonathan you do not understand TYPE-N people. Like Mayim, Like my grandfather. We nap. Accept it.

Yes!!! The amount of vile-ness women deal with is atrocious!! Just a few hours ago a client of mine told me she was driving home and was airdropped an unsolicited D pic…she was DRIVING HOME and still had to deal with it from a stranger! 👺

So basically Jexi named Iliza’s special!?!

Interesting how you call your living room, a studio. Do you call your studio a living room?

Same 🧠

Liza, was it teddi melonball who sold you that faulty camera system?

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Im pretty sure that you wont read this. But one can hope. I recently saw the trailer of the whale and thought wooooow this is gonne be one of the best movies in a while. But now im reading about people hating on it because overweight people shouldn't be shown in movies cos it is unhealthy. I HATE SO MUCH about that! I reallyyyyy hope you can invite Brandon Fraser to talk about that! Shouldn't it be about fucking time overweight people start appearing more on tv, considering the fact that there are soooo many people who are in the USA? Is the hate that people now aren't allowed to throw at LHBTQ now moving to other minority's? WTF WHY must there always be so much hate. A Dutch actor that is disabled ones said its so annoying to always be in a show, for the reason that is is about a disabled person. Rather that being in there as just a character. What i feel like is SOOO true, also for overweight people. Why can't they just BE in a show, unless it is about having to lose weight etc etc etc. Guess what! They are a person JUST as much as ANYBODY ELSE!!! And so what is being fat is unhealthy? SOOO many things that are shown in movies and on tv are unhealthy! What about all the relationship dramas that are teaching and normalizing bad behaviors. What about all the way to skinny models that have provenly cause anorexic behavior in adolecent. What about the over tanning of everyone, when sunbathing and tanning beds are proven to cause cancer. What about all th movies with violence and crazy car scenes, when that is CLEARLY something that can be fatal irl, and that young people ARE doing irl. WHAT ABOUT THAAAAAT!???? Oh nooooo we find ALLL that ok, but when people that are overweight are on tv, THAT suddenly is a bad example to show on tv. AS IF SOMEONE IS GONNE THINK OOOHHH If ITS ON TV OK NOW, IM GONNE ORDER THAT EXTRA PIZZA. 😡AS IF they watch tv and think all the other bad crap is ofcourse not what they should do at home, but when they see an overweight person on tv, OH NO THAT IS GONNE BE THEIR ROLE MODEL! WWWTFFFF those are double standards SOO far of the chart it should be illegal. I LOOOOOVE How Iliza it just so unapologetic about such things. I wish that would be the norm, rather than people thinking it is ok to be rude, just cos they think it is funny. Or cos they feel some weird entitlement of having to vocally vomit their opinions around for no reason when they are hurting others. EVERY time i listen to your podcasts it bring me such hope and joy! I had a crappy day, and you made me feel much better and centered. 😘😘🥰🥰 Always food for thought and a warm vibe. LOOOOOVE IT!! love you! hugs and kisses and much thank!!!

Comedy vs hate speech is often just a question of intention. Calling someone "a cheap POS" can be funny or hateful depending on whether you are joking with a friend or criticizing a stranger. You can say it in EXACTLY the same tone, etc. to one person and have a huge laugh and zero hurt feelings or say it to another person in the same way and start a generational feud. Intention is hard to ascertain. And maybe it's incumbent on the person making the joke to be clear about it. But that can negate the humor entirely. Especially when going into a comedy show. Unless it's a comedy show at a klan rally or, even worse, a MAGA rally, maybe assume that hate speech isn't the objective and that the audience isn't filled with hateful bigots.

is there anyone offended by the word spaz that actually has a diagnosis?

46:40 DMILF, you looked powerful and hot in that dress!

If I lived in LaLa land "LA" I also would need Therapy and Anti-Deressants and Anti-Phychotics and also a few Mood Stabalizers and Pot and Alcohol just to be in LA. And my own talk show with Drew Barrymore as my CoHost and $120 Million Dollars and a Rolls Royce or two and a Range Rover and Butt Implants and Lip Impants and a Chef and a Gym Couch and a Spray Tan expert.

(still at the introduction) Maybe he's an X-ennial (like me, although I think I'm one because my parents were Boomers but I was born in the Millennial range of years (although that range shifted ... I actually WAS a very young Gen X when I first looked it up, but then they moved Millennialism back a few years (Thanks, OBAMA! LoL)))