Quitters Podcast

Raven-Symoné and her wife Miranda Maday join Chad and Julie for their Quitters Season 2 finale. They’re candid about what it’s taken them to work through their starkly different communication styles in their relationship and as business partners. Raven shares stories from growing up in the industry and why she broke up with Miranda years ago before they got back together and got married. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Julie and Chad talk to food blogger and entrepreneur Erin Morrissey-Antoniak. She gets real about how her issues with control led her to an eating disorder that took her out of college. She talks about quitting her corporate job, healing her relationship with food and turning it into a thriving business with Erin Lives Whole.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ally Maki is a CEO, actress and model. She talks to Chad and Julie about living in an “actor bootcamp house” with other aspiring child actors, finding her real identity later in life and a story she’s never told before about choosing her feeling over work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad interview their first magician! Justin Willman tells them about what drew him to magic, how he went from performing at birthday parties to creating his own Netflix show “Magic For Humans,” and dissects ethics in performing magic. He also explains why it was difficult to leave his identity as Justin Kredible behind to mature as a performer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Thea Trinidad Büdgen, also known as WWE’s Zelina Vega! She dives into how she got started in wrestling, working with Florence Pugh, her obsession with anime, and going against gender norms as one of WWE’s biggest stars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Quitter is actor and filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones. She tells Julie and Chad about the challenge in hiring an all women crew, gets candid about being in an open marriage and dealing with divorce, and hooks them up with details about her new Roku show, Slip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Quitter is the creator of MTV’s Catfish, Nev Schulman. He talks about how getting catfished catapulted him towards producing and hosting 10+ years of the show, how the show has evolved, the future of identity, and how Catfishing has grown since the Pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Ben Norris of “Never Have I Ever” fame. He tells us about what it took to quit his desk job to chase the Hollywood pipe dream and dealing with the barrage of “nos” in the acting pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Jameela Jamil - a writer, actress and devout feminist. She was honest and forward about her body dysmorphia, attempted suicide and her choice not to have children. She moves nimbly between heavy topics and humor.  TW: suicide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Chad and Julie’s youngest Quitter, Peyton Elizabeth Lee. She tells them about what it’s like to be a TV star as a freshman on a college campus and adjusting to life in New York. She also talks about working with Julie on their new movie, Prom Pact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Julie and Chad speak to Ally Love, who talks to them about how her career turned since becoming a Peloton fitness instructor and her upcoming Netflix Show: Dance 100.  Ally almost died in a car crash at age 9 and was told she might live life with limited use of her legs, but instead she went on to become a dancer, model, CEO and host of the Brooklyn Nets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is actor/director Avan Jogia who is talking to Chad and Julie live from a remote cabin in Canada. Avan opens up about supporting his family as a child actor, the challenges of shooting his first feature film in the pandemic, and trying to find balance as a passionate creative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Chad and Julie welcome reality star turned women’s wellness entrepreneur Lo Bosworth. They explore her time as a star on Laguna Beach and The Hills, dealing with unwanted fame and how she turned Hollywood rejection into a new career path. Lo educates Chad and Julie on the brain, gut, vagina connection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is SNL’s Kenan Thompson! Julie and Chad have been fans of Kenan for decades and he opens up to us about missing funerals for work, dealing with overly competitive SNL hosts, dreaming in jokes and the difference between being smart and funny. They walk through Kenan’s journey from his All That days to unemployment to his relationship with his brother Kel to becoming SNL’s longest tenured cast member. To hear more from Kenan, check out his podcast You Already Know, wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Julie and Chad speak with former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe. She tells them about quitting a poisonous relationship in Germany, quitting her addiction to valium and she lets us in on her conflicts with The Bachelorette franchise. She shares something she’s never spoken about publicly and tells them when she realized she had to change her life because a close friend couldn’t connect with her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Quitter is Mayan Lopez, star of Lopez vs Lopez. Mayan talks about growing up with her family in headlines as the daughter of George Lopez, quitting college and how TikTok led her to starring in her own NBC show. She also reveals how her fathers very public scandal impacted her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Chad and Julie interview Stanley Cup Champion Daniel Carcillo. Daniel walks us through everything he’s gone through to surviving intense brain trauma caused by his pro hockey career and how he walked away from the game that once ruled his life. This conversation touches on a few serious topics including suicide and the medicinal use of psilocybin (magic mushrooms). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Julie and Chad have Canadian indie popstar duo Tegan and Sara! They explain their journey breaking into the music scene at 19, dealing with sibling arguments on stage, and the ways they work through family trauma to continue building their creative empire.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is Emmy award winning writer and producer Larry Wilmore. Larry describes creating The Bernie Mack Show and then getting fired in the middle of the show’s Emmy winning mega success, finding new life on The Daily Show and the unique challenges Black writers face in Hollywood. He also explains how he shifted his emotional relationship with money to an intellectual relationship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Quitter is popstar and writer/director, Hayley Kiyoko. She takes Chad and Julie on her journey from performing for 15 people in a hole in the wall to sharing a stage with Taylor Swift in front of 70,000 screaming fans. Hayley describes the danger of riding through unwelcoming environments on a tour bus, the thrill of signing to a label and the challenge of telling stories about her love life as a queer woman despite discouraging advice from executives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices