327: Diarrhea Day Of & Cinnamon Toast Boner (with Maddie Mahoney)
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Who is Maddie Mahoney and how did she join the show?
This is a HeadGum Podcast.
And we are back. We are here with Maddie Mahoney from Betches. Maddie, we met. Will you tell a story of how we met, what you do, and how you're here with us today? And you killed it.
Oh, my gosh. Thank
you.
Great work. Thank you. We've already done the call. That was so fun.
It was really fun and I think very helpful.
I agree.
I think so, too, and I'm excited to hear them call back. Me, too. So, Jake, you and I met on your press tour for The Dink, and I interviewed you and Mary Steenburgen here at the Betches Studio.
And you
guys have a
monster studio. I mean, rooms of production, open offices. You got the whole thing going over there.
I know, and we're moving to an even bigger space in a couple months. I'm so excited.
What neighborhood in New York?
Same one we're in now, Flatiron area.
Yeah.
Yeah. But yeah, we played a game called How Online Are You, which is a show that I produce here. And you guys did great.
How
online are you? Very fun. I think you were pretty online. Yeah.
I'm online a bunch.
Because also from your kids, Jake, like you knew a lot of the stuff.
Yes. I think that's right. You also gave me some easy questions, which I appreciated.
Yeah, well, it's sort of like how online are you and also like how online are you? Like how online is Jake Johnson? Where is Jake Johnson on the internet? And so like we get to quiz you guys on your own stuff, which is really fun.
And so, Mandy, what's your story? How did you get started? How did you get into this? How did you find Betches and how did you take off?
Oh, my
God. Tell us about you, lady. How
online
are you?
Wow.
I'm more online than I should be. It's like chronic. It's bad. But that's my job. I started in acting. Went to NYU Tisch for acting. You
did? Yes. And so what were you doing for acting at Tisch? I was at Dramatic Writing at Tisch, right?
Oh, cool. I was in Stella Adler, the one where we were forced to wear all black every day.
Wow. That's incredible.
Very serious. Yes. Very Shakespeare. Great. And
where are you from originally?
Outside Boston, Concord, Mass.
So you went from Boston, you went to NYU for undergrad, 18 years old, wearing the sweat outfits, doing the thing.
Yeah.
How'd you like
it? I loved it. I loved it. I just didn't really understand like... what it was going to look like after I graduated. Right. You know? And so the years after I graduated, I was, like, really figuring out, I guess, what everyone tells you, but you don't know until you know, which is, like, you have to just make your own work. 100%. And so... And so
what did you do? So right after school, what was that initial process? Because the drop-off from school, and I had the same thing at NYU, it's so harsh. Yeah. Because when you're in Tisch, it feels like you're building.
Right.
Yes. And it feels like you've already started. And you're like, I'm
good
at this.
And I've already started my career, I guess. And then you get out and you're like, Actually, I don't even know what an agent is.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's such a rude awakening. You have nothing. I know. You have nothing. I mean, I luckily did graduate with some representation. And so I was just doing like the commercial audition grind. Okay. And I started doing like UCB classes.
Sure. Same.
I just like tried to find some sort
of
further schooling. Yeah. That was okay. You know, I just needed more structure. Yeah.
Yeah.
But then I got really into the whole comedy thing at UCB. Fun. Started writing. And that's where I feel like I found
what I really wanted to
do.
Yeah.
Yeah. And so then I was doing a bunch of like freelance producing for a while and like supporting myself with bartending. And eventually I just like cobbled enough of that together where I had like a decent resume. And I'd always seen Betches being like, that's the place I need to get. Interesting.
Because I think
that's like a... structured full-time gig but I get to be fully creative and what's really cool is like they're just on the precipice of creating so much work right now that's mimicking what we're seeing on like tv reality shows things like that but it's not the studio system so you get like it's not instant gratification but you can just produce the stuff so much faster and there's less red tape you know you're not doing
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Maddie Mahoney and how did she join the show?
0:01–8:55
2
What is the Friendsgiving dilemma and why is it so stressful?
8:55–17:30
3
How do the hosts propose using a “Diarrhea Day‑of” excuse to avoid the event?
17:30–26:40
4
Why is the crunchy‑cereal issue causing tension in a relationship?
26:40–35:54
5
What behavioral tricks (like Pavlovian conditioning) are suggested to fix the cereal‑crunch problem?
35:54–44:02
6
What final advice does Maddie give for handling impossible social requests?
44:02–50:30
7
How do the hosts wrap up the episode and tease upcoming content?
50:30–55:00
8
Where can listeners find more episodes and support the show?
55:00–57:30
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