More Better with Stephanie & Melissa
More Better with Stephanie & Melissa
Real-life friends and stars of the hit TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero, team up for a weekly podcast that will have you laughing, crying, and crying with laughter. They’ll talk about it all while helping each other (and us) be better – MORE better. Join these amigas as they take us on their personal ride through all aspects of life and share the juiciest cheat cod…Social links:
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"No Babe. Unless a Zombie’s Chasing Me.” | Workouts
Come on in, class is about to start! Did you bring your emotional support water bottle? This week, Steph and Mel dive into the wild work of workouts. Tune on to hear what keeps them moving, what makes them quit and why heavy weights actually are actually the One True Answer. Spoiler alert: Sometime…
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"My Big Old Tits for Rosa” | Boobs
Titties. Tatas. B00bz. Bazoingas. The ancient Romans thought big breast were grandmotherly, the 90s brought the Victoria’s Secret Industrial Complex and now? We’re just out here in our optional cutesy mesh bras era letting it all hang out, per se. This week, Stephanie and Melissa get into their ver…
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"Googling People Who Made It Later in Life" | The Timeline Trap
Today, Lisa (27) asks our girlies how to stop feeling left behind. While all her friends are in the getting-married-and-buying-houses stage of life, she’s…not. Steph and Mel dive right into this familiar topic, with Mel tackling the dreaded “compare and despair” and Steph sharing why Oscar season c…
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"The Ark of the Covenant” | The Perfect Bag
Welcome back! Tune in today as pod listener Leanne from Singapore asks: “What is your PERFECT bag?” Spoiler alert… it doesn't exist. As Steph so eloquently puts it — it's like searching for the Ark of the Covenant out here. Nevertheless, this week Steph and Mel dive into their bag dos and don’ts. F…
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"Sunglasses on the Subway" | Observing
Welcome back!! Look over here!! This week, Stephanie and Melissa dive into the art of observing. And it is an ~art~. People watching, eavesdropping, reading the room. This all takes skill and practice — and our girls? They're experts. Tune in to hear why Steph's favorite spot to people watch is the…
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"Pancakes for the Table” | Going Out to Eat
Come on in and have a seat! Cute outfit! Can we take your coat? This week, Stephanie and Melissa dive into the wild world of Going Out to Eat. On the menu today: Steph's first Big Restaurant Memory (unlimited shirley temples at the Flying Dutchman in Texas, hello?!) and grand tales from Melissa's S…
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"Don't F*cking Eat That Sandwich in Here" | Nostalgia
At the risk of too many feels and future tripping, the ladies tackle Nostalgia this week. Ah, nostalgia — the bittersweet art of looking back. First, Stephanie opens up about her meticulous ephemera box and why it makes her cry, then Melissa shares about Brooklyn blooper reels, finally and they bot…
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“Strap Me In, Baby” | Waiting
Welcome back to More Better! This week, Stephanie and Melissa tackle………………………….waiting. From passive waiting — (traffic (ugh), lines (UGH) — to active waiting — contracts (chop chop!), jury verdicts (she’s innocent, your honor) — to the torturous ambiguous kind — (when will my reflection show who I…
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“WTF Does Move the Needle Mean?” | Saying No
Welcome back to More Better! This week, Stephanie and Melissa tackle the art of saying no: from people-pleasing tendencies to pregnancy as the ultimate excuse. Melissa opens up about how she learned to say NO by watching Steph during the Brooklyn Nine-Nine years ("You can just say that?!"), while S…
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“All of a Sudden I’ve Got a Machete" | Sleep
When listener Lucia asks the ladies for thoughts on nightmares, sleepwalking and building a better bedtime routine this week, Steph and Mel have a lot to say. Melissa opens up about her childhood sleepwalking hijinks watching cartoons at 3 a.m. and shares about her son Enzo's more recent night ter…
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