Heavy Friending

Heavy Friending

Joe and Laura aren't friends. They barely know each other. But through this podcast, they just might become buds. Listen along on their journey that may or may not end at friendship.

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May 13, 2025 65 mins

Joe and Laura return to reclaim the title of Austin's #1 friendship-base podcast.


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Inspired by Impeachment: American Crime Story, Joe decides to call Laura and record the conversation, just like Linda Tripp recorded Monica Lewinsky. 

 

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August 26, 2021 58 mins

The title says it all. Laura, your beloved (and favorite host) caught Covid, while Joe went and bought a house. While this friendship due dishes, it's obvious they're hiding a secret... Also, SOMEONE GOT ENGAGED! 

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August 26, 2021 63 mins

Listeners call the Heavy Friending hotline asking for advice, but Joe and Laura quickly suspect they're being trolled. 

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July 23, 2021 86 mins

So much happens in this jam-packed double episode, we don’t know where to begin. Joe and Laura host a screener of “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” and go viral. Then, somewhere between shit-talking and ranking religions, they achieve a dream that burns in the heart of each and every podcaster on the face of the earth: they (unofficially) break the world record (unconfirmed) for number of times a certain word (for a cer...

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June 16, 2021 55 mins

How dare you? Who do you think you are? Laura feels betrayed by another musician, a stinky bathroom, and a dream version of Joe. Joe feels betrayed by Laura wearing glasses. You don’t want to cross these two because they always spill the tea, and they keep receipts. 

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Joe and Laura kick off a new season with their first face-to-face, indoor pod sesh in over a year. Yea, season 4 only had 7 episodes and shouldn't have ended for months, but Heavy Friending needed a fresh start! Welcome to Heavy Friending Season 5. They're back, baby, but they ain't any better... at least not yet. 

 

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May 12, 2021 52 mins

Hello, Super PAC money. 😎 J & L have decided since Mayor of Austin, Steve Adler, is starting a podcast, they should run for mayor. It's only fair. Also covered: Laura's disdain for hoarders, naked hot tub bubbles, and then it gets real.

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April 15, 2021 48 mins

Oh, you think they care? You think they give one single f***? They don't. Joe and Laura may rave about it and cry themselves to sleep, but they can't be BOTHERED with awards and accolades. They don't want it. They don't need it. THEY DON'T CARE.

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April 1, 2021 4 mins

Conan O'Brien reached out to us personally and begged us to be on his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. Laura was busy but Joe is always available. So Jojo met Coco in a friendship-based podcast crossover! Here's the entire interview.

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March 25, 2021 55 mins

Joe and Laura are hot off the heels of a (virtual) SXSW. Joe inadvertently watched a sex doc and someone stole Laura's prescription sunglasses. Also discussed: Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, the Charli XCX Documentary 'Alone Together', and Alien On Stage!

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March 11, 2021 55 mins

Heavy Friending super-fan and KVUE correspondent, Brittany Flowers, blasts onto the podcast and knocks Joe and Laura on their asses. She claims to be a longtime listener, but can she ace a Heavy Friending pop quiz? With Brittany’s prompting, the gang finally gets in a little butthole banter, and B. Flow regales her favorite podcast hosts with a cappella renditions of Heavy Friending songs. 

 

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February 26, 2021 51 mins

Watch the "Do It Again" music video: https://youtu.be/WL2CUJ1h1cY

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The ultimate friendship film found a home on the ultimate friendship podcast. We checked out an early screener of the Kristen Wiig/Annie Mumolo comedy with theCHIVE's Taylor Wood! Do we like it? Did we laugh (quietly or out loud)? What about other movies like 50 Shades of Grey? Answers are here!

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Hey fuck you. Joe and Laura took a break and are back hardcore in season 4. "We're sexy. We're hot. We're fun."

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December 9, 2020 49 mins

Friendly conversation quickly turns south of the border when Joe and Laura discuss BUSH. 

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November 26, 2020 65 mins

It's that special time of year when we all give thanks. Laura reflects on past Thanksgivings and wonders what could have been. Joe is super focused on ghosts. 

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November 10, 2020 46 mins

The election is over. Trump got tired of winning so he lost the popular vote (again) AND the electoral college. So Joe and Laura address the historic news and make some news too. 2024 anyone?? 😎

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October 28, 2020 35 mins

Let's just get to the point: the president is a guest on today's show. He says some wild stuff, even for him. Please enjoy and VOTE 🇺🇸

Some guy named "Ted Meredith" is on Twitter and Instagram.

And Esther's Follies has a Patreon.

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14 years ago Joe and Laura were practically babies when they saw a film that changed the entire world: Borat. Now in 2020 Joe and Laura are old and important film reviewers so they watched an advanced screening of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. This is what they thought.   You can watch Borat 2 on Amazon Prime tomorrow. (Thanks Fons PR...

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