Get Thee to Therapy with Nicole Byer
Absolutely Not
Dear Media
4.9 • 14K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Heather welcomes fellow comedian Nicole Byer. They chat about meeting in the NYC comedy scene, the Heated Rivalry boys, and disassociating while on stage performing. They take on a voicemail about having sex dreams about a boss. You can find Nicole’s new crowd work special on YouTube, out on tour and or on any of her many podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:06.4 | Welcome to the Absolutely Not podcast, where we do the most and the least at this same damn time. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm your host, Heather McMahon. I want to start a fire. |
| 0:33.6 | Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another episode of the Absolutely Not podcast. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm your host, Heather McMahon. |
| 0:36.1 | I am so excited to have a very special guest |
| 0:38.2 | here in the studio today here live in Atlanta, Georgia. Her name's Nicole Beyer. And Nicole, |
| 0:43.0 | I have been following you for a long time. And I used to watch you do improv in the basement under |
| 0:50.0 | Gristides at UCB. And you were one of my absolute comedy idols and I just truly like I don't |
| 0:56.0 | think people realize like I have followed you for such a long time and I am so honored to have |
| 1:01.7 | you in the studio here. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I remember you would come in for classes |
| 1:06.8 | and you were always so joyful and like you're always like hey how are you and I was like oh my |
| 1:12.8 | goodness I'm good how are you like you just brought sunshine with you you're so sweet I was kind of |
| 1:18.7 | the opposite of the kids at UCB because I always had a full blowout and like my giant hoops |
| 1:23.4 | and some sort of faux fur coat and I was and that was like P hipster. It was like 2009 where everybody was leaning in hip. |
| 1:30.2 | And I was like, I'm going full Joan Rivers. |
| 1:32.1 | I don't know what to tell you guys. |
| 1:33.6 | It is funny because when I first started doing improv, I was like, well, all the girls |
| 1:38.6 | dressed so down. |
| 1:40.3 | Right. |
| 1:40.7 | Everybody looks so boring, dare I say. |
| 1:44.2 | Homeless? Right. Yes. But I would dare I say? Homeless, right. |
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