Nicole Imagines A Life Without Peanuts

Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata

Headgum

Comedy

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Nicole and Sasheer finally take their first Buzzfeed quiz since the hiatus to figure out what fruit they are... but fair warning, it doesn’t go as expected. Also discussed are the many interpretations of the hugging emoji, going to the beach in New York, and ways to stay connected to friends while being in different life phases.

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0:00.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:05.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:09.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:11.0	Hi. She is she here? Nicole.
0:23.5	Hi.
0:23.9	Hi.
0:25.7	You look surprised to see me.
0:28.1	You?
0:29.0	How did you get here?
0:30.6	I've been here.
0:32.9	Me?
0:33.7	I've been here.
0:35.6	I was immediately going to ask you something, but I simply can't remember.
0:39.3	Oh, come on.
0:40.3	Have you been to the beach this summer?
0:45.3	Yes. Yeah, I have. Have you not?
0:50.3	No, I've been to the beach this summer, but on vacation. I've not been to the beach here in California. We went to the beach together. Yes, that was on vacation. Oh, okay. But I've not been to the beach in California. Oh, I'm never at the beach in California. The water is cold. Yeah. Yeah, I guess, yeah, I could go to the beach. I just, yeah, I don't know why I haven't.
1:12.5	It's because of what. Yeah. Yeah. I guess, yeah, I could go to the... I just, yeah, I don't know why I haven't.
1:22.7	It's because the water's just so dang cold. Yeah. And then for my birthday, I wanted to go to San Diego. But then I was like, I just want to be at home. I've been traveling so much.
1:32.8	It is funny that, like, I feel like there's definitely more beaches to go to in L.A., but when we were in New York, I would keep trying to go to the beach.
1:37.8	But I guess because it was like, it's so different than where, like, the concrete jungle.
1:39.7	Yeah, where dreams are made of.
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