The Tribe & Nicole Cesternino Have Spoken | Pod Friends
RHAP: We Know Reality TV
Friends of Rob Has a Podcast
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2026
⏱️ 100 minutes
🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS
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The Tribe & Nicole Cesternino Have Spoken | Pod Friends
This week on the season finale of Pod Friends, Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) sits down with Nicole Cesternino (@nicolecesternino) for a heartfelt conversation about family, grief, parenthood, identity, and the remarkable journey behind one of reality TV’s most beloved communities.
Nicole reflects on growing up on Long Island, her years as a NICU nurse, raising a family, and the experiences that have shaped who she is today. Along the way, she opens up about ADHD, supporting others through life’s biggest moments, navigating the loss of her mom, and embracing the next chapter of her own story.
Together, Matt and Nicole also talk about Rob Has A Podcast, Rob’s New York Times bestseller book The Tribe & I Have Spoken, live shows, friendships, motherhood, and what it’s been like helping build a community that has become home for so many people over the past 15 years.
If you’ve ever wondered about the woman behind RHAP, the power of showing up for others, or how to build a meaningful life through love, resilience, and community, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Blowing ad budget on metrics that look great till the CFO sees them. |
| 0:03.9 | That's bullspend. |
| 0:05.2 | And marketers are calling it out in dashboard confessions. |
| 0:09.5 | I remember telling my boss it'll be good for the brand when leads were slow. |
| 0:14.2 | Yeah, it wasn't. |
| 0:16.3 | Cut the ball spend. |
| 0:17.8 | LinkedIn lets you target by company, job title and more. |
| 0:22.1 | Advertise on LinkedIn. |
| 0:27.0 | Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit. Get to LinkedIn.com slash lead. |
| 0:37.1 | Terms and conditions apply. Nicole, why should people listen to this episode of PodFriends featuring you. |
| 0:41.5 | Because we go on a roller coaster of emotions. |
| 0:43.2 | We talk about everything. |
| 0:45.8 | And it's just really fun. |
| 0:47.6 | You'd miss that if you didn't listen. |
| 0:48.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.5 | What do we get into? |
| 0:51.1 | What are some of the things we talk about? |
| 0:52.7 | We talked about parenting. |
| 0:54.3 | We talked about childhood. We talked about live shows. We talked about parenting. We talked about childhood. |
| 0:57.3 | We talked about live shows. |
| 0:59.9 | We talked about a book that you definitely need to read. |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah, we talk about it. We go all over the place. |
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