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Erin & MeLissa interview other humans about friendship, technology and communication, and how all those things may be helping or completely destroying our lives.
We are Erin and MeLissa and you're listening to our brand new mini-series, "Oh Dear God". We've asked our guests to share their experience with religion, answer a lot of personal questions and write a letter to the American church. We hope that you'll be patient, kind and open to everything they have to say. We thank you. We love you.
Rachel Kiser (founder and director of INK Theater) shares about teaching drama around the world, how kids are responding to social distancing and how to put on an original theater performance (with kids) using Zoom.By Erin Saenz, MeLissa Gavarrette
Writer, Producer and Dog Mom, Shauna McGarry, talks with Erin & MeLissa about writing for TV from a "Zoom Room," the pros of deleting your social media, and that if ALEXA plays a different song than you ask, maybe she's right.By Erin Saenz, MeLissa Gavarrette
Writer and Actor, Chase McCown, join Erin & MeLissa to talk GOING LIVE, taking spin class from the studio into your home, and we cover our little knowledge of "Only Fans."By Erin Saenz, MeLissa Gavarrette
Director of Customer Success & Service at Shmoop, Kelsey Olson, joins Erin & MeLissa to talk education resources, going through a pregnancy during the pandemic, and the pros of having two weddings to the same person.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Actor, writer, and comedienne, Santina Muha, join us to talk about Zoom birthdays, not leaving your apartment for months and how COVID got us into some weird snacksBy Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
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Ep. 12: Peter Banifaz and Nina Concepcion
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Actor Peter Banifaz and guest host/actor Nina Concepcion join MeLissa to talk about discovering your people during a pandemic, immigrant parents and American children and falling in love over Twitter.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
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Ep. 11: Eugene Cordero and Ryan Stanger
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The hosts of The Dumbbells podcast, Eugene Cordero and Ryan Stanger, take time out of being dads and podcast hosts to talk to us about movies, quarantine fitness tricks and how to eat most of the ice cream your mom bought without her knowing for a while.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Photographer and Producer, Mandee Johnson talks about the release of Super Serious, her brand new book (OUT NOW!), we learn her tips and tricks for taking the best polaroid pictures and the secret for producing live comedy in LA for the last ten years.By Erin McGown, Melissa Gavarrette
Actor, comedian and activist Raiza Licea talks about producing a hit live comedy show to celebrate and make space for Latinx performers, everything involved with meeting Mr. Worldwide, and Latinx businesses you should not be sleeping on.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Comedian Debra DiGiovanni talks about her VERY successful Friday Instagram posts, terrible dating and sad breakups, and everyone shares where their tech limits are.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Actor and co-founder of Outpost13 - a brand new online comedy channel, Paul Hungerford shares about raising kids with the internet, suddenly becoming the teacher when school gets cancelled for the pandemic and launching an online theater.By Erin McGown and MeLissa Gavarrette
Comedian and creator / host of The Funny Dance Show on E! Justine Marino talks about launching a hilariously brilliant show in the middle of a pandemic, butterfly Instagram filters, how to support and be supported as you hustle your heart out and why everyone thinks her boyfriend Mitch is so great (you will, too).…
Comedian and writer Patrick McDonald talks about stumbling on viral comedy gold mid-quarantine, finding permission to promote your art and, most importantly, calling someone on Instagram.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Comedian and host of the podcast “You Can Tell Me Anything” Teresa Lee talks about figuring out how to run a digital comedy show during quarantine, understanding human behavior and all three share hot tips from therapyBy Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Entertainment reporter Megan Vick shares her wisdom and experiences with growing up biracial in the heart of the south, finding your voice online, and an impassioned pitch for everyone to stop what they’re doing and watch Blindspotting immediately.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Podcaster and photographer Dustin Baker (My Two Black Friends podcast) join Erin & MeLissa to discuss the current events of May 2020, how technology and social media is impacting the conversation around race, justice and online echo chambers, and bright spots in a dark time.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
Erin & MeLissa are back from the unknown to resurrect GroupText, a podcast about friendship, communication and technology in the middle of the 2020 apocalypse.By Erin McGown & MeLissa Gavarette
"It's all one thing." Summer camp with Giddyup Glen, touring with a Christian band, and the intersection of sobriety and spirituality. What is fear and what is love? Scott discusses it all (and we mean "all") in this episode.
"I was dead to you while I felt my most alive..." Beth talks growing up pentecostal, being overwhelmed by the Bible, how to flirt to convert and emails from your past when you're in a new place.
"Nobody should run out of a church crying and ashamed..." Nina reads her letter and talks about her fear of hell, her thoughts on heaven on earth and what happens when you refer to the Holy Spirit as "it".
"Let your everyday life be Holy" Katherine Alyse joins Erin & MeLissa to discuss waiting for God to talk to you, real life Bible thumpers, and finding holiness even in the darkness.
Episode 03 - Zora Treat people better. Zora joins Erin & MeLissa to discuss the trouble with adapting to cultural Christianity, the church of Uganda and the Apostle Paul's thoughts on Veggie Tales.
Episode 02 - Chanelle "There's not better place to projectile vomit than in front of christians." Chanelle shares her story of growing up in the Bible belt, her personal journey with her own sexuality, the people she notices in her everyday life and the picture of Jesus she got when she threw up in a public place. This is Chanelle's story and we ha…
MeLissa and Erin kick off this series with a glimpse of what's to come: history, nerves and letters written to the American Church. They share the truth of how they met, a run down on who Paul is and why he matters so much for this project and what they hope you'll hear in this conversation.By Erin McGown, MeLissa Gavarrette
We are launching our mini-series, Oh Dear God on August 29th, 2017. We've asked our incredible guests to share their experience with religion, answer a lot of personal questions and write a letter to the American church. We hope that you'll be patient, kind and open to everything they have to say. We thank you. We love you. Follow Oh Dear God on in…
Austin Huff (Jim Rome Show) is a long time friend, first time guest of Group Text. He shares the two TV shows that helped turn him into a sports broadcaster, how to pick a favorite sports team and the historic event that brought him to the Staples Center for the first time.
Fellow redhead Kevin Porter (Gilmore Guys, Funny or Die) explains the not so sexy job of a dongle, the story of a viral podcast, his resting nice guy face and a community he wants to give a voice to.
The wonderful Andrée Vermeulen (Angie Tribeca, How to Train Your Dragon - Netflix) shares her hacks for being a pro instagram food stylist, the first steps to being compassionate, a TON of recipes involving either peanut butter or Yukon Gold potatoes and help for anyone considering a plant based diet no matter where you live.…
The super cool Jess Rona (@JessRonaGrooming and 100 million super cute music videos of her own) shares about how dogs helped her go viral, where she goes to learn things like coffee bean roasting and the importance of a tools for making joy a guiding factor in your own life.By Erin and Melissa
Connie Shin ("Sidekicks", "I Do Until I Don't") shares all the hot goss with Erin and MeLissa about her guilty pleasure follows on Twitter and Instagram, life after making her own movie and the emotional journey of buying and wearing a mesh Troll shirt. Producer Samee Note: We recorded this in Los Angeles during the very very hot summer of 2017, yo…
Join Erin, MeLissa and Group text's normally silent but now ON THE MIC Samee Junio for an insiders look into Group text with Erin and MeLissa. They talk podcasts, their favorite things on the internet, and how much they love each other.
Re'Sean Pates (Hairspray Live, Glee) joins Erin & MeLissa to talk staying alive in a giant group text, Roscoe the Reader, and how to behave on airplanes.
Beautiful actor/comedian Rachel Scott discusses breaking up on a honeymoon, face timing with babies an the regrets she can deal with.
Austin Gavarrette (MeLissa's little brother her whole life) talks about gaming, what is gaming, who is gaming, that maybe Erin & MeLissa should game and more!
Eliza Bennett (MTV's Sweet Vicious & so much more we couldn't pick) joins Erin & MeLissa to talk being a kid actor, the differences between the U.K. and the U.S. on social media and how to learn your angels.
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Ep. 50 - Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova
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Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova (Best Friend Show) talking about being best friends with boyfriends, the best ways to learn a language and the new things these business partners are working on in order to take over the world
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Ep. 49 - Jesse Esparza and Julian Gonzalez
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Jesse Esparza and Julian Gonzalez (Extra Extra Podcast) share their best places for memes, debate who discovered Lady Gaga and discusses who runs LA
Comedian Allen Strickland Williams (Conan, Comedy Central's Comics to Watch) visits the girls to discuss how to disappoint a lawyer dad, rules for saying yes or now, and tips for not turning into a Hollywood cliche.
Mal Merpi (Tinder No Filter, Solid Gold Forever) tells all the secrets of her 45 group texts, what her mom thinks of her online persona, and tips for guys who want to clean house when it comes to online dating.
DJ Cabeen is a recruiter for people who know how to handle millions and billions of dollars (maybe we exaggerated a little?) and this fellow Nashville friend joins Erin and MeLissa to discuss what businesses want from you when you interview, his favorite celeb sightings and hot tips on making your own iMessage stickers…
Arley Worley is an original member of the 555, Erin and MeLissa's girl best friend squad in Nashville. In her first podcast EVER, she talks about the differences in parenting kids in LA vs Nashville, what people will find on her phone when she dies, her billion-person group text and updates on the Riverside Killer.…
Beau Wirick (The Middle, The People vs. O.J. Simpson) joins us on Group Text to tell us all about hot Hot HOT budgeting, how much is too much texting for someone you're trying to date and whether or not his mom was driving when he mooned someone on the highway.
Fellow member of the Dixieland Family Band, Stevie Nelson (Nickelodeon's Crashletes, Mad Men) is a jack of literally all traders and is reunited with Erin and MeLissa to talk about the idea she had that made her therapist cry, what our kids will do with instagram and the art of getting rid of it.
Actor and activist Laura Long (AMC's Turn) is a darling friend of Erin & MeLissa who joins the girls to discuss a Pinterest full of dead men, spending New Years Eve with the Loch Ness Monster and being invited by Syrian refugees to the sweetest tea party.
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Ep. 41 - Sophi Bairley and Liana Liberato
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Erin and MeLissa interview baby best friends Sophi and Liana as the girls reveals their secrets for a perfect selfie, what it's like being child actors in LA and a strategy for staying friends over group texts!
Ben Rodgers (UCB's Shitty Jobs, Workaholics, Mindy Project) talks about his true feelings on having a best friend, Erin and MeLissa's newest communication experiment and whether or not you should watch Predator for the first time right now.
Peter Haston (Washed Up) joins the girls to discuss the hottest Disney princes, writing in our journals and what will happen when our phones take over the world.
Erin & MeLissa are so stoked to have actor/activist Hayley Marie Norman (Adam Ruins Everything, Selfie, Top Five) on GroupText to talk about reasons for the unfollow, the most insane hashtag and what it's like to scoot across America.
Erin & MeLissa sit down with Mary Sasson (Winslow and proud mom of a cute Beagle) to discuss navigating the family dynamics of having 7 brothers and sisters, buying clothes that fit and drunk dialing her mom.
Jon Gabrus (MTV's Guy Code, High and Mighty Podcast) shares his social media pet peeves, the things you keep off the internet and whether or not men and women really are different?!??!?!?!?!?!
