Dating a Cult Leader (w/ Poppy Liu)

Friday, July 5, 2024

About this Episode

Actress Poppy Liu (Hacks) joins Nicole to discuss how she accidentally dated a cult leader, her exhausting year as a dominatrix in the BDSM lifestyle, her queer awakening watching Titanic, and her experiences doing experimental nude theatre in New York. Nicole shares the story of the time she was fingered by a dishwasher.

Check out Poppy Liu's new movie, Space Cadet, on Prime Video.

Follow Nicole Byer:

Tour Dates: linktr.ee/nicolebyerwastaken

Twitter: @nicolebyer

Instagram: @nicolebyer

Nicole's book: indiebound.org/book/9781524850746

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Dating a Cult Leader (w/ Poppy Liu)
Actress Poppy Liu (Hacks) joins Nicole to discuss how she accidentally dated a cult leader, her exhausting year as a dominatrix in the BDSM lifestyle, her queer awakening watching Titanic, and her experiences doing experimental nude theatre in New York. Nicole shares the story of the time she was fingered by a dishwasher.
Check out Poppy Liu's new movie, Space Cadet, on Prime Video.
Follow Nicole Byer:
Tour Dates: linktr.ee/nicolebyerwastaken
Twitter: @nicolebyer
Instagram: @nicolebyer
Nicole's book: indiebound.org/book/9781524850746

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Nicole Byer

Nicole Byer is an actress, comedian, and writer. She hosts the Netflix baking show "Nailed It" and has a sitcom loosely based on her life streaming on Facebook Watch, "Loosely Exactly Nicole." She hosts the podcast "Why Won't You Date Me" and recently starred on the short-lived Fox sketch show "Party Over Here." You've also seen her on MTV's "Girl Code," "30 Rock," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," "@Midnight," Adult Swim, "Chelsea Lately," "Transparent," and "Lady Dynamite." She co-wrote and starred in the "Pursuit of Sexiness," which Variety named a web series to watch and was featured as a Time Out LA comic to watch in 2015. She’s also been featured in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Elle, and Ebony.

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