brb crying
by nins + arns
Latest episode
059: friends, forgotten island, + the family we choose
059: friends, forgotten island, + the family we choose
About this podcast
brb crying is a cozy comedy podcast where we share what makes us cry in a way that makes us laugh. join nins + arns—two thirty-something teenagers and lifelong BFFs—as they dive into what moves them to tears (movies! books! personal stories! tbh anything is fair game!) and why crying helps us connect with ourselves and each other.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 62 episodes
- 059: friends, forgotten island, + the family we choose · 1 h 30 minThis week, we're getting into friendship of all kinds with the iconic sitcom Friends and the DreamWorks 2026 animated film Forgotten Island. First, Nins takes us through the…
- 058: cry, sweat, connect | marie from one vo1ce, dj jayou, + coach mike on wellness beyond fitness · 2 h 2 minWe're getting sweaty, y'all! Ahead of our Rhythm & Burn x brb crying workout on October 24, we’re bringing together the souls behind the experience: Marie Ceralvo of iconic…
- 057: the hero's journey, the odyssey, + project hail mary | why love makes us brave · 1 h 33 minThis week, we're crying over two very different 2026 films (or maybe they're the same?): Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling and based on…
- 056: why ariana grande is a mirror for our healing | eternal sunshine, pov, + petal · 1 h 21 minIf you're not already an Arianator, you sure as hell are about to be—because this week, we're crying over Miss Ariana Grande. From a childhood destined for stardom to her rise as…
- 055: all the tomorrows after & the books we see ourselves in | feeling "too much" with jazzle · 1 h 22 minThis week, we're joined by Jazzle (@jazzlesbooks), a pre-K teacher, mom, and “emotional book translator” who unpacks not just what books are about, but why they make us feel the…
- 054: moving homes, cleo dang would rather be dead, + how grief & joy coexist · 1 h 12 minThis week, we grieve the places we've left behind, the people we've lost, & the joy we find anyway. Nins says goodbye to the apartment that held five years of her life, reminding…
- 053: what made you cry? 9 strangers, 9 stories from our first wellness pop-up · 52 minThis week, we ventured beyond the recording studio and into the real world for our very first brb crying pop-up at a local wellness event. Armed with one simple question—"what…
- 052: wolf children, motherhood, & learning to let go | cryable anime with gabe (pt. 2) · 1 h 1 minThis week, we're back with Gabe (@daemoncorps) for part 2 of our cryable anime series. Arns takes us through Mamoru Hosoda's 2012 masterpiece Wolf Children, a heartbreaking story…
- 051: 5 centimeters per second & why lingering hope hurts | cryable anime with gabe (pt. 1) · 1 h 9 minThis week, we're joined by Gabe (@daemoncorps), a cartoonist and letterer with "too many opinions on anime," for the first installment of our two-part cryable anime series. Gabe…
- 050: olivia rodrigo's "drop dead" & "the cure" on dreaming, hurting, & healing + celebrating 50 episodes · 1 h 9 minep 050 (!!) is our biggest milestone yet, so we're celebrating the only way we know how: by crying over Olivia Rodrigo. This week, Arns unpacks the iconic "Drop Dead" music…
- 049: how to take a chance on yourself | dr. nicole garlit on entrepreneurship, burnout, & self-belief · 1 h 5 minThis week, we welcome our first ever guest (!!): Dr. Nicole Garlit, physical therapist, entrepreneur, and founder of her own private practice. Nicole joins Nins & Arns to talk…
- 048: heated rivalry (part 2) + the spoiler moments that destroyed us · 57 minNins & Arns return for a follow-up episode on Heated Rivalry that absolutely no one asked for (because one emotional breakdown over yearning, hockey, and devastating eye contact…
- 047: justin bieber’s “everything hallelujah”, lilo & stitch, & choosing joy anyway · 1 h 6 minThis week, Nins unexpectedly develops Bieber fever after hearing Justin Bieber’s “EVERYTHING HALLELUJAH” and spirals into a wildly emotional deep dive on healing, fame, survival…
- 046: harry baker, heated rivalry, & loving so much it hurts · 1 h 12 minThis week, Arns unpacks “Sunflowers” by Harry Baker and spirals through grief, funerals, and the terrifying urgency of being alive right now. Meanwhile, Nins dives headfirst into…
- 045: "st. clarity" by the paper kites & an emotional birth story · 58 minThis week, Nins & Arns drift through “St. Clarity” by The Paper Kites, emotional healing, pregnancy, childbirth, and the strangely beautiful process of becoming someone new. Nins…
- 044: filipino american smithsonian exhibit & what fighting revealed about my marriage · 1 h 2 minThis week, Arns visits the Smithsonian exhibition How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories and reflects on Filipino migration, generational memories, family sacrifice…
- 043: PMDD, queen charlotte, & being loved through it all · 58 minNins & Arns choose each other's stories in this special throwback episode. Arns chooses ep 003: periods are hard, where Nins shares her struggles with premenstrual dysphoric…
- 042: the weirdly specific things that make us cry · 43 minThis week is a chaotic emotional spiral through all the oddly specific things that make people cry. Nins and Arns pull different “cry categories” out of a jar and unpack the…
- 041: f1 champion lando norris, titanic, & the dreams that carry us forward · 1 h 17 minThis week, Arns unpacks the emotional aftermath of Lando Norris’ Formula 1 championship win—from childhood karting dreams and impossible pressure to the vulnerable reality of…
- 040: how to end a love story (yulin kuang) + the women (kristin hannah) on grief, love, & healing · 1 h 14 minIn this Valentine's Day collaboration with A Novel Affair Romance Bookstore, Nins & Arns discuss two completely different novels—a contemporary romance and a Vietnam War…
