Brilliant Observations
Real friends. Real funny. We swear. Like, a lot. Join us for unscripted, uncensored, and definitely unsuitable-for-work comedy conversation about relationships, marriage, friendship, sex, hope, parenting and prospering at midlife. It's like grabbing a weekly cocktail with your favorite girlfriends for a candid look at life that lifts you up as it pulls you in. From religion to porn to money, fears, our bodies, our brains, secrets, failures, food, family and finding your path, almost nothing is off-limits (except politics — gross). Longtime friends Melissa Brilliant and Amy Fugazi overshare about everything with the love and trust that only comes from a lifetime of being there for each other. So cut through the fake friends who try to glamourize all the BS masquerading as midlife. We're the bawdy, brutally honest best friends you never knew you had. And we always pick up the check. Love us? Tell your friends. Hate us? Tell your therapist.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 419
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Big Lunch | Brilliant Observations 200
Place your bets, gang! Amy tells all from her suspenseful "out of the blue" lunch date with a long lost friend...who has all new pronouns to boot. Missy sends the kids off to camp, and Stuart makes e…
So We're Punching Stewardesses Now? | Brilliant Observations 199
Would you tell a friend when she’s being annoying? Our fear-y (fear-based-theory) is that you wouldn’t even notice. This is America, after all. We’re losing all the filters now — behavior, language, …
Poop Tabs | Brilliant Observations 198
Ethan makes it through the high school gauntlet unscathed (congratulations!), only to slip into a celebratory stupor courtesy of Dr. Dad's Magic Beer Pong. What is wrong with these people? Missy spen…
White People, Knock It Off | Brilliant Observations 196
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love yard sales, and everyone else. This week, we revisit the doomed notion of hawking one's castoffs for pennies. Plus, Missy gets verklempt ov…
What Happens in the Treehouse | Brilliant Observations 195
This week, we talk masturbation. Again. Because let's face it, you're not downloading for an update on the Gaza Strip.
As always, we beg for your feedback in whatever form you care to give it: on so…
Blame It On My Juice | Brilliant Observations 194
It's the Generous Lover episode, featuring all the males we'd like to "aya-eeee." Missy gives a parenting shout out, and Amy mixes up Soledad O'Brien with Soleil Moon Frye (don't we all?). Plus, beac…
Show Me Your Crisper | Brilliant Observations 193
Detroit pizza. Roller skating. Cocktail parties. And a crisper drawer that borders on porn? This week, Amy pushes her weight loss into high gear, while Missy celebrates her milestone 500th Peleton ri…
Aging Sucks | Brilliant Observations 192
Melissa loses her "button," Mallory fights her fears, and Amy refuses to check a suspicious mole. It's all part of the glamorous job on the middle-aged BrillObs Mom Squad.
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Amy's Box vs Melissa's Balls | Brilliant Observations 191
They say you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Fortunately for you, we don't count in your total. Listen and laugh as we talk weight loss, poor social media habits, hate…
Be Honest, How Do I Look? | Brilliant Observations 190
Amy buys some questionable glasses. Missy can’t decide what’s better — telling a friend the cold hard truth, or being a friend and choosing to “ack…cen…tuate the positive.” Spoiler Alert: we’re not p…
There's a Hummer at the End of this Podcast | Brilliant Observations Podcast
Why at the end of every podcast we have does it Just. Get. GOOD? This week, Amy learns what a hummer is. Or *does* she? Melissa begins the five year process of decluttering her house. And everyone re…
German Words FTW | Brilliant Observations 188
It’s Spring Break 2021, and like all good shut-ins, Missy tries her hand at an in-person, socially distanced, highly vaccinated, folding soccer chair, we’re done when I say we’re done Driveway Social…
Siblings or Dating? | Brilliant Observations 187
There once was a man from Nantucket. Who had a podcast and said f$@! it. But Apple objected and fans soon defected, so now he cries tears like a bucket. What can we say, Dear Listener? We gave this l…
People Love To Help | Brilliant Observations 186
It starts with a little harmless fat shaming — okay, not that little. (And not that harmless.) Then we move on to ripping the Royals. Next up? Missy tears Amy a new one for her lack of automotive mai…
Wait and See Kinda Girl | Brilliant Observations 185
So it turns out, Lionel Ritchie can get it. Amy continues to slow-walk her possible brain break diagnosis. And Melissa's Miracle Boobs™ return for a command performance — this time with *No Bra.* Wha…
You Should Get That Looked At
Dear Listener, who's your first? Missy unlocks the vault to see if anybody besides Stuart is actually in there. Spoiler Alert: she locks him back in. (Poor Stu.) THANK YOU to our newest Patreon Subsc…
Take to the Bed | Brilliant Observations 183
After a week I mean month I mean year like we've had, there's only one thing left to do. Find us everywhere @ListenBrilliant, online at BrilliantObservations.com, at Patreon.com/BrilliantObservation…
We See You Through Our Magic Mirror | Brilliant Observations 182
Our eyes are everywhere this week, Dear Listener. But mostly between 11 and 32 inches. Find all the juicy details at BrilliantObservations.com, [email protected], @ListenBrilliant, on F…
Get In the Metal Box | Brilliant Observations 181
From sourdough and cannibalism to Chris Hemsworth’s prosthetic penis, we dive deep into the paralyzing reality of “healthy fears.” Suck it, sharks. We're buying a beach house.
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