“It’s a podcast about nothing and everything, all at once.”
Brooke:I’m Brooke Averick and I live in Los Angeles.
Also, I have a pet guinea pig named Frankie.
Connor:I’m Connor Wood and I’m originally from Texas.
I worked in tech before, and now I’m sort of on the other side of tech.
I used to be the person who I work with now.
And, I’m a comedian.
We do TikTok, we do comedy, and we’re podcasters.
2.What inspired you to start this podcast, and how did the two of you become co-hosts?
Cody Ko reached out and asked, ‘Would you guys want to do this?"
and I was like, “Yeah, I think we would!”
But, you just have to do it!
And then we figured it out.
I feel like I’m more inspired by our podcast now than I was when we started it.
Brooke:We saw a clip of the first episode recently and it was like actual torture.
So, it’s really nice to see how far we’ve come.
3.If you had to summarize the pod in a single tweet, what would the tweet say?
For me, listening to your podcast feels like I’m hanging out with my friends.
Connor:For me, that’s exactly what I wanted.
4.What three words come to mind when you think of your co-host?
Small-but-mighty, if I can count that as one.
I’ll say it really fast so it’s one word.
Brooke:Smooth, like physically.
We always talk about Connor “giving pebble” because he has no pores and baby-smooth skin.
So, smooth like pottery.
Brooke:The music video, more specifically: TheGleeversion of “Smooth Criminal.”
Connor:What was that Elton John song we listened to when we lived together?
One of the Elton John classics, I would say.
“Your Song.”
We flew way too close to the sun with Elton, but like, that’s so us.
6.Whats the weirdest thing youve ever googled for the podcast?
Brooke:There’s so many!
Connor:Men’s versus women’s urethra size is probably up there.
That one was crazy.
Oh,Wet Goddess, for sure.
Brooke:Oh, we always googleWet Goddess.
We’ve searched that so many times that we should be flagged.
I’m gonna order the paperback so we can stop googling it.
Oh, also NATO.
Brooke:But that’s not weird.
Connor:I think it’s weird that we don’t know what it is.
7.What are some items in your recent search history right now?
Before that, “What awards didSpy Kidswin?”
BuzzFeed:Ooh, what prompted that?
Brooke:I was watchingSpy Kids, and I said, “Tell me this won an Oscar!”
and it did not.
Connor:Mine is: “Elizabeth Olsen,” “Can you get a small microwave?”
“Mormon underwear…” I don’t know why I searched that.
Brooke:Do they have different underwear?
Connor:Yeah, they have to wear different underwear.
Also, “Can you use an inhaler if you don’t have asthma?”
But yeah, the underwear; it’s a full-body set.
8.How does your friendship impact your ability to work together?
What are some of the challenges you face as friends who are also colleagues?
Brooke:It makes it really good.
But, on a friend level, it’s hard not to take it a little bit more personally.
For me, that’s the only real hardship, though.
Otherwise, it’s a dream.
Connor:I think you nailed it.
It’s more good than it is tumultuous.
9.Which fictional character is your co-host most similar to?
Connor:Brooke, you’re like Edna Mode because you need glasses and you’re tiny.
And you would hit me with a newspaper, if given the chance.
Brooke:Maybe Nick fromNew Girl.
Connor:That’s a compliment.
Brooke got me to watchNew Girl, so I wouldn’t have even known that until last year.
Brooke:Nick and Edna make a podcast.
10.Whats the most misunderstood thing about you or your co-host?
Connor:I think the most misunderstood thing about us is that we’re not fighting.
All of these opinions we have it’s banter, it’s entertainment for the podcast.
Once the recording stops, it’s like our laptop’s shut.
We’re not at each other’s throats as soon as we hang up the pod.
[On the podcast] we don’t let anything slip through the cracks.
We just jump on each other when given the opportunity.
11.Brooke, whats something Connor does better than any other person youve ever met?
Connor, whats something Brooke does better than any other person youve ever met?
It really is an art form to watch him meet new people.
Connor:Brooke is good at faking it.
Brooke:I’m shocked to hear that.
She wouldn’t rather be anywhere else."
Brooke:That’s so interesting.
12.Who is your dream podcast guest (real or fictional)?
What would you want to talk to them about?
I feel like we haven’t heard her story yet.
That would be a good wealth of knowledge.SNLafterparty stories, and stuff.
I would like to pick her brain.
I feel like she’d be really funny.
And, Julia Louis-Dreyfus would be up there for sure.
Her podcast is so good.
It’s always interesting to see a comedic actor do something that’s a little more serious.
Brooke:The Basement Yard.They crack my corn.
Connor:Yeah, we would have such good banter, too.
14.Whats the most surprising challenge you face in work or in regular life as an internet personality?
Brooke:The biggest challenge, for me, is when I’m in a bad mood.
But, that’s also something to work on!
God gives her toughest battles to her strongest warriors.
Connor:I think the biggest challenge for us is getting people different places.
We’re seeing challenges with moving people, but they are moving in a big way.
There’s that thing of needing to establish our own space.
Brooke:Are you plugging the new space right now?
Connor:I’m plugging the new space!
We have our own YouTube channel now.
So, now we’re calling people over toBrooke and Connor Make A Podcastto broadcast our own channel.
15.What have been your key takeaways from being podcasters?
What have you learned?
Would you go back and do anything differently?
16.Whats the most difficult part of having a creative job?
Connor:Immediate gratification and immediate disappointment.
Brooke:Also, not being able to turn your creativity on.
Connor:Or off.
Brooke:I don’t have that issue.
Connor:I mean, there’s no 9 to 5 with what we do.
But, a lot of times, it’s like I’m thinking in TikTok.
I gotta pull my phone out and write this down.
It’s the nature of the game.
Honestly, it’s a great problem to have, but it’s different.
Can’t complain about having ideas though.
There are other times when I actually can’t think of anything.
17.What work are you excited about beyondBrooke and Connor Make A Podcast?
What are other projects you’re able to discuss?
Connor:I’m touring soon!
Brooke:I think what works for us is having the same conversations on-camera as you would off-camera.
Connor:You know what I would say, that we didn’t do?
I really don’t know how to replicate what we did.
I think it’s literally divine intervention.
But, I would say, find a niche.
I think we found our thing innotfinding our thing.
I was always thinking, “What’s our podcast about?
Is it about this or that?”
Ours, luckily, didn’t have to fit into anything.
We always say, “Don’t put us in a room.”
Our podcast is not in a box.
Find your voice, and keep posting over and over and over and over again.
And then quit your job.
19.What are you manifesting for 2024?
Brooke:I’m manifesting a shift.
Connor:you oughta be more specific because it could be a shift in a bad way.
Brooke:I’m manifesting a shift in the universe that will benefit me positively.
Connor:I’m gonna snowball off of that.
I’m also manifesting a shift in the universe that will benefit me positively.
Health is a good one.
I want to get healthier.
And then I want a massive amount of success to come from this stand-up tour.
The success of this tour so far is unsubstantiated; it’s not based in fact.
The massive amount of success that I’ve gotten from the tour isn’t based on anything yet.
No one knows what my stand-up looks like.
I want credibility, but I want it to be because I worked really hard.
20.What do you hope listeners take away from your podcast?
Brooke:Don’t be afraid to sound dumb.
The smartest people are not afraid to sound dumb.
Connor:There are no dumb questions.
Brooke:It’s not dumb because dumb questions get you to the answers.
There are dumb questions, but don’t be afraid to ask them.
Connor:Somebody has to ask them!
You know the funniest story?
But it was after I’d asked a question.
That’s staying with me for my entire life.
