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On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy and Elise chat with their friend Maura and talk about her transformation from being a young republican to a progressive social worker. Maura discusses her Catholic upbringing, attending Evangelical summer camp, experiencing 9/11 (and supporting the Iraq War + Bush) and writing bills on privatizing social security for her high school DC Model Congress. Follow her path as she wakes up to supporting feminism in college, and understanding classism, colonialism and all of those important “isms”!

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Miles “Halloween-Freak” French joins Elise and Lucy for the 4th annual Halloween episode! They discuss Elise’s vampire sighting, vintage Halloween décor, spooky events, gay Halloween, inflatables, bald awareness, trunk-or-treat, classic movie monsters, Sinners, Kim K’s merkins, Oktoberfest, costume predictions, casting spells around Halloween, and more!

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On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy and Elise dive into the alternative medicine movement, discussing homeopathy, pseudoscience, EMF anxiety, red dye 40, and more.

Lucy’s childhood friend, Dr. Val, joins this episode to talk about attending Waldorf school and growing up surrounded by granola and fringe beliefs. Val went from believing in pseudoscience to becoming a Western medicine doctor, so listen to learn about her journey!

Also discussed: the racist history of Rudolf Steiner, the organic food movement, supplements, health fads, how to do your own research, growing up unvaccinated, acupuncture, and more. Listen to the full episode to hear Dr. Val’s hot take on Ozempic!

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