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On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy & Elise dive into the anti-vax movement.

In the first half of the episode (00:00-27:00 minutes), your hosts explore the history of vaccines in the U.S. and the rise of the anti-vax movement. They talk polio, the Cutter incident, “DPT: Vaccine Roulette,” Dissatisfied Parents Together, Andrew Wakefield and The Lancet paper, thimerosal, anti-vax celebs, and RFK Jr.’s infamous Rolling Stone article, “Deadly Immunity.”

In the second half (27:00–1:29:00), your hosts interview pod favorite Ari and her mom, Julie. Julie shares what it was like raising Ari in a widely anti-vax town, choosing not to vaccinate her, and later being in the news for that decision. They talk about Ari getting vaccinated as an adult, how Julie’s views shifted during COVID, and RFK, Trump, and Plandemic.

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Elise & Lucy are back with a long-awaited June State of the Union. And a lot has changed.

In this episode, your hosts talk breakups, grief, and friendship. They also discuss curses, Addison Rae, Lorde’s marketing for her new album, And Just Like That, Elise's improv troupe, Billie Eilish, JoJo Siwa and Fletcher dating men, World Pride, poison ivy, self-tanning and more.

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Elkiss and Spike, now going by their incredible legal names Elise and Lucy discuss all of the hot topic ins and outs in this April State of the Union episode: They predict who will become pope, Conclave, co-working spaces. They chat new TV shows - Handmaid's Tale last season, Black Mirror, Last of Us. They bash RFK's eugenicist ways and how it ties to the amazing people on Love on the Spectrum. Canadian nationalism is explored as Elise witnesses the tariff trade war from Canada. It's a juicy episode and a return to form! Vocally Friend 5 ever!

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Lucy and Elise are back with another MAHA episode of My Problematic Past — this time featuring Lizard, a former patient of a problematic naturopath.

In this episode, your hosts talk naturopathy, the wellness-to-alt-right pipeline, Nazi doctors, far-right websites, free speech, and much more.

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Lucy & Elise tackle raw milk in the first episode of My Problematic Past. They dive into Lucy’s past as a raw milk farmer and their time selling raw milk together at the Seattle Farmers Market. The episode unpacks RFK and MAHA (Make America Healthy Again), having crunchy 90s moms, the growing popularity of raw milk, the Trump administration’s firing of USDA bird flu experts, and the connections between bird flu and raw milk.

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Hello Friars,

It’s Spike & Elkiss—aka Lucy and Elise—here to announce our new series, My Problematic Past, a Vocally Fried production.

In this series My Problematic Past, we dive into the most questionable things that we were involved in and now look back on and cringe. Were you ever involved in something or believed in something you’re extremely embarrassed about now?

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Spike and Elkiss welcome Ari—a fellow podcaster, domestic violence expert, insurance connoisseur, and Facebook friend of Sharon Baldoni—to the pod! Together, they dive into the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits, It Ends With Us book and movie, Colleen Hoover's, smear campaigns, celebrity press tours, awards season, and Emilia Perez.

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Spike & Elkiss talk 2024 slang, pop divas, Luigi Mangione, Hauk Tuah Girl, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, RFK, Trump and every other big news story of 2024. They discuss their ins and outs for the year and what they predict will be 2025 big news.

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