📍  📍  📍 Welcome to your weekly breakdown,

the silly and occasionally

podcast. 

I'm Emily, an ex tech worker 

bee,

of two, and I'm having a day. say that 

 peer

my left where my two children

are sitting in the studio with us.

You're making

it work. 

You

might busy.

I'm Caitlin.  I'm an actor, comedian, and

recent purchaser of,  Amazon detanglers. Every week we get together chat about cultural conversations

the news, we'll make fun of the latest pop culture dramas, rant about life's minor inconveniences, judge each other's style and

life choices, maybe even

a guest

or two.  Did you know to be that of day? I had inkling that 

going to be that kind

of day,

  multitasking is a lie. 

 I I'm mom

, it just, it all falls to shit. You can't do

it all. I learn that bushes are back. And I to

off our very serious

podcast by know that are back.

Bushes,

what do 

you mean bushes?

  Jessica DeFino, polled thousands of women about

their

hair and

pleased to report

that bushes

are back. 

I don't

if they went away

for

people. 

A 

 It was, kicked off with people asking

questions.

One of the

two questions was, is my anus supposed to look naked   actually doing this? this over 14, 000 online through her newsletter around, pubic hair and would like report back and

the back bush

never really left. But

does it supposed to look a mole rat? 

She

said a naked mole rat.  straight

women 82 percent removed their pubic but only 15 percent of respondents

 That

they're completely bare down 40 percent

a bikini shaped bush.

That say, only removing the hair that 

stick out of

bikini Around  percent rock full bush, a slightly trimmed full bush. 11 leave a small landing strip. a full percent

the 

polled say they

don't remove the hair on around butthole all. 

Just some fun facts to throw at you today. That's

encouraging. I

would identify with that. 

Which

part? 

Would 

like to the people to this podcast, what

do to your bush? No, thank you. But

I will tell 

I do to

my butt. Yeah. I it's really We're so particular body hair. Why is a 

topic?

She

writes a beauty newsletter  of Beauty 

you know,

I'm to do a little clean up a beach visit.

Yeah.

that's 

a euphemism.  

I'm curious what it has

to do with beauty.   

Grooming, personal grooming.

Yes.

Don't you think? But the nothing?

Oh, 

like

doing

a full Brazilian?

Yeah.

 think that's personal preference. That's

heat, scent, I

don't know. heat. I mean,

I've done laser hair removal

on the full kitten caboodle.

Really? Including the butthole. 

I've never done it.  never laser

anything. Oh, it 

but it is great if you

want

shave less. So I used to wax,

but crazy ingrown hairs. I thought laser hair removal solve that, and it has.

 And so there's a lot less hair. Do you want me to 

tell you

how I shave?

Sometimes dry,  maybe

a little bit of water sometimes.

Why? Ow! Why would you

do yourself? I'm in a hurry.

And I've been known

do it times.

My legs especially, 

armpits is I do a

like, your skin doesn't get red rash.

This

is, I do not recommend this. No, you shouldn't do but that is, do you that?

 fast, 

I

time dry my legs, so I'll just it, without water.  My skin would  

a strawberry. 

 mine 

dude.

I don't know what I'm

I'm getting you your next birthday.

No,

don't. I don't like it. idea of a laser sounds

painful. No,

I'm not gonna you removal. I

was

to get you

some shaving cream.

 I have a

couple of girlfriends,

I know that don't shave their armpits.

And 

they love it. 

One friend called it sensual. And it's quite light, and I thought

that was really interesting. I

obviously we groom because we have some

idea of expectations we should 

look. 

I shot a TV show once called New Eden and the show took place in the

70s and it was with these women started It in the  

and a current time. 

But when were the stuff place 

the 70s.

They

all

to 

stop shaving. 

So that 

it was more

authentic. What body parts? and legs. Yeah.  that when we were our skirts and our tops flowing and

in the 70s, it was accurate. Yeah, you would have had furry little armpits. Yeah. That's

so interesting.  

Once a Time

in Hollywood, Margaret Qualley. Is that

her name? Yeah. Margaret Qualley. She rocks

full armpits because of the time.

I love that. That's so authentic. I love when they

wear merkins in the movies. That cracks

up.

like a toupee for a

body part. 

It's a fake

bush. It's a fake bush. I love that. And it's

for men and women. 

You know, you

can men and women. Sure. 

Sure. 

Not that we

get

many 

frontals. Not enough.

Not enough. Not enough.

Anyway, you with that. like that. I'm sorry that you're having such 

a day. It's okay.

I just got to talk about shaving and pubic hair. My

My day is better.

 I was impressed.  We 

sent 

a

couple of

texts back

forth about topics for today's podcast.

And I just

want to say Caitlin showed up for work.  has full report. Thank you. 

 like to talk about first? many. 

I've been

this podcast

because it

forces to

kind of look into what's going on

and be bit more curious because 

promise

that we go through stuff and then bring

whoever was listening

a few that we were well, this 

is.

Worth knowing. 

Yeah, when you show

up at the dinner party,

have something 

chat about. Or, you know what the hell other people are talking

about. can nod confidently. 

Yeah, if you

don't feel talking, can 

just go, 

know.

Yes.

Oh 

yeah. 

don't. You can say,

yes, did know that the race Mexico was won by Mm hmm. 

know. 

She is

first female and Jewish

president Mexico.

It seems terrifying that she is

now, you know,

having

deal with

crime, violence, and particularly it's drug cartels. 

Even

you're so powerful, 

you still

safe?

in 

where the day that she was elected as president,

a mayor  was assassinated

that's right.  mayor, 

Yolanda

Sanchez. was shot

in.  Cotija. 

 The local media reported she was shot 19 times. And

so was her bodyguard. 

It's widely thought the gunman to organized crime.

 she would not over

power to the drug cartel. She

wanted the to

control the police. 

These

cartels are infamous targeting

public officials who refuse to do

their bidding, 

and this, 

election 

is now

bloodiest 

in modern history 

after, 

 The number of

assassinated candidates Ahead this 

election was, 

 A

37 count.  These were

assassinated before they even

got to 

power,

which I find alarming. 

Violent crime one

the top issues that was

debated their presidential election well,

 an article the Atlantic,

you wanna read

about it, it's called The Failing State Next Door. It's by David Frum. 

Oh, what's take? 

The

is  the

social and economic 

in which have been persistent forever, despite

been in charge, despite political changes.

  what's crucial

to establish strength in

Mexico. Interesting.

Yeah. And it's always been. And also the concern of whether Scheinbaum

can implement effective measures security.  uphold the rule of Can she,

Take control over areas where

previous have struggled?

So

want to create financial stability and also

deal Drug eliminate violence,  has dominant  of the in charge

for

so long. 

You see, you brought really casual

issues the podcast this  

I think

find

more fun news. 

I

have fun actually.  

The women are 

going on strike in the 

US. 

All Well, 

they're hoping for.

There's a national women's strike on June 24th. The March behind it.

Okay.

And it's the second

anniversary of the of Roe v. Wade. Oh, yeah. all on strike.

were talking about the women of Korea too,

who

gone on strike.

Yeah, they stopped having

sex with Yes, and now there's no grade one kids. That's

So I am encouraged, 

when it happening? 24th,

2024. Women and allies across the United States are

participate in a nationwide

strike.

They're encouraging

the participants of the strike to refrain

from work, from school, money,

Anything that

can get, eyes on fact they want autonomy and healthcare and rights for women. 

the economic 

What would you do if

if you were to go on strike,

 would your look 

what I from?

Yeah. 

depends on what you care about. I

would absolutely strike for bodily autonomy.  rights,   equal pay,

  and paternity leave  and rights.

 It's easy. me to

in this chair and give that like very high level 

because

those are the

that impact me I think 

there

are so

other societal issues

 You show up for what matters

and where people Need that support.

Yeah, you gotta up. Yeah boots the ground What would you strike for?

What would your strike look like? I don't

know if I answered your question correctly. no, I love it. would my like?

Yeah, I 

I'd have a megaphone.

I would be in someone's face.

I love the milkshake thrower.  A

woman's facing now she threw a milkshake, 

at  a UK politician.

I that kind of too.

The are  the are beautiful, it's all over on 

look at that. 

That's a great 

picture.

What would  like? a

really answer and how fortunate I am that I have not really had to deeply consider that.

I've

been able to show up at other

protests 

rallies, I've not had  my own 

going. never get my own going. I've 

joined some and I

like to march.

I like  

raising money. 

I

don't post on the internet

I noticed you don't 

share

of

clips that I make.

I'll get better. I'm

I'm working fine. It's not about 

you, it's about me. 

is. Everything's about me.

Unless

it's about me.  What would I strike from?

In your friend group, which I get to hang out with

sometimes, there was 

the 

writer strike.

Yeah,

I 

didn't

like I had choice. I just suddenly was

unemployed. Yeah. 

But that's how

so many feel. All a sudden, it's

your entire livelihood is

impacted.

You got to get

your ass and go and protest

do something about it. Start

on the call. Start,

Reading

more about

issue. I will say it's so funny you

didn't even

think about That wasn't that long 

ago. But

also most of the protests in

LA or in New York, right? For the,

for the strike.

in Canada, we actually have an on with actors being locked out of commercial work and

been locked out of work for,

I want to say at least a year and a half now,

these big commercial companies decided to

union actors and we used to pay our bills with a few commercials  and 

now

it's hard a commercial if you're the union.

But then need in the you want to shoot

TV and and taken a massive

of

away from

a of actors. don't know if

many

people know about that. 

That's

thing. There's so many 

issues that people face in every single day. We

hear 

ones

people

the

loudest about, 

I suggest you

find a

attended hall, cause then

can also

see

are people fighting

for.

I've been

zoom town halls

where you can go, okay, so what are we dealing with? I found that'd

be very helpful. 

 

 tell you about

tech news that I

thought was

Oh! Really interesting. Tell

me. 

This remote

Amazonian tribe

finally connected to

the internet to

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite

internet.

and now they are

hooked porn and social media. Yeah, 

 I didn't think that's what you 

say.

What did you think I was 

going to 

 2, 000 member

Marubo tribe have left bitterly divided by the  

the Tesla founders Starlink service nine months ago. When

it

arrived, everyone was happy.

 but now things have gotten worse.

Young people have gotten lazy

because of the internet. The Marubo

are

a chaste

tribe  who even frown upon kissing in

public. now  anxious the of 

this.

uh, service would upend

the standards

decorum that they have in

the tribe.

One of the tribe members said that men have been sharing porn videos in group chat and he has

already observed more aggressive sexual

in some of them.

How

quickly fall 

but isn't that so sad? Like they're this peaceful tribe.  Lots of people

in tech.

a running joke

I'm going to tech. I'm going to move

a

I'm going run a farm off grid. And it's  broke my heart

to read this because there were

2, 000 people who were,  know,

that's got their own

thing remote tribe, their own challenges,

but probably a lot more peaceful they have the internet.

it 

ruined their brains. it's ruining

their 

personalities. 

Initially, the

internet heralded as positive remote 

who

who were quickly contact for with including, 

things deadly snake bites.

And of the younger

members of the tribe said it's saved lives. There's great educational resources. It's one of those things with the good comes the bad or with the bad comes hopefully some

good. Can't they get the good from a walkie talkie? 

 internet it. You were saying 

little while

ago that all billionaire people have 

schools that

are screen are

about going outside, about having, different kinds

learning.

Without screens. 

It's addictive.

Sure. Yes. is an addictive built to be 

addictive.

And if we, as

adults, 

can't even pull 

from it, how we possibly expect those with  yet developed,

prefrontal cortex?

to have any self control. Not

until

25. Somebody

told me that men don't fully mature until 42,

and I don't

know if it's

something they saw on TikTok

or it's a fact.

And so I'm gonna have to look into that, but I

thought 

it was

funny. If not, 

I liked it. I like 

thinking

about 

That's why I have hard copy. That's why we try and do this. Doom scrolling

is addictive 

It has

negative mental health

impact. And I think there's going to be with the advancement of AI, this hose content, how is a normal person supposed 

to

find what they need with ease when it's

just like garbage of information coming

you from

inbox,  screen, anywhere?

So that's I think 

curating lists,

I like writing

the newsletter, it's aggregating,  information. 

I'm not doomsday on tech. I just wish we

use tech for good. And a lot of  it is  

for

Yeah. 

There 

a quote I want AI to

do my taxes, not me.

You

have quote, right? I it.

 Adam in there, too. I

send a lot of stuff. Where is it? Did

send yourself a picture of Adam

Driver?

yes, 

There

it is.

The quote is from 

an author 

and video game enthusiast, And

she says,

I want AI

to do my laundry and dishes that I can art writing.

Not

to do my art writing

that I

can do my laundry and dishes. She's so fucking spot on! That's exactly it. It's what

happening. Yes. 

Now we can just do more and more

and more 

stupid menial,

 productivity things we have do to exist and We're not even thinking. GPT down couple days ago

and people were like, I don't know how to find things because they didn't have access to their AI

AI bot

And what's feeding the AI bot? Just everything? Oh, oh,

We can this if

you really want to. 

Yeah, pull up a chair. 

You know, it's this great 

AI, but you're like,

so what's not great. 

When we use

subjective or superlative terms

to describe something

that

power to be like, 

it's great. That's like the

internet is great.

Is it great for Amazonian tribe? No. Right. 

the adverse effect. It be, if used,

Like anything. 

ice

moderation. Open A. I. Is the company. Yes. ChachiBT

Is

the tool.

I've said 

before, but I'll repeat it every

time.

we

do like little

tidbits? Like, how to help 

women 

super in

the 

know about

how technology is dramatically impacting their lives? Yeah, so that 

someone

else doesn't to

it to them.

They can go, no,

no, no. know.

Yeah, 

when 

someone's mansplaining them. 

Any company

that claims to have AI is feeding it with

data. That data, most

the time,

to get enough data

to, to

feed the can think of it way.

of

as

a

little AI. Make it cute.

I don't know. It's blue and furry. You have to feed it and then it digests it and turns around and spits out 

its

It doesn't think. It. Regurgitates. Yes. 

So

So feed shit, which I if you know the internet is a lot of

shit.

And feed it shit, it also spit out shit. So Google actually,  AI tool that was

its search

results it. like,  I make a pizza? And

suggested using glue

keep the on, right?

that's

what AI can also

out.

It was like, how

do I depression? It's

like, you could throw yourself off a bridge. So AI 

AI is

imperfect

the



AI

responses that you're getting are only possible

because companies like open

open AI have scraped  internet

that includes Controversially,

copyrighted materials.

And it

also includes sarcastic and shitty dumbass Reddit.

It also  scientific

periodicals.  it's massive information right now. So that's why it's imperfect. 

Could also change how people copyright things? 

You know,

if I'm writing an essay about something and I could just say, tell me, 

 summarize it with this point of view?

and it will do all

the research for can go into ChatGPT

and say, can you

write me an

article on this 

in 

the tone 

of Margaret

Atwood with the

cynicism of Bart Simpson. 

And 

it it, decently.

 these developments in the world. with

AI

in art, in creativity, and taking away the need to think oneself,

which we're already struggling with that.

Mm 

was of the big for the writer's strike 

Yep. The studios 

wanted

to  able use likeness, 

and

 it to generate AI images

you and

AI videos

you because that technology is possible. It's

and it's

changing very rapidly.

I do it will impact

copyright law. 

It will have change.  of change,

 Da da da da! I'm really 

annoyed.

Oh 

no.

Yes! What are you

annoyed by?

The

CDC,

The Center

for disease control 

the, in the U S. 

we're Health Canada here, but I have a dog. I

go, I

with my dog. Take a road 

trip

into the states. Oh, you're one of those. Do you

you fly with Murph? we fly her. she fit?  she's a service animal. up! Yeah,

So she sits at

our feet.

 Uh huh. Continue. We

need her.

Yeah. 

She

all the tests. 

That's

that's great. And she got all the training. I'm

happy for you.

And you don't

know my mental health.  I do. You,

yeah, I got a few, 

I got some updates. So

me why are they, what

CDC do now? So they're concerned about rabies coming into the States.

So now if you want to travel

dog

summer, heads up, starting

1st, are new  bringing an animal

into states.

  of transport, any car, train, helicopter, parachute. So there's new documentation you to

out, new 

you have to get your vet to sign.

And you have

bring in their certificate and you show that

they've been microchipped.

You could get rejected. 

Yeah. At

border, is so I've been rejected at the border. It's

so embarrassing. Oh my God. I was So embarrassed.  I was

so embarrassed don't

getting

in trouble. I don't

causing a commotion, which is

funny because said I would protest loudly, but don't you would, not when it's

personally. Like I

totally 

that.

I'm at the border. 

People 

are 

looking and they're like, who's that? Oh my

God, she got over.

And I drove up to the border one

time

myself

friend

and we were  to do an

an improv show in Bellingham. Yeah. I don't lie at the  so what are I said, this

my friend

doing improv.

So embarrassing. So proud 

said it like that.  the guard was like, okay, have, 

a visa

to work the

I was like, Oh no, no, we're doing it for free.

part of a festival.

And the

border guard said, are,

are they

putting you And I

like, yes,

they're putting up, but not paying for it.

And he goes, that's 

 Pull

into secondary.  And we spent hours secondary

to explain

that were

friends doing an improv show. You're so

poor. so broke. And we're no, no, it's,

um, it's making it

on the spot. know,

whose line? Yeah,

do that. the border agent kept

at my friend and I going like, you guys do that? And

We're  we're, we're pretty good too, you So, So cringy.

cringy. Oh, I'm so sorry

And so for

years after that, every

time I went across the border, would be 

like,

yeah, you flagged, you've been flagged.

And I

I was like,

it's for improv. 

It's for  make  I was embarrassed,  now I travel freely. But also you do have to new documents dog.

If you want to travel into the States this summer.

 

Did know that, some 

Gen Z People take their parents to

job interviews.

the way your nostrils

flared.

Say sentence one The way your

flared?

No, headline

you wanted to about. Gen

Z, Gen Z, all Z,

but somehow always a

Gen Z, are their parents 

them find jobs. Okay, so that's part one. Okay.

Part two, about 30 percent of 

those

in

Gen who were polled Take their parents job interview. 

McKinsey did a, 

 What? 

The

30 

percent are 

mcKinsey 

30 percent of Gen Z  

that their parents accompanied them to an in person job interview.

So, in to every possible in the job which a clusterfuck right  are the folks have already  most, and daddy.

 McKinsey did this survey of 

Gen Z's job seekers,

and showed that 70

of the Gen their parents to help find

job. 

Okay, that's fine. Okay. 

You gotta do what you

gotta do. Yeah.

Um, of those who,

Could find employment percent parental guidance with results. 

Gen Z, 

represents percent of world's population

 The surprising anecdote, 

Nearly 40 percent of Gen 

Zers 

say that a parent

accompanied them

to an in person interview.

Nearly

30 percent report that

parent

went

into the interview

with them. 

And two

two 

times out ten, 

the parent

introduced themselves to the hiring manager as a former And got the job instead of their kid. Like, what are you doing there? Oh. As a person who was a hiring manager for

a long time, that 

an 

for 

me.

 reading about the

whose would go

and argue the college about their,

About their grade? Their grade.

I heard too. Yeah. Are

these the same ones? 

Is that you again?

It's just a few years later.

years later. Oh my

god.  can't do the interview without your parents,

to

to do the job without your parents? How are

you gonna live? 

I just that

an astounding

result a study. 

And you know,

every generation loves

to,

you know, bitch about the next generation. I think Gen

I think change the world. a millennial. 

I'm about

40%. That's What the fuck?

That's concerning. 

So my husband has business. Yep. And

of his employees couldn't come into work the other day because they found out that their

grandmother cancer.

Ooh,

You're going to

piss off the

audience. I

to know if find out grandmother has

is that a

reason to not to 

work?

Not in

my books, but there's

to be some people for sure

think that is a not go into work. 

And that's fair.

If they disagree, they're led to have their point of view. I would argue you go

to work. 

work.

you go and you have a sad day

because

thing work. Sometimes have bad at You have sad at work. you show 

work

and cry a lot in the bathroom and 

someone 

goes, 

And

everyone of around you.

Maybe someone gets you a smoothie that

afternoon you go home early and you go, Oh, that really

shitty day. then you,

yeah, somebody you call

Nan, 

somebody in my of

friends,

one of their colleagues didn't come to

work

like five

days, 

their dog

died.

I mean,

I would a day.

my dog, if my dog, I

did. Yeah, for sure. 

 

Oh, guess I learned. What did you 

learn?

I love serums. love moisturizers, I don't always know to do with hair.

, cause hair

is just,

does its own thing. found what a wet brushes.  And 41. never it

before.

hairbrush? It's a

hairbrush. And also, it's not a brush that's wet.  someone said, you need a wet brush. And I said, could take and I can wet it at  they said, you need wet brush. 

Detangling.

Right, because on set they're, they're doing stuff, 

 your hair. 

backcombing, hairspraying.

And they said you need a

wet brush. And it turns out a wet brush not just a brush that is wet.

Tell me the

details of

brush. It 

detangling brush. Yeah.

That when you little knot 

 are so soft that

they just  so

it doesn't pull or bend your hair,

thus

eliminating

the 

little flyaways that sometimes we get. So you use it

even when you don't  

knot. 

you don't have a knot, a wet to brush hair when it's wet. When your hair wet. I also 

when it's dry, which is confusing. The brand

name is wet brush. No,

the style is wet brush. Many companies make a wet 

brush.

I see. 

Okay. I understand.

There's a particular science

behind it.  

No one had ever told me about different hair brushes I

don't brush

hair,

so  

I will probably 

not 

What

you use? Just 

this? A

hand? Just a brush.  Yeah, I 

have a,

a wide tooth comb, so

I get out of the 

shower,

that's

what is, this is

air dry. Well, may I recommend

a wet brush

when out

of the shower, a wide

comb is very hard, and it'll bend

the hair.  

Okay,

it a try. I

like my daughter one. I

like her

brush

a wet brush. Do you

have a brush?   got a wet brush.

It might 

also

be

a child's brush, 

because it's 

gentle. You only had

to be to figure out brush 

fucking hair.

That's what this

all

about.   we talk about

the internet for a second? 

Yeah. 

So I

put out video clips our podcasts. people see our faces B helps for discoverability. that's the only reason

don't need any more

management life.

But one

person the clips

and

of course there's no face, name. They're completely anonymous.

got no

followers.  User said,

do

you two just sit and talk out of asses? 

And I

just

back. Yes,

we do. 

Yeah. Like that's what this podcast is

Yes. 

So I go to their bio.

And it says,

kindness matters. Yeah.  

Okay. 

Yeah. But 

 meant,

Do they ever talk out of their asses?

No.

didn't like billionaire conversation around building submarine J.

K. Rowling

How

transphobic she is. they didn't that, I compared these two billionaires and just suggested they both 

shut 

up. This user that.  I was like, you're probably We probably should shut

fuck up.  

do talk out of our asses.

Yes,

sometimes. But also, 

 up. Let's have some fun. I have a

about that. 

That 

person thinks you're

very smart,

and to make themselves feel

they had to correct and I.

And that was

their way of

gaining

a bit of status in their being

like, Ha

at least I know

more than

two dingbats.

They I'm that smart. Absolutely. think you very  It's all relative. 

Compared

to me?  talk about smart, dumb people dumb, smart people. think I'm a dumb, person, didn't live 

my potential.

partner, he says that he's a smart, dumb

That he's just really

dumb, he works hard.

And

he's not

wrong. 

So now

have

start looking at our, like, and don't do it

relationship.

have to figure

which one am 

I'm not saying you,

you're the same. No, 

 

in Canada, they're breast screening the age of 50, though



doctors, advocates

  policymakers to 

have encouraged them, to bring the age  to 40 

 It's frustrating because federally the age is 50,

but 

know, If you're

in or Nova Scotia

or PEI or the  can start at 40. it's confusing

regulation as to when we can, 

get a screening. have a  you're good.

And

let that be the benchmark

for the 

my screenings. 

That would

be good preventive

health. Yes. But we don't do that. We don't. And that is

the downside public health

There are lots of upsides, so it's extra

confusing because the government put this task force

to do

the research, up with a recommendation on this.

The

task force said, going to keep it 50.

then federal government like,

we don't like that answer. 

We'll leave it to the provinces to decide.

 In general, it

was such a missed opportunity  guidance  all they did was noise. No one feels clear on what we're to do. 

So, task force, which the way, I don't like that a task force. sounds so aggressive.

Said

to the federal government,

we think it should be. 

50. Maintained at

50, right?

And their was it over, over diagnosis unnecessary

biopsies.

It would stress us

out.

Well, great. So they

were called the

Canadian Task Force on Preventive

Healthcare

An organization created by

the federal government

to develop clinical practice

recommendations areas like cancer

to help guide

Our

GPs.

Okay.

Right. So, they,

came up their study. They said 50, we're keeping it at 50

and government went, don't love that.  And now each province

can decide

whether it's 50 or

50 Mm hmm.

Provinces get to make the call. But even 

earlier in May,

Canadian

Cancer Society. 

Was calling

for the breast cancer screening to routinely begin at 40. And the main

argument that it's, unnecessary. it will stress if 

we

are going and there's a 

misdiagnosis. 

Because I have family members who've had breast cancer, went to my doctor said,

Hey, I'd like

to screened.

And it

was no, no, no, no, I was like, these, Outcomes, these biopsies, the and this, that, and the thing, and no, no, no, no, no.

I

really had to be like no,  I need to happen. How

do I make this happen? So in 

because of those direct

family 

members

and the instances

of cancer, I permitted to go have my mammogram at 37. 

How many you think

heard

the word no, though?

A 

handful. 

Yeah. 

Yeah. 

But 

you're new to the

country, you don't speak the language, a doctor's

you it's fine. I

grew up like, okay, well the doctor says so. So are the options then? I assume are to go private.

To pay for 

it.

Yeah,

And I

I had

an for

head stuff and

that wasn't 

And also, like you're saying, if you're a new Canadian, what you

don't know, the system so overwhelming. also don't have extra few thousand dollars. 

It's a missed opportunity for clarity.

Right. Agree. Agree. That's a takeaway. 

 40 to 49 can self refer 

 To a breast screening program in

Yukon,

British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and

Prince Edward Island, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Ontario will covering mammograms women

their this fall. So it's not all

bad bears. No. task

this task force was like.  50.

Holy shit! guys,

one in eight Canadian

women

will

be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

One 

in

eight women.  cancer. they're worried stressing us few

diagnoses. in eight women are expected to develop

cancer

during her lifetime,

And one in

34 will die from 

it. 

Why

we this argument?

 me

Yeah.

Yeah. 

So that's the

energy you bring doctor's office too. Those numbers bring

the

doctor's office. full 

fucking Yeah. 

Yeah, well,

seems like a worthwhile thing to be a Karen about. I think I see you're caring

when you're being an

Idiot

about

that is maybe not worth

over. this, you're advocating for yourself. Yeah, be a boss. Yeah. 

 rather with anxiety having to heal afterwards. Because not everybody's

like that.

No, no. Actually, there

an article about, that in Vanity Fair

About Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed three years ago now, with MS.

She says she's still fucking pissed off.

Those

her words, mine.

 That she was diagnosed with MS, that she's, that

she is sick.  

She's just 

mad. She's I get Yeah, 

she's really mad.

She's sick 

and she's frustrated and she's

talking about

on an episode

of her podcast messy. She hosts

Jamie Lynn

Sigler, who also has

multiple sclerosis

you know, she said that she's been

avoiding therapy since being diagnosed. So that's three years.

been avoiding therapy because she's just afraid that she's

going crying she won't able to stop when you with

illness, when you deal

with something, also now



maybe fighting other

factors like depression.

 Made me

think what does healing actually

look like?

How do we try and get 

better? was the of article? The was 

podcast. She was just, they just honored her

at an award show. And you want to know what she said? God, it broke her 

heart

because everyone was giving her a standing ovation and meanwhile she couldn't stand. She said there was something about it that felt

really cruel. these

standing and giving her a standing

ovation applauding her. meanwhile she's 

like, 

I 

can't  She had a cane I she had guide as well with And she just had this where 

said that actually

put her in a really deep depression.

that is 

also maybe her being

it's time

go 

to therapy.

I think that's

time to therapy, honey. Yeah. 

Yeah. so interesting the ovation is such a just,

that's just a general human way of expressing, you

know, 

excitement or

pride or honoring

someone. so in moment honoring

I can also see being in that

condition.

having what used to be reflected back

you is  

Very hard. She

it was one

the days of her life and  

she felt like her disability was being shamed by them

standing. 

 I think nailed it. It's idea you're what

used be while being a very new version of that. And you can

never go back.

Yeah,

Cause zero people were 

trying to shame

in moment.

So this of therapy be really great.

Early on in

my injury,

I

had to do therapy because  is physical,

Became it took quite

a mental toll.

I refer to the of me. Yeah.  injury as 1.

I'm fucking miss

her so much. I'm not gonna cry.

And the last you know, almost six years now have been Trying

to accept 2. 0.

sucks

compared to Emily 1. 0? Well, I Emily 0, so, I only love Emily 0.

Thanks, man. 

I can relate in the

frustration of

having your

old

self reflected back at you. 

For the record,

I ask you if we could bring this up. 

What we,

we spoke on the

a

few days ago and 

said

I might bring something up that has to do with

 Healing and

trauma and

your injury you said,  I  but I also have short term problems.

Oh my god, Emily! 

Well  

then why the hell did I, you

know I'm

gonna tell

I ask No, We talked about this.

don't . No, We about gas like  Oh, that's

good.

That's really This is

a PSA that any

of my that are listening

this, you can feel free to gaslight me anytime 'cause I will have no clue.

Absolutely. Talking to, so it's really

interesting with head trauma, I have short-term memory problems 

short term memory can actually

be because of your vision 

 My

eyeballs

are working so hard

 trying 

to

readjust  scene that brain of out and no more  

 crazy. 

Does déjà vu affect

you differently? get or not

it

it at all anymore? Oh, such a good question.

No, I don't 

it.  déjà vu is 

it's the idea of like you're seeing

something, your just

processing it twice.

It's déjà vu.

think one 

eye 

sees it

before the Something like that.  I'm lucky if I remember. It's bad.  You might actually some to remind you.

would good. that was my superpower, right? talk about ability and

disability, 

being able to work at

a very high level for,  anywhere

12 to 16

16

a day, nonstop,

managing huge teams,

huge decisions.

I

can't. Yeah, I

can't. I've been healing, for a really long time.

MS

MS is another level, man.

to always pro therapy because I think

we're super lonely and we're super disconnected and we're on our phones and all that kind of stuff.

But talking to a professional is extremely helpful, especially

someone who specializes in

your injury. And there are people

practitioners out there who are 

for example, with chronic pain, 

head trauma. 

There would be some who specialize in MS.

There's grief counselors, like there's all sorts of people who

specialize.

can be really hard to

them.

And I think to access them depending are. They would likely  would very to find them

Talking can be really

helpful. 



 if you're not Even if like yourself. feeling great. It can be I'm feeling tired all the  super, find 

myself super 

irritable. 

I'm

less. My sleep

is super

I require a

lot sleep. are  that

It may be time to have

conversation with  

And and there be there that

go, Oh,

I actually feel much better.

I'm so glad I did this. 

Even

doing something it good. 

Yeah. hear my stomach? 

Oh, I can

hear your stomach. God, I'm hungry. 

  Okay.  

Oh, that's, that's nice

to breathe.

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