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Doree and Elise invite Laurel Braitman (What Looks Like Bravery, and NYT bestseller Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds) to talk about why she compares friendship to oxygen, how a serendipitous radio episode changed her life, why she hates the question “how are you,” and why whales (and animals) are the key to her happiness.

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Doree and Elise hear from listeners about Elise’s active listening, a Forever35 book club, healing some scalp irritation or facial ingrown hairs, and the Costco breakfast recs that are dividing the internet.

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Doree and Elise invite journalist, Vibe Check host, and Elise’s long-time friend Sam Sanders to talk about using his self-competitiveness to gamify getting off his phone, figuring out that not all hills are worth dying on, the life-hack of “I feel” statements in all parts of his life, and his pop culture obsessions including what he thinks is overrated and underrated right now.

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Doree and Elise hear both sides of the free bowl experience, get a parent friend story with a surprising twist and a listener gives Elise a real blast from the past.

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Doree and Elise talk to Racquet Magazine founder Caitlin Thompson about the rise of tennis culture in the U.S., learning to reshape your identity when retiring from a sport, what success looks like for a brand centered on a niche physical media, and why your tennis racket probably doesn’t matter. 

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It’s our 400th(!) Mini-Episode and there’s never a dull moment. Elise eats a pesto lunch with basil from her own garden, and Doree digs deep into Elise’s social calendar. Plus, they hear from listeners about celebrating milestones for your children, building intentional communities, and how to deal with nuchal acne.

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Doree and Elise chat with return guest Glynnis MacNicol (author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself) about learning to enjoy herself now instead of later, the nuances of deciding what fruit best embodies you on a Parisian dating app, and discovering at 46 that everything we’ve been taught about our bodies is a lie.

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Doree and Elise hear from listeners about how to be parent friends when your kids aren't friends, normalizing staying inside during the summer as a form of self-care, and some great weeknight dinner recs. Come for the listener questions, and stick around for the Trader Joe’s segment! 

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Doree and Elise chat about free mugging, coffee drinking, and cute clothes. Then, they invite award-winning journalist and podcast producer Shima Oliaee (Dolly Parton’s America) on the show to talk about her latest show The Competition, about the complicated quasi-pageant “The Distinguished Young Women” program; getting delightfully scammed by a Sephora employee; and what it was like to watch the Dobbs decision come down among girl...

Doree shares a game-changing sofa sleeper rec and Elise enjoys the summer mood with fresh cherries. Then, listeners call in about how to keep their musical tastes evolving and hair prods that really do the work, and Doree reveals the results of her latest enneagram test!

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Doree and Elise chat about the interesting recipes their mom’s passed down before Casey Lewis (Gen-Z analyst and author of the After School newsletter) joins them to share what the teens and tweens are doing for self-care, why she watches the denim back-to-school trends in particular, and what she hopes for the teens on dating apps.

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Doree and Elise talk weeknight dinners, hosting as a way to expand your social circle, and the Trader Joe’s staples they both recommend.

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Doree and Elise prepare for the hectic end of the school year. Then, they speak with Ann Powers, NPR’s music critic and author of TRAVELING: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, about not being too young for qigong, Joni Mitchell’s songwriting brilliance, what Taylor Swift’s future albums might sound like, which musicians she’s most excited about right now, and how to listen to music like a music critic. 

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For the return of mini-eps, Doree and Elise are starting off with some good ol’ prod recs before answering questions about everything from how to keep summer going when you’re at your 9-5, to surprising questions like, what’s Elise’s enneagram?

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Doree and Elise start the summer strong with an introduction to this new season of the podcast. Then they welcome Sequoia Holmes, host of Black People Love Paramore, to the podcast to chat all about the formative nature of the music you listened to as a middle schooler, astrology as a fun way to view identity, what life moving online means for the youths these days, and the power of movies as cultural touchstones.

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It’s Kate’s last episode hosting Forever35! But before we send her off, she and Doree bring producer extraordinaire Samee Junio on for a full-circle moment. They discuss how the pod has changed them all for the better, Samee’s latest “foot care as self-care” practices, the intensity and joy watching wrestling has brought into their life, and how someone might be stealing their Tatcha products one face-sized scoopful at a time. ...

Kate and Doree detail the sweet gifts that their kids got them before Elise Hu joins them to chat about their shared love of all things Costco, the joy of laughing in public, the drugstore cleanser Elise can’t live without, and the K-beauty product she has to smuggle in since it’s not sold in North America. Elise will be joining Doree as Forever35 co-host for the summer!

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Kate returns to bullet journaling and Doree has a Trader Joe’s snack recommendation. Then, they chat about listeners’ responses to Kate’s retirement announcement, the perfect Costco cadence, good colonoscopy foods, and the difference between free mugging a cup of coffee vs a glass of water.    

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Kate and Doree detail their fave skincare, makeup, and hair prods that have a time-honored space on their bathroom counters.

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