My Problematic Past

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past , Elise and Lucy chat with their friend Tara to talk about her experience as a Trump supporter. They discuss Tara's conservative upbringing, her involvement in the church and a fitness MLM, and how her views have evolved.  The conversation explores topics including abortion, dating your pastor, COVID and anti-maskers, Pizzagate, Wayfair...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Elise is in the hot seat for the first time. She discusses her past as a young Zionist and the indoctrination that she eventually was able to get away from. Lucy and Elise discuss her "Birthright" trip to Israel, doing army crawling with IDF soldiers at summer camp and singing the Israeli National Anthem. Elise traces how she was a...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Evan joins Elise and Lucy to discuss his journey out of Youtube hustle bro culture. Evan discusses his obsession with “hustle” content that drove him to start countless strange businesses, waste money on dropshipping courses and even attend hustle bro meetups in Niagara Falls. He explains how this content preys on young men that are lost and...

Send us Fan Mail Max joins Elise and Lucy to discuss his journey from being a manosphere media consumer to a leftist cyclist. The manosphere is a varied collection of videos, websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism. It preys on insecure men for money and results in a lot of horrific violence. Listen for discussions of why men get into the mano...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this spooooky episode, Lucy and Elise are joined by podfave Dr. Miles Halloween-freak French for the fourth year in a row! They discuss gay Halloween, costume predictions,  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 Weste...

Send us Fan Mail In this SOTU so true episode, Lucy and Elise rehash 10 year old beef, fight their excecutive functioning issues, talk short kings and tall queens, do some Hinge analysis, have 2016 college party nostalgia, and take things personally. They also discuss getting art grants, yoni eggs, yoni cafes, overly personal instagram ads, virgo season/school year, elise's stand up class, zy...

Send us Fan Mail In this SOTU episode, Lucy & Elise discuss Lucy's visit to Canada, public pools, spirit guides, Bach fan fiction, Too Much (Lena Dunham's new show), Let Them Theory, Elise's improv show, and much more! If you're interested in supporting the pod, consider becoming a paid subscriber: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2048013/support Instagram: @vocallyfried TikTok:...

Send us Fan Mail 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), 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Got a problematic past of your own? DM us on Instagram to share your story! Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail 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,...

Send us Fan Mail 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? Stay...

Send us Fan Mail 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 . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Pod Fave, Tatganj, joins Spike & Elkiss to discuss the new Wicked movie. They hold space for the lyrics of defying gravity. They discuss being theater girls, becoming green, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo's weepy press tour, Ariana & Ethan Slater's relationship, Elkiss' connection to Gregory Maguire, and Wicked vs. The Wizard of Oz. They also talk Sabrina C...

Send us Fan Mail Spike and Elkiss discuss election woes, where Kamala went wrong and what the deal is with RFK and rotten meat. They wonder what life will be like in a second Trump presidency and if it will include pussy hats and women’s marches. They talk about Joe Rogan, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and every bro that is going to be running the US government. Stay tuned for the only political podcast...

Send us Fan Mail The girlies are joined for the THIRD time by the Halloweenfreak himself! They discuss the best scream queens, best slasher villains, hot scream masks and everything else spooky. Hear the Halloweenfreak's ins and outs and his shocking declaration that inflatable decor is out once and for all. Listen now to get in the spooky mood! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Elkiss & Spike get conspiratorial, covering P Diddy's indictment, Cassie's lawsuit, and the surrounding allegations, along with discussions on Justin Bieber, Eric Adams, Usher, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and more. They also talk about Bumble BFF, Long Walks, Uglies and Pretties, "yapping," and Botox and filler influencers. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Spike & Elkiss catch up about Elkiss' move to Canada and Spike's trip to NYC. They discuss sitting courtside at the US Open, Dimes Square's notorious inhabitants, Peter Thiel and the NYC art scene, senior citizen National Park tourism, Canadian housing discrimination, the Republicans of Baltimore, and much more!  Instagram: @vocallyfried TikTok:...

Send us Fan Mail On this epi, Spike and Elkiss live react to Biden dropping out of the Presidential race and Kamala aka Momala running for Prez. They also discuss the memeification of BRAT, JD Vance, Julia Fox coming out, annoying TikTok trends, Brooke Schofield & Clinton Kane, and the Central Cee, Ice Spice & Madz debacle.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Spike & Elkiss are joined by Vocal Fry researcher and speech pathologist, Cassidy. They talk about odd jobs, musical festivals, Charli XCX's BRAT, The Idea of You, DJs vs. producers, Sabrina Carpenter's Please Please Please music video, rat boyfriends, and more. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Spike and Elkiss welcome Nomi, Elkiss's CBF (Childhood Best Friend) to the pod. In this episode, they dive into the world of family vloggers, including Lesbian TikTokers (Authentically Caitlin, Julie and Camilla), Nara Smith, and Sam & Nia from the Ashley Madison docuseries. They also discuss the NXIVM cult, Jewish camp, Lil Wayne, IUD horror stories, being a librarian, a...