In this episode of The Antidote, Amy and Grace connect with actress Aya Cash about peanut butter and jelly, thrifting, and parents that support your dreams.

Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week: Trans women being denied safety at Ukraine's borders and microplastics found in the lungs of living people. Yuck! Amy and Grace also share their antidotes for the week, which include Black-owned candles and twerking around your house!

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Amy Hey, listeners. Before we start this episode of The Antidote, we want to express that at the time of this recording on May 14th, we heard that ten people were shot and killed and three people were wounded in Buffalo, New York. Our hearts are with the families of the victims.

Grace So before we get into the fun of it all, we wanted to acknowledge that we have heavy, heavy hearts. Words feel hollow right now, but we couldn't not acknowledge this tragedy. Authorities have described this as racially motivated extremism. And we denounce this violence and all violence against Black and brown people.

Amy So as we start the show, we want to remind you that today and every day, Black lives matter.

Grace Black Lives Matter. Thanks for listening.

Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.

Grace And I'm Grace.

Amy And we want to help. And fair warning. Our help comes with some strong language attached. You know, put some earplugs in the ear holes of anybody who shouldn't be. Listen to this. Because we about to say some things.

Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news. We're keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.

Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.

Grace Talk to people we adore.

Amy Crushes we have.

Grace And self-care we stan.

Amy During these trying times. We all need a show that focuses on joy.

Grace This is The Antidote.

Amy Woo! Woo!

Grace Hi, everybody. Welcome. Well, we can't have the antidote if we don't have something to have an antidote from.

Amy Starting now, up top with our bummer news of the week. Guys, I'm really bummed out about this one. So transwomen are apparently being denied safety at Ukraine's borders, which is just a blow because black people are also being denied safety at Ukraine's borders. And I'm just like, come on, it's a war. See humans as humans and just help people. I also kind of feel like there's just been so much trans violence in the last like, I mean, since forever. But in the last couple of years it's been so much trans violence. And this always makes me think of the intersectionality of being black and trans or of color and trans, and it means you're double unsafe. And