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Jewels says babies are not a blank slate for you to mold, parents make mistakes and can learn a lot from their children, and everyone who told her those years would fly by was right. She's one lucky mum.

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Jewels says there’s no joy like comedy, music and uninhibited dancing, even if you’re just watching.

A few mentions:

Hollywood Nights 1980

Andrew Johnston

Tricia Black

Kalie Woodcock with ASAP Science - A Star is Born

Your Dance Class

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Jewels says we may have evolved from chimps but we don’t have to act like them and qualities such as competitiveness and stoicism are essential in the right context.

References:

Chimp Empire

APA issues Guidelines for Practice with Men and Boys

If ... by Rudyard Kipling

Brownsville In, Violence Out

Confessions by Tim Minchin

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Jewels has a chat with her funny, fab, fun friend Andrew about Lady Dicks, the far reaching impact of the writers' strike and what's up in Toronto this month, including Andrew's Legend's Ball - the new Bitch Salad.

References from this episode:

Andrew's Legend's Ball

Andrew on Twitter: @mandrewbrawnston

Joan Smith and the Jane Does

Joan on Twitter: @joansmithandthejanedoes

The Duchess

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Jewels says she misses being needed, reminisces about when she was needed and appreciates how relaxing not being needed can be – partly because it makes mortality less ominous.

References:

Ceol Kids

Community Music Schools of Toronto

Andrew Johnston on Instagram

William Shatner - You'll Have Time from the album Has Been

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Jewels says she might be cursed. Is incompetence the norm? Is it just her imagination? Can dermatologists diagnose anything other than skin cancer? Are all the jobs really only available online?

So many questions.

For a great night, check out Choir! Choir! Choir!

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Jewels says a lot has changed since she was young and chats with her almost-12-year-old niece, Sammie, about how much society has changed and how different her life is than Jewels’ life was waaaaay back in the olden days.

Referenced in this episode:

Sammie’s championship goal

Bobbi Gibb and Kathrine Switzer

Abigail Hoffman

Hayley Wickenheiser

Sarah Nurse

Billie Jean King - Battle of the Sexes

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