Porn: delightful or disgusting? 
Most of us probably stumbled across our first porns scrambled up on a vintage television set. Nowadays, it is everywhere. On this episode, Cynthia and Josie talk about what they love and loathe when it comes to porn, their concerns as parents and how they are (or aren’t!) talking to their kids about it. Plus Cynthia shares what it’s like to be on an actual porn set.   
You can follow Cynthia and Josie on social media @cynthiaandjosie.  
 
Also, let us know what you want us to talk about here:   Hello@cynthiaandjosie.com
For more information on Erika Lust you can learn more about her: HERE

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How can you get over heartbreak? Should you have breakup sex? Can you truly be friends with an ex? You asked and we answered (Josie even cracks open her high school diary). It’s an entire episode on everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask when it comes to former lovers and flames. 

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What if your deepest secret was an addiction?
To the outside world, Shannon McKinnon seemed like the epitome of success: a loving husband, a thriving career in television, and two beautiful children. But behind closed doors, she was waging a silent war with heroin addiction. In this episode, Shannon shares her journey from battling chronic pain to slipping into addiction, losing her home, job, and marriage, and nearly her life. Listen as she reveals how she found the strength to rebuild and emerge more grateful than ever.



If It Can Happen To Her, It Can Happen To You

 
 
So last episode on home vs hospital births inspired a lot of heated conversations! Many of you expressed how surprising it was to hear close friends completely disagree with each other. With that in mind, we decided to try to unpack some of the reasons why it often feels like everyone is fighting these days (even with those who share the same views!). We also discuss how fear and trauma impacts our ability to listen deeply and why we should all start assuming the best instead of the worst of each other. 
 
More information about Daryl Davis: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/accidental-courtesy/
 
NYT ARTICLE: What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/style/loretta-ross-smith-college-cancel-culture.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource;=articleShare&sgrp;=c-cb

Yes, You Can Be Friends (or at least, friendly) With People You Don’t Always Agree With

We generally get along about most things. But once we had a discussion and realized that there is a topic we totally disagree on: where to give birth. We unpack our radically different birth stories and debate the pros and cons of home vs hospital births on this heated episode (proving you can still be friends with people you don’t always agree with!)
 
For more information on Hypnobirthing if you’re interested: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/hypnobirthing#methods
 
For more information about Elaine Welteroth and her charity, follow @birthfund
 
Here’s also an article written by her on Black maternal health: https://time.com/6249274/elaine-welteroth-midwifery-care-maternal-health/
 
And if you’re interested, check out episode 5 of For The Culture, called “The Standard Of Care”: 
https://gem.cbc.ca/for-the-culture-with-amanda-parris
Lancet Article : Home birth—proceed with caution
Home Births Proceed With Caution
 

The Only Fight We Got Into:  Home vs Hospital Births

 
Psychologists are increasingly saying that focusing on yourself is more likely to lead to a happy life. So what if instead of trying to find your “other half” you instead decide to make yourself whole. In this episode we chat with Andrea Bain, author of Single Girl Problems: Why Being Single Isn’t A Problem To Be Solved about how to reframe and embrace solo living. 
 
To get a copy of Andrea’s book, click this link: https://www.amazon.ca/Single-Girl-Problems-Problem-Solved/dp/1459739094
 
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