The True Beauty Podcast

Millennial esthetician Elizabeth Taylor invites us in for a weekly conversation that brings the vibe of her beauty studio to life. Elizabeth is joined by experts, friends, and community members to answer listener questions about beauty and skincare that each one of us can relate to, host hilarious segments inspired by her diverse clientele, and share stories about living in a multicultural world. It's beauty school for all -- giving everyone the recipe for How To Be a Beauty Baddie.

Health & Fitness
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Lasers, Hair Removal & Skincare with Saime Demi...
Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are speaking with Saime Demirovic, the owner of Glo Spa in NYC about all things lasers–hair removal, facials, and more! To learn more about Saime, check them out at glospany.com and on Instagram at @glospany.Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no. 45 | Aging Like a Fine Wine:...
Hey, Beauty Baddies! This week we are doing a deep dive on aging–what the visible and invisible signs are, intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and the ingredients to look for in your products. We’re bringing in the big guns—we’ve got skin guru Jan Marin, an icon in the professional skincare market for over 40 years. To learn more about Jan visit JanMarini.com Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 44 | Greece, Ingredients & En...
Hey Beauty Baddies!Today we are speaking with the incredible mind behind KORRES, Lena Philippou-Korres. For over 25 years, KORRES has pioneered the natural beauty space by combining nature’s most powerful ingredients found in Greek agriculture with a science backed approach. Greece offers over 1500 plant species that are endemic to the land. KORRES leverages only-in-Greece ingredients like Olympus Tea from Mount Olympus and Black Pine from ancient trees in the Pindus Mountains to create clean, natural products.To learn more about KORRES, check them out on Instagram @korres and korres.comDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 43 brows! pt 2
This is Part 2 of our deep dive into brows. In this episode, we talk about brow make up products and discuss gel vs pencil vs powder, the importance of great brow tools, How to use products and ensure you don’t make yourself look like Groucho Marx.Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 42 | Ethical Cannabis, Beauty ...
Heyyyy Beauty Baddies! We hope you’re ready for an INCREDIBLE episode with our new badass friend, the owner of Kush Queen, Olivia Alexander.In less than three years, Olivia Alexander has grown Kush Queen into a multi-million dollar, multifaceted brand carrying only the finest in both CBD-only, and THC-infused products. The Kush Queen product line includes award-winning bath bombs, pain relief lotions, edibles, wellness supplements, and skincare.Olivia’s belief in and passion for cannabis shapes her determination to normalize lifestyle and medical usage for everyone. In this episode we speak about the different medicinal uses for cannabis, how Olivia built her multi-million dollar business, the barriers to entry within the cannabis industry that lead to the under-representation of people within communities historically at the forefront of legalization, and so much more.To learn more about Olivia and Kush Queen, check out @kushqueenshop and @thelivalexander. Click here to pre-order her book, The Essential Guide to Cannabis for Women: How to Buy, Use, and Enjoy Cannabis for Recreation and WellnessDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod.Don’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 41 | Brows! pt 1
Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are doing a deep dive into one of our favorite topics: Brows! This is a two-part episode, where we discuss everything from the emergence of the brow industry over the past 10 years, how to grow out your brows and brow growth serums, brow mapping, we discuss some of Elizabeth’s brow theories and explain the different brow services, such as the difference between waxing and threading, Permanent Makeup, microblading, Powder brows, Brow lamination, Brow shaping, Brow tinting and how to find a brow artist.Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
63 min
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Beauty School no 40 | Urban Gardening and Rooft...
Hey Beauty Baddies! Today we are speaking with a friend of Alix's and now a friend of the show, Liana Blomquist. Liana is the founder of Brookyln Rooftop Botanicals, New York City’s first and only rooftop beauty farm that spans over three rooftops (2K sq ft) and grows and processes over 50 beauty botanicals to create extracts and beauty products out of.To learn more about Brooklyn Rooftop Botanicals, check them out at brooklynrooftopbotanicals.com or their Instagram @BrooklynRooftopBotanicalsDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! 
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Beauty School no 39 | Self Care is Self Love wi...
Beauty Baddies! Today we are here with a VERY special episode featuring a new friend of the pod, licensed Therapist, Andrea Gutiérrez-Glik aka Somatic Witch on instagram.To learn more about Andrea, please check her out on Instagram @somaticwitchDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
59 min
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February 2022 Listener Letters!
Hey beauty baddies! We are busy making some incredible episodes for you! In the meantime, here is another awesome listener letter episode!Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast or @truebeautybrooklyn.Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
44 min
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January 2022 Listener Letters!
Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast or @truebeautybrooklyn.. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!Links to products we mentioned:Castor OilRapid Brow, brow growth serum (Alix's fave)NeuBrow, brow growth serum (expensive, but works fast)Crushed Tonic Collagen (There are different flavors, and inexpensive sampler packs)Body exfoliating glovePCA Body Therapy use code BodyTherapy for 15% off!Village11 Factory 12% AHA body lotion
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Beauty School no 38 | Storytelling Through Move...
Hey Beauty Baddies! We missed you! Stay warm out there, and let's get through these last few weeks of the worst month of the year!Today we are speaking with the fabulous and incomparable, James Rose.Please forgive us for not saying this in our show intro, but we wanted to put a trigger warning up top, as we do speak about James' sexual assault and their past eating disorder.This is an incredible episode, and we hope you enjoy it.To learn more about James, check them out on IG @jamesissmiling.Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments totruebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
66 min
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The Godmother of Clean Beauty w/ Jessica Richar...
Excuse our lateness, Beauty Baddies! We’ve got a sick crew at team TBBP, but we pulled it together for you!Today we are speaking with The Godmother of clean beauty, and the owner of Shen Beauty, Jessica Richards. To learn more about Shen, check out their IG @shenbeauty or visit shen-beauty.com/Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 37 | Free Your Mind And The Re...
Happy New Year, Beauty Baddies! Today is the first episode of the new year, and we are launching our Beauty School theme for the quarter: mental health.Kicking off Volume 1 of Free Your Mind, And The Rest Will Follow is our friend and Exactly Right sibling, psychologist, author, parenting expert, and host of Parent Footprint, Dr. Daniel B Peters.Be sure to follow @parentfootprintpodcast on Instagram and Facebook and @drdanpeters on Twitter.Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars, subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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REBROADCAST Ep.33 | Healing Trauma in Border-Co...
We made it to the end of the year, Beauty Baddies!We're re-releasing another of our favorite episodes from 2020 today, our conversation with Acupuncturist and humanitarian, Jaqueline Arellano.Check out Jacqueline and give her some love on Instagram via @borderkindness or her personal page @agua.agujas . You can donate to Border Kindness using:Paypal (please specify Border Kindness)Venmo to @Border-KindnessZelle to info@borderkindness.orgCash App to $borderkindnessGoFundMeCheck out our Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast.Visit us at www.truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com to learn more about us, and all of our incredible guests!Don’t forget to send us your questions and segment letters to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com
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REBROADCAST Ep.28 | Leading with Compassion wit...
Happy holidays Beauty Baddies! Today we are rebroadcasting one of our favorite episodes from 2020.In this episode, we chatted with our friend and Vice News Editor Christina Sterbenz about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, voter suppression, and how we can try to move forward as a united country with compassion.You guys, Christina is amazing and brilliant and taught us so much about what the fuck is going on in today's political climate. You're going to learn and laugh a ton! Check out our Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast.Visit us at www.truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com to learn more about us, and all of our incredible guests!
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Beauty School no 36 : Lotion! Because You’re As...
Hey Beauty Baddies! We launched True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast’s first BEAUTY BADDIES Instagram Guide! This list brings together vetted experts in the world of brows, permanent makeup, lashes, and beautiful skin for everyone - each one submitted by a listener from our community. We’re in Brooklyn, but that doesn’t mean you are. We’re excited to share future guides with you. Let us know what you’d like to see next or if you have a great practitioner in North America! The beauty guide is available only on our Instagram page under the “guides” tab @truebeautybrooklynpodcast.For Merch, click here exactlyrightmedia.comFor a deeper dive on everything we spoke about in today’s episode be sure to check out episodes:61 | Beauty School no.24 Sensitive Skin & Moisturizers and  68 | The Body Care Chronicles Beauty School no. 26: Vol 1.1 Da F*ck Is the Lymphatic System?TX of the Week directions: Dry brush (Instagram @thelymphaticmessage Lisa Levitt), Bubble Bath with Dr.  teals avocado oil bubble bath, (or shower with a few essential oil drops in the bottom of a hot steamy shower or add dried eucalyptus!)Rinse from bath and exfoliate with pumice powder (or sugar, coffee grinds, cornflour) with whatever (preferably organic, cold-pressed) vegetable oil you got--avocado, extra virgin olive, jojoba, coconut oil, rinse, OIL + LOTION YOUR BODY wrap in towel or robe. MARINATE. YOU’RE WELCOMELotions We Love! Cheapies: Jergens Ultra Healing, AM Lactin, Village11Factory (on Amazon), Dr. Teals Body Lotion Moisture + Nourishing Coconut Oil, DIY ingredients: raw organic avocado oil, raw vegetable glycerine, organic kukui nut oil, aloe Splurge: PCA Body Therapy, Environ A, C. E oil, Environ DermaLac, Levoit Humidifier, PCA Hyaularic Acid Overnight Mask Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpod
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December Stitcher Premium | Your Listener Letters!
Oh Hey, friends! Enjoy this month's Stitcher Premium episode!Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 35 | Vanessa Bartlett AKA The ...
Today we are bringing back one of your favorite guests, tarot reader, astrology & occult enthusiast, psychic, and medium, Vanessa Bartlett AKA The Aquarean.She’s talking to us about Venus Retrograde, pulls a tarot card for both of us,  and we all experience a very spooky example of Vanessa’s gifts in real-time.If you like this episode, check out our other TBBP episodes with Vanessa, Ep. 59 | Beauty School no.23, and Ep. 49 | Beauty School no 18: How To Find Spirituality In The Digital Age.To learn more about Vanessa, check out her Instagram @theaquarean, and be sure to check out her weekly readings on her YouTube Channel The Aquarean. Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, hair, skincare, makeup, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
83 min
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Beauty School no 34: Personal Finance for Peopl...
To learn more about Claire, follow her on instagram @witchofwallstDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
66 min
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November Listener Letters!
Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no 33: Crypto (But Not Bro-y) wit...
Today we are speaking with the incredible Sydney Lai about all things crypto, fintech, and investing as people who identify as women. To learn more about Sydney, follow her on Twitter @sydneylai and @metagammadeltaDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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November Stitcher Premium | Kimmy Singh
Enjoy this month's stitcher premium episode!Don’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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#FREEBRITNEY and All Women’s Bodies | The Body ...
TODAY’S THE DAY! BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS IS FREE FROM HER 13-YEAR ABUSIVE CONSERVATORSHIP!We have the honor of speaking with Tess Barker and Babs Gray, the two incredible women who, along with all of Britney’s super fans, helped to launch the #FREEBRITNEY movement. Tess and Babs are both the brains and hosts of their incredible investigative podcast, Toxic: The Britney Spears Story as well as Britney’s Gram.  They are also our sisters on The Exactly Right Network as two of the three hosts of their other podcast, Lady To Lady.Subscribe and listen to Toxic: The Britney Spears Story wherever you listen to podcasts.To learn more about Tess, check out her Instagram @tesstifybarkerTo learn more about Babs, check out her Instagram @babs_grayDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show! 
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Beauty School no 32 | Acneic & Hormonal Skin wi...
Today we are discussing one of our favorite topics, acneic skin with one of our new favorite Esthies, Sofie Pavitt. Sofie's namesake practice here in NYC, Sofie Pavitt Skincare Studio,  also specializes in working with people long-distance.She’s definitely our type of practitioner, here for the people and trying her best to spread her knowledge beyond just the four walls of her studio. To learn more about Sofie, check out her site sofiepavitt.com and her Instagram @sofiepavittDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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Beauty School no.30: Collagen! with Sally Olivi...
Hey guys! Today we're speaking with Sally Olivia Kim, the founder of Crushed Tonic collagenClick here to check out Crushed Tonic, and here to purchase her book The Collagen Glow from Amazon.com .Check out Sally's Instagram @sallsters and @collagenglowAnd Crushed Tonic's Instagram @CrushedTonicDon’t forget to send us YOUR beauty, skincare, or life, questions, your Milk?! With Your Dinner?! And “I Didn’t Know Then, But I’m Older Now” segments to truebeautybrooklynpodcast@gmail.com.DM us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklynpodcast. Check us out on Twitter @truebeautyBKpodDon’t forget to rate us 5-stars,  subscribe, and leave a review on Apple iTunes.Tell a friend to tell a friend if you like the show!
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