Ep. 89 w/ Elamin Abdelmahmoud & Denise Boomkens

Alex and Shane discuss residential schools, the importance of communication in a marriage, divorce, and Betty swallowing dangerous objects. 

 

CBC podcast host and Buzzfeed editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud discusses the dichotomy of heritage as both a gift and a burden, parenthood, and growing up as an immigrant in Canada.

 

Photographer Denise Boomkens of @and.bloom chats about the beauty of aging women, what it means to age gracefully, and how women can embrace growing older.

 

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like celebrity doppelgangers, when kids go through puberty, tattoos, and maintaining friendships with your childless friends.

 

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