Alex and Shane chat bad driving, how tone can impact your mood, reinstating manners, and the pitfalls of comfort.

 

 

Actor and activist Alyssa Milano discusses being a Covid long-hauler, her experience with the disease, activism, writing preteen novels, #metoo, and motherhood.

 

 

Actor and entrepreneur Daniella Monet discusses veganism, her birth story, growing up as a child actor, the pressures of Hollywood on body image, and being an ethical businessperson.

 

 

A mailbag of listener questions are answered, including our favourite qualities in each other, what to do when your kid walks in on you having sex, and whether the “terrible twos” are actually a thing.

 

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