My Problematic Past
by Vocally Fried Productions
Latest episode
The Problematic Present: The Manosphere ft. Dr. Roxanne Felig
The Problematic Present: The Manosphere ft. Dr. Roxanne Felig
About this podcast
My Problematic Past is a podcast about being a work in progress, hosted by Elise Glaser and Lucy Passmore.
Elise & Lucy have on guests to discuss questionable beliefs, communities, and movements they once believed in and have since left behind.
They dive into political movements, cults, conspiracy theories, and the messy process of changing your mind—all while maintaining the most grating vocal fry in the world.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 73 episodes
- The Problematic Present: The Manosphere ft. Dr. Roxanne Felig · 1 h 17 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re joined by our college friend Dr. Roxanne Felig, a social psychologist and science communicator who studies gender stereotypes, prejudice…
- The Problematic Present: Love Island + Red Pill Ideology ft. Neida Teresa · 1 h 39 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of The Problematic Present, Elise and Lucy chat with pop culture historian, Neida Teresa, to analyze how the manosphere and red pill ideology has…
- "I used to be a Trump supporter" ft. Tara · 1 h 17 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Elise and Lucy chat with their friend Tara to talk about her experience as a Trump supporter. They discuss Tara's…
- "I used to be a Zionist" ft. Elise · 1 h 22 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Elise is in the hot seat for the first time. She discusses her past as a young Zionist and the indoctrination that she…
- "I used to be a hustle bro" ft. Evan · 1 h 38 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Evan joins Elise and Lucy to discuss his journey out of Youtube hustle bro culture. Evan discusses his obsession with…
- "I used to be in the Manosphere" ft. Max · 1 h 16 minSend us Fan Mail Max joins Elise and Lucy to discuss his journey from being a manosphere media consumer to a leftist cyclist. The manosphere is a varied collection of videos…
- "I used to be a Republican" ft. Maura · 1 h 7 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy and Elise chat with their friend Maura and talk about her transformation from being a young republican to a…
- "Gay Halloween Has Gone Too Far" ft. Miles "Halloween-Freak" French · 1 h 5 minSend us Fan Mail On this spooooky episode, Lucy and Elise are joined by podfave Dr. Miles Halloween-freak French for the fourth year in a row! They discuss gay Halloween, costume…
- "I used to believe in pseudoscience" ft. Dr. Val · 1 h 15 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy and Elise dive into the alternative medicine movement, discussing homeopathy, pseudoscience, EMF anxiety, red dye…
- September SOTU: "I need a factory reset" · 1 h 4 minSend us Fan Mail In this SOTU so true episode, Lucy and Elise rehash 10 year old beef, fight their excecutive functioning issues, talk short kings and tall queens, do some Hinge…
- July SOTU: "We have faces for podcasting" · 1 h 5 minSend us Fan Mail In this SOTU episode, Lucy & Elise discuss Lucy's visit to Canada, public pools, spirit guides, Bach fan fiction, Too Much (Lena Dunham's new show), Let Them…
- "I used to be an anti-vaxxer" ft. Ari & Julie · 1 h 29 minSend us Fan Mail On this episode of My Problematic Past, Lucy & Elise dive into the anti-vax movement. In the first half of the episode (00:00-27:00), your hosts explore the…
- June SOTU: "Healing Girl Buddhism Summer" · 54 minSend us Fan Mail Elise & Lucy are back with a long-awaited June State of the Union. And a lot has changed. In this episode, your hosts talk breakups, grief, and friendship. They…
- April SOTU: "Being Unemployed is a Recession Indicator" · 1 h 0 minSend us Fan Mail Elkiss and Spike, now going by their incredible legal names Elise and Lucy discuss all of the hot topic ins and outs in this April State of the Union episode…
- "I used to go to an alt-right naturopath" ft. Lizard · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Lucy and Elise are back with another MAHA episode of My Problematic Past — this time featuring Lizard, a former patient of a problematic naturopath. In this…
- "I used to be a raw milk farmer" · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Lucy & Elise tackle raw milk in the first episode of My Problematic Past. They dive into Lucy’s past as a raw milk farmer and their time selling raw milk…
- A BIG Announcement · 4 minSend us Fan Mail Hello Friars, It’s Spike & Elkiss—aka Lucy and Elise—here to announce our new series, My Problematic Past, a Vocally Fried production. In this series My…
- "It Ends With Justin Baldoni" ft. Ari Marshank · 1 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 54Send us Fan Mail Spike and Elkiss welcome Ari—a fellow podcaster, domestic violence expert, insurance connoisseur, and Facebook friend of Sharon Baldoni—to the pod! Together…
- 2024 in Review: "Brain Rot is the word of the year" · 1 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 53Send us Fan Mail Spike & Elkiss talk 2024 slang, pop divas, Luigi Mangione, Hauk Tuah Girl, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, RFK, Trump and every other big news story of 2024. They…
