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Doree Shafrir & Elise Hu

Which night creams will make you look well-rested, is quitting coffee really worth the headache, can emptying your closet really bring you joy, and wtf is a gratitude practice, anyway?

  • 24 minutes 21 seconds
    Mini-Ep 476: From Butt-ne to Back-ne

    Doree and Elise answer questions about backne, airport joggers, and snoring, and listeners weigh in on how to break up with your therapist, hair loss treatments, and content creators with tangible skills.



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    21 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 41 minutes 34 seconds
    Episode 385: So Many Podcast Recs with Lauren Passell

    Lauren Passell, the founder of Tink Media and author of Podcast the Newsletter, joins the show to recommend your next podcast listens from casual chat shows (like this one!) to true crime and everything in between. She also shares her thoughts on where podcasts are going and what she’s really digging in podcasts lately. 



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    19 January 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 44 seconds
    Mini-Ep 475: Breaking Up With Your Therapist Is Hard to Do

    Doree and Elise catch up on the state of the world and how they’re handling it. Then, they jump into listener voicemails about breaking up with your therapist who works in the same building, adult hobbies, and deciding whether to have more children.



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    14 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 40 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 384: Righteous Anger and Weaponized Incompetence with Laura Danger

    No More Mediocre author Laura Danger joins Doree and Elise to discuss what equality in a partnership really looks like and granting yourself permission to feel righteous anger. They also chat about what a reimagined future could look like with a community-centered mindset.  


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    12 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 26 minutes 6 seconds
    Mini-Ep 474: The Big Questions

    Doree shares how her trip to Mexico went and Elise prepares to go to New York with her family. Then, they hear from listeners about the philosophical question of having children and advice on how to co-parent as a newly divorced parent.



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    7 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 49 minutes 45 seconds
    Episode 383: The Joy of Adult Hobbies with Anne Helen Petersen | Culture Study Cross-Over Episode

    Doree and Elise are on a cross-over episode with Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study podcast! They chat about finding hobbies as an adult, what counts as a hobby, and how to logistically find a good hobby.


    Listen to Culture Study for more episodes about “the culture that surrounds you.”



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    5 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 47 minutes 47 seconds
    Replay - Episode 340: How to Invest In Your Friendships with Rhaina Cohen

    We're taking a holiday break but, we'll be back next week. Please enjoy this timeless rerun from our friendship month earlier this year!

    Elise prepares for her birthday weekend in Mexico City and Doree witnesses the perils of rain in LA! Then, they invite Rhaina Cohen, author of The Other Significant Others, on to discuss why prioritizing friendship doesn’t mean being anti-marriage, the power of “just ask” in building your relationship with new and old friends, the balance of showing up for and leaning on your friends, and how to more actively invest in existing friendships and cultivate new ones.



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    29 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 41 minutes 40 seconds
    Replay - Episode 351: Do Something, Somewhere, Soon with Stacey Abrams

    We're taking a break for the holidays, but please enjoy this well-loved episode with Stacey Abrams!


    The unstoppable author and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams joins Doree and Elise to share her magnetic charisma and talk through the importance of pairing empathy with action, what it looks like to commit to the craft of imagination, and how to overcome fear in your daily life.



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    24 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 58 minutes 26 seconds
    Episode 382: Come Away Corrupted with Dr. Meghan Sullivan

    We want you to come away from this episode corrupted, in the best way, thanks to our guest Dr. Meghan Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She joins Doree and Elise to discuss how to live “The Good Life,” and they get into everything from the beginning of democracy and the role philosophy played (and continues to play) in it, to virtue ethics and its relationship to work-life balance. She also gets existential with us about flourishing, happiness, and the vexing question about whether to have children.



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    22 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 29 minutes 2 seconds
    Mini-Ep 473: Holiday Traditions and Gift Giving

    Doree and Elise answer listener questions about their holiday traditions and what they’re gift giving. Plus, they get advice for the caller worried about officiating a friend’s wedding, and hear a listener’s reflections on the meaning of happiness.


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    17 December 2025, 5:37 pm
  • 53 minutes 56 seconds
    Episode 381: Learning a New Life with Jen Hatmaker

    Jen Hatmaker is back after living a lot of life since she was on Forever35 more than 5 years ago! She discusses her new book (Awake: A Memoir) about her life after her divorce, and looks back at her previous book (Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire), which came out just before she learned her husband of 26 years cheated on her. They touch on the relationship she and her kids have with religion and faith today, learning personal finance for the first time as a divorcee, and how she’s left the evangelical world behind. 


    And, Doree and Elise chat about their holiday plans and the fun ways Santa shows up for kids who are traveling for the holidays.


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    15 December 2025, 10:00 am
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