Episode 15 - Period Shits, Women's Health, and Period Technology

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10/31/20 • 53 min

A podcast about the confusing life up to 30, and beyond. We are your hosts, Candice and Jake.

Episode 15! Happy Halloween, folks! In the spirit of Halloween, we're going to be talking about blood... the monthly kind.

There's so much to discuss on the topic of feminine care and menstruation. For the sake of time today, we're focusing on a few points from a higher level:

Period technology
Cost of periods
Asians and period myths
Q&A

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Candice and Jake are both Asian American millennials currently based in the Bay Area. Candice works for a tech company, and Jake works for a biopharmaceutical company.

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Music: dreamin of u by Barradeen

A podcast about the confusing life up to 30, and beyond. We are your hosts, Candice and Jake.

Episode 15! Happy Halloween, folks! In the spirit of Halloween, we're going to be talking about blood... the monthly kind.

There's so much to discuss on the topic of feminine care and menstruation. For the sake of time today, we're focusing on a few points from a higher level:

Period technology
Cost of periods
Asians and period myths
Q&A

Questions? Comments? Ideas for a topic for us to cover? Free Cheetos? Leave us a review on your podcast app of choice or email us at [email protected].

Previous Episode

Episode 14.2 - Doing Dental -- Horror Stories, Wisdom Teeth, Adult Braces, and Insurance Woes

A podcast about the confusing life up to 30, and beyond. We are your hosts, Candice and Jake.

Put that smile on because we’re on Episode 14! A big part of adulting is learning to take care of yourself -- and that includes dental work too! In this two-part episode, Episode 2 will focus on Jake's experience with traditional braces as a teen and Candice's experience with Invisalign as an adult. We discuss the pros and cons of both and also talk about how dental insurance sets you up for failure. Candice will also dive into getting a couple of different consultations in order to find the right ortho for her.
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Candice and Jake are both Asian American millennials currently based in the Bay Area. Candice works for a tech company, and Jake works for a biopharmaceutical company.

Questions? Comments? Ideas for a topic for us to cover? Free Cheetos? Leave us a review on your podcast app of choice or email us at [email protected].

Next Episode

Episode 16 - How Candice Climbed Her Way Out

Welcome to Episode 16! Thank you for listening to all of our episodes this year so far. The next episode will be the last of the season, where we will be reflecting upon our years worth of episodes and discussing how we’ve been dealing with 2020 in general. Stay tuned!

We delved into Jake’s hobby in episode 7 and now comes the time to get to know a bit more about Candice and her hobby! Candice has been climbing since 2013 -- but for her, it’s been more than just a sport or means of exercise. It has helped her overcome a lot of setbacks and insecurities in life and shaped her into the person she is today. Let’s dive in!
Timeline:

00:01:33 Different types of climbing

00:05:39 When did Candice start climbing?

00:06:36 How a terrible breakup led to lots of climbing

00:10:43 Making friends, healing and finding herself again

00:16:20 Climbing friends and how they helped Candice got started in camping and backpacking

00:20:00 How Candice's knee got messed up

00:27:10 Talking about the climbing anime
00:35:07 Climbing friend helped Candice get into landscape photography

00:38:15 Climbing helped Candice get into her current job industry

00:42:08 Where would Candice be if she hadn't started climbing when she did?

Questions? Comments? Ideas for a topic for us to cover? Free cheetos? Email us at [email protected]Leave us a voicemail!Click here for Feedback Survey - Let us know what you think of this episode!