Ep. 59: Michelle Waterson & Sarah Edmondson This Family Tree Podcast

Alex and Shane chat Taco Bell, a hard week, showering, and Canadian slang.
MMA champion Michelle Waterson discusses her fighting career, how getting pregnant impacted how she envisioned her life plan, prenatal depression, using art as therapy, managing motherhood as well as training, and women’s equality in athletics.
Author and activist Sarah Edmondson details how she got manipulated into joining the cult NXIVM, her career and relationships within that group, and blowing the whistle on sex trafficking and abuse. She discusses her life and relationships since her escape, and how she plans to move forward.
A mailbag of listener questions are answered, including: whether the pod is achieving its goal of becoming more diverse, being the first in your friend group to have kids, and what one thing could make our lives immeasurably better.
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