Summary
People have been trying to reverse the effects of aging since ancient times, and bored rich people have been trying to live forever since, well…forever. But historically the practice has been targeted to people who are actually “aged.” So how did we go from Jane Fonda selling us miracle creams, to retinols marketed towards actual children? As the anti-aging “cosmeceuticals” market explodes before our very eyes, children overrun our locals Sephoras, and millionaires inject litres of their progeny’s blood - it seems the beauty industry has tapped into our collective, all-consuming fear of death, and exploited it to the very last drop. In this episode, Hannah and Maia discuss the emergence of cosmeceuticals and anti-aging “prejuvenation” procedures (preventative botox, morning shed routines, and the retinol epidemic), and their dastardly effects on the human psyche. Tangents include: neighbourly etiquette, Canadian pride, and crying in public.
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SOURCES:
Charlotte Cripps, “The rise of the skincare tweens: How retinol serums and eye creams took over childhood,” The Independent (2025).
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Two, one. |
| 0:01.7 | Hannah's on the same continent as me, and yet we cannot see each other. |
| 0:06.5 | Starcross lovers, unfortunately. |
| 0:09.0 | It's so tragic. |
| 0:10.4 | So, yes, I'm in New York. |
| 0:11.9 | Hannah is visiting her family and friends in Toronto because she went back for a wedding. |
| 0:16.9 | We were actually at parallel weddings on the same weekend. |
| 0:20.2 | You've been away from Toronto so long that you're calling it Toronto. |
| 0:24.6 | Did I? |
| 0:26.6 | Yes, you pronounced the last tea. |
| 0:28.6 | Oh my god, that's horrible. |
| 0:30.6 | So right now, because we record these ahead of time, it is July 4th, and I'm just feeling extremely like I miss Canada today. |
| 0:38.9 | Hannah and I were both talking about how we like is it cringe to wear Canada merch when you're |
| 0:42.4 | gnawing Canada? And we decided no. Yeah, I bought an I heart Toronto t-shirt and in the heart |
| 0:48.5 | is the Toronto skyline with like the sand tower and everything. And I'm obsessed with it. And I also |
| 0:54.0 | was walking around yesterday |
| 0:55.9 | listening to views, like on repeat, the Drake album. Stop. Don't cancel me. And like looking up at the |
| 1:04.4 | C&Tower while walking down Dundas and I was like, oh, this city. Well, I'm about to say something |
| 1:10.0 | equally problematic. But yeah, truly, when I like leave Canada, I become a hell of patriot. Like I'm like, oh, this city. Well, I'm about to say something equally problematic, but yeah, truly, |
| 1:11.8 | when I, like, leave Canada, I become a hell of patriot. Like, I'm like, I love my nation. |
| 1:17.8 | No, like, truly, now that I've been in London and, like, I notice the differences between, |
| 1:22.1 | like, Canadians and Brits, and like, wow, Canadians? We have our our flaws, but like, I like being in Toronto and having |
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