Embracing our Bodies
Chiquis and Chill
My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Chiquis gets real about all things body image with her sister and best friend, Jenicka Lopez. The two talk about what it was like growing up in a household where weight was always top of mind, their journey to healthy habits and how therapy has helped them deal with unrealistic body expectations and bullying on social media.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Penelope Spheras on the host of a new podcast about the life and death of Peter Ivers. |
| 0:06.5 | Peter was the host of a TV show featuring prominent LA punk bands until he was murdered in 1983. |
| 0:13.9 | 40 years later, we dive into that music scene and the mystery of his passing. |
| 0:19.8 | Listen to Peter and the Acid King on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect. |
| 0:33.9 | Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship on our favorite show. |
| 0:40.0 | We're Suzy Bannakerum and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect. |
| 0:44.8 | Where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us, and probably you, |
| 0:49.4 | to try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it. |
| 0:52.7 | You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years. |
| 0:55.8 | Listen to in retrospect on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your favorite shows. |
| 1:01.7 | I'm Antonia Sadekido, host of the Imperfect Paradise Podcast, now a weekly series. |
| 1:07.9 | Join us every Wednesday starting September 27th as we hear new insights about one of LA's largest political scandals. |
| 1:15.9 | Unpack a false allegation by a mom flu insert. |
| 1:19.2 | Take you behind the curtains of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, |
| 1:22.8 | and get an inside look into LA's first unionized strip club. |
| 1:26.6 | Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:35.3 | It just runs in our family, like we have to take care of ourselves more than other people, |
| 1:39.3 | and we've learned, I think, throughout the years to just embrace our body and embrace who we are. |
| 1:45.2 | Mom would always wake us up super early. Let's go for a walk. She would write in my journals, |
| 1:50.4 | like this is what you should only eat, no bread, no carbs, only egg whites. |
| 1:54.7 | There's been many times when I thought if I was this size in the English market, I would be celebrated. |
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