We've grown up surrounded by beauty ideals that promised confidence, but often delivered shame.

In a special episode of a millennial mind, I sat down with Nicola Adams to explore how

appearance-based compliments and body talk shape our self-worth without us realizing it.

In partnership with the Dove Self-Esteen project, we unpack the tools to change the conversation

for ourselves and for future generations. Listen now and download the... with the Dove Self-Eesteem Project, we unpack the tools to change the conversation for

ourselves and for future generations. Listen now and download the free body confidence journal

at Dove.com forward slash Y2K. Hey everyone, Andrew Eiden here. You may or may not know that Dan and I

have very differing tastes when it comes to television. Dan's more of a

sci-fi, how do you say, sort of nerdy television fan, Star Trek, Star Wars, and the like.

I grew up watching a lot of police procedurals. And there are very few shows that I recall being finer when it comes

to police procedurals than NYPD Blue. It sort of rewrote what was possible in television,

in storytelling when it came to police and crime shows. And if you've not seen the

show before, I would encourage you to find it on Hulu. It is without question the finest

police show there ever was, at least for my generation. I've gotten into arguments with my dad

about it. He was a big fan of

Hill Street Blues. But NYPD Blue really broke a lot of ground and was really a true

pioneer in the TV police procedural space. And that largely was because of the mind of

David Milch and Stephen Botchko, the creators of the show.

And the reason I am sort of waxing poetic on and on about NYPD Blue and what a great show it was

is because our guest is one of the stars of that show, Andrea Thompson.

We talk a lot in this conversation about joining a TV show that was already up and running and was one of the number one shows in America at the time when she started and joining the cast of Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smiths, and all of the people on that show that made it such a hit.

And she also talks about sort of her,

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