Reclaiming’s Memorable Moments of 2025
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Who were some of the unforgettable interviewees in 2025?
Thank you.
I am so excited about this episode. All year long, people have been asking me the same question, who's been my favorite interview? And all year long, I've had this same answer, that there's been something interesting in every conversation. But who doesn't love a good compilation episode? So here at Reclaiming, we call together what we consider to be some of the most memorable moments of 2025 from the show. I hope you enjoy, and up first is Miley Cyrus. My 2013 is your 1998 because that was the time where I just got just hit so hard. And I was so embarrassed. And you were mentioning your family, too. I mean, there was even a time where my brother and sister didn't want to go to school because of how humiliated they were to be related to me.
And I remember even, you know, my brother at one point, he was saying, I don't judge you. But you could understand how hard it is for me to go to school and you be my sister. Yeah. And that really, you know... I was a hard sibling to have as a little girl, so I was like, all right, we're even. But it was really hard for me in 2013, and I lost everything during that time in my personal life because of the choices I was making professionally. If I kept dressing or acting a certain way, my relationships fell apart. No one wanted to date me because they didn't want to be with a woman. That sexual expression part was not – For them, it was like shared with the world. So like guys, when I would try to date when I was dating or who I was engaged at the time, that didn't work out because I was sharing a part of myself that men wanted to be saved for them only.
And the fact that I would... you know, pose nude or dance in very little clothes or show my body was making them feel like I was taking something away that was meant to be for them. So I would have really hard times dating. And it was just, it was really hard. It was really hard for me to go home and see my dad and like look him in the eyes and not feel super embarrassed. So, yeah, so having that and going home and seeing my grandparents were just mortifying, you know, or Thanksgiving with my uncle. I felt that way when the Star Report came out, where it was just, like, it had been bad enough with men in general, but in particular, my dad and my brother and my stepdad of... Just that all these things were out there and my dad's a doctor and he still went to work every day and my brother was in college.
What did Miley Cyrus share about shame and sexuality?
It's just hard. Yeah. I still, I don't know how you feel. I still feel guilt. I still sometimes carry guilt around about that. I did EMDR about guilt and shame. And it kind of deleted some of that stuff. It changed me. I mean, I did two sessions and I feel like it kind of deleted the folder of my mind, the guilt and shame folder. So I haven't really dealt. With that for probably about four years, but up until I did that EMDR, I had a lot of guilt about how hard it would have been to be my sibling or my parent and how embarrassing and, you know, all those things. So I definitely feel, you know, our experiences were different, but they were parallel in a lot of ways. Right. And Alan Cumming.
Confronting your abuser is a really powerful and necessary, if you can, if they're alive and if you have... the power and the strength to do so. So I did that. I went and my brother came with me. We went to confront my dad. And, you know, he was still living in the house that we'd grown up in and had been, you know, some terrible things had happened in it, violence and stuff. And we told him we were going to see him. We hadn't seen him for years at this point, years. And it was terrifying. I mean, we were both terrified. And I thought my dad was going to hit me at one point. I really thought he was going to hit me. He had a stick, like a kind of, you know, not a walking, but like a staff that, you know, you use when you're hiking sort of thing.
And he had these boots. And I remember his boots were making this, the little tacks on them, making this crunchy noise on the road as we were walking along.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who were some of the unforgettable interviewees in 2025?
0:00–2:40
2
What did Miley Cyrus share about shame and sexuality?
2:40–4:28
3
How did Alan Cumming confront his past trauma?
4:28–6:02
4
What insights did Jurnee Smollett and Gabrielle Union offer on ancestry?
6:02–7:26
5
How do Sarah Paulson and Allison Janney reflect on childhood survival?
7:26–9:57
6
What does Tarana Burke say about grace and resilience?
9:57–12:33
7
How does John Oliver use humor to address serious issues?
12:33–14:29
8
What humorous moments wrapped up the episode?
14:29–1:12:27