748- My Little Sister with Actress Mary Birdsong

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mary Birdsong (Reno 911!, Succession, The Descendants, Generation) had no idea why she was suddenly sent to live with her dad when she was 7. Turns out her mom had gotten pregnant (unexpectedly), while very broke (expectedly), & had a difficult decision to make. Listen to find out the spectacular ending.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Storyworthy. Today on the show, actress Mary Birdsong talks about her little sister.
0:08.3	When I was seven, my brother and sister and I suddenly went to live with our father who lived in
0:13.3	Kentucky. And I had no idea why. All I knew was like, I miss my mom and they can spank kids in Kentucky, which they literally could.
0:24.1	There's these sweet pictures of me, like, in Kentucky, holding my doll and, like, holding up a picture of my mom that she could see I was thinking about her.
0:33.7	Meanwhile, my mother is back in, I think, a one, like a studio in South Jersey all by herself, pregnant.
0:42.3	And she knew she couldn't keep the child at the time.
0:46.9	It just everybody was like, Kathy, that's crazy.
0:49.4	Today on the show, actress Mary Birdsong talks about her little sister.
0:53.5	Stay close.
0:55.1	Hey, it's Mary Birdsong, and you're listening to Storyworthy.
1:09.9	Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:15.5	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of over 12 years or your new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.
1:23.6	Now, I hope you guys enjoyed the show last week with comedy writer Dan O'Sannon.
1:28.1	Dan is such an amazing guy.
1:30.3	Oh my gosh, what a great storyteller and a great writer.
1:34.7	And we had so much fun.
1:36.1	He talked about his first heist, which was a Playboy magazine.
1:41.9	So go back to you guys, listen to Dan O'Sannon last week. It really is a great episode. But not today, you guys, listen to Danos Shannon last week. It really is a great
1:45.6	episode. But not today, you guys, because today I'm here with actress Mary Birdsong. And Mary,
1:50.7	you've been on the show before. Yes, ma'am. Yeah. I'm trying to think, what was that story?
1:57.6	I just looked it up today because I was almost going to tell the same story.
2:02.2	Is there like a statute of limitations like after a certain, like you're a virgin again? I'm a virgin again. It was about my trip when I was 16 to Paris.
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