A Mother's Day Revisit with My Mother Made Me

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Mother's Day, we revisit the first episode of author Jason Reynolds’ audio memoir, My Mother Made Me, featuring (and celebrating) one of our favorite mothers–Isabell Reynolds. It’s a wonderful introduction to Jason and a love letter to his mother, Isabell. We hope you enjoy – and maybe share with a mother figure in your life.

My Mother Made Me is a production of Radiotopia Presents, and is written and narrated by Jason Reynolds with his mother, Isabell Reynolds. The series is produced by Mark Pagán and edited by Julie Shapiro, with production support from Yooree Losordo. Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich are Executive Producers for Radiotopia Presents. Special thanks to Levar Burton. Cover art by Jason Griffin. Theme song by Christian Reynolds. Mixing, sound design and additional original music is by Ian Coss. This episode was recorded at WAMU.

Radiotopia Presents debuts limited-run, artist-owned series, from new and original voices. Learn more and access transcripts at radiotopiapresents.fm and discover more shows from across the Radiotopia network at radiotopia.fm.

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1:11.7	In honor of Mother's Day this year, we are revisiting one of our favorite mothers,
1:15.8	Isabel Reynolds.
1:17.6	Mom to author Jason Reynolds, the host and writer of my mother made me, released in 2022. If you haven't listened and we hope you do,
1:26.6	my mother made me is a four episode audio memoir from Jason about his relationship with his mother
1:31.7	Isabel,
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