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Hey, you're listening to NPR's Rough Translation I'm Gregory Warner.

If you've been listening to recent shows, you know we've been out reporting stories

about this new world around the world.

I can't wait to share them with you.

But we also wondered how some of the people we introduced you to in the past, how they're

doing now.

So we picked up the phone and checked it.

Yeah, nice to work.

Yes, muffin.

Here you go.

You might remember this story.

It's a bit of an audience favorite about two moms, one in China, another in Seattle, Jackie

and Jesse.

We started hearing their story anew through the lens of the present.

It's a story about two women on opposite sides of the world trying to do something incredibly

intimate while also keeping their distance.

Given where we left them last, their update is not one I would have expected.

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