Oh, shit.

Do you feel ready?

Mm-hmm.

Do you feel relaxed?

Do you feel like you've brushed away the debris of your morning?

I do, actually.

I feel really good.

Like sitting in here and talking with you, I feel really good.

Hi, I'm Brittany, Eric is on family leave, so there is no Eric, but we are still for colored nerds.

Welcome.

So this is actually kind of weird to be in studio and not be looking at Eric, but I am looking at a very cool, very lovely

woman who is going to be the first in our series of guests for the next few weeks who are

going to be sort of like keeping me company, keeping me sane, keeping me cool until Eric comes

back. So the person who I have sitting across from me today is self-described as a writer,

editor, and speaker. And she has been published such beautiful places as The Guardian,

BuzzFeed, and Elle. She also has this amazing column that I am absolutely obsessed with called

Disrupting Domesticity, which is all about like the trials, tribulations, and the triumphs of first time cohabitation.

Please welcome to the studio along with me, the beautiful, wonderful, talented, fantastic dynamic and very kind.

Ashley C. Ford.

You make me feel like a queen.

Oh my God. That's good. That's how I want people to feel. And I know it's just me applauding,

but I know that I know that listeners are applauding too.

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