Before we get into this episode, I want to let you know that our fellow radio topia show,

Adultish, is back with their new ninth season. Adultish is the award-winning advice,

culture and storytelling podcasts put together by and for young adults. The season will feature

stories and insights about cannabis, self-love shams, the joy of drag, and holding grudges.

You might even hear my sister and I telling our personal experience with sister grudges. So

look out for that. The show is produced by wire media and hosted by Dom French and Nidesch

Turner. Look out for new episodes of Adultish by wire media and radio topia every Thursday starting

April 20th. From radio topia and mermaid palace, welcome to the heart. I'm Caitlin Prest.

Finally, it's here. After many, many hours, three whole years, and really Sharon's entire lifetime,

waiting for the moment for this piece of work to emerge from her heart and her mind.

It's called appearances. We teased you with the trailer a couple of weeks ago, and now the show is out.

We call appearances and audio mind trip into the fantasies and nightmares of Melanie Barzada

and her quest for family, connection, love, and inner strength. AKA a baby.

This is the first episode, but really the second episode because there's a prologue,

but you can't hear the prologue unless you subscribe, which I highly recommend you do,

and listen to all of the episodes. It's worth it, I promise.

There's really nothing more need be said because the work speaks for itself.

Get ready for a magical audio experience.

Okay, here's episode one.

Okay, one mom abortion phone call, two me and punch singing I'm alone, I'm alone,

three, the prologue from the old version. When I'm having a hard time making a decision,

when I am overwhelmed with the question, what do I do now? I make a list of all the things I could

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