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Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcasts for February 4th, 2016,

the Better Get a Shotgun Edition.

I'm Dan Cois. I'm an editor at Slate and the dad of Lyra, who is 10, and Harper, who is 8. And I'm Alison Benedict, also an editor at Slate and the mom of Harry 7, Sam 5, and Wally 2. Hi, Alson. Hey, how are you? Good, thanks. I'm finally out of the snow. On today's show, we're talking to New York City, OBGYN, Gay-Rodke about Zika virus.

What is she telling her patients who are concerned about getting pregnant, about traveling,

and about the possible spread of the virus to the U.S.

And we'll check in with the new HBO Sesame Street with New York Magazine reporter, Jessica Pressler.

Plus triumphs and fails, a listener question about daughters and gender norms.

And in our Slate Plus segment, Slate Plus Guru Gabe Roth himself will come talk to us in his comforting Britishie voice about a triumph or fail.

But first, New Yorkers, the bad news is that we postpone the live show because of the snowstorm.

I was the chicken little behind the postponement.

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