This is Siren, a series brought to you by The Ladies of Bopshell, where we dissect the

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security issues, usually luring cement to their desks.

I'm Lauren DeYoung Shulman.

I'm Roda I and Gar Plum.

This week, I'm going to go ahead and tell you that our special guest is Dr. Corey Shockey, because if you are not a fan of hers, first of all, where have you been?

Second of all, oh my gosh, we're so excited to have here on to talk about her new book and also just like drop a lot of knowledge and wisdom

and reassurance as she often does. We, it is now, it's we're recording today on Tuesday.

It is finally starting to feel like spring. I know because my cold has evolved fully into allergies, just fully into allergies at this point.

And we wanted to, as our question of the week, talk about what is a spring treat that we are

either already having or excited to be able to have?

Mine, I will say, I'll mention two. One is rhubarb. And so I love

rhubarb. You love rhubarb. You'd only get it in the grocery store for like five minutes.

And my husband Ross, his birthday is in a few weeks. So every year I make him a strawberry rhubarb something or other.

So probably rhubarb. A little early for this in terms of spring, but I love peaches. Like

that'll be more closer to summer, but like you can actually start getting stone fruit at some point time over the next few weeks.

So those are both exciting. What about you, Rhada?

I had watermelon randomly for the first time in Elvera long time yesterday and just

like, oh, I love, this sounds so, I love fresh fruit, just like when it's actually good and you have

watermelon and juicy berries. And so I am very much looking forward to that dimension. But mostly what

I love them on top of is ice cream in all of its form.

It's like eating sandwiches, in Sundays, when you scoop it, when you just eat it directly

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