Welcome to Celebrity Book Club. This is a podcast that recaps and celebrates the memoirs

of the Moss celebrities. And today is a very, very special episode and a different kind

of episode than we normally do. Because on this podcast, we celebrate women telling their

own stories and taking their own narrative into their own hands. Because every time someone

is able to stand strong in their truth and share it, it allows someone else to do the

same. And as we have been doing this podcast, so many women in their memoirs have shared

their stories of abortion and how they accessed healthcare when they needed it most. And

so today we are going to play many clips that have aired on this podcast before highlighting

these stories. And we are going to share some brand new ones that have never been heard

before. And so that is what we're discussing the entire episode. We'll be discussing women's

health. We'll be using all the words. There will be some very, very dark stuff that happens

that is next to these stories. So this is your trigger warning for really all of the things

that women and people have to deal with all the fucking time. And in this episode, we're

going to do something that is my favorite thing to do, which is a little antidote to shame.

And one of the ways to try and cure shame is to share your story so that you can connect

with others and realize you're not alone. So let's share some stories. And we're going

to do it all with my guest today, Alison Leiby. Hi, Alison. Hi. Thank you so much for coming

on. I want to give your bio real quick. Okay. I'll allow it. Alison, I'll allow you to read

my credits, my life accomplishments. Alison is a Brooklyn-based writer, producer, comedian,

and writer and performer of Oh God, a show about abortion, which is the best title for a show ever.

And also the best show ever because it's been written up in the New York Times. So many

publications I would run out of time if I tried to list them. You were just on Katie Kirk's

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