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One Bad Mother

Episode 468: Birth Stories Are a Part of the Larger Story, with Linda Villarosa

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

How much harder could birthing be? Try adding the toxic stress of being a black woman in America. Biz is joined by author Linda Villarosa to discuss hands in car doors, the weathering of microaggressions, and her new book, "Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation." Plus, Biz was alone.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Biz. I'm a working parent with a kid and a teen.

0:03.6

It's been 10 years since the show began and a lot has changed on the show and in the world.

0:09.6

But by elevating the voices of others, we have learned we are not alone and we are doing

0:15.2

a good job. This is still a show about life after giving life. This is One Bad Mother.

0:25.2

This week on One Bad Mother, birth stories are a part of the larger story.

0:29.6

I talked to Linda Villarosa about her new book Under the Skin, which looks the hidden

0:33.7

toll of racism on American lives and the health of our nation. Plus, Biz was alone.

0:48.0

My check-in is that I have had a genius and I know it was a genius because I

0:56.8

was experiencing the amazing one person celebration that you got when you have a parenting

1:02.0

being your friend, nobody proper cares. And I thought, you know, we would appreciate that

1:07.1

is the One Bad Mother community, so I should definitely call it that.

1:12.1

I couldn't end the time because life, whatever. And some time has passed and I cannot remember

1:21.6

at all what my genius was. It's gone. I don't know. It's I don't know. So my check-in is that I

1:30.0

had a genius. I congratulated myself. And then also just where life is is that I

1:37.1

it's gone. I forgot it. It's gone. So, you know, I'm just going to focus on what's in front of me,

1:42.5

which is that the last member of my household who had COVID in our wonderful first-time experience

1:52.2

is emerging. So we're emerging from quarantine and it's weird, but you know, it is. It's weird.

1:59.2

It's weird. It's fine. We're all coming back out. So everybody's doing fine.

2:06.0

There's all the geniuses that people have that they completely forget about. Yeah. Superbrain

2:13.6

wins again. Okay. Bye guys. I agree. Here is to all the geniuses we've had that we have forgotten

2:21.2

about. This is like I forget my geniuses every week. I mean, I got to come up with one of these

2:26.4

every week and I forget it all. It's like I've got to my brain has just started saying,

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