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One Bad Mother

Episode 515: It's Expensive to Stay Alive in this Country! with SuChin Pak

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

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

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Support for birthing people? Affordable maternal health care? Come into our hot air balloon to see the world, because you're not getting it here. Journalist and host of the Uncared For podcast, SuChin Pak, joins Biz to talk Costa Rican health care, birthing regrets, and the privilege of greener grass.

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0:00.0

This is Biz, and if hosting One Bad Mother for over 10 years has taught me anything,

0:04.6

it's that parenting is hard and nobody gives a shit. So belly up to the low bar,

0:09.6

where fine is good enough and you'll never feel alone. This is One Bad Mother.

0:18.9

This week on One Bad Mother, let's not beat around the bush. It's expensive to stay alive in

0:23.3

this country. We talked to Su Chen talk about her six episode podcast Uncared For,

0:29.6

which looks at maternal health. Say, you know, it's going to be fun, everybody.

0:33.9

Well, welcome. Oh, yeah. This is where the party's at. You guys, you come to the right place.

0:42.0

Yeah. Yeah. Sequence, glitter. Yeah. It's expensive to stay alive in this country. That's not news,

0:48.9

but that's the truth. Well, I stole that line from you. So you're welcome. So before we get into

0:55.6

this discussion, I just want to give everybody a little background on Su Chen. Okay. Su Chen

1:00.1

Park is a veteran journalist who has been hosting and reporting the news for over 25 years.

1:06.1

She has reported on ABC, NBC, Discovery Networks, Oxygen, MTV News, and E from a hosting red carpet

1:14.7

shows. Fucking love that. Let's just talk about that to reporting on presidential elections,

1:19.6

international relief efforts, and covering some of the biggest headlines in the news.

1:23.3

Park has been a dedicated journalist since reporting on her first show at age 16. We are on

1:28.5

talk about that. She has two series with limit auto media, who we're all familiar with and love.

1:35.7

The limited run podcast Uncared For and you may remember add to cart her weekly show with her

1:43.4

co-host Cool Up Balaisak. I got it. Cool up. Balaisak. Who we had here on the show just a couple

1:51.2

of months ago. Welcome. Welcome again Su Chen. Thank you. Yes. Can I just start by asking who

1:59.6

lives in your house? Yes. So who lives in my house? My husband lives in my house. My two children.

2:07.2

My oldest son is 11 years old. His name is Kai. And my daughter is nine. Her name is

2:17.0

Soey. And then we decided to get a dog. Always good choice. And the dog's name is Cosmo.

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