Episode 76: The Contestant

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After Jean Westcott's first "Jeopardy!" audition, she waited 18 months to find out if she'd be on the show. She didn't get called, so she auditioned again. And again. She kept auditioning for over 20 years. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery ad-free. Plus, behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for This Is Love comes from Regain Couples Therapy by Better Help.
0:05.0	Regain offers convenient and affordable couples therapy.
0:09.0	You've probably heard the phrase, Relationships Take Work.
0:12.0	But how do you actually do that work?
0:14.0	Maybe it's a weekly date night, a daily check-in, or trying out couples therapy.
0:19.0	Whether you're in the honeymoon phase or partners for life,
0:22.0	setting aside time to listen to each other and work through conflicts
0:25.0	can transform your relationship.
0:27.0	It's 100% online, so it works for both of your schedules.
0:31.0	Visit regain.com slash This Is Love today to get 10% off your first month.
0:37.0	That's regain.com slash This Is Love.
0:41.0	Support for This Is Love comes from Into the Mix,
0:43.0	a Ben and Jerry's podcast about Joy and Justice,
0:46.0	produced with Vox Creative.
0:48.0	Florida School Teacher Andrea Phillips always loved her job helping students
0:52.0	feel more comfortable reading and spent years collecting hundreds of books
0:56.0	to make sure she had a book that would interest every student who she worked with.
0:59.0	But then her school district informed her and her colleagues
1:02.0	that her classroom library was off limits until every single book was reviewed and approved,
1:07.0	all because of a new piece of legislation, House Bill 1467.
1:12.0	Andrea Phillips had to pack up all of her books,
1:15.0	and she talks about her experiences as a teacher under Florida's book bans
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