Okay. So I'm recording. Do you want to just first start by, can you say your name and

how you know me? My name is Ann Burt Flat and I am Bird Pinkerton's

mother. That's my mom. And I called my mom after I found out this fascinating thing. Basically

that some cells from my body are probably hanging out inside of her body and have likely

been there for three decades, like ever since she carried me in her womb. And as I told her,

those cells are genetically me. It seems like some of them might have stuck around in your body

and become a part of you. And I am curious what you make of that. You can't have the back.

You want to use the quote? Use that quote. You don't have the back.

Great. Thank you for telling me how to do my job.

So my plan here was to explain to my mom very briefly sort of what those cells could be doing

inside her and what similar cells are doing to parents all over. And that plan went without a

hitch. Can you, I mean, now since you're helping me out, can you ask me what are they doing inside

my body? What are these cells doing inside my body? I cannot ask it as a statement. What do you mean?

Can you ask it as a statement? I hope these cells are being themselves that, you know, they're

playing nicely with my cells. Well, I mean, here's the fun twist. Researchers don't know.

It seems like, you know, maybe something like a parent child relationship.

Some of the things that these cells might be doing might be good. Some of them might be

somewhat less good. Some of them might be totally neutral. And researchers just don't know.

Define less good. All right. Well, let's get into it. Do you want me to tell you a little bit

about it? Like, okay, so I'm going to, I wasn't actually, I was just going to walk you through

that intro, but I don't know, I just tell you the whole episode. Let's see what happens.

Okay. Do you have something? No. I get you definitely something is happening. It's Chris.

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