I Can Do Anything
Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Hey, I’m Jason. But more importantly, meet my mother, Isabell. I’m not in the best mood for this introduction, because she raised me to be ambitious and selfless, which means she’s also raised me to be… overwhelmed. With life. But not to worry, my mother also knows exactly what to say to pull me out of a rut, which she does every Sunday, when I roll up to her house for our weekly visit.
My Mother Made Me is a production of Radiotopia Presents, and is written and narrated by Jason Reynolds with his mother, Isabell Reynolds. The series is produced by Mark Pagán and edited by Julie Shapiro, with production support from Yooree Losordo. Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich are Executive Producers for Radiotopia Presents. Special thanks to Levar Burton. Cover art by Jason Griffin. Theme song by Christian Reynolds. Mixing, sound design and additional original music is by Ian Coss. This episode was recorded at WAMU.
Radiotopia Presents debuts limited-run, artist-owned series, from new and original voices. Learn more and access transcripts at radiotopiapresents.fm and discover more shows from across the Radiotopia network at radiotopia.fm.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Radiotopia Presents from PRX's Radiotopia. |
| 0:07.3 | Here's the deal. I've made many things. Most people know me for making books, primarily for kids. |
| 0:16.6 | A few people, thankfully only a few people, know I used to make music. And God knows I've made a lot of |
| 0:24.0 | mistakes. But what I've never, ever, ever even thought about making is a podcast. Not because I don't |
| 0:31.9 | love them like everyone else, I do, but because I couldn't fathom there could be anything left to explore. |
| 0:39.0 | I mean, seriously, what podcasts don't exist? |
| 0:44.4 | We got docu-dramas, we got comedians working out their bits, |
| 0:48.9 | we got shows about the makings of pretty much everything. |
| 0:53.7 | Food, cars, movies, companies, a happy life. |
| 0:58.5 | Shows on family, how to start one or manage the dysfunction of one in flux. |
| 1:04.3 | Shows on writing and literature and music and art and acting and architecture. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm going to light a candle. |
| 1:12.7 | Podcasts that just like whisper to you. |
| 1:15.6 | It's a pumpkin spice candle. |
| 1:17.3 | ASMR, USDA, WNBA, AFL, CIO. |
| 1:23.0 | There's probably even a podcast called L-M-O-P about the alphabet of life or something like that. |
| 1:30.9 | Podcast gals, I learned from some of our previous... |
| 1:33.0 | The biggest stories in popular culture. |
| 1:35.6 | The biggest stories in unpopular culture, counterculture narratives about anarchy |
| 1:40.1 | because apparently the revolution will have a thumbnail attached to. |
| 1:44.6 | You know, so we all know it's the revolution. |
| 1:48.6 | You're listening to Toward Anarchy on the Republic Broadcasting Network. |
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