So one, two, three.

Mm-hmm.

So Kathy, we are back in the studio.

Yep.

We are checking in with some of our favorite stories from the first two seasons of Nancy.

And today we are returning to the story that started it all.

Tobin, I piece about me and my mom in half for years and years, she struggled to really acknowledge my coming out.

Yeah, this piece resonated with so many people.

I think because all of us to some extent have had that experience where it just feels like our parents are not hearing or acknowledging what we're trying to tell them.

So we've got two parts to today's episode.

First we'll play that original story and then I'll go back to my parents house, microphone in hand, to find out what my mom thought about hearing her voice on the radio.

Six months later, there's still a lot to process.

But first, here's the story.

Hello, hello.

Hello.

Hi.

When I was about five years old, my parents told me we were going on vacation.

So I packed up my little blue backpack, walked onto a giant airplane, and we moved from Taipei to Los Angeles.

We moved so that my sister and brother and I could have a better education.

So of course, right away, they stuck me in school.

And I, knowing no English, promptly failed first grade.

But to be fair, I did start in the middle of the year and, you know, I thought I was on vacation.

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