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This is the second episode in our two-part series

on Martha Stewart.

I promise you it's worth it to start from the

beginning so if you haven't heard part one yet do that first and then come back.

I'll be here waiting for you. Sarah, are you like me, weirdly afraid of prison? Like I think about it a lot. I think I watched maybe too much scared straight as a kid.

Yeah, I'm definitely really afraid of prison.

It's the exact same reason.

I watched so much beyond scared straight.

Mm-hmm.

Fair enough.

Well, I ask because in our last episode, Martha Stewart was feeling the heat for lying to federal investigators.

Our champion of cream-colored napkins and elegant sunflower arrangements is known for a lot of things,

but the centerpiece of her reputation isn't so glamorous. Let me take you to the time Martha

girl-bossed so hard that she ended up in prison.

It's June 4th, 2003, and Martha Stewart is being chauffeured through Lower Manhattan

in a black town car. It's a rainy afternoon, but she's prepared for the

storm. She's wearing an off white trench coat over a gray double-breasted blazer.

It's giving Jay crew meets Commander-in-Chief.

She's 61, but with her layered blonde bob and perfect skin,

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