Hello and welcome to Hysteria. I'm Erin Ryan. This week it's the mother of all

episodes. A special guest Jane Jane Marie joins Tian and Grace Parra in studio to discuss moms,

what they've gone through to bring us into the world and what they've taught us.

Then the ever electable Alyssa Master Monaco also joins to discuss this week's news

from new maternal mortality legislation to what's happening in Georgia and finally a

very special hysteria mom's edition of the Hills Will Die on.

Hey listeners, before we get started a little bit of housekeeping today, I guess my

housekeeping list keeps getting longer.

Today's housekeeping, if you want to submit a hill you'll die and record a 30 second

voice memo on your phone and send it to hysteria at crooked.com

that's also the email address where we receive all of our email

so if you want to get in touch for any reason you can reach out that way

but again I'm not the only one who checks it.

Caroline also checks it.

So Love Notes and Hate Mail should go to our personal email accounts or just throw them directly

into the trash.

Second, merch is in the works and I'm biased,

but it is really great and I can't wait for you guys to see it.

Next, I'm trying a new thing where I give a shout out

to a special group of listeners.

I'm actually giving a commencement

address on Saturday in Maryland, which I'm very nervous about and excited about, but it made me think about

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