From the Independent Producer Project of KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is UnFictional.

Unfictional is a program of true stories and personal documentaries and today on the program

it's Mother's Day this week of course so we've got three stories about moms of all

kinds including frustrating moms So we've got three stories about moms of all kinds,

including frustrating moms.

I said, mom, do you genuinely believe

that the conversation we're having now

is about actual mountain coats that have been trained to play musical instruments

unforgettable moms.

And she taught me this, be strong, be funny, and sometimes she told me to stop wallowing, take the job, leave the

boring or shitty guy, travel somewhere I'd never been.

And badass moms.

Okay, Mrs. Lightman, we're just going to need you to sign here and then you can go speak to the principal.

And she's passed my mom this blue ink bick pen and my mother digs in her purse, pulls out a Cartier silver pen and goes,

I have my own pen.

On this episode, three stories, plus a bonus one if you stick around to the end. But we'll begin with a

short little story about the crossed wires between a mother and her adult

children. There's something about speaking across the generations that makes almost any conversation about movies, music, or

technology much more complicated than it needs to be. Storyteller Dylan Brody

has just that kind of relationship with his mother and in this story he

takes a call as he drives across town. From KCRW and KCRW.com it's

unfictional. Drinking the signal so it's totally unreadable.

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