Mothers of the Bride

Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Slate Podcasts

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Relationships

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Danny Lavery welcomes Kristina Gaddy, the author of Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History and Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis. Lavery and Gaddy offer advice to a bride who’s adoptive mom is upset that her biological mom was invited to her wedding. Another letter writer is wondering how to talk to his fiancėe about the unscientific nature of social media. Plus, banjo origin stories with a cameo from Slate’s own Ben Richmond! Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: [email protected] If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just a reminder that Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Levery, happens twice week.
0:04.1	Slate Plus members get an additional mini episode or Little Big Mood every Friday.
0:09.0	Sign up now to listen at slate.com slash mood.
0:30.3	Hello and welcome back to Big Mood, Little Mood. I'm your host, Danny Levery.
0:37.6	And with me in the studio this week is Christina Gatti, the author of Well of Souls,
0:42.6	uncovering the banjo's hidden history and flowers in the gutter,
0:46.5	the true story of the Ailevice pirates, teenagers who resisted the Nazis.
0:50.5	Christina, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me, Danny.
0:54.4	I'm so happy that you're here. Uh, Christina is one of my new summer camp
0:58.8	friends. We were just at a writer's residency together up in the
1:01.7	Berkshire's where we spent every day getting breakfast together at 8 a.m.
1:06.2	and dinner at 5.30 on the dot. And uh, as such are now like old old cousins
1:12.1	who have known each other for 50 years. And I miss you all of the time.
1:16.7	Yes, it was a lot of fun. I have been meaning to ask you,
1:19.9	is flowers in the gutter in any, it can't possibly be?
1:23.2	Because it would be so inappropriate given the subject matter.
1:25.6	But is it in any way a reference to flowers in the attic?
1:28.4	And also please say yes. It is not other than that the titles
1:33.6	are similar. Damn. I mean, again, totally makes sense.
1:37.4	It'd be really weird if you were referencing that book in like a
1:40.7	history of of teenage Nazi resistance fighters.
1:44.9	But it does sound like an amazing like 80s musical adaptation of flowers in
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