Hello and

I'm Brian Louder editor of Outward and I have a semi-correction from last month's episode.

My mom confirms that while I did not play with dolls per se, she said that, quote,

you liked a talking robot that you, that asked you science questions end quote. I checked this is a true.

Shout out to all my fellow two XL fans out there, the smartest talking to a

robot in the world.

Does that count as a doll?

I don't know.

I mean it was like the size of a doll,

but you put cassette tapes in it and then it would like ask you,

it was like a, it had like ABCD buttons and it would be like a trivia thing. It was great.

I did love it very much.

You just loved learning.

You loved learning so much.

I'm Christina Kottaroucci, a staff writer at Slate and host of The Waves,

Slate's Podcast about Women and Gender, and it's my birthday month this month,

which means my wife was not allowed to complain when I forced us to watch yet another Kristen Stewart movie last weekend.

It's my choice all month long.

And we're joined this month by a special guest who you've heard from before.

I'm Raman Alam.

I am one of Slate's Care and Feeding

at Vice Columnists, and I am in recovery from the shock of the end of daylight savings time.

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