Race Traitor: what makes a mom a white mom?
The Heart
Kaitlin Prest
4.5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
All parents shape our identities. Phoebe’s affluent white parents made a particular set of choices to raise her in an all-white neighborhood with a sordid history. Phoebe investigates what she inherited as a result.
Part 3 of a 3 part series. Produced by Phoebe Unter, edited by Sharon Mashihi and hosted by Kaitlin Prest.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Maddie Kelly. |
| 0:01.8 | I'm a writer and comedian and along with my co-host Mark Chavez and Ryan Biel. |
| 0:06.5 | We are setting out to write a romantic comedy movie script that is genuinely romantic and |
| 0:11.8 | actually funny. |
| 0:13.1 | Give me something that's both sexy and romantic. |
| 0:15.7 | La Crosse. |
| 0:16.7 | The Sport? |
| 0:17.7 | And when we run into trouble, we'll get help from some serious rom-com experts. |
| 0:22.3 | People who have worked on everything from 10 things I hate about you to Mamma Mia. |
| 0:25.5 | This is all gold. |
| 0:28.0 | It's Let's Big Rom Com. |
| 0:29.5 | Available now on CBC Listen and everywhere you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.6 | From radio toopia and mermaid palace, welcome to the heart. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Caitlin Prest. |
| 0:49.1 | Right now there is a historic uprising against police brutality and in defense of Black |
| 0:55.4 | life happening in the States. |
| 1:00.2 | And white people are being asked to show up in a lot of ways. |
| 1:05.4 | And I hope that if you're a white person wondering what to do, not just in this moment but |
| 1:17.3 | in your life, then there may be something for you in this episode. |
| 1:25.2 | And in this series. |
| 1:28.7 | What you are about to hear is the third episode of a mini series. |
| 1:34.0 | If you haven't heard the first two episodes, go back and start from the beginning. |
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