The Mothership: Ep 316

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, we’re celebrating motherhood: the messy, the funny, the sad, and the profound. First, an interview with Jewish Fertility Foundation’s Elana Frank, host of the podcast Fruitful and Multiplying. Then we talk to comedian Ester Steinberg about her postpartum comedy special, Burning Bush. We also hear from Rabbi Ilana Garber about her son’s diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome, and Unorthodox producer Robert Scaramuccia shares a moving story about his mother. We love to hear from you! Send us your emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Upcoming events: May 15, 2022 - Mark Oppenheimer will be discussing his book, Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie Illinois. 10 a.m. Central; tickets here. May 22. 2022 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Gary Shteyngart and Claire Stanford as part of the Jewish Book Council and the Jewish Museum’s Unpacking the Book series. 7 p.m. Eastern; register here. May 25, 2022 — Mark, Stephanie, and Liel will be live in New York City for Central Synagogue’s Shavuot Boot Camp with Abigail Pogrebin. 5:30 p.m. Eastern; register here Get all our events info at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Get your copy of The Tab, Tablet’s free, printable weekly digest, at tabletm.ag/tab. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email tabletstudios@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

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0:33.0	You can find both of those links in the show notes, and thank you so much.
0:38.9	I never really thought much about Mother's Day.
0:48.4	Growing up those holidays weren't the biggest deal in our house.
0:51.0	We did cards, flowers, met somewhere for brunch when we were older.
0:55.0	It was always nice, but it wasn't that important.
0:58.6	You're probably expecting me to say that becoming a mother last year changed how I saw
1:02.6	Mother's Day.
1:03.6	That's not really true.
1:05.6	What becoming a mother actually did was change how I saw my own mother.
1:10.6	You get pregnant, and suddenly there are so many books to read, so many experts telling
1:14.5	you exactly what to expect.
1:16.9	And then you have the baby, and you realize that there was no possible way to prepare yourself
1:20.8	for what happens next.
1:22.3	Like how whoever said sleep when the baby sleeps definitely didn't actually have a baby.
1:26.9	Like how holding this tiny creature will make your heart swell so big with love that
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