"What My Mother and I Don't Talk About" Author Michele Filgate

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Michele Filgate is a contributing editor at Literary Hub and the editor of the critically acclaimed anthology based on her Longreads essay, “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About.” She sits down with Sophia to discuss why the mother/child bond is so complicated, the reason writing can be so cathartic, how she accidentally set a book on fire, imposter syndrome, and much more. Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Sim Sarna Supervising Producer: Allison Bresnick Associate Producer: Caitlin Lee Editor: Josh Windisch Assistant Editor: Matt Sasaki Music written by Jack Garratt and produced by Mark Foster Artwork by Kimi Selfridge. This show is brought to you by Brilliant Anatomy.

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0:00.0	Our 20s are often seen as this golden decade. Our time to be carefree, make mistakes, and figure
0:05.7	out our lives. But what can psychology teach us about this time? I'm Gemma Speg, the host of
0:12.0	the psychology of your 20s. Each week we take a deep dive into a unique aspect of our 20s,
0:18.3	from career anxiety, mental health, heartbreak, money, and much more to explore the science behind
0:24.4	our experiences. The psychology of your 20s hosted by me, Gemma Speg. Listen now on the iHeart
0:31.1	Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi everyone, Sophia Bush here,
0:39.7	and I am thrilled to tell you about the new original audiobook that I was lucky enough to narrate,
0:46.8	called Wild and Precious, a celebration of Mary Oliver. This unique collection includes poems
0:53.5	read by Oliver herself. In addition to readings and personal recollections by artists and fans,
1:00.0	like Carmen Maria Machado, Rosquee, Susan Kane, Busy Phillips, Rain Wilson, and me. You can pre-order
1:07.5	Wild and Precious at pushkin.fm or wherever audiobooks are sold. I'm Nedra Glover-Tawab, and I'm
1:15.2	coming to you with a new podcast you need to hear this. I'm a therapist and relationship expert,
1:21.6	and I'm helping people like you navigate through tough relationship issues. We all go through them.
1:28.7	You're also going to hear from some of your favorite public figures because hardship is universal.
1:34.8	Listen to you need to hear this on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your
1:41.2	podcasts. Hi everyone, Sophia Bush here. Welcome to work in progress, where I talk to people who
1:49.1	inspire me about how they got to where they are and where they think they're still going.
2:04.6	I think we can all agree that there's just something about the mother child relationship that is
2:11.3	complicated. It can be loving, but also tumultuous, and is generally complex.
2:18.6	When I saw the cover of the book, what my mother and I don't talk about, I knew I had to read it.
2:25.6	And once I started reading it, I knew I had to interview its editor, Michelle Philgate, for this
2:30.0	podcast. In this collection of essays based on her essay, what my mother and I don't talk about,
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