Why do we celebrate Mother's Day?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2013

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On Sunday, Americans will spend more than $16 billion dollars celebrating Mother's Day. Cristen and Caroline discuss why we treat moms to brunch and flowers every second Sunday in May, and why the founder of Mother's Day regretted how popular it became.

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0:00.0	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girl Friends.
0:04.8	It's Las Vegas, it's the 1990s, and it is time to find a husband.
0:10.4	There were four Jewish doctors who were felt to be eligible bachelors.
0:15.9	One of them was Bob Baramatt.
0:18.7	On paper, he was perfect, but in reality, this guy is a wacko.
0:24.0	He choked into the point she went unconscious.
0:27.3	I would call him, and I would say, I know you killed my sister.
0:30.9	You can listen to The Girl Friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.9	I'm Dylan Marin, and I have 30 seconds to convince you to listen to my new podcast about Jar Jar Binks.
0:43.7	Yep, Jar Jar Binks.
0:45.2	So Jar Jar was actually played by an actor named Ahmed Best, and he became the subject of one of the internet's very first hate campaigns.
0:52.6	We made a podcast all about the early internet Star Wars cultural backlash, Jar Jar, and what happens when internet hate gets too real.
0:59.6	Okay, listen to the redemption of Jar Jar Binks on the iHeartRadio app on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:08.6	Hi, it's me Isaac Mizrahi, and oh my god, we have such a special guest coming up on Hello Isaac.
1:15.2	It's the fabulous Andy Cohen.
1:17.8	He's here to talk to us about all the stuff you want to talk to Andy about.
1:22.3	And darlings, that episode is coming out on Monday, July 31st.
1:26.9	Listen to Hello Isaac on the iHeartRadio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:39.7	Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from House of Works.com.
1:48.2	Hello, and welcome to the podcast.
1:49.7	I'm Kristen, and I'm Caroline, and happy upcoming Mother's Day to all of our mothers listening, and to my mother, even though she's not listening yet, same here.
2:01.3	I was so surprised that even though Stuff Mom never told you has been in existence in podcast land since 2009.
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