Mitchell Fain was born a natural storyteller. He is an incredible actor/comedian/circus performer who grew up in a Jewish home in Rhode Island and now lives in Chicago.
In this episode, we will talk about how his bingo-gambling mother never cleaned her stove, lived on Winston cigarettes and Oreo cookies, and taught her children to lie to the electric company when bills were due. She also married an alcoholic, Mitchell’s father.
We will talk about how his mother lived with undiagnosed depression for most of her life, and how everything wrong with us IS our parent’s fault … but it is OUR responsibility to fix it.
Oh, and Katharine Hepburn will make an appearance as well!
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Links mentioned in the episode:
Jesse: “Gay and grieving, and turning loss into leadership. Man, I should trademark these!”
Nana: “Bye, bye darling.”
Mary: "Tips from Dead People"
Jessica: “Caregiving is an active choice.”
Barri: “We are born, when somebody is lost, to find them.”
Kevin: "She worked thru so many things that were challenging for her, because she loved me so much."
Ryan: “Most people say ‘One day, one day I’ll make my will.’ I would make that day…today.”
Amanda: “She just, to me...feels like someone who was always trying to fill this void.”
Anna and Diane: A daughter and a mother on Mother’s Day.
Season 3 is coming back…on Mother’s Day!
Cory: “And for women, I think we’re taught to put other people's pleasure and needs ahead of our own.”
Dana: “Seeing gift cards that say To: Dana, From: Mom in her own handwriting, are breathtaking.”
Billy and Evelyn: “If you want to know me, you need to know this thing about me.”
Rachel: “She kind of knew it was an exit interview of sorts."
Greg: “And I’m the guy who walks around with intersectional feminist hoodies on!”
Mrs. Black: “She’s making science sexy!”
Peter: “I only want you to be happy.”
Lauren: “Though she’s with you in spirit, she’s part of your past.”
I’m getting married this week! And Season 2 is COMING!
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