Getting to Know Your Mom as a Person, with Renita Parker Mobley

When Renita Parker Mobley heard comedian Sasheer Zamata interviewing her mom on This American Life last year it suddenly made her realize: she'd spent years mad at her mom for leaving her dad and kicking off a messy divorce, maybe it was time to get to understand her better as a woman, not just a mom who had failed to live up to Renita's expectations. So began an ongoing project through which Renita interviews her mom regularly about her life. In our Season 1 closer, it's Renita being interviewed about her past experiences with her mom and what she's learned through this project. This American Life segment:

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Getting to Know Your Mom as a Person, with Renita Parker Mobley is an episode from Tell Me About Your Mother by Critical Frequency.

This episode is 36:06 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2018.

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