The Mothership
Ep. 316: Jewish Fertility Foundation; Ester Steinberg’s postpartum comedy special; a Fragile X diagnosis; a complicated college graduation
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.
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