"This is really sad, this phenomenon of people growing old alone," she says. "We're trying to get her to get some help and she's declining that kind offer for children." The tightening of the nuclear family in the last 100 years has compounds an issue with Pakistani-American women like Brittany who don't have a lot of extended family.
Aging, parenting by mortality and dying alone or kinless: these are just some of the uplifting topics Kara and Nayeema tackle today before our interview with Mike Birbiglia. The comedian and writer is deep in his latest Broadway show, “The Old Man and the Pool,” which doesn’t shy away from such heavy topics either. Birbiglia and Kara discuss mortality, parenthood, their last words and finding comedy in all of life — even the sad bits.
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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