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Father's Day with The Heart

Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz

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The Tone of My Voice Shifts

When I listen to this tape, I can feel the way that my body tenses and relaxes as the tone of his voice shifts. Feels like boiling water about to blow steam. And even though it's been 20 whole years since the time in our lives when that screaming kettle could turn into physical altercation, screaming matches and broken furniture. In this moment, in an Airbnb in New York at age 32, my nervous system is getting ready for all of that. And suddenly his tone changes. Get a refund. We definitely will. When I say the word refund, we'll also my nervous system starts to relax. Go ahead. Pitch away. Well, I will.

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