Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast 238. Emily Zanotti on Catholicism, Chickens, and Not Fitting Political Boxes
Emily Zanotti is a writer, a Catholic, a political operative, a mother of three, and a professional chicken tender, which is a thing. Nancy and Sarah know her from Twitter, where she is a great follow, but they’re taking this relationship to the next level. Podcast guest! The three talk about the mental health benefits of putting hands in the dirt, how Emily came to define herself as conservative (and what happened when the conservative movement shifted from her), all those female troubles women rarely talk about, and the booming fertility-industrial complex.
Also discussed:
* Chickens and gunshots
* “My goal is to not be a hypocrite”
* The intellectual side of Catholicism
* The beauty of having bees come to die in your garden
* “2016 broke a lot of people.”
* The Greeks identified endometriosis, but Western medicine didn’t come up with a treatment until… last year?
* Infertility as a Catholic …
* The mirage of egg freezing
* Storage fees for zygotes
* Endometrial tissue in women’s … brains??
* Clocking your kids’ personalities while they’re in utero
* Is misogyny what drives laws that allow women to die on the floor of ERs from ectopic pregnancies, or nah?
Plus, Japanese New Wave vinyl! Werewolf romance fiction! Forty years and we still haven’t gotten over David Bowie’s pants in Labyrinth! And much more.
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