Rashomon

After deep diving into David Whyte and spending more time learning about astrology, Hillary adds a whole new layer to her definition of identity and the role it plays with storytelling. Listen to Hillary's conversation with astrologer and poet Heidi Rose Robbins and explore the idea of asking more beautiful questions of yourself and others and how storytelling can do just that!

Additional reading/listening:

• Click here to learn more about Heidi's astrology offerings, including the Progressed Moon workbook.
• Listen to the episode of Heidi's podcast, The Radiance Project, where she dives into the Progressed Moon and her own stories around it. 
• Listen to Heidi's interview with Hillary on The Radiance Project.
• Listen to Heidi's interview with her dad on The Radiance Project.
• Listen to Heidi's interview with her mom on The Radiance Project.
• Follow Heidi on Instagram
• David Whyte's book Consolations

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

SPOILER ALERT: Please watch In & Of Itself on Hulu before listening to this episode. 

After watching Derek Delgaudio's In & Of Itself on Hulu, Hillary begins to question whether or not storytelling an illusion of identity. Plus she regrets not having the foresight to see In & Of Itself when it was Off-Broadway in New York City. 

In hopes of making up for the lost experience, Hillary interviews Priya Ollapally Wellington, an audience member from when the show was Off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth theater. Priya shares her experience of selecting her I AM card and they talk about magic, identity, and how storytelling plays a part. 

A huge thanks to Priya Ollapally Wellington for having this conversation. And my apologies to Derek Delgaudio for mispronouncing your last name throughout the episode!

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Hillary takes every personality test on the market and digs in to Clifton Strengths with Surabhi Lal.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Hillary took many personality tests to see if it changed anything about her identity.  Her findings were increased frustration, doubt and skepticism. In January of 2021 Hillary was forced to take yet another personality test called Clifton Strengths. This led to even more questions so she reached out to Clifton Strengths certified coach and business consultant, Surabhi Lal. 

A huge thanks to Surabhi Lal for having this conversation. Learn more about Surabhi's work on her website: https://www.surabhilal.com

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

What's the difference between personality and identity? Hillary meets with Dr. Jasara Hogan to explore this question and learn more about her relationship with Millicent Wimbleberry, epigenetics and the problem with personality.

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Hillary and Millicent share a love of Disneyland and dream of a future where it's possible to live there. Hillary reads the final chapter of Millicent Wimbleberry: The Early Years and imagines what it would be like in the after life if her family could come back together and ride a log flume in the happiest place on earth (and beyond).

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Hillary explores how being an only child and being alone are two completely different ways of being. You can't choose to be an only child but you can choose whether or not you are alone and whether or not there are family stories worth telling. Plus, Chapter Five of Millicent Wimbleberry: The Early Years is a dramatic, fictional story about Hillary's real life cousin. (All of the names have been changed to protect the innocent.) And yes, there is another David Whyte quote to enjoy.

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Chapter Four of Millicent Wimbleberry: The Early Years takes a dark turn with the sudden death of a pet bird and a French teacher.  Murder aside, this story feels the most like a true Hillary story than all of the previous chapters of her childhood memoir. 

Hillary explores school stories related to science experiments involving pancakes, lizards, and urine. It is in these science stories that Hillary starts to discover the stories that she wants to share with a live audience. 

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

With a little bit of help from Philip Pullman, Millicent Wimbleberry Chapter Three, and her more recent pet stories, Hillary explores the question: Do we project our inner-self onto our animals?

Dear Listener,

Make sure you listen to all of the previous Season 3 episodes for listening to this one. This is a serialized story. 

Thanks,

Hillary

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon's album art is by Thom Lessner

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

As long as she can remember, Hillary has always declared (to anyone who will listen) that she hates tomatoes. 

But that's not the full story. 

In this episode Hillary explores old photographs, looking for the true stories contained within. You'll also hear Millicent Wimbleberry: Chapter Two and the perspectives of Hillary's parents, Connie and Steven. 

If you haven't yet listened to the first two episodes of this season of Rashomon, you need to listen to them before listening to this one. Otherwise you will miss most of what is happening with Hillary's childhood memoir Millicent Wimbleberry: The Early Years and the audio assignment she gave to her parents.

Additional reading/listening:

The photo from PunkHouse Philly's Instagram

Atom and His Package

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Adam Goren aka Atom and His Package for giving us permission to play his song "Threshold to Adulthood" in this episode. (Sorry for calling it 'Thresholds'.)

Additional music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Rashomon theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Hillary confesses that she had a codependent relationship with Jessica Simpson's autobiography Open Book towards the beginning of quarantine. And thanks to Jessica, Hillary was inspired to turn her own childhood memoir into an audio book. 

Millicent Wimbleberry: The Early Years begins with "The Avocado Accident" a story that pre-dates Hillary's memory. Hillary searches for deeper meaning to this story and wonders if baby stories are not her stories to tell, rather they belong to her parents. Speaking of... you'll hear from them as well. 

Friends - make sure to listen to the Prologue and Episode 1 of this season to have a better understanding of the full story.

Additional reading/listening:

Listen to Open Book by Jessica Simpson

Listen to these episodes of the podcast You're Wrong About 

• Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 1)
• Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 2)
• Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 3)
• Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (The Conclusion!)

Read Consolations by David Whyte

Listen to this episode of On Being with Krista Tippett

• The Conversational Nature of Reality an interview with David Whyte

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

Hillary discovers her old My Book About Me and begins to question the book's significance. Did she really march to the beat of her own drum as a kid, like she remembers? Or did she choose the status quo by filling out the pages of this store bought book like everybody else?

My Book About Me is a book written by Dr. Seuss and RoyMckee.

Learn more about Dr. Suess' Anti-Black and Anti-Asian Published Work:

• Read this post from The Conscious Kid Instagram: @theconsciouskid
• Read Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts (The NY Times)
• Read "Know the difference between canceled and accountability" (Anti-Racism Daily)

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Music in this episode is by Liz Delise

• Liz Delise's website
• Liz's band Lizdelise
• Watch the music video for Nobody

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that trains entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers to use the art of storytelling as a powerful communication tool. Learn more about working with Hillary 1-on-1 in one of TMAS' Crafting Your Narrative programs.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend. You can listen to all of our past seasons from our Simplecast page. 

A very special bonus episode presenting one of our favorite shows: Material Feels.

Material Feels is a podcast exploring the intimate relationship between artists and their materials.

In this episode of Rashomon you will hear  an interview between Rashomon producer + host Hillary Rea and Material Feels producer + host Catherine Monahon, followed by the full episode Paper (Sculpture) – repetition, alignment & creating your happy place. 

Check out Material Feels' website for the full show notes for this episode. 

And, of course, follow, rate + review, and listen to Material Feels on your favorite podcast player. 

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Music at the beginning and end of this special bonus episode is courtesy of Liz Delise. 

Check out Liz: https://www.elizabethdelise.com 

Check our Liz's band, Lizdelise: https://www.lizdelise.com

Rashomon is no longer on social media or Patreon. However, you can catch up on all of the episodes on our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com

We're back! Welcome to Rashomon Season 3. This is a bit more than a trailer, it's a prologue for the story and season to come. New episodes begin Tuesday, March 30th. See you then!

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Music in this episode is by Liz Delise

Check out Liz: https://www.elizabethdelise.com 

Check our Liz's band, Lizdelise: https://www.lizdelise.com

Rashomon is no longer on social media or Patreon. However, you can catch up on all of the episodes on our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com

"Here we are sitting in the basement, characters in our own story. Making something beautiful together."

This special bonus episode of Rashomon Season 2 is a story written and produced by Nicki Stein.

Nicki sits down with her dad, Victor, to comb through old memories and to use each of their sides of the same story as a path for understanding each other in a new way.

I'm Not Sure What I'm Chasing Either was written and produced by Nicki Stein. Music in this story is by Blue Dot Sessions and Brower.

Thank you so much Nicki for letting us share your story. You can stay up to date with Nicki and her audio work on her website and her Soundcloud.

You can also follow Nicki on Instagram and Twitter.

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea.

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive.

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner.

Stay in touch with Rashomon on Instagram, Twitter, and the show's website.

For a few years, Emily and her moms, Sammy and her family, Cara and her moms, most of the Gold-Doyle household, and Gerald and his wife would get together for Summer gatherings and Christmas get togethers. And then the reunions started to fade. Throughout the course of this experience definitions of family evolve and change. What is family? You'll hear thirteen answers to this question! Plus Hillary quotes Ann Hartman again and reflects on a Summer spent indoors making a podcast.

This is the eighth (and final) chapter of the big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story.

Before you listen to this one, listen to:

S2E02: Sharon and Sammy

S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy

S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann

S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara

S2E06: Rebecca, Matthew, Colette and Laura

S2E07: The Families Are All Right

and
S2E08: Gerald

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Anny Celsi for recording on the West Coast. And thank you to Sharon Sass, Sammy Sass, Emily McGranachan, Cathy McGranachan, Nancy Smith, Cara Swan, Susan Swan, Carol Ann Dalto, Rebecca Doyle, Matthew Doyle, Laura Gold, Colette Doyle, Dorothy Mauer and Gerald Layden.

Music in this episode is by Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod We have member levels beginning at $1/month

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening! There's one more episode of this season coming your way.

When Gerald travelled to India to study yoga, he discovered the books of George Gurdjieff and they changed his life. Gerald takes us through many other life changing moments, including the discovery of his biological children that came about after a few years of donating sperm to a women's clinic in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This is the seventh chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story.

Before you listen to this one, listen to:
S2E02: Sharon and Sammy
S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy
S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann
S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara
S2E06: Rebecca, Matthew, Colette and Laura
and
S2E07: The Families Are All Right

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Gerald Layden and Dorothy Mauer

Music in this episode is by Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod We have member levels beginning at $1/month

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

Sammy and Emily both hear back from their sperm donor, Gerald, at the same time. And after meeting each other, they decide to meet Gerald together. And the chain of donor siblings meeting each other, each other's moms and Gerald, begins. Plus a rumination on the film The Kids Are All Right

This is the sixth chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story.

Before you listen to this one, listen to:
S2E02: Sharon and Sammy
S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy
S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann
S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara
and
S2E06: Rebecca, Matthew, Colette and Laura

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Sammy Sass, Sharon Sass, Emily McGranachan, Cathy McGranachan, Nancy Smith, Cara Swan, Susan Swan, Carol Ann Dalto, Rebecca Doyle, Matthew Doyle, Colette Doyle and Laura Gold.

And a HUGE thank you to Anny Celsi for recording everyone in California. Please visit her website to learn about her music and her radio work!

Music in this episode is by Ben Chace and Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod We have member levels beginning at $1/month

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

In the beginning of their nearly 40 year relationship, it was a struggle for Colette to come to terms with being in a relationship with Laura -- because she was a woman. And then after being together for a couple years, the relationship got easier and Colette told Laura that she really wanted to have children. But the the idea of having kids also made Colette aware that her relationship would be even more in the limelight. And she wanted to be honest with her children and herself.

Laura felt that "it was just an amazing stroke of luck that we had twins and it was really kind of wild because here we were two lesbians having a kid which would seemed wild enough but then it was twins and that just in some ways took the onus off the lesbian part because that's exciting in and of itself."

This is the fifth chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story.

Before you listen to this one, listen to:
S2E02: Sharon and Sammy
S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy

S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann

and
S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Laura Gold, Colette Doyle, Matthew Doyle and Rebecca Doyle.

And a HUGE thank you to Anny Celsi for recording everyone in California. I accidentally left Anny out of the end credits of the show and feel terrible about it. Anny, I'm sorry! Please visit her website to learn about her music and her radio work!

Music in this episode is by Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by Care/of. Head to https://takecareof.com/ and enter the code RASHOMON25 to get 25% your first order of vitamins, supplements and protein powders.

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

Sammy and Emily never imagined that having a donor dad also meant a possibility of having donor siblings. When they finally get in touch with their sperm donor they learn about each other. And six months after that... they find out about Cara.

This is the fourth chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From this episode onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story. Before you listen to this one, listen to:
Sharon and Sammy
Emily, Cathy and Nancy
and
Cara, Susan and Carol Ann

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Sammy Sass, Emily McGranachan, and Cara Swan.

Music in this episode is by Ben Chace and Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

Susan Swan never thought that she wanted children, until a plane ride with a friend who was in the middle of an alternative insemination process. This was just at the beginning of the "Gayby Boom" -- a term coined by a 1990 article in Time Magazine about a new generation of gay parents.

Susan used the same clinic as her friend and planned for a home birth with her partner Carol Ann by her side. And a story, or sense of wonder, about who the sperm donor was never at the forefront of life they had together as a tight-knit family of three. However, as a kid (and an only child) Cara wondered what it would be like to have siblings, after getting a small taste from her friends and the the supportive community her moms had built in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

This is the third chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story. Before you listen to this one, listen to Sharon and Sammy and Emily, Cathy and Nancy.

Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea

Thank you to Cara Swan, Susan Swan, and Carol Ann Dalto.

Music in this episode is by Ben Chace and Paul Defiglia

Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner

Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive

Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod

Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod

Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!