EPISODE · Nov 25, 2025 · 47 MIN
12: A Digital Timecapsule: "How Did Your Family Relate to Religion?"
from Listen To My Mother · host Shain and Sarah Fishman
Shain opens up about her “soul friend” in the ICU and what it feels like to be the person everyone relies on in a crisis. With no listener submission this month, Sarah pulls out one of her keepsake journals and asks Shain a question straight from the page: “Were your parents religious when you were growing up?” That single prompt leads to stories about Holocaust-survivor parents, Jewish identity, and the very different versions of “family dinner” they each grew up with. They wrap by reflecting on the best advice Shain ever received — and the advice she wishes she hadn’t. It’s tender, honest, and exactly the kind of conversation Sarah is grateful to have recorded. Have a question you'd like answered on-air? Submit it at bit.ly/listentomysubmission And follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/listentomymother/
What this episode covers
Shain opens up about her “soul friend” in the ICU and what it feels like to be the person everyone relies on in a crisis. With no listener submission this month, Sarah pulls out one of her keepsake journals and asks Shain a question straight from the page: “Were your parents religious when you were growing up?” That single prompt leads to stories about Holocaust-survivor parents, Jewish identity, and the very different versions of “family dinner” they each grew up with. They wrap by reflecting on the best advice Shain ever received — and the advice she wishes she hadn’t. It’s tender, honest, and exactly the kind of conversation Sarah is grateful to have recorded. Have a question you'd like answered on-air? Submit it at bit.ly/listentomysubmissionAnd follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/listentomymother/
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