Episode 1: Dear Honeys

Leon Neyfakh (0:02)

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Alice Gregory (0:40)

This podcast is about suicide listener discretion as advised.

Patty Flynn (0:47)

Hello, you've preached Michael and Petro Mathers to leave us a methods.

Michael Braski (0:50)

Thank you.

SPEAKER_5 (0:53)

After birth and after birth after birthday, my keys, I don't be to you. Hope you're well. They carry yourself. Hope to talk to you soon. Bye bye.

Unless I'm missed reading my calendar.

Patty Flynn (1:16)

I believe two three four five is your birthday and I'm calling to wish you were a happy one.

SPEAKER_5 (1:24)

I'm thinking of you and just know that I love you both.

SPEAKER_6 (1:29)

And that's it.

Patty Flynn (1:31)

Bye bye.

SPEAKER_5 (1:37)

Michael, give me a call please, it's good. We're worried about you.

SPEAKER_6 (1:47)

Are you, Mike, I just talked to you. Please give you a call.

SPEAKER_5 (1:50)

Please, I would really pas you. Mike, I got squared. Makes me cryet.

SPEAKER_6 (1:58)

You can't be serious enough.

SPEAKER_5 (2:01)

What's happening?

Michael Braski (2:02)

Somebody's gonna call me?

SPEAKER_5 (2:06)

Michael is tom? Uh? Hello, he's whoses.

Patty Flynn (2:10)

My name is Patty and I'm a friend of the Mathers. The phone has been rained qu quite a bit, but I saw you a name and I thought this person has called before, and I will pick it up.

SPEAKER_5 (2:23)

I'm so glad you you did.

SPEAKER_7 (2:25)

Uh.

SPEAKER_6 (2:25)

We're also friends of the matters.

SPEAKER_5 (2:29)

When we received a letter from from them, and it's quite alarming.

Patty Flynn (2:36)

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry for you.

Oh no, they uh yes, they uh there. They took their life and that's the way they wanted to do it. They wanted to go together and and that's what they did.

SPEAKER_6 (3:27)

End of final message.

SPEAKER_8 (3:27)

Are you scared?

SPEAKER_9 (3:27)

We are you scared of You're hiding me?

SPEAKER_10 (3:28)

Hid mom? Remember when we recorded you and you listen to yourself.

SPEAKER_7 (3:34)

This is just that.

SPEAKER_9 (3:35)

This is just the toy.

SPEAKER_10 (3:37)

Do you make any sound you want into this? Ah, that's a funny sound, Tess. Can we show you a video?

Leon Neyfakh (3:46)

We're gonna show you a video that starts with the most beautiful song you ever heard.

SPEAKER_9 (3:50)

Then we're gonna read a book.

SPEAKER_10 (3:52)

You want to see it?

Michael Braski (3:55)

Yeah?

SPEAKER_7 (4:09)

And kids? What Abel Enabel?

SPEAKER_8 (4:18)

Wait there?

Alice Gregory (4:20)

Rainbow right there.

SPEAKER_10 (4:21)

Here's a story about someone whose life took a wonderful turn when she learned to dance.

SPEAKER_9 (4:27)

It's called Sophie and Lou. Mm hm, Sophie and catch your Mathers test. Look what do you say?

SPEAKER_11 (4:43)

That's the same book. I remember this book from when I was little, When Auntie Gracie was your age, she had this book.

SPEAKER_10 (4:53)

Yeah, you test. Patro Mathers is the author. She's the person who wrote the book and drew the pictures.

SPEAKER_6 (4:59)

You ca.

SPEAKER_11 (5:01)

She's a lady that mommy and daddy are so curious about.

SPEAKER_10 (5:06)

She also wrote all these other books you have, Remember Lottie and Herbie. Ah, she wrote Lottie and Herbie too.

SPEAKER_8 (5:17)

Stopping for Yeah, Okay, I'm going to start reading this book. It's called Sophie and Lou by Patron Mathers.

Sophie was shy, so shy, she did her shopping during the low hours so she wouldn't have to talk to anyone. One morning, she heard pounding and shouting.

SPEAKER_11 (5:32)

Across the street. What are they up to over there?

SPEAKER_9 (5:36)

Look?

SPEAKER_11 (5:36)

And then they opened a dancing studio right across the street from her house, and she's looking in. All those animals are learning to dance, and Sophie's curious looking in. That's still pretty shy.

Michael Coy (5:45)

Sophie and Lou, I think is to this day. I think is a classic so much.

Michael Braski (5:50)

We just the dancing and oh god, yeah, and.

Michael Coy (5:55)

That's Sophie and Moore are patroon Michael?

SPEAKER_9 (6:02)

No, that's Lou Who is this as?