Relative Strangers
Poet and teacher Taylor Mali knows more about his family than anyone really needs to know, especially the branch that has lived in New York City for 400 years. However, they don't all know him or each other—they are relative strangers to each other—so getting all 450 of them to meet in person in the summer of 2024 is going to be a struggle or a train wreck.
Relative Strangers
1. Keeping Track of the Johnstons
In this first episode, host Taylor introduces John Taylor Johnston and Frances Colles, the patriarch and matriarch of the family, at least this branch of it. If you ever watched The Gilded Age on HBO, then you'd understand why Taylor's wife Rachel calls that show "the documentary about Taylor's family." This episode will give you an overview of the couple at the heart of this podcast series. And there has already been some family drama.
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