Hey Sugar fans, this is Anne Marie, producer emeritus of the show.
And today were doing something a little different.
Were bringing you an episode of a podcast called Family Ghosts.
Its a show where people tell stories about experiences that transform their understanding.
A familial legacy.
Now, on a recent episode of the shows third season, there was a storyteller named David Crabb, who took kind of a unique approach to this concept.
He told the story of three dogs in his life and how they've shaped his perception of what it means to start a family or to just be part of one.
Here's the show.
Spoke media.
Hello, ghost family.
Welcome to family ghosts.
Last summer, I went out to LA, and I spent a few days with this writer and storyteller whose work I have for years.
His name is David Crabb, and when I got to his apartment, he told me this story from a couple years ago when he was feeling really depressed.
A family member named Charlie had died.
And this happened right at the time that David and his husband had to move out of their house.
They didn't have very much notice about having to move.
Didn't even really have time to look for a new place.
So they were temporarily staying at this friend's studio apartment in East Hollywood while she was out of town.
It was a small apartment, but it had this big picture window, which meant that she had a perfect view of the building across the street, which happened to be the church of Scientology.
I could just, like, lean in a window in my very depressed state and watch the Scientologist in and out of the big blue building for hours on end.