Welcome to season 2 of Women of the Hour. I am so thrilled to be back.

A few changes this season. We're making twice as many episodes, which is super exciting,

at least for me and my mother. It's also why you'll hear ads. Can you pay your bills,

Destiny's Child once asked? Well, now we can. Thanks to some companies I actually like,

whose products have actually mattered to me. Like MailChimp. MailChimp has been a pretty

excellent force in my life since we absolutely could not have started Lenny Letter or done this

second season without them. Over 14 million businesses use MailChimp to send their email newsletters

and for good reason. It is easy and intuitive and makes you feel quite capable. Okay, hit it DJ.

I don't know if I'll ever fit inside who you want me to be. Our theme today is Trapped.

Being Trapped, literally or metaphorically, and what it does to our psyches. We'll hear from people

who have been incarcerated in the American prison system, a woman who was kidnapped by North

Grand Soldiers, and a set of twins who busted open boundaries that others had created for them.

But first, the terrifying and hilarious tale of being literally trapped in an elevator.

I'm Patricia Marks and the reason I'm late is that I got stuck on an elevator coming here,

which is funny because that's what my story is about.

First, I'd like to utter a statement which is the sentence most likely to get you killed at a

dinner party in New York. Actually, it's the second most, but let me tell you this sentence first.

I lived for 15 years rent-free in a mansion of Fifth Avenue. If you're still listening,

I would say the sentence most likely to get you killed would be, I've seen Hamilton so many times

that I could now understudy for Jefferson, which is also true for me, but that's not what this is about.

So, I'm living in this mansion, poor me. I'm the house-sitter. The house is completely empty.

It does have a garden, which because I'm not a nature person, I in 15 years never walked into.

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