In the pilot episode, The Darkest Light host Kanya D'Almeida talks to her mother about what it was like to give birth in Sri Lanka a generation ago—in 1983.&nbsp; Their candid conversation is interspersed with Kanya's own birth story, from 2019. The two women gave birth just 30 years apart, but their experiences were so different they may as well have taken place in different centuries.&nbsp;

A Tale of Two Hospitals

On each episode of the Darkest Light, I talk to mothers about their journey through pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. These are the stories you don’t often hear, the ones women aren’t encouraged to tell. These are the stories I wish I had heard before deciding to become a mother. They’re out there, floating around in scraps and whispers. This podcast is an attempt to gather the pieces.