Matthew Bradford
speaker
272 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Jun
Matthew Bradford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Mom is driving faster than she normally does, and it makes me nervous.
Not for us, but for other people.
The people on the sidewalk, like those kids coming out of the stop and go, or that lady walking her dog.
There's a light up ahead, and I almost say something, but Mom's jaw is tight, teeth biting down on a cigarette.
She just slows for a second and spins the wheel to the right.
The tires give a little squeal and she tears around the corner without stopping.
The lady with the dog looks up, scared.
She flips us the middle finger and holds it until we're out of sight.
Where are we going?
I ask for the third time.
She didn't answer for the first two times.
Smoke streams out of her nostrils like her brain is on fire.
She looks a little pale, a little sick.
Her window is rolled down just a crack and the smoke gets sucked out into the air that feels like a blow dryer on high.
She takes the cigarette out of her mouth and drives one-handed.
The car swerves across the lines, almost into another lane, before she jerks it back again.
You didn't, though.
I'm not arguing.
My foot presses down on the gas and I watch the speedometer creep towards 70 miles per hour as we tear down the road.
The frame of the car shivers like it's going to fall apart any second.
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