Meaghan O'Connell on Writing, Death, Therapy, Screens, and Going Back to School at 42
"Just because it's hard doesn't mean you're not meant to do it."
The Mother Of It All
A podcast where we go deep into the culture of modern motherhood, from Sarah Wheeler + Miranda Rake.
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Summer So Far
What's working, what's not, and what now.
Friction-Maxxing with Kathryn Jezer-Morton
The author of The Cut’s Brooding column returns to roll out version 2.0 of “friction-maxxing,” the term that went viral earlier this year and earned her her first Wikipedia page.
Our 100th Episode LIVE! Motherhood as a 'Serious' Topic with Poet Rachel Richardson
"I'm a human person; with selfhood and attachment. And sometimes there's friction in that."
What to do when your kid doesn't want to go to school, and other pressing questions
Like whether or not your kid's birthday is also your BIRTH day
Restlessness, Maternal Ambivalence, and the Buried Stories of Women in History with Julia Cooke
“Motherhood is the strangest thing – it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse”
Big news! Announcing our first ever LIVE event!
We really hope you can come!
Are We Overinvested in Parenthood? A Converstaion With Sociologist Nina Bandelj
How raising kids has become a project, how kids became ‘human capital,’ and what it means that parenthood is privatized, economized, and “emotionalized.”
Does every mom do too many things? Is that...maybe fine?!
Plus: Recent parenting levity moments, clam chowder, making up songs, 3 a.m. Poshmarking, PTA, book clubs, and the social lives of elementary school parents.
Hope, Care & Raising Kids In A Climate Crisis with Kaitlyn Teer
The wonderful PNW-based writer joins us to talk about her new book, 'Little Apocalypses; Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World'.