Episodes

  • Season 1 Finale! What the Pandemic Taught Us About Parenthood

    Season 1 Finale! What the Pandemic Taught Us About Parenthood
    Oct 14 2020
    In the season ender Elise and Amy take a look back at what they've learned most this season, where we're at now, and where things might go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • A Silver Lining? How the Pandemic Might Change Work Culture

    A Silver Lining? How the Pandemic Might Change Work Culture
    Oct 6 2020
    Leslie Forde joins us to talk about what she calls the "Mom's Hierarchy of Needs," and what she's hearing from companies about their desire and commitment to come out of the pandemic with dramatically improved workplaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • How to Take a Real Break

    How to Take a Real Break
    Sep 29 2020
    Petra Bueskens, is a psychologist and social scientist in Australia, and a well-known motherhood researcher worldwide. She coined the term "strategic absence" to describe a tactic she saw while studying women who were deliberately trying to upend traditional gender dynamics in their home. The idea is that if you plan the occasional absence from the home, not only does it help maintain your independence, but also it forces everyone else in the household to share the load of domestic tasks. But ... can it work in a pandemic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • A Lesson in Communal Parenting from Native American Culture

    A Lesson in Communal Parenting from Native American Culture
    Sep 22 2020
    Midwife and public health research Janelle Palacios grew up on the Flathead reservation and specializes in native families. In this episode, she walks us through how American social workers pathologized Indigenous family structures, the long period of family separation in tribal communities that followed, and all the many ways that a communal approach to family is better than the nuclear family approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • The Complexities of Covering Moms, Way Beyond Mom Blogs

    The Complexities of Covering Moms, Way Beyond Mom Blogs
    Sep 15 2020
    Writer Heather B. Armstrong (aka Dooce) and author & Longest Shortest Time creator Hillary Frank join us to talk about the history of the mom beat and why it's still not taken seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • No School Or After School. Now What?

    No School Or After School. Now What?
    Sep 8 2020
    School's not back after the summer, exposing even more need for after school programs that have filled the gap for working families. But those programs face a precarious funding future. Nikki Yamashiro from the Afterschool Alliance joins to share her latest research. PLUS a brief history of how daycare shame started in America.Check out the Afterschool Alliance: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • What the Climate Crisis Can Teach Us About Fixing the Parenting Crisis

    What the Climate Crisis Can Teach Us About Fixing the Parenting Crisis
    Sep 1 2020
    Dr. Beth Sawin has spent decades studying systems change, and what she's learned about the climate crisis and various other crises gave us a surprising feeling ... dare we say hope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • A Japanese Home Ec Experiment

    A Japanese Home Ec Experiment
    Aug 25 2020
    Japanese fatherhood researcher Masako Ishii-Kuntz explains why Scandinavian-style family support families failed in Japan (complete with applicable lessons for the U.S.), and why she's placing her faith in an unusual solution to gender inequality: home economics classes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins