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Making ContactMothers, Markets, and Migration (Encore)In this week's episode, we take a look at how over six decades after the Korean War, South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a "domestic supply of (adoptable) infants" may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the US. This show first aired in November 2024. Featuring Alex Lewis, independent producer and founder of Rowhome Productions | Schuyler Swenson, producer | Lydia Doublestein, registered midwife Making Contact Team Episode Host: Amy Gastelum Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Exec...
2025-06-1829 minMaking ContactMothers, Markets, and Migration: How South Korea Became a Major Source for International AdoptionsIn this week's episode, we take a look at how over six decades after the Korean War, South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a "domestic supply of (adoptable) infants" may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the US. Featuring: Independent Producer and Founder of Rowhome Productions, Alex Lewis Producer, Schuyler Swenson Registered Midwife, Lydia Doublestein Making Contact Team: Episode Host: Amy Gastelum Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff...
2024-11-2729 min
Mother: A PodcastEpisode 13 :: Necessity Is The Mother Of InventionIn 1965 Margaret Crane was a young graphic designer with a crazy idea: Why couldn't women do their own pregnancy tests at home? This is the story of how she single-handedly created a billion-dollar industry that changed our lives forever, but never got any credit -- until now.
Music Credit: Rhythm and Strings by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Accessed via WFMU Free Music Archive
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2017-05-2500 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 12 :: Mommy DearestMartha abandoned each of her kids, as her relationships with their fathers soured. So why did they come together to care for her before she died? Contributor Matthew Barnes brings us the story of his own great-grandmother.
Plus, meet Alex Hall, the songwriter who created our new song -- and hear it for the first time! And Anne's newborn son Dev makes his podcast debut.
Music in this episode:
"Cathy Jo," "Ducks In A Row," and "Male Nurses With Male Purses" by Alex Hall. Available for download:
https://hallajandro.bandcamp.com/.
Jared C Balogh via WFMU Free Music Archive. http...
2016-12-0700 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 11 :: O Mother, Where Art Thou?A young midwife helps NYC moms deliver their babies, while searching for her own birth mother in Korea. A young man travels to a Korean orphanage to hold babies awaiting adoption. And Korean single moms in Queens band together to triumph over social stigma.
*Schuyler Swenson: http://www.schuylerswenson.com/
*Alex Lewis: https://twitter.com/alexjrlewis
*Learn more about the Single Parents Alliance of Korean:
https://voicesofny.org/2014/08/korean-single-moms-say-stereotypes-hurt-the-most/
Music in this episode via WFMU Free Music Archive:
*Andy G. Cohen, "Bumbler" (Album: "Through The Lens")
*Zé Trigueiros, "Big Road of Burravoe", "Ponto" (Album: "Bear With Me")
*Hogan Grip, "Stance G...
2016-08-1000 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 10 :: Scout Moms, Unite!Moms at an LGBTQ community center in Tulsa, Oklahoma struggle to host a Cub Scout troop. Meanwhile, a mom and her friend in Oakland, California are creating a radically different scouting experience for young girls. And Anne shares some BIG news.
Radical Monarchs: www.radicalmonarchs.org
Scouts for Equality: www.scoutsforequality.org
Oklahomans for Equality: www.okeq.org
Boy Scouts of America: www.scouting.org
Music in this episode from Michael Howard via WFMU Free Music Archive. Album: The Martyr and the Magician
Music was changed only in length and volume levels and can be found here: http://freemusicarchive.org...
2016-05-2000 min
TransistorThe Invention of the Home Pregnancy TestWe love a good backstory to a scientific invention that is ubiquitous today. Meet the women who got pregnancy tests out of labs and into homes.
In the episode:
Audrey Peattie
Margaret Crane
Gloria Allen
Special thanks to Dr. Jesse Olszynko-Gryn (University of Cambridge), whose research provided the basis for this piece.
This episode was brought to us by the podcast Mother, produced by Amy Gastelum and Anne Noyes Saini.
2016-02-2911 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 9 :: Personhood Reregistry + The Adult WombComedian Emily James tries to reregister as a person after her daughter is born, and writer Bryce Bauer (*not* a mom) teams up with Amy to explore one of the many artificial "wombs" adults sometimes escape to -- a float tank.
Special thanks to Emily James of Mom Com. Check out her videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDl8Qrhl0FKUoJqWyy3wdw/videos.
Thanks also to La Casa Spa & Wellness Center in NYC: http://www.lacasaspa.com/spa-services/floatation/.
Music in this episode by:
-Blue Dot Sessions, "Blue Jay" (album: "Feathers") via Free Music Archive / www.sessions.blue
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2015-12-1700 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 8 :: Dog Moms DelightWhen Lucy got her dog Friede, there were some things she wasn't expecting -- like feeling like Friede's mom ... and outliving her. Contributor Caitlin Pierce brings us the story of Lucy's funeral for Friede.
Plus, Amy and Anne share their own Doggie Mommy experiences and we hear from two "Dog Guardians" whose ideas about pet parenting were shaped by their own parents' approaches to child-rearing.
Special thanks to Caitlin Pierce of bordersradio.org and Lucy of ceremoniesforpets.com.
Music in this episode by:
-Tres Tristes Tangos,"Ojos Negros" (single) via Free Music Archive
-Morus Alba, Adultnescent [EP], "Anne" via Free...
2015-10-0800 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 7 :: What We Talk About When We Talk About Pregnancy LossWhy is it so hard to talk about pregnancy loss? Contributor Miranda Shafer (http://mirandashafer.com/) asks some hard questions about how she reacted to her own sister's miscarriage.
Amy explores the medical science underlying a case in Indiana where a woman who says she had a stillbirth was convicted of feticide. (Read more about the case here: http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-03-13/indiana-jury-says-purvi-patel-should-go-prison-what-she-says-was-miscarriage)
And a Tumblr project (http://pregnantparentingprochoice.tumblr.com/) collects stories of mothers + soon-to-be moms who support abortion access.
Special thanks to Tara Shafer (http://reconceivingloss.com/), Veronica Arreola, and Rachel Perrone + Jodi Jacobson at...
2015-08-1900 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 6 :: Cooking With Fear + Chanel International LopezWhen Anne + Amy try to cook with Amy's young daughter, there's an unexpected ingredient in the mix: fear. Plus, a profile of a transgender mom and her daughter.
Production assistance by Sarah Barrett. Special thanks to Sue Yacka.
Music credit:
-"Doctor True" by Jingle Punks, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library
-"You and Me" by Penny & The Quarters
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2015-06-2600 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 5 :: Mom ManifestosWhat do the poets + artists of the Italian Futurism movement (1909-1944) have in common with a bunch of mothers?
To celebrate our first anniversary + Mother's Day, we collected "Mom Manifestos" from a group of mothers: our family, friends, and several inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison.
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2015-05-1000 min
Bonnie & MaudeEp. 35 - Aliens // GUESTS: Amy & Anne of Mother: A PodcastIn celebration of Mother's Day, Amy Gastelum and Anne Noyes Saini, hosts of Mother: A Podcast, stop by the studio apartment to discuss one of the most empowering (but occasionally manipulative) motherhood-themed sci-fi classics, Aliens.
Having covered films from a mother's perspective on previous episodes (Rosemary's Baby, Despicable Me, Guy Maddin), we delve deeper into the meaning of the mother bear instinct, mom-on-mom violence, and what it's like to view a chest-burster scene when you're pregnant.
Please enjoy this Power Loader Baby Halloween costume.
2015-05-0942 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 4 :: Madeleine L'Engle + MeAmy digs into a childhood encounter with author Madeleine L'Engle, and Anne poses as a "mother" for a few hours. Plus, get a preview of an upcoming feature starring a transgender showgirl from the South Bronx.
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2015-02-1800 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 3 :: Non-Moms On MotheringWe're handing the mic to "non-Moms" and hearing their stories about why they have chosen NOT to become mothers and how that decision has changed their lives.
Music credit:
Abe Sada. "The City" Beko 82. BEKO Digital Singles Label, 2011.
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2014-10-1600 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 2 :: Breastfeeding In Grade 7Anne tracks down Chinese postpartum "confinement" foods in Queens and, a teenager in Brooklyn conquers breastfeeding. Plus, Amy takes uncomfortable questions from an online forum for moms to a party.
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2014-07-2200 minMother: A PodcastEpisode 1 :: Our Podcast Birth StoryArtist Judith Bernstein considers her mother, cooking lessons from an Indian mother-in-law, and proper swaddling technique.
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2014-05-0900 min