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MotherworldlyAmy Jones: Writer and MotherSeries 3 of the Motherworldly Podcast is all about books.
Amy Jones is all over the social medias as @jimsyjampots, where she shares her family life in all its glory; she's a writer and podcaster, and the auther of The To Do List and Other Debacles, a memoir of mental health. In our conversation, we explored the process of writing, the importance of to-do lists, and the impact that motherhood has had on her.2022-03-1140 minMotherworldlyZainab Yate: First Time AuthorSeries 3 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about books.
I spoke to Zainab on what might have been the hottest day of the year, but we managed to focus our minds and had a really interesting discussion of breastfeeding aversion as well as - of course - breastfeeding in its wider context. I used the term "skin hunger" and thanks to my friend Meg have tracked down the correct attribution - it's in Kerstin Uvnas Moberg's book The Oxytocin Factor.2022-03-1131 minMotherworldlyAmy Brown: Prolific AuthorThe third series of the Motherworldly podcast is about books: writing them, reading them, not writing them, having more of them than you can ever read.
Amy Brown is single-handedly responsible for the latter, churning out a book or two most days. In this episode we talk incessantly about her latest book, which I'm more than usually excited about because I'm in it!2022-03-1122 minMotherworldlySherry Bevan: WriterThis series of the Motherworldly Podcast is about books.
Sherry Bevan is a life coach, breastfeeding counsellor, mother, and president of the NCT. She tells me about her life and her writing process. This one's right down the feminist end of the conversational spectrum.2022-03-1137 minMotherworldlyRachel Plachinski: Book LoverSeries 3 of the Motherworldly Podcast is all about books: reading them, writing them, loving them.
Rachel and I chat about her "bible," Carl Rogers' On Becoming A Person, a 1961 book that really sets out his philosophy. We also touch on other books that have been important to her, and whether or not she might one day write one herself. It's so lovely to talk to someone about a book they really love and keep on going back to throughout their life.2022-03-1132 minMotherworldlyLucinda Hawksley: BiographerSeries 3 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about reading, writing, and loving books.
I absolutely defy you to listen to this and not immediately want to read all of Lucinda's books, she is such an engaging speaker, and as a veteran author speaks with authority of her experience of writing and getting published. Find more of her at lucindahawksley.com2022-01-0236 minMotherworldlyLorraine Smith: Wannabe AuthorThe third series of the Motherworldly podcast is all about books.
Lori is an old friend, and we have had many conversations about the book she hasn't written yet. It's subject matter is quite literally very close to all our hearts: bras.2021-08-2024 minMotherworldlyNjambi McGrath: MemoiristThe third series of the Motherworldly podcast is about the joy of books: reading them, writing them, not writing them.
Comedian and antenatal teacher Njambi McGrath talks about the process and emotional journey of writing her heartfelt book Through The Leopard's Gaze.2021-08-2029 minMotherworldlyAndrea Freeman: Breastfeeding, Race and InjusticeSeries 1 of the Motherworldly podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Andrea Freeman is Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Freeman writes and researches at the intersection of critical race theory and issues of food policy, health, and consumer credit.
She talks to Karen about her book, Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice, the story of the exploitation of the Fultz quadruplets in 1940s America.2021-08-1925 minMotherworldlyJenny Harmer: Health Visiting in LockdownThe lockdown miniseries of the Motherworldly Podcast explores how the pandemic is affecting the lives of women.
Jenny Harmer is a Heath Visitor/breastfeeding specialist in South London and one half of the I am a Health Visitor Podcast. Prior to health visiting she was a paediatric A&E nurse. She lives with her husband & three children (two human one greyhound!) and has rediscovered cross-stitch during lockdown.2021-08-1830 minMotherworldlyLouise Timlin: Women in TechSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Louise and I talk about being a woman in science and industry, being a northerner, and being in the Women's Equality Party.2021-08-1524 minMotherworldlySophie Harman: The impact of Covid-19 on womenSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Dr Sophie Harman is Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary's University of London. She has written recently about the government response to the coronavirus pandemic and its implications for women. In this interview she points out how women are upholding the economy both in their paid and their unpaid labour, and we do manage to find a few positives in the situation2021-08-1425 minMotherworldlyLisa Stewart: Motherhood in a pandemicSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Lisa is one of my oldest friends, living the high life in Shanghai. She talks about the adjustments she and her family have had to make in the last few weeks, and their impact on her work and family life.2021-08-1322 minMotherworldlyRahila Gupta: Healing NarrativeSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Rahila Gupta talks about her epic work The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong, fighting for the rights of her disabled child, and creative writing with BAME survivors of domestic violence.2021-08-1227 minMotherworldlyPetra Boynton: Academic WriterSeries 3 of the Motherworldly podcast is about books: reading them, writing them, not writing them.
Anyone with any connection at all to academia will find this fascinating. Petra writes about being well in academia (actually that's the title of the book!) and we talk about this with specific reference to students and staff returning to school and uni after lockdown.2021-08-1237 minMotherworldlyEmma Pickett: BreastfeedingSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Emma Pickett is a mother, lactation consultant, author, and chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers. She has such a lot to say about the state of breastfeeding and why it is and isn't a feminist issue, that I might have to do another episode with her. But enjoy this one!2021-07-1527 minMotherworldlyMichelle Quashie: Birth ActivismSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Michelle Quashie is a busy woman: mother, founder of the Women's Voices Conference, Service User Rep on the National Maternity Transformation Programme, and vice chair of her local Maternity Voices Partnership. She tells her birth stories, as background to her journey into birth activism and advocating for women, and talks about why she does what she does.2021-07-1526 minMotherworldlyKathryn Kelly: What goes in a show about feminism and motherhood?Series 1 of Motherworldly is about feminist issues in motherhood. In this episode, Karen and Kathryn unpick the terms "feminism" and "motherhood" and try to figure out what would be in a podcast about feminist issues in motherhood.2021-07-1528 minMotherworldlyMia Scotland: AuthorThis is the final episode of the Motherworldly Podcast, in which I mostly suggest alternative names for Mia's books, which is probably pretty annoying. She talks about her subject matter - postnatal wellbeing and birth trauma, her writing process, and her career.2021-07-151h 01