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The Mother Of It AllWant Community? Let Go of Control! With Stephanie H. MurrayWe sit down with the whip-smart UK-based American journalist Stephanie H. Murray (a contributing writer for The Atlantic) to talk about the flawed baseline logic of American parenthood, freedom, control and the sacrifices we make to be part of a community. Murray explains that finding community may mean that we can’t “overindex” every little parenting decision, why ‘freedom’ as parents and kids might be more complex than it seems, why she wishes her neighbors would yell at her kids more often, and more. Plus: Book recommendations, parenthood and vigilance, Fanta in the UK vs. US, and Sarah demands permission...
2026-01-261h 16
The Mother Of It AllBig Screen Moms (and Dads!) in 2025This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comHappy New Year, sweet paid subscribers! Thanks for making us rich! Just kidding. Thanks for keeping the lights on, though. Your support means a lot, and we’re filled with gratitude as we cruise into 2026. 2025 was quite a year for mom movies AND dad movies and we’ve been dying to talk about it. Sarah saw most of them, and Miranda saw some of them, despi…
2026-01-0529 min
Voices for JusticeSodder Family Interview with Miranda Weeks, Great Great Granddaughter of Jennie and George SodderAt around 1:00 am on December 25, 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to smoke pouring into her bedroom. She woke up her husband, George, and they started evacuating the house of their nine children. By the time the fire took over the Sodder residence, only Jennie, George, and four of their children made it outside safely.
George and two of his sons frantically tried to get into the house to save the remaining children, but they couldn’t. When George went to fill up a bucket with water to start extinguishing the flames, the water was frozen, wh...
2025-12-251h 35
The Mother Of It AllClub Sandwich Generation with Courtney MartinIn this episode, Sarah and Miranda Rake kick things off with some Mariah Carey karaoke and a rundown of their favorite “laundry folding films.” Then journalist Courtney Martin joins to talk about the messy, tender, and often overwhelming realities of caring for aging parents while raising kids—the ultimate sandwich generation hustle. Courtney shares what it’s been like to relocate her whole family, the heartbreak and beauty of moving her dad into memory care, and how communal living and worker-owned elder care centers have shaped her journey. Grab a mug of tea, add another bag (Sarah’s jam), and settle...
2025-12-151h 08
The Mother Of It AllElf On The Shelf & the Annual Search For Meaning with Meaghan O'ConnellWelcome to our ✨Holiday Special✨! In an episode that is ostensibly about Elf On The Shelf (or Mensch On The Bench — for Sarah), we explore our collective annual search for meaning and self with the great Meaghan O’Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything and noted Elf On The Shelf apologist. Pressing items interrogated lightly include: Should Elf On The Shelf be a Dad thing? Does holiday magic necessarily include lying to our kids? What do we say when our kids ask if we’re Santa? What is the true magic? How do we even know what...
2025-12-0155 min
The Mother Of It AllParenting Advice That Fits On A Bumper Sticker with Melinda Wenner MoyerWe’re joined by science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer, author Hello, Cruel World! Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times. Melinda’s work has long been a trusted source for parents, and here, we talk a little bit about a lot of things that are on our minds right now. Melinda shares thoughts everything from Botox and dying our hair to resilience & kids, to nervous-system regulation to whether divorced moms are quietly judging their married friends and so much more! We end with an invigorating lightning round of a new game that Sarah Wheeler created call...
2025-11-171h 09
The Mother Of It AllWho is the PTA for?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comIn this bonus episode for paid subscribers, Sarah and Miranda go long on the PTA (Sarah is this year’s PTA President for her school—something she thought she’d never do) — balancing anxiety about your kid with collective goals and getting involved without losing your boundaries. Also radio nostalgia and whether your clothes just look like pajamas. Links:
2025-11-1010 min
The Mother Of It AllMotherhood & Creativity with Christie George & Jihii JollySarah and Miranda are joined by guests Christie George and Jihii Jolly to discuss how motherhood and creativity fuel or constrain one another, and how we navigate life as mothers who also want to make art, or artists who want to mother. Links:* Christie George’s Practice Practice* Jijii Jolly’s Time Spent* Christie’s book, The Emergency Was Curiosity * The Mother Artist by Catherine Ricketts* Scrap SF* Ruth Asawa* Designing Motherhood exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design* We Live F...
2025-11-031h 30
The Mother Of It AllParenthood in the Age of AI with Dr. Dana SuskindWith the (yes, weird to make it a footnote but) footnote that the global environmental, cultural, social and real human costs of AI are massive, today we are zeroing in on just one question about AI: the impact of AI on kids and parents. How will the coming ubiquity of AI tools in our homes, schools and workplaces impact child development, parenthood and the world our children will inherit in their adulthood? Our guest today is Doctor Dana Suskind, founder and Co-Director of the a Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago, Founding...
2025-10-2055 min
The Mother Of It AllHow I Studied ADHD for 15 Years and Didn't Know I Had ItTo celebrate ADHD Awareness Month, Sarah is doing a little read aloud for us. Her essay, Call Me By My Name: How I Studied ADHD for 15 Years and Didn’t Know I Had It, remains one of the most read pieces on her newsletter. Listen to an audio recording of the essay — about identity, relationships, and what getting a diagnosis does and doesn’t do for us — read by Sarah. Links:* Call Me By My Name on Mompsreading This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...
2025-10-1324 min
The Mother Of It AllDropping the Ball on Purpose with Taylor HarrisSarah and Miranda are joined by Taylor Harris, the author of a new column, You’ve Always Been This Way, about her later-in-life AuDHD diagnosis. We talk Autistic burnout, empathy for the neurotypical parent, the Enneagram, RFK, and sneaker deals.Links:* Taylor’s column (McSweeney’s)* This Boy We Made (Taylor’s book on our Bookshop storefront)* Holotropic Breathwork* Climbing inside a Tauntaun * Spoon Instagram* Celebrity Height Instagram* Follow Taylor on Instagram This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...
2025-10-061h 18
Modern Women's WellnessEpisode 26 - Anemia in Pregnancy: How to Prevent Deficiencies and Protect Your Baby with Sarah Thompson, Author of Functional MaternityPregnancy can bring moments that feel heavier than expected — waking up tired, running out of breath after simple tasks, but at what point is it beyond normal pregnancy? Excessive fatigue that rest alone doesn’t fix can be a sign of anemia and addressing this early can have a massive impact on pregnancy outcomes.In this episode, Dr. Miranda Naylor is joined by Sarah Thompson, a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, doula, and functional medicine practitioner specializing in maternity care. With nearly 20 years of experience, Sarah shares how nutrition, lab patterns, and functional insights can work together to r...
2025-10-0157 min
The Mother Of It AllMidlife self-discovery, running late, neurotypes, clean floors, the PTA & moreThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comHey hey paid subscribers! This one is for you! It’s just the two of us, today, your trusty hosts with the mosts, Sarah Wheeler and Miranda Rake, chatting about what’s on our parent-minds. We meander our way into deep and not-so-deep topics like: Self-perception, dirty floors, recent parenting challenges, neurodiversity, personal values and personal spac…
2025-09-2904 min
The Mother Of It AllMotherhood Around the World with Abigail LeonardSarah and Miranda talk to journalist Abigail Leonard, author of Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries, about the social, cultural, and political forces that shape what it unfolds when women become mothers in Kenya, Finland, Japan, and the U.S. Would Leonard have had a third child if she hadn’t been living in Japan at the time? What is it about Finland that makes an ambivalent dad stick around? We explore what’s harder, what’s different, and what seems to be universal about motherhood in four very different societies.
2025-09-221h 04
The Mother Of It AllNerding Out About 'Bluey' with Kathryn VanArendonkKathryn Van Arendonk is a critic at New York Magazine who writes about TV and comedy, and I (Miranda) have loved her work for a long time. I was watching a lot of Bluey when I first started realizing that all my favorite TV reviews on New York Magazine’s Vulture site were written by the same person, and that person was Kathryn! It felt like magic when she started writing about Bluey and like even MORE magic when Kathryn announced that she will be writing a book (a “cultural deep-dive”) about Bluey that will be out in 2027. She’s curren...
2025-09-081h 24
The Mother Of It AllSmurf Guns & Surrogate FantasiesOne last summer check-in to tide us all over until Season 3! Sarah and Miranda dive into the chaos and comedy of back-to-school season, teen babysitter economics, toy gun ethics, and of course, the emotional calculus of modern parenting (and Miranda accidentally makes Sarah cry). We unpack whether Stepbrothers is misogyny at its most insidious, why we are selling kids pink AK-47s, our crone fantasies, and the weird beauty of watching your kids become people.Not relevant to the episode at all, but relevant generally: Links* Tilt by Emma Pattee* The...
2025-08-1158 min
The Mother Of It AllI Think We're Changing Schools. Help!This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comDid you know that Sarah Wheeler is actually a real live professional educational psychologist and parent coach? Today, Miranda asks Sarah to put on her Dr. hat and give some professional advice about changing schools. When you start to think about sending your kid to a different school, how can you know that you’re making the right choice? What if the new school isn…
2025-06-0607 min
You're Wrong AboutThe I Hate to Housekeep Book with Miranda ZicklerFor many of us, house cleaning is a daunting, unpleasant affair, but for You’re Wrong About editor Miranda Zickler, it is a love language. Continuing the Peg Bracken Book Club tradition set forth by our I Hate Cookbook episode with Sarah Archer, we discuss The I Hate to Housekeep Book, a tongue-in-cheek guide for housewives that came out in 1962. Miranda also shares her background as a housecleaner as she and Sarah get into all the figurative cracks and crevices of the archetypal Home to figure out why keeping our space clean can feel so emotionally ch...
2025-05-311h 26
The Mother Of It AllTo melatonin or not to melatonin, our '90s playlists, toddler asthma, high horses, therapy is good & moreThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comIt’s Friday and we’re taking it easy & talking it through! All of it. It’s just the two of us, Miranda and Sarah, checking in about our parenting lives and LIFE lives. We’re talking about everything that’s been going on for us lately, from teaching our kids tongue twisters, checking Reddit for each other, adventures in toddler asthma, motherhood and vig…
2025-05-3008 min
The Mother Of It AllThe Wisdom of Disabled Parenting 2.0 with Jessica SliceWe reunite with author and parent Jessica's Slice ahead of the release of her tremendous book, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, to learn how her life with a second child has taught her to throw out the milestones and ask for help (even when it involves a dead possum!). Then, you get to listen to Sarah’s initial interview with Jessica, which remains one of our all time favorites and touches on parenting perfectionism, disability justice, and parenting neurodivergent kids. Links:* Order Unfit Parent * Jessica’s website and Substack news...
2025-04-071h 27
The Mother Of It AllDifferently-Wired with Debbie ReberDebbie Reber, the host of the Tilt Parenting podcast, talks to us about what she’s learned from having hundreds of conversations on raising differently-wired kids. We discuss independence versus self-determination, low-demand parenting, how to find your parenting integrity, and whether even having these conversations is a parenting privilege. Links:* Miranda is So Busy So Bored* The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh* Our new Bookshop storefront!* Tilt Parenting Podcast* Differently Wired: A Parent's Guide to Raising an Atypical Child wi...
2025-03-311h 16
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The doctor who was pregnant in 2020“I remember the bizarre feeling of my baby kicking inside me while taking care of patients dying of COVID in the hospital.”Brett was a doctor in a small town when the pandemic hit, with a toddler at home and a baby on the way. In this episode, she and Miranda (who are childhood friends) talk through her experience as a parent, spouse, and physician during those intense years, and the way they continue to impact her and her family five years later. Also, we agree that a cold juice box actually does cure a lot of thin...
2025-03-2826 min
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The mom who put herself on hold“Coming into parenthood for the second time, I knew a lot. And I think I had this vision of what I would do differently, and I was going to plug into the local mom's groups, or plug into the play dates and take the yoga classes with the kids and things like that. And it became not that. It became just very, very isolating.”Sarah talks to Marta, who had a fresh professional and parenting start planned, only to be hit with the pandemic. We discuss her desires to tend to her self now that her kids are...
2025-03-2622 min
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The mom who gave birth March 18, 2020Sarah speaks with Arianne, who gave birth just days into the pandemic lockdown. They discuss how birth trauma and isolation led Arianne to doubt her attachment to her daughter, tricky family relationships, and how she’s healed and found what they call “heart family.” Links: * Our pandemic parenting survey (you can still take it if you want to)* The first episode of our pandemic parenting surveyIf you love (or honestly even just like) the work that Sarah & Miranda do here on Mother Of It All, please consider becoming a paid s...
2025-03-2117 min
The Mother Of It AllDoes YouTube Deserve Our Kids Attention? With Amil NiaziOne of The Cut’s parenting columnists and official friend-of-the-pod, Amil Niazi, joins us to talk about her recent essay on weaning her kids off YouTube. We’ve covered screen time, but this time we’re talking about algorithmic content. Is the algorithm as unavoidable as it feels to many of us? Or is it worth it for parents to push back — even when it makes for some awkward moments with other families — and try to hold out as long as they can? If your kids are already hooked on YouTube, like Amil’s were, is there a way to reign it...
2025-03-171h 04
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The mom who had just moved to Norway“I truly believe in the power of policy, and I have been like radicalized by that, since becoming a mom and living here.”Sarah chats with Ariana, a mom in Norway, about how it felt to be a fresh ex-pat when the world shut down. They discuss the overlap and many differences between parenting in the U.S. and Norway during covid, the impact that financial support makes, and how hard it can be to navigate new places at a time when people are holing up. Links: * Ariana wrote more about her pandemic expe...
2025-03-1420 min
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The mom who had foster kids in 2020“Our foster daughter was doing virtual school. My partner was doing virtual school in the other room. My foster daughter couldn't really stay in virtual school unless I was right next to her, and I was often also on a video call with her social worker ,whose daughter was in virtual school. So it was just like, infinity schools in our house.”Ashleigh had recently quit her job to become a foster parent, and found herself intensively parenting almost 24/7 when Covid lockdowns began. Here, she and Miranda discuss what life was like then, and how those dense days...
2025-03-1017 min
The Mother Of It AllPandemic Parents, 5 Years Later: The mom who ran a school with 3 kids and a newborn at home“I had already formed an identity as a parent, which made it easier for me to make decisions in the best interest of my family and kids during that time without heightened fear of judgment. I continue to be grateful for that. If I had had my first child during Covid I know it would have been different.”As part of our pandemic parenting series, Christine, a parent in Brooklyn, joins Miranda to share her reflections on giving birth for the 4th time in 2020, as well as her observations as a teacher about how pandemic isolation impacted not...
2025-03-0730 min
The Mother Of It AllWhere Were You in March 2020?About 500 parents poured their hearts out in the pandemic parenting survey that we sent out into the world last fall. We’ve been reading your words for a few months (THANK YOU) , and now, here we are in March of 2025. Somehow, it’s been five years since the world shut down, and we’re ready to talk through our own pandemic experiences, share some of our favorite quotes from those responses, and we’re also so grateful to share some of the over-arching themes from your many, thoughtful survey responses.This episode also kicks off our pandemic parentin...
2025-03-0352 min
The Mother Of It AllMother Of It All Movie Club: Oscars Edition with Garrett BucksSarah is joined by Garrett Bucks, founder of The Barnraisers Project and author of the The White Pages and The Right Kind of White, to talk about the movies of 2024 and what they say about gender, parenting, sex, and more. Find out which of the 24 and 39 movies Garrett and Sarah watched (respectively) are their best and worst. Also — why Dune is a boymom movie, why Garrett had to fast-forward The Substance, and why Challengers is this year’s Mamma Mia. * Garrett’s Letterboxd* Together (the Swedish one)* Richard Brody’s review of The Brutalis...
2025-02-2450 min
The Mother Of It AllSummer Better with Katherine GoldsteinThe Double Shift’s Katherine Goldstein joins Sarah and Miranda to talk about her creative solution to the problem that is American summer, why parents are set up to fail in finding summer care, and how to actively create the kind of community we need to build something better. Links:* The Incredible Things You Can Do Instead of Paying For American Summer Camp* How Other Countries Handle Summer with Kids* Katherine’s How to Find Your People Club* Ezra Klein Show - Sabbath and the Art of Rest ...
2025-02-171h 05
The Mother Of It AllWhat If We're The Helpers? With Elizabeth DoerrSarah and Miranda move through their own climate change cognitive dissonance with the help of Elizabeth Doerr, author of the Cramming for the Apocalypse project. We discuss how parenting lends itself to climate action, how facing the climate reality can actually make you less anxious, and how mothers can give prepper stereotypes a much-needed makeover. Links:* Scribente Maternum* Cramming for the Apocalypse* How Do You Plan For a Future That Might Not Exist? by Liz Plank “I miss my 2015 brain, the one unburdened by the weight of relentless catastrophes, an...
2025-01-2053 min
Segundo Acto#26 - Cómo Transformar tu Vida en 2025 usando herramientas energéticas con Sarah GrandinettiComienza el 2025 con un enfoque diferente: en lugar de hacer una lista de propósitos, ¿qué tal si nos enfocamos en lo que podemos dejar ir? En este episodio de Segundo Acto Podcast, Alan Macín y Vince Miranda conversan con Sarah Grandinetti, Facilitadora de Access Consciousness, sobre herramientas prácticas y espirituales para transformar tu punto de vista y crear resultados sorprendentes en tu vida.Si tienes curiosidad por las Barras de Access, los enfoques energéticos o simplemente buscas una nueva manera de iniciar el año, este episodio es para ti. 🎧✨¡Descubre cómo soltar, r...
2025-01-0640 min
The Mother Of It AllLinear Time Can Suck ItThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comSarah & Miranda kiss winter break goodbye with a chat about resolutions, witchy solstices, cyclical time, Pamela Adlon, school start times, time jelly, and more! This episode is for our beautiful *paid subscribers* (thank you!) and could also be called Winter Break: The Good, The Bad & The Either Way It's Almost Over. How are you all holding up out ther…
2025-01-0107 min
The Mother Of It AllKid Lit with Jon Klassen & Mac BarnettAuthor Mac Barnett and author and illustrator Jon Klassen join Sarah and Miranda to explain what makes a great picture book and why kids might be better readers than adults. Plus, preschoolers with hammers, Where the Wild Things Are is a true story, the sad blunting our “keenness” as we age, and why we still love our bullies. LINKS:* Looking at Picture Books * The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell (Miranda’s Bake Off mystery)* Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier* Shape Island on Apple TV* “How Does Santa Go Down...
2024-12-301h 15
The Mother Of It AllParenting Like Wild AnimalsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comIn this bonus episode, Sarah and Miranda talk the best parenting advice for kid explosions and their reactions to the new Nightbitch film. Also, Sarah offers a “Hannukah Surprise,” the Nightbitch theme song she’s been working on for a year. Links:* Dan Siegel and the “Flipped Lid”
2024-12-2008 min
It Doesn't Make CentsWhat would you do differently with your money if you weren’t constrained by “supposed tos?”We’ve talked a lot about what we’re “supposed” to do to be real adults and be considered successful on the right path. We've tackled everything from college to marriage to homeownership to having kids.Topics covered in this wrap-up episode* What makes an adult?* Do you really want to follow that prescribed path?* The importance of re-examining your life path and money to determine if you really want to do it.* Realities of today: working hard doesn’t guarantee you financial success.* What’s something each of us w...
2024-12-2024 min
The Mother Of It AllThe State of the Hetero Union Part 2: Here Come the Gender Wars with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-FloryFeminist writers Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei join Sarah and Miranda for Part 2 of our discussion on relationships between men and women (listen to Part 1 here). We talk about the post-election landscape of gender relations — including the rise in both misogynistic rhetoric interest in boycotting men. Is this a gender war or a war on women? Is feminism responsible for the young male Trump voter? What do men and women owe each other, and what do we do with the men in our lives? Links:* Sophie Kemp on Gen Z Men (LA Review of Books) ...
2024-11-2552 min
The Mother Of It AllThe State of the Hetero Union Part 1: Sex, Marriage, and 'Big D Desire' with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-FloryIn Part 1 of our jam-packed conversation with feminist writers Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei, Sarah and Miranda attempt to unpack why this has been such a big year for examining sex in hetero-marriage, the specter of patriarchy haunting all of our marital beds, and whether or not good sex is possible anymore in a hetero-marriage. Links:* Amanda Montei’s “Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One? Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One?” in the New York Times Magazine* Liars by Sarah Manguso* All Fours by Miranda July* Tr...
2024-11-181h 02
The Mother Of It AllWho Are Dadfluencers For? with Janet ManleyWriter Janet Manley joins us to break down her recent piece, “Pity the Dadfluencers: Their content is for men, but their audience is all women.” We dig into all of our favorite -isms: sexism, feminism, social media-ism (just roll with it), parasocial relationships, plus Wild Robot, Nightbitch, and what the heck you’re supposed to do with all those baby teeth. Links:* Chelsea Conaboy on The Wild Robot* Arnold of the Ducks* KAFKA'S BABY Janet’s newsletter* The Real Sarah Miller by Sarah Miller* Laurie Stone’s Everything...
2024-11-1157 min
The Mother Of It AllNow this is happeningSarah and Miranda are checking in the morning after the election on what’s going through our minds, how we’re thinking about motherhood and our kids, and whether it’s too soon to do silver linings. With a special appearance from Nellie, three-year-old witch.Links:* Amanda Montei says “It’s not the economy, it’s misogyny.” * Witch podcast on BBC* Seven Year B***h is the today’s soundtrack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
2024-11-0627 min
The Mother Of It AllIs Postpartum Depression Funny? Lauren Lapkus and Nora Fiffer Think It Can BeMiranda and Sarah are joined by actor and comedian Lauren Lapkus and actor and filmmaker Nora Fiffer to talk about their tender, hilarious new film, Another Happy Day. We discuss the isolation and absurdity of early motherhood, taking care of care-takers at work, and why Hollywood should be just as saturated with postpartum movies as it is with World War II movies. Links:* Another Happy Day on Amazon and Apple* Is the Future of Movie Sets An Eight-Hour Work Day with Childcare?? in Variety* All Fours by Miranda July...
2024-10-2857 min
The Mother Of It AllKeep Halloween Janky with Sarah & MirandaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.com*This is a paid-subscriber only episode. To become a subscriber, click HERE and sign up for any level of paid membership. P.S. If you subscribe as a “founding member” we’ll send you a snazzy Mother Of It All tote bag. Join us as we hash Halloween out. Do we believe in the Switch Witch? DIY costumes: Y/N? Should Halloween happen at school? Do we have to …
2024-10-2102 min
The Mother Of It AllWhat Every Parent Needs To Understand About School Shootings & Lockdowns with David RiedmanNo one wants to think about school shootings. But nearly every day in our country, a gun is fired on a campus. Often, when that happens, entire student bodies are then traumatized by spending hours in lockdown. David Riedman of the K-12 school shooting database — an unparalleled collection of data about school shootings that has been used as a resource by publications like The Economist and New York Times, as well as organizations like the FBI— joins Sarah and Miranda to talk about the thing none of us want to talk about but that we absolutely must: American school’s gun...
2024-10-1455 min
The Mother Of It AllWhat If We Cared About Care? with Elissa StraussWhat if we considered care to be a sacred practice? What if the everyday tasks of parenting were backtracked by the dramatic score of the British Baking Show? Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others joins Sarah and Miranda to mull over what it would mean to value care as a society and in our personal lives. We talk about trusting others with your children, why it’s so fraught to admit you like being a parent, alloparents, the Hero’s Journey, and kids singing Lean on Me. Plus, Elissa gives us some free...
2024-09-301h 08
The Mother Of It AllThe Joy Of Hobbies in Motherhood with Kaitlyn TeerAuthor and editor Kaitlyn Teer (you may know her as the editor of Joanna Goddard’s Big Salad newsletter ) joins Sarah and Miranda to chat about how weirdly hard and wonderful it is to have hobbies as a mom, and the unique joy of being new (even bad!) at something. We get into such pressing questions as: What is “contaminated leisure time,” and how can we carve out ‘uncontaminated’ time to explore who we are beyond work and caregiving? If modern motherhood is defined by a sense of pressure to optimize our every decision, what does it mean to chase ‘beg...
2024-09-161h 08
The Mother Of It AllBack To School, 'Nightbitch' & Necessary Losses with Sarah & MirandaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comSarah and Miranda check in on Miranda’s daughter’s very first day of big kid school (even though she claims she’s “still little”), watch the just-dropped Nightbitch trailer in real time, discuss Sarah’s impending move after 15 years in the same apartment, and talk hetero-exceptionalism and Sarah Manguso’s “Liars,” family camp and “Get S**t Done Days.”Links:* Nightbitch Trailer* Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst* How to Manage Back to School Feelings by Sar...
2024-09-0503 min
Perplexed PodcastsErnesto Miranda & Miranda Rights | Origins | Ep.90Send a textErnesto Miranda was a central figure in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966), which established the "Miranda rights." These rights require police to inform suspects of their right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning to ensure that confessions are not coerced and that the rights against self-incrimination are protected under the Fifth Amendment.Support the showThank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below...
2024-09-0335 min
The Mother Of It AllChildren's Rights, 'Adultism' & Parenting With Author Eloise RickmanWe are thrilled to kick off season 2(!) with a bang in the form of a meaty, rich conversation with Eloise Rickman, author of It’s Not Fair: Why It’s Time For A Grown-Up Conversation About How Adults Treat Children. We hadn’t thought about children’s rights much before reading Eloise’s book (have you?) and now it’s all we want to think about. What are children’s rights? How can we think about them in the context of parenting? What is adultism? Should kids vote? What even is a child and who gets to decide? Why hasn’t the U.S...
2024-09-021h 18
It Doesn't Make CentsMiranda and Sarah Rant About Some Money Stuff (With the Help of Some Friends)The whole point of It Doesn’t Make Cents is to look at different ways to do money. There are so many different strategies you can use to manage your finances. So we asked some friends what they do with their money—and you might be surprised at how it’s a little different. Consider supporting us by upgrading to a paid subscription here (so we can continue to keep doing this work)Or, for a one-off donation, buy us a refreshing beverage on Ko-fi.And make sure you check out our we...
2024-08-2029 min
The Mother Of It AllSummer Bonus Ep! Donna Berzatto & Moms Of 'The Bear,' With Phil MaciakSarah & Miranda shoot the breeze, talk about some back-to-school feelings, drop some hints about what we'll cover in season 2, and nerd out about THAT EPISODE of The Bear. We had so much fun with Phil Maciak on our Screen Time episode (our most-listened to episode, BTW! thanks for that, friends) that we had to bring him back to talk about *crunch crunch crunch* : the 39 minutes of prestige TV that we call “Ice Chips.”This episode of the podcast will spoil Season 3 of The Bear for you, but it will also cover “Napkins,” and “Fishes” quite extensively. In other words...
2024-08-1943 min
You Are GoodHoles w. Carolyn Kendrick + Miranda ZicklerWe're not stupid, we know everyone thinks we are, we just don't like answering stupid questions. We excavate some meaning from HOLES, and talk about what it's like to be an artist In These Times, with guest host Miranda Zickler and the glorious Carolyn Kendrick!Find Carolyn online here!Find Miranda online here!This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus.We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can...
2024-07-311h 17
The Mother Of It AllSummer Bonus Episode: Claire ZulkeyIt’s summer, which means Sarah’s rocking a 3-cone-per-day ice cream lifestyle, and Miranda is guzzling $1 slushies by the pool. And work is …. still kind of happening. The brilliant, hilarious Claire Zulkey of the Evil Witches newsletter (which you need to subscribe to, if you don’t already) joins us to talk about the various joys and perils of summertime parenting and yes, of course, the perpetually fraught, exhausting question of the whole camp thing. This episode of Mother of it All is sponsored by our friends at Freeya, a new marketplace for giving and getting free stuff! Links:
2024-07-221h 04
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 24: Boys Are Not Like Dogs with Ruth WhippmanSarah and Miranda are joined by Ruth Whippman, author of Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity to talk about how boys need more but get less, the boys who are dying to talk about their feelings, and the radical power of a board book about a boy and his bags. Plus, do we say “no” to toxic-masculinity media or just say “yes” to better things? And a special round of “Marry, F**k, Kill!”Links:* Sarah’s piece in the Cut on cross-gender friendships* Boymom the book* Sarah’s piece in Rompe...
2024-06-171h 01
The Mother Of It AllMOVIE CLUB: Mamma Mia (Or Is It DADDA Mia?) With Garrett BucksA juicy, earnestly silly over-think of Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again (Sarah’s preferred Mamma Mia) in which Sarah’s friend Garrett Bucks joins us with a spicy-hot take on the three (three!) dads of Mamma Mia. When Bucks is not thinking about the rich, layered texts that are Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, he keeps busy doing Dad Stuff, as well as working as an anti-racist organizer and educator, and authoring the Substack Newsletter The White Pages. If you like his take on Mamma Mia, you may also love his memo...
2024-06-101h 01
The Career StrategistLeveling Up After Layoffs with Miranda LeeText me with feedback or questions! When was the last time you trusted yourself enough to quiet the voice of self-doubt? In Episode 5 of Epochal Growth, Sarah Caminiti sits down with Miranda Lee, a leader in the support community, to explore the transformative power of self-reflection and overcoming doubt.Miranda shares the impact unexpected downtime had on her ability to recognize her accomplishments and connect with her community, and what's possible when you trust your ability to do incredible things. Miranda is committed to setting up the next generation of leaders with the...
2024-06-0453 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 23: We Can't Have Nice ThingsSarah flew to Iceland, only to be immediately taken down by a stomach flu. Meanwhile, back at home a Covid-like virus knocked Miranda’s family out for 14 days. So we called an emergency recording session of Mother Of It All just to vent about it all together. Why can’t parents have nice things, like occasional vacations or a week or two without absolutely disgusting viruses? Is every virus we get now actually worse since Covid lockdown, or does it just feel that way? What ever happened to the normal cold? Like a nice, 3-5 day stuffy nose...
2024-06-0330 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 22: Screen Time with Phil MaciakSarah and Miranda host their first dad, cultural critic Phillip Maciak, and dig into screen time, shame, nostalgia, hugs, and multi-level marketing for second-graders.Links:* Phil’s book, Avidly Reads Screen Time* Phil on Instagram* Phil’s review of Season 2 of the Bear in The New Republic* The NOLA Pelicans’ King Cake Baby mascot* The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt* Stephanie Murray’s thoughts in the Dispatch* ’ thoughts in Romper* Melinda Wenner Moyer’s thoughts in* ’s The Art of Screen Time...
2024-05-201h 22
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 21: The Mothers of the Mother of it AllSarah and Miranda are joined by their moms, Bev and Linda, to talk about modern motherhood, what has and hasn’t changed in a generation, “Folly Fridays,” and whether mothers ever truly get their flowers.Links:* Terry Brazelton* Lydia Kiesling’s Golden State This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit motherofitall.substack.com/subscribe
2024-05-121h 10
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 20: 'Matrescence' Is Not A Dirty Word with Lucy JonesSarah and Miranda talk to Lucy Jones, author of the book Matrescence, out May 7th, about how becoming a mother is truly a biopsychosocial evolution, how motherhood in nature is more often about chaos and violence than dyads and instincts, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, and our favorite Bluey episodes.Links:* Order Lucy’s book, Matrescence* Alexandra Sacks’ The Birth of a Mother in the NY TImes* The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush* Natality by Jennifer Banks* Partum Gardens Portland* Andrea O’Reilly* Sarah’s favorite Bluey epis...
2024-05-061h 12
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 19: Who's The Beef?! Sarah & Miranda Talk Vasectomies, Turning 40 & The 3rd Kid QuestionA little one-on-one time with Sarah and Miranda! A fun chit-chatty check-in about vasectomies, the third kid question, the weird pressure of turning 40, why Sarah "doesn't get" Hawaii, mole moms, hopping on the 'crone train, and calendar reminders gone wild. Plus, a big announcement! How To Catch A Mole by Marc HamerPoser by Claire DedererKrtek The Mole, Clementine, Psychic Sister--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mother-culture-pod/message This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...
2024-04-2254 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 18: Dr Becky and The Parenting-Optimization Era, with Kathryn Jezer-MortonColumnist and sociologist Kathryn Jezer-Morton returns to give the inside scoop on her recent profile of Dr. Becky. Sarah, Miranda and KJM dive deep into what’s great (and maybe no so great) about the advice Dr. Becky doles out, and Kathryn explains what ultimately surprised her most about spending time with Dr. Becky and the “Good Inside” parent community. Links: KJM’s NY Magazine Profile of Dr. Becky. More thoughts about the profile in her Cut column, Brooding. Dr. Becky on Instagram...
2024-04-0845 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 17 : Parenting and Psychedelics with Rebecca KronmanSarah and Miranda are joined by Rebecca Kronman, a licensed clinical social worker and co-founder of Plant Parenthood, a community that explores the intersection of psychedelics and the family. She talks about the importance of set and setting, the false dichotomy between healing and joy, and about how psychedelics help some parents heal intergenerational trauma and connect more easily with their children by tapping them into a more child-like perspective.Links: Rebecca Kronman of Plant Parenthood Miranda’s feature on Mushroom Moms Sarah’s Cu...
2024-04-011h 07
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 15: Marriage & the Divorce Discourse with Emily GouldAuthor and New York Magazine writer Emily Gould joins Sarah and Miranda to discuss her controversial personal essay, The Lure of Divorce, published in The Cut last month. We tackle the current divorce discourse, the work it takes to support our own mental health, what it’s like to write so intimately and so publicly at the same time, and whether it’s “basic” to be married right now.LINKS: Emily’s piece The Lure of Divorce in the Cut Excerpt from Leslie Jamison’s Splinters in the New Yorker
2024-03-181h 07You Are GoodCrossroads (2002) w. Eve Lindley and Miranda Zickler"All we have is now, and right now we have each other." In which we go on a road trip with Britney, Eve Lindley, Miranda Zickler, and talk Crossroads. You can find Eve on Instagram here! You can find Miranda online here! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus.You can buy a You Are Good logo shirt DESIGNED BY THE GREAT LIZ CLIMO here....
2024-03-061h 15
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 14: Mothering, Race & Identity with Priya JoiSarah and Miranda are joined by Priya Joi, a Barcelona-based science journalist and the author of the memoir M(other)land: What I’ve Learned About Parenthood, Race, and Identity. Joi was born in the UK, spent part of her childhood in India, and is raising her own daughter in Barcelona. In this episode we explore how motherhood made questions of race, belonging and identity that Joi had spent her life navigating even more urgent and complex. Links: Motherland: What I’ve Learnt about Parenthood, Race and Identity by Priya JoiPriy...
2024-03-041h 03
The Mother Of It AllMOVIE CLUB: Baby Boom with Jo PiazzaWe’re giving our listener’s a little treat – a free February Movie Club episode! Author and podcaster Jo Piazza comes on the pod to break down the beloved 1987 working-mom classic, Baby Boom. We talk overt vs. covert misogyny, why it’s time to retire the phrase “having it all,” and of course, the brilliance of style acumen of Diane Keaton. Subscribe to our Patreon to get access to past and future Movie Club episodes! Links: Pre-order Jo’s new novel, The Sicilian Inheritance Subscribe to Jo’s Substack...
2024-02-2652 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 13: How Social Media Storytelling Has Changed Our Understanding Of Motherhood, Childhood & What Makes A Good Life with Kathryn Jezer-MortonSociologist and writer Kathryn Jezer-Mortonjoins Sarah and Miranda to talk about the intersection of motherhood and what she calls “technological storytelling,” or, the way we construct our identities in the age of social media. We talk about her recent piece on the “core memories” trend as a microcosm of our desire to control our kids’ perception of childhood, why we imitate the visual language of influencers and brands in our personal content, and if doing so influences the way we understand the meaning of our lives and our children's lives. Also discussed: Reservation Dogs, what happens wh...
2024-02-191h 08
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 12: Grief, Writing & A Mother's Oceanic Love with Tamarin NorwoodPrecise, poetic and deeply moving, Tamarin Norwood's much-anticipated book, The Song of the Whole Wide World: On Grief, Motherhood and Poetry, chronicles her experience of having a son, Gabriel, who lived just 72 minutes. In this episode, she joins Miranda and Sarah to share and reflect on passages from her gorgeous book, talk about the ultimate "taboo within a taboo" that is infant loss, as well as the urgent, wonderful work she is doing today to help other bereaved parents.LINKS: Something Good Enough, an excerpt of the book in The Lancet ...
2024-02-0558 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 11: The Wisdom of Disabled Parenting with Jessica SliceAuthor and speaker Jessica Slice talks to Sarah about how disability culture has taught her to reject perfectionism, how internalized ableism makes parenting harder for all of us, and the beauty of building a family where everyone accepts and expresses their needs.Links:Jessica’s website and Substack newsletterDisability Visibility, edited by Alice WongLucy Webster’s The View From Down HereAndrew Leland’s The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of SightWe've Got This: Essays...
2024-01-221h 07
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 10: A Better Birth with Rebekah WheelerMidwife, birth trauma healer, and beloved big sister Rebekah Wheeler breaks down what we get wrong about birth trauma, why there is no wrong way to give birth, and what we can do to truly support people through the birth process. Also, Sarah confronts her about never letting her borrow her Oasis t-shirt in middle school, and Miranda gets some free birth healing. Links:Rebekah’s websiteReview of Alison Yarrow’s Birth Control in The NationThe Body Keeps The ScoreRecs for kids...
2024-01-151h 02
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 9: Resisting Covert Grind Culture: Evie Ebert On Resolution SeasonIn which Miranda & Sarah define the many reasons they love Evie Ebert’s motherhood writing, and Evie responds to all the flattery by giving an exceptionally satisfying answer to our “where are your kids right now” question. Then we dig into resolution culture, wondering out loud if maybe (MAYBE) we’re done treating resolution season as the super bowl of self-loathing. Instead, we just might be ready to mess around with stuff like earnestly-selected, loosely-defined slacker-level mind-set aspirations, the kind that help us make peace with who and how we are, as opposed to productivity culture in a “self-care” trench coat...
2024-01-081h 05
Care Work with Alida Miranda-WolffCaring For Youth: The Big Impact of Many Small Actions with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 19How do we even start to tackle the challenges of caring for underserved youth? When you consider the sheer number of young people who are entangled in poor home environments, gang initiations, judiciary systems, and more, it’s easy to feel like the situation is verging on hopeless. In this episode, Alida Miranda-Wolff asks listeners to remember the benefits of smaller steps. You might not be able to shut down all the youth detention centers in your state tomorrow, but you can hand a homemade lunch to a neighborhood child with an empty backpack. Small impacts from man...
2023-12-1917 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 8: Motherhood Is Sobering: Drinking, The Holidays & Mothering, with Angela GarbesMiranda and Sarah welcome Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change and Like A Mother, to the show this week to talk about drinking, sobriety, and the fuzzy, fine lines that we trace around substance use in motherhood. Though it feels like sober curiosity — or full on sobriety — is on-trend, a recent CDC study indicated that more women than ever are binge drinking and dying from alcohol-related diseases. How should we think about drinking and self-care? What does my choice say about your choice? With holiday gatherings looming, Angela — and a few brilliant listeners — helps us think deep...
2023-12-1856 min
The Mother Of It AllThe Mother Of It All Origin StoryIt’s the Mother Culture Origin Story! Sarah and Miranda (that’s us) divulge a little more about who we are, what we’re doing here, how we found each other, and why motherhood continues to earn its place as the focal point of our most obsessive curiosities. We talk pregnancy, anxieties, traps, tenderness, and how we think about what happened to us when we became mothers. What should we tell new moms? What would we have told ourselves? And is anyone listening to this motherhood discourse we love so dearly?LINKS: Ongoingness: The End of...
2023-12-1859 min
The Mother Of It AllMovie Club: Home Alone with Nancy ReddyThe lovely writer Nancy Reddy joins Miranda and Sarah to talk (and cry a little bit) about the infamous John Hughes Christmas movie extraordinaire, Home Alone. We get into the weeds of Kate McAllister’s power-mom parenting choices, realizing that this bananas plot line actually feels pretty relatable, WTF a “hyper mom” might be, and the gray areas of our collective nostalgia for all things ‘90s.The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood edited by Nancy Reddy and Emily PerezOrdinary Insanity: Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America by Sarah MenkedickW...
2023-12-151h 02
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 6: Are The Holidays Fun? It’s The MC Holiday Special with Guest Sara Petersen!Switch on the twinkle lights, it’s the Mother Culture Holiday Episode! In which Sara P. (author of Momfluenced and the beloved substack, In Pursuit Of Clean Countertops) shares hot tips for Santa training your kids, Sarah W. finds out about Elf On A Shelf’s Jewish cousin. Then, Miranda tries to make everyone talk about big questions — like who and what the holidays are even for, and what ritual does for human beings — and little nice things, like actually really loving the holidays despite the workload, never, ever doing Elf On A Shelf (unless you want to), and the fact...
2023-12-0455 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 5: Are We Watering Down Feminism with Katherine Moos?What do we really mean when we say capitalist patriarchy, gender politics, or even, feminism? Sarah and Miranda bring on a badass professor of feminist economics to school us on all this, plus the good, bad, and ugly of how this shows up in modern motherhood discourse.Katherine Moos is a professor of feminist political economy at UMASS Amherst. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research.Links:Mevre Emre in the New YorkerFair Play
2023-11-271h 09
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 4: The Woman in Me in Us (The Britney Episode) with Amanda MonteiMiranda and Sarah are joined by Amanda Montei, the author of the recently published Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent and Control, to talk about the Britney Spears memoir and what it means for moms. Links: Amanda Montei in her Substack Newsletter Mad WomenJessica Grose in the New York TimesAmanda Hess in the New York TimesLyz in Men Yell at MeVirginia Sole-Smith in Burnt Toast Miranda on Postpartum Mood Disorders’ Exclusion From The DSM
2023-11-2059 min
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 3: Would More Freedom Make Our Kids Happier?A recent paper in the journal Pediatrics suggested that parents hover more than they think they do, and that the increases in kids’ anxiety and depression might be related to that lack of independence. Miranda and Sarah explore the implications of this way of thinking about our kids’ well-being, the possibility that they themselves ‘helicopter’ more than they mean to, and what it is about modern parenthood that makes us want to wrap our kids in bubble wrap. Plus, an update on Harriet The Spy, what Ramona Quimby’s parents know that we don’t, and the pros and cons of a Ki...
2023-11-151h 18
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 2: When Teachers StrikeThe Portland teachers are going on strike and Miranda is in her feelings about it. Luckily, Sarah invited educator and mother Andria Kemp-Sellers on to talk about the possibilities of growing closer in conflict, the resilience of young children, and the joys of civic engagement.Sarah’s newsletter about the Oakland Teacher’s StrikeWhy US Teachers Have Been Walking Out of Schools NationwideGarrett Bucks: Does Your Tiny, Insignificant Protest Matter?Kid-culture Recs:The Wild Robot SeriesNewsies the Movie...
2023-11-151h 12
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 1: Can We Reject The Crushing Time Pressure Of Motherhood?Miranda and Sarah discuss Oliver Burkeman's book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, and their own struggles with attention, loss, and letting go. Links:Olver Burkeman’s Four Thousand WeeksAllison P Davis on friends with kidsWhy I Don’t Feel Guilty for Not Playing with My KidsSarah’s parenting column, Good Enough ParentAlison Gopnik What do Babies Think?Judith Viorst’s Necessary Losses The Happiness Project
2023-11-151h 07
Care Work with Alida Miranda-WolffLoneliness, Burnout, and Meeting One Another’s Needs with Alida Miranda-Wolff - EP 16How does loneliness affect your ability to care for others? Loneliness and burnout are endemic in American society these days, and their impact on care workers and, by extension, the people they care for, is significant. In this episode, Alida Miranda-Wolff questions the widespread belief that creators, specifically, are unable to form meaningful relationships. She expands this concept to explore the detrimental effects of loneliness and offers actionable recommendations for developing belonging and community that will enhance our personal and professional relationships.Start to feel a little less alone as you learn from Alida’s i...
2023-11-0721 min
Love After LullabiesS2 E4: Sleep Like a Husband: How to crack the code for sleepless nights after baby with Sleep Consultant, Sarah BossioJoin us as we converse with Sleep Consultant, Sarah Bossio! Sarah is a certified pediatric sleep consultant who has helped almost 300 families teach their children, ages 0-7 years old, to sleep through the night and take long, predictable naps. As a former special education teacher with 15 years of classroom experience, she believes every child learns differently and every parent teaches differently. Therefore, her one-on-one sleep coaching is always personalized and modified to respect and support each parent’s individual philosophies on both sleep and parenting.
Sarah provides families personalized sleep programs and ongoing follow-up supp...
2023-10-0348 min
The Balancing ACTor Podcast#16. Interview with Actor Sarah AllynIn this episode, Sarah and I discuss a multitude of topics including her journey into acting, some very real health experiences, New York Life, Parenting Life, Moving to ATL, and what it takes to really make it in this acting biz.
Sarah Allyn is a non-binary, Korean American Army brat, cancer survivor, and parent to the one and only Asher Wilde. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA Allyn most recently worked on the ABC pilot Judgement, the hit Fox series 9-1-1 opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kenneth Choi, and Marvel's Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 recently released!
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2023-05-051h 30You Are GoodLook Who's Talking Now w. Miranda Zickler"Most little girls are obsessed with ponies and mermaids, not big sweaty men making jump shots." We look at who's talking now, and talk Look Who's Talking Now, with the wonderful Miranda Zickler. You can find Miranda online here.You Are Good is a feelings podcast about movies.You can buy a Vulnerability Kink shirt here!You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Patreon and Apple Plus.This episode was made possible by your sup...
2023-04-271h 05
PTTP Paranormal UnCutPortal To The Paranormal Thriller Podcast Live with special Guest The Ghost Biker Exploration Miranda YoungYour hosts today is Jojo Rogers and Sarah Desario as they welcome Miranda Young to the show.Miranda has always been interested in the paranormal for as long as she can remember. As a child, you could find her in the library reading books about ghosts and folklore, or visiting with her grandmother who would often share stories about growing up in the Appalachian Mountains.Miranda began investigating with a team in 2013 and continued with them until 2018. Her role on the team consisted of photo analyst, video/audio evidence producer and marketing specialist, as well...
2023-03-111h 17
Bar FightsMiranda PacchianaMiranda Pacchiana. personal coach and host of Truth & Consequences: Navigating the Aftermath of Trauma, calls it "the second wound" — the doubt, the disbelief and the shame a survivor encounters from their inner circle when they disclose that they have been sexually abused. On this episode of Bar Fights, Sarah and Miranda lament the challenges they both faced from loved ones and how it stifled the healing process.
2022-07-1837 min
Sacred RememberingImpact & Ease through Human Design w/ Miranda MitchellEpisode 124!
This episode is for you whether you know about Human Design already or are just getting started.
Miranda Mitchell is an Energetic Alignment and Human Design Coach that works with leaders in their industry create more impact with Ease and sustainability.
She incorporates the extensive training she has in the physical and subtle energies of the body with Human Design and the Gene Keys so that each individual she works with realigns to their authenticity in a way that is empowering, uplifting and transformational. She believes that by raising our own individual...
2022-07-0753 min
Truth and ConsequencesSarah Klein, Attorney, Advocate, & Larry Nassar SurvivorSarah Klein is an attorney for the California law firm Manly, Stewart and Finaldi and a leading voice on sexual abuse and other legal issues in the media. She is also the first known victim of former Olympic Women’s Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Sarah was an elite gymnast who trained from the age of 8 under Coach John Geddert, the head coach for the 2012 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team whose gym she describes as highly abusive, cult-like, and even worse than the sexual abuse she suffered by Nassar. We talk about all of this plus updates on the La...
2022-06-0956 min
Mutual Friends PodcastEpisode 83: Dropping Out, Building a YouTube Career, and Creating Your Own Career Path with Miranda MaheriSarah chats with Miranda Maheri on how she started her YouTube channel, what it was like to drop out of nursing school, and how she has made YouTube her full time job! This is a great episode for anyone curious about building a career on YouTube or struggling with finding your own path and figuring out what you want to do!
Miranda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miranda_maheri/
Miranda’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MirandaMaheri
Attainable Podcast is a weekly show where host Sarah Baus takes a blunt but rela...
2022-03-1440 min
A Little Bit CultyMiranda Beverly-Whittemore on Cult FictionA Little Bit Culty – This episode is a little bit different. Author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is not a former cult member or a cult awareness expert like most of our guests, but her novel Fierce Little Thing weaves a culty tale that almost makes you think she is. It’s a little like “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” except in this case, it’s “I Know What You Did When You Were a Teenager 20 Summers Ago While Living on a Survivalist Commune Run by a Charismatic Maniac in Rural Maine.” She joins Sarah and Nippy to talk about com...
2022-03-071h 10
Feminine Truth Podcast with Mary Miranda14: Healing and Empowering WOC After Domestic Violence with Yo Soy Ella, Inc., and Feminine and Masculine Energies with Sarah TaylorEpisode 14: Healing and Empowering WOC After Domestic Violence with Yo Soy Ella, Inc., and Feminine and Masculine Energies with Sarah Taylor
Your journey and personal story.
Founding YO SOY ELLA Inc., a non-profit organization and what it stands for.
All about women’s empowerment.
Being a Woman of Color, owning it, and privilege within colorism.
Feminine Energy vs Masculine Energy and Polarity.
Healing after toxic and abusive relationships.
Books mentioned: “Women Who Love Too Much” Robin Norwood.
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As a first-generation American, Sarah decided to apply her wealth of public service experience to the realm of nonpro...
2021-09-281h 07
Beyond The Dollar - Deep and Honest Conversations On How Money Affects Your Well-BeingReleasing Negative Societal Expectations on Kids with Miranda MarquitSend us a text#89: Miranda reveals in detail how she shifted from parenting that focused on her worth as a mother to one that was the best for her son. She talks about how she was raised, what her tactics used to be when it came to raising her son, and how she deconstructed her beliefs and most importantly, her relationship with her son to parent in a way that enables him to reach his version of success.What You Hear in This Episode:How Miranda grew up and internalized certain beliefs...
2020-11-0424 min
Coffee Powered SystemsCreate a Great Business Before You Build a Team with Sarah Torres-FerrickEpisode 39. Sarah Torres-Ferrick joins me for my first interview of the show to talk all things growing a team in your small business. Are you ready to expand your team — whether that means taking on a couple of employees or just dipping your toes in the water by hiring a freelancer? Tune in, cause this episode is for you as Sarah tells us what we need to know before diving in.Discussed In This Episode:What Sarah loves about helping small businessesThings that are important when growing your teamWhy it’s important to understand what growing a te...
2020-10-1635 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniKnife Crime Mattress Apartment with Miranda PopkeyFirst Draft Episode #230: Miranda Popkey Miranda Popkey, essayist and debut author of Topics of Conversation. The presenting sponsor for this episode is The Slow Novel Lab, a six-week online writing and creativity course developed and taught by bestselling and award-winning novelist Nina LaCour (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here). The next six-week session of The Slow Novel Lab begins on February 16th, and you can enroll today by going to NinaLaCour.com. This episode was brought to you in part by Adeline's Aria by Laynie Bynum, the first in her new Infernal...
2020-01-2853 min
Fly Over The GrassFly Over the Grass #004: David Smith and Sarah Holliday on fighting air pollution & environmental injusticeMiranda chats to two individuals who, through contrasting career paths, have both turned their attention to fighting environmental injustice in their local area. David Smith, a former marketing executive is a campaigner and air pollution activist raising awareness of the devastating affects of air pollution on children’s health. Sarah Holliday started her career developing solar technology, now she creates programmes that enable citizens to learn and take part in scientific research about environmental issues. Listen to their journeys and what drives them to do this work.Get in touch with Sarah: @smghollidayGet in to...
2019-08-3123 min
The We Podcast with Sarah MonaresGuest Miranda RoseThis week on the we podcast I interview Miranda Rose. Miranda is a Musician/Singer/Songwriter, Mompreneur, Wife, and Co-host of The Journey of The Entrepreneur Podcast. She has a passion to help others realize their purpose and live it out loud! Her motto: to be a positive influence and source of inspiration to this, and future generations. And she will utilize any platform which presents itself in order to do just that. There are so many beautiful nuggets of wisdom in this episode and I can’t wait of you to be encouraged and inspired by Miranda’s story!
2018-06-1250 minThe We Podcast with Sarah MonaresGuest Miranda RoseThis week on the we podcast I interview Miranda Rose. Miranda is a Musician/Singer/Songwriter, Mompreneur, Wife, and Co-host of The Journey of The Entrepreneur Podcast. She has a passion to help others realize their purpose and live it out loud! Her motto: to be a positive influence and source of inspiration to this, and future generations. And she will utilize any platform which presents itself in order to do just that. There are so many beautiful nuggets of wisdom in this episode and I can’t wait of you to be encouraged and inspired by Miranda’s story!
2018-06-1250 min
Adulting.tv PodcastAdulting.tv LIVE! Work and Play Abroad With Sarah Li CainOn today's episode of Adulting.tv LIVE!, Harlan and Miranda are joined by Sarah Li Cain from High Fiving Dollars. Today we'll discuss what it takes to travel beyond your home, see the world, and enjoy living and working outside of the United States. Do you have any questions? Let us know at http://adulting.tv/ask/ Subscribe to our channel for more live videos, and download the official Adulting podcast at http://adulting.tv/itunes/ Sarah Li Cain is a financial storyteller who weaves practical tips and strategies into her work so...
2017-02-1837 min