The Mother Of It All

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Paid subscribers, this one’s for you! We explore the question of whether or not we do too many things from many angles. If you find yourself responding to PTA emails at 3 in the morning, does that mean you’re 100% for sure doing too many things? What if it doesn’t!? Should we consider switching to AI friendships in order to save time?
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* Longing for …

Kaitlyn Teer joins us again! This time, she’s here to talk about her new book, Little Apocalypses; Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World.
The book is kaleidoscopic and specific all at once, and we both loved it, even though it’s full of heavy stuff about climate grief and how much we’ve already lost. In this episode, there are so many moments of discovery, including a long chat about the powerful, fantastic phrases that Teer built the book of essays around. As a teaser, here are some of the ideas we explore:
* Muscular hope
* Maternal ecodistress
* Green third shift
* Maternal time
* Ecological compassion
* Apocalyptic mindfulness
And much more in this inspiring conversation about care, climate, activism and how we can show up for our children as we face a changed planet, together.
Links:
* Sarah on Jodeci’s Feenin’
* Your Local Epidemiologist
* Maternal Ecodistress
* Pre-order Kaitlyn’s book, Little Apocalypses
* Sunaura Taylor’s Disabled Ecologies
* Parents Guide to Climate Revolution

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We welcome Amil for her THIRD Mother of it All appearance, where she gives a moving eulogy for the career ambition that has died out for her as she’s gotten older and had more kids. We also talk shitty teenaged jobs, perimenopausal sex drive, what we think our kids are learning about money and work, and the new Muppets Show.
Links:
* Life After Ambition by Amil Niazi
* Want to Change Careers? Three People Share Their Success Stories (via Big Salad)
* Find a perimenopause-aware practitioner via The Menopause Society
* Mark Rober Crunch Labs box
* The new Muppet Show (Disney)
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Dr. Megan Prior is a parent and a board-certified pediatrician in DC who serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood. A lot of us know her from her popular social media account, Itty Bitty Revolution, where she describes herself as a pediatrician and mom with a policy obsession.
We love her work and were thrilled to have her on the show to chat about the real, massive impacts that federal policies have on American families. From recent changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, to age-old issues around paid parental leave and childcare costs, Prior helps us think about where we are right now and what parents today can and should be focused on and fighting for to make family life better for all.
Links:
* Dr. Megan Prior on Instagram
* Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care for All by Elliot Haspel
* Biden’s Build Better Back bill
* The Economics of Early Childhood : “Nobel Laureate economist James Heckman estimated that every dollar invested in early childhood programs yields a return of $7 to $13 in economic benefits long term.”
* Adultism and children’s rights with Eloise Rickman
* Courtney Martin on right-sizing
* Bridgerton
* Live-action Cinderella
* the Just Tell Your Kids What To Do essay
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In this subscriber-only episode (you can become a paid subscriber by clicking here), we explore something we’ve been wondering about for a while: Why do we care so much about what other parents do? Why are we inclined to examine other parents choices? What should each of our b****y, judgy alter-egos be named? Does it tame them to name them, like they sa…