13 episodios
Mother is a Question Mother is a Question
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- Para toda la familia
This is an invitation into the depths of mothers’ hearts, minds and stories. Join best friends Julia Metzger-Traber and Tasha Haverty as they crack open definitions of motherhood and listen for the unspeakable through playful, intimate conversations with mothers from all walks of life. Mother is a Question is a portal into the kaleidoscopically different and yet universal experiences of what it means to mother.
Not another chat show sharing practical advice from the daily frontlines of mothering, but a space to live in the questions, and enlist the existential and poetic wisdom of those who mother. What would the world be if we took mothers’ questions and their wisdom seriously?
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A Motherful World (Alexis Pauline Gumbs)
What if humans could evolve into our most nurturing and creative selves? What if society were organized around care instead of extraction and destruction? What if we followed the leadership of those who mother? Well, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, self-proclaimed Black Feminist Love Evangelist, thinks we have to. It's urgent. And she calls this possibility Motherful. This episode, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, a poet and one of Julia's philosopher heroes, will be our guide to A Motherful World. She is a big inspiration for Julia. Check out Alexis' beautiful work here:Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Editor), China Martens (Editor), Mai’a Williams (Editor), Loretta J. Ross (Preface)Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline GumbsSpill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity by Alexis Pauline GumbsM Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline GumbsDub: Finding Ceremony by Alexis Pauline GumbsAnd pre-order her forthcoming book: Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde (out August 20!)And more great poems, videos and workshops on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/Mother is a Question is created by Julia Metzger-Traber and Natasha Haverty. Our editor is Rob Rosenthal.Original Music by Raky Sastri and Julia ReadExecutive Producer: Genevieve SponslerManager of The Big Questions Project: Courtney FleurantinCoordinating Producer: Emmanuel DesarmePost-Production: Sandra Lopez-MonsalveArt by Richard Gray
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Mothering between Life and Death (Katherine)
Katherine is a farmer. She always thought of herself as in control, someone who could plan for any situation. But when her son died after birth, that old her died too. "The world" she says, "is out of control, and any type of control that I experience is a figment of my imagination." But the river keeps flowing, the birds keep singing, and the garlic still needs to be harvested. How can it all exist at the same time? Here's her story.Mother is a Question is created by Julia Metzger-Traber and Natasha Haverty. Our editor is Rob Rosenthal.Original Music by Raky Sastri and Julia ReadExecutive Producer: Genevieve SponslerManager of The Big Questions Project: Courtney FleurantinCoordinating Producer: Emmanuel DesarmePost-Production: Sandra Lopez-MonsalveArt by Richard Gray
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Why Can't a Mother Think That? (Anne, Pt. 2)
We pick up with the story of Anne, a day after she told her kids that she was so unhappy, so lost that to figure things out, she had to get on a plane and put five thousand miles between herself and her life.
Mother is a Question is created by Natasha Haverty and Julia Metzger-Traber. Our editor is Rob Rosenthal.
Original Music by Raky Sastri and Julia Read
Manager of The Big Questions Project: Courtney Fleurantin
Coordinating Producer: Emmanuel Desarme
Post-Production: Sandra Lopez-Monsalve
Executive Producer: Genevieve Sponsler -
Why Can't a Mother Think That? (Anne, Pt. 1)
We open our season with a story that came to us through a listener.
“Can you imagine leaving your child?” Anne asks, “No, of course not. Because none of us do. Nor did I, until four days before I did it.” Here’s Part 1 of her story.
Mother is a Question is created by Natasha Haverty and Julia Metzger-Traber. Our editor is Rob Rosenthal.
Executive Producer: Genevieve Sponsler
Manager of The Big Questions Project: Courtney Fleurantin
Coordinating Producer: Emmanuel Desarme
Post-Production: Sandra Lopez-Monsalve
Original Music by Raky Sastri and Julia Read -
Trailer. Season 2
Being a mother is a portal into the core of human existence. Join us as we hold a microphone up to that portal and listen for the unanswerable, the unspeakable, the mysterious, the awe-some and the kaleidoscopically different realities of mothers.
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What Just Happened?
Yeye just crossed the threshold into motherhood. And she thinks what she learned during her crossing—when she gave birth—might be the key into the kind of motherhood in which she could be her truest, fullest self. But she’s also still asking questions. “Can you explain to me how we ended up in that situation? Wait, can you say that again? Was it really necessary, or am I another Latina statistic that ended up in this situation?” Join us for our season finale, and be part of crafting the coming season of Mother is a Question.