9 episodes
Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira Zak Rosen
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- Kids & Family
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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For over a year, Zak Rosen and his wife, Shira Heisler, discussed whether or not they wanted to have children. They conferred with friends, family, writers, and scientists along the way.
Pregnant Pause is their intimate account of making the most important decision of their lives (so far).
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#8 The Beat Goes On
Zak and Shira try to pick up the pieces after an unfortunate series of events.
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#7 We Are Powerless
Something completely unexpected takes hold and everything changes.
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#6 Who Wants it More?
Shira is at the end of her rope. She wants a baby. And the aha moment that Zak keeps waiting for, it’s likely never gonna come. So now what?
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#5 Childless is More
Zak loves the life he and Shira lead now, without kids. So he asks a chorus of people who've decided not to have kids what went into their decisions and how their childfree lives have turned out.
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#4 The Central Sadness w/Meghan Daum
Zak and Shira inch toward a decision while Meghan Daum, essayist and editor of “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids,” stops by to tell her story.
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#3 The Climate Worriers
Zak and Shira's philosopher friend introduces them to the concept of anti-natalism, and gets them thinking, is it morally wrong to bring a human into this world? Then Zak compares his climate anxiety to the meteorologist and writer, Eric Holthaus, who has pondered a vasectomy in the face of climate catastrophe.
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Customer Reviews
So great!
A sweet, honest, heartwarming and occasionally heartbreaking podcast - well worth a listen!
Raw, refreshing and riveting!
Heartwrenching, honest and funny. I've loved following these two on their journey. It kept me way more hooked than S-Town did 😉. I'm sad there are no more episodes (for now).
Great, personal podcast
Smart stuff, episodes a perfect length. Only a few episodes in so maybe it's coming, but would love to hear more about the guys' own back story...