Labor

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Journalists Elise Hu and Amy Westervelt bring you the social science behind the many issues facing working families today. S1: How a global pandemic exacerbated the epidemic of American parenting misery.

Episodes

  1. Season 1 Finale! What the Pandemic Taught Us About Parenthood

    10/14/2020

    Season 1 Finale! What the Pandemic Taught Us About Parenthood

    In the season ender Elise and Amy take a look back at what they've learned most this season, where we're at now, and where things might go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    38 min
  2. A Silver Lining? How the Pandemic Might Change Work Culture

    10/06/2020

    A Silver Lining? How the Pandemic Might Change Work Culture

    Leslie Forde joins us to talk about what she calls the "Mom's Hierarchy of Needs," and what she's hearing from companies about their desire and commitment to come out of the pandemic with dramatically improved workplaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    23 min
  3. How to Take a Real Break

    09/29/2020

    How to Take a Real Break

    Petra Bueskens, is a psychologist and social scientist in Australia, and a well-known motherhood researcher worldwide. She coined the term "strategic absence" to describe a tactic she saw while studying women who were deliberately trying to upend traditional gender dynamics in their home. The idea is that if you plan the occasional absence from the home, not only does it help maintain your independence, but also it forces everyone else in the household to share the load of domestic tasks. But ... can it work in a pandemic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min
  4. A Lesson in Communal Parenting from Native American Culture

    09/22/2020

    A Lesson in Communal Parenting from Native American Culture

    Midwife and public health research Janelle Palacios grew up on the Flathead reservation and specializes in native families. In this episode, she walks us through how American social workers pathologized Indigenous family structures, the long period of family separation in tribal communities that followed, and all the many ways that a communal approach to family is better than the nuclear family approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
  5. The Complexities of Covering Moms, Way Beyond Mom Blogs

    09/15/2020

    The Complexities of Covering Moms, Way Beyond Mom Blogs

    Writer Heather B. Armstrong (aka Dooce) and author & Longest Shortest Time creator Hillary Frank join us to talk about the history of the mom beat and why it's still not taken seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min
  6. No School Or After School. Now What?

    09/08/2020

    No School Or After School. Now What?

    School's not back after the summer, exposing even more need for after school programs that have filled the gap for working families. But those programs face a precarious funding future. Nikki Yamashiro from the Afterschool Alliance joins to share her latest research. PLUS a brief history of how daycare shame started in America.Check out the Afterschool Alliance: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min
  7. What the Climate Crisis Can Teach Us About Fixing the Parenting Crisis

    09/01/2020

    What the Climate Crisis Can Teach Us About Fixing the Parenting Crisis

    Dr. Beth Sawin has spent decades studying systems change, and what she's learned about the climate crisis and various other crises gave us a surprising feeling ... dare we say hope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  8. A Japanese Home Ec Experiment

    08/25/2020

    A Japanese Home Ec Experiment

    Japanese fatherhood researcher Masako Ishii-Kuntz explains why Scandinavian-style family support families failed in Japan (complete with applicable lessons for the U.S.), and why she's placing her faith in an unusual solution to gender inequality: home economics classes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    26 min
  9. In A Pandemic, All Parents Left Behind

    08/18/2020

    In A Pandemic, All Parents Left Behind

    Sociologist Julie Kohler is a senior advisor at The Democracy Alliance. She joins us to talk about where the idea that every (nuclear) family should fend for themselves even came from, and what the pandemic tells us about the need to find a new model.Read her story "The End of Family Values," in Boston Review: http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/julie-kohler-end-family-values Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  10. Welcome to Labor

    07/20/2020

    Welcome to Labor

    We were already digging into the research on various problems facing American families, and then COVID-19 hit and ratcheted all of it up a notch. This season we'll look at where the nuclear family ideal came from, the relationship between families and the school system, how and why mothers from different racial and ethnic backgrounds face very different experiences of motherhood in America, how the climate, COVID and parenting crises intersect, and much more. Subscribe now so you won't miss our first episode, dropping August 18th ... the day school was supposed to start again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 min
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Journalists Elise Hu and Amy Westervelt bring you the social science behind the many issues facing working families today. S1: How a global pandemic exacerbated the epidemic of American parenting misery.

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    Critical Frequency
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  • Episodes
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