The Mother Of It All
Sarah and Miranda
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Friction-Maxxing with Kathryn Jezer-Morton
The author of The Cut’s Brooding column returns to roll out version 2.0 of “friction-maxxing,” the term that went viral earlier this year and earned her her first Wikipedia page. We talk AI, why she…
S3E100 Our 100th Episode LIVE! Motherhood as a 'Serious' Topic with Poet Rachel Richardson
As part of a feature series with local bay area radio station KALW, Berkeley-based poet Rachel Richardson joins Sarah and Miranda for a LIVE recording of The Mother Of It All podcast. We talk about…
S3E99 What to do when your kid doesn't want to go to school, and other pressing questions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comDid you hear?! We’re recording our 100th episode LIVE in San Francisco on May 8th as part of a series with KALW…
S3E98 Restlessness, Maternal Ambivalence, and the Buried Stories of Women in History with Julia Cooke
A quick announcement: We will be recording our 100th episode LIVE in San Francisco on May 8th at 7pm. Poet Rachel Richardson will join us for a conversation about the legitimacy of motherhood as a…
S3E97 Are We Overinvested in Parenthood? A Converstaion With Sociologist Nina Bandelj
Sociologist Nina Bandelj, author of the new book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting, joins us for a wonderful, perspective-altering converstation about how and why modern…
S3E96 Does every mom do too many things? Is that...maybe fine?!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comPaid subscribers, this one’s for you! We explore the question of whether or not we do too many things from many…
S3E95 Hope, Care & Raising Kids In A Climate Crisis with Kaitlyn Teer
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…
Losing Our Ambition with Amil Niazi
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…
"Every Child Deserves To Be A Kid." On Federal Policy & Family Life With Pediatrician Megan Prior
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…
S3E92 Why Do We Care What Other Parents Do?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.comIn this subscriber-only episode (you can become a paid subscriber by clicking here), we explore something we’ve…
S3E91 Want Community? Let Go of Control! With Stephanie H. Murray
We 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,…
S3E90 Do Schools Suck? with Dr. Jack Schneider
Dr. Jack Schneider, Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor at UMass Amherst and and host of the Have You Heard podcast about education policy, joins us to break down the recent “schools are bad”…
S3E89 Big Screen Moms (and Dads!) in 2025
This 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…
S3E88 Club Sandwich Generation with Courtney Martin
In 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…
Elf On The Shelf & the Annual Search For Meaning with Meaghan O'Connell
Welcome 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…
S3E85 Parenting Advice That Fits On A Bumper Sticker with Melinda Wenner Moyer
We’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…
Who 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…
Motherhood & Creativity with Christie George & Jihii Jolly
Sarah 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…
S3E82 Parenthood in the Age of AI with Dr. Dana Suskind
With 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:…
How I Studied ADHD for 15 Years and Didn't Know I Had It
To 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…
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