Choosing The Life That's Right for Me with Rachel Cargle
Author, activist, and educator Rachel Cargle, talks about choosing to be childfree as a reflection of the kind of life she wants to live. In the episode we discuss:-How Rachel’s early childhood influe...
23 Aug 20241h 17min
Non-Motherhood and Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
Therapist and author Kelly McDaniel on the links between non-motherhood and what she calls "mother hunger." In the episode we discuss:-Kelly’s definition of “mother hunger” and how she came up with th...
26 Mars 202356min
Life Beyond the Biological Clock with Stacy London
Rethinking aging as women without kids, with TV host and menopause activist, Stacy London. In the episode we discuss:-Stacy’s experience of being faced with her biological clock - and being confronted...
12 Mars 20231h 7min
Questioning Our Procreative Ethics with Carter Dillard
It's time to focus on less on what potential parents want and more on what the children of the future need, says human rights lawyer and founder of the Fair Start Movement, Carter Dillard. In the epis...
26 Feb 202337min
Opting For Irreversible Sterilization with Rachel Diamond
Childfree advocate Rachel Diamond on the complex reasons more women are opting for irreversible sterilization procedures. In the episode we discuss:-What a “bilateral salpingectomy” involves - and why...
12 Feb 202352min
Are We Witnessing a Birth Strike? with Jenny Brown
It is time to revalue the unpaid labor of childrearing, says Jenny Brown—feminist organizer and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work. In the episode we discuss:-Jenny’s backgroun...
29 Jan 20231h 6min
Evolutions in Sex Ed. with Justine Ang Fonte
It's time to teach kids about human sexuality beyond the procreative act, says sexuality educator, Justine Ang Fonte. In the episode we discuss:-Why sexuality education tends to reduce our bodies to t...
15 Jan 202337min
