Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz on 'Center Stage' and stage moms
From "Center Stage" to "Black Swan," movies and TV shows about dance usually portray a toxic world of competition, cruelty and out-of-control stage moms. We talked to legendary ballerina Misty Copelan...
7 Maj 202432min
Elise Loehnen on 'Bad Moms' and the pressure women feel to be good
Writer Elise Loehnen helps us wade through the culture, history and family inheritances that make moms feel like we're constantly failing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
30 Apr 202431min
Ginger Zee on 'Twister,' prioritizing mental health, and weathering our emotions
ABC Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee has been fascinated by the weather since she was a kid. She talks with us about how weather, with its many ups and downs, is a perfect metaphor for life, mental heal...
23 Apr 202436min
Alison Rosen on 'The Facts of Life,' IVF and maternal therapists
There's a lot we can learn from the maternal figures in our lives and on TV, like the lovable house mother Mrs. Garrett from the 80s sitcom "The Facts of Life." Alison Rosen, host of the podcast "Alis...
16 Apr 202442min
Melissa Rivers on growing up with a funny mom
TV shows like Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel portray the lives of comedian moms. Melissa Rivers was raised by the ultimate "funny mom": the legendary Joan Rivers. What was it like to grow up surr...
9 Apr 202434min
Katey Sagal on 'outlaw moms'
Katey Sagal has played some of TV's most iconic moms — from Peg Bundy on Married... with Children to the vindictive Gemma on Sons of Anarchy. She joins us to talk about what she has learned from those...
2 Apr 202439min
Celeste Ng on moms with dark secrets
From Little Fires Everywhere to her latest book Our Missing Hearts, bestselling author Celeste Ng is kind of an expert at getting into the minds of moms with secrets. She talks to us about why motherh...
26 Mars 202440min
Chloé Cooper Jones on the joys and boredom of motherhood
What's it like to be told your whole life you can't have children because of a disability you were born with — only to find out that you're pregnant? Writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Chloé Cooper Jo...
19 Mars 202443min
