The 3 Best The Double Shift Podcast Episodes
1) The Candidate Who Carpools
Ashton Clemmons didn't think the voice of mothers was well represented in North Carolina's state government. So in 2018, she was one of the unprecedented number of women who ran for office. This intim...Show More
2) On Not Having It All
Host Katherine Goldstein was dedicating her career to covering issues facing working moms when her own personal and work life came messily crashing together. Recorded as an audio diary, Katherine shar...Show More
3) Paid Family Leave: We Can Do Better
The paid family leave situation in America is so bad, mothers are conditioned to think that we’re “lucky” to get ANY time off at all. Erin Grau was a New York Times employee who wasn’t satisfied with ...Show More
4) Deep Casual Hosting Live w/Amanda Litman
I had a blast talking about Amanda Litman’s weekly experiment of hosting friends at her Brooklyn apartment every Saturday night. My favorite parts of this conversation were discussing how NOT having a...Show More
5) Building Community: Live with Shannon Watts
I felt an absolute zing of electricity when I opened a message a few weeks ago asking if Shannon Watts could interview ME for her Substack Live series. Along with being a longtime fan of the incredibl...Show More
6) UPDATES From Me and How “Busyness” Stops us From Meaningful Connection (Audio)
I’m back with an update on what I’ve been working on—The How to Find Your People Club, an IRL community-building project tackling loneliness and disconnection. Plus, exciting news: I’m writing a book!...Show More
7) The Crucial Differences Between Community and Friendship, Explained. (Audio)
We are constantly surrounded by aspirational images of human connectedness but according to American Time Use Survey data, Americans' time socializing in person declined 20% from 2003 to 2023. The How...Show More
8) Mothers are Already the Safety Net. Now We Must Be a Firewall. (Audio)
I am very angry right now. In my community, I’m witnessing a fixable systemic childcare problem be cemented squarely on the shoulders of individual families, rather than those with power and resources...Show More
9) Eight Things That Make My Life a Lil Better (Audio)
After all of the intensity of being a business lady and switching platforms in the last few weeks, I thought I’d change gears with this occasional beloved series on a wide range of things that make my...Show More
10) The 2024 Candidate That Fills Me With Hope (AUDIO)
In this week’s audio newsletter is an essay about Sophia Chitlik, who is running for NC state senate here in Durham, North Carolina. What excites me the most about Sophia is that she’s promoting a pla...Show More