Our Mothers Ourselves Podcast
1) Happy Mother's Day: Nancy Adler, Who Mastered the Balancing Act of Work and Motherhood
Nancy Adler was a renowned health psychologist who documented the powerful role that education, income and self-perceived social status play in a person's health and longevity.She was that rare p...Show More
2) The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark – A Conversation with Carol Lawson
A companion interview to Season 3 of Lost Women of Science, this episode is about the trailblazing mechanical engineer Yvonne Young "Y.Y." Clark. Katie talks with Y.Y,'s daughter, Carol Lawson, ...Show More
The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark – A Conversation with Carol Lawson
32:13 | Oct 27th, 2022
3) For Father's Day. Talmadge Everett King Sr.: "If Your Father Builds a Wooden House...."
Two years ago, to mark Father’s Day, I sat in the closet I’m sitting in now (which you can see only in your mind’s eye), and had an extraordinary conversation with Dr. Talmadge E. King, Jr., a world-r...Show More
4) Eve Metz's Hidden History. A conversation with Julie Metz
Several years ago, Julie Metz found something in the back of a drawer among her mother's slips and perfumes: a small book filled with handwritten notes to her mother, who was then called Eva, lat...Show More
5) Mary Trageser, Self-Deprecating Matriarch. A Conversation with Charlie Trageser
Mary Trageser is about to celebrate her 100th birthday this April, but she doesn't want any fuss about it. She's had a very adventurous life, growing up as a child of the Great Depression, s...Show More
Mary Trageser, Self-Deprecating Matriarch. A Conversation with Charlie Trageser
30:53 | Feb 3rd, 2022
6) Gladys Barry, aka Omaha Gigi, Grandma Poker Player. A Conversation With Michele Barry
Some women take up crafting or knitting or volunteering in their later years. For Gladys Barry, also known as Gigi, there was a different hobby: Poker.Gigi was born in Brooklyn and worked as a math te...Show More
7) Dorothy Nayer, Brave Survivor. A conversation with Louise Nayer
Dorothy Nayer was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and into her twenties, life bumped along. She went to nursing school, got married, and had two daughters. Then, when her daughters were still young chil...Show More
8) Joy Liasson, whose warmth carries on. A conversation with Mara Liasson
Joy Liasson was born in Pittsburgh in 1926, a child of the Depression. She was an aspiring writer who met her husband when he accidentally burned a hole in one of the two dresses she owned. They wen...Show More
9) Ginny Hughes, Unflappable Mom. A Conversation with Mallory Woodruff
When Ginny Hughes's oldest daughter, Mallory, was born, she knew something was terribly wrong. Ginny started talking to doctors, they told her she was having "the mommy worry syndrome." But Gin...Show More
10) Barbara Van Dusen, the Jackpot of Moms. A Conversation With Lisa Van Dusen
I've known Lisa Van Dusen for nearly 40 years, and I've always loved the way Lisa talks about her mother, Barbara: with unalloyed love and respect.Barbara is truly the mother "jackpot," as ...Show More