“Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” That’s sociologist Jessica Calarco speaking with journalist Anne Helen Petersen in a widely shared interview from 2020. Today, she joins […]
Pregnancy and Parenting During a Pandemic
Social work professor Tova Walsh interviewed dozens of mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic. She herself had a baby in March 2020, just as Wisconsin’s stay-at-home orders went […]
Women’s New Midlife Crisis with Ada Calhoun
For this episode, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd is in conversation with Ada Calhoun, author of the new book Why We Can’t Sleep, which highlights the struggles Gen X women experience […]
The Good News About Bad Behavior
Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd speaks with journalist and author Katherine Reynolds Lewis about her book The Good News About Bad Behavior. It’s part parenting guide, part psychology explainer on why […]
It Takes a Village
Lilada Gee’s guest is Mattie Reese, a mother who shared a heartfelt video this week about the struggles she is having raising her Black son in the Madison community. At […]
