Critical Frequency
Critical Frequency is a woman-owned podcast network on a mission to provide a platform for independent creators and those who are often overlooked in other media forms — women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and those who live outside of key media cities.
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Parenthood
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. In the season finale, Elise and Amy take a look back at what they've learned most, where we're at now, and where things might go from here.
A Silver Lining? How the Pandemic Might Change Work Culture
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. Some companies are committed to coming out of the pandemic with dramatically improved workplaces.
How to Take a Real Break
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. What is a "strategic absence" and can it work during a pandemic?
A Lesson in Communal Parenting from Native American Culture
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. In this episode, a public health researcher walks us through how social workers have pathologized Indigenous family structures and much more.
The Complexities of Covering Moms, Way Beyond Mom Blogs
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. Two writers join us to talk about the history of the mom beat and why it's still not taken seriously.
No School Or After School. Now What?
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. School's not back after the summer, exposing even more need for after school programs that have filled the gap for working families. But those programs face an
What the Climate Crisis Can Teach Us About Fixing the Parenting Crisis
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. What can climate change teach us about addressing the parenting crisis in the United States?
A Japanese Home Ec Experiment
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. A Japanese fatherhood researcher explains why Scandinavian-style family support families failed in Japan, and why she's placing her faith in an unusual solution to gender inequality: home
In A Pandemic, All Parents Left Behind
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. A sociologist joins us to talk about where the idea that every family should fend for themselves even came from, and what the pandemic tells us about
Welcome to Labor
Co-published with Critical Frequency and Reasonable Volume. With our support, Labor takes a deep dive into the various problems facing American families, just after COVID-19 hit and kicked it up a notch.