Anyone else been feeling rage these past months? Host Katherine Goldstein and co-host Angela Garbes lay out a vision for Season 3 of the Double Shift, and make a case for why it’s more important than ever to be putting mothers at the center of the story during this extraordinary time. Show notes: Double Shifters, we want to hear from you. Has your career or earnings gone through a big change since the pandemic started? How are you adjusting to that personally or financially? Is it affecting your...
Oct 14, 2020•40 min
It’s never been more important to hear from mothers. The Double Shift is back for a new season challenging the status quo of working motherhood in America, pandemic-style. Creator and Host Katherine Goldstein is joined by a new co-host, author Angela Garbes to talk about childcare, race and protest, money, and even matriarchy with a series of wonderful guests. Be sure you are subscribed. First episode out Oct 14th. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift....
Oct 01, 2020•2 min
While we’re hard at work on Season 3, check out this great new show, Labor: The social science on work, women, and motherhood. Journalists Elise Hu and Amy Westervelt dive into the research to help us understand how we got here and how we're gonna get out. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: podlink.to/labor If you are missing The Double Shift, become a member! We’re releasing members-only bonus episodes about working mom Covid-life. Go to thedoubleshift.com/join . This is a pub...
Sep 08, 2020•31 min
The Double Shift is still on hiatus, but while we dream big about Season 3, check out this new show from Planet Money creator, Adam Davidson, who sits down with people who’ve channeled their unique passions and interests into successful businesses. If you miss the Double Shift, consider membership! It starts at $5/mo. Right now, Katherine and producer Rachel McCarthy are talking about life with kids in the Covid era. To get access to this and other exclusive content, go to thedoubleshift.com/joi...
Jul 08, 2020•11 min
Host Katherine Goldstein is joined live on stage at Betabrand in San Francisco by Inflection Point’s Lauren Schiller and Hana Baba from The Stoop podcast. We discuss the mental load, cross cultural pressures on mothers, and of course saying “F*ck it” to mom guilt. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedoubleshift.substack.com/subscribe...
Jan 13, 2020•46 min
Motherhood in America is not a game anyone is set up to win. For our season finale, we talk to author Angela Garbes about the root of the deep pressures mothers feel in our society. Resource: Like a Mother: A Feminist Guide to the Science and Culture of Pregnancy, by Angela Garbes. www.angelagarbes.com If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. ...
Dec 16, 2019•41 min
Host Katherine Goldstein talks candidly about some plot twists as she prepares for big changes in her own family. She also discusses how the themes of the season have influenced her, her maternity leave plans, and the future of The Double Shift. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join . This is a pub...
Dec 09, 2019•36 min
After giving birth to five children, Ted Rau now identifies as a transgender man, and he’s created a life outside the single family model by raising his kids in co-housing. His story presents a fascinating and nuanced take on community, gender and motherhood. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join ....
Dec 02, 2019•36 min
We've headed to Canada to highlight families making their own rules. First up, Sarah MacDonald, who's raising her kids with a queer man she found through a co-parenting "dating" site, and Natasha Bahkt and Lynda Collins, who've never been a couple and are parenting a child with special needs. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more...
Nov 25, 2019•46 min
In Nataly Antar’s Orthrodox Jewish marriage, her husband worked while she cooked, cleaned, and took care of their young children. Nataly assumed her divorce would be just as traditional. She was wrong. In this episode, we explore what it means to be a "good" and fulfilled mother when you have no legal custody over your own children. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a soci...
Nov 18, 2019•35 min
Maria Ramirez was a straight-A high school senior gunning for the Ivy League when she found out she was pregnant. Her journey to college graduation was filled with huge personal and financial obstacles, until she found a program that viewed motherhood as a role to be supported, not stigmatized. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn mo...
Nov 11, 2019•38 min
In Season 1 we dove into work and careers, but no one’s work life is going to change if our home lives are stuck in the past. This season we’re bringing you six episodes of boundary-breaking conversations that present bold new ideas for our lives. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedoubleshift.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 28, 2019•2 min
Ideas are coming at you every day from all directions. How can you process it all? You can start with The Next Big Idea. Host Rufus Griscom and legendary thought leaders Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Dan Pink, and Susan Cain, will be your personal “idea” curators. Open your mind and get ready for something big, because the right idea--at the right moment--has the power to transform your life. Listen now on http://wondery.fm/TNBIDoubleShift This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this ...
Oct 15, 2019•9 min
If you loved Ep. 10 on family leave, check out this episode of Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller, a show about how women rise up. She’s joined by Katie Bethell, founder of Paid Leave for the US. Katherine’s coming to the Bay area! Get tix to F*ck Mom Guilt Live! Oakland Aug 14th https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fck-mom-guilt-world-tour-with-the-double-shift-in-oakland-tickets-65054768564 , SF Aug 15th https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betabrand-podcast-theatre-fck-mom-guilt-tickets-64385208893?aff=er...
Jul 29, 2019•52 min
We’re still on break working hard on Season 2, but in the meantime, check out this preview from our friends at Unladylike, a show about gender rules and the people who break them. This episode features Hillary Frank discussing a topic dear to us: the special misogyny reserved for working mothers. Subscribe to Unladylike today! Also: become a member of The Double Shift to get additional content. Go to thedoubleshift.com/join . It’s $5/month. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...
Jun 25, 2019•17 min
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 “good enough” parental leave. So she fought to make it better for everyone at her company. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more he...
Jun 03, 2019•34 min
Angelica Lindsey-Ali is the mother of four and a sex educator. She’s also a practicing Muslim who travels around the country with a bag full of rainbow dildos teaching mothers that a sexually awakened woman is a powerful woman.... And the best “self care” of all might just be really mind-blowing sex. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Le...
May 20, 2019•36 min
Author Amy Westervelt and host Katherine Goldstein discuss how we can recapture the revolutionary spirit of Mother’s Day and why it’s time for us to put a dollar amount on all the invisible labor moms do to keep society and families running. The Invisible Labor Calculator, created by Amy Westervelt, author of “Forget ‘Having It All’: How America Messed Up Motherhood--and How to Fix It” Want to gift a Double Shift Membership to a special mom in your life for Mother’s Day? Go to thedoubleshift.com...
May 06, 2019•35 min
Most offices in America are still built by men, for men. Because of this, Tiffany Frye couldn't find any work and childcare arrangement that worked for her. So she built her own. We visit Nido, a workspace in North Carolina that puts the needs of mothers and children first. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubles...
Apr 22, 2019•20 min
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 shares a very personal story about family, ambition, and loss. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join . ...
Apr 08, 2019•36 min
Our "Mamas of the Brothels" episode took a lot to pull off. We tell some of the wild, behind-the-scenes stories about how this story about sex worker moms almost fell apart. Executive Producer Sarah Ventre shares how she pulled the story together by "brothel hopping" in a Tony Soprano car. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedoubleshift.substack.com/subscribe...
Apr 01, 2019•21 min
Natasha Star is one of the highest-earning sex workers at The Sagebrush Ranch in Lyon County, Nevada. She's also a mom to a five year-old son. In this episode we talk to moms, a madam at The Mustang Ranch and experts to explore the perks and pitfalls of being a working mom when your office is a legal brothel. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for...
Mar 25, 2019•34 min
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 intimate story gives a real look at what it's like to be a candidate with three little kids. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here ...
Mar 11, 2019•24 min
Nydia Sanchez runs an overnight, 24-hour child care center in Las Vegas. Many of her clients are single moms who work in casinos, or as waitresses, nurses and dancers. We visit to see how Nydia serves a group of moms that many bosses, politicians, and daycare owners just don’t think about. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more he...
Feb 25, 2019•18 min
For over 10 years, Louisa Rachel Solomon has been the frontwoman for the rock band, The Shondes. She hasn't let pregnancy or parenthood slow her down. But she's now staring down a big existential question: How do you continue to have a creative and fulfilling professional life after you have a kid? If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter . Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Lear...
Feb 11, 2019•20 min
Welcome to The Double Shift, the show about women who are challenging how society sees mothers and how we see ourselves. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thedoubleshift.substack.com/subscribe
Jan 21, 2019•2 min
