Stuff Mom Never Told You

Today we're focusing on Zanele Muholi, visual activist and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.

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Recently, there has been a lot of back and forth about going no contact in typically family relationships. Anney and Samantha break down what's going on, some generational divides and some possible driving factors.

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Nyla Innuksuk's 2022 film Slash/Back follows a group of Indigenous girls figuring out friendships, family and...how to fend off an alien invasion. Anney and Samantha delve into themes of culture, colonization, friendship and family.

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Author, podcaster and friend of the show Jo Piazza offers a future cheese plate while discussing her upcoming book The Sicilian Inheritance and her podcast Under the Influence. We chat about family history, murder, motherhood, and the influence of the internet, good and bad in this classic episode.

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As we approach the end of a rough 2025, we spotlight some good news with gender affirming events.

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Ria Thundercloud's 2022 children's book Finding My Dance follows her journey in dance, from Indigenous to classical, and motherhood.

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Today we're talking about Indigenous activist and artist Siku Allooloo.

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A lot of recent popular media really highlights that moms are struggling. What's going on here?

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All around the world, Indigenous women are fighting to save their language from systemic extinction. We look into a few examples in this classic episode.

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Yves breaks down the history of Dr. Margaret S. Collins, the first professionally trained Black woman entomologist.

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Being single comes with a lot of perks, but also some specific problems that remind us all its good to have friends.

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The release of the Epstein emails made clear that people of all types were involved, including Larry Summers, who has connections to Harvard and OpenAI. Bridget Todd breaks down why this matters.

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In this episode, we highlight more organizations doing great work led by Indigenous women.

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In the second part of our conversation about the response to Chanté Joseph's Vogue article "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing now?", we delve even deeper to some of reasons why it resonated with so many.

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In this classic, four families come together for the holidays and drama ensues in the 2000s Thanksgiving movie What's Cooking?

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In part two of our analysis of the New York City mayoral results, friend of the show Joey digs into what the results might mean and the legacy of #MeToo.

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Who Are the Women in Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Team?:

https://www.vogue.com/article/who-are-the-women-in-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team

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Adulting these days looks different, and can feel like a lot. As the holidays approach, we chat about the impact our politics are having on adulting.

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Friend of the show and New York City correspondent Joey breaks down Zohran Mamdani's win and what it means.

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The Liberal Wine Moms are Radicalizing:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5amW4VwP3rGc8DyZCSrewM?si=63tRf_HaS82VWuRP0V38vA

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When the character Naru debuted in the 2022 film Prey, she was historic in a lot of ways. Clever, strong and smart, she (and her dog) had what it took to face down a Predator when no one else did.

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