It’s been a minute since you’ve heard from us, but Katherine is excited to share news about the next chapter of The Double Shift, a newsletter and community that’s a social change laboratory for moms. The Double Shift has always been more than a podcast, and we're embracing our membership community as a place for building connections around political, social and workplace change, transforming families and building a more just future for everyone. We believe in:Solidarity — not adviceBold ideas — not life hacksCuriosity — not judgmentThoughtful research and analysis — not uninformed flame throwingMembership starts at $7/mo, and members get:An audio version of the newsletter to listen to on your favorite playerThe ability to comment on public posts and members-only private threadsAccess to members-only hangouts on Zoom (and in person!)This is the start of the list. More benefits coming, based on member feedback.Read the full announcement post here! Your paying membership allows this to be one of the very-few non-corporate spaces left on the mom-internet. To sign up for our revamped newsletter full of reporting about the forces that shape family life in America and challenging the status quo of motherhood, go to thedoubleshift.com/newsletter.To see all the member benefits, join the community or upgrade your membership go to thedoubleshift.com/join.If you’d like a donated membership email, askthedoubleshift@gmail.com.Our next virtual hangout is July 20th at 3pm EST. It’s titled Workplace Revolution w/Erin Grau, who’s the co-founder and COO of Charter Works. To listen to Erin on the Double Shift, listen to "Paid Leave, We Can Do Better," and the followup episode we made about Double Shifters who were galvanized to advocate for better family policies by listening to Erin's story. To celebrate our relaunch, this event is open to all. RSVP here. 

It’s been a minute since you’ve heard from us, but Katherine is excited to share news about the next chapter of The Double Shift, a newsletter and community that’s a social change laboratory for moms. The Double Shift has always been more than a podcast, and we're embracing our membership community as a place for building connections around political, social and workplace change, transforming families and building a more just future for everyone. We believe in:Solidarity — not adviceBold ideas — not life hacksCuriosity — not judgmentThoughtful research and analysis — not uninformed flame throwingMembership starts at $7/mo, and members get:<ul><li>An audio version of the newsletter to listen to on your favorite player</li><li>The ability to comment on public posts and members-only private threads</li><li>Access to members-only hangouts on Zoom (and in person!)</li></ul>This is the start of the list. More benefits coming, based on member feedback.<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/welcome-the-the-relaunched-double-shift/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read the full announcement post here! </a><a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Your paying membership </a>allows this to be one of the very-few non-corporate spaces left on the mom-internet. To sign up for our <a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">revamped newsletter</a> full of reporting about the forces that shape family life in America and challenging the status quo of motherhood, go to <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>.To see all the member benefits, join the community or upgrade your membership go to <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join.</a>If you’d like a donated membership email, <a href="mailto:askthedoubleshift@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">askthedoubleshift@gmail.com</a>.Our next virtual hangout is July 20th at 3pm EST. It’s titled Workplace Revolution w/Erin Grau, who’s the co-founder and COO of Charter Works. To listen to Erin on the Double Shift, listen to "<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/episode-10-paid-leave-we-can-do-better-05-2019-c2rdl/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paid Leave, We Can Do Better,</a>" and the followup<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/building-a-movement-for-paid-leave/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> episode we made about Double Shifters</a> who were galvanized to advocate for better family policies by listening to Erin's story. To celebrate our relaunch, this event is open to all. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10zdLQ3eSjDzOefo46AmNfzh_A5wSMXAVUReqsqlgFps/edit" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">RSVP here. </a>

Announcing... The Double Shift’s Next Chapter

The Double Shift podcast launched three years ago to share the real stories of motherhood in America, and radically explore the social forces that make being a mom so challenging. We’ve brought you stories from inside brothels and a 24-hour childcare center; we’ve confronted capitalism, patriarchy, and the idealized myth of nuclear family; we opened up conversations about mental health and its stigma and amplified the voices of people often left out of conversations about motherhood; and we’ve gone deep on the experiences of moms and caregivers during the pandemic. Along the way we’ve reframed the conversation about motherhood and built a community of folks who aren’t only listening, but also supporting each other and taking action to make their communities better. While the podcast in this format will be on indefinite hiatus, our work is just getting started. We’ll be investing time and energy into our free weekly newsletter, led by Katherine, about the forces that shape family life in America, filled with reporting and storytelling. Sign up here: thedoubleshift.com/newsletterWe’re also nourishing our robust member community with hangouts, audio newsletters, and more. Please join us and support our ongoing mission! It starts at $5/mo. Go to thedoubleshift.com/join.THANK YOU with our whole hearts for being part of The Double Shift.  In case you’d like to go down memory lane, here’s a playlist of some of our favorite episodes over the last 3 years. Pre-order Angela’s book, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.Read this week's newsletter: 5 Things I've Learned as a Pandemic Mom and Podcast Business Lady

The Double Shift podcast launched three years ago to share the real stories of motherhood in America, and radically explore the social forces that make being a mom so challenging. We’ve brought you stories from inside brothels and a 24-hour childcare center; we’ve confronted capitalism, patriarchy, and the idealized myth of nuclear family; we opened up conversations about mental health and its stigma and amplified the voices of people often left out of conversations about motherhood; and we’ve gone deep on the experiences of moms and caregivers during the pandemic. Along the way we’ve reframed the conversation about motherhood and built a community of folks who aren’t only listening, but also supporting each other and taking action to make their communities better. While the podcast in this format will be on indefinite hiatus, our work is just getting started. We’ll be investing time and energy into our free weekly newsletter, led by Katherine, about the forces that shape family life in America, filled with reporting and storytelling. Sign up here: <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>We’re also nourishing our robust member community with hangouts, audio newsletters, and more. Please join us and support our ongoing mission! It starts at $5/mo. Go to <a href="http://thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.THANK YOU with our whole hearts for being part of The Double Shift.  In case you’d like to go down memory lane, here’s a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jeMn6xNaUWQtnOw5g6PZr?si=434f2013dd0644a2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">playlist of some of our favorite episodes</a> over the last 3 years. Pre-order Angela’s book, <a href="https://www.harperwave.com/book/9780062937360/Essential-Labor-Angela-Garbes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change</a>.Read this week's newsletter: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/a0fb7c8af52d/5-things-ive-learned-as-a-pandemic-mom-podcast-biz-lady?e=34b3a7b480" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">5 Things I've Learned as a Pandemic Mom and Podcast Business Lady</a>

This is Not Goodbye

For six months last year, tens of millions of families could count on consistent, predictable support from their government to help defray the steep financial cost of raising a child in this country. We hear from moms about how these monthly Child Tax Credit checks helped them support their families, move forward in their careers, make change in their communities, and reduce the psychological trauma of trying to raise a family while living in a constant state of precarity.… and about what life is like now that the payments have ended. Oh, and one guest’s CTC-supported success story has THE most dysfunctional American twist … take a listen. Our Thanks to The Better Life Lab at New America for their support with this episode.If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, PLEASE sign up here:https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter. This is the best way for us to stay in touch with you about the future plans we have cooking.If The Double Shift podcast has meant something to you personally or had an impact on your life, we’d love to hear about it. You can send us an email or a voice memo recorded on your phone to askthedoubleshift@gmail.com, and we may use it in our upcoming episode.

For six months last year, tens of millions of families could count on consistent, predictable support from their government to help defray the steep financial cost of raising a child in this country. We hear from moms about how these monthly Child Tax Credit checks helped them support their families, move forward in their careers, make change in their communities, and reduce the psychological trauma of trying to raise a family while living in a constant state of precarity.… and about what life is like now that the payments have ended. Oh, and one guest’s CTC-supported success story has THE most dysfunctional American twist … take a listen. Our Thanks to The Better Life Lab at New America for their support with this episode. If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, PLEASE sign up here:<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. This is the best way for us to stay in touch with you about the future plans we have cooking. If The Double Shift podcast has meant something to you personally or had an impact on your life, we’d love to hear about it. You can send us an email or a voice memo recorded on your phone to <a href="mailto:askthedoubleshift@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">askthedoubleshift@gmail.com</a>, and we may use it in our upcoming episode.

The Check’s Not in the Mail

Changing workplaces to make them substantially better for moms and caregivers is, in fact, possible.Inspired by our show on paid family leave back in 2019, we hear from some Double Shift listeners who fiercely advocated for -- and got -- better paid family leave at their companies.We are closer than ever before to getting federally funded paid leave for everyone. This is so important, but it’s just one part of an ongoing movement. Today’s episode offers encouragement, some playbook tactics, some real world examples, and something we all need right now -- hope. Subscribe to our newsletter: www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter, and become a member to support our show. www.thedoubleshift.com/join.Listen to our episode from 2019, Paid Leave, We Can Do Better.Subscribe to our newsletter: www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter, and become a member to support our show. www.thedoubleshift.com/join.﻿Listen to our episode from 2019, Paid Leave, We Can Do Better.Information and Resources:“Where are the Mothers?” Read host Katherine Goldstein’s original reporting about how the women at the New York Times improved their parental leave.Making the case for parental leave:“5 Ways to Explain the Urgent Need for Paid Family Leave.” “The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave.”“Wal-Mart and Now Starbucks: Why More Big Companies are Offering Paid Family Leave.”Read The NYTimes Parenting Section’s Guide to negotiating for parental leave:“How to Ask for Parental Leave When You’re an Hourly Worker”“How Freelancing Parents Can Create Maternity or Paternity Leave.”“How to Ask for Maternity or Paternity Leave When Your Company Has No Policy.”Additional organizations that support family leave advocacy:Paid Leave US is a national advocacy organization aimed at getting national paid family leave by 2022. Check out their FAQ, templates for getting better workplace policies and a cost benefit analysis resource.A Better Balance has tons of resources on knowing your rights around family leave, pregnancy and more.National Domestic Workers Alliance has an online platform for paid leave for domestic workers.Get in touch with Erin Grau on LinkedIn, or email her at e@charterworks.com.Check out The Chamber of Mothers, and get involved. ----------

Changing workplaces to make them substantially better for moms and caregivers is, in fact, possible.Inspired by our show on paid family leave back in 2019, we hear from some Double Shift listeners who fiercely advocated for -- and got -- better paid family leave at their companies.We are closer than ever before to getting federally funded paid leave for everyone. This is so important, but it’s just one part of an ongoing movement. Today’s episode offers encouragement, some playbook tactics, some real world examples, and something we all need right now -- hope. Subscribe to our newsletter: <a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>, and become a member to support our show. <a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.Listen to our episode from 2019, <a href="https://megaphone.link/DSPRD2455271552" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paid Leave, We Can Do Better</a>.Subscribe to our newsletter: <a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>, and become a member to support our show. <a href="http://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.thedoubleshift.com/join</a>. ﻿Listen to our episode from 2019, <a href="https://megaphone.link/DSPRD2455271552" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paid Leave, We Can Do Better</a>. Information and Resources:“<a href="https://niemanreports.org/articles/where-are-the-mothers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Where are the Mothers?</a>” Read host Katherine Goldstein’s original reporting about how the women at the New York Times improved their parental leave.Making the case for parental leave:<ul><li>“<a href="https://www.maisonette.com/le_scoop/paid-family-leave" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">5 Ways to Explain the Urgent Need for Paid Family Leave.</a>” </li><li>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/upshot/the-economic-benefits-of-paid-parental-leave.html?_r=0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave.</a>”</li><li>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/upshot/parental-leave-company-policy-salaried-hourly-gap.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Wal-Mart and Now Starbucks: Why More Big Companies are Offering Paid Family Leave.</a>”</li></ul> Read The NYTimes Parenting Section’s Guide to negotiating for parental leave:<ul><li>“<a href="https://parenting.nytimes.com/work-money/parental-leave-hourly-worker?te=1&amp;nl=nyt-parenting&amp;emc=edit_ptg_20190522" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How to Ask for Parental Leave When You’re an Hourly Worker</a>”</li><li>“<a href="https://parenting.nytimes.com/work-money/maternity-paternity-leave-parents-freelancers?te=1&amp;nl=nyt-parenting&amp;emc=edit_ptg_20190522" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How Freelancing Parents Can Create Maternity or Paternity Leave.</a>”</li><li>“<a href="https://parenting.nytimes.com/work-money/maternity-paternity-leave-parents-freelancers?te=1&amp;nl=nyt-parenting&amp;emc=edit_ptg_20190522" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How to Ask for Maternity or Paternity Leave When Your Company Has No Policy.</a>”</li></ul> Additional organizations that support family leave advocacy:<ul><li><a href="https://paidleave.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paid Leave US</a> is a national advocacy organization aimed at getting national paid family leave by 2022. <a href="https://paidleave.us/resources#workplace-policy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Check out</a> their FAQ, templates for getting better workplace policies and a cost benefit analysis resource.</li><li><a href="https://www.abetterbalance.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Better Balance</a> has tons of resources on knowing your rights around <a href="https://www.abetterbalance.org/resources/paid-family-leave/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">family leave</a>, pregnancy and more.</li><li><a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a> has an <a href="https://www.myalia.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">online platform for paid leave</a> for domestic workers.</li></ul> Get in touch with Erin Grau on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eringrau/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, or email her at <a href="mailto:e@charterworks.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">e@charterworks.com</a>.Check out <a href="https://www.chamberofmothers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Chamber of Mothers</a>, and get involved. ----------

Building a Movement for Paid Leave

Here at the Double Shift, we love to dismantle stigma through storytelling. So our guest this episode, Kenya Martin (aka "Abortion Diva"), speaks to our souls. Kenya is a former abortion clinic counselor in Texas, current activist, and a mom, who shed the shame she felt about her own abortions and became "loud and proud" about them to help other people feel less alone. As we grapple with Texas’ new abortion restriction law, and the looming Supreme Court decisions that could force more people into parenthood, Kenya talks about how reproductive freedom and economic justice are inherently intertwined, how abortion providers save lives, and her belief that any reason is a good reason to have an abortion.Angela and Katherine also share their own reproductive health experiences and why they've both become even more pro-abortion since becoming mothers. And, we hear from a listener -- on the cusp of becoming part of the 59% of abortion patients that have already had at least one child -- about how the challenges of parenting in the US are impacting her abortion decision. Notes:Angela recommends the book, Reproductive justice by Loretta Ross and Ricky Salinger.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. 

Here at the Double Shift, we love to dismantle stigma through storytelling. So our guest this episode, Kenya Martin (aka "Abortion Diva"), speaks to our souls. Kenya is a former abortion clinic counselor in Texas, current activist, and a mom, who shed the shame she felt about her own abortions and became "loud and proud" about them to help other people feel less alone. As we grapple with Texas’ new abortion restriction law, and the looming Supreme Court decisions that could force more people into parenthood, Kenya talks about how reproductive freedom and economic justice are inherently intertwined, how abortion providers save lives, and her belief that any reason is a good reason to have an abortion.Angela and Katherine also share their own reproductive health experiences and why they've both become even more pro-abortion since becoming mothers. And, we hear from a listener -- on the cusp of becoming part of the 59% of abortion patients that have already had at least one child -- about how the challenges of parenting in the US are impacting her abortion decision. Notes:Angela recommends the book, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520288201/reproductive-justice" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Reproductive justice by Loretta Ross and Ricky Salinger</a>.If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Pro-Mother, Pro-Abortion

COVID vaccinations for five to 11 year olds are here, and for so many parents and caregivers this moment could not have come soon enough. Others are taking a wait-and-see approach, including many moms who are vaccinated themselves but may feel anxiety about the COVID vaccine when it comes to their kids... and they don't necessarily have access to a doctor or health care worker who can help them sort through the information -- and emotion -- overload that dovetails with socially imposed expectations on what it means to be a “good mom.” Katherine has got you covered. She talks with her great friend AND trusted advisor, board certified family physician Dr. Liz Baltaro, about the science on kids and the COVID vaccine, and about the swirling vortex of “vaccine anxiety:” The worry many moms feel when making these weighty decisions about their children’s safety. Dr. Liz fields questions from you, our listeners, and brings calm to the chaos. Even if you are on board with getting your kids the shot, this episode may answer some important, lingering questions you have and will help you better understand those in your life who aren’t quite sold.Some Helpful Resources:Pfizer study on vaccines for ages 5-11 measures vaccines ability to neutralize antibody responsesThe risk of myocarditis is higher from COVID than from the COVID vaccine --The New England Journal of MedicineThe official CDC guidance on vaccines for kids and teens American Academy of Pediatrics FAQs of the COVID Vaccine Answers to your Questions About the COVID Vaccine and Kids -- NYTimesResearch cited in this episode was based on information available as of October 2021. Research on the impact of the covid vaccine on children is being updated regularly -- check the CDC web page for children and teens for the most recent information on vaccine safety and effectiveness.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. 

COVID vaccinations for five to 11 year olds are here, and for so many parents and caregivers this moment could not have come soon enough. Others are taking a wait-and-see approach, including many moms who are vaccinated themselves but may feel anxiety about the COVID vaccine when it comes to their kids... and they don't necessarily have access to a doctor or health care worker who can help them sort through the information -- and emotion -- overload that dovetails with socially imposed expectations on what it means to be a “good mom.” Katherine has got you covered. She talks with her great friend AND trusted advisor, board certified family physician Dr. Liz Baltaro, about the science on kids and the COVID vaccine, and about the swirling vortex of “vaccine anxiety:” The worry many moms feel when making these weighty decisions about their children’s safety. Dr. Liz fields questions from you, our listeners, and brings calm to the chaos. Even if you are on board with getting your kids the shot, this episode may answer some important, lingering questions you have and will help you better understand those in your life who aren’t quite sold.Some Helpful Resources:<a href="https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-positive-topline-results" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pfizer study on vaccines for ages 5-11 measures vaccines ability to neutralize antibody responses</a><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2109730" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The risk of myocarditis is higher from COVID than from the COVID vaccine</a> --The New England Journal of Medicine<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/children-teens.html?s_cid=11369:can%20children%20get%20covid%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN:FY21" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The official CDC guidance on vaccines for kids and teens</a> <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/covid-19-vaccine-for-children/about-the-covid-19-vaccine-frequently-asked-questions/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">American Academy of Pediatrics FAQs of the COVID Vaccine</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/kids-covid-vaccine.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Answers to your Questions About the COVID Vaccine and Kids</a> -- NYTimesResearch cited in this episode was based on information available as of October 2021. Research on the impact of the covid vaccine on children is being updated regularly -- check the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/children-teens.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CDC web page for children and teens</a> for the most recent information on vaccine safety and effectiveness. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

“Good Moms” and the COVID Vaccine

While other news outlets have “moved on'' from talking about how mad and burnt out moms are, we’re just getting started. In part two of this intimate, in-the-moment audio diary series, host Katherine Goldstein shares her story of caring for newborn twins and a four-year-old as the coronavirus shut the world down around her. She’s joined by co-host Angela Garbes to discuss the idea that mothers are the unacknowledged essential workers of the pandemic, what’s changed in the year+ since the audio diaries were recorded, and what hasn’t. Katherine and Angela also reflect how they both see collectively harnessing anger over what has happened in the last 19 months as crucial for finding a path forward.Newsweek: Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime IncomeCheck out The Nap Ministry on Instagram.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. 

While other news outlets have “moved on'' from talking about how mad and burnt out moms are, we’re just getting started. In part two of this intimate, in-the-moment audio diary series, host Katherine Goldstein shares her story of caring for newborn twins and a four-year-old as the coronavirus shut the world down around her. She’s joined by co-host Angela Garbes to discuss the idea that mothers are the unacknowledged essential workers of the pandemic, what’s changed in the year+ since the audio diaries were recorded, and what hasn’t. Katherine and Angela also reflect how they both see collectively harnessing anger over what has happened in the last 19 months as crucial for finding a path forward.Newsweek: <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/2021/06/11/exclusive-pandemic-could-cost-typical-american-woman-nearly-600000-lifetime-income-1594655.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime Income</a>Check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Nap Ministry</a> on Instagram.If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

All Mothers are Essential Workers (Part 2)

Every mother has been touched by the pandemic and every mother has a story that deserves to be heard...including our own host, Katherine Goldstein.In this two-part series, Katherine shares her story of caring for newborn twins and a four-year-old as the coronavirus shut the world down around her. Through intimate, in-the-moment audio diaries, she strips away the tropes around self-sacrificing pandemic motherhood and lays bare the frustration, fear, uncertainty, and anger (so much anger) over how mothers, children, and caregivers have been abandoned in this crucial moment -- and have actually always been left to fend for themselves.A year and half later, we all know where this story is headed....but we don’t yet know how it ends. ----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. -----Listen to Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-tactics-for-your-sexist-workplace/id1391206534

Every mother has been touched by the pandemic and every mother has a story that deserves to be heard...including our own host, Katherine Goldstein.In this two-part series, Katherine shares her story of caring for newborn twins and a four-year-old as the coronavirus shut the world down around her. Through intimate, in-the-moment audio diaries, she strips away the tropes around self-sacrificing pandemic motherhood and lays bare the frustration, fear, uncertainty, and anger (so much anger) over how mothers, children, and caregivers have been abandoned in this crucial moment -- and have actually always been left to fend for themselves.A year and half later, we all know where this story is headed....but we don’t yet know how it ends. ----If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>. -----Listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-tactics-for-your-sexist-workplace/id1391206534" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace</a> wherever you get your podcasts. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-tactics-for-your-sexist-workplace/id1391206534" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-tactics-for-your-sexist-workplace/id1391206534</a>

“We’re All In This Together”? (Part 1)

While we are on hiatus, check out a show we think you’ll love. It’s called Home. Made. Today we are sharing the full episode of the series, called  “Is There A Doctor In The Dollhouse?” It’s about Dr. Kwandaa Roberts, who on the surface appeared to “have it all:” a thriving medical practice, a big house in the suburbs, two kids. But she harbored a secret dream to be an interior designer. Her chance to live this dream came about when she renovated a dollhouse that went viral on social media.... but then the pandemic happened, and Kwandaa was forced to make some difficult life decisions.

While we are on hiatus, check out a show we think you’ll love. It’s called Home. Made. Today we are sharing the full episode of the series, called  “Is There A Doctor In The Dollhouse?” It’s about Dr. Kwandaa Roberts, who on the surface appeared to “have it all:” a thriving medical practice, a big house in the suburbs, two kids. But she harbored a secret dream to be an interior designer. Her chance to live this dream came about when she renovated a dollhouse that went viral on social media.... but then the pandemic happened, and Kwandaa was forced to make some difficult life decisions.

Introducing: Home. Made.

Katherine and Angela have built their careers thinking about motherhood, career and identity. Today, we hear from the Double Shifters who have influenced them most — their own mothers.  Angela interviews Kay Goldstein about her trailblazing careers (plural!) as a second wave feminist, how she looks back at her life as a mom in the workforce now, and the lessons she shared with Katherine about not leaving anything on the table. Josie Garbes tells Katherine about her experiences as an immigrant who found her calling as a hospice nurse, the complexities of caring for the dying at work while raising three kids at home, and her new interest in activism during this time of targeted violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.Turns out, the influence between mother and daughter is truly a two-way street.Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov.  https://www.vaccines.gov/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. 

Katherine and Angela have built their careers thinking about motherhood, career and identity. Today, we hear from the Double Shifters who have influenced them most — their own mothers.  Angela interviews Kay Goldstein about her trailblazing careers (plural!) as a second wave feminist, how she looks back at her life as a mom in the workforce now, and the lessons she shared with Katherine about not leaving anything on the table. Josie Garbes tells Katherine about her experiences as an immigrant who found her calling as a hospice nurse, the complexities of caring for the dying at work while raising three kids at home, and her new interest in activism during this time of targeted violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.Turns out, the influence between mother and daughter is truly a two-way street.Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to <a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">vaccines.gov. </a> <a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vaccines.gov/</a>If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Our Moms

The Double Shift is a narrative show that challenges the status quo of motherhood in America, hosted by Katherine Goldstein and Angela Garbes.For the latest on The Double Shift's newsletter and community that's a social change laboratory for moms, go to thedoubleshift.com and sign up for our newsletter.

A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of three who earned a good salary. She’d worked her way up at a company she loved and was telling younger women they could "have it all.” The pandemic changed everything. She's now one of the 4.5 million women who has left employment behind since the start of 2020, and is now an in-home services caregiver for her youngest daughter who’s a wheelchair user, and an unpaid virtual teaching assistant for her older two kids. But nearly a year after leaving her career, she’s finding her footing and increasing moments of peace with her path.This is a story about sacrifice and unexpected hope. Check out The Center for American Progress’ Calculator https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/ for the long term costs of leaving the paid workforce due to childcare needs.This is part three of our series on the true cost of the pandemic for moms, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers a partnership between us, The Guardian, and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project.Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov. Also check out: Slate’s The Waves, wherever you get your podcasts. https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.htmlIf 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. 

A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of three who earned a good salary. She’d worked her way up at a company she loved and was telling younger women they could "have it all.” The pandemic changed everything. She's now one of the 4.5 million women who has left employment behind since the start of 2020, and is now an in-home services caregiver for her youngest daughter who’s a wheelchair user, and an unpaid virtual teaching assistant for her older two kids. But nearly a year after leaving her career, she’s finding her footing and increasing moments of peace with her path.This is a story about sacrifice and unexpected hope. Check out <a href="https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Center for American Progress’ Calculator</a> <a href="https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://interactives.americanprogress.org/childcarecosts/</a> for the long term costs of leaving the paid workforce due to childcare needs. This is part three of our series on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">true cost of the pandemic for moms</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers</a> a partnership between us, The Guardian, and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to <a href="https://www.vaccines.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">vaccines.gov. </a> Also check out: <a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Slate’s The Waves</a>, wherever you get your podcasts. <a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/the-waves.html</a> If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

When 'Mom' Is The Safety Net

In Part 1 of this series, hosts Katherine Goldstein and Angela Garbes shared their own mental health challenges over the past year. They definitely aren’t the only ones who have struggled -- and in this episode we hear directly from some listeners who’ve sent us voice memos about how they are also not OK. We share some of the most pressing issues we are hearing about with Dr. Amber Thornton, a clinical psychologist and a motherhood wellness consultant. We discuss moms’ needs coming last, challenges in accessing care, additional obstacles for women of color in getting mental health support, some realities around self medicating, and more. You can find out more about Dr Amber at Balanced Working Mama, and her podcast The Balanced Working Mama Podcast.https://www.balancedworkingmama.com/ &amp; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balanced-working-mama-podcast/id1520168735If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter, thedoubleshift.com/newsletter. Resources:If you are needing mental health support, please check out the following organizations:Postpartum Progress https://postpartumprogress.com/Postpartum Support International Hotline: 1-800-944-4773 (1-Spanish, 2- English)Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (In English and Spanish) https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ppc/documents/DBP/EDPS_text_added.pdfMotherhood Understood, https://www.motherhood-understood.com/resources which includes Mother’s Manual for Postpartum Mental Health, Cheat sheet to Medications, Cheat sheet to Partners, and other resources.SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline is 1-800-662-HELP (4357). They also have a treatment locator. https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255Membership:Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

In Part 1 of this series, hosts Katherine Goldstein and Angela Garbes shared their own mental health challenges over the past year. They definitely aren’t the only ones who have struggled -- and in this episode we hear directly from some listeners who’ve sent us voice memos about how they are also not OK. We share some of the most pressing issues we are hearing about with Dr. Amber Thornton, a clinical psychologist and a motherhood wellness consultant. We discuss moms’ needs coming last, challenges in accessing care, additional obstacles for women of color in getting mental health support, some realities around self medicating, and more. You can find out more about Dr Amber at <a href="https://www.balancedworkingmama.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Balanced Working Mama</a>, and her podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balanced-working-mama-podcast/id1520168735" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Balanced Working Mama Podcast</a>.<a href="https://www.balancedworkingmama.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.balancedworkingmama.com/</a> &amp; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balanced-working-mama-podcast/id1520168735" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balanced-working-mama-podcast/id1520168735</a>If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>.  Resources:If you are needing mental health support, please check out the following organizations:<a href="https://postpartumprogress.com/%20-" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Postpartum Progress </a><a href="https://postpartumprogress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://postpartumprogress.com/</a><a href="https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Postpartum Support International Hotline</a>: 1-800-944-4773 (1-Spanish, 2- English)<a href="https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ppc/documents/DBP/EDPS_text_added.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (In English and Spanish)</a> <a href="https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ppc/documents/DBP/EDPS_text_added.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ppc/documents/DBP/EDPS_text_added.pdf</a><a href="https://www.motherhood-understood.com/resources" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Motherhood Understood</a>, <a href="https://www.motherhood-understood.com/resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.motherhood-understood.com/resources</a> which includes Mother’s Manual for Postpartum Mental Health, Cheat sheet to Medications, Cheat sheet to Partners, and other resources.SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline is 1-800-662-HELP (4357). They also have <a href="https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">a treatment locator.</a> <a href="https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/</a><a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">National Suicide Prevention Hotline</a>: 800-273-8255 Membership:Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

The Moms Are Not OK (Part 2)

The mental health impact, especially on mothers, in the last year has been enormous. But the realities are something that's rarely talked about openly, and still carries a stigma. Hosts Katherine and Angela share their own personal stories of mental health diagnoses and experiences with antidepressants during the pandemic.Resources:If you are needing mental health support, please check out the following organizations:Postpartum Progress Postpartum Support International Hotline: 1-800-944-4773 (1-Spanish, 2- English)Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (In English and Spanish)Motherhood Understood, which includes Mother’s Manual for Postpartum Mental Health, Cheat sheet to Medications, Cheat sheet to Partners, and other resources.SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline is 1-800-662-HELP (4357). They also have a treatment locator. National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255Also check out: Listen to Under The Influence with Jo Piazza, an 8 episode deep dive into the “momfluencer” industrial complex, wherever you get your pods. ----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. 

The mental health impact, especially on mothers, in the last year has been enormous. But the realities are something that's rarely talked about openly, and still carries a stigma. Hosts Katherine and Angela share their own personal stories of mental health diagnoses and experiences with antidepressants during the pandemic.Resources:If you are needing mental health support, please check out the following organizations:<a href="https://postpartumprogress.com/%20-" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Postpartum Progress </a><a href="https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Postpartum Support International Hotline</a>: 1-800-944-4773 (1-Spanish, 2- English)<a href="https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ppc/documents/DBP/EDPS_text_added.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (In English and Spanish)</a><a href="https://www.motherhood-understood.com/resources" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Motherhood Understood</a>, which includes Mother’s Manual for Postpartum Mental Health, Cheat sheet to Medications, Cheat sheet to Partners, and other resources.SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline is 1-800-662-HELP (4357). They also have <a href="https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">a treatment locator.</a> <a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">National Suicide Prevention Hotline</a>: 800-273-8255Also check out: <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-under-the-influence-with-76687187/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to Under The Influence with Jo Piazza</a>, an 8 episode deep dive into the “momfluencer” industrial complex, wherever you get your pods. ----If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

The Moms Are Not OK (Part 1)

Right now, all many mothers can think about is just wanting a break from the unrelenting domestic work that last year has heaped on us. In this special Mother’s Day episode, Katherine and Angela explore some fascinating, little-known history that has led our society to expect that mothers’ care work should be a largely uncompensated “labor of love.” We’ll also explore some forgotten moments in the 20th century with journalist and author Sarah Jaffe that gives vital context to how today’s society came to vastly undervalued caregiving.Then, taking inspiration from Black activists like Johnnie Tillmon and Angela Davis, Katherine and Angela lay out why we are at a pivotal moment for meaningful change and share some hopeful visions for a world where mothers’ invisible labor is collectivized, seen and valued. Resources:Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah JaffeWomen, Race &amp; Class by Angela Davis The Invisible Labor Calculator, created by Amy Westervelt, author of “Forget ‘Having It All’: How America Messed Up Motherhood--and How to Fix It”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. 

Right now, all many mothers can think about is just wanting a break from the unrelenting domestic work that last year has heaped on us. In this special Mother’s Day episode, Katherine and Angela explore some fascinating, little-known history that has led our society to expect that mothers’ care work should be a largely uncompensated “labor of love.” We’ll also explore some forgotten moments in the 20th century with journalist and author Sarah Jaffe that gives vital context to how today’s society came to vastly undervalued caregiving.Then, taking inspiration from Black activists like Johnnie Tillmon and Angela Davis, Katherine and Angela lay out why we are at a pivotal moment for meaningful change and share some hopeful visions for a world where mothers’ invisible labor is collectivized, seen and valued.  Resources: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Work-Wont-Love-You-Back/dp/1568589395" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone</a> by Sarah Jaffe <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Race-Class-Angela-Davis/dp/0394713516" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Women, Race &amp; Class</a> by Angela Davis  <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/calculator" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Invisible Labor Calculator,</a> created by Amy Westervelt, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forget-Having-All-America-Motherhood/dp/1580057861" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Forget ‘Having It All’: How America Messed Up Motherhood--and How to Fix It”</a> If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

This is our Moment

Things may get better this year, but that doesn't erase what we've all gone through. In this episode we explore, how do we grieve during this time when so many have lost loved ones, and even more have experienced personal, professional, and emotional loss? And for mothers, is allowing ourselves to feel our feelings an act of political liberation? We talk to indigenous activist Andrea Landry on how to unwind some of our most backward ideas about motherhood that are rooted in colonialism and how we begin to heal, personally and collectively, from the traumas of the last year.  If you’d like to follow Andrea Landry and learn more about her work, go to Instagram @indigenousmotherhood or Twitter,  @andrealandry1.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. 

Things may get better this year, but that doesn't erase what we've all gone through. In this episode we explore, how do we grieve during this time when so many have lost loved ones, and even more have experienced personal, professional, and emotional loss? And for mothers, is allowing ourselves to feel our feelings an act of political liberation? We talk to indigenous activist Andrea Landry on how to unwind some of our most backward ideas about motherhood that are rooted in colonialism and how we begin to heal, personally and collectively, from the traumas of the last year.  If you’d like to follow Andrea Landry and learn more about her work, go to Instagram <a href="http://www.instagram.com/indigenousmotherhood" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@indigenousmotherhood</a> or Twitter, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/andrealandry1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> @andrealandry1</a>.If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Healing Our Grief From the Past Year

After all that talk about other people's finances, Angela and Katherine open up about their own -- and what's uncomfortable for them to admit about being mothers, creatives... and business ladies. They discuss some unvarnished truths about the podcasting industry and running The Double Shift as a business, and also share about the complexities of being a mission-driven enterprise during a time of massive economic uncertainty.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. Want to be a part of our membership community but can't afford it right now? email us askthedoubleshift@gmail.com and will hook you up as people donate.Want to gift a Double Shift Membership? Go tothedoubleshift.com/gifts.

After all that talk about other people's finances, Angela and Katherine open up about their own -- and what's uncomfortable for them to admit about being mothers, creatives... and business ladies. They discuss some unvarnished truths about the podcasting industry and running The Double Shift as a business, and also share about the complexities of being a mission-driven enterprise during a time of massive economic uncertainty.If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>. Want to be a part of our membership community but can't afford it right now? email us askthedoubleshift@gmail.com and will hook you up as people donate. Want to gift a Double Shift Membership? Go to<a href="https://doubleshift.supportingcast.fm/gifts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/gifts.</a>

Business Ladies

When we think about what's happening to moms in America right now, it can feel like a series of anonymous statistics--not millions of life-altering stories. Angela and Katherine talk to a pregnant flight attendant in Indianapolis, a teacher and congressional candidate in Texas, and a performance venue host in New Orleans on what the last year has been like for them. We hear about what the pandemic has cost them -- in dollars, but also in other intangibles. All three women share how they are doing their best to hang on -- and find a new path forward.This episode is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. To read a print version of this story, go here.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. 

When we think about what's happening to moms in America right now, it can feel like a series of anonymous statistics--not millions of life-altering stories. Angela and Katherine talk to a pregnant flight attendant in Indianapolis, a teacher and congressional candidate in Texas, and a performance venue host in New Orleans on what the last year has been like for them. We hear about what the pandemic has cost them -- in dollars, but also in other intangibles. All three women share how they are doing their best to hang on -- and find a new path forward.This episode is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. To read a print version of this story, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">go here</a>. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

The True Cost of the Pandemic for Moms

In the Before Times, Jenna Mason had been cobbling together enough money as a freelance writer and restaurant server to support herself and her two kids -- she has shared custody with her ex-husband. When the world ground to a halt in her town of Oxford, Mississippi, the life she’d built for her family -- and the confidence she felt in herself -- came apart … not in one big crash, but in a cascading series of crises, one leading to another leading to another.On the one year anniversary of the pandemic shutdown in the US, Jenna talks about financial precarity, her mental health struggles, navigating unemployment and how she’s found a way to keep going.This episode is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. To read a print version of this story, go here.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. We want to hear from you: we know a lot of moms who are dealing with existing and new mental health issues. So we want to hear from you about what you are experiencing right now. What does it look like when you are not “holding it all together?” How has the pandemic brought on a change in your relationship to medication or self-medication? Or tell us a story about a turning point when you realized you needed to take action to support your mental health....Send us a email or a voice recording using the voice memo app on your phone -- to askthedoubleshift@gmail.com and we may use it in an upcoming show.﻿

In the Before Times, Jenna Mason had been cobbling together enough money as a freelance writer and restaurant server to support herself and her two kids -- she has shared custody with her ex-husband. When the world ground to a halt in her town of Oxford, Mississippi, the life she’d built for her family -- and the confidence she felt in herself -- came apart … not in one big crash, but in a cascading series of crises, one leading to another leading to another.On the one year anniversary of the pandemic shutdown in the US, Jenna talks about financial precarity, her mental health struggles, navigating unemployment and how she’s found a way to keep going.This episode is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. To read a print version of this story, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/covid-toll-working-mothers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">go here</a>.If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>. We want to hear from you: we know a lot of moms who are dealing with existing and new mental health issues. So we want to hear from you about what you are experiencing right now. What does it look like when you are not “holding it all together?” How has the pandemic brought on a change in your relationship to medication or self-medication? Or tell us a story about a turning point when you realized you needed to take action to support your mental health....Send us a email or a voice recording using the voice memo app on your phone -- to <a href="mailto:askthedoubleshift@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">askthedoubleshift@gmail.com</a> and we may use it in an upcoming show.﻿

Jenna

It’s been a dark year, so Angela and Katherine wanted to end the season with glimmers of hope for a more just future. We invited author and activist Mia Birdsong on the show to blow our (and your) minds wide open with a conversation about deservedness, the American Dream, and how guaranteed income could help us build a more feminist society.  Read Mia Birdsong’s Book, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship and Community. Listen to her podcast, More Than Enough, made in partnership with The Nation, about guaranteed income.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. Listeners, we want to hear what you thought of our third season and what you’d like from The Double Shift in 2021. Go to thedoubleshift.com/survey to tell us what you think.

It’s been a dark year, so Angela and Katherine wanted to end the season with glimmers of hope for a more just future. We invited author and activist Mia Birdsong on the show to blow our (and your) minds wide open with a conversation about deservedness, the American Dream, and how guaranteed income could help us build a more feminist society.  Read Mia Birdsong’s Book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Show-Community-Fractured/dp/1580058078" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship and Community</a>.  Listen to her podcast, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/content/more-than-enough/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">More Than Enough,</a> made in partnership with The Nation, about guaranteed income. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>. Listeners, we want to hear what you thought of our third season and what you’d like from The Double Shift in 2021. Go to <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/survey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/survey</a> to tell us what you think.

What We Deserve

“If we survive this, and I think we’re going to survive, it’s not because anyone came to save us. It’s because we helped each other.”Author Dani McClain is an unpartnered parent to a 4 year-old. She has spent years researching and reporting on networks of support around raising children in community, grounded in the experience of Black mothers. Dani, Katherine and Angela have an honest, probing, and at times hilarious, conversation about what it means to create community and connect through collective activism during an era of isolation and division.This is an episode about surviving uncertainty, tapping into resilience and finding hope.Dani is the author of “We Live for The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood.”Read Dani’s friend William Winters’ guide to creating pod, co-authored with Jeremy Adam Smith.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. 

“If we survive this, and I think we’re going to survive, it’s not because anyone came to save us. It’s because we helped each other.”Author Dani McClain is an unpartnered parent to a 4 year-old. She has spent years researching and reporting on networks of support around raising children in community, grounded in the experience of Black mothers. Dani, Katherine and Angela have an honest, probing, and at times hilarious, conversation about what it means to create community and connect through collective activism during an era of isolation and division.This is an episode about surviving uncertainty, tapping into resilience and finding hope.Dani is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/We-Live-Political-Power-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B07G8G21K8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">We Live for The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood</a>.” Read Dani’s friend William Winters’ <a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_form_a_pandemic_pod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">guide to creating pod</a>, co-authored with Jeremy Adam Smith. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Caring for Each Other Is Political

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The Double Shift

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. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Punk Rock Rabbi

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 here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Night Shift in Sin City

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. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

On Not Having It All

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 moms. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Mamas of the Brothels

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 thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Co-Work, Co-Play

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. Learn more here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

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 here at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

Paid Family Leave: We Can Do Better

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.

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.

Inside the Brothels BONUS Episode

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 at thedoubleshift.com/join. 

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,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

The Candidate Who Carpools

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/gifts.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. 

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.<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/calculator" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Invisible Labor Calculator,</a> created by Amy Westervelt, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forget-Having-All-America-Motherhood/dp/1580057861" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Forget ‘Having It All’: How America Messed Up Motherhood--and How to Fix It”</a> Want to gift a Double Shift Membership to a special mom in your life for Mother’s Day? Go to <a href="https://doubleshift.supportingcast.fm/gifts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/gifts.</a> If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,<a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> thedoubleshift.com/newsletter</a>. Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at <a href="https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">thedoubleshift.com/join</a>.

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