The Double Shift

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 advice Bold ideas — not life hacks Curiosity — not judgment Thoughtful research and analysis — not uninformed flame throwing Membership starts at $7/mo, and members get: An audio version of the newsletter to listen to on your favorite player The ability to comment on public posts and members-only private threads Access to members-only hangouts on Zoom (and in person!) This is the start of the list. More benefits coming, based on member feedback!  http://www.thedoubleshift.com/join (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 http://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter (revamped newsletter) full of reporting about the forces that shape family life in America and challenging the status quo of motherhood, go to https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter (thedoubleshift.com/newsletter). To see all the member benefits, join the community or upgrade your membership go to https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join (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 "https://www.thedoubleshift.com/episode-10-paid-leave-we-can-do-better-05-2019-c2rdl/ (Paid Leave, We Can Do Better,)" and the followuphttps://www.thedoubleshift.com/building-a-movement-for-paid-leave/ ( 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. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10zdLQ3eSjDzOefo46AmNfzh_A5wSMXAVUReqsqlgFps/edit (RSVP here. )

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/newsletter 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 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. THANKS To learn more about how Cohousing ABQ can become your village, go to www.cohousingabq.org/thedoubleshift.

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. Thanks: To learn more about how Cohousing ABQ can become your village, go to www.cohousingabq.org/thedoubleshift.

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.  ---------- Thanks Kiwico.com: Get 50% off your first month of super cool, hands-on science, art and geography projects delivered to your door every month, plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code DOUBLESHIFT Listen to White Picket Fence Season 2, wherever you get your podcasts. 

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. Thanks: Share your story of the domestic and care workers in your life and read others' stories by going to HonorDomesticWork.com, and get a beautiful free poster. Share your story on social media with the hashtag, #honordomesticwork.  Home. Made: Listen to a podcast about… home. And what happens when you open that door and step into a new world, whether that's a house, apartment or neighborhood. Kiwico.com: Get 50% off your first month of super cool, hands-on science, art and geography projects delivered to your door every month, plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code DOUBLESHIFT

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. Thanks to our Sponsors Home. Made: Listen to a podcast about… home. And what happens when you open that door and step into a new world, whether that's a house, apartment or neighborhood. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift Kiwico.com: Get 50% off your first month of super cool, hands-on science, art and geography projects delivered to your door every month, plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code DOUBLESHIFT https://www.kiwico.com/ Mercato: Order online and have your locally owned grocery stores delivered to your door, and save $20 off your first order with code DOUBLESHIFT. https://www.mercato.com/ Some Helpful Resources: Pfizer study on vaccines for ages 5-11 measures vaccines ability to neutralize antibody responses The risk of myocarditis is higher from COVID than from the COVID vaccine --The New England Journal of Medicine The 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 -- NYTimes Research 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.

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 Income Check out The Nap Ministry on Instagram. To support our work, become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. You get an ad-free feed, members-only hangouts and other great perks.  Thanks to our Sponsors Home. Made: Listen to podcast about… home. And what happens when you open that door and step into a new world, whether that's a house, apartment or neighborhood. Kiwico.com: Get 50% off your first month of super cool, hands-on science, art and geography projects delivered to your door every month, plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code DOUBLESHIFT

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.  To support our work, become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. Thanks to our Sponsors Home. Made: Listen to podcast about… home. And what happens when you open that door and step into a new world, whether that's a house, apartment or neighborhood. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift Mercato.com: Order online and have your locally owned grocery stores delivered to your door, and save $20 off your first order with code DOUBLESHIFT. Kiwico.com: Get 50% off your first month of super cool, hands-on science, art and geography projects delivered to your door every month, plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code DOUBLESHIFT ----- 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

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. Thanks to Home Made for their support. If you liked this episode, Listen to the full series of Home. Made. wherever you get your podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift

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. Thanks: Listen to Home. Made. a podcast that explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other, wherever you get your pods. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift Listen to Goodnight, World, an original podcast from Headspace Studios designed to get kids age 3-6 to sleep by the end of each adventure. https://link.chtbl.com/goodnightworld?sid=doubleshift Need a COVID-19 Vaccine? Go to vaccines.gov.  https://www.vaccines.gov/

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. Thanks to Our Sponsors: Listen to Home. Made. a podcast that explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other, wherever you get your pods. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift BetterHelp. BetterHelp is a great, affordable option for professional counseling done securely online. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/doubleshift. 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.html If you want to become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It's starts at $5/mo. You get WEEKLY episodes and an ad-free show. If you can pay yearly, that helps even more. If you become a member at $10 or $25 a month, we'll donate a membership to a listener who wants it and can't afford it right now. To upgrade your plan, sign in with your email address at: doubleshift.supportingcast.fm/account and hit the "change" button next to your email address. We are also having monthly zoom hangouts over the summer. Join us!

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/ & https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-balanced-working-mama-podcast/id1520168735 To become a member of The Double Shift go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It starts at $5/mo. If you are already a member and would like to up your contribution, sign in with your email address at: doubleshift.supportingcast.fm/account and hit the "change" button next to your email address, and select a different plan option. 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.pdf Motherhood 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: 800-273-8255 Thanks to Our Sponsors: Listen to Home. Made. a podcast that explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other, wherever you get your pods. https://link.chtbl.com/homemade?sid=podcast.thedoubleshift 1 in 5: check out this new documentary podcast from Ascend at the Aspen Institute about student parents. https://1in5.simplecast.com/

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: 800-273-8255 Thanks:  BetterHelp. BetterHelp is a great, affordable option for professional counseling done securely online. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/doubleshift. Listen to Home. Made. a podcast that explores the meaning of home and what it can teach us about ourselves and each other, wherever you get your pods. Also 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. 

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 Jaffe Women, Race & 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” Thanks: Check out the new podcast, Female Fallout and subscribe to Female Fallout on your favorite podcast listening app so you don’t miss new episodes. 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 want to become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It's starts at $5/mo. You get WEEKLY episodes and an ad-free show. If you can pay yearly, that helps even more. If you become a member at $10 or $25 a month, we'll donate a membership to a listener who wants it and can't afford it right now.

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. Thanks to our sponsors: BetterHelp is a great, affordable option for professional counseling done securely online. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/doubleshift. Gemmist: Give Gemmist a try and get 20% off a shampoo & conditioner subscription! Just visit Gemmist.com to get your personalized recommendation and enter SHIFT at checkout for 20% off and free 2-day shipping.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. To become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It's starts at $5/mo. You get WEEKLY episodes and an ad-free show. If you can pay yearly, that helps even more. If you become a member at $10 or $25 a month, we'll donate a membership to a listener who wants it and can't afford it right now. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. To become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It starts at $5/mo. Thanks to our sponsor: Gemmist: Give Gemmist a try and get 20% off a shampoo & conditioner subscription! Just visit Gemmist.com to get your personalized recommendation and enter SHIFT at checkout for 20% off and free 2-day shipping.

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. To become a member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It starts at $5/mo.  Members are now getting AD-FREE episodes AND so if you become a member, you will now get episodes WEEKLY. Already a member and need help with your account? Email us at askthedoubleshift@gmail.com or help@supportingcast.fm. 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. Thanks to our sponsor: Gemmist: Give Gemmist a try and get 20% off a shampoo & conditioner subscription! Just visit Gemmist.com to get your personalized recommendation and enter SHIFT at checkout for 20% off and free 2-day shipping.

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. For more about self care, matriarchy, and reframing women leaving the paid workforce, become a member of The Double Shift for an extended conversation with Katherine, Angela and Mia. Go to thedoubleshift.com/join to become a member. It starts at $5/mo. 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. Thanks Calm is offering a special limited time promotion of 40% off a Calm Premium subscription at CALM.COM/doubleshift Go to Usual Wines and use the code DOUBLESHIFT for $8 off your first order and try your first glass on us!  Go to OxiClean.com/tryme to get a free sample.

“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. Thanks to our sponsors Usual Wines: For $8 off your first order, go to usualwines.com and use the code doubleshift. Calm: Go to CALM.COM/doubleshift for 40% off your premium subscription. Care/of: For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code doubleshift50 Want to support the work of this indie, mom-run operation? Become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. You get bonus content on this episode, plus other fun perks. 

If you are looking for a thought-provoking listen that’s NOT about the election (It’s about feminism and porn!)  check out this episode of the new podcast, Embodied, from Double Shift editor Anita Rao and WUNC. This show is an invitation to have conversations that most people consider impolite. Anita believes that pushing past our discomfort with talking about taboo topics will ultimately help us build more empathy and understanding for others…and decrease shame about sex, relationships and personal health.  Today we’re sharing a full episode from the show -- Anita investigates the question about whether as a feminist she could find a way to enjoy porn without shame.    If you like what you hear, Listen and subscribe to Embodied wherever you get your pods. To find out more, go to www.wunc.org/term/embodied-podcast

The childcare industry in America is facing a huge crisis right now, and we can’t just blame COVID for its near collapse. We explore the attitudes and policies that led to how things got so bad, talk to Angie Garcia, a childcare provider on the ground, and report on an exciting initiative in Portland, OR, that shows us how local communities can begin to meaningfully address this massive systemic problem.  Resources: Read more about the UPNOW Portland campaign Thanks: Usual Wines: For $8 off your first order, go to usualwines.com and use the code doubleshift. Listen to Birthful wherever you get your podcasts. Special thanks to Lydia Kiesling and Sahar Muranovic. Want to support the work of this indie, mom-run operation? Become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. You get bonus content on this episode, plus other fun perks. 

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 self esteem or identity? Write us or send us a voice memo about this. Please include your first name, your location, and your story and we may use it for an upcoming episode. You can record a message using the voice memo app on your phone and email it to askthedoubleshift@gmail.com. Angela discusses the book Minor Feelings: An Asian-American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong. Care/of is a wellness brand that makes it easy to maintain your health goals with a customized vitamin plan that helps you feel your best today and supports you long-term. For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code: doubleshift50. Want to support the work of this indie, mom-run operation? Become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. You get bonus content, including our Covid life conversation series, and other fun perks. 

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.  To become a member of The Double Shift and support our work, go to thedoubleshift.com/join

While we’re hard at work on Season 3, check out this great new show, Labor. We hear a lot about moms being miserable these days. But did you know there's a whole field of social science research dedicated to figuring out why, and what to do about it? Journalists Elise Hu and Amy Westervelt take an intersectional dive into that research to help us all understand how we got here and how the heck 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.

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 are missing the Double Shift, consider becoming a member! It starts at $5/mo. Right now, host Katherine Goldstein and Senior Producer Rachel McCarthy are having a series of unfiltered conversations about their lives with kids in the Covid era. To get access to this, as well as other exclusive content, go to thedoubleshift.com/join.

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. Thanks: Thirdlove: Go to Thirdlove.com/doubleshift for 15% off your first order of your perfect-fitting bra. Don’t forget to become a member of The Double Shift! Go to www.thedoubleshift.com/join. You can now gift a membership, too.

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, and reframe the conversation about the mental load in a way that is about so much more than handy life hacks. “There’s never any revolution without mothers and children.” Resources: Like a Mother: A Feminist Guide to the Science and Culture of Pregnancy, by Angela Garbes. Thanks: Thirdlove: Go to Thirdlove.com/doubleshift for 15% off your first order of your perfect-fitting bra. Rothys: Go to Rothys.com/doubleshift to get your new favorite flats. Don’t forget to become a member of The Double Shift! Go to www.thedoubleshift.com/join

Host Katherine Goldstein talks candidly with Senior Producer Rachel McCarthy about her life's own plot twists since season 1 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. Thanks: Barkbox: Go to barkbox.com/DOUBLESHIFT for at free extra toy with your subscription. Honeybook: Go to honeybook.com/doubleshift for 50% your first year. Don’t forget to become a member of The Double Shift! It starts at $5/mo. thedoubleshift.com/join

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. Thanks to our sponsors: Go to YourSuper.com and get 15% off with promo code DOUBLESHIFT at checkout. Thanks for becoming a member of The Double Shift! Go to thedoubleshift.com/join to become a member today. It starts at $5/mo.

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 jointly parenting a child with special needs. Honeybook: Honeybook.com/doubleshift for 50% off your first year. Thrive Causemetics: Go to thrivecausemetics.com/doubleshift for 15% off first purchase Become a member! Go to thedoubleshift.com/join.

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. Thirdlove: Go to Thirdlove.com/doubleshift for 15% off your first order. Rothys: Go to Rothys.com/doubleshift to get your new favorite flats.

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. Our Sponsors: For 15% off, go to YourSuper.com and use the code DOUBLESHIFT Honeybook.com/doubleshift for 50% your first year.

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.

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

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, who shares stories and strategies for getting paid leave for all by 2022. Listen to Inflection Point for more great interviews.   Katherine’s coming to the Bay area! Get tix to F*ck Mom Guilt Live! Oakland on Aug 14th, SF on Aug 15th.

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. 

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 to care for a new baby or adopted child. Erin Grau was a New York Times employee who wasn’t satisfied with “good enough” parental leave. So, along with a determined group of women, she fought to make it better for everyone at her company.   Additional interview with Claire Cain Miller, reporter for the Upshot at the New York Times.   In addition to Erin, Rebecca Grossman-Cohen, Alex Hardiman, Christine Hung, and Alex MacCallum worked to improve the New York Times’ parental leave policy.   Additional field production on this episode by Molly Nugent.   Join:   For bonus content on this episode, and access to a members-only community launching this summer, become a member of The Double Shift for $5/mo. Go to thedoubleshift.com/join   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 with reporting from Claire Cain Miller: “The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave.” “In Google’s Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women.” “Wal-Mart and Now Starbucks: Why More Big Companies are Offering Paid Family Leave.” “With Paid Leave, Gates Foundation Says There Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing.”   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.”   Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving, By Caitlyn Collins   Additional organizations that support parental 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. Thanks Takecareof.com: For 25% off your first month of personalized Care/of vitamins, use the code DoubleShift30.   StoryWorth makes it easy and fun for your loved ones to share their stories, with weekly emailed story prompts go to Storyworth.com/DoubleShift for $20 off.

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.   To get bonus content on this episode, become a member for $5/mo. thedoubleshift.com/join. To order your free home try-ons to go Warbyparker.com/doubleshift.  

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. Plus, we announce an awesome next step for The Double Shift... a membership program for listeners. To become a founding member of The Double Shift, go to thedoubleshift.com/join. It costs $5/mo and you’ll get extended, bonus content & a cool community launching this summer. To read Amy and Katherine’s essay on returning Mother’s Day to its revolutionary roots, click here. And check out our invisible labor calculator and to find out how much you should earn per year keeping your family (and society) running.   Sponsors: ThirdLove: For 15% your first order, go to Thirdlove.com/doubleshift Myro: For 50% and to get started for just $5, go to mymyro.com/doubleshift and use promo code Doubleshift

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. Episode Sponsor: For $50 off your first box of Green Chef, go to GreenChef.us/doubleshift.

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. ThirdLove: Go to Thirdlove.com/doubleshift for 15% off your first purchase of a perfect-fitting bra. Care.com: To save 30% off a premium membership, go to care.com/doubleshift

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.

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. For 15% of your first purchase of a perfect fitting bra, go to thirdlove.com/doubleshift. For $75 off your first order of a Molekule air filter, visit Molekule.com and at checkout enter DOUBLESHIFT.

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. Ep Sponsors: For 25% off your 1st month of personalized Care/of vitamins, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter DoubleShift Catch a brand-new PAW Patrol on March 15th on Nickelodeon at 12/11c, followed by Top Wing at 12:30.

Nydia Sanchez runs one of Las Vegas' only overnight, 24-hour child care centers, serving 108 kids. Many of her clients are single moms who work in casinos, and as waitresses, nurses and dancers. We visit to find out how Nydia keeps her business affordable and serves a group of moms that many bosses, politicians, and other daycare owners just don’t think about. Episode Sponsors: Simple Health, online birth control prescriptions with free home delivery. Get the $20 prescription fee waived by going to simplehealth.com/doubleshift or entering code doubleshift at checkout. LOLA organic cotton tampons, pads, liners and all-natural cleansing wipes, delivered. For 40% off all subscriptions, visit mylola.com and enter DOUBLESHIFT when you subscribe.

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? Episode sponsors:  Audible - Free 30-day trial at audible.com/doubleshift or text DOUBLESHIFT to 500500 GreenChef - $50 off first box at greenchef.us/doubleshift  

Welcome to The Double Shift, the show about women who are challenging how society sees mothers and how we see ourselves.