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The Mother Of It All

Sarah and Miranda

Kids & Family

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 101

We are Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, two friends, mothers and professional writers on the parenting beat. The Mother Of It All is a podcast where we dive deep into the culture of modern motherhood. Expect warmth, humor and over-considered takes on hot topics, fresh takes on old ones, expert guests and good times.

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🇨🇦 Canada - Parenting
20/08/2026
#57
🇨🇦 Canada - Parenting
19/08/2026
#37
🇨🇦 Canada - Parenting
18/08/2026
#50
🇨🇦 Canada - Parenting
05/07/2026
#96
🇨🇦 Canada - Parenting
15/04/2025
#99
🇩🇪 Germany - Parenting
20/01/2025
#79
🇩🇪 Germany - Parenting
03/10/2024
#76

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Summer So Far

Thursday, June 18, 2026 • Duration 05:41

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.com

Sarah and I check in about how summer is treating us so far. We wonder about nostalgia for imagined summers of the past where kids were a certain kind of sweaty, dirty, healthy bored rather than annoying-whining-and-begging-for-screens bored.

Is long, lazy, shapeless summer within reach for parents in 2026? If so, how do we grab it?

Plus: Each of our TO…

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Friction-Maxxing with Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Monday, June 1, 2026 • Duration 01:15:50

The author of The Cut’s Brooding column returns to roll out version 2.0 of “friction-maxxing,” the term that went viral earlier this year and earned her her first Wikipedia page. We talk AI, why she will die on the “turn off location your sharing” hill and the “slurrification” of time to which we are all passively consenting. Plus, the lies we tell ourselves about sleeping arrangements at the AirBnb and new shows, books, and movies!

LINKS:

* Kathryn’s new book, The Story Of Your Life

* In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing (The Cut)

* Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother

* Zach Galifinakis’ show, This Is A Gardening Show

* Taskmaster (Sarah’s recommends Series 4)

* Claire Dederer’s Poser

* Adult Braces on audio and the discourse around Adult Braces

* Brawler by Lauren Groff

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Visit our Bookshop storefront to find all the books we’ve mentioned here and in previous episodes. When you shop there, we get a small affiliate fee (thank you!).

You can follow the podcast on Instagram (@themotherofitall).

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Our 100th Episode LIVE! Motherhood as a 'Serious' Topic with Poet Rachel Richardson

Season 3 · Episode 100

Monday, May 18, 2026 • Duration 01:28:35

As part of a feature series with local bay area radio station KALW, Berkeley-based poet Rachel Richardson joins Sarah and Miranda for a LIVE recording of The Mother Of It All podcast. We talk about the state of the cultural conversation around motherhood in general, whether poetry about motherhood counts as serious poetry, and celebrate our 100th episode.

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What to do when your kid doesn't want to go to school, and other pressing questions

Season 3 · Episode 99

Monday, April 27, 2026 • Duration 07:14

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Did you hear?! We’re recording our 100th episode LIVE in San Francisco on May 8th as part of a series with KALW (91.7 FM). Get tickets your here! We will be joined by Berkeley-based poet Rachel Richardson, and KALW will be airing excerpts from our show all week long leading up to the live event.

In this episode for our lovely paid subscribers (thank you…

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Restlessness, Maternal Ambivalence, and the Buried Stories of Women in History with Julia Cooke

Season 3 · Episode 98

Monday, April 20, 2026 • Duration 53:27

A quick announcement: We will be recording our 100th episode LIVE in San Francisco on May 8th at 7pm. Poet Rachel Richardson will join us for a conversation about the legitimacy of motherhood as a serious topic for artists, academics and writers. We have room for 80 people, and we’d love to have you there. Click here to get your ticket!

In this episode, author Julia Cooke joins Sarah and Miranda to discuss her new book, Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World, and how it made us think differently about maternal ambivalence, the woman’s gaze, and the relationship between work, adventure, and motherhood, as well as bring us much-needed images of raising young children in a world that is rapidly descending into fascism.

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* Starry and Restless by Julia Cooke

* Joan Crillo

* China To Me by Emily Hahn

* Rebecca West

* Martha Gellhorn

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Are We Overinvested in Parenthood? A Converstaion With Sociologist Nina Bandelj

Season 3 · Episode 97

Monday, April 6, 2026 • Duration 01:05:33

Sociologist Nina Bandelj, author of the new book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting, joins us for a wonderful, perspective-altering converstation about how and why modern parenthood feels the way it feels. She unpacks for us how raising kids has become a project, how kids became ‘human capital,’ and what it means that parenthood is privatized, economized, and (a new word for us!) “emotionalized.” Turns out, “just wanting your kids to be happy” is a goal that’s perhaps not as laid-back as it seems.

Plus, tons of culture recs, including the new Robyn album, Sexistential, and Sarah’s recently upgraded nail game.

Links:

* Pricing the Priceless Child by Viviana A. Selizer

* Thinking Like an Economist by Elizabeth Popp Berman

* Lenore Skenazy

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Does every mom do too many things? Is that...maybe fine?!

Season 3 · Episode 96

Monday, March 23, 2026 • Duration 07:01

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Paid subscribers, this one’s for you! We explore the question of whether or not we do too many things from many angles. If you find yourself responding to PTA emails at 3 in the morning, does that mean you’re 100% for sure doing too many things? What if it doesn’t!? Should we consider switching to AI friendships in order to save time?

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* Longing for …

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Hope, Care & Raising Kids In A Climate Crisis with Kaitlyn Teer

Season 3 · Episode 95

Monday, March 16, 2026 • Duration 01:14:28

Kaitlyn Teer joins us again! This time, she’s here to talk about her new book, Little Apocalypses; Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World.

The book is kaleidoscopic and specific all at once, and we both loved it, even though it’s full of heavy stuff about climate grief and how much we’ve already lost. In this episode, there are so many moments of discovery, including a long chat about the powerful, fantastic phrases that Teer built the book of essays around. As a teaser, here are some of the ideas we explore:

* Muscular hope

* Maternal ecodistress

* Green third shift

* Maternal time

* Ecological compassion

* Apocalyptic mindfulness

And much more in this inspiring conversation about care, climate, activism and how we can show up for our children as we face a changed planet, together.

Links:

* Sarah on Jodeci’s Feenin’

* Your Local Epidemiologist

* Maternal Ecodistress

* Pre-order Kaitlyn’s book,

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Losing Our Ambition with Amil Niazi

Monday, February 23, 2026 • Duration 01:02:09

We welcome Amil for her THIRD Mother of it All appearance, where she gives a moving eulogy for the career ambition that has died out for her as she’s gotten older and had more kids. We also talk shitty teenaged jobs, perimenopausal sex drive, what we think our kids are learning about money and work, and the new Muppets Show.

Links:

* Life After Ambition by Amil Niazi

* Want to Change Careers? Three People Share Their Success Stories (via Big Salad)

* Find a perimenopause-aware practitioner via The Menopause Society

* Mark Rober Crunch Labs box

* The new Muppet Show (Disney)

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"Every Child Deserves To Be A Kid." On Federal Policy & Family Life With Pediatrician Megan Prior

Monday, February 9, 2026 • Duration 01:01:57

Dr. Megan Prior is a parent and a board-certified pediatrician in DC who serves on the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Early Childhood. A lot of us know her from her popular social media account, Itty Bitty Revolution, where she describes herself as a pediatrician and mom with a policy obsession.

We love her work and were thrilled to have her on the show to chat about the real, massive impacts that federal policies have on American families. From recent changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, to age-old issues around paid parental leave and childcare costs, Prior helps us think about where we are right now and what parents today can and should be focused on and fighting for to make family life better for all.

Links:

* Dr. Megan Prior on Instagram

* Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care for All by Elliot Haspel

* Biden’s Build Better Back bill

* The Economics of Early Childhood : “Nobel Laureate economist James Heckman estimated that every dollar invested in early childhood programs yields a return of $7 to $13 in economic benefits long term.”

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