The Double Shift
A critically acclaimed, narrative show that challenges the status quo of motherhood in America.
Parenting
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Society & Culture
Mothers are Already the Safety Net. Now We Must Be a Firewall. (Audio)
I am very angry right now. In my community, I’m witn...
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Mar 13 2024 12m
Eight Things That Make My Life a Lil Better (Audio)
After all of the intensity of being a business lady ...
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Mar 6 2024 13m
The 2024 Candidate That Fills Me With Hope (AUDIO)
In this week’s audio newsletter is an essay about So...
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Feb 28 2024 11m
On Taking Risks and “Starting Over” (Audio)
Welcome to the audio version of The Double Shift new...
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Feb 21 2024 11m
Announcing: A Playbook to Transform How America Cares
For some of you, it may have been a minute since you...
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Oct 25 2023 14m
Announcing... The Double Shift’s Next Chapter
It’s been a minute since you’ve heard from us, but K...
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Jun 22 2022 9m
The Check’s Not in the Mail
For six months last year, tens of millions of famili...
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Jan 26 2022 45m
Building a Movement for Paid Leave
Changing workplaces to make them substantially bette...
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Dec 8 2021 46m
Pro-Mother, Pro-Abortion
Here at the Double Shift, we love to dismantle stigm...
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Nov 24 2021 51m
“Good Moms” and the COVID Vaccine
COVID vaccinations for five to 11 year olds are here...
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Nov 10 2021 51m
All Mothers are Essential Workers (Part 2)
While other news outlets have “moved on'' from talki...
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Oct 27 2021 47m
We’re All In This Together
Every mother has been touched by the pandemic and ev...
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Oct 13 2021 42m
Introducing: Home. Made.
While we are on hiatus, check out a show we think yo...
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Aug 4 2021 30m
When 'Mom' Is The Safety Net
A year and a half ago, Shana Thomas was a mom of thr...
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Jun 16 2021 42m
The Moms Are Not OK (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, hosts Katherine Goldstein ...
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Jun 2 2021 43m
The Moms Are Not OK (Part 1)
The mental health impact, especially on mothers, in ...
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May 19 2021 43m
Healing Our Grief From the Past Year
Things may get better this year, but that doesn't er...
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Apr 21 2021 39m
The True Cost of the Pandemic for Moms
When we think about what's happening to moms in Amer...
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Mar 24 2021 37m
Caring for Each Other Is Political
“If we survive this, and I think we’re going to surv...
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Nov 11 2020 49m