Best Nullipara Podcasts (2024)

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Women Without Kids Season 2 Trailer 3:35

1y ago3:35

3:35

Stay tuned for a new format and more impactful conversations in Women Without Kids: Season 2!By Ruby Warrington

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Non-Motherhood and Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel 56:27

1+ y ago56:27

56:27

Therapist and author Kelly McDaniel on the links between non-motherhood and what she calls "mother hunger." In the episode we discuss: -Kelly’s definition of “mother hunger” and how she came up with the term. -Why 50% of the population experience mother hunger and how it manifests in issues around food and love. -What causes mother hunger - and why…

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Life Beyond the Biological Clock with Stacy London 1:07:24

1+ y ago1:07:24

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Rethinking aging as women without kids, with TV host and menopause activist, Stacy London. In the episode we discuss: -Stacy’s experience of being faced with her biological clock - and being confronted with the finality of menopause. -Her friend group getting younger and younger, as all the women her age got married and had kids. -What longer lifes…

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Questioning Our Procreative Ethics with Carter Dillard 37:07

1+ y ago37:07

37:07

It's time to focus on less on what potential parents want and more on what the children of the future need, says human rights lawyer and founder of the Fair Start Movement, Carter Dillard. In the episode we discuss: -The origins and the mission of the Fair Start Movement. -Why all children deserve a “fair start” in life, from both an economic and a…

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Opting For Irreversible Sterilization with Rachel Diamond 52:27

1+ y ago52:27

52:27

Childfree advocate Rachel Diamond on the complex reasons more women are opting for irreversible sterilization procedures. In the episode we discuss: -What a “bilateral salpingectomy” involves - and why Rachel decided to go this route versus other sterilization procedures. -Why her requests for sterilization were initially turned down, and all the r…

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Are We Witnessing a Birth Strike? with Jenny Brown 1:06:13

1+ y ago1:06:13

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It is time to revalue the unpaid labor of childrearing, says Jenny Brown—feminist organizer and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work. In the episode we discuss: -Jenny’s background campaigning for birth control access led to her deciding to write her book, Birth Strike. -Ominous insights into the forces that led to the overtur…

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Evolutions in Sex Ed. with Justine Ang Fonte 37:08

1+ y ago37:08

37:08

It's time to teach kids about human sexuality beyond the procreative act, says sexuality educator, Justine Ang Fonte. In the episode we discuss: -Why sexuality education tends to reduce our bodies to their reproductive function - and what is problematic about this -Why human sexuality is equally about pleasure, intimacy, agency, and personal power,…

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Creation, Contribution, and Collectivism with adrienne maree brown 59:30

1+ y ago59:30

59:30

Author, activist, and doula adrienne maree brown on mapping our procreative choices against the emerging needs of our species. In the episode we discuss: -The concept of “emergence” as a way to think about creation and contribution beyond procreation -Why we are both wary of describing our books as our “babies” -What the drop off in the birth rate …

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A (Happy) Family-Free Holiday Special with Meghan Daum 1:08:05

1+ y ago1:08:05

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Author, podcaster, and childfree OG Meghan Daum on finding meaning and fulfillment when biological family is not the center of your life. In the episode we discuss: Why we are so sentimental about family - and why it’s so hard to remove our rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to the subject of family life -The historical risk to life of both “goin…

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Reparenting Ourselves in Non-Motherhood with Dr. Nicole LePera 1:08:22

1+ y ago1:08:22

1:08:22

Dr. Nicole LePera on creating a new legacy with our self-healing the potential impact of the "conscious parenting" revolution. In the episode we discuss: -How dysfunctional patterns and behaviors are passed down the generations and imprinted in us in childhood -Why not having children can be a way to stop the patterns repeating – as can conscious p…

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The Evolutionary Myth of the Maternal Instinct with Gillian Ragsdale 59:45

1+ y ago59:45

59:45

Evolutionary biologist Gillian Ragsdale on the myth of the "maternal instinct," and the extent to which the desire to birth a biological child is a social and cultural phenomenon. In the episode we discuss: -Why no mammal has a primal instinct that links sex to a desire to reproduce -Why we talk about a “maternal” instinct and not a “paternal” inst…

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Redefining Our Reproductive Identities with Aurelie Athan 1:03:07

1+ y ago1:03:07

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Psychologist Aurelie Athan on the emerging concept of "Reproductive Identity." In the episode we discuss: -How Aurelie defines the concept of “reproductive identity” and how she came to this work -The different life experiences that help to form our reproductive identity - and how this intersects with other identity markers -The cultural and social…

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What is Ending When Our Lineage Ends With Us? With Dr. Jennifer Mullan 57:08

1+ y ago57:08

57:08

Dr. Jennifer Mullan of Decolonizing Therapy on non-motherhood as part of our intergenerational healing. In the episode we discuss: -The intersections that are at play when we talk about intergenerational healing -Different ways of thinking about what is “ending with us” when we don’t have kids -The concept of the “soul wound” - and how this is pass…

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The Women Who Regret Having Kids with Orna Donath 56:21

1+ y ago56:21

56:21

Sociologist Orna Donath, author of the book Regretting Motherhood, on the roots and the impact on women of society's greatest taboo. In the episode we discuss: -Why the subject of “regretting motherhood” is so taboo – and why it is so hard for women to express their regret about having kids -The “feeling rules” about motherhood, which only permit u…

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A Legacy for Womankind Beyond Motherhood with Jeanne Safer 1:03:32

2y ago1:03:32

1:03:32

Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer, author of the 1996 book Beyond Motherhood on why not all women are destined to become mothers—and that's okay. In the episode we discuss: -Anticipating—and fearing—our parents’ responses to us writing on this subject -The value in accepting the cold, hard facts, for healing family dysfunction -Why being a “woman withou…

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Beyond the Non-Mom Binary with Jody Day 1:06:01

2y ago1:06:01

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Gateway Women founder Jody Day on the false divide that separates 'childless' women who can't have kids, from 'childfree' women who don't want to be mothers. In the episode we discuss: -The roots of the false binary that divides the ones who “can’t have kids” and the ones who “don’t want kids” -The role of pronatalism in this divide, which is the i…

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Women Without Kids trailer 6:13

2y ago6:13

6:13

Women Without Kids is a special podcast series created from research interviews for my book of the same title, which will be published in spring 2023. The conversations I'll be sharing here are with the authors, philosophers, healers, activists, anthropologists, and social scientists, whose work has helped me make sense of everything it means to be…

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Nullipara Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Women Without Kids

Ruby Warrington

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Women Without Kids Season 2 Trailer 3:35

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Non-Motherhood and Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel 56:27

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Life Beyond the Biological Clock with Stacy London 1:07:24

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Questioning Our Procreative Ethics with Carter Dillard 37:07

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Opting For Irreversible Sterilization with Rachel Diamond 52:27

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Are We Witnessing a Birth Strike? with Jenny Brown 1:06:13

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Evolutions in Sex Ed. with Justine Ang Fonte 37:08

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Creation, Contribution, and Collectivism with adrienne maree brown 59:30

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A (Happy) Family-Free Holiday Special with Meghan Daum 1:08:05

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Reparenting Ourselves in Non-Motherhood with Dr. Nicole LePera 1:08:22

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The Evolutionary Myth of the Maternal Instinct with Gillian Ragsdale 59:45

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Redefining Our Reproductive Identities with Aurelie Athan 1:03:07

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What is Ending When Our Lineage Ends With Us? With Dr. Jennifer Mullan 57:08

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The Women Who Regret Having Kids with Orna Donath 56:21

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A Legacy for Womankind Beyond Motherhood with Jeanne Safer 1:03:32

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Beyond the Non-Mom Binary with Jody Day 1:06:01

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Women Without Kids trailer 6:13

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