The Mother of it All

    We are Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, two friends, mothers and professional writers on the parenting beat. The Mother of it All is our place to go deep into the culture of modern motherhood and have the conversations that truly challenge, feed and excite us. Expect warmth, humor and over-considered takes on hot topics, fresh takes on old ones, expert guests and good times. We're diving into the grey areas beyond the tropes — the wine moms, the rage moms, the anything moms — and instead spending real time with the ideas that help us grow as mothers and people in this cult...

  • What If We're The Helpers? With Elizabeth Doerr

  • Building Child-Friendly Cities, with Katie Beck

  • Linear Time Can Suck It

  • Kid Lit with Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett

  • Parenting Like Wild Animals

  • The Rotten Roots of Modern Parenting Advice with Nancy Reddy

  • Movie Club: Festively candle-lit battle of the sad & powerful matriarchs

  • The State of the Hetero Union Part 2: Here Come the Gender Wars with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

  • The State of the Hetero Union Part 1: Sex, Marriage, and 'Big D Desire' with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

  • Who Are Dadfluencers For? with Janet Manley

  • Now this is happening

  • Is Postpartum Depression Funny? Lauren Lapkus and Nora Fiffer Think It Can Be

  • Keep Halloween Janky with Sarah & Miranda

  • What Every Parent Needs To Understand About School Shootings & Lockdowns with David Riedman

  • What If We Cared About Care? with Elissa Strauss

  • The Joy Of Hobbies in Motherhood with Kaitlyn Teer

  • Back To School, 'Nightbitch' & Necessary Losses with Sarah & Miranda

  • Children's Rights, 'Adultism' & Parenting With Author Eloise Rickman

  • Summer Bonus Ep! Donna Berzatto & Moms Of 'The Bear,' With Phil Maciak

  • Summer Bonus Episode: Claire Zulkey

  • Episode 25: The Millennial Midlife Crisis with Amil Niazi

  • Episode 24: Boys Are Not Like Dogs with Ruth Whippman

  • MOVIE CLUB: Mamma Mia (Or Is It DADDA Mia?) With Garrett Bucks

  • Episode 23: We Can't Have Nice Things

  • Episode 22: Screen Time with Phil Maciak

  • Episode 21: The Mothers of the Mother of it All

  • Episode 20: 'Matrescence' Is Not A Dirty Word with Lucy Jones

  • Episode 19: Who's The Beef?! Sarah & Miranda Talk Vasectomies, Turning 40 & The 3rd Kid Question

  • Episode 18: Dr Becky and The Parenting-Optimization Era, with Kathryn Jezer-Morton

  • Episode 17 : Parenting and Psychedelics with Rebecca Kronman

  • MOVIE CLUB: Tully & The Power of Postpartum Ghost Stories with Janet Manley

  • Episode 16: Gaza, American Motherhood & Activism with Lydia Kiesling

  • Episode 15: Marriage & the Divorce Discourse with Emily Gould

  • Episode 14: Mothering, Race & Identity with Priya Joi

  • MOVIE CLUB: Baby Boom with Jo Piazza

  • Episode 13: How Social Media Storytelling Has Changed Our Understanding Of Motherhood, Childhood & What Makes A Good Life with Kathryn Jezer-Morton

  • Episode 12: Grief, Writing & A Mother's Oceanic Love with Tamarin Norwood

  • Patreon Movie Club Sneak Peek

  • Episode 11: The Wisdom of Disabled Parenting with Jessica Slice

  • Episode 10: A Better Birth with Rebekah Wheeler

  • Episode 9: Resisting Covert Grind Culture: Evie Ebert On Resolution Season

  • Episode 8: Motherhood Is Sobering: Drinking, The Holidays & Mothering, with Angela Garbes

  • Episode 7: The Mother Culture Origin Story

  • Movie Club: Home Alone with Nancy Reddy

  • Episode 6: Are The Holidays Fun? It’s The MC Holiday Special with Guest Sara Petersen!

  • Episode 5: Are We Watering Down Feminism with Katherine Moos?

  • Episode 4: The Woman in Me in Us (The Britney Episode) with Amanda Montei

  • Episode 3: Would More Freedom Make Our Kids Happier?

  • Episode 2: When Teachers Strike

  • Episode 1: Can We Reject The Crushing Time Pressure Of Motherhood?

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