Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!)
Misa Dayson, Veena Hampapur
9 episodes
6 months ago
Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!) is a podcast that documents and unpacks the personal and political nuances of becoming parents amidst both a global pandemic, and seismic political, cultural, and environmental change.
It features two friends: Misa, a Black American woman from NYC, and Veena, a South Asian American woman from LA. Trained as anthropologists, they process pandemic parenthood holistically and intersectionally through intimate conversations and voice memos.
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Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!) is a podcast that documents and unpacks the personal and political nuances of becoming parents amidst both a global pandemic, and seismic political, cultural, and environmental change.
It features two friends: Misa, a Black American woman from NYC, and Veena, a South Asian American woman from LA. Trained as anthropologists, they process pandemic parenthood holistically and intersectionally through intimate conversations and voice memos.
Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!)
38 minutes 6 seconds
2 years ago
As Seen on TV (aka Veena’s Birth Story)
Most parents and birth workers will tell you that giving birth is nothing like what you see in the movies. In Veena’s case, however, it was! In this episode, Veena shares her birthing story and reflects on the unexpected emotions that accompanied it after nothing went fully according to plan. We discuss how birthing during Covid shaped birthing plans, and the early first weeks of having a new baby at home without outside support from loved ones. We also touch on birthing as a portal that makes it both miraculous and scary, and bookmark for later a longer discussion about the maternal mortality crisis in the United States.
Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!)
Memos from Motherhood (Or, I Gave Birth During a Pandemic?!) is a podcast that documents and unpacks the personal and political nuances of becoming parents amidst both a global pandemic, and seismic political, cultural, and environmental change.
It features two friends: Misa, a Black American woman from NYC, and Veena, a South Asian American woman from LA. Trained as anthropologists, they process pandemic parenthood holistically and intersectionally through intimate conversations and voice memos.
