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?!)
39 minutes 19 seconds
3 years ago
To Be, Or Not to Be (Pregnant)?
For our second season, we begin by looking back at the “before times,” when our mental calculus was not focused on decisions around indoor gatherings, masks, vaccinations, and remote vs. in-person working — and instead on whether or not we wanted to have children. We discuss what factors led to us deciding to try for children, what our worries, fears, and concerns were, and reckon with the moments when we realized how much we ourselves devalued the labor of child rearing, and why.
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.
