Mother is a Question podcast

Mother is a Question

This is an invitation into the depths of mothers’ hearts, minds and stories. Join best friends Julia Metzger-Traber and Tasha Haverty as they crack open definitions of motherhood and listen for the unspeakable through playful, intimate conversations with mothers from all walks of life. Mother is a Question is a portal into the kaleidoscopically different and yet universal experiences of what it means to mother. Not another chat show sharing practical advice from the daily frontlines of mothering, but a space to live in the questions, and enlist the existential and poetic wisdom of those who mother. What would the world be if we took mothers’ questions and their wisdom seriously?

This is an invitation into the depths of mothers’ hearts, minds and stories. Join best friends Julia Metzger-Traber and Tasha Haverty as they crack open definitions of motherhood and listen for the unspeakable through playful, intimate conversations with mothers from all walks of life. Mother is a Question is a portal into the kaleidoscopically different and yet universal experiences of what it means to mother. Not another chat show sharing practical advice from the daily frontlines of mothering, but a space to live in the questions, and enlist the existential and poetic wisdom of those who mother. What would the world be if we took mothers’ questions and their wisdom seriously?

 

#19

Show spotlight: Rock that Doesn't Roll

If you listen all the way to our episodes' end credits (which we hope you do), you know th... more

04 Sep 2024

40 MINS

40:48

04 Sep 2024


#18

Show spotlight: How to Survive the End of the World

This week we're sharing the loving and playful podcast, "How to Survive the End of the Wor... more

14 Aug 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:06

14 Aug 2024


#17

Grandmother is a Question (Asha & Isis)

To wrap up Season 2 we have a love story about a grandmother and her granddaughter -  how ... more

31 Jul 2024

48 MINS

48:52

31 Jul 2024


#16

Mother is a Song

This episode, we’re traveling to a place and time when mama was the muse–back when musicia... more

17 Jul 2024

37 MINS

37:13

17 Jul 2024


#15

A Mother’s Tripped-Out Trip to Guilt, Self-Doubt, Ego Death… and Back (Negin Farsad)

Comedian and mother, Negin Farsad, got a strange assignment - one that sent her on an unex... more

03 Jul 2024

40 MINS

40:56

03 Jul 2024


#14

Should I Mother in a Melting World? (Elizabeth Rush)

Elizabeth Rush has spent her career writing about climate change--her book Rising was nomi... more

19 Jun 2024

35 MINS

35:50

19 Jun 2024


#13

A Motherful World (Alexis Pauline Gumbs)

What if humans could evolve into our most nurturing and creative selves?  What if society ... more

05 Jun 2024

27 MINS

27:47

05 Jun 2024


#12

Mothering between Life and Death (Katherine)

Katherine is a farmer.  She always thought of herself as in control, someone who could pla... more

22 May 2024

33 MINS

33:41

22 May 2024


#11

Why Can't a Mother Think That? (Anne, Pt. 2)

We pick up with the story of Anne, a day after she told her kids that she was so unhappy, ... more

08 May 2024

36 MINS

36:00

08 May 2024


#10

Why Can't a Mother Think That? (Anne, Pt. 1)

We open our season with a story that came to us through a listener. “Can you imagine leavi... more

24 Apr 2024

31 MINS

31:47

24 Apr 2024


#9

Trailer. Season 2

Being a mother is a portal into the core of human existence. Join us as we hold a micropho... more

17 Apr 2024

01 MINS

01:39

17 Apr 2024


#8

What Just Happened?

Yeye just crossed the threshold into motherhood. And she thinks what she learned during he... more

13 Dec 2023

44 MINS

44:55

13 Dec 2023


#7

How Do We Mother Beyond the Present?

As the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter, Nicole always knew h... more

29 Nov 2023

32 MINS

32:54

29 Nov 2023


#6

Who Are You, Mother?

Rita was the mom next door—she moved in when Julia was two years old, but there was so muc... more

15 Nov 2023

38 MINS

38:54

15 Nov 2023


#5

To Be or Not To Be?

Rae is trying to decide whether to become a mother. And Rae is coming at this decision in ... more

01 Nov 2023

29 MINS

29:52

01 Nov 2023


#4

What is a Mother?

When Julia found out she was pregnant, she was bombarded with voices in her head around wh... more

18 Oct 2023

40 MINS

40:00

18 Oct 2023


#3

What Can't Be Taught?

Our journey into this territory of mothering begins. Tasha searches out someone whose deep... more

04 Oct 2023

43 MINS

43:19

04 Oct 2023


#2

Trailer

Join best friends Julia Metzger-Traber and Tasha Haverty as they listen for the unspeakabl... more

27 Sep 2023

03 MINS

03:12

27 Sep 2023


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30 Aug 2023

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00:35

30 Aug 2023