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The New Fatherhood Script with Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves explores what happens when old ideas about manhood no longer fit, and why fatherhood may be one of the places where a new script is still being written.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Questions Without Answers with Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett reflects on how becoming a mother transformed the way she sees the world.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

“Becoming a parent is a developmental process.”

Do we become a parent when a child is born, or long before that, when the prospect of parenthood first takes shape?

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Is a Blade of Grass Enough? with Nadina Galle

In this podcast episode, Nadina Galle explores how parenthood reshapes our relationship with nature.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The World’s Best Managers with Emily Oster

In this episode, Emily Oster explains what parenting can teach us about decision-making, leadership, and why good management matters more than perfect answers.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Illusion of Knowing with Lulu Miller

In this podcast episode, Lulu Miller explores why we are so determined to make sense of the world, and what happens when life refuses to fit the story.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Rituals That Hold Us Together with Dimitris Xygalatas

Why does a bedtime routine feel so important? In this podcast epuisode, Dimitris Xygalatas studies rituals, from firewalking ceremonies to family traditions.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Connected Mind with Vicky Leong

In this podcast episode, Vicky Leong studies uncovers how parents and children synchronize their minds and get ready to learn from one another.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Dad Bod Theory with Lee Gettler

Why would evolution redesign a man's body after he has children? In this podcast episode, Anthropologist Lee Gettler helped uncover a surprising answer.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Mom Brain Revolution with Susana Carmona

For centuries, scientists studied what pregnancy does to the body. Almost nobody studied what it does to the brain.

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

A Human Metamorphosis with Oren Harman

Three quarters of animal species undergo metamorphosis. Why are we so sure humans don't?

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Trailer – Birth of a Parent Podcast

When a baby is born, a parent is born too. But what if that's more than a metaphor?

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