Mom Wars

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Mom Wars
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38 episodes

  • Mom Wars

    Bridget Phetasy

    09/04/2026 | 48 mins.
    In this episode, Bethany is joined by writer and comedian Bridget Phetasy to talk about how becoming a late-in-life mother was transformative, and how our culture gets the narrative wrong on motherhood. Phetasy is the host of the podcasts Walkins Welcome and Dumpster Fire.
  • Mom Wars

    With Six You Get...

    02/04/2026 | 51 mins.
    Bethany is joined this week by a fellow mother of six, Katie Carney, to talk about growing up in a big family and deciding to have one as well. Katie is married to the pro-natalist crusader Tim Carney, author of Alienated America and Family Unfriendly.
  • Mom Wars

    Open Marriages Never Work

    23/03/2026 | 55 mins.
    Bethany is joined this week by the Free Press's Kat Rosenfield to talk about the situation in young adult publishing and the polyamarous craze, and her column on Lindy West.
  • Mom Wars

    Staying Sane

    16/03/2026 | 44 mins.
    In this episode, Bethany spoke with Christina Smith, a mom of 1.75 and the Consumer Center Director for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, about how American moms who are MAHA can also stay sane.
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    Mom in a Time of War

    05/03/2026 | 57 mins.
    In this week's episode, Bethany sits down with Senior Political Correspondent at Jewish Insider, Lahav Harkov, talking about what it's like to be a mother in Israel amid yet another war. With her husband serving in the military reserves, Lahav is juggling parenting 3.75 children while also reporting on the war that's sending her to a bomb shelter in her home several times a day.

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About Mom Wars

Bethany Mandel and Kara Kennedy are taking on the mommy wars head on; talking the latest hot topics in parenting, relationships, dating and more. 
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