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Birthzillas: The Podcast
What if telling your story could save someone’s life? I think it can. This podcast mixes personal stories with public health data to uncover the politics (and policy) of childbirth in the US.
Podcasting since 2025 • 20 episodes
Birthzillas: The Podcast
Latest Episodes
Take Care of Yourselves and Each Other!: Farewell (for now) from Birthzillas
In this episode, we look back at some important stuff from our two seasons, think about important issues ahead, and say good by (for now).
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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10:44

The First Horseman of the Apocalypse: (Get Your) Vaccines and (Protect the) Public Health
In this week's episode we return to questions of authority and credibility through a deep dive into the least qualified human on the planet for his job: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. We also asks some serio...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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15:57

Birth Influencers, Free Birth, and the Importance of Skepticism
In this week's episode we talk about the recent coroner's report out of Australia that has reignited discussion about free birth and the role of birth influencers. I explain the role of influencers (and advise a healthy dose of skepticism becau...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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27:59

Ivana Nikoline Brønlund and the Racist Roots of Parent-Child Separation
In this week's news-cast, we talk about the recent news of Ivana Nikoline Brønlund whose baby was taken away from her. Why? She failed a Danish parenting assessment. The problem? That assessment was illegal to use with Greenlandic parents ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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14:51

The Fetishization of Motherhood: Medals, Nazis, and Trumpists
What does contemporary birth politics have to do with Nazis? As Dr. Erika Briesacher explains, a lot more than you'd think. This episode looks at Trump and his allies' push to fetishize motherhood through pronatalist, anti-child policies like $...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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45:19

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