Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.
416 - Pregnancy in the Age of Social Media
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Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.
Episoder
416-
Pregnancy in the Age of Social Media
Lyttet
tor., 14 maj 2026
415-
Why Does the World Hate Ambitious Women?
Lyttet
tir., 12 maj 2026
414-
A Sneak Peek of THE PARISIAN HEIST
Lyttet
lør., 09 maj 2026
413-
Hating on the 3-Hour Mom—We'd Never Do This to a Man
Lyttet
tor., 07 maj 2026
412-
Visit Ballerina Farm With Me
Lyttet
ons., 06 maj 2026
411-
Art is For Everyone With Liz Lidgett
Lyttet
tor., 30 apr. 2026
410-
Moving at a Human Pace With Isaac Fitzgerald
Lyttet
tir., 28 apr. 2026
409-
Money, Marriage, And The Myth of “Having it All — Ask Jo Anything
Lyttet
tor., 23 apr. 2026
408-
Let's Read Alone Together a Chat With the Co-Founder of Silent Book Club
Lyttet
tir., 21 apr. 2026
407-
Get Outside! The Indoor Epidemic Is Real and It’s Wrecking Our Brains
Lyttet
tor., 16 apr. 2026
406-
My New True Crime Obsession in Utah—the Kouri Richins Murder Trial
Lyttet
tir., 14 apr. 2026
405-
Gen Z Men Are Getting More Conservative. What the Hell Happened?
Lyttet
tor., 09 apr. 2026
404-
The Fine Line Between Cult and Wellness Movement—One Woman's Escape From One Taste and Finding Humor in the Aftermath
Lyttet
tir., 07 apr. 2026
403-
The Chess Queen Who Wants Women to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Move
Lyttet
tor., 02 apr. 2026
402-
Why So Many Mothers Are Unraveling and Filled With Rage with Libby Ward
Lyttet
tir., 31 mar. 2026
401-
Gossip is Good For You! Dissecting Taylor Frankie Paul and the Justin Timberlake DUI Video
Lyttet
tor., 26 mar. 2026
400-
The False Choice Between Tradwife and Girlboss
Lyttet
tir., 24 mar. 2026
399-
Taylor Frankie Paul is a Bingeable Trainwreck and ABC and the Bachelorette Knew That Going Into This
Lyttet
fre., 20 mar. 2026
398-
Women Are Being Gaslit About Birth, a Chat With Dr. Jennifer Lincoln
Lyttet
tor., 19 mar. 2026
397-
How the Right Won the Attention Economy
Lyttet
tir., 17 mar. 2026
396-
Sunday Nice Things: Creation Myth
Lyttet
søn., 15 mar. 2026
395-
How Reality TV Changed How We Consume Stories with Survivor's Stephen Fishbach
Lyttet
tor., 12 mar. 2026
394-
Is This Actually a Love Story? JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, the Nineties and Parliament Lights
Lyttet
tir., 10 mar. 2026
393-
Not Having Kids Is Not a Tragedy
Lyttet
tor., 05 mar. 2026
392-
How Vulnerable Kids Became Clickbait
Lyttet
tir., 03 mar. 2026
391-
How History Erased Mothers
Lyttet
tor., 26 feb. 2026
390-
Grab Bag: Where Did Love Taza Go?
Lyttet
tir., 24 feb. 2026
389-
Sunday Nice Things: Birth With Babylist
Lyttet
søn., 22 feb. 2026
388-
Can You Actually Retire Early When You Have Kids?
Lyttet
tor., 19 feb. 2026
387-
How to Be a Rich Old Lady
Lyttet
tir., 17 feb. 2026
386-
Toe Pick!
Lyttet
tor., 12 feb. 2026
385-
Grab Bag: The Ballerina Farm Raw Milk Scandal, Hating on the Katies & Intellectual It Girls
Lyttet
tir., 10 feb. 2026
384-
Moms Drive the Economy. So Why Are They Still Underpaid?
Lyttet
tor., 05 feb. 2026
383-
Why Planning Summer Has Become a Nightmare
Lyttet
tir., 03 feb. 2026
382-
From Momfluencers to MILFs: Who Gets Labeled a Bad Mother
Lyttet
tor., 29 jan. 2026
381-
Moms Just Want (Deserve) to Have Fun
Lyttet
tir., 27 jan. 2026
380-
Perimenopause, GLPs, and the Medical Gaslighting of Women
Lyttet
tor., 22 jan. 2026
379-
The Heated Rivalry Episode
Lyttet
tir., 20 jan. 2026
378-
Sunday Nice Things: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Lyttet
søn., 18 jan. 2026
377-
Just a Busy Season and Other Lies We Tell About Motherhood
Lyttet
tor., 15 jan. 2026
376-
My Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Lyttet
tir., 13 jan. 2026
375-
More Joy in January
Lyttet
tor., 08 jan. 2026
374-
Tidying up in the New Year with Tidy Dad
Lyttet
tir., 06 jan. 2026
373-
What We Want Less of in 2026
Lyttet
tor., 01 jan. 2026
372-
Holding Rosie: A Mother’s Story of SUDC and Survival
Lyttet
tir., 30 dec. 2025
371-
How to Build Deep Friendships Without Burning Yourself Out
Lyttet
tor., 25 dec. 2025
370-
How to Travel with Kids
Lyttet
tir., 23 dec. 2025
369-
Sunday Nice Things: Dissecting Tradwives and Feminism