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Our Families Ourselves
Each week, "elder" millennial moms Ann-Sophie and Maria meet people who challenge the traditional notion of family-forming and parenting. We explore the joy, the pain, and - let’s face it - dysfunction of creating a family. Adoption, IVF, surrogacy, child-free by choice, and more … these are our families, told through our voices.
Episodes
13 episodes
Season One Recap!
We're baaaack! It's been a few months ... Maria had a baby, summer is summer'ing, and Ann-Sophie's Tuff Shed now doubles as a sauna.Join us we recap some of our fave moments and surprising turns from Season One. And we're giving you a s...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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Boss Mom: Balancing Career & Baby as a Single Mom in the 80s with Shay Wafer (Season Finale!)
There’s no better guest to wrap our first season than Shay Wafer, arts & culture powerhouse and grandmother who chose to become a single parent in the 80s. She also managed the theater where Maria and Ann-Sophie met when they were just babi...
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41:07
Tea with Tía: Creating the Modern-Day Village with Jess Matos
There’s no one like your auntie, your tía, who slips you sweets, remembers your baby chub days, and keeps all your secrets. And there’s no one like Jess Matos, Mexico City-based creative strategist and comedian, who runs the hilarious and insig...
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40:08
A Lifetime Original: How An Adoptee Found His Bio Parents with Mark Caffee
It could be a Lifetime movie or a work of fiction, but it’s one of the most incredible stories we’ve heard. Mark Caffee, communications consultant (and Ann-Sophie’s former boss), shares the remarkable journey of meeting his bio mom and bi...
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39:38
Blonde Ambition: Navigating the Foster Care System with Actress Laura Leigh Hughes
What an absolute *treat* this week as we chat with powerhouse Laura Leigh Hughes, LA-based actress and founder of The Unusual Suspects Theater Company, a non-profit serving youth. Laura is candid, funny, and shares her incredible journey of nav...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:32
An LGBTQ Family’s Surrogacy Journey with Corey Johnson & Meyer (7 months old!)
It’s our youngest guest yet! Seven month-old Meyer and his dad, LA-based actor Corey, tell us their family’s experience with surrogacy. Maria and Ann-Sophie also get political this week as we rail against the dismantling of reproductive rights ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:53
V is for Vasectomy - Living that Child-Free Life with Edgar Landa
We met a man who may just be a walking advocate for vasectomies - yay! But in all seriousness, LA-based fight choreographer, actor, and director Edgar charmed us with his enlightened view on the dreaded “v” word, and how he and his partner have...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:41
Let’s Talk About Eggs, Baby! Being a Four-Time Egg Donor with Kristi
We’ve had *a lot* of sperm talk these past few weeks, so we’re more than ready to explore the other side of the equation — eggs! This week we sit down with four-time (yes, you read that right) egg donor Kristi, who opens up about her experience...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:41
GOOAAAL! Starting a Family as a Lesbian Couple with Fei Wu & Lee Lawlor
We talk to our dear friends Fei & Lee about their experience starting a family as an interracial, lesbian couple. It’s a long and winding road that takes them from spa-like fertility clinics to wheeling sperm through Target. Lis...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:28
From Kroger to the Courthouse: Foster to Adopt with Bill Murphey
From the freezing depths of Ann-Sophie’s Tuff Shed, we bring you the warmth and delight of Atlanta-based actor Bill Murphey. A chance encounter at a neighborhood Kroger led him down the path to single parenthood, and it’s unlike any story we’ve...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:49
A Beautiful Mess: Adopting in the US with Melissa & Kenny Lindsey
This week, we chat with the delightful Melissa and Kenny about the experience of adopting their daughter. Adoption in the US has evolved in the past few decades, and the Lindseys challenge common misconceptions about adoptive families, birth fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:03
Solo Parenting, By Choice or By Consequence with Molly Hawkey
For our very first ep, we sit down with the woman who inspired us to get on the mic: Molly Hawkey - actress, comedian, and host extraordinaire of Spermcast.Molly shares her journey to “solo parenting,” from interviewing comedian friends...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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41:41