In this thoughtful episode, Christine sits down with writer and educator Agnes Howard for a rich conversation about motherhood, community, and what it means to share in the human experience. Together, they reflect on the deeper significance of pregnancy, the cultural pressures surrounding work and family life, and the beauty of living in meaningful connection with others. With warmth and insight, Howard invites listeners to reconsider familiar assumptions and to see everyday life as something both communal and deeply significant.

This conversation will resonate with listeners interested in family life, cultural criticism, embodied experience, and the ways ordinary responsibilities can reveal deeper truths about what it means to be human.

About the Guest

Agnes Howard is an American Historian, mother, teacher, and writer. She is author of Showing: What Pregnancy Tells Us about Being Human (Eerdmans, 2020) and the forthcoming, Disoriented: Embodied Life in Strange Times (Cascade, 2026). Here and on a Substack called Momcare she discusses the culture of maternity and family life.

Guest Links

Showing: What Pregnancy Tells Us about Being Human
Creativity Calls for More than a Room of One's Own
Is Potty Training What You Will Do with Your One Wild and Precious Life
Opting Out of Mother's Day
Not Going Back: Motherhood in the Covid-19 Pandemic

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