The Birth Talks

By Mai Ngo

The Birth Talks is an intersectional feminist podcast on pregnancy, birth and parenting. The idea was conceived by host Mai Ngo, an Ottawa based doula and birth advocate. If you like feminism, interse... more

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How many episodes does The Birth Talks have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

The Birth Talks episodes:

March 10, 2018 S2E3: Parenting Beyond the Binary

Full spectrum doula Giselle Johnston and Black Lives Matter Toronto trans parent LeRoi Newbold engage in a captive back and forth about what LGBTQ-centered support looks, sounds and feels like.

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29min
March 08, 2018 S2E2: How to Be a Feminist Dad

Michael Wodzicki, father to three, shares his experience on what it's like to be a feminist dad and raise his sons and daughter to embody the values of gender equality and feminism.

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27min
March 08, 2018 S2E1: How to Raise a Feminist

In "How to Raise a Feminist" Ottawa Councillor Catherine McKenney shares her experience of being an openly gay feminist parent and councillor in a hetero-normative male dominated world.

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31min
February 12, 2018 Bonus Episode

How do mental health and sexual health intersect? As part of Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness week The Birth Talks partnered with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights to share this short excerpt from Action Canada for SHR's podcast. To listen to the rest of this conversation, and view what is offered in this campaign, visit www.srhweek.ca. And mark you calendars for the launch of Series 2: Parenting Beyond the Ordinary on International Women's Day, March 8!
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21min
September 25, 2017 S1E5: The ReProductive Ally

How we do we move forward as allies in reproductive justice? This special 40 minute episode is the last show of the first series and is co-hosted with the savvy and wise Vanessa Borjon, Bitch Media writing fellow based in Chicago.

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41min
August 08, 2017 S1E4: The Politics of Birth

Professor Candace Johnson from the University of Guelph leaves us with questions on the north south politics of birth. What does it mean to support every person's right to self determine in their reproductive health choices?

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26min
July 17, 2017 S1E3: Feministing Birth in the 21st Century

"Fuck the waves of feminism. We are an ocean of Indigenous knowledge." What does it mean to be a birth worker/activist in the 21st century? You will not want to miss this conversation with Krysta and Denise, two Indigenous Full Spectrum Doulas based in Toronto. Feminism will never look the same again.

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29min
July 04, 2017 S1E2: If These Uteruses Could Talk Part II

(Image from Flickr: Adam Fagent https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Mikki Bradshaw shares what his uterus would say if it could talk. He takes listeners on a thoughtful yet profound intersectional journey into gender, sexuality and race all with a sense of humour. (Warning: explicit content).

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26min
June 19, 2017 S1E1: If These Uteruses Could Talk Part I
The Birth Talks interviews 10 Canadians from all walks of life with the question "What would your uterus say if it could talk?".
Guests: Chelby Daigle Muslim Link Editor, Christelle Thibault Francophone queer, Doan-Nghi Dam Le university student, Julie Howes new parent, Mai Dam Vietnamese mother, Naomi Tessler founder of Branch Out Theatre, Nicole 6 year old, Shani Robertson student midwife, Wendy Lanouette Ottawa Aboriginal Coordinator and Zara Ansar founder of XOVelo.
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26min
June 06, 2017 The Birth Talks trailer
The Birth Talks is a new intersectional feminist podcast on birth. The first series takes listeners on the journeys and stories of people across different lived experiences and delves into reproductive justice for women and girls.

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FAQs about The Birth Talks:

How many episodes does The Birth Talks have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.