White Picket Fence

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White Picket Fence episodes

November 23, 2021 The Nuclear Family Myth
This week, host Julie Kohler travels back to the mid-20th century to examine the creation of the “traditional” nuclear family — a myth only made possible through the exploitation of Black women’s domestic labor — and how the family values and nostalgia of this era continue to exist in today’s debate over “caring economy” policies.
If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.
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26 min
November 16, 2021 The Breaking Point
In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic became a global health crisis. But from it bore a whole set of complementary crises: an economic crisis and a caregiving crisis.
The pandemic erased more than 30 years of gains in women’s labor force participation, while simultaneously leaving women to shoulder the majority of the family responsibilities. But the conditions for these crises existed long before COVID-19 hit American shores. How exactly did we get here?
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23 min
November 01, 2021 Prologue
Welcome to season 2 of White Picket Fence. We're investigating the caregiving crisis that has left millions of Americans —including our host Julie Kohler, a single mom — on the verge of cracking. Raising kids is challenging enough. Why does it have to be this hard?
If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.
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7 min
October 12, 2021 Season 2 coming soon!
In two weeks, we're launching a new season of White Picket Fence. This season, we're diving into the childcare crisis. In the meantime, we want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information. Season 2 coming on Nov 1.
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2 min
June 02, 2021 Bonus: Introducing Gravity
Introducing WMN's newest original podcast, Gravity, a show about what becomes possible when we look at hardships differently, hosted by Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. Join us to explore transformations around loneliness, the myth of the ideal nuclear family, climate crisis, and more. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
4 min
December 23, 2020The Work Ahead
To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.
To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or "Suburban Housewives" Against Trump.
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35 min
December 16, 2020A Multiracial Democracy
White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production.
To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.
To join a community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, National Domestic Workers Alliance, or ISAIAH/Faith in Minnesota.
To learn more about the ongoing fight for gender justice, check out the National Women's Law Center.
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32 min
December 09, 2020The Awakening
White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production.
To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or Red, Wine and Blue.
Read up on the organizing movements sweeping across middle America, and the history of women's anger.
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29 min
December 02, 2020Moral Majority
White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production.
To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.
To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or "Suburban Housewives" Against Trump.
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29 min
November 25, 2020American Dream
White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production.
To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.
To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or "Suburban Housewives" Against Trump.
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30 min

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White Picket Fence interrogates the structures of inequity affecting women since the United States' founding. On the newest season, host Julie Kohler investigates a long-brewing gender backlash that’s…