Mommy Has Questions.

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 7: When Did You Realize It’s A Man’s World? The wake-up calls that changed everything we thought we knew 💬 Episode Overview In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, the moms trace the moments — big and small — when the illusion cracked and they realized the world wasn’t built for women to succeed. From pregnancy discrimination at work to classrooms without female ro...

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 6: How Do Moms Reclaim Power In The Workplace? Why the Workplace Still Isn’t Built for Moms - and How We Change It. In this eye-opening conversation, the moms sit down with Daphne Delvaux, Esq. — nationally known trial attorney, women’s rights advocate, and founder of The Mamattorney — to unpack one of the most urgent but overlooked questions in modern motherhood: Why is the w...

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 4: How Does Talking About Menopause Lead to Gender Equity? A Conversation About Menopause with Lauren A. Tetenbaum, LMSW, JD In this episode, we sit down with Lauren to confront one of the biggest taboos in women’s health: menopause — a natural life phase that has been misunderstood, stigmatized, under-researched, and under-treated for generations. Together, we explore why mil...

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 4: Are Women Punished for Being Ambitious? Why wanting more costs women everything—and how the system makes sure of it Finance expert and cultural critic Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez joins us to unpack her groundbreaking work on the ambition penalty—the hidden tax women pay for wanting more in their careers, finances, and lives. Through data and lived experience, we explore wh...

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 3: What's It Like Being a Stay-at-Home Dad? An Honest Conversation About Fatherhood, Caregiving, and What It Means to Be a Man Today In this eye-opening episode, Cristina and Tiffany welcome a longtime friend and truly special guest, Matt Groff — a stay-at-home father, primary caregiver, writer, literary critic, puppeteer, and blogger. Matt brings a deeply honest, thoughtful,...

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 2: What Do Young Men Need? How Patriarchy is Failing Our Boys (and Men Too) In this episode of Mommy Has Questions , the moms dig into one of today’s most pressing and complex cultural topics: the crisis of young men. Inspired by a conversation on The Prof G Pod with Jonathan Haidt and Richard Reeves, Cristina, Tiffany, Jamie, and Jess unpack what’s really going on with men ag...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 10: Is There A War On Women Subtitle: Anti-Woman Policies and Cultural Backlash In this urgent and powerful episode of Mommy Has Questions , the moms break down what’s really happening behind the rise in anti-woman policies, cultural backlash, and legislative assaults on bodily autonomy. From systemic violence and political maneuvering to erasure in medicine and media, th...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 9: What Are We Teaching Our Sons? Subtitle: Gender StereotypesHurt Boys Too This episode of Mommy Has Questions tackles the early socialization of boys into restrictive gender roles and how that impacts their emotional development, self-worth, and future relationships. Cristina and the moms explore how gendered language, media messaging, and family dynamics shape kids’ id...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 8: Do Movies Accurately Portray Motherhood? Subtitle: Moms in Movies This week on Mommy Has Questions , Cristina, Jamie, Jess, and Tiffany dive deep into the cultural narrative of motherhood on screen. From Night Bitch to Bluey , the group examines how media shapes our expectations, identities, and experiences as mothers. They explore why it took so long for films to refl...

📋 Show Notes:  🎙️ Episode 7: Why Am I Having a Mental Breakdown? Subtitle: Parenting: A Public Health Crisis Cristina, Tiffany, Jess, and Jamie come together to talk about the mental, emotional, and social weight of parenting in 2025. What begins with Cristina’s story of reflecting upon a breakdown, induced by holiday-prep-burnout, quickly becomes a deeply resonant exploration of why so many...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 6: Why Is My Doctor Gaslighting Me? Subtitle: Advocating for Women’s Health Cristina and the moms open up about their own experiences with being dismissed by healthcare providers—and dig into the root causes behind it. From underfunded research to outdated gender assumptions, they explore why the medical system often fails women and how we can start to shift it. With insi...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 5: Can I Be a Trad Wife AND a Feminist? Subtitle: Tradition vs. Progress Cristina and the moms unpack the tension between embracing traditional domestic roles and holding true to feminist values. Is being a stay-at-home mom anti-feminist—or can it be a powerful choice in a patriarchal system? From historical context to social media portrayals, they dig into what it really...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 4: Is Social Media Bad for Moms Too?   Control the Scroll Cristina and the moms explore the complicated relationship between motherhood and social media. They dig into the emotional trap of doom-scrolling, the illusion of online “self-care,” and the bigger cultural forces shaping how moms spend their time and attention. From confession to clarity, this episode is an...

📋 Show Notes: 🎙️ Episode 3: Why Is It Hard to Ask for Help? Subtitle: Partner Dialogues Cristina and the moms get real about the challenges of communicating needs, balancing childcare, and renegotiating value at home. From societal pressure to internalized guilt, they explore why asking for help feels so loaded and how to reframe it without resentment. This episode is a heartfelt, funny, and hope...

🎙️ Episode 2: Why Am I Drowning In Laundry? Subtitle: Loads on Loads Cristina has 5 baskets of laundry that have been on her couch for a week. This leads to a much deeper conversation between the moms about the invisible labor women are still carrying. From 1950s housewife propaganda to the real-life stress of asking your partner to please just switch the load, this episode takes a funny, honest,...

🎙️ Episode 1: How Did I Get Here? | The Minivan Crisis Ever looked around your life and thought, “Whose minivan is this… and how did I become the one driving it?” Same. In this premiere episode of Mommy Has Questions , Cristina Sansone opens up about how she went from public health professional in New York City to stay-at-home mom of three in Arkansas — and the identity crisis that came with it. S...

With heart, analysis and experience, Mommy Has Questions examines the evolution of motherhood and challenges expectations to create a world where we all thrive. Your exhaustion isn't personal, it's cultural.  Join Cristina, a career professional turned stay-at-home mom, and the Among Other Things co-founders as they connect your daily overwhelm to decades of policies that depend on mothers do...