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Equal-ish

Rachel Childs and Kate Mangino

Equal-ish is all about that precise intersection of parenthood, work, and being in a relationship. This funny, wonderful, messy, frustrating process is possible - but not easy! Join Kate Mangino and Rachel Childs every week to help you find your equal-ish household balance.

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Ep 27: Great Advice. Hard to Implement. After the...

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2026/02/25

What becomes visible about a relationship when the romance is removed?In this new After the Interview episode, Kate and Rachel reflect on their powerful conversation with mediator and parent coordinator Traci Cherrier. We unpack the realities of co-parenting after separation and why the same lessons apply to couples who are still together.The statistics are sobering:39% of separated parents say unequal caring responsibilities contributed to their breakup.Working couples where mothers carry primary

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00:35:52

Ep. 26: Divorce Doula? The Art of Mediating Modern...

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2026/02/18

What does “equal-ish” look like when you’re no longer a couple? This was a question Kate and Rachel have been pondering for a while. In this powerful conversation, mediator and parent coordinator Traci Cherrier joins Rachel and Kate to unpack the emotional and practical realities of co-parenting after separation. From navigating the grief cycle to shifting from intimate communication to business-like collaboration, Traci offers grounded, compassionate guidance for families in transition. But there

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00:31:15

Ep 25: Love, Utility, and the Peak Relationship...

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2026/02/11

In this After the Interview episode, Rachel Childs and Kate Mangino unpack the conversations they couldn’t stop thinking about after speaking with behavioural economist Dr Corinne Low. Corinne Low, PhD is an associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School, and the author of Having It All (Femononics in the UK).We reflect on what it really means to bring “ruthless practicality” into how we choose partners, and how we raise children who might one day want equalish

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00:47:48

Ep 24: Our Household Doesn’t Add Up: The Economics...

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2026/02/04

In this episode of Equal-ish, Kate Mangino and Rachel Childs are joined by economist and author Dr. Corinne Low, whose book Having It All blends rigorous data with deeply human stories about work, love and parenthood.Corinne takes us inside the economics of the modern household — explaining why gender equality at home has stalled, why parenting time has exploded, and why women’s stress and burnout aren’t personal failures but predictable outcomes of a broken system. Drawing on time-use data, labour

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00:29:13

Ep. 23: The Problem With ‘It Just Makes Financial...

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2026/01/28

In this first After the Interview episode of Equal-ish, Kate and Rachel reflect on their conversation with Brian Page, founder of Modern Husbands, and explore the tensions that lingered once the microphones were off.We explore what happens when couples are encouraged to “support the career that earns more”, and why that logic might reinforce traditional roles rather than disrupting them.In this conversation we unpack:Why money decisions are never just economicHow our money scripts (shaped by

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00:47:41

Why Ep. 22: Why “Who Earns More” Is the Wrong...

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2026/01/21

Achieving balance in both parenting and finances can feel overwhelming for couples. In this episode of Equal-ish, hosts Rachel Childs and Kate Mangino delve into the importance of teamwork in financial management with Brian Page, founder of Modern Husbands. Join us as we explore how childhood experiences shape our money habits, how gender norms around money, care, and breadwinning quietly shape our relationships — and often limit both partners.Brian shares:Why he defines equality as equal leisure

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00:31:08

Ep 21. How Evolution Supports Equal Parenting. The...

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2026/01/14

Explore the science of modern parenthood, attachment, and partnership during our reflections from our interview with evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin. Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist, writer and broadcaster who is world renowned for her work into the science and anthropology of human love and fatherhood. She is the author of the Life of Dad: The Making of the Modern Father and Why We Love: The Definitive Guide to our Most Fundamental Need. She is the lead scientist for

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00:50:43

Ep 20: The Evolution of Fatherhood: Why Dads Matter...

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2026/01/07

In this episode, evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin challenges everything you thought you knew about fatherhood. From hormone shifts and brain changes to the unique ways dads build attachment, Anna unpacks why fathers are wired to be caretakers, not just breadwinners, and how their involvement shapes resilience, social skills, and mental health in children.Kate and Rachel dive into:The evolutionary roots of fatherhood and why caregiving, not earning, is innate.How dads uniquely “scaffold”

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00:31:36

Ep 19: Being a Great Parent Isn’t the Same as Being a...

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2025/12/31

In the final episode of the season (and year!), Kate and Rachel unpack three themes that surfaced in their conversation with Alex Trippier and reflect on what the past year of Equalish has taught us about navigating parenthood and partnership. The discussion explores why parenting demands a process-driven mindset, why being a strong parent doesn’t automatically make someone a strong partner, and how couples can move out of echo chambers and into real dialogue.Parenting Is a Process, Not a Results

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00:42:18

Ep 18: Why Being an ‘Involved Dad’ Wasn’t Enough....

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2025/12/24

Discovering concepts like mental load, matrescence, and motherhood ideals really can fundamentally reframe your understanding of parenting as a partnership.In today’s conversation, Rachel, Kate talk to Alex Trippier, host of the Be a Happier Parent podcast about his fatherhood journey, the strain young children put on his relationship, and the turning point—from believing he was an “involved dad” to realising he had completely missed the invisible emotional, cognitive and cultural pressures shaping

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00:24:06

Ep 17: The Sarah Fishburn-Roberts coaching edit:...

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2025/12/17

Kate and Rachel dig into the interview with psychotherapist Sarah Fishburn-Roberts, turning a rather theoretical interview into practical actions. Why should we expect to change? How can we change together? How can we have these hard conversations with each other without playing the blame game and getting defensive?You are both going to change. It’s not “you vs them.” Think of it as “us vs the pattern.” Empathy is everything. How to re-write your own script.If you like Sarah, you can find her

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00:53:11

Ep 16: Is This Just How It Is? Why So Many Couples...

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2025/12/10

Today Kate and Rachel talk to psychotherapist Sarah Fishburn-Roberts to explore the distinctions and intersections between couples therapy, coaching and facilitation - and when to reach out for extra support. (Spoiler alert - we all need it. And the practitioner you find is as important as the process you choose). If you like Sarah, you can find her services here. Subscribe to Equal-ish on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to be the first to hear the coaching edit from our interview. Find out more about

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00:21:07

The Dr. Fisher coaching edit: it is all about the...

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2025/12/03

Using father’s mental health as a starting point, Dr Fisher emphasized that it is really the “family system” that requires our attention. Kate & Rachel love this, and devote today’s coaching edit to go deeper into what family system caretaking looks like. He might not be fine, even if he says he is fine. Everyone can, and does, experience trauma. Fertility issues and difficult births affect all parents. It is not just about taking paternity leave, but HOW you take it. It is never too late to

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00:46:23

Why we need to talk about paternal emotional health....

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2025/11/26

Pregnancy and birth should be all about mom, right? Well - no, not really. In this episode Kate and Rachel talk to Dr. Sheehan Fisher from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr Fisher is a paternal mental health specialist - and agrees that mom’s health needs to be at the core of the conversation. But it’s good for ALL of us when we ALSO take into account dad’s health needs. Dr Fisher is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. His research and clinical

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00:29:25

The George Gabriel coaching edit. Paternity Leave...

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2025/11/19

We’re told the UK has paternity leave, but the reality for families says otherwise. Kate and Rachel reflect on what George Gabriel, co-founder of the Dad Shift, shared about how outdated systems, mixed messages and cultural norms are holding dads back, and what that means for the emotional and practical load inside relationships. This is the truth behind paternity leave, and why change matters for every couple.Here are some of the statistics we shared to help your personal business case for your

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00:52:59

Welcome to fatherhood. Spectacularly de-skilled,...

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2025/11/12

Women are socialised throughout their lives to be a mother. Meanwhile most dads won’t hold a baby until it’s their own. 90% of dads want to be more involved in their children's lives but we’re still prioritising a mother’s relationship with their children over a dad’s. Insufficient paternity leave is having serious consequences for families, men’s mental health and our ability to feel like equal partnerships. In today’s conversation, Rachel and Kate speak with George Gabriel, CEO and co-founder of

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00:25:18

The Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan coaching edit: open the gate!

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2025/11/05

Kate & Rachel wallow in all the nuances around gate keeping… including personal reflection that we do it too! Many women have been socialized to believe that to be valuable, they must maintain power and knowledge of the home. But this isn’t a great receipt for equal-ish households. Instead, Kate & Rachel suggest…. There’s no pretty way to say this: gatekeepers need to do some self-reflection. Look at your family’s roots. Where did you learn your patterns? Do you need a reboot? We need to

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00:41:26

The dangerous trap of maternal gate-keeping… and how...

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2025/10/29

If the outcome you are seeking is equal partnership, why do mothers subconsciously put barriers up to it? Today Kate and Rachel talk “all things maternal gatekeeping” with Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, who is a Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on coparenting, father-child relationships, and the transition to parenthood. Interested in learning more about Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan’s work? Find out more

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00:34:53

The Dr Allison Daminger coaching edit: There’s no...

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2025/10/22

Kate and Rachel dive into the Dr Allison Daminger interview to discuss how you can really share the cognitive labor. Listen now to hear our tips on how toDefine balance for yourselfWhy parental leave and new norms matterHow to change your family scriptConnect on the thinking and doing tasksChallenge the barriers we all faceWant more language on the difference between cognitive labor, emotional labor, and the mental load? Check out this article by Kate.Subscribe to Equal-ish on Apple Podcasts or

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00:52:56

The feelings behind household cognitive labor

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2025/10/15

The household divide is greater than we think it is. It’s so much more than the physical tasks - it’s all the thinking and feeling work that goes along with the physical work. And that is why we feel it so deeply; we have an emotional reaction to household labor because household tasks are far more than cooking and cleaning.Kate and Rachel are joined this week by Dr. Allison Daminger, an assistant professor of sociology at UW-Madison and the author of the new book What's on Her Mind: The Mental

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