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Do you want the truth?

Samantha Strom, Zara Hanawalt

Welcome to Do You Want The Truth? where we dive deep into the real raw stories from parents in the trenches of parenthood.Season 2 is brought to you by Sam Strom and Freelance Journalist Zara Hanawalt, along with guest co-hosts such as Jaime Fisher.Season 1 is brought to you by Paige Connell & Sam Strom. They bring you candid conversations with parents who share their experiences of parenthood and what they wish they knew before having kids. You"ll hear the real stories. The stories that are

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All Episodes

38:40

Pop Culture Hour Featuring: Epstein Files, No-Contact...

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2026/03/02

Send a text Sam, Rachel, and Zara are back for an unfiltered Mom-Talk! This week: Sam drops a jaw-dropping story about a friend who discovered herself in the Epstein files. Rachel opens up about going no contact with her mom, her bipolar and autism diagnosis, and her alcohol-free journey. Zara sparks a conversation about maternal ambivalence after a Love Is Blind contestant goes viral. Plus: the BYU wage gap, Ballerina Farm's 9th pregnancy, the cartel crisis in Puerto Vallarta, influencer bra...

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52:18

Pop Culture Hour: Epstein Files & Influencer Kids: We...

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2026/03/02

Send a text In this raw, wide-ranging Pop Culture Mom Talk episode, Sam and Zara are joined by new co-host Rachel Gibbs (@rachonlife) for an unfiltered conversation about what’s flooding women’s algorithms — and why it feels so overwhelming right now. They unpack everything from toxic TV relationships like Tell Me Lies to the unsettling ripple effects of the Epstein files, the Blake Lively / Justin Baldoni discourse, and why so many women feel like pop culture has crossed from escapism into e...

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53:31

The Truth About: Building A Career And Identity As A...

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2026/02/03

Send us a text A high-pressure desk at JP Morgan. A meal-prep side account called Freckled Foodie. A car accident that made everything loud and urgent. Cameron Rogers takes us through the leap from finance to full-time creator and the even bigger transition that came with becoming a mother during a global pandemic. We get candid about how identity can fracture and reform in those first months, why postpartum depression doesn’t always look like you expect, and how honest help—childcare, a clea...

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59:30

The Truth About: Casting for Disney & Building a...

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2026/01/27

Send us a text From Blake Lively to Bank Accounts: Casting Kids, Quitting Hollywood & Making Money Online What happens when a former Hollywood casting director walks away from Disney, kid actors, and a very dark industry… and accidentally builds a wildly profitable pop-culture media empire? In this episode, @thisisdanabowling (TT/YT) pulls back the curtain on everything — from casting Zendaya and Jenna Ortega to why she would never let her own kids enter the entertainment industry. We tal...

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79:17

The Truth About: Building a Flexible Family Life with...

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2026/01/20

Send us a text Parenthood didn’t just change our guest’s calendar; it rewired her relationship with work. Kaleana Quibell spent years inside Bay Area benefits, rolling out wellness, mental health, and family programs for marquee tech companies. Then two kids, an eight-minute delivery room sprint, and a parade of sick days revealed what the slide decks missed: policies don’t parent; people do. She chose a different path—part-time caregiving, part-time consulting, and a new platform, Both And, ...

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65:28

The Truth About: Why The System Fails Working Parents...

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2026/01/13

Send us a text The cracks in the system aren’t hairline—they’re chasms you feel every school morning and late-night Slack. We sit down with filmmaker and producer Melissa Panzer (WABE’s The Work Behind the Work) to unpack why so many women who could be leading are instead leaving, and what it would take to make work and family actually coexist without breaking us. Melissa traces her path from ESPN’s storytelling culture to a decade documenting the labor market, then into the frontline of pan...

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59:41

The Truth About: The Divorce Hype Team

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2025/12/17

Send us a text In this episode, we sit down with Olivia Howell, CEO and co-founder of Fresh Starts, the world’s first divorce registry and divorce education platform, to talk honestly about divorce, emotional abuse, financial control, and what women actually need before, during, and after separation. Olivia shares her personal story of leaving an emotionally abusive marriage, becoming a single mother of two, and rebuilding her life — not through shame or secrecy, but through support, educatio...

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63:05

The Truth About: ‘Difficult Kids’ and What...

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2025/12/17

Send us a text What if your child isn’t “difficult” — just wired differently? In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Jessie Stern, assistant professor of psychology at Pomona College and co-author of Beyond Difficult, to break down what attachment theory really means, how child temperament works, and why so much parenting advice oversimplifies complex human behavior. We talk about secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles — what they are, what they aren’t, and why they’re no...

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60:05

The Truth About: Being an Mom and Entrepreneur

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2025/12/02

Send us a text From NICU trauma to a homestead with donkeys—and a construction empire bringing in $6 million in a single month. Angela Artymovich’s story is the kind of entrepreneurial rollercoaster moms rarely get to hear told honestly. In this raw and deeply human conversation, Angela shares how becoming a NICU mom, battling HELLP syndrome, and navigating four miscarriages changed her life, her marriage, and her career path. She opens up about launching a reselling business with a newborn a...

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61:16

The Truth About: Weight, The Holidays & Ozempic with...

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2025/11/25

Send us a text In today’s conversation, we sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Rachel (@drrachelnyc) to unpack something so many of us wrestle with but rarely name out loud: food noise—that constant mental chatter about eating that overwhelms our cues, our joy, and our presence. We explore why this noise gets especially loud during postpartum and perimenopause, and why obesity is a complex metabolic disease, not a willpower issue. Dr. Rachel breaks down how GLP-1 medications, paired wit...

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59:25

The Truth About: Car Seat Safety with Safe in the Seat

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2025/11/18

Send us a text A quiet panic at the hospital exit changed everything. Michelle thought she had done everything right—researched the “best” infant seat, checked every box—and still drove away with a major mistake she didn’t catch until a stranger gently intervened. That moment became the blueprint for Safe in the Seat, a judgment-free space that helps parents turn car-seat anxiety into everyday confidence. We dig into the numbers and the nuance: why over 70% of inspected seats have serious er...

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67:27

The Truth About: Co-Parenting with Julia Dennison

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2025/11/11

Send us a text What happens when a parenting journalist becomes a parent and the plan falls apart mid-pregnancy? Julia Dennison joins us with a story that’s equal parts raw and reassuring: an affair discovered while expecting, a divorce before the first birthday, and a co-parenting journey shaped by clarity instead of control. We dig into what it takes to raise a nine-year-old in a world that still expects moms to be invisible, how to split the mental load without weaponized scorekeeping, and...

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95:31

The Truth About: Stay-at-Home Dad Life with...

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2025/11/04

Send us a text Forget the viral outfits—this conversation goes inside the daily decisions that shape a family. We welcome Brandon Morgan, a stay-at-home dad in LA, to talk about the real work of leading from the background while his wife practices medicine, and why choosing public school became a valued decision with very real costs, maps, and magnets attached. If you’ve ever juggled morning chaos, worried about a school switch, or sat in the dark while a child falls asleep beside you, you’ll...

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60:13

The Truth About: The Attorney Who Negotiated...

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2025/10/28

Send us a text What happens when a proudly private Gen X attorney agrees to become a mom—not because she always wanted to, but because it mattered to her partner? In this episode, we sit down with L, aka @notactuallygolden, a civil rights attorney, TikTok legal explainer, and mom of a 13-year-old, who never planned on being a parent. L walks us through her winding road to motherhood—how she negotiated parenting terms like a lawyer, survived a brutal first year with a baby who projectile vomi...

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71:56

The truth About: Going Through 9 Rounds of IVF +...

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2025/10/21

Send us a text A positive pregnancy test felt like the start of a familiar story—until Alison Beder Soloway couldn’t breathe at 32 weeks and doctors discovered heart failure linked to HHT. That moment rewrote everything. She was told carrying again would be too dangerous, and the road to the family she imagined would have to bend. What followed was a years-long relay of nine IVF attempts, cross‑border laws, agency vetting, and the kind of paperwork that decides names on birth certificates. Al...

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69:55

The Truth About: Your Baby's Milestones with...

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2025/10/14

Send us a text Ever watched a baby rock on all fours and wondered whether to cheer or worry? We sit down with pediatric physical therapist Dr. Allison Mell—founder of Tots on Target and mom of four, including twins—to unpack the first 18 months with rare clarity. Allison explains what those “windows” for rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking really tell us, how to use corrected age for preemies, and where “wait and see” becomes a roadblock. She shares a practical test most parents can spot ...

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48:17

The Truth About: Having it All with Lia Higgins

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2025/10/07

Send us a text This episode starts with a simple truth few people say out loud: sometimes the first chapter of parenthood is grief. Lia Higgins joins us to unpack an early miscarriage at 28, the shock of a postpartum hemorrhage, and the quiet ways trauma can delay bonding without diminishing love. From there, we zoom out: what happens when a high-achieving identity built in Big Law collides with a life you actually want to live? Lia talks candidly about trading titles for alignment, why a “so...

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49:54

The Truth About: Being a Mom in America with Reshma...

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2025/09/30

Send us a text Want to know why motherhood in America feels like a solo sport—and how we turn it into a supported team game? We sit with Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, to unpack the design flaws baked into school calendars, workplace norms, and city life that make caregiving harder than it has to be. From random half-days and late starts to inboxes that only email mom, we trace how policy and culture quietly draft women as default parents while calling it “choice.” ...

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68:18

The Truth About: Raising Resilient Kids With Child...

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2025/09/23

Send us a text Psychology professor Tovah Klein takes us beyond social media soundbites to reveal what truly helps children develop resilience. Drawing from her 30 years directing the Barnard Center for Toddler Development, Klein offers a refreshingly balanced perspective on the trending "FAFO" (F Around and Find Out) parenting approach and why extremes rarely work when raising children. Klein's wisdom cuts through the noise of modern parenting discourse, explaining why children need both lo...

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23:23

Truth Bomb: How Ozempic Finally Made Me Feel Like Me...

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2025/09/23

Send us a text Have you ever wondered what it's actually like to take GLP-1 medications beyond the celebrity headlines? In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the reality of semaglutide medications like Ozempic, exploring their profound effects on both physical and mental health. The conversation begins with Sam's candid personal account of using these medications for approximately a year. While the initial motivation was addressing stubborn postpartum weight gain, the most surprisin...

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