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Maybe Someday

Maybe Someday is a podcast about deciding whether to have a child in a culture that makes motherhood seem mandatory. Host Sarah Dobson speaks with guests about the personal and political dimensions of motherhood as she comes to terms with deciding not to have kids.

Personal Journals Society & Culture Motherhood
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
36 minutes
Episodes
43
Years Active
2018 - 2019
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Refusing to repeat the past (with Veronica Armstrong)

Refusing to repeat the past (with Veronica Armstrong)

Veronica Armstrong has a complex and painful family history. That history played an important role in her decision not to have children of her own. In this episode Veronica opens up about how her pas…

00:47:46  |   Thu 13 Jun 2019
Reflection: Please believe me

Reflection: Please believe me

Sarah talks about a recent experience in the medical system, what it's like to live with a rare and progressive genetic disease, and how it feels to have your pain dismissed.

 

Hang out with me on In…

00:08:38  |   Thu 06 Jun 2019
Taking charge of your own destiny (with Meng Wang)

Taking charge of your own destiny (with Meng Wang)

Meng Wang gave up her steady, comfortable dental practice in the city to work in the Australian outback.  She travels long distances by road and air to visit remote communities in North Western Queen…

00:57:13  |   Thu 30 May 2019
Healing difficult relationships (with Karen CL Anderson)

Healing difficult relationships (with Karen CL Anderson)

 

Karen Anderson doesn’t remember a time that she ever wanted to have children. She just assumed she'd have them anyway. She thought she’d go to college, meet a guy, get married, and have kids. Cause…

00:45:42  |   Thu 23 May 2019
Queering parenthood (with Bon Jon)

Queering parenthood (with Bon Jon)

Bon Jon is a self-described queer feral cat. A few weeks ago, in a hot, cramped sound booth at the Vancouver Public Library, I sat down with Bon for a long conversation about gender, parenthood, and …

01:00:53  |   Thu 16 May 2019
Season 2 preview

Season 2 preview

The second season of Maybe Someday launches on May 16, 2019. Sarah talks about what you can expect from Season 2.

 

Listen to Season 1: http://bit.ly/maybesomedaypodcast

00:03:07  |   Thu 09 May 2019
Reflection: A Part-Time Someone

Reflection: A Part-Time Someone

In this final episode of Season One, Sarah reflects on her relationship with her boyfriend's daughter.

Learn more about all this season's episodes at: www.maybesomedaypodcast.com/episodes

00:08:48  |   Thu 01 Nov 2018
My So-Called Selfish Life (with Therese Shechter)

My So-Called Selfish Life (with Therese Shechter)

Therese Shechter is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Her latest project is My So-Called Selfish Life, a feature-length documentary about choosing not to have children in a society where mot…

00:52:14  |   Thu 25 Oct 2018
Many paths to motherhood (with Sonja Overhiser)

Many paths to motherhood (with Sonja Overhiser)

When Sonja Overhiser was diagnosed with a rare hereditary form of leukemia in her mid-twenties, she and her husband Alex had to rethink their plans for starting a family. 

In this episode Sonja and I…

00:40:19  |   Thu 18 Oct 2018
Reflection: Am I Enough?

Reflection: Am I Enough?

Sarah reflects on her follow-up conversation with Myriam and what it brought up for her around making life-changing decisions.

00:05:19  |   Thu 27 Sep 2018
Catalogue Baby Part 2 (with Myriam Steinberg)

Catalogue Baby Part 2 (with Myriam Steinberg)

Sarah catches up with Myriam Steinberg from Episode 1: Catalogue Baby. Myriam reveals some surprising news!

To hear Episode 1, visit: http://bit.ly/MaybeSomedayEp1

For more information about Myriam, …

00:38:20  |   Thu 20 Sep 2018
Reflection: The Disappointment of Strangers

Reflection: The Disappointment of Strangers

In this episode, Sarah reflects on her conversation with Maggie Reyes and what it means to be childfree by choice.

00:05:33  |   Thu 13 Sep 2018
Childfree by choice (with Maggie Reyes)

Childfree by choice (with Maggie Reyes)

When Maggie Reyes got married, she and her husband both assumed that they’d start a family eventually. But every time they checked in with one another, the answer, for both of them, was ‘not yet’. Ev…

00:48:31  |   Thu 06 Sep 2018
Devotion (with Carol Egan)

Devotion (with Carol Egan)

In small-town Connecticut in the late 1970s, Carol Egan got pregnant—quite unexpectedly—at 18. In this episode Carol describes her experience being sent away to a home for unwed mothers to give birth…

00:45:06  |   Thu 30 Aug 2018
Little Corners (with Tammy Cannon)

Little Corners (with Tammy Cannon)

Tammy Cannon lives near Seattle, WA with her husband and three teens. In the early days, she was at home with her three children, who were all under the age of three. I wanted to talk to Tammy about …

01:00:03  |   Thu 26 Jul 2018
Reflection: Guides and Witnesses

Reflection: Guides and Witnesses

Sarah reflects on Nicole's observation (Episode 3: Guiding a Child's Becoming), what it meant to her growing up, and what it means to her now.

00:06:37  |   Thu 19 Jul 2018
Guiding a Child's Becoming (with Nicole Gulotta)

Guiding a Child's Becoming (with Nicole Gulotta)

Nicole Gulotta is a writer based in Los Angeles. There’s a myth that creative types, writers especially, are solitary creatures with vast amounts of time available to devote to their calling. Most of…

00:48:23  |   Thu 12 Jul 2018
Reflection: The Voice In Your Head

Reflection: The Voice In Your Head

All of us—mothers and non-mothers—have that voice in our head asking, "Am I good enough?" It's a question about worthiness, but it’s also a question about our place in the world. In this episode, Sar…

00:03:24  |   Thu 05 Jul 2018
Discovering What's Essential (with Jen Riday)

Discovering What's Essential (with Jen Riday)

Jen Riday is a mother of six. She has a PhD in in human development and family studies, and runs an online business helping women heal their hearts and build self love. In this wide-ranging conversat…

00:53:36  |   Thu 28 Jun 2018
Reflection: The Ghost Ship

Reflection: The Ghost Ship

How do we know what we'll regret? Sarah reflects on her conversation with Myriam Steinberg.

Listen to Sarah's conversation with Myriam (Catalogue Baby): http://bit.ly/MaybeSomedayEp1

Read the origina…

00:05:40  |   Thu 21 Jun 2018
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