Under the Influence with Jo Piazza
Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Help! My Therapist is on TikTok
What would you do if you discovered your therapist was on TikTok? And worse than that...what if they were talking about things YOU told them in therapy. Today we are talking with Bustle writer Kate L…
00:48:36 |
Thu 09 May 2024
Genealogy Influencing is a Real Thing with The Barefoot Genealogist
If it exists in the world there is an influencer for it. And Genealogy and family research is no exception. I found Crista Cowan (The Barefoot Genealogist) while I was trying to solve my great great …
00:41:45 |
Tue 07 May 2024
Meatfluencers with Nick Aster
Let's journey into a strange corner of social media filled with uncomfortably buff men chowing down on raw meat. Yes, meatfluencing is a thing. My special guest is Nick Aster, my very own husband, wh…
00:35:55 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Messy Women and Money with Jean Chatzky
There is a prevailing narrative around women and money that says women are a mess financially. It isn't true! And we are talking about that today with Her Money podcast host and personal finance guru…
00:42:07 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Taping Your Mouth Shut and Influencers in Books
For a long time every novel I read or rom com that I watched contained a lady journalist, or a hard-hitting ad executive. And about two years ago all those characters became influencers. Now about ev…
00:47:19 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Touched Out with Amanda Montei
I'm touched out. I say that all the time. Before I became a parent I didn't know that was possible. But once I became a mom my body was no longer my own; it belonged to my children. But I didn't have…
00:44:16 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Blowing Up Your Life (To Follow Your Dreams) with Elle Cosimano
Bestselling author Elle Cosimano (of the famed Finlay Donovan series) was miserable in her job working in real estate. Then her mother offered to care for her children for the summer and take on the …
00:48:50 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Sunday Nice Things: Sex and Cheese in Paris with Glynnis MacNicol
On today's Sunday Nice things we have an episode of the podcast Your New Life Blend with my dear friend, soul mate and constant companion Glynnis MacNicol talking all about her new memoir about eatin…
00:50:46 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
Default Parenting and the Mental Load with Renee Reina
Renee Reina worked on her PhD in psychology for ten years. Then the pandemic happened and she started making TikToks and podcasts about mom life with her eighteen month old. When that started making …
00:40:17 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Trad Dads and Dad Guilt
Sam Dogen offered himself up to me as a sacrificial lamb when he wrote to me and told me that he was the male equivalent of the trad wife. He was kidding. But Sam is a stay-at-home dad who is the pri…
00:48:56 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Sunday Nice Things: LORENZA
Dropping the Sicilian Inheritance true crime podcast into your feeds while she is hot. This show is a gonzo adventure. It is White Lotus Meets Only Murders in the Building and I am Selena Gomez and N…
00:40:56 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
The Great Bookstagram Revolution with Jordy's Book Club
I love book influencers! They're my biggest hype people. And my guest this week is Jordan Moblo, but you might know him better as Jordy's Book Club.
Jordy's Book Club has more than 140,000 followers.…
00:40:25 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Nice Things: Healthy Screen Habits for Families
Hillary Wilkinson found the need to take a big look at technology when her children began asking for their own devices. Quickly overwhelmed, she found that the hard and fast rules in other areas of l…
00:55:49 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Bite-Sized Bits of Mindfulness
Twenty minutes a day of mediation seems pretty out of reach for most moms. Frankly five minutes of meditation seems pretty out of reach. Today we are talking to clinical psychologist Kathryn Barbash …
00:42:45 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Embracing Uncertainty in Life and Parenting with Maggie Jackson
Is a daily dose of uncertainty exactly what we need? Is embracing uncertainty instead of fearing it the answer to happier and more curious parenting?
I believe that my guest today is one of the most …
00:40:32 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Sunday Nice Things: Parenting with Empathy, from Pop Culture Moms
Sharing an episode of another podcast Jo is loving: Pop Culture Moms. Andie and Sabrina are toddler moms and best friends of 20 years. They’re taking their obsession with TV and movies to the next le…
00:31:35 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
White Lotus Meets Only Murders in the Building — The Sicilian Inheritance True Crime Podcast
It's finally here! The true-crime podcast where I try to solve my great great grandmother Lorenza's murder that The Sicilian Inheritance is based on. DO NOT WORRY there are no book spoilers. These we…
00:40:19 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Midlife Career Switching to be a Post-Partum Doula
Today kicks off our miniseries of women who have switched careers in midlife. My friend Corynne Cirilli used to be a gossip columnist and entertainment journalist with me. After having kids she took …
00:43:05 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Magical Overthinking with Amanda Montell
Why do human beings make terrible decisions? Is it our fault or is technology programming us to be irrational? Let's get into it with Renaissance Woman Amanda Montell, podcaster, linguist and author …
00:48:41 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Who Wants to Work at Buckingham Palace?
All the latest on the dumpster fire coming out of Buckingham Palace. Apparently the royals think NOW is a good time to hire a new communications assistant. And Jo has applied for the job! Also Donald…
00:35:32 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
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