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
A Look Into Cancer Influencing with Kelli Stuart
A couple of years ago, Kelli Stuart was diagnosed with breast cancer after she went in for a routine mammogram and it did not go the way she expected. Once Kelli got her diagnosis she wanted to find …
00:36:55 |
Sun 29 Oct 2023
Would You Pick Your Kids Nose on Instagram? With Mom Uncharted
A lot of parents are putting really gross shit of their kids online every single day. And millions of people are watching it. Millions!
Millions. We are talking about poop blowouts and booger picking…
00:43:38 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
What Do We Do With Mom Rage? With Minna Dubin
You can read Minna's original piece in the New York Times here and buy Mom Rage here.
As always, grab your Sicilian Inheritance often and early. I need to know how many cannolis to make for the launc…
00:29:40 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Is Lex Delarosa's #TradWife Account Satire? with Lex Delarosa
Earlier this week we asked whether the "traditional wife" Lex Delarosa was trolling us with her Instagram account. So many of you were convinced that her content was satire. UTI is here to clear up t…
00:38:35 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Soft Girls Don't Want Your Hustle with Steph McNeil
Have you heard about #softgirls? They're young women who want to check out of hustle culture. Their greatest dream is to achieve nothing. She doesn't want to be a girl boss. In fact, a lot of them do…
00:47:30 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
All About #TradWives with Anne Helen Petersen
Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe to Anne Helen Petersen's Substack Culture Study.
Read her piece on #tradwives here.
And listen to her podcast Work Appropriate.
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00:57:44 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Can I Quit Being Influenced with Jessica Elefante
Jessica Elefante used to be part of the problem. She was a brand strategist and marketer who created fake problems for us so we would buy things and do things. Because that is what brands and influen…
00:41:06 |
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Influencer Kids Are Probably Fed Up - With Fortesa Latifi
What will happen to all the kids having their lives made into content? How do they feel? Maybe they're fine, maybe they're miserable. It is so hard to know because most of them are still so young. Bu…
00:37:58 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Is a Sick Child Content? With Fortesa Latifi
What line do we cross when we post pictures of sick kids to social media and why does the Instagram algorithm and content machine seem to promote these kinds of images? I am not the only one who get…
00:33:22 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Just Feed the Damn Kids—With Virginia Sole-Smith
Feeding kids is hard. It doesn't matter if you have a sushi-loving toddler or one who eats three beige foods. There is judgement and stigma about everything and it is easy for moms to feel like they …
00:47:11 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Meta is Stealing Our Words! What Will They Take Next?
The robots are coming for all of us. Companies like Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, are using books to train their AI machines without asking for permission. Jo did a search on The Atlanti…
00:22:05 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Munchausen by Proxy on the Socials
Munchausen by Proxy has gotten a lot of attention lately with Patricia Arquette's star turn in the series The Act. MBP refers to when a caregiver abuses a child by pretending they are ill in order to…
00:35:18 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Infamous! A Chat About Ozempic
You can download all of the Infamous episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-the-future-and-everybody-is-thin/id1652941051?i=1000628712174
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00:42:05 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Even More Ballerina Farm
Well we just had too much to say about Ballerina Farm to keep it to one episode. Her brand has become a mini empire and I look at it a little like Ree Drummond meets Laura Ingalls Wilder meets the pe…
00:23:32 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
A Very Mrs. American Ballerina Farm
Buy Sara's book y'all. MOMFLUENCED is an incredible read. You can also subscribe to her substack here.
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00:36:35 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Quick and Dirty Ruby Franke Update
Quick update on the Ruby Franke story wherein everyone throws everyone else under the bus. Kevin Franke says he and Ruby were separated! He has been in "a fog" for the past year. Her sisters call her…
00:11:56 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Who the hell is Ruby Franke?
Thank you to Jessica Grose for joining me on today's adventure. BUY HER BOOK. She is a national treasure. Screaming on the Inside was just released in paperback.
We used a very brief clip from ABC Ne…
00:40:51 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
BONUS: The Business of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder probably couldn’t have imagined the multi-million dollar media empire that would emerge from her books. From the television show to prairie chic dresses to dolls to tin cups bear…
00:44:55 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Women's Day Off the Internet is Not Today
But it is coming. We decided that maybe Jo's birthday isn't the most impactful day for women to shut down the Internet and truth be told we also got cold feet since we've seen a lot of failed interne…
00:40:33 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Bonus: Third Wheel with Jenny Mollen
The social media influencer has officially replaced the plucky girl journalist as the heroine of choice in women's fiction. The latest and most hilarious example of this is Jenny Mollen's new novel C…
01:00:39 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
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