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
- 308
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
MAGA Makeovers and the Death of Individuality
Close your eyes. Picture a woman with lashes so long they could reach across the aisle. Lips plump enough to bounce a quarter off. Matte foundation, pageant curls, a bold lip, and a jawline that coul…
00:38:29 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
Sunday Nice Things: The Secret Lives of Debt Heads
Today I’m dropping a brand new, really unique podcast into your feed and it's all about money.
“Debt Heads” is a very funny, surprisingly cathartic, extremely relatable investigation into the Ameri…
00:44:49 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Motherhood Has Been Hacked With Amanda Hess
What if the thing you bought to keep your baby safe was actually preparing them for a lifetime of being watched?
This week we sit down with New York Times critic and author Amanda Hess to talk about…
00:49:47 |
Thu 29 May 2025
An Influencer's Child Died and the Internet Came For Her
When a tragedy happens to a mother online, does it still belong to her—or does it belong to all of us?
After beloved TikTok mom influencer Emily Kaiser’s 3-year-old son tragically drowned, the inter…
00:27:18 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Sunday Nice Things: On Drugs, from Other People’s Problems
Sharing something special with you this week, it’s an episode of Other People’s Problems, from CBC. Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. On this sea…
00:40:23 |
Sun 25 May 2025
Is Motherhood Hard Everywhere, or Just in America?
Is it possible to raise a child without losing yourself—if you live in a country that actually supports parents?
In this episode, we sit down with journalist and author Abigail Leonard to talk about…
00:34:14 |
Thu 22 May 2025
Is Your Kid an Asshole or Just a Kid? With Melinda Wenner Moyer
Ever feel like gentle parenting only works for gentle children—and yours were born throwing punches? Same. That’s why this week, I sat down with science journalist and parenting sanity-saver Melinda…
00:48:34 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Sunday Nice Things: How to Write a Good Book with Andi Bartz
What do writing a thriller, running a marathon, and raising small humans have in common? At some point, you’re convinced you’re doing it all wrong.
This week on Sunday Nice Things I down with bestse…
00:33:00 |
Sun 18 May 2025
Where's the F*cking Village?
We were told there’d be a village. A built-in crew of support, solidarity, and sanity that would show up the minute the baby did. But what if the village never comes?
In this episode, Jo talks to Me…
00:53:10 |
Thu 15 May 2025
What If You’re Not Sure You Want Kids?
What happens when you're not 100% sure you want to become a mother—but you go ahead and do it anyway? In this episode, we explore the space between certainty and regret, love and ambivalence, and wha…
00:46:49 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Sunday Nice Things: Your New Favorite Kid Podcast
If your kids are into listening to podcasts (mine are...we are massive Greeking Out stans) then you are going to want The Ten News in your rotation. The Ten News podcast explores topics that kids car…
00:22:56 |
Sun 11 May 2025
How to Raise Successful Kids with Susan Dominus
What do a novelist, an Olympic triathlete, and a healthcare entrepreneur have in common? In some families, they share a childhood. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Susan Dominus joins us to talk abo…
00:47:32 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Raising Good Humans Without God: A Secular Parenting Survival Guide
What happens when your kids start asking the Big Questions—about death, morality, and the meaning of life—and your only answer is... "I don't know"?
This week we sit down with the anonymous duo behi…
00:45:27 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Sunday Nice Things: The Family Skeptical
Dropping an episode of The Family Skeptical in your feed today. It's a show by a married atheist couple talking about raising kids in non-belief.
They talk about navigating the challenges and joys o…
01:01:28 |
Sun 04 May 2025
The Wild Courage to Go After What You Want (with former Google Exec Jenny Wood)
What does it really take to ask for what you want—and actually get it? Jenny Wood, former Google executive and author of Wild Courage, breaks down why fear of judgment, failure, and uncertainty keep …
00:45:04 |
Thu 01 May 2025
We Survived Girls Gone Wild Just to Get Tradwives?
What do Britney Spears, American Pie, Girls Gone Wild, and the rise of trad wives on TikTok all have in common? More than you think.
In this episode, we dive into the cultural stew of the late ’90s …
00:44:18 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Sunday Nice Things: Normal Curves
Dropping a great new podcast in your feed today. Normal Curves is a podcast about sexy science & serious statistics. Ever try to make sense of a scientific study and the numbers behind it? Listen in …
01:02:59 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Will Your Kid Have to be a Brand to Survive?
What do you want to be when you grow up? For Gen Alpha, the answer might just be: a brand.
This week, we enter the world of the Sweet Sisterhood—a so-called “content house” made up of girls aged 8 to…
00:37:13 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Lessons from Spring Break: Trashtasic Vegas With Kids, Zion, and a Baby Who Hates Shoes
Ten days. Six bags. One baby screaming about her missing keys, her cell phone and how much she hates shoes and pants. Spring break in Vegas, Zion and Bryce had it all—drunk fairy godmothers in Vegas,…
00:42:20 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Is Megan Markle a #TradWife?
This week, we're asking the question on the Internet's bitchy lips: is Meghan Markle a tradwife? To get to the bottom of it, I'm dropping in a special crossover episode with Off With Their Headlines …
01:19:47 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
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