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
Sunday Nice Things: The Creative and the AI
Dropping a new show into your feeds today for Sunday Nice Things. The Creative and the AI is a journey through how artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the creative process. We are at the begi…
00:25:16 |
Sun 30 Jun 2024
Stop Giving All the F*cks AND What to Read Right Now
Today, I am joined by the hilarious Laura Belgray, an award-winning copywriting expert and the true queen of libing unapologetically. Laura's book Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're …
00:46:48 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Let's Take Back Masculinity From the Douchebags!
Online culture has been defining very specific ways to be masculine and feminine. So does culture at large. Masculine is often thought of as dominant, strong, powerful and fierce while feminine is se…
00:43:23 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Sunday Nice Things: You Probably Think This Story's About You
New podcast alert! Today we are bringing you a show called You Probably Think This Story's About You.
You Probably Think This Story’s About You is an exploration of love, betrayal, and the far-reachi…
00:38:46 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
We Are All Burnt Out on Politics! Here's Some Hope (And a Wagon Full of Penguins)
What is a Cute-servative? It's an adorable nickname that conservative women are giving to themselves online as part of the Barbie-rific branding of the conservative party to young women. And this bra…
00:57:27 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Could Your Family Opt out of Technology? This One Did! Here's How.
What if we opted out of technology? What would it look like? Who would we be? Let's find out. Founder of global tech-free movement The Opt-Out Family, Erin Loechner is a former social media influence…
00:51:09 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Sunday Nice Things: We Are the Great Turning
Today we have just a taste of a new series called We Are the Great Turning that is truly bringing me hope and resilience when it comes to talking about the climate crisis. The show shines a light on …
00:34:44 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Who is Nara Smith and is she a #TradWife?
Nara Smith cooks Oreos and cereal from scratch in her pristine kitchen filled with SMEG appliances. She is a 23-year-old mother of three married to her teenage sweetheart Lucky Blue? She regularly br…
00:35:22 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Women Hold Everything Together. What If We Stopped?
Other countries have social safety nets. America has women. We are holding it all together at the seams even as we are often falling apart. Today I am talking to the brilliant sociologist Jessica Cal…
00:33:36 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Let's Go Fly a Plane with Nick Aster
Fresh out of the cockpit. I am joined by Nick Aster for a fun little bonus session to debrief on our new flying hobby. Somehow we also talk about how he wears khaki shorts to the gym and how he belie…
00:16:49 |
Sun 09 Jun 2024
Beach Reads to Grab Now (Spice and Thrills and No Throbbing Members)
For mom summer is often the season of no affordable childcare. But it is also the season of trying to ignore your children at the beach or public pool. So today I am joined by my friend Jane Rosen, a…
00:30:28 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
ADHD Help for Women on Social Media: The Good and the Bad
As we know, there is an influencer for everything. And ADHD (particularly ADHD for women) is one of those things that now has a ton of influencers. There is a lot of misinformation and a lot of usefu…
00:43:43 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Confessions of a Recovering Helicopter Mom
Today we are talking to a self-described "recovering helicopter mom," to discuss the challenges and transformations in her journey away from "perfect" and overprotective motherhood. From dealing with…
00:37:46 |
Thu 30 May 2024
Is Social Media Breaking Our Brains? Let's Ask a Neuroscientist!
Screens and social media are allegedly giving us anxiety, shortening our attention spans and changing our brains in ways that may be irreversible....at least according to the articles I have read. Bu…
00:47:10 |
Tue 28 May 2024
How to Help Kids Navigate the Dangers of Social Media and Screens
Today we have a no B.S. guide to what is happening right now with kids and teens and screens and social media. Joining us is Dr. Alison Yeung, a physician and mom who is giving parents a balanced, da…
00:42:34 |
Thu 23 May 2024
Does Instagram Ruin Travel?
A small town in Japan is trying to build an Instagram block wall to keep tourists from overrunning their village to take the "perfect" Instagram shot. This seems to be happening more and more lately.…
00:47:34 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Sunday Nice Things: Magical Overthinkers with Amanda Montell
Is it just us, or does American culture have narcissismfever? Between 2004 and 2016, the volume of Google searches for the word “narcissist” grew exponentially. Thanks to factors like the rise of the…
01:00:43 |
Sun 19 May 2024
Harrison Butker and the TradWives with Emily in Your Phone
Let's talk about Harrison Butker's viral graduation this week where he informed women graduates that their highest career calling was to be a wife and mother. If you got #tradwife vibes from that sen…
00:42:15 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Women and Pleasure with Glynnis MacNicol (PLUS All the thoughts on The Idea of You)
The new hit romance The Idea of You has everyone buzzing about so-called middle-aged women and the pursuit of pleasure. What kinds of pleasure do we deserve? Which ones are taboo, and who decides? To…
00:40:16 |
Tue 14 May 2024
Sunday Nice Things: The Magic of Audiobooks
For today's Sunday Nice Things I get to chat with Rachel Hirsch, one of the incredible audiobook narrators of The Sicilian Inheritance. I love audiobooks. I often toggle between the audio book and th…
00:30:24 |
Sun 12 May 2024
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