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.
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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.
Episodios
415-
Why Does the World Hate Ambitious Women?
Escuchado
mar., 12 mayo 2026
414-
A Sneak Peek of THE PARISIAN HEIST
Escuchado
sáb., 09 mayo 2026
413-
Hating on the 3-Hour Mom—We'd Never Do This to a Man
Escuchado
jue., 07 mayo 2026
412-
Visit Ballerina Farm With Me
Escuchado
mié., 06 mayo 2026
411-
Art is For Everyone With Liz Lidgett
Escuchado
jue., 30 abr. 2026
410-
Moving at a Human Pace With Isaac Fitzgerald
Escuchado
mar., 28 abr. 2026
409-
Money, Marriage, And The Myth of “Having it All — Ask Jo Anything
Escuchado
jue., 23 abr. 2026
408-
Let's Read Alone Together a Chat With the Co-Founder of Silent Book Club
Escuchado
mar., 21 abr. 2026
407-
Get Outside! The Indoor Epidemic Is Real and It’s Wrecking Our Brains
Escuchado
jue., 16 abr. 2026
406-
My New True Crime Obsession in Utah—the Kouri Richins Murder Trial
Escuchado
mar., 14 abr. 2026
405-
Gen Z Men Are Getting More Conservative. What the Hell Happened?
Escuchado
jue., 09 abr. 2026
404-
The Fine Line Between Cult and Wellness Movement—One Woman's Escape From One Taste and Finding Humor in the Aftermath
Escuchado
mar., 07 abr. 2026
403-
The Chess Queen Who Wants Women to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Move
Escuchado
jue., 02 abr. 2026
402-
Why So Many Mothers Are Unraveling and Filled With Rage with Libby Ward
Escuchado
mar., 31 mar. 2026
401-
Gossip is Good For You! Dissecting Taylor Frankie Paul and the Justin Timberlake DUI Video
Escuchado
jue., 26 mar. 2026
400-
The False Choice Between Tradwife and Girlboss
Escuchado
mar., 24 mar. 2026
399-
Taylor Frankie Paul is a Bingeable Trainwreck and ABC and the Bachelorette Knew That Going Into This
Escuchado
vie., 20 mar. 2026
398-
Women Are Being Gaslit About Birth, a Chat With Dr. Jennifer Lincoln
Escuchado
jue., 19 mar. 2026
397-
How the Right Won the Attention Economy
Escuchado
mar., 17 mar. 2026
396-
Sunday Nice Things: Creation Myth
Escuchado
dom., 15 mar. 2026
395-
How Reality TV Changed How We Consume Stories with Survivor's Stephen Fishbach
Escuchado
jue., 12 mar. 2026
394-
Is This Actually a Love Story? JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, the Nineties and Parliament Lights
Escuchado
mar., 10 mar. 2026
393-
Not Having Kids Is Not a Tragedy
Escuchado
jue., 05 mar. 2026
392-
How Vulnerable Kids Became Clickbait
Escuchado
mar., 03 mar. 2026
391-
How History Erased Mothers
Escuchado
jue., 26 feb. 2026
390-
Grab Bag: Where Did Love Taza Go?
Escuchado
mar., 24 feb. 2026
389-
Sunday Nice Things: Birth With Babylist
Escuchado
dom., 22 feb. 2026
388-
Can You Actually Retire Early When You Have Kids?
Escuchado
jue., 19 feb. 2026
387-
How to Be a Rich Old Lady
Escuchado
mar., 17 feb. 2026
386-
Toe Pick!
Escuchado
jue., 12 feb. 2026
385-
Grab Bag: The Ballerina Farm Raw Milk Scandal, Hating on the Katies & Intellectual It Girls
Escuchado
mar., 10 feb. 2026
384-
Moms Drive the Economy. So Why Are They Still Underpaid?
Escuchado
jue., 05 feb. 2026
383-
Why Planning Summer Has Become a Nightmare
Escuchado
mar., 03 feb. 2026
382-
From Momfluencers to MILFs: Who Gets Labeled a Bad Mother
Escuchado
jue., 29 ene. 2026
381-
Moms Just Want (Deserve) to Have Fun
Escuchado
mar., 27 ene. 2026
380-
Perimenopause, GLPs, and the Medical Gaslighting of Women
Escuchado
jue., 22 ene. 2026
379-
The Heated Rivalry Episode
Escuchado
mar., 20 ene. 2026
378-
Sunday Nice Things: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Escuchado
dom., 18 ene. 2026
377-
Just a Busy Season and Other Lies We Tell About Motherhood
Escuchado
jue., 15 ene. 2026
376-
My Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Escuchado
mar., 13 ene. 2026
375-
More Joy in January
Escuchado
jue., 08 ene. 2026
374-
Tidying up in the New Year with Tidy Dad
Escuchado
mar., 06 ene. 2026
373-
What We Want Less of in 2026
Escuchado
jue., 01 ene. 2026
372-
Holding Rosie: A Mother’s Story of SUDC and Survival
Escuchado
mar., 30 dic. 2025
371-
How to Build Deep Friendships Without Burning Yourself Out
Escuchado
jue., 25 dic. 2025
370-
How to Travel with Kids
Escuchado
mar., 23 dic. 2025
369-
Sunday Nice Things: Dissecting Tradwives and Feminism
Escuchado
dom., 21 dic. 2025
368-
We've Reached Peak Tradwife
Escuchado
jue., 18 dic. 2025
367-
Holiday Rage, Hormones, and the Power of No
Escuchado
mar., 16 dic. 2025
366-
Sunday Nice Things: Inside the World of a Teenage Tik-Tok Star