Best Maternal Journal Podcasts (2025)

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S2E8: Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Pia Bramley - ‘The Republic of Parenthood’: A sharp yet tender look at the joys, politics, and everyday chaos of raising a baby. 37:25

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. In the final episode of our second series we’re joined by writer and journalist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, well known for her insightful column on parenting in the Guardia…

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Kidney Damage Biomarkers - Ep 173 21:12

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The mortality and economic burden of drug induced acute kidney injury are substantial, emphasizing the need for prevention and optimal treatment. Dr. Sandra Kane-Gill provides perspective on novel kidney biomarkers and how they offer a missing piece of the assessment for early detection and management of DI-AKI. Read the full manuscript at: https:/…

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Bruce Holsinger On Culpability, AI, And Family Under Pressure 41:07

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Bruce Holsinger about stories, community, publishing, teaching, and the craft behind his latest novel, Culpability. Bruce brings a rare lens to contemporary fiction. As a medievalist at the University of Virginia, he teaches medieval literature and applies his enthusiasm to craft classes where the basics—…

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Mahdi Sheikh on pharmaceutical opioid use and subsequent cancer risk 21:42

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Mahdi Sheikh joins Elena Bellafante, Deputy Editor for eClinicalMedicine, to discuss the evidence that regular use of pharmaceutical opioids for pain management may be associated with a higher risk of developing certain cancers, particularly those already known to be linked to opium consumption. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/jour…

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Erika Pani, "Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867" (UNC Press, 2025) 57:37

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Between the late 1840s and the late 1860s, the United States and Mexico had quite a bit in common. Both suffered from reactionary succession movements, both faced brutal civil wars, and both had to figure out a method of reconstructing broken nations in their aftermath. In Torn Asunder: Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexi…

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S2E7: Miriam Gold: ‘Elena: A Hand Made Life’ - recounting family history, memory and trauma through graphic memoir. 32:37

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. In this episode, writer and artist/illustrator Miriam Gold discusses her beautiful graphic memoir, Elena - A Hand Made Life. The book is part memoir and part biography …

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Leveraging Real World Data to Identify Pediatric Drug Safety Knowledge Gaps - Ep 172 32:43

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Despite evidence that adverse drug events manifest with greater severity in pediatric populations than in adults, fewer than 50% of drugs have been systematically studied for pediatric use. The lack of robust drug safety data may result in suboptimal or harmful treatment strategies. Saurabh Rahurkar and Pallavi Jonnalagadda share their team's effor…

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Pyet DeSpain, "Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking" (HarperOne, 2025) 50:45

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Chef Pyet DeSpain joins the New Books Network to discuss her new cookbook, Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking (HarperOne, 2025). Drawing from her Potawatomi and Mexican heritage, DeSpain shares recipes that connect past and present, including bison meatballs with Wojape BBQ sauce, raspberry mezcal quail, and poblan…

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Laura Resau: The Alchemy of Flowers 36:17

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Send us a text In this episode, I'm chatting with author Laura Resau about her novel The Alchemy of Flowers. A walled garden in the south of France. A woman carrying the weight of infertility and the ache of what might have been. An author who believes that myth, nature, and careful attention can turn pain into something living. That’s the ground w…

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S2E6: Isabel Davis: & Anna Burel: ‘Conceiving Histories’ - The unsaid, unwritten pains of infertility. 31:23

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. This week, host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs chats to writer and historian Isabel Davis and artist/illustrator Anna Burel about their book, ‘Conceiving Histories’ which is illu…

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Indian Childhood Cirrhosis: Report of 2 Cases With Review of Literature and Implication of Metallothionein Immunohistochemical Expression 45:26

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In this episode of the Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, our hosts Dr. Mike Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) and Dr. Jason Wang speak with Dr. Mukul Vij of the Department of Pathology, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and with Dr. Vaibhav Shah, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Gujarat Super Speciality …

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Turning Curiosity into Research Ideas, Questions, and Aims - Ep 171 23:15

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Turning Curiosity into Research Ideas, Questions, and Aims This episode of the JACCP Podcast, featuring Drs. Michael Ernst and Gary Cochran, breaks down the often-intimidating process of generating and refining research ideas. The experts stress that good research stems from curiosity and deep background knowledge. They recommend using a structured…

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Mary Morris On Maternal Mystery, War Shadows, And Artful Truths 45:47

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Mary Morris about her latest novel, The Red House. A lost button at an airport. A plaque on a modest olive tree. A red monolith on a hill that once held people in limbo. My conversation with Mary Morris reveals how these small, stubborn details evolved into The Red House, a propulsive and intimate novel a…

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In conversation with... Nareen Daruwalla 21:50

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Acting Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health Gavin Cleaver speaks with Dr. Nareen Daruwalla about her latest research on the prevention of domestic violence in communities in India.By The Lancet

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Vania Smith-Oka, "Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals" (Rutgers UP, 2021) 49:05

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In Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Rutgers University Press, 2021), Vania Smith-Oka follows a cohort of interns throughout their year of medical training in hospitals to understand how medical students become medical doctors. She ethnographically tracks their engagements with one another, interactions with patients, experience…

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Tatjana Gibbons and Devon Evans on Endometriosis care guidelines and national action plans 40:22

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Sonia and Sarah join Ben to discuss the third edition of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, a special issue focusing on Endometriosis. The team highlight key pieces of content including an essay on endometriosis care from a person with lived experience, an insight on the future of menopause research, and two early research papers…

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Wonderland Books: How Two Friends Built A Beloved Indie Bookstore 43:21

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Send us a text Hi, this week I'm chatting with Amy Joyce and Gayle Weiswasser, co-owners of Wonderland Books in Bethesda, Maryland. What turns a bookstore into a place where people feel part of a community? We asked Wonderland Books co-owners Amy Joyce and Gail Weiswasser, whose Bethesda shop blends sharp curation, joyful whimsy, and real community…

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S2E5: Sophie Herxheimer: Collective Threads: Storytelling, Poetry, and the Maternal Archive 36:03

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. In this episode, host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs is joined by artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer who shares her collaborative practice of gathering stories and making them vis…

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Rick A López, "Rooted in Place: Botany, Indigeneity, and Art in the Construction of Mexican Nature, 1570-1914" (U Arizona Press, 2025) 50:26

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Since the first moment of conquest, colonizers and the colonized alike in Mexico confronted questions about what it meant to be from this place, what natural resources it offered, and who had the right to control those resources and on what basis. Focusing on the ways people, environment, and policies have been affected by political boundaries, in …

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Aileen Teague, "Policing on Drugs: The United States, Mexico, and the Origins of the Modern Drug War, 1969-2000" (Oxford UP, 2025) 55:18

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Today, images of cartels, security agents donning face coverings, graphs depicting egregious murder rates, and military guards at US border crossings influence the world's perception of Mexico. Mexico's so-called drug war, as generally conceived by journalists and academics, was the product of recent cartel turf wars, the end of the PRI's single pa…

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S2E4: Teresa Wong: ‘Dear Scarlet’ - giving voice to the experience of postpartum depression with unflinching clarity and self-compassion. 34:13

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Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. In this episode, host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs speaks to Canadian writer and memoirist, Theresa Wong, who’s deeply moving graphic memoir ‘Dear Scarlet’ charts her motherhoo…

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Sloughing Esophagitis in the Pediatric Age Group: Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Twelve Cases 14:42

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In this episode of the Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, our hosts Dr. Mike Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) and Dr. Jason Wang speak with Dr. Ashlie Rubrecht, and Dr. Archana Shenoy. Dr. Rubrecht is a pediatric pathologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital where she is the Associate Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Director and Director of Pathology R…

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Martin Austin Nesvig, "The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 1:00:47

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The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2025) tells the stories of women from Spain, North Africa, Senegambia, and Canaries accused of sorcery in sixteenth-century Mexico for adapting native magic and healing practices. These non-native women - the mulata of Seville who cured the evil eye; the…

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Giulia Zamagni on the disease burden estimates and temporal trends from 1990 to 2023 for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma in Italy 20:53

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Giulia Zamagni joins Claudia Schaefer to discuss her recent Series of 4 papers from the Italian Global Burden of Disease collaborators providing the disease burden estimates and temporal trends for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma in Italy. Click here to read the full text in this series: paper 1; paper 2; paper…

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Paul Levine: Midnight Burning 36:51

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Paul Levine about his new novel, Midnight Burning. A physicist, a comic genius, and a city on the brink—Paul Levine joins us to unpack Midnight Burning, a high-velocity historical thriller that brings Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin into the crosshairs of a real fascist movement in 1937 Los Angeles. W…

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Hamilton Morrin on hyperemesis gravidarum and neuropsychiatric outcomes 24:19

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Sarah and Ben discuss the second issue of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, including our Editorial on contraception, a Viewpoint on the use of mifepristone in breast cancer, and the effect on the E-MOTIVE care bundle for postpartum haemorrhage in Pakistan. Dr Hamilton Morrin (King's College London) joins the podcast to discuss …

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S2E3: Mimi Kunz: ‘Mother Tongue’ – expressions through poetry and drawing of both the tenderness and uncertainty of the maternal experience. 30:46

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Career Pathways in Drug Development - Ep 170 43:09

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Join Drs. William Petros and Bob Powell as they share advice on pursuing a sustainable career in the pharmaceutical industry. Hosted by Dr. Robbie Parker, they reflect on their professional journeys and the changes that have occurred, especially related to the depth of scientific and researchskill training. This podcast and article are a call to ac…

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Noël Stark: Love, Camera, Action 42:27

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with Noël Stark about her debut romantic comedy novel, LOVE, CAMERA, ACTION. Noël Stark has worked in almost every position in the Film and Television industry, both in front of and behind the camera. Although she’s Canadian, she lives in L.A. with her young son, desperately missing winter. She likes chocolate…

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Effect of P2Y12 inhibitors on MACE after CABG surgery - Ep 169 17:36

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Dr. Arden Barry shares his team's findings from their large population database when evaluating the effect of exposure to P2Y12 inhibitors, versus no exposure, on the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events. The results support the use of P2Y12 inhibitors (primarily clopidogrel), in addition to other standard cardiovascular preventive the…

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Sara DiVello: Broadway Butterfly 57:30

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with my friend and fellow author interviewer, Sara DiVello. Sara is a thriller author, and creator and host of Mystery and Thriller Mavens, a popular author interview series and interactive Facebook group. We met at the San Diego Writers Festival and have since become friends. Sara's boundless energy and verve…

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S2E2: Lucy Knisley: ‘Kid Gloves - Nine Months of Careful Chaos’ - exploring personal stories of parenting that inform, educate and illuminate 32:55

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* Trigger warning, some of this episode discusses pregnancy loss, and a near-death birth experience* Welcome back to the Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting. In this episode, host Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, is joined by Bestsellin…

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Is Conservative Management of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) Possible in Children? 27:12

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In this episode of the Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, our hosts Dr. Mike Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) and Dr. Jason Wang speak with Dr. Ülgen Çeltik of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine in Izmir, Turkey. Hear about her article in Pediatric and Developmental Pathology: Is Conservative Management of Noninvas…

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Integrating critical care pharmacists into intensive care unit teams - Ep 168 21:30

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In this episode, Stuart Haines, JACCP Editor-in-Chief, interviews Dr. Andrea Sikora, Dr. Brian Murray, and Dr. Susan Smith about their recently published consensus recommendations for integrating critical care pharmacists into intensive care unit (ICU) teams which was endorsed by ACCP as well as the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Ame…

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In conversation with... Meredith Hawkins and Nihal Thomas 28:26

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Meredith Hawkins and Nihal Thomas explain how Type 5 diabetes, which they estimate affects 25 million people worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, is now becoming more widely recognised and better understood.By The Lancet

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Celebrating Cultural Identity: Inside Philadelphia's Only Spanish-English Bookstore 25:57

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Send us a text Step into Philadelphia's only Spanish-English bookstore, where literature becomes a powerful bridge connecting communities and celebrating cultural heritage. The Julia de Burgos Bookstore, named after Puerto Rico's most celebrated poet, offers more than just books—it provides a sanctuary where Puerto Rican and Latinx voices take cent…

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Karin Modig and Yuge Zhang on longevity and health 24:09

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Karin Modig and Yuge Zhang join Charlotte Rowbottom to discuss their recent work on the disease trajectories of centenarians in Sweden, covering disease burden, the rate of disease accumulation, and patterns of multimorbidity. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00328-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout…

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Martin Austin Nesvig, "The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 1:04:49

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The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Dr. Martin Austin Nesvig tells the stories of women from Spain, North Africa, Senegambia, and Canaries accused of sorcery in sixteenth-century Mexico for adapting native magic and healing practices. These non-native women – the mulata of Seville…

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Allisyn Moran on WHO's New Framework for Maternal Wellbeing 33:56

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Ben sits down with Allisyn Moran, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing at WHO, to discuss the newly published maternal wellbeing framework developed by WHO and collaborators and consider the supporting scoping review which investigated the definitions of wellbeing. Both papers are included in the newly published f…

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Sonia Muliyil and Sarah Passey on how to launch a medical journal 23:18

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Welcome to The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health in conversation with. In the first episode of this new podcast, Ben sits down with Sonia Muliyil and Sarah Passey to discuss how to launch a medical journal. The team discuss all the twists, turns, and challenges faces over the past 6 months as we’ve worked towards our first issue and t…

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Tova Mirvis: We Would Never 36:06

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Send us a text On this episode, I chat with author Tova Mirvis about her novel, We Would Never, a psychological exploration inspired by a real murder case she discovered on Facebook. Mirvis reveals how true crime reporting always left her hungry for the human story beneath the headlines, and how she carefully crafted characters who start as a typic…

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S2E1: Becky Barnicoat: ‘Cry when the Baby Cries' - depicting the raw, uncensored and real nature of motherhood 38:47

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Welcome to the second series of The Maternal Journal podcast - a deep dive into the power of journaling and creativity to support mental health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birth and parenting - hosted by Maternal Journal founder, artist, writer and midwife, Laura Godfrey-Isaacs. This new series focuses on graphic novels and illustrated books, …

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Saturn Press: The Art of Letterpress in a Digital Age 39:27

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with James Anderson, co-owner of Saturn Press with his with Diedre. The humble greeting card might seem like a relic in our digital age, but as James reveals, these tactile treasures carry meaning far beyond their paper boundaries. James shares how Saturn Press creates distinctive cards using vintage presses f…

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Brian A. Stauffer, "Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion" (U New Mexico Press, 2019) 1:02:15

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In Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion (University of New Mexico Press, 2019), Brian A. Stauffer reconstructs the history of Mexico's forgotten "Religionero" rebellion of 1873-1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. An essentially grassroots movement--organized by indigenous, Afro-…

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Managing ADHD in a breastfeeding mother - Ep 167 24:30

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Dr. Nevena Radonjic, psychiatrist and scientist at SUNY Upstate Medical University, shares insight on optimizing the mental health of pregnant and breastfeeding women. She expands upon this case published in Pharmacotherapy of managing ADHD in a breastfeeding mother. Read the full case report at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.…

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Philis Barragán-Goetz, "Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in Texas" (U Texas Press, 2020) 52:04

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Debates about Ethnic Studies in K-12 and Higher Education have highlighted the importance of culturally inclusive pedagogy in schools. Despite discussions about Ethnic Studies, there is a more extended history of Mexican-origin people pushing for culturally responsive education. In Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a…

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Kendra Elliot: Her First Mistake 21:51

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Send us a text In this episode, I chat with author Kendra Elliot about her new novel, Her First Mistake. Kendra Elliot has sold thirteen million books, hit the Wall Street Journal top ten bestseller list more than a dozen times, and is a three-time winner of the Daphne du Maurier award. She is an International Thriller Writers' finalist and a Roman…

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Raymond Jonas, "Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire" (Harvard UP, 2024) 1:05:12

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For a few years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mexico was ruled by an Austrian and defended by a French army. This often neglected story is more than just historical trivia - it's a way of understanding 19th century imperial politics, and global insurgencies today. In Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Em…

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San Miguel Writers' Conference: Where Global Voices Unite on Mexican Soil 44:53

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Send us a text Hi, and welcome to this episode of The Bookshop Podcast! Step into the vibrant literary heart of Mexico with the San Miguel Writers Conference, where cultural exchange and creative inspiration meet in one of the world's most beautiful cities. Susan Page, founder and president, alongside executive director Jodi Pincus, unveil the magi…

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Placental Pathology Reporting Practices in Australian Stillbirths: A Quality Review 41:11

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In this episode of the Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, our hosts Drs. Mike Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) and Dr. Jason Wang speak with Miss. Tania Marsden of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, Mater Research Institute – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Professor Yee Khong of SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s …