What Next - JD Vance Enters the Mommy Wars

What Next - JD Vance Enters the Mommy Wars

Published: September 16, 2026

Duration: 26:07

Childcare is expensive and who wouldn’t want to spend more time with their kids? Giving parents money to stay home, on its face, would seem to make sense. But a proposal from the Trump administration isn’t enough to help most stay-at-home parents—and it comes with some glaring downsides.


Guests:

Dr. Jessica Calarco, Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of four books including Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net.


Lauren Brody, founder of The Fifth Trimester movement, advocate with Chamber of Mothers...