
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...