What Fresh Hell Podcast

24/06/2025

Adds some texture for sure

23/06/2025

Ellen Kahn⁠ is the Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships at the Human Rights Campaign. In her role, Ellen provides national leadership and expertise in public education and advocacy efforts on behalf of LGBTQ youth and families. Ellen is nationally recognized as an expert on LGBTQ family life and LGBTQ youth. She's also a proud mom of two teenage daughters.

In this interview, Ellen explains how parents can create a home environment that affirms and accepts LGBTQ children, and how to advocate for LGBTQ kids in the larger world– whether they're our own children or not. As Ellen explains: "It's all of us together, chiseling away at the reason parents can be fearful when they find out their child is LGBTQ. Let's just not raise bullies anymore."

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/deep-dive-ellen-kahn-on-supporting-our-lgbtq-kids/

23/06/2025

Amy and Margaret discuss the trad wife trend and how they feel about it.

Listen to the full episode "Trad Moms and Trad Wives" here: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/trad-moms-and-trad-wives/

21/06/2025

Dr. Morgan Cutlip, author of the new book A BETTER SHARE, models how to bring up the conversation of the mental load with your spouse.

Listen to the full interview with Dr. Cutlip here: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-dr-morgan-cutlip-on-redistributing-the-mental-load/

20/06/2025

Amy chats with Dr. Morgan Cutlip about her new book A Better Share, which offers practical, research-based strategies for managing the mental load in relationships. They discuss how default parenting, gender socialization, and communication missteps can create resentment—and how couples can reconnect through clarity and shared responsibility. You’ll hear why the mental load is the real relationship villain, not your partner— and how to invite your partner into the solution.

Amy and Morgan discuss:

why our invisible labor is so hard to talk about without sparking defensiveness

why curiosity offers a secret to lasting connection

how being the default parent impacts one's desire for intimacy

how to help kids develop initiative, not just complete chores

the power of “gracious interpretations” and the ultimate compliment formula

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-dr-morgan-cutlip-on-redistributing-the-mental-load/

20/06/2025

Oh dear.

20/06/2025

Please join us in wishing a VERY Happy Birthday to Nancy Wilson!

She raised 6 children (including our own co-hostess with the co-mostess Amy Wilson) and continues to be one of the What Fresh Hell Podcast's greatest supporters (seen here signing Amy's book at a recent event).

If you run into her in the wild she's guaranteed to greet you with a smile and a kind word - cause that's just he kind of mama she is!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY!

18/06/2025

Dr. Jessica Zucker (), author of the new book NORMALIZE IT, discusses the question we should really be asking new moms.

Listen to the full interview with Jessica here: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-jessica-zucker-on-normalizing-miscarriage/

18/06/2025

We dive into the world of and trad moms—mothers who embrace their traditional gender roles and showcase homemaking all over social media, usually with a heavy dose of curated perfection, aspiring to a bygone ideal that may never exactly have actually existed.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

what actually defines a trad wife
the influence of social media algorithms in boosting—and polarizing—this content
the aesthetic fantasy of cottagecore, nap dresses, and homesteading versus the messy reality of modern motherhood

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/trad-moms-and-trad-wives/

17/06/2025

Wfh Margaret was quoted in this article by Modern Dadhood podcast co-host Adam Flaherty about what it means to be a dad today. Their episode with Margaret is linked at the bottom of the article too! It's a great listen.

After interviewing more than 100 fathers, here’s what I’ve learned.

16/06/2025

Why is there still so much shame and silence surrounding women's experiences with miscarriage in the modern age? Jessica Zucker, author of the new book NORMALIZE IT, discusses her personal experience with miscarriage and its profound impact on her life and career.

Jessica Zucker is a Los Angeles-based psychologist specializing in reproductive health and the author of the award-winning book I HAD A MISCARRIAGE: A Memoir, a Movement.

Jessica, Amy, and Margaret discuss:
How storytelling is a powerful tool for healing and community building.
Why open conversations about women's health are crucial for emotional well-being.
How the lack of information about women 's health makes milestones harder to navigate.

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-jessica-zucker-on-normalizing-miscarriage/

16/06/2025