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