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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: Do Childless Women Get The Last Laugh? Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis speaks her unspeakable truth
Description: Meghan, a childless dog lady, had a whole other episode cued up for this week when her friend Vanessa Grigoriadis called her with a surprising observation. According to Vanessa, moms today are so stressed out (even miserable) that childless women are getting the last laugh. This is especially true for women in midlife who started families in their late 30s to early 40s and are now saddled with elder care for aging parents while also having school-aged children. Does she have a point? In this conversation, Meghan gloats over her utterly carefree lifestyle while Vanessa lays out...