Ambition and motherhood, in real life.
Do Not Disturb is Simona’s podcast about the work women do, the choices they make, and what motherhood changes. Listen to the conversations. Read The Cultural Edit for the stories around them.
A podcast about motherhood
Motherhood.
Nothing
off limits.
We won a seat at the table.
Motherhood showed us what still needs to change.
With Simona Deifta
Start here · Latest conversation · Dr Akshi Kumar
AI can write the essay. What is your child learning?
When my son asked why he should write an essay when AI could do it, I struggled to explain why. I put that question to AI researcher Dr Akshi Kumar.
Meet the guests.
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Zoe Blaskey
Motherhood, identity and emotional load
Mimi Ikonn
Identity and choosing yourself
Roxie Nafousi
Recovery and rebuilding
Lisa Ing Marinelli
Achievement, identity and motherhood
Anna Mathur
Guilt and perfectionism
Hermione Olivia
Motherhood and starting over
From The Edit.
Explore The Edit →Identity
The courage to choose yourself
Mimi Ikonn on identity, ambition and the life you build when an old version of success stops fitting.
Work & ambition
Motherhood did not make Amelia less ambitious
The Bold Bean Co founder on choosing the work only she can do—and building a business with room for life.
Motherhood
The motherhood rulebook we never knew we were following
Becky Selbie on the expectations that leave capable mothers feeling they are failing.
Who does the work?
A career, a family, a life of your own. Who makes it possible—and who’s expected to give something up? That’s what Simona asks her guests.
Meet Simona →What science got wrong about women, with Angela Saini.
Maternal instinct, care and the history of patriarchy. Angela Saini asks what evidence really shows—and how familiar roles came to feel natural.
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Stories worth staying with.
A considered selection of conversations and ideas about ambition, culture and motherhood.
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