Milk Podcast: Moms I'd Like To Know

Filmmaker and Producer Susannah Ludwig joins Mallory in the MILK studio to talk about making joyful documentaries, applying her producer hat to love, and embracing the darkness of uncertain health. We talk anxiety and positivity, and how those factors shape us as mothers and daughters. Susannah is optimistic, really likes making lists, is driven in life and in love, and shines as a mom and as a human.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Personal Stylist Alyssa Dineen joins Mallory in the MILK studio to talk about how clothes can make the (+40) woman. Many of Alyssa's personal styling clients are mothers looking to find an identity post kids, and she shows them how to approach getting dressed for this phase of life. They talk about raising confident daughters, dressing and dating after divorce, and good, quality basics. Check out her latest venture: www.stylemyprofile.com Alyssa is talented, smart and absolutely knows what you should wear to that thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Alison Hall is in the MILK studio with Mallory, continuing a conversation about work, family and passion from MILK Episode 11 with Alison's daughter, Juliana. Alison has made incredible sacrifices while leading by example in her own fascinating career. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, and afterwards did participant observation fieldwork in Italy, studying the world’s oldest voluntary collective farms. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology, and worked as a lecturer teaching a wide variety of anthropology courses. She then went on to a career as a Museum Director at The Arkansas Museum of Science and History, The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium on Long Island, and The Children’s Museum of Arkansas. Upon retirement from museum work, she taught at the University of Central Arkansas, and won two university research grants to revisit her Italian research in 2010 and 2012. In 2015 she retired from teaching in order to help her daughter pursue a demanding career in med

Dr. Juliana Sanchez Gebb is in the MILK studio talking to Mallory on International Women's Day. Juliana is an attending high-risk obstetrician in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a mother to three boys. She has a notable commute from New York for her intense job, and manages childcare with help from her own mother, Alison Hall. Juliana has found a creative way to further her career and cultivate her specific medical interests, while relying on her mom and husband for support. She doesn't make it look easy, because its not! She’s lovely and calm, but also enjoys trolling the current POTUS on Twitter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Novelist Lucinda Rosenfeld joins Mallory in the MILK studio to talk about her latest novel, CLASS. A satirical look at life in Brooklyn's bubbly cauldron of privilege, need, guilt and self-righteousness, the book GOES THERE, and is an unflinching and funny look at a rather familiar liberal community. They discuss Lucinda's longevity as a writer, working through the losses of their mothers, sexuality and being seen as a woman over 40, sisters, and the power of being twenty something. Lucinda is sharp, hilarious, and candid both in her writing and in what she shares with Mallory as a MILK.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mini episode -- a monologue actually. Remembering Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author, creator, filmmaker, connector, mother, wife, daughter and friend. She wrote things, she read things, she made things and she did things, so many wonderful things. She even made Mallory a portable radio out of a milk carton once. She was a herself a MILK and should have been on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allison Task joins Mallory in the MILK Studio to talk about her career path from the early, heady dot com days, to cooking, writing cookbooks and TV hosting, and now to career and life coaching. Longtime friends Mal and Al remember their first year sharing a one bedroom apartment in NYC, and Allison tells stories about working for (and working out with) Martha Stewart. We find out the benefits of parents defining exactly what they are looking to accomplish, especially when we feel like we can barely keep it all together. And we go meta when Mallory gets coached by Allison -- goals are stated and no doubt Allison will make Mallory accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Scelfo, journalist and author of “The Women Who Made New York" is in the MILK studio with Mallory. A collection of written portraits of the Nasty Women who built this city, illustrated with flair by artist Hallie Heald, TWWMNY is a must read at this moment in history. Julie tells some choice anecdotes about MILKy women featured in the book – activists like Margaret Sanger and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, artists like Joan Rivers and Yoko Ono, and writers like Joan Didion. We discuss why media literacy and empathy matter so much right now, and how Julie is driven to tell stories about how we all live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Illustrator Samantha Dion Baker creates a page a day of hand drawn images and words in a series of beautiful sketch journals she then shares with her massive Instagram following. She's in the MILK studio talking about discipline, intimacy and catharsis, drawing garbage cans and coffee cups and always having her notebook and her tools with her while trying to watch her kids play soccer.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photographer Marsha Lebedev Bernstein on receiving fashion advice from her deceased mother, the constant urge to take pictures on the street, and instilling confidence in tween girls and senior citizens -- in the MILK Studio with Mallory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actress, Show Host, Real Estate Agent and mom Kelly Deadmon is in the MILK studio with Mallory, talking about nude scenes with Joshua Jackson on The Affair, how becoming a mom messed with her body and mind, and how humor is a salve.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, editor and athleisure lover Elizabeth Wallace is in the MILK studio with Mallory. Liz is the co-author of the forthcoming book The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life (Viking, 2018). Wallace worked for over a decade as an editor at fashion magazines including Vogue, Lucky, Nylon, InStyle, Seventeen, and Us Weekly. She is now a freelance writer who contributes regularly to Architectural Digest and Domino, and has been published in The Atlantic, Lenny, Refinery29, Travel + Leisure, Departures, and Redbook. In addition to her work in editorial content, Wallace collaborates on advertising campaigns and branded content for fashion, automotive, healthcare, food/spirits, and financial clients. Find her @lizardwallace on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author/teacher/mother Amy Shearn in the house with Mallory. She multitasks like a mofo with heart, mind, and fantastic sense of humor. Her past novels include "The Mermaid of Brooklyn" and "How Far is the Ocean From Here." She is really fun to follow on social media but somehow gets A LOT done in a day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prema Yoga's Amanda Harding is in the studio with Mallory. They talk glitter jars, meditation, anxiety, and moving towards action. Amanda elegantly handles motherhood, her business, and creating a community within a community with grace and beauty, and Mallory loves getting to interview her yoga teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mallory sits down with chanteuse Jamie Leonhart, the inaugural MILK Podcast guest, to talk about her recent one-women show, Estuary, which inspired Mallory to start MILK. Jamie talks working out her stuff on stage with her husband/musical director, how she balances her love of music with the love of her son, and how train rides along the river are perfect spots for meditating.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices