S1E2: This Discussion is Retro

First Day Back

Stitcher Studios

Comedy, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Tally looks at gender roles in hers and other households and asks her father what feminism means to him. Spoiler alert: he has no clue.

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0:00.0	Okay, say, hi, you're listening to First Day Back.
0:03.9	Hi, you're listening to First Day Back.
0:08.8	Hang on a minute, Adam.
0:10.7	Okay, say, hi, you're listening to First Day Back.
0:13.9	Hi, you're listening to First Day Back.
0:16.8	My mom's podcast on getting back to work.
0:19.4	My mom's podcast on getting back to work. My mom's podcast on getting back to work.
0:22.9	What's a podcast?
0:25.3	It's like a radio program that people listen to on their phones or on their computer.
0:30.9	Okay.
0:43.3	Previously, on first day back, I decided it's time to get back into my filmmaking career, after taking time to be with my kids, who are now six and three.
0:47.3	Easier said than done.
0:51.3	I've applied for a grant for a film, but I'm still plagued with worry that if it gets financed and we start shooting, it'll mean too much time away from my kids.
0:59.9	If you're just tuning in now, this podcast will be following my story, so I do recommend you go back and start at number one.
1:06.8	I'm aiming to have episodes up every two weeks, but there's a learning curve and this one took longer.
1:13.5	Okay, here goes, episode two.
1:20.8	The division of labor is pretty gendered in my house.
1:24.7	David takes out the garbage, does any job with tools, changes the light bulbs,
1:29.0	and I do all the cooking, make lunches, do laundry, and most of the child care stuff.
1:33.9	I have joke to my friends that it's like the 1950s in here, although I don't make that
1:38.9	joke in front of David. It's not a fair joke because, A, I'm not working, so if I'm not doing this, what the hell else am I doing?
1:47.5	B, I chose to opt out of my career to do this, and C, a woman called Cassie comes every few weeks to help with the deep cleaning.
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