Tanya Mosley

They spent the next 18 months living in a small Greenwich Village apartment before moving uptown to the Dakota, a more lavish and secluded building. During that time, they held a benefit concert for the children of Willowbrook, a state-run Staten Island facility housing the disabled in horrifying conditions.

It was the only full-length concert Lennon gave after the Beatles, and a new film by Kevin MacDonald documents both the concert and that period in Lennon's life. It's called One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

It was the only full-length concert Lennon gave after the Beatles, and a new film by Kevin MacDonald documents both the concert and that period in Lennon's life. It's called One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

It was the only full-length concert Lennon gave after the Beatles, and a new film by Kevin MacDonald documents both the concert and that period in Lennon's life. It's called One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

David Bianculli is professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Coming up, journalist Amanda Hess talks about how technology is changing motherhood. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.

David Bianculli is professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Coming up, journalist Amanda Hess talks about how technology is changing motherhood. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.

David Bianculli is professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed One to One, John and Yoko, now streaming on demand. Coming up, journalist Amanda Hess talks about how technology is changing motherhood. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.

My next guest is Amanda Hess. She's a journalist, cultural critic, and now author of a new memoir titled Second Life, Having a Child in the Digital Age. The book starts with a moment every expecting parent dreads, a routine ultrasound that is suddenly not routine. When Hess was 29 weeks pregnant, doctors spotted something that indicated her baby could have a rare genetic condition.

My next guest is Amanda Hess. She's a journalist, cultural critic, and now author of a new memoir titled Second Life, Having a Child in the Digital Age. The book starts with a moment every expecting parent dreads, a routine ultrasound that is suddenly not routine. When Hess was 29 weeks pregnant, doctors spotted something that indicated her baby could have a rare genetic condition.

My next guest is Amanda Hess. She's a journalist, cultural critic, and now author of a new memoir titled Second Life, Having a Child in the Digital Age. The book starts with a moment every expecting parent dreads, a routine ultrasound that is suddenly not routine. When Hess was 29 weeks pregnant, doctors spotted something that indicated her baby could have a rare genetic condition.

What followed was a spiral of MRIs, genetic testing, consultations with specialists, and like many of us would do, a late-night dive into the internet for answers.

What followed was a spiral of MRIs, genetic testing, consultations with specialists, and like many of us would do, a late-night dive into the internet for answers.

What followed was a spiral of MRIs, genetic testing, consultations with specialists, and like many of us would do, a late-night dive into the internet for answers.

That search led her down a rabbit hole and to fertility tech, AI-powered embryo screening, conspiracy theories, YouTube birth vlogs, the performance of motherhood on Instagram, and threaded through it all, an unsettling eugenic undercurrent suggesting which children are worth having.

That search led her down a rabbit hole and to fertility tech, AI-powered embryo screening, conspiracy theories, YouTube birth vlogs, the performance of motherhood on Instagram, and threaded through it all, an unsettling eugenic undercurrent suggesting which children are worth having.

That search led her down a rabbit hole and to fertility tech, AI-powered embryo screening, conspiracy theories, YouTube birth vlogs, the performance of motherhood on Instagram, and threaded through it all, an unsettling eugenic undercurrent suggesting which children are worth having.

Known for her commentary on internet culture and gender at the New York Times, Hess turns her critique inward, asking herself, what does it mean to become a parent while plugged into an algorithmic machine that sorts scores and sells versions of perfection and what's considered normal? Amanda Hess, welcome to Fresh Air.

Known for her commentary on internet culture and gender at the New York Times, Hess turns her critique inward, asking herself, what does it mean to become a parent while plugged into an algorithmic machine that sorts scores and sells versions of perfection and what's considered normal? Amanda Hess, welcome to Fresh Air.

Known for her commentary on internet culture and gender at the New York Times, Hess turns her critique inward, asking herself, what does it mean to become a parent while plugged into an algorithmic machine that sorts scores and sells versions of perfection and what's considered normal? Amanda Hess, welcome to Fresh Air.

You opened this book with a moment that I mentioned, soon-to-be parents fear. That's a routine ultrasound that shows a potential abnormality. And at the time, you were seven months pregnant. What did the doctor share with you?