Under the Influence with Jo Piazza
Episodes
It’s Giving Junior Varsity Tradwife: The Viral Pipeline Grooming Gen Z Girls
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're talking to journalist EJ Dickson of The Cut about what really happens at Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit, whe...
Sunday Nice Things: (RE) Committed
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am dropping an episode of my new mini-series (Re) Committed here. (Re) Committed dives into stories of love lost and found again when people ...
The PBS Kids Crisis: It’s Not Just About Sesame Street
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the U.S. government slashes one-third of PBS Kids' funding? Shows get canceled. Summer camps disappear. The most vulnerable kids los...
The Quiet Influence and Power of Dolly Parton
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dolly Parton might be the last thing Americans agree on. In this episode, we talk to Will Bonfiglio, the WashU lecturer behind a wildly popular...
Sunday Nice Things: That Aged Well
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are too many movie podcasts. That’s why I only bring you the ones that are actually worth your time. That Aged Well is one of them. Hosts Pau...
Father’s Day Shouldn’t Be a Hallmark Holiday—It Should Be a Reckoning
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if dads stopped “helping” and just…parented? Today I am talking about flipping the script of the patriarchy with @Tidy Dad (Tyler Moore). W...
How to Get Published: A Literary Agent Tells All
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve got a book idea—but how do you go from blank page to published author? Literary agent and author Kate McKean of the Agents & Books substack...
Sunday Nice Things: Glamorous Trash
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 Analysis (with Jo Piazza) Chelsea is joined by author and podcaster Jo Piazza for a Season 2 analysis of “The...
Welcome to the Cult of Skinny with EJ Dickson
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Influencers are selling women starvation and calling it empowerment. Today we talk to Cut reporter EJ Dickson about her viral investigation into Skinn...
MAGA Makeovers and the Death of Individuality
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Close your eyes. Picture a woman with lashes so long they could reach across the aisle. Lips plump enough to bounce a quarter off. Matte foundation, p...
Sunday Nice Things: The Secret Lives of Debt Heads
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m dropping a brand new, really unique podcast into your feed and it's all about money. “Debt Heads” is a very funny, surprisingly c...
Motherhood Has Been Hacked With Amanda Hess
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the thing you bought to keep your baby safe was actually preparing them for a lifetime of being watched? This week we sit down with New York ...
An Influencer's Child Died and the Internet Came For Her
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a tragedy happens to a mother online, does it still belong to her—or does it belong to all of us? After beloved TikTok mom influencer Emily Ka...
Sunday Nice Things: On Drugs, from Other People’s Problems
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing something special with you this week, it’s an episode of Other People’s Problems, from CBC. Normally, therapy sessions are totally confide...
Is Motherhood Hard Everywhere, or Just in America?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to raise a child without losing yourself—if you live in a country that actually supports parents? In this episode, we sit down with ...
Is Your Kid an Asshole or Just a Kid? With Melinda Wenner Moyer
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like gentle parenting only works for gentle children—and yours were born throwing punches? Same. That’s why this week, I sat down with s...
Sunday Nice Things: How to Write a Good Book with Andi Bartz
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do writing a thriller, running a marathon, and raising small humans have in common? At some point, you’re convinced you’re doing it all wrong...
Where's the F*cking Village?
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were told there’d be a village. A built-in crew of support, solidarity, and sanity that would show up the minute the baby did. But what if the vi...
What If You’re Not Sure You Want Kids?
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you're not 100% sure you want to become a mother—but you go ahead and do it anyway? In this episode, we explore the space between ...
Sunday Nice Things: Your New Favorite Kid Podcast
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If your kids are into listening to podcasts (mine are...we are massive Greeking Out stans) then you are going to want The Ten News in your rotation. T...
How to Raise Successful Kids with Susan Dominus
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do a novelist, an Olympic triathlete, and a healthcare entrepreneur have in common? In some families, they share a childhood. Pulitzer Prize–wi...
Raising Good Humans Without God: A Secular Parenting Survival Guide
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your kids start asking the Big Questions—about death, morality, and the meaning of life—and your only answer is... "I don't know...
Sunday Nice Things: The Family Skeptical
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dropping an episode of The Family Skeptical in your feed today. It's a show by a married atheist couple talking about raising kids in non-belief. The...
The Wild Courage to Go After What You Want (with former Google Exec Jenny Wood)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to ask for what you want—and actually get it? Jenny Wood, former Google executive and author of Wild Courage, breaks down w...
We Survived Girls Gone Wild Just to Get Tradwives?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do Britney Spears, American Pie, Girls Gone Wild, and the rise of trad wives on TikTok all have in common? More than you think. In this episode,...
Sunday Nice Things: Normal Curves
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dropping a great new podcast in your feed today. Normal Curves is a podcast about sexy science & serious statistics. Ever try to make sense of a scie...
Will Your Kid Have to be a Brand to Survive?
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you want to be when you grow up? For Gen Alpha, the answer might just be: a brand. This week, we enter the world of the Sweet Sisterhood—a s...
Lessons from Spring Break: Trashtasic Vegas With Kids, Zion, and a Baby Who Hates Shoes
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ten days. Six bags. One baby screaming about her missing keys, her cell phone and how much she hates shoes and pants. Spring break in Vegas, Zion and ...
Is Megan Markle a #TradWife?
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're asking the question on the Internet's bitchy lips: is Meghan Markle a tradwife? To get to the bottom of it, I'm dropping in a special...
Bridget Jones, Real Lady Necks, and the Golden Age of Rom-Coms (with Erin Carlson)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does Bridget Jones still hit us right in the feelings—decades later? Because she’s all of us. A little messy, a little lost, and still trying ...
Sunday Nice Things: Parenting in the Digital Age with These Packs Puck
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm dropping an episode of These Packs Puck. Anyone who's a parent knows how chaotic life with kids can be — but being a professional athle...
Did You Think Life Would Be Better Than This?
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your life falls apart—and the Internet is watching? Jessica Turner had the husband, the kids, the career, and the perfectly curat...
Your Hormones Aren’t the Problem—This Is
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us think we understand our menstrual cycles. We track them with apps. We count the days. Maybe we even know when we’re ovulating. But what i...
How Toxic Masculinity and Online Spaces Are Reshaping Boyhood
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Online spaces and societal expectations are radicalizing young boys at an alarming rate. The haunting TV drama "Adolescence" depicts a 13-year-old boy...
What's Worse Than The Glass Ceiling? The Broken Rung!
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You've earned the degree, landed the job, and crushed your first assignments—so why aren't you moving up? The shocking truth: it's not you, it's the...
Will You Ever Be Enough? A Chat With Melissa Arnot?
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this deeply personal episode, we sit down with extraordinary mountaineer Melissa Arnot, whose achievements include multiple Everest summits includi...
Are Influencers Ruining Italy?
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From wine windows that went viral during the pandemic to churches becoming TikTok sensations, we unpack how influencer culture is changing the way we ...
Sunday Nice Things: Too Much Money
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Sunday Nice Things I'm dropping in an episode of the show Too Much Money that I made with my friend Doree Shafrir. The show is a wild ride th...
America Gets a Failing Grade in Women's Health—SURPRISE!
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The misinformation about birth control and women's rights on social media has reached a fever pitch. The other day I was served a reel telling me that...
What if Social Media Were Good for Tween Girls?
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Katherine Phelps is shattering the stereotype that social media is purely destructive for young girls. After spending a ton of time with the...
Navigating Grief and Grief Influencing Online
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking to Susie Shaw, a mother who bravely shares her journey through the devastating loss of her child, William. Susie recounts the harr...
Can You Change Your Personality?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered if you could stop being so neurotic, or become more of an extrovert? Are our personalities set in stone when we are born or can...
Sunday Nice Things: How Do I Balance My Hormones?
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a little obsessed with this week's Sunday Nice Things. I am very excited to bring you the CRAMPED podcast. Cramped is one nerd’s quest to find o...
How Will You Measure Your Life?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if taking a step back from your career wasn't seen as slacking, but actually celebrated? Harvard Business School professor Christina Wallace disc...
Blowing up Your to Follow Your Dreams Life with Elle Cosimano
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In celebration of the release of Elle Cosimano's latest book Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave we are re-releasing our much beloved interview with Ell...
Scrubbing Toilets to the Today Show: Tyler Moore's Accidental Influence
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Moore, better known as @TidyDad, accidentally became an influencer while maintaining his day job as a NYC public school teacher and showing off ...
Sunday Nice Things: How to Build a Bookish Community
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I genuinely believe that books bring people together and I want to create space for more book events, book clubs and book discussions. Robin Kall is a...
Having a Baby Can Break You with Sarah Hoover
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Too many of us enter motherhood carrying expectations shaped by filtered social media posts, polished representations in media, and well-intentioned b...
How to Communicate Better On and Offline with Charles Duhigg
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How good are you at communicating? The truth is that we can all be better at being heard and hearing others. Communicating well is not a super power, ...
Sunday Nice Things: Romances & Practicalities with Nick Aster
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Today's Sunday Nice Things we are diving into the new book Romances & Practicalities, a love story in 250 questions by blindsiding my husband into ...
Are Gen X Women Having the Best Sex?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are Gen X women having the best sex of anyone? Let's talk about this week's viral New York Times article about women in their 40s and 50s experiencing...
Going Full Crone With Jessica Grose
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we just stopped accepting the absurd beauty standards that society has created for women? What if we actually aged gracefully instead of just ...
Sunday Nice Things: Oddly Specific with Meredith Lynch
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The Hellscape of Summer Vacation for Moms
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if summer vacation did not suck? Let's dive into the challenging reality of summer childcare in America and explore why planning for summer brea...
How to Be a Good Person in the World
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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A Terrible No Good Visit to the ER
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Jo and Glynnis as they dive into Joe's recent experience with pneumonia and the challenges of navigating the ER, explore the sense of dread perme...
Is Gender Equity Dead?
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world is not fair. But it feels even less so these days. Today's we're diving headfirst into the pressing issue of gender equity in the workplace ...
We've Lost the Plot in Skincare
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are the skincare girlies always washing their faces? Are all those products they push on social media any good or are they just getting paid to pr...
The Cult-Like Tactics of Marketers and Influencers with Mara Einstein
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marketing expert Mara Einstein reveals how modern marketing tactics mirror cult recruitment strategies. When she noticed the eerie similarities betwee...
The Myth of the Good Mother
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The myth of the good mother in absolute BS and it has pushed too many women into spirals of shame and guilt for not being "enough." Today we are debun...
Surviving Shame
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone feels shame, but it also feels like a misogynistic construct that is more often placed on women. Nearly a decade ago, Melissa Petro was worki...
Protecting Kids and Teens on Social Media, A Talk With Nicole Lopez of Meta
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Protecting kids and teens on social media is one of the things I think about all of the time. What are the platforms doing to support parents and is i...
A Revolution for Women's Work and Ambition with Neha Ruch
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will motivate you in all kinds of new ways. Amidst all of the chaos in our country right now we actually have an opportunity to completel...
Shari Franke Tells All
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of former YouTuber and convicted child abuser Ruby Franke, is on the media circuit right now to promote her new memo...
Is This Normal? A Truly Excellent Chat with an Influencer OB-GYN
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The number one question Dr. Jennifer Lincoln gets asked as an OB-GYN who gives fact-based information on Instagram is "IS THIS NORMAL?" Because thes...
How Will I Die? (And How Will I Age?) with Deb Whitman
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, wanted to delve deeper into why so many Americans strug...
New Years Resolutions That Aren't Dumb
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you want more of in 2025? I want more travel, more friend stuff, more adventure. We're digging into all of it with Glynnis on today's episode....
Who is Sick of Being a People Pleaser?
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if all of the women in the world just decided to stop helping tomorrow? The world would shut the hell down, is what would happen. One of the thin...
How to Pivot in 2025
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The new year isn't just about resolutions – it's about revolution. Your professional and personal revolution. It's about reclaiming the lead role in...
You Deserve a Friend Trip (Live from Iceland)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming at you live from Iceland to encourage you to book that friend vacation in 2025. Or better yet ask your husband to give it to you as a Christmas...
The Ambitions of a Teenage TikTok Star
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're taking a deep dive into the world of a 16-year-old TikTok star who wants to change the industry as we know it and ensure that the next 20 ...
Sunday Nice Things: Where's My Village?
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're dropping an episode of We've Got Issues in your feed that's been getting a lot of attention. We all want a village, or so we say? But wher...
When Influencers Make Us Feel Bad About Ourselves
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's way too easy for social media to make us feel like crap. But the things that shame us or guilt us, or make us want to throw our phones across the...
Ballerina Farm's Latest Flex
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who lands the cover of the far-right version of Cosmo, a profile in Glamour magazine and another in The New York Times within days of each other? Ball...
Sunday Nice Things: Basket Case
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Sunday! We are dropping a new show in your feed today. This is Basket Case (LOVE THE NAME). Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? B...
Suffs Broke Open My Soul, An Interview with Nikki James
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every powerful woman… are more powerful women taking justice into their own hands. That is currently more true than ever. When I saw Suffs th...
Ballerina Farm's MAGA Cover Reveal
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Hannah Neeleman, the founder and CEO of the brand Ballerina Farm appeared on the cover of Evie magazine, the MAGA-friendly lady magazine tha...
Prime Domination: Amazon's Holiday Shopping Conquest with Dana Mattioli
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into Black Friday and the vortex of holiday shopping we need to chat just a little bit about the Amazon of it all. Today’s guest is Dana ...
The Ozempic of it All
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If women don't have real conversations about their health and their bodies then we will never get the healthcare we deserve. Get ready for lots of rea...
Sunday Nice Things: The Family That Travels Together
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're dropping an episode of Committed in your feed. As a parent, how do you transcend the regular run of the mill parent/child relationship? Ho...
Restoring Sanity in a Digital World
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI technology is significantly increasing social media addiction every single day by predicting user behavior. It’s now more imperative than ever th...
The Real Secret of Success—Be a Likable Badass
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can you get the status you need and deserve? What makes people WANT to work with you? As a professor of organizational behavior at University of N...
Create Stronger Friendships and Get Rid of Toxic Ones
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Friendships are the backbones of many of our lives. But they also feel harder than ever to maintain and nurture. We need more strategic approached to ...
Debunking the Myths of Traditional Motherhood
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is a good mother? What is a bad mother. What is a traditional mother? Let's sit with all those questions for just a hot second and then realize...
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Election and Trump AND EVERYTHING
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I woke up Wednesday morning in a sheet cake and red wine coma, floating in confusion, grief and fury. And yet I still had to parent. We still have to ...
You Deserve All the Hope
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Take some time for yourself to enjoy this election day....to enjoy the fact that you got to vote for a woman for president. We get to savor that. And ...
Sunday Nice Things: Frugal Friends
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's take a break from election doom scrolling to clean out our closets. And while we do it why not try out a new podcast called Frugal Friends all a...
A Very Influencer Halloween with Sara Petersen
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Influencers who hate Halloween, influencers who make you feel like you're failing Halloween (no more boo baskets people), plus a little Ballerina Farm...
Can a Poem Have a Punchline? With @MaryOliversDrunkCousin
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why can't I do a back walkover as a 44 year old woman? That is the central theme of this hilarious episode with Lyndsay Rush, AKA @MaryOliversDrunkCou...
The Kids Are All Right With Gabrielle and Ben Blair
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parenting is a long game. After parenting six kids for the past twenty-eight years Gabrielle and Ben Blair know that better than anyone. I love advice...
Legislating Utah Mom Influencers, FINALLY!
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the Ruby Franke scandal, Utah is finally considering legislation to protect and compensate the children of influencers. Joining us toda...
Spicy Sex and Smart Ladies
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are 30 million romance readers in the United States and 50% read a book a week. That is a lot of books my friends! Today we are talking to our f...
The Cost of Scrolling—Free Yourself From Impulse Spending This Holiday Season
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a fine line between marketing and creating false desires and influencers stomp all over it. Influencers often convince women they have problem...
Sunday Nice Things: Life Beyond Stay-at-home Motherhood
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For today's Sunday Nice Things we are dropping in an episode of Mom to More. Join Sharon Macey, former SAHM and mother of 3 as she dives deep into con...
The Kids Aren't Alright—Getting Rid of Toxic Achievement Culture
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is everyone so burnout? Modern parenting has shifted towards a focus on status and achievement, often at the expense of genuine happiness and well...
$$$Mormon #MomTok Money$$$
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Mormon #MomTok ladies are making serious bank and I want to talk about it. Many of these women are the breadwinners in their families and that is ...
Owning Your Own Story with Lauren Sisler
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Sisler’s journey of overcoming the shame of losing her parents to opioid addiction hasn’t been easy, but she has allowed it to give her pur...
How Digital Beauty Standards Are Messing Us Up with Elise Hu
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What has digital culture done to our standards of beauty and to our wallets when we have to spend to reach those standards of beauty. The proliferatio...
Sunday Things: True Crime with RedRum
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So many of you have been asking me for true crime podcast recommendations and I have a few I can drop in the feed. Let's start today with REDRUM. REDR...
The House in Habit of it All
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our first episode taking a look at the rise of "independent journalist" Jessica Reed Kraus through the lens of the recent RFK Jr. sexting scan...