ANDMOM with Skylar Diggins and Cassidy Hubbarth
ANDMOM is for women navigating the intersection of professional ambition and motherhood. Hosted by Skylar Diggins and Cassidy Hubbarth, we are diving into the honest, unfiltered conversations that usually stay behind closed doors. From identity shifts and career pivots to the mental load of motherhood, we’re exploring what it really looks like to be both a working professional and a mother. This is the conversation motherhood deserves. New episodes drop every other Thursday. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Allie LaForce on IVF, Miscarriage, & the Power of Sharing Her Story | ANDMOM
On episode 11 of ANDMOM, Cassidy and Skylar sit down with beloved sports reporter and mom of two, Allie LaForce.
Allie opens up about miscarriage, IVF, the devastating effects of Huntington's Disease on families, the power of sharing her story publicly, and much more.
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Corinne Bailey Rae on Touring with Kids, Performing Pregnant, & Why She Chose a Home Birth | ANDMOM
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with two-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter and mom of two, Corinne Bailey Rae.
Corinne opens up about losing her first husband, her “naive” belief about the right time to have kids, and the musicians who showed her a career and motherhood are possible.
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Stop Trying to Get Your “Old Self” Back After Kids | Nina Westbrook
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with licensed marriage and family therapist, entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and mom of three Nina Westbrook.
Nina opens up about the assignment that made her kids call her "calm queen," the twin pregnancy that brought her to tears, and the high risk delivery that put her health on the line. This discussion touches on:
Why her twin daughters made a school assignment calling her "calm queen" and what it revealed about how she really handles motherhood on the inside Finding out she was having twins after already being a "boy mom,"...Challenging the Myth of the Supermom | Elle Duncan
Elle Duncan gets real about motherhood, leaving ESPN, and the friendship that changed everything.
This week on AND MOM, Cassidy Hubbarth and Skylar Diggins sit down with ESPN alum and Netflix sports host Elle Duncan for one of the most honest conversations yet. Elle opens up about going back to work five weeks after a C-section, the guilt that comes with chasing a career and raising kids, and a health scare with her son that no parent is prepared for. She also shares the real story behind her decision to leave ESPN after a decade, and...
The Postpartum Pay Cut Nobody Warns You About | Alysia Montano
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Olympic bronze medalist, entrepreneur, founder of the nonprofit For All Mothers, and mom of three Alysia Montano.
Alysia opens up about the moment she decided to run at USA Nationals eight months pregnant as the five time defending champion, the sponsor call that came two months postpartum that ignited a movement, and how she went from fighting for her own contract to fighting for every mother in professional sports.
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Why Alysia decided to show up at USA Nationals eight months pregnant and what it...Kerri Walsh Jennings on Finding Out She Was Pregnant Mid Olympics and Keeping It Secret
Cassidy and Skylar speak with five time Olympian, three time Olympic gold medalist, founder of Hero Volley, and mom of three Kerri Walsh Jennings.
Kerri opens up about the miscarriage that forced her to choose between starting a family and going for Olympic gold, the marriage that nearly fell apart at the height of her career, and what it felt like to win her third gold medal with her daughter in her belly and her sons cheering from the stands.
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She Performed at the Grammys Three Weeks After Giving Birth | Mickey Guyton
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Grammy-nominated country music trailblazer and mom Mickey Guyton for one of the most unfiltered conversations we've had on this show.
Mickey found out she was pregnant four days after becoming the first Black woman ever nominated for a Grammy in the country music category. What followed was five years she describes as a "dumpster fire" — and the most meaningful chapter of her life.
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Why Mickey's first reaction to seeing two pink lines wasn't joy — and the deeply ingrained belief she had to unlearn befo...
Brittney Griner Built a Family, Got Detained, and Made It to Paris. Here's the Full Story.
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with WNBA legend and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her wife, attorney and advocate Cherelle Griner.
BG and Cherelle open up about building their family through IVF, navigating the donor selection process, and what it was like to bring baby Bash into the world — all while BG was preparing for the Paris Olympics and still processing everything that came before.
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How BG and Cherelle met at Baylor over a stolen milkshake — and why BG spent a month tracking Cherelle down.
Their deci...
Ally Love Built One of Peloton's Biggest Followings While Secretly Pregnant
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Peloton instructor, Brooklyn Nets host, Love Squad founder, and new mom Ally Love for one of the most honest conversations she's had about the journey to motherhood.
Ally opens up about the pregnancy she kept entirely private while teaching millions of riders every day. Not as a publicity move, but as an act of protection. After a long and unexpected road to starting her family, she wasn't ready to hand that moment over to the world. She wanted other women to see that you don't have to. That you can handle...
Lisa Leslie Reveals What it Cost Her to be a Mom and an WNBA Star
Skylar and Cassidy welcome basketball royalty: three-time MVP, four-time Olympic gold medalist, eight-time All-Star, and mom, Lisa Leslie.
Lisa discusses the pressure of being the face of the early WNBA while starting a family, her choice to bring her daughter on the road despite no support in place for working mothers, and how an emergency c-section did and did not impact her return.
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Feeling compelled to publicly apologize to fans for missing a season to give birth and recover
Playing alongside other moms and the financial and logistical...
Shawn Johnson Won Gold, But Wasn't Prepared For Postpartum Recovery
Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Olympian, NYT Bestselling author, and mom Shawn Johnson East. Shawn shares her mindset around motherhood when she was training and competing as a gymnast in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and discusses how injury and retirement turned her sense of self upside down, as well as how navigating marriage, miscarriage, and motherhood grounded her again.
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Shawn's wishlist for all new mothers, including appointments with pelvic floor therapists, dietitians, and marriage counseling. How pregnancy helped Shawn recover from an eating disorder. Shawn and her husband Andrew East's new book...ANDMOM | Official Trailer | Premieres May 14
Motherhood doesn’t mean hitting pause on your ambition or your identity, but it does mean navigating a new version of yourself. ANDMOM shares never-before-heard stories from some incredible women such as Shawn Johnson, Lisa Leslie, Ally Love and Brittney Griner about navigating work, motherhood, and the messiness of it all.
Skylar is a 7x WNBA all-star, Olympic Gold Medalist, and mom. Cassidy is a host and reporter covering the biggest names and stories in sports and mom. Like their guests, they navigate family and career in the public eye and have lots to say about the pressures, th...
