
ParentData with Emily Oster
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Latest episode: Thu Mar 06 2025
Parenting is full of decisions — starting the moment you learn you’re pregnant (sometimes before) and continuing indefinitely. For the past decade, Emily Oster has been a guide through the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood using data. She translates the latest scientific research into answers to the questions people have in their day-to-day lives. ParentData brings Emily together with other experts in areas of pregnancy and parenting to talk about some of the most complicated of these issues, from labor induction to food allergies to parenting through a divorce. Each conversation brings us closer to Emily’s mission: to create the most informed generation of parents by providing high-quality data that they can trust, whenever they need it.
- Mar6Goodbye, for now4mins
- Feb27An Expert Roundtable on Trying to Conceive57mins
- Feb20How to Baby-Proof Your Relationship: Navigating a new marital landscape53mins
- Feb13All About Vaccines: Why they’re important, and how to make them more tolerable for your child46mins
- Feb6Understanding Risk, Living With Uncertainty12mins
- Jan30It’s Never Too Late for Pelvic Floor Therapy: Why it’s about more than Kegels44mins
- Jan23Tamron Hall's Late-Night Panic Google14mins
- Jan16How to Talk to Your Doctor: Navigating important conversations about your care51mins
- Jan9ParentData Presents: Raising Parents - "Should You Have Kids?"50mins
- Jan2Understanding Panic Headlines: How studies that influence your parenting choices get published46mins
- Dec26Is Gentle Parenting Best? What the evidence says16mins
- Dec19Researching the Importance of Paid Leave: A look into how studies are conducted43mins
- Dec12Bess Kalb's Late-Night Panic Google13mins
- Dec5Why Is Nutrition So Stressful? The challenge of navigating “good” food choices45mins
- Nov28ParentData Presents: The Lonely Palette's "Mary Kelly's Postpartum Document (1973-78)"46mins
- Nov21It’s Not Hysteria: How women’s health gets overlooked45mins
- Nov14It's The Placenta Episode!29mins
- Nov7Racial Disparity in C-Section Rates: Unpacking bias in the medical system39mins
- Oct31Ultra-Processed Foods: What they are and whether we should worry16mins
- Oct24The Power of Local Politics: How Vermont is revolutionizing child care43mins
- Oct17Steve Levitt's Late-Night Panic Google12mins
- Oct10All About Midwives: What they do, and how they differ from OBs44mins
- Oct3Shawn Johnson's Late-Night Panic Google14mins
- Sep26It's A Podcast Anniversary Q&A! You asked, Emily answered67mins
- Sep19Caitlin Murray's Late-Night Panic Google13mins
- Sep12Phones and the Importance of Play: Are phones really to blame for the decline in kids’ mental health?50mins
- Sep5Chelsea Sodaro's Late-Night Panic Google12mins
- Aug29(Part Two) Kids, Screens, and Schools: How worried should we be?43mins
- Aug22Ask Bubbie's Late-Night Panic Google13mins
- Aug15(Part One) Kids, Screens, and Schools: How worried should we be?39mins
- Aug8Myleik's Late-Night Panic Google12mins
- Aug1Every Kid is a Math Kid: Debunking the myths around learning math46mins
- Jul25Mandy Moore's Late-Night Panic Google10mins
- Jul18Ozempic 101: A doctor explains the data and science behind weight-loss drugs52mins
- Jul11Ezra Klein’s Late-Night Panic Google10mins
- Jul4The Value of Camp: What a tech-free summer teaches kids41mins
- Jun27Jackie Oshry’s Late-Night Panic Google12mins
- Jun20Raising Boys: Another side of gender equality44mins
- Jun13Abby Phillip's Late-Night Panic Google12mins
- Jun6Why Kids Can't Read: How we missed the mark on literacy education51mins
- May30Ophira Eisenberg’s Late-Night Panic Google13mins
- May23The Kids Are Actually Alright: Is parental anxiety too high?44mins
- May16Claire Holt's Late-Night Panic Google10mins
- May9Better Sleep for Older Kids—And Their Parents: Making a plan, post-crib45mins
- Apr25How to Talk to Your Doctor About Risk: Lessons from our book, “The Unexpected”53mins
- Apr11Doulas For All: How Senator Samra Brouk is changing birth in New York40mins
- Apr9Bonus Episode: Dr. Becky and the Bad Therapy Conversation50mins
- Mar28Parenting Trends Throughout History: We’ve always done it wrong … and also right39mins
- Mar14How to Create Community: Showing up for each other in a spiritual and secular world52mins
- Feb29Birth Control After Kids: IUDs and vasectomies and tubal ligation, oh my!39mins
- Feb15Household Division of Labor: Making the invisible work fair, if not equal53mins
- Feb1Let’s Talk About Sex (After) Baby: Staying connected over the long term49mins
- Jan18Staying Active, Starting Again: Exercise in pregnancy and postpartum44mins
- Jan4Learning to Speak: Understanding the babbling black box39mins
- Dec25Bonus: Telling the Truth About Marriage with Young Kids with Majka Burhardt35mins
- Dec21Parenting Through Grief: The impossible state of needing while giving37mins
- Dec14Choosing to Induce: How a randomized trial gave birth to a new era in obstetrics50mins
- Nov30Self-Care without Candles: Redefining wellness for parents41mins
- Nov16How to Weigh the Risks of Social Media: A conversation with the Surgeon General33mins
- Nov2Let’s Talk Puberty: Supporting our kids through the cringe50mins
- Oct19Parenting Through Divorce: The ultimate "no option C"41mins
- Oct5Introducing Allergens: What we've been getting precisely wrong46mins
- Sep21High-Achieving Kids: The culture of never enough39mins
- Sep14Official Trailer: Relaunching ParentData with Emily Oster2mins
- Jul31Expecting Better with Amy Schumer and Dr. Sara Reardon49mins
- Jul13Random Acts of Data with Dr. Anupam Jena36mins
- Jun12Representation in Children’s Books with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman35mins
- May25Ask Emily: All Your Questions About Running With Laura Green39mins
- Apr24How to Talk to Kids About Diets, Weight, and Food with Virginia Sole-Smith29mins
- Apr17One Mother's Story of CMV in Pregnancy with Megan Nix26mins
- Apr14Race, Values-based Care, and Advocating for Yourself With Erica Chidi31mins
- Apr5Parenting Through Challenges with Dr. Kelly Fradin22mins
- Mar22Ask Emily: Your Personal Questions on Parenting22mins
- Mar15Bonus: Book Talk with Hillary Frank (The Longest Shortest Time)44mins
- Mar6Telling the Truth About Marriage with Young Kids with Majka Burhardt26mins
- Jan25Ask Emily: Your Personal Questions on Career20mins
- Jan9Puberty, Postpartum, and Adaptation with Lauren Fleshman and Molly Huddle33mins
- Dec20Ask Emily: Your Personal Questions on Marriage17mins
- Dec8Parenting in America with Jessica Grose and Yael Schonbrun29mins
- Oct24How to Get Kids to Eat Their Lunches with Marnie Hanel28mins
- Sep28Bonus: Ask a Pediatric Urologist26mins
- Sep21Bonus: The Power of Data & Its Limits45mins
- Sep12How to Talk to Kids About Sex with Miranda Featherstone29mins
- Aug29(Re)Creating School for Every Child with Michael Horn26mins
- Jul11Understanding Gun Violence with Megan Ranney25mins
- Apr12Pelvic Health with Emily Oster and the Vagina Whisperer21mins