What the Midwife Said

Midwife Leah Hazard talks to award-winning editor, writer, speaker, podcast host, and digital media consultant (who likes talking and thinking about women and work) Jenn Romolini.

Show Notes

Leah Hazard talks to award-winning editor, writer, speaker, podcast host, and digital media consultant (who likes talking and thinking about women and work) Jenn Romolini about why motherhood is a "fucking scam". Her 2017 book "Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures" was named one of the best leadership books of the year by Fast Company and the “best personal development and human behaviour” book of 2017 by Porchlight Books.

Jenn is the former Vice President of Content for Zooey Deschanel's HelloGiggles and the deputy editor of Lucky Magazine and her recent work has appeared in The New York Times, Audible, Catapult, ELLE, and many others. In 2019, she was chosen as one of ten authors to create The New York Times's “Working Women’s Handbook” and she is currently working on heer second book, “Ambition Monster,” a memoir about the connection between ambition and trauma.

Oh, and she co-hosts a weekly podcast for women over 40 with her old boss, former Sassy editor and Lucky Mag editor-in-chief, Kim France. It’s called Everything Is Fine. 

You can join the conversation on social media using #whatthemidwifesaid and follow @whatmidwifesaid on Twitter for podcast updates.

What is What the Midwife Said?

Welcome to the podcast all about how babies and families are made.

In this series, working midwife, mother and bestselling author Leah Hazard speaks to remarkable women and men from all walks of life about fertility, birth, pregnancy and parenting.

She explores the way we see our bodies and our relationships, the choices we make as we build our families, and the highs and lows that those choices can bring.

No judgment, no shame.

Just real stories, and all the warmth, wit and compassion you’d expect from a visit with your favourite midwife.

Guests include dynamic, diverse voices - some familiar and some fresh - from Lorraine Kelly, Dr Amir Khan and Emma Barnett to athlete/adventurer Anna McNuff, author Katherine May, activists Tinuke Awe and Clotilde Abe who founded the FivexMore campaign highlighting racial disparities in maternal health, and many more.

Subscribe, leave a rating and get involved in the conversation on social media using the hashtag #whatthemidwifesaid.