Angela Harris

Today we have a long awaited guest who has been on our wish list for months! Dr Angela L Harris joins us from North Carolina, where she’s busy curating a space to celebrate and empower Black Women who are Childfree with her platform @nobibsburpsbottles We had so much fun sharing and enjoying our commonalities while appreciating our different experiences and we hope you do, too!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today we have a long awaited guest who has been on our wish list for months! Dr Angela L Harris joins us from North Carolina, where she’s busy curating a space to celebrate and empower Black Women who are Childfree with her platform @nobibsburpsbottles We had so much fun sharing and enjoying our commonalities while appreciating our different experiences and we hope you do, too!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 124: Meet Childfree Guest, Dr Angela Harris

She’s a woman known by only one name, but are we mispronouncing it? Is she really Childfree? Daliyce is answering these questions and sharing so much more about the life of Oprah Winfrey!Happy International Childfree Day!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

She’s a woman known by only one name, but are we mispronouncing it? Is she really Childfree? Daliyce is answering these questions and sharing so much more about the life of Oprah Winfrey! Happy International Childfree Day!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 123: HerStory: Oprah

Today Vanessa reads from r/fencesitters that was posted by someone seriously reconsidering the idea of having children after adopting a new puppy! This is a topic often discussed by both parents and the childfree. Is having a pet similar to having kids or are we comparing apples to crocodiles?Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today Vanessa reads from r/fencesitters that was posted by someone seriously reconsidering the idea of having children after adopting a new puppy! This is a topic often discussed by both parents and the childfree. Is having a pet similar to having kids or are we comparing apples to crocodiles?<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 122: Reddit Reads - Dogs vs Kids

Today we have Part 2 of a great topic  from Season 1 Ep 29; Daliyce and Vanessa are discussing current TV and Movies and how they represent the childfree community. Potential spoilers ahead!FYI: this was recorded prior to Hulu’s HIMYF season finale, where the fates of Val &amp; Charlie are revealed.Link to ABC article Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today we have Part 2 of a great topic  from Season 1 Ep 29; Daliyce and Vanessa are discussing current TV and Movies and how they represent the childfree community. Potential spoilers ahead! FYI: this was recorded prior to Hulu’s HIMYF season finale, where the fates of Val &amp; Charlie are revealed. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/more-women-are-choosing-not-to-have-kids-and-society-cannot-cope/11160788" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link to ABC article</a> <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 121: Childfree Representation in TV & Movies

This week we’re chatting with a childfree couple! Angela knew she’d be better off without children after spending time caregiving for parents and then devoting time to parent herself and her inner child. Jack is a scientist involved with climate change and sees academia as a profession that just doesn’t fit well with being a parent. Their biggest advice to other couples? Keep checking in with each other and confirm you’re still on the same childfree page!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

This week we’re chatting with a childfree couple! Angela knew she’d be better off without children after spending time caregiving for parents and then devoting time to parent herself and her inner child. Jack is a scientist involved with climate change and sees academia as a profession that just doesn’t fit well with being a parent. Their biggest advice to other couples? Keep checking in with each other and confirm you’re still on the same childfree page!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 120: Meet Childfree Couple, Angela & Jack

Jessi Combs

This week Vanessa tells the story of the fastest woman on 4 wheels, Jessi Combs! When we say being Childfree means more time for hobbies, we mean keeping house plants alive, but this woman decided her “hobby” would set her on the path to break the women’s land speed record! What have you done today?!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

This week Vanessa tells the story of the fastest woman on 4 wheels, Jessi Combs! When we say being Childfree means more time for hobbies, we mean keeping house plants alive, but this woman decided her “hobby” would set her on the path to break the women’s land speed record! What have you done today?!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 119: HerStory: Jessi Combs

It’s our first crossover episode and we’re teaming up with the Basic and Boujie Podcast! All four of us are sharing our thoughts on a Reddit post brought to the group by Daliyce and r/childfree. Follow Basic and Boujie on YouTube &amp; IG @basicandboujiepodcastSupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

It’s our first crossover episode and we’re teaming up with the Basic and Boujie Podcast! All four of us are sharing our thoughts on a Reddit post brought to the group by Daliyce and r/childfree. Follow Basic and Boujie on YouTube &amp; IG @basicandboujiepodcast<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 118: Reddit Reads w/ Basic and Boujie

This week we’ve found yet another reason to live Childfree. If we’re lucky enough, we’ll grow old and experience many of life’s adventures in our Golden Years. Without children, we think that experience gets a lot better. But, that’s just our opinion ;)Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

This week we’ve found yet another reason to live Childfree. If we’re lucky enough, we’ll grow old and experience many of life’s adventures in our Golden Years. Without children, we think that experience gets a lot better. But, that’s just our opinion ;)<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 117: Reasons to be Childfree: Aging Gracefully

Today Dane joins the pod and shares his deep passion and joy for the childfree community! He’s so excited about it, he even wrote a book! Check him and his book out @forgethavingkidsimhavingfunSupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today Dane joins the pod and shares his deep passion and joy for the childfree community! He’s so excited about it, he even wrote a book! Check him and his book out @forgethavingkidsimhavingfun<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 116: Meet Childfree Guest, Dane

Martha Graham

Todays episode involves two big passions for Daliyce: living Childfree and Dance. She shares the life and legacy of Martha Graham, the mother of Modern dance and a true icon in the dance world. Do you have a passion that’s purposefully enveloped your life thanks to living without kids? Share it with us!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Todays episode involves two big passions for Daliyce: living Childfree and Dance. She shares the life and legacy of Martha Graham, the mother of Modern dance and a true icon in the dance world. Do you have a passion that’s purposefully enveloped your life thanks to living without kids? Share it with us!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 115: HerStory: Martha Graham

What happens when society tells you, you have nothing to claim but "zero"? You make a podcast for the Childfree &amp; Fencesitter community. Vanessa is a news producer with a schedule filled to the brim, and Daliyce is just trying to fill her schedule with anything but kids. Join us as we share our hilariously honest life experiences living childfree in a world full of mommy blogs.Music by audionautix.com.Support the show and “buy us a coffee or two” https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzeroEmail - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comInsta/FB - @claimingzero

The Reddit topic today comes from r/AITA and it’s not even specific to being Childfree. Do you feel like you’re expected to babysit on a whim because you have “so much time”? Have you ever been left out of your family plans simply because you’re “other”? It’s another discussion about being the outcast and fighting back for yourself. Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

The Reddit topic today comes from r/AITA and it’s not even specific to being Childfree. Do you feel like you’re expected to babysit on a whim because you have “so much time”? Have you ever been left out of your family plans simply because you’re “other”? It’s another discussion about being the outcast and fighting back for yourself. <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 114: Reddit Reads - Babysitting Expectations

You know you don’t want kids, but how do you make sure it doesn’t happen? Today Vanessa &amp; Daliyce are talking birth control and abortion. Then we’re joined by Haley, who recently underwent sterilization surgery. Everyone has their own way of deciding how not to have kids, so let’s remember to respect those choices. Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

You know you don’t want kids, but how do you make sure it doesn’t happen? Today Vanessa &amp; Daliyce are talking birth control and abortion. Then we’re joined by Haley, who recently underwent sterilization surgery. Everyone has their own way of deciding how not to have kids, so let’s remember to respect those choices. <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 113: Ways to Avoid Having Kids

Today we have Nancy from Austin, who shares her childfree journey with us. She loves her partner and their 3 dogs, baking, and the freedom to visit wineries and breweries anytime! Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today we have Nancy from Austin, who shares her childfree journey with us. She loves her partner and their 3 dogs, baking, and the freedom to visit wineries and breweries anytime! <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 112: Meet Childfree Guest, Nancy

On today’s episode, Vanessa shares the story of the hilarious and mucho talented, Pedro Pascal! Some of his recent roles have him playing fatherly figures, but does that make him a good candidate for becoming a father or is he just a good actor? And, is he really even childfree? Tell us what you think!Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

On today’s episode, Vanessa shares the story of the hilarious and mucho talented, Pedro Pascal! Some of his recent roles have him playing fatherly figures, but does that make him a good candidate for becoming a father or is he just a good actor? And, is he really even childfree? Tell us what you think!<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 111: HimStory: Pedro Pascal

Here comes the controversy! Daliyce found a Reddit that immediately stuck out as something that would ruffle some feathers. Is there a concrete definition of what it means to be Childfree, or is it a broader umbrella with grey areas? Tell us your thoughts (in a kind way plz!)Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Here comes the controversy! Daliyce found a Reddit that immediately stuck out as something that would ruffle some feathers. Is there a concrete definition of what it means to be Childfree, or is it a broader umbrella with grey areas? Tell us your thoughts (in a kind way plz!) <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 110: Reddit Reads - Is “Childfree” a Spectrum?

Today's episode is a reminder that there are childfree people all around the world! However, depending on what country you live in, your ability to remain childfree and continue to have a choice varies. To read more about the articles discussed in this episode, see links below.https://time.com/6265842/south-korea-birth-rate-military-service-exemption/https://apple.news/ABuDjE42HTqCct53LtZYxTwhttps://chronicle.lu/category/medical/44762-luxembourg-to-introduce-free-contraception-from-1-aprilhttps://www.yinovacenter.com/blog/chinese-postpartum-traditions-today-6-practical-things-for-a-modern-4th-trimester/#:ü:text=In%20the%20Chinese%20tradition%20of,rest%20and%20feed%20the%20babySupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Today's episode is a reminder that there are childfree people all around the world! However, depending on what country you live in, your ability to remain childfree and continue to have a choice varies. To read more about the articles discussed in this episode, see links below. <a href="https://time.com/6265842/south-korea-birth-rate-military-service-exemption/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://time.com/6265842/south-korea-birth-rate-military-service-exemption/</a> <a href="https://apple.news/ABuDjE42HTqCct53LtZYxTw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.news/ABuDjE42HTqCct53LtZYxTw</a> <a href="https://chronicle.lu/category/medical/44762-luxembourg-to-introduce-free-contraception-from-1-april" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chronicle.lu/category/medical/44762-luxembourg-to-introduce-free-contraception-from-1-april</a> <a href="https://www.yinovacenter.com/blog/chinese-postpartum-traditions-today-6-practical-things-for-a-modern-4th-trimester/#:ü:text=In%20the%20Chinese%20tradition%20of,rest%20and%20feed%20the%20baby" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yinovacenter.com/blog/chinese-postpartum-traditions-today-6-practical-things-for-a-modern-4th-trimester/#:ü:text=In%20the%20Chinese%20tradition%20of,rest%20and%20feed%20the%20baby</a><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 109: Childfree News Around the World

Surprise! No, this hasn’t turned  into a reality show recap podcast. We just found out we’re both obsessed with Love is Blind and after a reunion like that, we had to share our two cents! Let us know how you’re feeling Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB - @claimingzeroSupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Surprise! No, this hasn’t turned  into a reality show recap podcast. We just found out we’re both obsessed with Love is Blind and after a reunion like that, we had to share our two cents! Let us know how you’re feeling  Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com IG/FB - @claimingzero<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Mini Episode - LIB Reunion Recap!

When you think of the nomadic lifestyle, RV’s and the open road are synonymous. This week Kendra shares her incredible journey (thus far) with us and brings an entirely new childfree perspective to the pod. TW: discussion of suicideGet in touch with Kendra @kendracontinuesSupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

When you think of the nomadic lifestyle, RV’s and the open road are synonymous. This week Kendra shares her incredible journey (thus far) with us and brings an entirely new childfree perspective to the pod.  TW: discussion of suicide Get in touch with Kendra @kendracontinues <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 108: Meet Childfree Guest, Kendra

Coco Chanel was a milliner, business entrepreneur, couturier, mistress to many, and an anti-semite. You read that right! This weeks episode gets into all the juicy details of the Childfree life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.Support the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

Coco Chanel was a milliner, business entrepreneur, couturier, mistress to many, and an anti-semite. You read that right! This weeks episode gets into all the juicy details of the Childfree life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 107: HerStory: Coco Chanel

This week Vanessa has a Reddit post that discusses what it’s like being an Auntie, when you just don’t feel the vibes with your niblings… aka your siblings kids/nieces/nephews! Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comInsta/FB - @claimingzeroSupport the showEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comFB/IG: @claimingzero

This week Vanessa has a Reddit post that discusses what it’s like being an Auntie, when you just don’t feel the vibes with your niblings… aka your siblings kids/nieces/nephews!  Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com Insta/FB - @claimingzero<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Email: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com FB/IG: @claimingzero

Ep 106: Reddit Reads - Being an Aunt is Hard

What happens when society tells you, you have nothing to claim but "zero"? You make a podcast for the Childfree &amp; Fencesitter community. Vanessa is a news producer with a schedule filled to the brim, and Daliyce is just trying to fill her schedule with anything but kids. Join us as we share our hilariously honest life experiences living childfree in a world full of mommy blogs. Music by <a href="http://audionautix.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">audionautix.com</a>. Support the show and “buy us a coffee or two” <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero</a> Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com Insta/FB - @claimingzero

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