She was told a career meant giving up motherhood. She proved everyone wrong. Faith Calhoun grew up inside the political machine — door-knocking as a kid, working the U.S. Capitol, running social media for gubernatorial campaigns. She's seen how the system really works. But the most important thing she learned wasn't about politics at all. It was about the lie women are sold: that career and motherhood are an either/or — and that choosing family means you've somehow failed.cIn this episode, Faith pulls back the curtain on how social media rewired politics and culture — from paid commenters and bot-like behavior to the outrage economy that rewards extremism over truth. But she also gets deeply personal about what the feminist movement got wrong, why women are told they have to choose between a career and a family, and what motherhood actually teaches you that no job ever could.What we get into:

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