Monuments to Motherhood
Monuments to Motherhood is a salon-style podcast series exploring the interconnected themes of motherhood, caregiving, artmaking, and monumentalization. Serving as a companion to artist Molly Gochman’s large-scale installation pieces of the same name, the podcast uses the sculpture series as a springboard for exploration. Much like the work, which celebrates the enduring support of caregivers across generations, host Molly Gochman expands our understanding of intimacy, care, play, and community through conversations with artists, activists, and caregivers.
Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Monuments to Motherhood
Latest Episodes
Episode 1: Men, Men, and More Men
On a stroll through Central Park, Molly Gochman and her friend and fellow artist Eve Biddle observe and discuss the (primarily male) monuments on the Literary Walk an...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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24:27
Episode 2: Monumentalization
Our inherited monumental landscape in the United States is bleak. Molly speaks to two people changing that: Paul Farber, the executive director of the Philly-based Monument Lab, which is helping birth a new generation of monuments across the co...
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Episode 2
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33:36
Episode 3: Your First God
What do we expect caregiving to look like, and what does it actually look like? Molly talks to singer-songwriter, journalist, activist, and Executive Director of Black Trans Women Inc. Diamond ‘Stylz’ Collier, and NBC and MSNBC anchor, journali...
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Episode 3
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32:05
Episode 4: Value & Care
Molly and her guests discuss how care work is valued differently depending on the race, class, and gender of who’s putting in the work. Author and Philosophy Professor Dr. Alexandra Bradner elucidates an “ethics of care,” a topic she teaches at...
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Episode 4
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28:23
Episode 5: In Private, In Public
Artist and activist Michelle Browder gives Molly’s friend Lawanna Kimbro a tour of the monument Browder created, Mothers of Gynecology, and the surrounding historic communities in Montgomery, Alabama. Molly explores the importance and ...
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Episode 5
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28:41