About this episode

Tarla and Angela discuss various topics including AI's impact on women's jobs, birth trauma, and parenting support, featuring guest Holly Hunt.

Tarla and Angela cover a diverse range of stories this week! First, to the wins: including Sam Neill's masculinity and the New York initiative giving parents a night off. We share the reality of birth trauma in Australia and what more can be done to support women's health overall. Plus, we venture (again) into the women-and-AI discussion, following the Prime Minister's AI speech this week. In the second half of the pod, Women in Digital CEO Holly Hunt joins the podcast for a critical conversation on the women and AI, including concerns about women's jobs being at risk. You can learn more about Holly Hunt here . Plus check out our latest stories (and daily news coverage) on Women's Agenda, where you can also subscribe to our lunchtime daily news update . This week's discussed stories include: Zohran Mamdani's latest policy recognises what modern parents really need Strong and caring: In praise of Sam Neill's masculinity There is no 'bouncing back' from childbirth trauma without knowledge and resources Only one woman on Australia's highest-paid CEO list as top boss pockets $48 million AI could fast unwind our women’s workforce participation rate. We need more than historical…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tarla, Angela

Guest: Holly Hunt

Topics covered

• AI and women's workforce
• birth trauma
• masculinity
• parenting support
• women's health
• digital inclusion

Keywords

• AI displacement
• birth trauma
• masculinity
• parenting
• women's health
• digital inclusion
• Sam Neill
• Holly Hunt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women in Digital, Australasian Birth Trauma Association, PANDA

Places: Australia, New York

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