Season 1, Episode 589 · Steph & Laura
Our thoughts on Nara Smith & “doing it all”
16 Aug 2026 · 48 min
Episode notes
We listened to Nara Smith on Call Her Daddy and we want to talk about it. We share our thoughts on her correcting the record on being labelled a trad wife and how it’s not always empowering to tell women they can “do it all”. Plus! Steph is knitting again and the roast chook on a plane saga continues. WE MENTIONED The episode where we spoke about bringing a roast chook on the plane https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/you-brought-what-on-a-plane/id1457667995?i=1000779561341 The Call Her Daddy episode with Nara Smith…
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