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Maybe Baby
by Haley Nahman
The Maybe Baby podcast is a mixed bag of interviews, advice, and unfiltered thoughts on the topics of culture, politics, the internet, and being alive. It's a supplement to my weekly written newsletter. New episodes every Wednesday. haleynahman.substack.com
Episodes
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Dear Danny: My bf's addicted to junk food
Today we’ve got: a recently out queer person who’s new partner is pressuring them to become poly for political reasons, a friend who’s gone “eyebrow blind,” a boyfriend who recently confessed to being a “deeply closeted bisexual,” a toxic ex our questioner wants to sleep with, an in-law’s…
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#237: Blame it on the beauty industry
Hey! Last week I wrote about personal and political scapegoats and the heaven/hell of having something to blame all your problems on. The original inspiration for that essay was, randomly, a recent experience I had taking a new license photo, which had me thinking about the beauty industry in a…
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Dear Danny: Should I get a boob job?
A forbidden work crush, a boyfriend who’s taking a new hobby too seriously, an “overprotective” boyfriend, a hot guy who isn’t good in bed, a woman questioning whether to get a boob job, and a meet-cute involving rabies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
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Dear Danny: Can we discuss my friend's selfie face?
Hey! Welcome back to Dear Danny. Today we’ve got seven questions: On an unfortunate selfie face (obviously we talk about this for like 30 minutes), an ill-conceived butt slap, a semantic in-law problem, a fear-of-authoritarianism relationship gap, a nose-picking coworker, a friend fully ignoring...
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Dear Danny: How do I make peace with marrying the wrong guy?
Hey! Welcome back to Dear Danny. Today we chit chat for a loooong time then answer six reader questions. We discuss: * a meet-cute-gone-wrong (when she finds his Instagram) * how much a woman can expect her husband to change his lifestyle when they’re trying to get pregnant (and his semen…
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Dear Danny: Should my boyfriend give me money?
Ladies (gender-inclusive), It’s that time of the month! Danny’s back and we’re answering seven questions today. We have a will-they-won’t-they (on a trivia team), stoner in-laws who want to take care of the baby, a new kind of depression, a little choir drama, an annoying friend who wants to take…
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🎧Voice Note: Before you set a resolution
Hello! So happy to be back with a Voice Note, a.k.a. solo podcast, for the first time in a while. This week I’m talking about a big lesson I learned last year (in my case about childcare) that might be relevant as you think about setting goals or resolutions for 2025. Missed you,Haley This is a...
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🎧Dear Danny: Decoding the love-bomber
Hello and welcome back to Dear Danny! Today we’ll be discussing the ethical boundaries of “boys night,” who should foot the bill on a date, the complexities of addiction inside a relationship, the reason men love-bomb (from a love-bomber himself), how to handle a relative falling for a romance...
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🎧Dear Danny: The in-law episode
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com Hey! It’s mid-month which means it’s time for Danny and me to answer your burning questions. So hard to choose. This round we picked six: On navigating PMS-inspired fights (when you don’t want your feelings...
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🎧Dear Danny: Can I innocently cheat?
Hi! Welcome back to Dear Danny. Today we’ve got NINE questions to answer: on “innocent” cheating, a boyfriend with a coke habit, a clingy coworker, a 12-year relationship that’s never felt exactly right, a friends-to-lovers arc, three separate questions on sex-troubled relationships, and a...
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🎧Dear Danny: Should I end my relationship?
Hey! Welcome back to Dear Danny. Today we’ve got: an anxious husband, a bad kisser, a two-year breakup pattern, a move-in crisis, a narcissistic brother, a boring relationship, and the mystery of love! I already published the introduction to this episode on the 3rd, so we’re going to be diving...
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🎧 Expectations vs reality: baby edition
Hey! As a followup to my conversation with Harling and Crystal, I wanted to hone in on my most frequently asked question: What’s surprised me about motherhood? In this episode I tell you nine things about having a baby that have turned out totally different than I expected, in good ways and bad....
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🎧 Baby gossip (w/ Harling & Crystal)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com Hi!! I’m back on the sauce (listening to my own voice a sickening amount). Kicking things off with an episode about having a baby, with my friends Harling and Crystal, who also just had babies. I do want to...
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🎧Dear Danny: Am I allowed to want abs?
Hey! Your boy is back this week for an extra long round of Dear Danny. As I mentioned this past Sunday, today we’ll be answering four written questions and two call-ins that cover what to do when a joyful relationship with food and exercise becomes haunted by the pursuit of abs, why an open...
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🎧 Dear Danny: Should I move to the sea?
Hello! It’s time for another episode of Dear Danny. Today we’ll be answering questions about whether sexual attraction is 100% necessary at the beginning of a relationship, what to do if your friends are never on time, what to do if you see your romantic partner do something TRULY DISGUSTING…
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🎧: The morality of the influencer
Hello! I got a great question in my Dear Baby bank last month that felt better suited to a solo podcast than my written column, so I’ve decided to dedicate an entire episode to it. It concerns influencing, sponcon, advertising, selling out, and what constitutes a morally impactful choice in any…
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🎧: A big Q&A about “trying”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com Hey! After revealing on Sunday that Avi and I are trying to have a kid, I am finally prepared to unload the 1,000+ thoughts I have on this process, the decisions that led to it, and what I’ve learned since I...
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🎧 Dear Danny: Should I rat out my boss?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com Hey! Welcome to another episode of Dear Danny, Danny’s-on-a-haunted-ranch edition. Today we’ll be answering six questions, about asymmetrical friendships, whether to rat out a lying boss, an...
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🎧 Dear Danny: Does romance count if you're high?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com Hey! It’s Dear Danny time. This week we’re answering questions about friend envy, birthday sadness, romance on drugs, regrettable favors, body hair, and falling in love with a friend. Thanks for listening,Haley
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🎧 Voice Note: The false promise of "settling down"
Hi! Back with a Voice Note today about aging, and especially the cultural scripts around what happens as you do it. On Sunday I mentioned that my 30s have been more dynamic than cultural scripts indicated they would, and in this episode I talk more about what I meant by that. This is not a…
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🎧 The Nathan Fielder Rorschach test
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit haleynahman.substack.com This week I invited Avi and Harling back on the podcast to debrief on Nathan Fielder’s new show The Rehearsal and all the dramatic discourse surrounding it. Two pieces we reference are “The Cruel and Arrogant...
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🎧: Secret daydreams, w/ Harling Ross
Good morning, I asked my good friend Harling Ross to come back onto the podcast today to discuss Leslie Jamison’s essay “Dreaming in Broad Daylight” for Astra Mag, which we both loved. This conversation is about the piece specifically, but also about what it means to write honestly (versus...
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🎧 Dear Danny: I found my boyfriend's secret Twitter account
Hi! Danny’s back and rested up like a good boy. Today we have a full ep for you answering five questions: on finding a boyfriend’s secret Twitter account, on grappling with the politics of weddings, on dreading going to weddings, on the loneliness of living alone, and how to know if it’s worth...
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🎧: Good luck & bad choices w/ Dr. Barry Schwartz
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! Very excited to welcome the psychologist Dr. Barry Schwartz to the podcast...
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🎧 Dear Danny: Is infidelity a deal-breaker?
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! Welcome back to Dear Danny, my podcast version of Dear Baby wherein my…
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🎧: Which celeb shall we project on today?
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! Welcome back to Pop Quiz, my semi-regular pop culture roundup, this time…
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🎧 Dear Danny: Can we split the bill?
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! Today we’re back with another episode of Dear Danny, in which my friend…
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🎧: 13 going on 34 w/ Avi
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! Today, random man Avi Bonnerjee comes on the pod to discuss this month’s…
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🎧: Who gets to be beautiful? w/ Jessica DeFino
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! This week I invited beauty critic Jessica DeFino on the pod to talk about...
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🎧: Spiraling: An Instagram Story
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! So happy to have on my friend Michelle Uranowitz this week to discuss...
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🎧: Behind the scenes of couples therapy
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! Today’s episode is inspired by how earnestly I cried at the end of the…
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🎧 Dear Danny: Should I blow up my life?
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! My friend Danny is back for another round of Dear Danny, the...
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🎧: Marriage & kids (or neither) w/ Leslie Price
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! This week’s episode is about getting married and having kids, or choosing to...
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🎧: "Good taste" versus "on trend" w/ Connie Wang
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! This week I brought on my friend Connie Wang, executive editor of…
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🎧: F*****g up as a good thing w/ Verena von Pfetten (part 2)
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! Welcome back to part 2 of my convo with Verena von Pfetten. Dare I say who…
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🎧: F*****g up as a good thing w/ Verena von Pfetten (part 1)
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! Excited to share part 1 of my conversation with Verena von Pfetten…
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🎧: Good horny v. bad horny w/ Allison P Davis
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey, This week I invited Allison P. Davis onto the podcast to talk about...
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🎧 Dear Danny: On virginity, dysmorphia, & fashion faux pas
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hi! So happy to say it’s time for another round of Dear Danny: my monthly visit...
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🎧: "Good on paper" relationships w/ Catherine Saint Siena (pt 2)
My Tuesday podcast is typically for paying subscriber of Maybe Baby, but I’ve just unlocked all my 2020 episodes as an end-of-year thank you. (Ty!) To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app” from your phone. Hello! Last week I aired part 1 of my conversation with my friend...
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🎧: How to work w/ Catherine Saint Siena (pt 1)
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hello! This week’s podcast is special because the guest is my friend and…
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🎧: Big nepotism energy w/ Avi & Harling
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hello! Thrilled to share I’ve invited my team of pop culture analysts, Avi...
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🎧: How to be sad w/ Nora Taylor
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Good morning! Today I brought on my favorite sad girl, Nora Taylor, to discuss...
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🎧: Planet Hollywood w/ Laura Bannister
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Good morning! This week I brought on my friend and talented writer Laura…
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🎧: Dark & private thoughts ft. my siblings
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Good morning on this average Tuesday, This week I invited my favorite people in...
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🎧: Digesting internet snark w/ Alicia Kennedy
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hey! This week I brought on culture, food, and climate writer Alicia Kennedy to...
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🎧: The 'Emily in Paris' ep! Ft. Avi & Harling
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Coucou! Welcome to a special Emily in Paris extravaganza, featuring my boyfriend...
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🎧: Life, death, & internet haters, with T Wise
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week. Hello! This week I brought on my good friend and brilliant writer T Wise to talk...
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🎧: Teen feelings w/ Amalie and my parents
You’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week like a real girl. Hey everyone, The day has come…my parents are on the pod. Per a...
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🎧: Unpacking Emrata's feminism w/ Mallory Rice
You’re receiving this email because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! This is my Tuesday weekly podcast. To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Hi! Thanks so much for all your thoughtful engagement under my last newsletter, “#24: The Emily Ratajkowski...
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🎧 Talking s**t w/ the infamous Danny
G’day and welcome to the Maybe Baby podcast, In today’s episode I chat with my good friend Danny about everything from peeing in the shower to middle school style, fashion week, and the point of siblings (he’s an only child). Around the 20-minute mark we tell the famed story of when I took Danny…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Maybe Baby podcast is a mixed bag of interviews, advice, and unfiltered thoughts on the topics of culture, politics, the internet, and being alive. It's a supplement to my weekly written newsletter. New episodes every Wednesday.
haleynahman.substack.com
HOSTED BY
Haley Nahman
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