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What happens when society tells you, you have nothing to claim but "zero"? You make a podcast for the Childfree & Fencesitter community. Vanessa is a news producer with a schedule filled to the brim, and Daliyce is just trying to fill her schedule with anything but kids. Join us as we share our hilariously honest life experiences living childfree in a world full of mommy blogs.
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For our first guest of the season we’re chatting with Paulette! She’s the childfree Latina hosting La Vida Más Chèvre and breaking down cultural brainwashing. Paulette would love to connect with you so hit her up @pauletteeratoSupport the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
After a failed attempt to get the incomparable Iris Apfel to join the pod while she was still with us, Daliyce has decided she’s the perfect Childfree icon to start out Season 4 HerStory with!Happy Birthday Daliyce!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
On today’s episode Vanessa shares a post from r/childfree about whether it’s a good idea to lie to your colleagues about having a kid to benefit from “parent perks”. Could you manage to keep the lie going?Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Welcome to Season 4! We’re starting with a big honest update and Vanessa is getting candid about how she feels about being a fencesitter and how she’s gotten to this point. Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Today we’re celebrating our Season 3 Finale and Episode 150! We’ve just returned from our Childfree Cruise with the adults only cruise line Virgin Voyages! We had an incredible time and we hope you’ll join us for the next one!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
We have some great things coming up for you, our podcast friends, and we’re spilling the beans early! Today’s episode is a quick breakdown of some of the things you can expect for Season 4, which begins April 2!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
The final Reddit episode of Season 3 is a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t communicate properly in your relationship. Whether or not you want to have a kid can change and if you aren’t honest with your partner, it can also change your relationship. Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Back before we had an Instagram or an email, in Episode 4, we had our very first guest! So we thought for our final Season 3 guest, we'd check back in with Bekah; so many things have changed!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
For over 2 decades Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show, which he took over from Johnny Carson. He and his wife, Mavis, are childfree by choice and are known to donate to important charities for women’s rights. With the money not donated, Jay is often adding to his collection of over 300 vehicles!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
One of our best episodes, if we do say so ourselves! This episode is all thanks to Laura for suggesting a great Reddit from r/AITA about a dad and his new Childfree girlfriend. Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Happy New Year and Cheers to 2024! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and managed to do exactly what you wanted, no matter how big or small. Sending lots of love and reminding you all how much we appreciate our listeners!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Today we’re chatting with Taren! She was born and raised by her grandparents on the island of Kauai. By creating boundaries and keeping some people in her life at a distance, she’s been able to live her childfree life just how she wants and is thriving in San Francisco! Just what we like to hear about our friends ;)Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Who could it be this week? You’ll just have to listen as Vanessa shares the story of a very famous man who we all know…Happy Holidays To All!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
This week Daliyce has a Reddit post asking, what if? What if one day you walked into the doctor’s office feeling a little gassy and all of a sudden you’re giving birth?! Some people know exactly what they’d do and others aren’t so sure. Have you ever seriously thought about this scenario of having a cryptic pregnancy?!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Last season on episode 80, we discussed ways to talk about your choice to be childfree. It was a popular episode and we’re always coming up with new ways to have a conversation about your lifestyle choice so we went for round two!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Today we are chatting with childfree by choice couple Mayra and Carlos! Even though both of them grew up under the expectation and pressure to have kids they were lucky enough to find love and support in one another. Now they spend their days making music, napping, and loving their fur babies! Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
We’re back this week with a 2 for 1 like the old days! First Daliyce has decided that if you want children but pass way before being able to have any, you’re childless. Then, Vanessa gives us some motivation to never give up on a dream, no matter your age!Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
This week Vanessa has a Facebook post about people hosting guests via Airbnb and what sort of limitations they have. Home sharing has its up and downs but if you’re choosing to be a host, can you decide not to allow children? What are your thoughts?Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
Todays discussion is an extension of the Childfree Convention panel: Childfree in the media. Lucky for us, Vanessa has a broadcast journalism degree and works at a local news station! She’s bringing so much knowledge and insight we hope you can learn from. Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
We were so grateful to have this chat with today’s guest. Johanna shares her story of getting approval for sterilization at a young age and navigating the medical field on her journey to becoming a Doctor. If you have any questions for her send them to us at claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com.Support the showPatreon: patreon.com/claimingzeropodcastEmail: claimingzeropodcast@gmail.comIG/FB: @claimingzero
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