RIP My Witches

Meet the #Tradwives!

In this special International Women’s Day episode of Baby Talk Radio, Courtney and Vivienne dive into the viral world of tradwife content—an aestheticized online movement romanticizing traditional homemaking roles. They break down who these women are, why their content resonates, and how social media algorithms fuel the trend. Through an engaging mix of cultural analysis, humor, and media literacy, they explore the intersection of nostalgia, gender roles, capitalism, and internet virality. From sourdough starters to subliminal messaging, this episode unpacks the appeal—and the potential implications—of the tradwife phenomenon. This episode was created as part of KPFA’s International Women’s Day special programming.

Pt. 2 RIP My Witches; Ritual at the Airbnb!

HAPPY HALLOWS EVE BABIES!!! To learn of the aftermath of the WITCH-CRAZE I need all Babies to gather 'round. For this spell I require: one ear of you, the essence of your sexiness, & the cackle which you laugh! Fall under our spell and lets explore: how 'witchcraft' and fallen Witches shaped Medicine today, in what ways is 'Magic' still alive, and who's being a Poser Wannabe WITCH?! Share your witchy ways with us / let us know the VIBES!?!? DM us on Instagram @babytalkradiofm or email us at babytalkradio@gmail.com [babytalkradio@gmail.com] !!!! Sources: 1. Witch Hunt in Salem (Documentary) [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Chgl3r_vkkeQYhmPxAcDqizZGcNIjaB7lRpJ8cEsngE/edit#heading=h.rhclu0na0xxn] 2. Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society [https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witchcraft-and-reproductive-health] 3. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers [https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/ehrenreich-barbara/witches.htm] 4. Bever-WitchcraftFemaleAggression-2002.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlKLVQG_rKiOZJFgRoKdb_J-AknR0njF/view?usp=drive_link] 5. How Witches' Brews Helped Bring Modern Drugs to Market | Science| Smithsonian Magazine [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-witches-brews-helped-bring-modern-drugs-market-180953202/]  6. Witches: Real Origins, Hunts & Trials | HISTORY [https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches]  7. A History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html]  8. Witchcraft | Definition, History, Varieties, & Facts | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft]  9. History of medicine | History & Facts | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine]  10. Witchcraft & Medicine: DEETJEN-WITCHCRAFTMEDICINE-1934.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LCsfFKrGk_HvsE9byvnWctasG3VWDgZG/view?usp=share_link] 11. The Myth of the Persecuted Female Healer.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B-wM-0opJ1p0wjUsYf523mEU99IrQdPs/view?usp=share_link] 12. Salem Witch Trials: Historical Demonization Of Female Bodies [https://www.nbranbergpt.com/salem-witch-trials-demonization-women-history/] 13. Witches, Nurses, and Midwives: How They Connect [https://www.thegypsynurse.com/blog/witches-nurses-midwives/] 14. Despite being seen as witches, these women's use of plants helped modern medicine [https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/home-garden/maureen-gilmer/2018/10/28/despite-being-seen-witches-these-womens-use-plants-helped-modern-medicine/1740817002/] 15. A Note from the Collections: Midwives and Healers in the European Witch Trials [https://imss.org/2019/12/18/a-note-from-the-collections-midwives-and-healers-in-the-european-witch-trials/] 16. Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society [https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witchcraft-and-reproductive-health] 17. Physicians & Witchcraft - Witchcraft, Women & the Healing Arts in the Early Modern Period - Research Guides at University of Alabama [https://guides.library.uab.edu/c.php?g=1048546&p=7609218] 18. Why Witchcraft Is On The Rise [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/Witch Hunt in Salem (Documentary) Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers Bever-WitchcraftFemaleAggression-2002.pdf How Witches' Brews Helped Bring Modern Drugs to Market | Science| Smithsonian Magazine Witches: Real Origins, Hunts & Trials | HISTORY A History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem Witchcraft | Definition, History, Varieties, & Facts | Britannica History of medicine | History & Facts | Britannica Witchcraft & Medicine:DEETJEN-WITCHCRAFTMEDICINE-1934.pdf The Myth of the Persecuted Female Healer.pdf Salem Witch Trials: Historical Demonization Of Female Bodies Witches, Nurses, and Midwives: How They Connect Despite being seen as witches, these women's use of plants helped modern medicine https://imss.org/2019/12/18/a-note-from-the-collections-midwives-and-healers-in-the-european-witch-trials/ Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society Physicians & Witchcraft - Witchcraft, Women & the Healing Arts in the Early Modern Period - Research Guides at University of Alabama https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/witchcraft-juliet-diaz/605518/]

RIP My Witches

BOO BABIES!!! Fall under the spell of this incantation!!! Hop upon this broomstick and fly with us through history to take a look at true HATER-ISM at its finest: THE WITCH CRAZE! Let us share with you what it really means to be a witch in the 14th century, other than being a BAD B*TCH! Attitude, birthmarks, too SEXXY! BEWARE! Thou might lose thy life for the crime of SEXINESS! Sources: 1. Witch Hunt in Salem (Documentary) [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Chgl3r_vkkeQYhmPxAcDqizZGcNIjaB7lRpJ8cEsngE/edit#heading=h.rhclu0na0xxn] 2. Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society [https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witchcraft-and-reproductive-health] 3. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers [https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/ehrenreich-barbara/witches.htm] 4. Bever-WitchcraftFemaleAggression-2002.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlKLVQG_rKiOZJFgRoKdb_J-AknR0njF/view?usp=drive_link] 5. How Witches' Brews Helped Bring Modern Drugs to Market | Science| Smithsonian Magazine [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-witches-brews-helped-bring-modern-drugs-market-180953202/]  6. Witches: Real Origins, Hunts & Trials | HISTORY [https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches]  7. A History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem [http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html]  8. Witchcraft | Definition, History, Varieties, & Facts | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft]  9. History of medicine | History & Facts | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine]  10. Witchcraft & Medicine: DEETJEN-WITCHCRAFTMEDICINE-1934.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LCsfFKrGk_HvsE9byvnWctasG3VWDgZG/view?usp=share_link] 11. The Myth of the Persecuted Female Healer.pdf [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B-wM-0opJ1p0wjUsYf523mEU99IrQdPs/view?usp=share_link] 12. Salem Witch Trials: Historical Demonization Of Female Bodies [https://www.nbranbergpt.com/salem-witch-trials-demonization-women-history/] 13. Witches, Nurses, and Midwives: How They Connect [https://www.thegypsynurse.com/blog/witches-nurses-midwives/] 14. Despite being seen as witches, these women's use of plants helped modern medicine [https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/home-garden/maureen-gilmer/2018/10/28/despite-being-seen-witches-these-womens-use-plants-helped-modern-medicine/1740817002/] 15. A Note from the Collections: Midwives and Healers in the European Witch Trials [https://imss.org/2019/12/18/a-note-from-the-collections-midwives-and-healers-in-the-european-witch-trials/] 16. Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society [https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witchcraft-and-reproductive-health] 17. Physicians & Witchcraft - Witchcraft, Women & the Healing Arts in the Early Modern Period - Research Guides at University of Alabama [https://guides.library.uab.edu/c.php?g=1048546&p=7609218] 18. Why Witchcraft Is On The Rise [Witch Hunt in Salem (Documentary) Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers Bever-WitchcraftFemaleAggression-2002.pdf How Witches' Brews Helped Bring Modern Drugs to Market | Science| Smithsonian Magazine Witches: Real Origins, Hunts & Trials | HISTORY A History of Witchcraft Persecutions Before Salem Witchcraft | Definition, History, Varieties, & Facts | Britannica History of medicine | History & Facts | Britannica Witchcraft & Medicine:DEETJEN-WITCHCRAFTMEDICINE-1934.pdf The Myth of the Persecuted Female Healer.pdf Salem Witch Trials: Historical Demonization Of Female Bodies Witches, Nurses, and Midwives: How They Connect Despite being seen as witches, these women's use of plants helped modern medicine https://imss.org/2019/12/18/a-note-from-the-collections-midwives-and-healers-in-the-european-witch-trials/ Warts and All: Learn the Fascinating History of Witchcraft and Reproductive Health | New-York Historical Society Physicians & Witchcraft - Witchcraft, Women & the Healing Arts in the Early Modern Period - Research Guides at University of Alabama https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/witchcraft-juliet-diaz/605518/ ]

Summer Recap: Efficiently Maximizing the Vibes

Hey Babies! Join us for this episode where we reflect on our silly summer. Bringing it back to our first ep, our IN’s & OUT’s, tune in to see what ways we were able to MAXIMIZE the summer VIBES and what ways we were catting off!!! We also reflect on our adventures and what summer has taught us this year. Chat with us! Let us know how your summer was. What were the VIBES?!?!?!? DM us on Instagram @babytalkradiofm or email us at babytalkradio@gmail.com [babytalkradio@gmail.com] !!!! See you in the fall… better known as Summer pt. 2 !!

TikTok Relapsing My Way to a Nokia Brick Phone

Hey babies! Join us for this relaxed, chatty episode where we catch up on our lives as of late. Tune in as we discuss relapsing into phone addiction, contributing to capitalism, and how we cope with cute baby kitty iPhone games. We also read some fav picks from our listener email submissions (no hate mail 3) and appreciate your perspectives! If you have any thoughts on this episode or past eps, please feel free to email us at babytalkradio@gmail.com or DM us on IG @babytalkradiofm. <3