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Second Life
Book • 2025
In 'Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age,' Amanda Hess chronicles her journey through pregnancy and early motherhood, confronting the ways technology reshapes identity, anxiety, and parenting.
Through her personal story, Hess examines the impact of fertility apps, prenatal genetic testing, rare disease Facebook groups, and digital marketing on modern parenthood, offering a critical and often humorous look at how technology fractures and reconstitutes our lives.
Through her personal story, Hess examines the impact of fertility apps, prenatal genetic testing, rare disease Facebook groups, and digital marketing on modern parenthood, offering a critical and often humorous look at how technology fractures and reconstitutes our lives.
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
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PJ Vogt

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The Test
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as the author's new memoir about her experience of pregnancy and motherhood in the digital age.


Tonya Mosley

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Having A Child In The Digital Age
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about having a child in the digital age.

Kate Nibbs

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Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight
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in the introduction of the podcast.


Terry Gross

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President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest
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, about motherhood in the digital age and navigating technology.


Tonya Mosley

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Best Of: Education & A.I. / Having A Child In The Digital Age
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as a funny, poignant, and beautifully written book about being a millennial parent in the digital age.


Jon Favreau

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Momfluencers, Baby Gadgets, and the Perils of Parenting in The Digital Age
Explores the influence of technology on modern-day parenting.

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Having a Child in the Digital Age
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as a good read.

Kate Shaw

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Will the Courts Let Trump End Birthright Citizenship?
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as a book about what she discovered when she was pregnant in terms of how digital life influences impending parenthood.

John Williams

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What to read this summer
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about her pregnancy and son's early years, and her longing for technology to comfort her.


Amanda Hess

TBD | Online and Pregnant
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, detailing her experiences with technology during pregnancy.


Amanda Hess

Having a child in a digital economy
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as a memoir that explores how digital tools are reshaping everything from fertility and birth to parenting and identity.

Shumita Basu

How tech is transforming parenthood (for better or worse)
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as a book about the author's journey into motherhood during the hyper-digital age.


Elise Hu

Doree Shafrir

Episode 352: Motherhood in the Age of Surveillance with Amanda Hess
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about her pregnancy and son's early years, and her longing for technology to comfort her.


Amanda Hess

Online and Pregnant
Written by 

, detailing her experiences with technology during pregnancy.


Amanda Hess

Having a child in a digital economy