Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

In this engaging discussion, journalist Fortesa Latifi shares insights from her interview with Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of a notorious former YouTuber. Shari opens up about her new memoir, highlighting her staunch belief that family video influencing should be outlawed. They dive into the dark side of family vlogging, touching on themes of familial abuse and personal freedom. The conversation also explores the ethical implications of sharing children's lives online and the cultural reflections that arise from these controversial narratives.

The number one question Dr. Jennifer Lincoln gets asked as an OB-GYN who gives fact-based information on Instagram is "IS THIS NORMAL?" Because these days it is truly hard to figure out what is. Instagram and TikTok influencers are putting out more misinformation than ever about women's bodies. Dr. Lincoln joins us to dispel myths, provide fact-based advice, and talk about her journey to using Instagram to educate. We're getting into the challenges of finding reliable information, the dangers of social media "experts", and practical tips for making informed decisions about birth plans and reproductive health.Learn all about Dr. Jennifer Lincoln and follow her here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, wanted to delve deeper into why so many Americans struggled to live well as they aged. And she began to wonder what was in store for her own second fifty. Suddenly, the questions she’d been studying for years became personal: How long will I live? Will I be healthy? Will I lose my memory? How long will I work? Will I have enough money? Where will I live? How will I die? Whether you are approaching fifty, into your later years, or caring for someone who is, you’ll find a wealth of wisdom in this episode.Buy The Second Fifty here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do you want more of in 2025? I want more travel, more friend stuff, more adventure. We're digging into all of it with Glynnis on today's episode. I also want money and security and I think it is OK to say those things out loud. We also have special guest Ophira Edut of the Astrotwins, my favorite astrologist, to tell us what the stars have in store for us in the next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if all of the women in the world just decided to stop helping tomorrow? The world would shut the hell down, is what would happen.One of the things that I've realized about myself is that I am an intensely over committed, pathetic people pleaser. I am always offering to help way more than anyone ever expects. My guest today, Amy Wilson wants us to recognize this about ourselves. She isn't here to help us fix it, but just to see it. Amy has always been the ultimate helper. She describes herself as a big sister, a girl scout, a faithful reader of teen magazines, a personal assistant and a mom of three. And she's always kind of thought that it was her destiny to be a people pleaser, to put other people first. Until it all got to be too much.You can order Amy's book HAPPY TO HELP here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new year isn't just about resolutions – it's about revolution. Your professional and personal revolution. It's about reclaiming the lead role in your life's story. Today, we're chatting with my very best friend Jackie Cascarano about how she went from lawyer, to working in academia to coaching women through career and life transitions with her business Juno Women's Collective.🚀 Listen in as we explore the journey of reinvention and finding your true purpose. We talk about succeeding and failing and the ambition trap that far too many women fall into before they even realize what it is they want out of life.Learn more about Juno here.Follow Jackie here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming at you live from Iceland to encourage you to book that friend vacation in 2025. Or better yet ask your husband to give it to you as a Christmas gift.We spend so much time planning our kids play dates and their activities that we forget to do these things for ourselves. No more. We cannot be our best selves without taking time for ourselves. Let's talk about the joys of me time, of friend vacations and doing absolutely nothing in a new place while I soak in a hot spring on a black lava beach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we're taking a deep dive into the world of a 16-year-old TikTok star who wants to change the industry as we know it and ensure that the next 20 billionaires are females under 25. Sloane Price is wildly ambitious in ways I couldn't have imagined possible when I was a teenager. And today we're talking about her business plans, the ways that brands and agencies take advantage of teen girl influencers (plus how she wants to fix it) and why the teenage influencers today are the future of celebrity marketing.You can follow Sloane on TikTok here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we're dropping an episode of We've Got Issues in your feed that's been getting a lot of attention. We all want a village, or so we say? But where is it? How do we find it? How do we keep it? And once we get it will we actually be happier?You can binge all the episodes of We've Got Issues here.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's way too easy for social media to make us feel like crap. But the things that shame us or guilt us, or make us want to throw our phones across the room often say more about our own demons and trauma than they do about the influencers themselves.Today we're joined by journalist Fortesa Latifi who went down a rabbit hole of jealousy looking at one influencer's birth pics.We're also diving into the exquisite stupidity of push presents and whether or not you should feel guilty about wanting to go right back to work after giving birth.Follow Fortesa's Substack here. This is her article about Pookie's birth.Join our newsletter community here.Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here.Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices