Summary
Where has the fun gone in parenthood? In this special episode, Robert is joined by Delise Germond and Ginny Tran—hosts of the podcast Blessings and Motherhood from Classical Conversations®—to talk about the joys of parenting, the national birth rate decline, the behind-the-scenes of producing the Classical Conversations podcasts, and how to figure out major life decisions with your spouse. After their conversation, Robert provides insight into the recent bank failures and explains the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet. Then, Will concludes the episode by considering how Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse may impact the future of crypto.
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“What I have seen in social media for myself is people portraying motherhood as, ‘It’s too hard,’ ‘My kid is acting out again,’ ‘I just don’t want to do this anymore!’ And I think we need to look at it in more of a joyful lens—you know, see it through the Lord’s eyes.”
Ginny Tran
“Number one, we are making our kids our gods. And so, that backfires when you do that. But then, number two, if you are only talking about the hard, if you are only talking about the sacrifice, then you are really not doing parenting justice, because it is a lot of fun and it is rewarding.”
Delise Germond
Topics
- Intro to Delise Germond and Ginny Tran [0:45]
- What Delise and Ginny hope listeners take away from Blessings and Motherhood [3:30]
- Podcasts versus blogs and vlogs [4:48]
- What is Blessings and Motherhood? [5:31]
- How the idea of Blessings and Motherhood came about[5:59]
- Delise and Ginny’s favorite moments from Blessings and Motherhood [8:05]
- The behind-the-scenes of the Classical Conversations podcasts [9:55]
- Advice for anyone starting a podcast [11:00]
- The national birth rate decline: why is this happening? [14:23]
- Why are young couples choosing not to have kids? [18:01]
- Why Delise and her husband moved to a mini-farm [21:46]
- Why Ginny and her husband opened several bakeries [24:39]
- On figuring out major, difficult decisions with your spouse [27:35]
- Ginny’s experience as a Foundations Tutor [31:45]
- Farewell to Delise and Ginny [33:54]
- “Current Events Discussion”: Bank Failures: Part 2 on the Fed Balance Sheet [34:40]
- Ad: Words Aptly Spoken Book Club [41:29]
- “Classical Crypto”: How the SVB collapse may impact crypto [42:19]
- Outro [46:50]
Mentions
- Blessings and Motherhood
- Podcasts | Classical Conversations
- Foundations | Classical Conversations
- Pursuing God in Every Season with Tara Furman: Part 1 | Blessings and Motherhood
- Pursuing God in Every Season with Tara Furman: Part 2 | Blessings and Motherhood
- Mindsets for Moms with Allie Beth Stuckey | Blessings and Motherhood
- You’re Not Enough (And That’s Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love by Allie Beth Stuckey | Amazon
- Blessings and Motherhood | Instagram
- Looming Enrollment Cliff Poses Serious Threat to Colleges | BestColleges
- Blessings and Motherhood | Facebook
- Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet | Statista
- M2 Definition and Meaning in the Money Supply | Investopedia
- What Is Quantitative Easing (QE), and How Does It Work? | Investopedia
- Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis | Full VICE Special Report | YouTube
- Silicon Valley Bank | SVB
- FedNow Service
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- XRP | Ripple
- Bitcoin
