Miscellaneous
What’s it like to become a single mother by choice? What are the challenges of life as a single mom and working musician? Today Amy and Nick talk to Amy’s friend and collaborator Jess Ivry about how she decided to become a mom, how she got pregnant, and what it’s been like as a mother. This topic was of particular interest to Nick given his longstanding research and forthcoming book on the economics of single motherhood. And as a refresher for younger and/or more forgetful listeners, Murphy Brown was a TV character played by Candice Bergen who made headlines in the early 1990s when she decided to have a child on her own, both on her TV show and in real life. Her decision was criticized by then Vice President Dan Quayle during the 1992 election, turning her into a cultural touchstone.