After a six-month break, Joni returns to the mic with an honest and fiery episode. She shares updates on her recent apprenticeship, dives into the tangled history of midwifery, and speaks candidly about licensure, free birth, and the deeper questions of autonomy in birth work. This episode is part personal reflection, part history lesson, and part call to reclaim traditional wisdom in the face of state control.

00:00 – 02:30 Introduction, welcome back after a long break, intention-setting for the episode.

02:30 – 07:30 Apprenticeship experiences, counting numbers for licensure through the PEP process, and reflections on traditional vs. licensed midwifery.

07:30 – 12:30 History of midwifery: ancient practices, witch hunts, granny midwives, propaganda campaigns by Rockefell ...