Mothers on the Couch: Sitcom Moms from 1949 to Today

On this episode, we’re talking about sitcom moms—from the polished homemakers of the postwar years to the fierce, flawed, and often funny mothers of today. The apron-clad matrons of the 1950s to the overworked, underappreciated, deeply human moms of the 2020s. We’ll track how they’ve changed—decade by decade—and ask what they reflect about women’s lives: in politics, in the workplace, and in the economy.