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Podcast 297: What Data Can Do for Parents with Emily Oster

On this week’s episode, Emily Capodilupo, WHOOP Senior Vice President of Research, Algorithms, and Data is joined by Economist and Parenting Expert Emily Oster.

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The pair discusses Emily Oster's background and journey from economist to parenting expert, the lack of research in pregnancy and parenting, navigating caution in pregnancy, receiving pushback from physicians, and presenting some of the biggest surprises in parenting research. Plus, policy changes and parenting aid, the best time to have children, family planning, and unpacking some listener Q’s.

Episode Chapters

  • 0:00 - Cold Open
  • 00:15 - Intro
  • 1:50 - Dr. Emily Oster’s Background
  • 2:55 - From Economist to Parenting Expert
  • 3:45 - Lack of research in Pregnancy and Parenting
  • 5:36 - Caution and lack of understanding in Pregnancy
  • 8:11 - Pushback from Physicians
  • 12:28 - Creating parent data
  • 15:56 - Navigating social media & debunking parent’s fears
  • 19:58 - Biggest surprises in research
  • 21:41 - Policy changes needed to aid parenting
  • 22:15 - Best age to have children?
  • 23:26 - Inner Ad Read
  • 24:00 - Best age to have children
  • 28:37 - Family Planning: How to ease pregnancy
  • 41:01 - Listener Qs
  • 56:16 - Outro

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