Listed below you will find links to the entire library of podcasts from Indie Birth (it is massive!!!) including all podcasts from Taking Back Birth, Midwifery for the People, and the Birth Warrior Podcast.

They are grouped by subject to make it easier to find what you are looking for.

We have Birth Politics and Philosophy, Birth Stories, Fertility and Pre-conception, Labor and Birth, Miscarriage and Loss, Mothering, Midwifery, podcasts for Birth Partners, the Postpartum, Pregnancy, Spirituality/Mindfulness/Womanhood, our Walk and Talk Series with Maryn and Margo, and finally a list of all the podcasts that also have transcripts available for those who prefer to read!

Birth Politics and Philosophy

• You Are Not Alone: Building the Community of Powerful Women
• How Giving Up Being a “Midwife” Led Me to the True Power of Freebirth
• Why the System Never Told You About Undisturbed Birth
• Beautiful Breech: Opening the Doors to an Option Many Women Are Told Isn’t Possible
• How to Keep “The State” Out of Your Vagina During Labor
• The Midwife Myth: How to Hire an Expert Who Isn’t An Agent of the State
• Don’t Hire a Midwife Without Asking These Questions
• Blending the Sacred and Scientific To Build the New Midwifery Paradigm
• Bridging the Gap Between the Old and New Paradigms: An Interview With Dr. Stuart Fischbein
• A Close Look at the Wise Woman Tradition
• The Metaphysics of Birth: Empowering Ourselves For a New Paradigm
• The Death of Midwifery Regulation: 5 Clues the End is Near
• My Baby Almost Died, But Was Saved By X: Productive Ways to Change the Paradigm
• The Indie Birth Manifesto: What We Believe
• How You’ve Been Programmed to Tolerate Compromise In Your Birth Choices
• Serving Women Who’ve Birthed Many Babies: Dispelling the Myths
• Are You Too High-Risk For Homebirth?
• Moving Beyond the World of Black and White Birth Options
• The Truth About Birth Centers
• How Indie Birth Will Support You to Create Your Own Birth Community
• Unpacking the Midwife’s Birth Bag: Ending Women’s Dependence on Tools and Technology
• A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How to Keep Hospital Ritual Out of Your Homebirth
• No Fear Birth Work: How Angela Gallo is Changing the World
• Doing It At Home: Behind the Scenes of the Popular Home Birth Podcast
• Haters Gonna Hate: Social Media and the New Birth Paradigm
• Restoring Women’s Choice For Vaginal Breech Birth: My Chat with Researcher Dr. Rixa Freeze
• Changing the World For Families: The Uncensored Story of Indie Birth
• Exploring Autonomy in Birth
• Talking About the State of Birth with a “Badass OB,” Nathan Riley MD
• Why Health Insurance Shouldn’t Factor Into Your Birth Plan
• ANOTHER chat with the Badass OB, Nathan Riley
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #1: An Eavesdropping Episode with Genesis
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #2: An Eavesdropping Episode with Stacey of Sacred Body
• Badass Business Coaching for Birth Workers #3: An Eavesdropping Episode with Zara from New Zealand
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #4: Exploring How to Combine the Doula and Apprentice Midwife Roles with Lindsey
• Badass Business Coaching for Birth Workers #5: Dez the Doula is Launching Her Doula Business!
• Another Conversation with Jennifer Summerfeldt: Her Origin Story and Eschewing Even the Radical Rules Around Birth
• “You’re Not Allowed” to Not Allow Me
• Stories of Homebirth Mamas in Hawai’i with Dr. Alexandra Kisitu 
• Mixing Doulas and Insurance: One Woman’s Take
• Reclaiming Birth: An Interview with Kristen Nagle of the Reclaiming Birth Conference
• The Mystery of Birth: An interview with Margo & Jake Haber
• Inside the Great Birth Rebellion with Dr. Melanie Jackson
• Restorying Birth Work: Insights from Nicole Morales on Midwifery and Education
• The Wisdom that Shaped Me as a Young Musician

Birth Story Podcasts

• Indie Birth Mama: Jennifer’s Transformational Journey to Unassisted Birth
• How Kara Pushed Past Her Fears and Chose An Unassisted Birth
• Paala’s Journey From C-Section to Freebirth
• Ashley’s Amazing Journey From Cesarean to Freebirth
• Natalia’s Freebirth of Twins
• Sarah’s Super Fast Freebirth
• The Third Time’s a Charm: Julianna’s Freebirth
• A Year Later: Reflections on Margo’s Indie Birth
• Jane’s Breech Birth
• Siri’s Freebirth Story
• A Journey From a Special Scar Cesarean to Homebirth
• Well Actually…You CAN Birth a Breech Baby! An Interview With Ijeoma About Her Unassisted Breech Homebirth
• Annika Shares the Birth Story of Ruby
• Rachel’s Journey Through Eclampsia
• Julie and Joe’s First Homebirth
• A High-Risk Pregnancy and Birth Story
• Christina’s HBAC Story
• Margo’s Second Birth – Maryn and Margo Share Aero’s Birth Story
• Brittany and Conor Share Their Autonomous Birth Experience
• Emmy’s Story on the Birth Warrior Podcast
• Regina’s Story
• A Birth At the Ashram
• Annie’s Home Miscarriage and Rainbow Baby Freebirth
• “The only way out is through” – Lindsey’s Undisturbed Birth
• Born Under a Red Moon – Greta’s Undisturbed Birth
• Tapping into MotherWit – Amber RainMa’s Powerful, Sovereign Birth Story
• Doing the “Impossible” – Kristina’s Freebirth After Four Cesareans
• Operating out of Faith – Aly’s Triumphant VBAC Story
• Listening to Her Womb – Maíra’s Births as Initiation into Authentic Midwifery
• Lykke’s Unwanted Cesarean as a Catalyst for Cyclical Living
• In Her Primal Power – Valerie’s Fourteen Birthing Journeys
• From High Risk to Stepping Into Her Heritage: Jordanna’s Birth Story
• Like a Freight Train – Megan’s Precipitous and Empowering Homebirth
• Going Deeper: Megan’s Second Birth as a Shift Into Feminine Consciousness
• Katrina’s Off-Grid Freebirth and the Need For Fostering Community
• Embracing Her Wild Nature: April’s Birth Story
• The Time I Had a Freebirth in the Hospital: Maryn and Margo Chat About Rumi’s Birth Story
• A Shoulder Dystocia and Resuscitation: The Indie Birth of Veda Rose
• When the Midwives Give Birth! Alisha’s Accidental Unassisted Birth of Justus
• Ecstatic Grief: Birthing Baby Sage Without a Heartbeat
• Reflections on the One Year Anniversary of Rumi’s Birth
• “Do I Have To Do It This Way?”: Skye’s Freebirth to River Kawai, Making Yourself Unavailable For Unsolicited Advice While Pregnant, and The Importance of Sister Support During The Maiden To Mother Rite of Passage
• Connection with the Sacred Land and the Ceremony of Aurora’s Birth with Sacha Louise
• A Homebirth After 3 C-Sections with Erny Jett
• Accessing Power as a First Time Mama: My Chat With Kirstin
• When Your Birth (Video) Goes Viral and Also Throws You Into Birthwork – A Chat with Kendra Johnson
• The Anniversary of Sable’s Birth/Death and Readings From My Journal (Re-Issue)
• A Twin Story With a Twist

Fertility and Pre-Conception Podcasts

• Am I Pregnant? Being Present in the Mystical Space of Not Knowing
• Episode 17: Actually You Can Observe and Tend Your Own Fertility
• In The Midwife’s Office #1 – Pre-conception Planning After Two Miscarriages
• From Long Time Veganism to Ancestral Foods with Bridget Nielsen
• My Communication With Spirit Babies
• The First Blood

Labor and Birth Podcasts

• How to Decide Who Should Be At Your Birth and Why It Matters
• “Is Homebirth Safe?” and Other Stupid Questions We Should Stop Asking
• Uncovering Your Hidden Talent For Making Perfect Birth Choices (For You)
• Labor Preparation: Why You Don’t Need It
• Birth Supplies: What You REALLY Need
• Rediscovering the Ancient Meaning of “Unassisted” Birth
• Exposing the Postpartum Hemorrhage Deception
• The Free Thinker’s Guide to Meconium
• Beautiful Breech: Opening the Doors to an Option Many Women Are Told Isn’t Possible
• Navigating the Waters: How to Assess Waters Opening Before Labor
• Demystifying the Posterior Baby
• But Who Cuts the Cord?
• A Year Later: Reflections on Margo’s Indie Birth
• The One About Getting Your Partner “On Board” With Homebirth
• A New Look at the Rebozo: a Chat With Gena Kirby
• Why Everyone is Rushing Your Birth
• When the Evidence Runs Out – Following Your Intuition in Birth
• Moving Beyond the World of Black and White Birth Options
• Questions For a Laboring Mom – An “In Labor” Interview with Scott Kirschenbaum
• 10 Steps For a Powerful Birth
• A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How to Keep Hospital Ritual Out of Your Homebirth
• All About Long Labors
• Kids At Birth
• When Homebirth Doesn’t Happen and Transport Becomes the Best Choice
• Talkin’ All About Fast Labors – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 3
• Coming Home: A Special Message For First Time Homebirthers
• Mothers At Birth: How to Make the Right Decision For You About Inviting Your Mother To Your Birth
• The Six Steps of Healing For Birth
• Mantras For Birth
• How I Rewired My Brain to Remove Pain From My Birth Experience
• Unpopular Thoughts About Labor Pain
• The Honest Truth About Freebirth
• Recipe for a Perfect Birth
• Waterbirth? Yay or Nay?
• First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don’t
• Should I Have a Freebirth With My First Baby?
• February 2021 Q&A and Claiming Your Power!
• “Learn to be Patient”: The Birth Stories and Precious Wisdom of Midwife Francoise “Mamacita” Souverville
• 5 Birth Lessons from the Field
• The Experience of Death in Birth
• The Bar is So Low for Pregnant Women
• The “You Don’t Need Anything to Birth” Line
• How Your Husband Can Help At Your Birth
• 5 Things That Interrupt the Sacred Ceremony of Birth
• Birth and Our Sexuality with Stacey Ramsower
• Why You’ve Gotta Regulate Your Nervous System For Birth (and Life) with Lindsey Lockett
• Bringing Nothing to Birth
• The Power of Birth: The Initiation of the Human Soul and Divine Feminine
• When Doulas Become Cogs in the Wheel of Medicalized Birth
• Pregnancy In Isolation
• Sharing Some New Insights with You

Miscarriage and Loss Podcasts

• The Things We Don’t Talk About: Early Miscarriage
• Evie’s Story
• The Sacred Side of Miscarriage with Sabrina Wolf Moon
• Pregnancy After Loss: Straight Talk About Working Through the Challenges
• The Sable Journal: Selected Readings From My 15 Week Journey Carrying My Dead Son
• More On Pregnancy Loss
• The Deeper Experience of an Early Pregnancy Loss
• Dancing with Death In the Birth Space 
• Miscarriage as an Embodied Experience with Alyssa Rafidi
• How I Used Midwifery Knowledge to Navigate My Pregnancy Loss
• Sacred Paths: Conversations on Birth, Grief, and Healing with Stacey Ramsower
• The Magic of Miscarriage with Jessica Birnbaum Pratt

Mothering Podcasts

• Reflections on My First Year Living With a Deva
• Mothering #1
• Mothering #2: “Schooling” and Our Kids
• Mothering #3: Rites of Passage
• Mothering #4: Food, Eating and our Family
• Mothering Q&A
• Mothering #6 – My Kids’ Health and Wellness
• Mothering #7 – My Breastfeeding Journey
• Mothering #8: Sleep
• Mothering #9: Raising Magical Children
• Mothering #10: Kids and Money
• Mothering #11: Continued Breastfeeding Through the Toddler Years 
• The Magical Mama Circle and a Webinar Replay
• Mothering #12: Our Winter Solstice Traditions
• Sharing More About My Motherhood Journey: A Chat with Brittany Taylor

Podcasts About Midwifery

• A Midwife By the Numbers or a Midwife of the Heart: My Journey Through Apprenticeship and Beyond
• Thinking Beyond MEAC: A New Vision For Creating Midwives
• Unpacking the Midwife’s Birth Bag: Ending Women’s Dependence on Tools and Technology
• How to Take Care of Yourself So You Can Take Care of Others
• Balancing Mothering and Midwifery
• Restoring Women’s Choice For Vaginal Breech Birth: My Chat with Researcher Dr. Rixa Freeze
• Straight Talk About the New NRP Guidelines
• A Meditation For Midwives For Calming Fear
• A Conversation For Midwives About Taking Babies to Births
• Being In the “Flow State” At Births
• Spiritual Midwifery with RainMa
• A Chat With Midwife Kerrie Adams
• Chatting With Madeline of Believe in Midwifery
• Ask the Midwife: From Gloves to Cameras and Back Again
• The Birth Nerd Series: The Basics of Fundal Measurement
• From the Midwife Perspective: The Year’s Birth Experiences (a Review)
• January 2021 Q & A
• We Need More Midwives!
• Following Your Truth by Using a PMA (Private Membership Association)
• Midwifery as a Spiritual Practice
• My-So Called Life…With Book Recommendations!
• A Rant About Being a Good Little Girl (AKA Midwifery Licensing)
• Redefining Midwifery – Part 1
• A Trip Down (Birthy) Memory Lane – and Our Location Revealed!
• Is the Community Midwife Dead or is the Community Dead?
• Apprenticeship #1: What are the Stepping Stones on this Path?
• Work With a Midwife and Pass on the Freebirth If…
• More On Gifting Midwifery Care
• What I Hate About Births
• Taking Back (Kentucky) Birth
• The Physicality of Birth (and Life)
• What Is “Midwitchery?”
• Virtual Visits with Maryn
• My Call Into Midwifery
• Are You the Right Match for Me?
• Do Midwives Make Birth Safer?
• Being in the Bubble As the Midwife
• The Vision of an (Indie Birth) Birth Retreat Center
• Doula Training and Midwifery Training: Is Having Kids a Requirement? How Having Babies Impacted Me as a Midwife
• A Chat About Twins
• Why I Changed the Name of This Podcast
• Behind the Scenes Chat about Creating Our Kick Ass Midwifery School
• Face Masks, Education and Standing Up for Our Kids with Allan Stevo
• Exercising Your Freedom Muscles – All About Face Masks with Allan Stevo
• When I Cancelled NARM (and the CPM Credential)
• The Time Has Come For Women to Stand and Speak
• “Birth Isn’t That Big of a Deal”: A Fun and Inspiring Convo with the Combat Midwife
• Understanding the Landscape of Mental Health and Wellness in Pregnancy and the Postpartum with Jennifer Summerfeldt
• Offering Support to Midwifery Preceptors: A Mentoring Session with a Greek Midwife!
• Creating the New Midwifery with Blyss Young
• An Intimate Retelling of Indie Birth Story from Answering the Call to Radical Midwifery Retreat
• The Relationship Between Midwifery Education and Midwifery Regulation, a Lively Conversation with Jessica from Pacific Birth Institute and Bethel, Chair of the Alaska Board of Certified Direct Entry Midwives
• My 5 Beliefs About Birth
• How I’ve Changed as a Midwife
• What’s In Maryn’s Birth Bag?
• Winter Solstice and My Year in Review
• Honoring Our Yes or No in Birthwork
• Weird Things Midwives Are Taught
• Midwifery Is Broken
• A Real Life Story of a Midwife on Trial: an Interview with Angee Hock
• What if Midwifery Apprenticeship Looked More Like This?
• Birth is Not Like Cabinets
• Why Dopplers are Dumb (Or, the Overreliance on Technology)
• A Smorgasbord Blab about Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Shoulder Dystocia and “Stuck” Babies!
• When the Midwife is Blamed
• Midwifery and Gossip: the “Sister Wound”
• Birth is a Calling of the Divine
• Ways Midwives Overuse Technology
• Birth Trauma Can Happen In Anyone
• My Freebirth at the Hospital (a Remix) and Other Thoughts on the Feelings of Authenticity
• “What’s in the Birth Bag?” With Midwifery Student Sam
• Taking the Slow Route to Birth Attending
• Moving Away from the Word “Midwife”
• The Weaving Between Somatics and Birth Work
• Imagining the Virtual Apprenticeship as a Real Option
• How Do I Know I Want to Become a Midwife?
• Embodying the Midwife Archetype
• Working With HBAC Mamas
• From Australia to the US: Hannah Penaluna on Navigating Midwifery Autonomy and Regulation
• A Neither Here Nor There Blab on Birth, Death and Midwifery
• Restorying Birth Work: Insights from Nicole Morales on Midwifery and Education

Podcasts for Birth Partners

• The One About Getting Your Partner “On Board” With Homebirth
• Dad Edition #1 : From Hospital Birth to Home Birth Experiences; An Interview with Ed Sciulli
• Birth: the Greatest Opportunity For a Guy to Be a Man
• Birth: The Greatest Opportunity for a Guy to Be a Man
• The Initiation of Man: Two Nine-Time Fathers Talk About the Magic of Birth
• A Dad’s Journey into Home Birth

Postpartum Podasts

• The Sacred Postpartum: Creating Your Plan To Enjoy the Weeks After Birth
• A Close Look at Early Postpartum
• The Postpartum Body: How to Love Where You’re At!
• Why Jaundice Freaks Out Doctors and How to Protect Your Baby Anyway
• Completing the Childbearing Year, the 4th Trimester and Beyond
• Ending the Culture of Fear Around Tearing After Birth
• The First Few Days With a Newborn: What’s Normal?
• Coming Earthside: The Basics of Newborn Transition
• Restoring the Ancient Knowledge of the Postpartum with Rachelle Garcia Seliga
• Questioning Vitamin K Supplementation of the Newborn
• Placenta Talk with Ruth Goldberg
• Preparing for a Peaceful Postpartum with Julie Nitz
• 10 Tips For An Amazing Postpartum
• Who’s Touching Your Baby? Thoughts on the Newborn Exam
• Postpartum Body Recovery with Lisa Gillispie
• Neither Here Nor There: Dealing with the “Funk” of Days 3-5 Postpartum
• Getting to Know the “New You” at 6 Weeks Postpartum
• Getting Real About Postpartum – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 4
• Well Actually,….Steaming Your Vag is a Time Honored Tradition Across Cultures!
• All About the Postpartum Revolution, Pelvic Care, and Sex After Birth with Kimberly Ann Johnson
• A Radical Conversation about Birth Trauma and Healing with Jennifer Summerfeldt
• Well, Actually Episode 16 – Talking with Jessie Harrold about the MotherSHIFT, the Two+ Years of Transitioning into New Motherhood
• Wisdom About a Baby’s Transition Earthside
• The Fantastic First Hour After Birth
• Why I Love Placenta Birth
• Bottom Line for Baby – A Conversation on Whole-Brain, Mammalian Parenting with Dr. Tina Bryson
• Burying My Placenta with My Soul Sister
• All the Things That Create Optimal Breastfeeding
• The Tongue Tie Episode
• The Transformation that IS Postpartum
• Meditation for Mamas Who Have Birthed Recently
• 10 Principles that Guide Sacred Postpartum Care

Pregnancy Podcasts

• Taking Back Birth Episode 1: A Close Look At Prenatal Care
• Taking Back Birth Episode 2: Pregnancy Begins With Looking to the Inside
• Breaking Tradition in Prenatal Care – Taking Back Birth Episode 3
• Pregnancy Nutrition Made Simple – Taking Back Birth Episode 4
• What the (*&@ Do All Those Numbers Mean? A Crash Course in What “They” Are Measuring and Why During Your Prenatal Care – Taking Back Birth Episode 5
• All About Prenatal Testing in the First Trimester (Blood Work and Cultures) – Taking Back Birth Episode 6
• Healthy Ways to Support Your Pregnancy for the Indie Birth Mama – Taking Back Birth Episode 7
• Self-Sufficient Care in the Second Trimester – Taking Back Birth Episode 8
• What No One Ever Told You About Second Trimester Ultrasound
• How to Deal With Fear in Pregnancy
• Prenatal Bonding at 20 Weeks and Beyond
• The Truth About Gestational Diabetes No Doctor Would Ever Tell You
• Mid-Pregnancy Ramblings of a Mama at 25 Weeks
• The Natural Chemical You Need In Pregnancy
• A Close Look At the Last 10 Weeks
• Past the Due Date: Why the System Wants You to Freak Out and What to Do About It
• How Sara’s Using Essential Oils in Pregnancy
• Finding Support After a C-Section
• Ending the Fixation on “What You Don’t Want”: How to Get Clear on the Birth You DO Want
• Balancing the Unseen: Dealing With Emotions During Pregnancy
• The Free Thinking Woman’s Guide to Listening to Your Baby’s Heartbeat
• The Midwife Myth: How to Hire an Expert Who Isn’t An Agent of the State
• Don’t Hire a Midwife Without Asking These Questions
• Is This Normal? Why Does THIS Pregnancy Feel Different Than Your Others?
• Why Body Alignment Matters: What Every Pregnant Woman and Midwife Should Know
• Connecting With Your Inner Knowing: Using the Power of Sacred Sound in Pregnancy and Birth with Akasha Anne Belliveau
• Exploring Self-Care in Pregnancy with Amy Giove
• The Protective Benefits of Morning Sickness (And Other Theories)
• Does “Routine” Increase Risk in Pregnancy?
• Nutrition For the New Paradigm with Stephanie Vuolo
• 10 Pregnancy Nutrition Hacks
• Releasing Anxiety in Pregnancy
• Dispelling 10 Myths About Group B Strep
• Thoughts and Feelings at 32 Weeks
• The Prenatal Supplement Scam: How to Know What You Need
• When Will It Happen? Staying Present During the Weeks Before Birth
• Pregnancy After Loss: Straight Talk About Working Through the Challenges
• Listening to Your Female Animal in Pregnancy : An Interview with Jena la Flamme
• How Your Uterus Practices For Birth
• Wise Woman Nutrition For the Vegan Mama with Bridget Nielsen
• To Test or Not To Test? A Journey Through the Land of Pregnancy Tests
• Dealing With Depression and Anxiety
• The First Few Moons of Pregnancy
• Feeling Your Baby Move
• Prenatal Clinic Part I: Do you need a first prenatal visit?
• Walking Between the Worlds At the End of Pregnancy
• I Can’t Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues
• The Spiritual Experience of Early Pregnancy (And Yes, I’m Pregnant Again)
• 10 Questions to Ask Your Higher (Pregnant) Self
• In the Midwife’s Office #2: Visit with a 24 Week Mama- The Sweet Spot of Pregnancy
• In The Midwife’s Office #3: Visit With a 37 Week First Time Mama
• In The Midwife’s Office #4: Debriefing a Prior Postpartum Hemorrhage and Finding a New Way Forward
• In the Midwife’s Office #5 – Processing Birth Provider Trauma and Preparing for a Homebirth
• Meditation for Connecting with Your Baby In the Womb
• 3 Principles of Pregnancy Care from My Perspective
• Why Health Insurance Shouldn’t Factor Into Your Birth Plan (Re-Issue)
• Your Birth Desire
• Calling My Cervix Back to Me

Spirituality, Mindfulness and Womanhood

• The Metaphysics of Birth: Empowering Ourselves For a New Paradigm
• A Radical Approach to Healing Yourself & Helping Others Do the Same with Nekole Shapiro
• Birth Wisdom is Life Wisdom: Applying the Lessons of Labor to the Miracle of Life
• Sacred Blood: Embracing the Power of Birth Through the Sacred Moon Cycle
• Meditation For the Womb Space: Connecting With Your Internal Knowing
• Remembering the Power of the Sacred Blood Mysteries
• My Communication With Spirit Babies
• Re-Membering SHE: Lisa Lister’s Sacred Journey to Help Women Take Back Their Power
• Listening To My Spirit Baby
• Self-Care and Spiraling Up : No More Excuses
• Body Scan Guided Meditation to Raise Your Vibration
• How We Named Our Babies
• Behind the Scenes: The Magical Tale of Rumi Sol
• Craniosacral Therapy for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Newborns with Etienne Peirsmann
• Calling in My Ancestors
• Witchery 101 – and Thoughts About the World
• The Mother Wound
• Rumi’s Cave
• Welcome to Kentucky!
• An Interview With My 19 Year Old Daughter, Amelia
• Whether It’s Birth or Life, Be Authentic!
• Am I Done Having Babies?
• Self-Care is Not a Bubble Bath
• The Sexisode
• Sharing Our Brilliance at Indie Birth
• Ritual as a Tool for Meaning Making In Birth and Beyond with Day Schildkret
• The Indie Birth SANCTUARY
• Blessing and Meditation for Conscious Conception
• Saying YES to Cervix with Denell Barbara Randall
• Womb Medicine Stories with Qiddist Ashe
• The Deeper Shadow Side of Pregnancy and Birth and How We Support That as Midwives
• Borderline Witchcraft: Exploring Spirituality, Birth, and Margo’s Personal Journey
• Embodiment and Birth Work
• An Impromptu Womb Ritual
• The Mystery of Birth: An interview with Margo & Jake Haber
• The Lessons of One Year In Hawai’i
• Why Brighter Days and Darker Nights Matter For Your Fertility, Pregnancy and Mothering Journeys
• Why My Kids Don’t Go to Doctors
• Sacred Paths: Conversations on Birth, Grief, and Healing with Stacey Ramsower
• The Creative Impulse With Verena Borell
• Deep Rest and Our Energetic Fertility
• A New Return of the Great Mother (Replay)
• Wisdom of the Womb with Felicia Sokol
• Remembering Our Divine Purpose with Donna Maria Camps

Walk and Talk Episodes with both Maryn and Margo

• How Not To Go Crazy – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 1
• What Are These People Eating? – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 2
• Talkin’ All About Fast Labors – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 3
• Getting Real About Postpartum – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 4
• Midwifery For the People – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 5
• SHOWING the World the Truth About Birth – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 7

Podcasts with Transcripts Available

Listed below you will find links to the Indie Birth podcasts that also have a written transcription available. This list will grow as we work through previous podcasts until every one is available in both audio and written form.

• Taking Back Birth Episode 1: A Close Look At Prenatal Care
• Taking Back Birth Episode 2: Pregnancy Begins With Looking to the Inside
• Breaking Tradition in Prenatal Care – Taking Back Birth Episode 3
• Pregnancy Nutrition Made Simple – Taking Back Birth Episode 4
• What the (*&@ Do All Those Numbers Mean? A Crash Course in What “They” Are Measuring and Why During Your Prenatal Care – Taking Back Birth Episode 5
• Healthy Ways to Support Your Pregnancy for the Indie Birth Mama – Taking Back Birth Episode 7
• Self-Sufficient Care in the Second Trimester – Taking Back Birth Episode 8
• Indie Birth Mama: Jennifer’s Transformational Journey to Unassisted Birth
• What No One Ever Told You About Second Trimester Ultrasound
• How to Deal With Fear in Pregnancy
• Prenatal Bonding at 20 Weeks and Beyond
• How to Have an Indie Birth Preview!
• The Truth About Gestational Diabetes No Doctor Would Ever Tell You
• Mid-Pregnancy Ramblings of a Mama at 25 Weeks
• The Natural Chemical You Need In Pregnancy
• How to Decide Who Should Be At Your Birth and Why It Matters
• “Is Homebirth Safe?” and Other Stupid Questions We Should Stop Asking
• How Kara Pushed Past Her Fears and Chose An Unassisted Birth
• A Close Look At the Last 10 Weeks
• Uncovering Your Hidden Talent For Making Perfect Birth Choices (For You)
• The Sacred Postpartum: Creating Your Plan To Enjoy the Weeks After Birth
• You Are Not Alone: Building the Community of Powerful Women
• Labor Preparation: Why You Don’t Need It
• Birth Supplies: What You REALLY Need
• Past the Due Date: Why the System Wants You to Freak Out and What to Do About It
• A Close Look at Early Postpartum
• The Postpartum Body: How to Love Where You’re At!
• Why Jaundice Freaks Out Doctors and How to Protect Your Baby Anyway
• Rediscovering the Ancient Meaning of “Unassisted” Birth
• Paala’s Journey From C-Section to Freebirth
• How Sara’s Using Essential Oils in Pregnancy
• Completing the Childbearing Year, the 4th Trimester and Beyond
• Exposing the Postpartum Hemorrhage Deception
• Ending the Culture of Fear Around Tearing After Birth
• How Giving Up Being a “Midwife” Led Me to the True Power of Freebirth
• Why the System Never Told You About Undisturbed Birth
• Ashley’s Amazing Journey From Cesarean to Freebirth
• Finding Support After a C-Section
• Ending the Fixation on “What You Don’t Want”: How to Get Clear on the Birth You DO Want
• Natalia’s Freebirth of Twins
• The Free Thinker’s Guide to Meconium
• Balancing the Unseen: Dealing With Emotions During Pregnancy
• Beautiful Breech: Opening the Doors to an Option Many Women Are Told Isn’t Possible
• How to Keep “The State” Out of Your Vagina During Labor
• The First Few Days With a Newborn: What’s Normal?
• Navigating the Waters: How to Assess Waters Opening Before Labor
• Sarah’s Super Fast Freebirth
• The Free Thinking Woman’s Guide to Listening to Your Baby’s Heartbeat
• The Midwife Myth: How to Hire an Expert Who Isn’t An Agent of the State
• Don’t Hire a Midwife Without Asking These Questions
• Demystifying the Posterior Baby
• The Third Time’s a Charm: Julianna’s Freebirth
• Is This Normal? Why Does THIS Pregnancy Feel Different Than Your Others?
• Why Body Alignment Matters: What Every Pregnant Woman and Midwife Should Know
• The Things We Don’t Talk About: Early Miscarriage
• But Who Cuts the Cord?
• A Year Later: Reflections on Margo’s Indie Birth
• Connecting With Your Inner Knowing: Using the Power of Sacred Sound in Pregnancy and Birth with Akasha Anne Belliveau
• The One About Getting Your Partner “On Board” With Homebirth
• Coming Earthside: The Basics of Newborn Transition
• Blending the Sacred and Scientific To Build the New Midwifery Paradigm
• Bridging the Gap Between the Old and New Paradigms: An Interview With Dr. Stuart Fischbein
• A New Look at the Rebozo: a Chat With Gena Kirby
• Restoring the Ancient Knowledge of the Postpartum with Rachelle Garcia Seliga
• Exploring Self-Care in Pregnancy with Amy Giove
• The Protective Benefits of Morning Sickness (And Other Theories)
• Evie’s Story
• Jane’s Breech Birth
• A Close Look at the Wise Woman Tradition
• Does “Routine” Increase Risk in Pregnancy?
• The Metaphysics of Birth: Empowering Ourselves For a New Paradigm
• Why Everyone is Rushing Your Birth
• Placenta Talk with Ruth Goldberg
• Siri’s Freebirth Story
• Nutrition For the New Paradigm with Stephanie Vuolo
• Preparing for a Peaceful Postpartum with Julie Nitz
• The Death of Midwifery Regulation: 5 Clues the End is Near
• A Midwife By the Numbers or a Midwife of the Heart: My Journey Through Apprenticeship and Beyond
• My Baby Almost Died, But Was Saved By X: Productive Ways to Change the Paradigm
• When the Evidence Runs Out – Following Your Intuition in Birth
• How You’ve Been Programmed to Tolerate Compromise In Your Birth Choices
• 10 Pregnancy Nutrition Hacks
• 10 Tips For An Amazing Postpartum
• Releasing Anxiety in Pregnancy
• The Sacred Side of Miscarriage with Sabrina Wolf Moon
• Thinking Beyond MEAC: A New Vision For Creating Midwives
• Serving Women Who’ve Birthed Many Babies: Dispelling the Myths
• Are You Too High-Risk For Homebirth?
• Dispelling 10 Myths About Group B Strep
• Meditation For the Womb Space: Connecting With Your Internal Knowing
• Remembering the Power of the Sacred Blood Mysteries
• Moving Beyond the World of Black and White Birth Options
• The Truth About Birth Centers
• The Prenatal Supplement Scam: How to Know What You Need
• When Will It Happen? Staying Present During the Weeks Before Birth
• Questions For a Laboring Mom – An “In Labor” Interview with Scott Kirschenbaum
• Pregnancy After Loss: Straight Talk About Working Through the Challenges
• 10 Steps For a Powerful Birth
• How Indie Birth Will Support You to Create Your Own Birth Community
• Listening to Your Female Animal in Pregnancy : An Interview with Jena la Flamme
• Unpacking the Midwife’s Birth Bag: Ending Women’s Dependence on Tools and Technology
• How Your Uterus Practices For Birth
• A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How to Keep Hospital Ritual Out of Your Homebirth
• All About Long Labors
• No Fear Birth Work: How Angela Gallo is Changing the World
• Balancing Mothering and Midwifery
• Doing It At Home: Behind the Scenes of the Popular Home Birth Podcast
• Haters Gonna Hate: Social Media and the New Birth Paradigm
• Restoring Women’s Choice For Vaginal Breech Birth: My Chat with Researcher Dr. Rixa Freeze
• Straight Talk About the New NRP Guidelines
• Kids At Birth
• What Are These People Eating? – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 2
• Wise Woman Nutrition For the Vegan Mama with Bridget Nielsen
• The Sable Journal: Selected Readings From My 15 Week Journey Carrying My Dead Son
• Well Actually…You CAN Birth a Breech Baby! An Interview With Ijeoma About Her Unassisted Breech Homebirth
• When Homebirth Doesn’t Happen and Transport Becomes the Best Choice
• To Test or Not To Test? A Journey Through the Land of Pregnancy Tests
• Changing the World For Families: The Uncensored Story of Indie Birth
• Reflections on My First Year Living With a Deva
• Coming Home: A Special Message For First Time Homebirthers
• Annika Shares the Birth Story of Ruby
• Dealing With Depression and Anxiety
• SHOWING the World the Truth About Birth – Indie Birth Walk and Talk Episode 7
• Mothers At Birth: How to Make the Right Decision For You About Inviting Your Mother To Your Birth
• Am I Pregnant? Being Present in the Mystical Space of Not Knowing
• Rachel’s Journey Through Eclampsia
• The First Few Moons of Pregnancy
• Julie and Joe’s First Homebirth
• A Meditation For Midwives For Calming Fear
• Feeling Your Baby Move
• Prenatal Clinic Part I: Do you need a first prenatal visit?
• A High-Risk Pregnancy and Birth Story
• Exploring Autonomy in Birth
• DAY 5: Christina’s HBAC Story
• The Six Steps of Healing For Birth
• Walking Between the Worlds At the End of Pregnancy
• Mantras For Birth
• A Radical Conversation about Birth Trauma and Healing with Jennifer Summerfeldt
• Talking About the State of Birth with a “Badass OB,” Nathan Riley MD
• How I Rewired My Brain to Remove Pain From My Birth Experience
• Margo’s Second Birth – Maryn and Margo Share Aero’s Birth Story
• Being In the “Flow State” At Births
• More On Pregnancy Loss
• Brittany and Conor Share Their Autonomous Birth Experience
• Spiritual Midwifery with RainMa
• Unpopular Thoughts About Labor Pain
• Why Health Insurance Shouldn’t Factor Into Your Birth Plan
• Well, Actually Episode 16 – Talking with Jessie Harrold about the MotherSHIFT, the Two+ Years of Transitioning into New Motherhood
• Episode 17: Actually You Can Observe and Tend Your Own Fertility
• ANOTHER chat with the Badass OB, Nathan Riley
• Wisdom About a Baby’s Transition Earthside
• The Fantastic First Hour After Birth
• The Honest Truth About Freebirth
• Recipe for a Perfect Birth
• Emmy’s Story on the Birth Warrior Podcast
• Regina’s Story
• Mothering #1
• A Birth At the Ashram
• Birth: the Greatest Opportunity For a Guy to Be a Man
• Waterbirth? Yay or Nay?
• Mothering #3: Rites of Passage
• Body Scan Guided Meditation to Raise Your Vibration
• How We Named Our Babies
• Aero’s Birth Notes and Transcript
• The Initiation of Man: Two Nine-Time Fathers Talk About the Magic of Birth
• Mothering #4: Food, Eating and our Family
• Should I Have a Freebirth With My First Baby?
• The Time I Had a Freebirth in the Hospital: Maryn and Margo Chat About Rumi’s Birth Story
• Behind the Scenes: The Magical Tale of Rumi Sol
• A Shoulder Dystocia and Resuscitation: The Indie Birth of Veda Rose
• When the Midwives Give Birth! Alisha’s Accidental Unassisted Birth of Justus
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #1: An Eavesdropping Episode with Genesis
• January 2021 Q & A
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #2: An Eavesdropping Episode with Stacey of Sacred Body
• We Need More Midwives!
• Following Your Truth by Using a PMA (Private Membership Association)
• February 2021 Q&A and Claiming Your Power!
• Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #4: Exploring How to Combine the Doula and Apprentice Midwife Roles with Lindsey
• In the Midwife’s Office #2: Visit with a 24 Week Mama- The Sweet Spot of Pregnancy
• Badass Business Coaching for Birth Workers #5: Dez the Doula is Launching Her Doula Business!
• The Mother Wound
• Rumi’s Cave
• Welcome to Kentucky!
• Apprenticeship #1: What are the Stepping Stones on this Path?
• Work With a Midwife and Pass on the Freebirth If…
• A Conversation about The New Return to the Great Mother: Birth, Initiation, and the Sacred Feminine with author Isa Gucciardi
• 5 Birth Lessons from the Field
• What I Hate About Births
• Taking Back (Kentucky) Birth
• The Physicality of Birth (and Life)
• The Experience of Death in Birth
• Reflections on the One Year Anniversary of Rumi’s Birth
• Whether It’s Birth or Life, Be Authentic!
• The Sexisode
• The Bar is So Low for Pregnant Women
• Sharing Our Brilliance at Indie Birth
• My Call Into Midwifery