{"podcast":{"title":"Eat Sleep Repeat","slug":"eat-sleep-repeat-6351498","podcast_index_feed_id":6351498,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/6f9fed6d-ca92-46a8-8649-b30500091646/cebcd750-50d0-4c87-80a2-b30500091659/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eat-sleep-repeat","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/6f9fed6d-ca92-46a8-8649-b30500091646/image.jpg?t=1751078190&size=Large","author":"Kelly McCarren and Kee Reece Searles","episode_count":151,"summary":"Hosted by Kelly McCarren and Kee Reece Searles, Eat Sleep Repeat is a weekly virtual mother’s group in your ears. It's a judgement and shame-free zone where Kel and Kee share their raw, honest, funny and relatable experience being first time mums, trying desperately to survive.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T08:18:09.634103+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-sleep-repeat-6351498"},"episode":{"title":"Is Having Choice With Childcare Too Much To Ask?","slug":"is-having-choice-with-childcare-too-much-to-ask","published_at":"2026-05-12T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-sleep-repeat-6351498/is-having-choice-with-childcare-too-much-to-ask","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-sleep-repeat-6351498","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/eat-sleep-repeat/is-having-choice-with-childcare-too-much-to-ask","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/6f9fed6d-ca92-46a8-8649-b30500091646/67612483-3f40-4926-8fa7-b44800b2a68b/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=cebcd750-50d0-4c87-80a2-b30500091659","summary":"A Mother’s Day comment from the Minister for Women lit up every group chat in Australia: are we really being told the earlier our babies go into childcare, the better? Kee and Lize unpack the guilt, the impossible maths, the daycare scramble, and the quiet truth so many parents are living with - childcare isn’t the problem, but having no real choice is. Because “just go back to work” hits differently when the village is expensive, waitlisted, or doesn’t exist.   LINKS TO EVERYTHING WE MENTIONED Our Kids Our Choice: Expand the CCS Parents Work Collective - Give Parents One Year HOSTS & PRODUCERS Kee Reece Searles  @keereece Lize Ratliff @lizaratliff AUDIO PRODUCTION Madeline Joannou - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mylk Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"A Mother’s Day comment from the Minister for Women lit up every group chat in Australia: are we really being told the earlier our babies go into chi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1949,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eat-sleep-repeat-6351498/episodes/is-having-choice-with-childcare-too-much-to-ask/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eat-sleep-repeat-6351498/is-having-choice-with-childcare-too-much-to-ask.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}