Equipped for Life Podcast Episode #112: Reproductive Anxiety is Influencing Your Conversations

Podcast Archives - Equal Rights Institute · Oct 8, 2026

There’s an incredibly important trend going on right now that’s influencing your conversations, and you probably haven’t even noticed! In this episode, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson introduce the concept of reproductive anxiety, help define what it means, and dive into some of the research about how reproductive anxiety is affecting the people that you’re engaging in dialogue with.

MP3 Download: 35:03

Chapters:

0:12 Intro and a story from Emily

5:50 What is reproductive anxiety?

11:07 Factors contributing to reproductive anxiety

19:51 Generational differences (Millennials vs. Gen Z)…