<p>On this week’s episode, WHOOP Senior Vice President of Research, Algorithms, and Data is joined by Economist and Parenting Expert Emily Oster. The pair discusses Emily’s background (1:50) and journey from economist to parenting expert (2:55), the lack of research in pregnancy and parenting (3:45), navigating caution in pregnancy (5:36), receiving pushback from physicians (8:11). Emily Oster gives insight into creating her business, ParentData (12:28), navigating social media (15:56), and presenting some of the biggest surprises in parenting research (19:58). The pair continue to discuss policy changes and parenting aid (21:41), when the best time to have children is (22:15), family planning (28:37), and unpacking some listener Q’s (41:01).<b> </b><br><br><b>Resources:<br></b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/profemilyoster/?hl=en">Emily’s Instagram</a><br><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@profemilyoster">Emily’s TikTok</a><br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2Xl6ASfHB74Q6MUH4htklS">Podcast: Raising Parents with Emily Oster</a><br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5igTryEwHMmAJfODAFKp3W">Podcast: Parent Data with Emily Oster</a><br><a href="https://parentdata.org/">ParentData.org </a><br><a href="https://parentdata.org/four-books-by-emily-oster-on-pregnancy-and-parenting/">Get Emily’s Books</a><br><br></p><p><b>Follow WHOOP<br></b><a href="http://www.whoop.com/">www.whoop.com</a><br><a href="https://www.whoop.com/us/en/whoop-trials/">Trial WHOOP for Free</a><br><a href="http://www.instagram.com/whoop">Instagram</a><br><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@whoop?lang=en">TikTok</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/whoop">X</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/whoop">Facebook<br></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/whoop/">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br><b>Follow Will Ahmed</b><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/willahmed/">Instagram<br></a><a href="https://x.com/willahmed?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author">X</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/willahmed/">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><a rel="payment" href="http://whoop.com/">Support the show</a></p>