Along The Seam

About Along The Seam

ALONG THE SEAM is a podcast from author Rachael Cerrotti where she explores topics of inherited memory, family history and intergenerational storytelling with guests from all corners of the globe. These are conversations about conflict infused with hope and kindness. Along The Seam is the examined place in between past and present, our old selves and new selves, and moving from one space towards another. Sign up for the Along The Seam newsletter for more: https://substack.com/@rachaelcerrotti (https://substack.com/@rachaelcerrotti)

Publisher

Rachael Cerrotti

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 May 2022

Latest episode

24 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 56 episodes have a transcript.

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   24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   28. Chelsea Conaboy - Mother Brain

   Host [Host Name] interviews Chelsea Conaboy, author of "Mother Brain," about how neuroscience is reshaping our understanding of parenthood.

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   11 Jun 2025

   27. Dion Flynn - Truth & Humor

   Comedian Dion Flynn discusses his experiences as a writer and performer for The Tonight Show with host Rachael Worby, exploring the role of humor and meditation in his life; this is an interview.

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   5 May 2025

   Shaunta Scroggins - Faith Was Home

   This conversation is with educator Shaunta Scroggins who has spent more than 20 years mentoring teens and adults along their leadership journeys. Her doctoral research was completed at Dallas Baptist University in her home state of Texas and focused on the study of toxic leadership, transformational leadership, and effective mentoring. We talk about all of that through the lens of faith and the ideas passed from one generation to the next. Shaunta is now a lecturer and Assistant Director of t...

Inside a recent episode

28. Chelsea Conaboy - Mother Brain

Published 24 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I also felt this feeling that like that worry was very big in my head and made me feel like Aren't I supposed to know what to do? Aren't I supposed to, isn't there some part of me that's supposed to help give me this equilibrium and this really dramatic transition? Like, and if I don't have that, then what's wrong with me as a, person and as a mother. And I really went kind of looking for answers to that question and trying to figure out like, what was happening? Why was I feeling this way? And what was behind it? And I was a healthcare journalist. And so I was looking also at the research, particularly around like maternal anxiety at that point, and started to see in the research, like this narrative of how the brain changes when you become a new parent, not just a story of like the pathology potentially of anxiety, but like how that fit into a bigger story about the changes that happened to the brain for everyone. […]

Who has been a guest on Along The Seam

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chelsea Conaboy
• Dion Flynn
• Freddy Mutanguha
• Barak Sella
• Rev. Dr. Derrick McQueen

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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