The girls sit down with their first official guest of Season 5, Randa Newman! We delve into Randa’s background, including her adoption from South Korea to a family in Kentucky and she shares her personal journey through an ectopic pregnancy, IVF, and the challenges of balancing motherhood with career. Join us!

About our guest: Randa Newman is a producer, actor, and genetic counselor. Born in Seoul and adopted into a family of Eastern Kentucky Appalachians at three months old, she brings a unique perspective to both science and storytelling. She is the co-founder of Ranch Vovo, a narrative film production company based in East Nashville. Randa has produced several films and served as executive producer on the TV pilot Morse Code, which earned multiple awards on the film festival circuit. In 2025, she made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed short film I’m a Winner (written by Joy Todd), which won the Audience Choice Award at Nashville Film Festival. Her on-screen credits include 911 Nashville (ABC), Sketch (starring Tony Hale), Young Rock (NBC), Walker (CW), and The WASP, in which she portrayed WWII pilot Hazel Ying Lee.

Randa lives in East Nashville with her husband, Korby, and their daughter, Zuzu.

Joy and Sarah both had crazy weeks and decided to hit record on their first hang – post baby. Joy gets to meet and hold Lady while Sarah shares her birth story, which she doesn’t really want you to know the details about because it was all pretty easy. So don’t tell anyone else. :)

Already behind schedule and craving back-to-school routine, Joy and Sarah force themselves to sit down and record. Sarah is days away from giving birth to her 2nd child – first baby girl – and Joy is days away from officially birthing her short film into the world at the 56th Nashville Film Festival Awards. New season representing a new chapter.

We had the most delightful time getting to catch up with Joy’s improv buddy, momma of two and book coach, Ally Fallon! We discuss what prompted her recent career hiatus and how she’s finding her equilibrium through activities like yoga and cold plunging. We chat about everything from divorce to miscarriage to Hypnobabies to postpartum. Join us!

Ally Fallon is a best-selling author, experienced ghostwriter and expert book coach who has helped thousands of hopeful authors complete their first manuscript and get published. Through her books, podcasts and online courses she offers wisdom, insight, motivation and guidance for anyone who has ever said to themselves, “maybe someday I’ll write a book,” but doesn’t feel like a “real” writer. Not only can you complete a book manuscript, but with Ally’s help you’ll find that the process invites you into healing, transformation and greater service to your clients and community. She lives with her husband Matt and her two children in Nashville, Tennessee.

Additional Links:
Instagram: @allyfallon
Official Site: allisonfallon.com

In this episode of the Mom Cult Podcast, hosts Joy and Sarah sit down with Natalie Dodd, a licensed clinical social worker, certified yoga instructor, and proud mother to a two-year old. Natalie shares her journey through birth, postpartum anxiety and the significance of finding community and healing in groups, rather than relying solely on individual therapy. We touch on the importance of protecting one’s own energy, and her newly found passion to provide the invaluable support of women-led communities. *Meditation included*

Sarah and Joy chat over zoom with singer/ songwriter, Rosi Golan, just 6 months after losing her husband to cancer. Together they had been fostering to adopt a baby boy that they were forced to part ways with just after he turned 2 and only a few months after the cancer diagnosis. We are very honored to have Rosi walk us through her grief as well as give some insight on the foster system.

Find Rosi Golan on Instagram at @rosigolan.

In this DadCult edition, Sarah and Joy talk everything from boundaries to presence to missing the village with well-known actor James Kyson. He shares his ongoing challenge of balancing his career and creative life with his role as a father of 2 girls and shares some of his own family history as well. Join us!

Find James on Instagram at @jameskyson.

Jenny is finally coming up for air after wading through a 4 year divorce, Sarah is struggling with feeling too critical as a parent and Joy is panicking about not being intentional enough with the kids and missing it all.

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