Being Different with Liz Durham
Welcoming lively debates and personal discoveries that will prompt you to question the status quo - and maybe even change your mind.
Episodes
123 episodes
121. Working Moms vs. Trad Wives: Are We All Being Lied To?
I read "Yesteryear" thinking it would just be a fun book to read on vacation, and instead it pissed me off enough that I apparently need two episodes to talk about it.So here's Part 1 of my thoughts. I’m getting into one of the things th...
120. Why I Stopped Trying to Feed My Kids Perfectly
A friend recently told me she wanted to hear about my “cooking journey,” which made me laugh because honestly, it has been a pretty pathetic one.I went from barely cooking at all, to living on Uber Eats, to becoming slightly obsessed wit...
119. Let Your Kids Fail: Fatherhood, Risk & the American Dream with Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is one of my husband Luke’s best friends and one of those people I can never have a surface-level conversation with. Every time I talk to him, I leave thinking about something differently, so I finally decided to sit him down and as...
118. Surprise! I'm Pregnant!
Well… surprise. I’m pregnant with baby number four.After taking about a month and a half off from the podcast because I’ve been exhausted, nauseous, and generally useless, I’m finally back with a solo episode and a lot to catch you up on...
117. Did Michaela Barnett Earn My Vote? Immigration, Abortion, and Finding Common Ground | Part 2
In part two of my conversation with Michaela Barnett, we go straight into some of the most complicated and divisive issues in politics—and somehow manage to have a real conversation about them.We talk about immigration, ICE, border secur...
116. Can We Fix What’s Broken? Politics, AI, Healthcare, and Hope with Michaela Barnett
In this episode of Being Different, I sit down with Michaela Barnett for one of the most honest political conversations I have had on this podcast.I have voted Republican my entire adult life, but lately, I have felt increasingl...
115. Why I’m Still Not a Summer Packet Mom
In this episode of Being Different, I’m revisiting the infamous summer packet.Last year, I got a lot of people fired up when I said I threw Mac’s kindergarten summer packet in the trash. So today, I’m talking through what I mean...
114. Real Estate, Relationships, and the Things AI Can’t Replace with Debaran Hughes and Lucas Haun
This week, I sat down with two of my very good friends and two longtime Knoxville real estate agents, Debaran Hughes and Lucas Haun, to talk about how much the real estate business has changed—and what has not changed at all.We talk abou...
113. Marriage, Motherhood & The Lies Our Generation Was Sold with Taylor Brasel
This week I sit down with my friend Taylor Brasel for an honest conversation about dating, marriage, motherhood, careers, and the pressure our generation feels trying to “have it all.” Taylor is getting married in just a couple months, and hear...
112. Motherhood, Materialism & Why the "Perfect House" Won’t Save You
It’s just me this week, and after a complete disaster of a Mother’s Day morning, I had a lot to think about. Between Cooper dumping red dye all over the house, Charlie secretly cutting hair, missing church, and me and Luke ending up in a scream...
111. Ashley Sartelle on Why Local School Board Elections Matter
I’ll be honest. I never paid much attention to school board races until I had kids. Then suddenly it hit me that these decisions actually matter, and I probably needed to stop pretending I had no reason to care.In this episode, I sit dow...
110. What a Sheriff Actually Does (And What’s Really Going On in Our Communities) with Brent Gibson
I’ve never paid much attention to a sheriff’s race before…until now.So I sat down with Brent Gibson, who’s running for sheriff here in Knox County, and asked him everything I actually wanted to know, not the polished campaign answers, th...
109. A Real Conversation About Running for Office with Angie Lawless
Angie Lawless and I go way back. She was my co-host on a previous podcast before life got busy and we both went in completely different directions. But we made time to catch up again to talk about how she’s running for office in Nashville!<...
108. Homework Isn’t the Problem… It’s How We’re Forcing Kids to Learn
It’s just me today, and yes… we’re talking about homework again. But this time, I’m not just venting, I’m actually getting to the root of why it bothers me so much.Because I don’t think this is about worksheets or math pages. I think it’...
107. Kindergarteners Don’t Need Homework.
It’s just me today, and I’m saying something I know not everyone is going to agree with… kindergarteners should NOT have homework. I’ve been thinking a lot about how much structure, pressure, and constant direction kids are under no...
106. Chris Woodruff on Burnout, Identity, and Life After Pro Tennis (Part 2)
Chris Woodruff is back, and this is where the conversation gets deeper.In Part 2, we pick up after his comeback from injury and get into what actually made him walk away from pro tennis, what it feels like when your identity is no longer...
105. Raising Tough Kids and Building Champions with UTK's Tennis Coach, Chris Woodruff (Part 1)
I sat down with my friend Chris Woodruff (“Woody” if you know my husband), Tennessee’s men’s tennis coach, former top U.S. junior, and a guy who went pro, lived out of dark hotel rooms in places you can’t pronounce, and clawed his way up the ra...
104. Why I’m Reconsidering Hunting as a Mom
This week I’m sitting down with one of my oldest friends, Zach Ivey, and we’re talking about hunting. Not as a hobby, but as a way of raising boys who can face real life without flinching.I didn’t grow up around hunters and honestly, I d...
103. The Conversations We Should Be Having With Our Daughters (And Why I’m Done With Politics)
Today, I’m sharing my response to an email I received from a mom named Rachel who is working from home with little kids, about to have another baby, and quietly drowning. Her message took me straight back to a season I don’t love remembering, w...
102. The Myth of “Having It All”: Ambition, Motherhood, and the Cost of Doing Both
What if the biggest lie women are sold isn’t “have it all”…but “you can have it all at the same time”?This week on Being Different, I sit down with Kate Zepernick — Georgia Tech grad, former consultant, high-achiever, and now mom — to t...
101. What Becoming “Successful” Cost Me at Home
This week's solo episode is sort of a follow-up to what I talked about last week about the show Landman. I wanted to spend more time on the character Rebecca, because she represents the version of woman I spent years trying to become. ...
100. Being Feminine in a World That Rewards Masculinity
This week on Being Different, it’s just me and a TV show I didn’t expect to mess with my head the way it did.My husband and I started watching Landman, and I found myself annoyed, intrigued, defensive, and—eventually—fo...
99. Are We Educating Kids or Managing Them? Rethinking Childhood Education with Dr. Jack Talmadge
Something about the way we do school for children just isn’t working, so it's time to talk about it. This week, I sit down with Dr. Jack Talmadge, Head of School at Episcopal School of Knoxville, to talk candidly about education, play, and why ...
98. Why I'm Ditching Perfection For Peace This Christmas
Lately, I’ve been thinking about peace and realizing how terrible I am at it.Christmas is supposed to be joyful, but I’m stressed out, overwhelmed, and turning into a version of myself I don’t even like. We’re obsessed with being busy an...
97. War, Leadership, and Today’s America: Part Four of My Conversation with Major General "Max" Haston
If you haven't heard the first three conversations I recorded with Major General Terry “Max” Haston, go listen to those now!In Part 4 of my conversation with Major General Terry “Max” Haston, we pick up right where we left off: ...