What if the biggest lie women were sold isn’t “have it all” but “you can have it all at the same time”?

This week, I had the pleasure of talking with my new friend, Kate Zepernick. She’s a Georgia Tech grad, former consulting high-achiever, and now a mom who’s lived the full arc. Full-time grind, “part-time” that wasn’t really part-time, strategic role changes, and eventually choosing to step away without losing herself.

We talk about the stuff most women don’t like to say out loud, like why one kid feels hard but two kids changes everything, why the daycare conversation makes people so defensive, and why high-achieving women wait for permission to choose their families. We also get honest about what it feels like to lose the praise and identity that come with work, why the gray area between full-time work and staying home is real and underused, and the uncomfortable truth that many families don’t actually have real choice anymore.

This conversation is for the woman who is tired, conflicted, quietly resentful of her job, but also scared of who she’ll be without it. If this conversation makes you feel seen and a little called out, good. That usually means you’re finally being honest with yourself.

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This is another solo episode, and it’s an honest one.

I start this week by revisiting Landman and the questions it stirred up for me around femininity, ambition, marriage, tone, and what happens when success rewards dominance but home requires something entirely different.

I talk openly about my own career in a male-dominated industry, how being praised for control and competitiveness shaped the way I showed up in my marriage, and the toll that mindset took on my family.

Then I shift to something heavier: the Epstein files, my involvement with Epstein Justice, and why confronting corruption, abuse, and power structures comes at a real psychological cost. This part is about power. Who has it, how it’s protected, and why justice so often feels out of reach.

This isn’t a manifesto or a solution set. It’s a reckoning with culture, ambition, morality, and the limits of what we can fix ourselves.

If you’re exhausted by shallow takes and want a raw, uncomfortable, honest conversation, this is for you.

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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—forced to look at myself. The way women are portrayed. The roles men and women fall into. The things we’re allowed to say out loud… and the things we’re definitely not.

I talk through what the show made me question about femininity, marriage, effort, and something I’ve been pushed on for years but resisted until recently: tone. Not changing what I say, but how I say it, especially at home.

There’s also a controversial college dorm storyline that hit on exactly where I think our culture is breaking down, and one moment in particular that surprised me in the best way.

I don’t agree with everything the show is saying. But I do think it’s asking questions we’ve stopped letting ourselves ask. And this episode is me thinking through those questions in real time.

If you’re left, right, feminist, not feminist, or just exhausted by the noise—this one’s probably going to hit a nerve.

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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 so many kids struggle in environments that demand stillness, compliance, and constant performance.

We talk about play-based and place-based learning, why movement actually helps kids focus, and how “sit still and listen” somehow became synonymous with being a good student. Jack shares his own experience growing up in a high-pressure academic environment, how an undiagnosed learning difference nearly crushed his confidence, and how one teacher changed everything.

We also tackle:

• Why play is dismissed as fluff instead of recognized as foundational
• How quickly kids get labeled when the environment doesn’t fit them
• The quiet damage of standardized testing—for kids and teachers
• Why college has become the default, even when it clearly shouldn’t be
• And what happens when we value relationships more than rigid systems

This isn’t about tearing education down or blaming teachers. It’s about being honest enough to admit that the system wasn’t built for every kid, and maybe it’s time we stopped acting like the kids are the problem.

If you’ve got a story about education, or strong feelings about this conversation, message me on Instagram @beingdifferentwithlizdurham. I want to hear from you!

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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 and perfect, and it’s messing everything up.

I caught myself being completely un-peaceful more times than I want to admit and had to call my own bullshit on it. So sorry, this episode isn’t some feel-good pep talk. It’s me being real about where I’m at, what I’m trying to unlearn, and why I’m done with chaos in 2026.

That’s all.
Merry Christmas!

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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: Pushing past the polite version of leadership and getting into the messy, uncomfortable truth.

We talk about what really happens behind the scenes when someone climbs the ranks in the military… the jealousy, the backstabbing, the politics, and the weight of responsibility that nobody outside the uniform sees. Max opens up about becoming a general, losing friends in the process, and why firing people (even people he loved) broke his heart.

Then we go straight into the topics everyone tiptoes around: Memphis. Chicago. Crime. National Guard deployments. Veterans. Homelessness. The VA system. Unions. Bureaucracy. What’s getting better, what’s getting worse, and what flat-out pisses us off.

If you’ve been listening to Parts 1–3, you already know: Max doesn’t sugarcoat anything, and I’m not here to interrupt him with polite talking points. I’m here to ask the questions most people are too scared to ask, and he answers them with the honesty of someone who’s actually lived it.

This conversation isn’t meant to change your mind, but it is meant to challenge your thinking. Take what resonates, question what doesn’t, and let’s get into it.

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It’s just me this week and I am here to admit a couple hard truths I’d rather not, but here we are. After skipping out on Career Day at Mac's school I realized I’ve somehow started to think that being “just a mom” isn’t enough, even though I get on this podcast all the time talking about how motherhood is literally the most important job out there.

I’m also diving into the hilarious (and slightly alarming) differences between raising boys and girls especially now that Charlie has cracked the code to my phone and is basically a tiny fashion critic with zero filter. Her obsession with screens has me rethinking my own habits and relationship with screens.

If you’re a mom who needs a reminder that what you do actually matters, or you just want to feel seen in the chaos this one’s for you.

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If you haven't heard the first two conversations I recorded with Major General Terry “Max” Haston, go listen to those now!

In this third part of my conversation with Major General Terry “Max” Haston, we are not pulling punches. I’m done with surface-level takes and polite conversations. This episode gets into the real, uncomfortable truths about the U.S. military, global power, and what’s actually happening behind the headlines.

Max shares stories that sound unreal, like hitting golf balls near Saddam’s courthouse, and then turns around and breaks down the current state of our military in a way that’s impossible to ignore. We get into the hard questions: Are we helping Ukraine or draining ourselves dry? Are China and Russia thinking ten steps ahead while we’re reacting to yesterday’s problems? And what happens when we place too much faith in technology and forget the basics of actual readiness?

We talk Iraq, we talk global conflict strategy, we talk the threats most people don’t even know to fear, including what happens if we ever face a true EMP scenario. Max has been in the rooms where decisions get made. He’s seen it. He understands it. And he’s not sugarcoating a thing.

If you want a sanitized, diplomatic conversation, this is not that episode. But, if you’re ready to hear what’s really going on in the world of modern warfare, buckle up. This might just change the way you see everything.

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