The boring, insidious world of the womanosphere
US Second Lady Usha Vance listens to her husband Vice President JD Vance speak during a visit to the Engineering Design Services Inc. manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on March 18, 2026. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty ImagesUsha Vance has a new podcast: Storytime with the Second Lady. It's exactly what it sounds like. Each episode begins with a brief introduction, after which JD Vance's wife reads a children's story. The first three episodes were released Monday, and none is longer than 11 minutes - children's books are, after all, quite short.
It's an unexpected move for Vance, who gave up a career as a high-powered lawyer to be second lady. But her pivot to podcasting isn't entirely unprecedented. She's simply the latest conservative spouse to pivot to content creation. It's a new front of the ongoing culture wars: Instead of trying to win back supposedly l ...