WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist Skylar Diggins and veteran sports broadcaster Cassidy Hubbarth are challenging the perceptions about balancing a career and motherhood.
On Thursday, Vox Media and Wavelength announced the launch of "ANDMOM," a new video podcast hosted by Diggins and Hubbarth. The project, which tackles the realities of modern motherhood while creating space for honest and under-discussed stories, debuts May 14.
Over the course of the podcast, Diggins and Hubbarth speak with a guest lineup from multiple disciplines, such as WNBA Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie, WNBA champion and 10-time All-Star Brittney Griner, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and Peloton instructor Ally Love.
Diggins is a seven-time WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist, who is entering her 12th season in the league. She most recently signed with the Chicago Sky. After experiencing severe post-partum depression, Diggins made a personal decision to share more about her story, using her voice and platform to help other women feel less alone and push for systemic change.
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Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins poses during media day on April 30 in Chicago.
"It kind of feels like, sometimes, in the real world, personally, it feels like (an) asterisk when you're looking for some of these stories when you talk about motherhood and having a career. And a lot of people don't understand what that takes," Diggins told USA Today Sports.
"As a mother, you look for these stories. You look for these spaces to hold these conversations, you know, sometimes that you feel you're alone in, and you have these questions of, 'Can I have it all?' Sometimes we've been conditioned to feel like we can't have our career — and be successful in our career — and also be present and good mothers and parents."
Hubbarth is a veteran broadcaster who spent 15 years at ESPN covering the NBA before joining Amazon Prime Video in 2025 as the lead NBA sideline reporter. Her experience navigating pregnancy in a high-profile role shaped her deep commitment to fostering more conversations around motherhood in the workplace.
Sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth talks to Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum on April 23 after a victory over the New York Knicks in game three of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs in Atlanta.
"As motherhood is going on, you're trying to find yourself as a mother, you're trying to find the old self you were before you became a mother, and you're trying to merge them together, right? I think that's what this podcast is trying to speak to," Hubbarth said. "It's trying to speak to that journey of still being the person who you knew you were, but also trying to figure out what it means to tack on 'and mom' and grow from there."
Both Diggins and Hubbarth stressed there are commonalities in sport and motherhood. The two say they don't want women to feel alone as they juggle careers, businesses and being a parent. The hope is "ANDMOM" helps create conversations that shift narratives around women and motherhood and also provides a supportive community.
Chicago Sky’s Skylar Diggins (4) and Aicha Coulibaly (35) run to defend while playing against the Phoenix Mercury on April 25 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"What I like to say is when you have a baby shower, most of the gifts are for the kids, the babies, right? But then, when you get that pajama set that you know you are probably going to end up living in for the first three months, that's what my hope is, that this podcast is," Hubbarth said.
"That comfort that focuses on the mothers, that focuses on the motherhood, that helps kind of give a little hug to those moments where you may feel alone and isolated, which, there's oftentimes motherhood can feel like that."
