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The Weird History of Judgy Parenting
Episode 123
Nicholas Day wanted to know why he felt like a failure when he gave his kid a pacifier. The answer took him down a rabbit hole into the bizarre, hila…
8 years, 10 months ago
Surprise!
Episode 122
For some people, parenthood takes a lot of planning; for others… it just sorta sneaks up on them. This week, one woman's unexpected path to motherhoo…
8 years, 10 months ago
Family Jam
Episode 121
It doesn’t matter if you play Americana, hip hop, or death metal—everybody comes from a family of some kind. Hrishikesh Hirway, creator of the podcas…
8 years, 11 months ago
Eggs Over Freezy
Episode 120
What to do when your biological clock is ticking, and the closest you’ve gotten to parenthood is caring for an elderly chihuahua? One option: egg fre…
8 years, 11 months ago
Single, Female, Seeking Baby Daddy
Episode 119
Andrea Silenzi, host of the podcast Why Oh Why, is single, living in New York, and... looking for a man to be the father of her child. Which is trick…
8 years, 11 months ago
All The Feels With Rob Huebel
Episode 118
Actor and comedian Rob Huebel talks about sneaking onto airplanes, why he doesn't share a bed with his wife, and what it was like to have their daugh…
8 years, 11 months ago
Coming of Age with Down Syndrome
Episode 117
The day Sophie got her period, there were phone calls and high-fives all around. Sophie was psyched. But her mom, author Amy Silverman, felt torn. Wh…
9 years ago
How To Not (Accidentally) Raise A Racist
Episode 116
What's the best way for white parents to talk to their kids about race? We called in Dr. Brigitte Vittrup, who studies children's racial attitudes, t…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Scarlet A (UPDATE)
Episode 115
Dr. Pratima Gupta is a mom with the rare job combo of both delivering babies and terminating pregnancies. And in the year since we last talked to her…
9 years, 1 month ago
Babymaking While Queer
Episode 114
It's roundtable time! Two couples talk about family planning as queer people of color. And how their own parents and cultural backgrounds inform thei…
9 years, 1 month ago