One Bad Mother
A comedy podcast about motherhood and how unnatural it sometimes is. We aren't all magical vessels! Join us every week as we deal with the thrills and embarrassments of motherhood and strive for less judging, and more laughing.
Episode 502: Let Go or Be Dragged, with Laura Cathcart Robbins
If you don't look down, you can keep on running. Laura Cathcart Robbins, podcaster and author of Stash: My Life in Hiding, joins Biz to talk about labradoodles, being the only POC in the room, and the road to recovery.Learn more about Laura Cathcart Robbins and get your copy of Stash by visiting Laura's website, www.LauraCathcartRobbins.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a member! This week, we're …
Episode 501: A Little Fantasy Is A Good Thing, with Amy Fusselman
FUSSELMAN! Principal Biz sits down with The Means author Amy Fusselman to talk houses in The Hamptons, pass/fail parenting, and celebrating what we didn't forget.Get your copy of The Means as well as Amy's other books wherever books are sold.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a member! This week, we're sponsored by the How To Be Fine podcast. Listen to How To Be Fine on the …
Episode 500: Belly Up to the Low Bar, with Laurie Kilmartin
It's the 500th episode of One Bad Mother! Returning from her first appearance in episode 2 is comedian Laurie Kilmartin. Pull up a stool and join us for the grand re-opening of the Low Bar!Learn more about Laurie Kilmartin's comedy and books by visiting her website, www.Kilmartin.com. Listen to her Max Fun podcast with Jackie Kashian, The Jackie and Laurie Show, wherever fine pods are cast.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. …
Episode 499: I Can Do It Myself, Thank You. with Michelle Tea
It takes two to make a baby... Or maybe it takes three. Plus science. And doctors. Michelle Tea, MUTHA co-founder and author of Knocking Myself Up, returns to talk about her IVF journey, partners and pink triangles, and "trying." Plus, Biz reflects.Get your copy of Michelle's new book, Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of my (In)Fertility, wherever books are sold. Learn more about Michelle and her writings by visiting her website, www.Michelle-Tea.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the …
Episode 498: The House Is Trashed But The Bones Are Good, with Maggie Smith
Home and life feeling like a wreck? Slap some paint on that fixer-upper. Author and poet Maggie Smith joins Biz to talk whittling words, Good Bones, and her new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Plus, Biz is in purgatory.Get your copy of Maggie Smith's memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, wherever books are sold. Learn more about Maggie and her work by visiting her website, www.MaggieSmithPoet.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly …
Episode 497: Every Generation Does It Different, Except Generational Labels Are Garbage, with Catherine Shoichet
Lousy, selfish millennials hogging all the avocados and... turning 40?!? Catherine Shoichet of CNN Digital joins Biz to talk generational labels and being the bologna in the sandwich. Plus, Biz says thank you.Read Catherine's piece, "Millennials like me turned 40 this year. Everything you think you know about us is wrong" on CNN Digital. Learn more about Catherine and her writing at her website, www.CatherineShoichet.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go …
Bonus Content Preview: One Bad Mother Presents: Max Fun Ghost Stories
A special preview of this year’s MaxFunDrive Bonus Content! Listen to the whole episode by becoming a member. Go to MaximumFun.org/join and pick a level that works for you!On this Very Special BOCO Edition of One Bad Mother, Biz talks to the dead... and MaxFun hosts Ellen Weatherford and John Moe, and MaxFun Transcript Coordinator CN Josephs, to learn what haunts them.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to …
Episode 496: Ten Years of Punk Rock Mama Content, with Meg Lemke and Guest Host Theresa Thorn
OBM and Mutha sitting in a tree, 10+ years anniversary! Biz is joined by Mutha magazine Editor-in-Chief Meg Lemke to talk contributors, comics, content, and growing up parenting media together. Plus, Theresa returns to guest host Week 2 of MAXFUNDRIVE!Read and subscribe to Mutha magazine by visiting www.MuthaMagazine.com. Learn more about submitting a piece of your own at www.MuthaMagazine.com/Submission-Guidelines.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a member!Be …
Episode 495: If I Had a Nickel for Everything I Don't Know About Autism, I'd Be Rich! with Tessa Watkins, Part 2
Be the sunflower lanyard in your community! Biz continues her conversation with autism advocate Tessa Watkins about invisible disability, wordless support, and realizing your spouse isn't an asshole. Plus, MAX FUN DRIVE!Get your Hidden Disabilities sunflower lanyard at www.HiddenDisabilitiesStore.com.Tessa's Advocacy Work:Karen Schwartz, “Sunflowers are a hidden symbol for travelers with disabilities” (Mar. 9, 2023). The Washington Post. (my Google Doc of the article to avoid the paywall)Abigail Schade Gary, “New Banners Help Autistic Kids Communicate” (Feb. 24, 2023). Mt. Lebanon …
Episode 494: If I Had a Nickel for Everything I Don't Know About Autism, I'd Be Rich! with Tessa Watkins
When you step in it, you either step up or run away. Biz steps up and sits down with Tessa Watkins, autism advocate and longtime Badmin. Plus, Biz has an announcement!Tessa's Advocacy Work:Karen Schwartz, “Sunflowers are a hidden symbol for travelers with disabilities” (Mar. 9, 2023). The Washington Post. (my Google Doc of the article to avoid the paywall)Abigail Schade Gary, “New Banners Help Autistic Kids Communicate” (Feb. 24, 2023). Mt. Lebanon Magazine.Abby Kirkland, “Helping kids Point-N-Play their way to …