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RuPaul Fracks

This week we're talking about the delicate art of making everything toxic for your children (Whole Foods? Ruined. Florida? The worst. Every public figure? Probably a Nazi.), how to tell kids bad news on their level ("Grandma ...

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RuPaul Fracks
Feb. 12, 2026

RuPaul Fracks

This week we're talking about the delicate art of making everything toxic for your children (Whole Foods? Ruined. Florida? The worst. Every public figure? Probably a Nazi.), how to tell kids bad news on their level ("Grandma ...
Cat People Don't Believe In Cat Allergies
Feb. 5, 2026

Cat People Don't Believe In Cat Allergies

This week it's just Quinn and Claire on the pod, crashing out over academic probation (which is actually kind of a relief?), school surveillance that catches kids Googling inappropriate things (it was obviously just a prank, ...
Maybe Having Another Kid Would Break Us
Jan. 29, 2026

Maybe Having Another Kid Would Break Us

This week we have fiction writer and mom to one amazing 10-year-old, Joy Netanya Thompson , on the pod to discuss why she chose to stick with having just one kid. Joy gets real about postpartum depression, the decision to sto...
Babies Sh*tting At A Funeral
Jan. 22, 2026

Babies Sh*tting At A Funeral

This week, we have registered dietitian and death doula, Deanna Rondero, on the pod to chat about food insecurity, death cafes, and how grief intersects with everything. Also: losing it over mac and cheese, the new food pyram...
What's The New Fresh Hell In Public Health?
Dec. 11, 2025

What's The New Fresh Hell In Public Health?

This week, we have another guest! Dr. Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, former acting Surgeon General in California, and mom, chats with Quinn and Claire about the breastfeeding data nobody tells you about...
I Had My Petty Boots On (And I Liked It)
Dec. 4, 2025

I Had My Petty Boots On (And I Liked It)

This week, we have author and journalist Nefertiti Austin on the show to talk about her new book She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and The Diagnosis that Changes Everything. Nefertiti gets real about raisi...

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"Not Right Now is the conversations I have after bedtime + the thoughts in my head. Thank you for the commiseration of what it means to have too many water bottles yet never the *right* one. Also,…"

Sally | Feb. 28, 2025