A Podcast About Parenting Through (waves hands) All of This

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April 24, 2025

Family Travel Survival Guide: Lower Your Expectations & Pack More Snacks

This week, Quinn and Claire dive into traveling with kids. They share personal stories about family trips from their own childhoods and with their children now, covering everything from dealing with jetlag to bathroom emergencies at 30,000 feet. Also discussed: the myth of "vacation" with children (let's just call it…

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April 10, 2025

The Truth About Youth Sports

This week, Claire and Quinn dig into the minefield of youth sports: understimulated kids who are getting on everyone's nerves vs. overscheduled families who have no time to breathe, the horrors of early-season kid-pitch baseball, the importance (or not) of having "hustle", and what is the point of kids sports,…

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April 3, 2025

Kids & Clutter: The Crisis No One Talks About

This week, Claire and Quinn lament on the endless influx of STUFF that children seem to magically manifest in your home. From mysterious bouncy balls to apple juice containers full of sand to fantasies of cleansing fires, they explore the anxiety and dread created by attempting to manage the unmanageable…

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March 27, 2025

The #1 Rule of Solo Parenting: Lower Your Expectations (Immediately)

This week, Claire and Quinn unpack the often messy, often thankless job of solo parenting while your partner is away. We cover why you should never, EVER call your partner with "options" while the kids are listening, the cursed timing of arriving home during bedtime (just drive a few extra…

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March 20, 2025

What Songs Would You ACTUALLY Let Your Kids Listen To?

This week, Claire and Quinn take a break (mostly) from their existential dread to talk about the awkward, hilarious world of music and parenting. From deciding if Freak Like Me is appropriate for the carpool to facepalming when your kid asks if Beyoncé is still alive, they navigate the terrain…

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March 13, 2025

Coping with Kids in Uncertain Times

This week, Claire and Quinn dive into the messy reality of all the different ways we cope with parenting, while everything else is happening. From that stomach-dropping moment when your kid asks you "Did you get a call from school?" to balancing mental health with the news cycle, they explore…

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March 6, 2025

How to Explain DISASTERS To Your Kids Without Terrifying Them

This week, Claire and Quinn explore the impossible question many parents are facing more frequently: how do you explain disasters, displacement, and uncertainty to your kids? From the Los Angeles wildfires to home insurance nightmares to tornado drills in the basement, they tackle the tough conversations about our changing world…

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Feb. 27, 2025

NOT RIGHT NOW: The Phrase Every Parent Needs

This week Claire and Quinn dive into how the show got its name - the eternal parental struggle of "Not Right Now" - from TikTok bans and VPN-savvy kids to fighting for five minutes alone in the bathroom. Plus: the special horror of watching your kids figure out technology faster…

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Feb. 20, 2025

Push Them Down

In our debut episode, Claire (Evil Witches) and Quinn (Important, Not Important) dive into the chaotic reality of raising tiny humans in these wild times. From behavioral reflection forms and schoolyard diplomacy to the eternal question of "how many water bottles does one child need?", we explore the messy, hilarious,…

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Feb. 14, 2025

Introducing: Not Right Now

Not Right Now is a new podcast for parents navigating the impossible task of raising kids while *gestures wildly at everything*. Join Quinn Emmett (Important, Not Important (https://www.importantnotimportant.com/) ) and Claire Zulkey (Evil Witches (https://evilwitches.substack.com/) ) for honest conversations about parenting in an era of climate change, artificial intelligence, social…

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