Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Make Parenting Less Boooooring
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak is joined by Andy J. Pizza, storyteller, illustrator, and host of the show, Creative Pep Talk. They talk about childhood creativity and the big emotions that come from being a part of a creative family. Then they answer a question from a dad with ADHD who is feeling guilty he doesn’t find his kid’s activities enjoyable.
Recommendations:
Zak recommends the sketches Ford Focus Group and Brian’s Hat from the show, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.
Andy recommends the film, About Time.
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| 0:29.9 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome to Mamadad our Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast from Monday, November 14th. |
| 0:40.1 | The Make Parenting Less Boring Edition. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called |
| 0:47.3 | The Best Advice Show. I live in Detroit with my family. My oldest Noah is five and my youngest |
| 0:52.7 | Ami is two. Hey, I'm Andy J. Pizza and I'm an illustrator, podcast, or public speaker guy. |
| 1:00.5 | I like stories and I've got three children. I've got a 14-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy, |
| 1:07.1 | and a seven-year-old daughter. And I live in Columbus, Ohio. |
| 1:12.1 | It's good to have another Midwesterner on the show today. Andy, welcome. |
| 1:17.1 | Hey, thanks for having me. I'm really excited to be here. It's great to see you. |
| 1:21.3 | Listeners should know that my show, The Best Advice Show, recently joined Andy's podcast network. |
| 1:28.5 | Co-loop, we have a pre-existing relationship, you and I. And I've been wanting to have you on |
| 1:33.2 | this show for quite some time. I know you're very engaged, dad, a very creative dad. And I find more |
| 1:39.9 | than most people, Andy, that you and I have extremely similar interests. |
| 1:45.5 | I do agree. I think we have a lot of taste overlap. I'm pretty much, I guess I haven't even |
| 1:51.5 | convinced. I knew we kind of like similar music and stuff, but after jamming about Tim Robinson, |
| 1:57.2 | I just realized, good Lord, we do the taste Venn diagram is almost just a circle. |
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