Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Power Of Aunts and Uncles w/ Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santat
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3.8 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak interviews Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santat about their new book, The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles. They dive into what makes that particular relationship so special, why it’s overlooked in children’s literature, and even what goes into crafting a kids book.
We also go over our week in triumphs and fails. Then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus, we share some Instagram accounts that are actually making our lives better.
Zak recommends:
- @owen.han
- @daily dad
- @inspiredtowrite (author Amy McNee)
Elizabeth recommends:
- @games.4two (The Board Game Couple)
- @sexpositive_families
- @adailycloud
Jamilah recommends:
And of course, you can always follow your hosts on Instagram, too:
- Jamilah: @jamilahlemieux
- Zak: @bestadviceshow
- Elizabeth: @ejdn
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, September 7th, the Anson Uncles Edition. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show. And I'm Dad to Noah, who just turned six, and Ami, who's going to be three next week. We live in Detroit. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family |
| 0:21.2 | travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three littles, Henry who's 11, Oliver who's nine, |
| 0:26.7 | and Teddy who's six, and we live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Jemu. I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's |
| 0:33.3 | camp feeding parenting column and mom to Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:39.1 | We're going to start off today by sharing our parenting ups and downs this week. |
| 0:42.9 | Then I'll be talking with Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santad about their new book, |
| 0:48.9 | The Secret Society of Ants and Uncles. |
| 0:50.8 | We get into what it takes to craft a kid's book, why aunt and uncle relationships are so special, and ultimately why they're so overlooked in children's literature. |
| 0:59.2 | Finally, if you're one of our Slate Plus listeners, we're going to do a feed follow, where we share |
| 1:03.7 | some social media accounts we're really loving right now and who we think might brighten up |
| 1:07.5 | your feed. Here's what you're here if you have Slate Plus. I have one for Jamila |
| 1:12.6 | that I think it came up, you know, your phone's always listening. I had my phone in here when we |
| 1:18.4 | were recording about all the board games and talking about them. They're called the board game |
| 1:22.7 | couple and they're at games, then the number four, and then TWO. |
| 1:28.2 | They play a segment of the game on their reel so you can see it and be like, |
| 1:34.6 | oh yeah, this is something we would play or this is something we would not play. |
| 1:39.5 | Not only will you get to hear that fun segment, but as a Slate Plus member, |
| 1:43.0 | you'll get a whole bonus segment every week. Plus, you get to listen to all your favorite Slate Podcasts ad-free. |
| 1:48.8 | It's really the best way to listen and the best way to support the show. You can sign up for |
| 1:52.9 | Slate Plus now at slate.com slash mom and dad plus. All right, we're going to jump into |
| 1:58.2 | triumphs and fails as soon as we get back from this short break. |
| 2:05.7 | Hey, guys, so Jamila, what have you been up to this week? |
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