Care & Feeding | Everyday Carry for Parents: Never Leave Without These

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen have animal talk! They’re joined by zoo consultant Megan Sanders to talk about ways to help kids feel or involved in making the world a better place for animals. But first, the hosts have an Every Day Carry segment! They share everything that’s currently in their bags - from favorite snacks to boredom busters and more. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Video production by Micah Phillips. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:07.7	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show that's as honest and messy as parenting itself.
0:12.7	I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called Weirdly Helpful. I am Dad to Noah,
0:18.1	who's eight, and Ami, who's five. We live in Detroit. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry, who's 13, Oliver, who's 11, and Teddy, who's nine. And we are in London. So cool. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I do another podcast, too. It's the Mamasita Rica. I'm Mother to Amelia,
0:40.8	who's 15, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami. This week, I'm going to the Detroit Zoo.
0:50.6	I talked with a great ape expert. Her name is Jill Moise.
0:56.0	I'm very excited for you to meet her.
0:58.0	And we also had a listener question asking for ideas for how a kid can feel more involved
1:02.0	in making the world a better place for animals.
1:05.0	So we brought on Megan Sanders, a zoo consultant and teacher for some ideas.
1:10.0	And we'll get into that in just a bit, but first, we're digging into our bags.
1:14.5	I've always wanted to do this.
1:15.8	I always see celebrities do it like on vogue.com.
1:18.1	I'm like, I want people to see what's in my bag.
1:20.7	We got this amazing listener question that was really for you, Elizabeth, about what amazing
1:26.1	things do we have in our bags to keep ourselves
1:29.5	and our children sane?
1:32.1	And if you're not already watching our episodes on YouTube, you absolutely should be for this
1:37.2	episode.
1:37.9	You can find us by searching care and feeding in the YouTube search box or go to YouTube.com
1:43.6	slash at care and feeding.
1:45.9	That's the at sign, the little symbol, care and feeding.
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