Care & Feeding | Planners and Calendars and Lists (Oh My)

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Lucy talk about executive functioning. Listeners reliably chime in when Elizabeth and Lucy talk about their planners, their calendars, and their methods of staying sane… so today, we’re diving into the ways we keep track of everything. Most of the time. After that, of course, we’ll circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. 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. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.0	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raised the next generation together. What's up? I'm Lucy Lopez. I have another podcast, the Mamessita Rica. I'm Mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the family travel blog Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Zach Rosen. I make
1:19.3	another pod. I just realized I was very Midwestern. Ezec. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's
1:24.5	called The Best Advice Show. I am dad to Noah, who's seven, and
1:28.2	Ami, who's four. We live in Amsterdam. So today on the show, we're talking about executive
1:34.2	functioning. I get all the goosebumps. Listeners reliably chime in when Elizabeth and I talk about
1:41.9	our planners, our calendars, our calendars, and our methods methods of staying sane. So today we're diving into the ways we keep track of
1:48.8	everything most of the time. And then after that, of course, we'll circle up for a
1:54.0	round of triumphs and fails. I cannot wait to share with you what mine is. So let's
2:00.0	get going, but first we're going to take a quick break.
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