Ep. 186: Screw You, Resolutions! Plus Cognitive Sciences Expert Barbara Sarnecka

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Biz and Theresa revisit their resolutions from last year and are reminded that resolutions are bullshit! Seriously. Let's resolve to talk about cake or anything else next year. Plus, Biz recovers from the holidays, Theresa reminds us of her favorite gift, and we talk to Professor of Cognitive Sciences Barbara Sarnecka about her fascinating recent study on how moral judgments affect the way we perceive risk. Barbara Sarnecka: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/cogdev/Sarnecka/ No Child Left Alone: Moral Judgments about Parents Affect Estimates of Risk to Children: http://www.collabra.org/articles/10.1525/collabra.58/ The NPR interview: http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/08/22/490847797/why-do-we-judge-parents-for-putting-kids-at-perceived-but-unreal-risk Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsors this week are Blue Apron and Casper. You can try Blue Apron and get your first three meals free with free shipping by visiting BlueApron.com/badmother. One Bad Mother is also supported in part by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. OBM listeners can get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting http://www.casper.com/badmother and using promo code "badmother" at check out. Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485* *Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list! Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook Get a OBM tee from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://www.awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://www.adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

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0:00.0	This is Bins. I'm a part-time working mom with a toddler's son and a daughter who's a full-blown kid.
0:06.0	And I'm Theresa, a part-time working mom with two little boys and another on the way.
0:10.0	This is a show about life after giving life.
0:13.0	Don't listen with your kids because there will be swears.
0:15.8	This is One Bad Mother.
0:17.8	This week on One Bad Mother, it's time once again to resolve to be resolute.
0:25.0	Plus Biz recovers from the holidays.
0:27.0	Teresa wants to remind us about her great gift, and we talk to Barbara Sarnaca about her recent study on how moral judgments affect how we perceive risk.
0:36.0	Woo!
0:38.0	Hello Teresa!
0:41.0	Happy New Year, biz!
0:42.0	Happy New Year! Iiz. Happy New Year.
0:43.0	I saw you last year.
0:45.0	Great to see you in the new year.
0:47.0	I know, here we are.
0:48.0	There was so much like, there was so much anticipation.
0:51.0	There was.
0:52.0	And now we're here.
0:53.2	It's arrived.
0:54.2	That was 2017.
0:55.2	She's just going to walk around the office and every time he leaves a meeting he's going to be like,
0:58.4	see you next year.
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