Itsy Bitsy

Have Kids, They Said…

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4.9 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Have Kids They Said, Rich and Nicole sit with some heavy feelings as they reflect on September 11th and the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. From there, the tone lightens as they talk about being the itsy bitsy spider, Keegan breaking Matt’s heart by retiring a nickname, and Nicole puts out fires as usual. Rich vents about endless ads and spam texts, Nicole shares her new method for getting kids to clean, and Rich talks about his latest obsession with plums. They also touch on divorce advice, and Parker finds the perfect moment to troll Nicole at a Sweet 16. Don’t forget to rate, review, and share with a friend who’s feeling all the ups and downs this week.

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0:00.0	All right, guys, you guys know the deal.
0:03.5	All right, this is to get your little kids out of the room. This is adult. This is adult swim only, okay? This is like when your parents would have company over and they're like, all right, go to your room, go to bed. That's the deal. Go play in the basement. Go play in the basement, okay? This is just not for little itty-bitty ears. You have been warned. I'm sorry.
0:23.0	I'men. in the basement, okay? This is just not for little itty-bitty ears. You have been warned.
0:23.7	What's your name?
0:25.9	Oh my.
0:27.9	Bucky!
0:28.4	Bucky!
0:30.5	Bucky!
0:30.9	Bucky!
0:36.9	Dede! on the fucking bitching.
0:38.0	I have felt uneasy.
0:52.3	It's an uneasy all day.
0:52.4	Yeah, why is that?
0:53.5	It's an uneasy week. Like today when this episode comes out,
0:56.9	September 11th, which is always such an uneasy day for me. Oh my gosh. Well, it's for all of us.
1:01.6	I mean, listen, it's for the whole country. I think it's for the world. But for New Yorkers like
1:05.7	us, if for some reason, it just hits, it just stings. Like every year, it never gets easier. It always is like Matt wakes up. He's hysterical. I go to work and I just feel like a knot in the pit on my stomach. It's just a mess. It's just it'll never get easier. I have this like terribly weird, like obsession with looking at 9-11 footage online. So does Matt. So does Matt. So does Matt. And, you know, I was in Midtown that day. I was, I was on, I was in Union Square. So like 15 blocks away. And I just remember being stuck in Manhattan that day. And it's just so uneasy. Again, I just watched the could or shoulda, what a stories of people trying to get out. And I don't know. It doesn't, it sucks. Even 24 years later. It does. It does. Yesterday, the Charlie Kirk assassination, I don't know why that hit me so hard. It's not like I'm a super fan of his, but it just. You know what it is. You know what it is. I know what it is. It's that like I feel like it doesn't
2:02.0	matter what you believe or what side of politics you're on. It just feels icky now. It just feels like
2:09.0	what happened to freedom of speech? What happened to people just, listen, you can hate somebody.
2:15.5	They do not need to die. Right. this is just like is this where our world is
2:20.2	this where our country is like it makes me feel uneasy about my kids and having them grow up in
2:24.7	this world that's really what it is i mean it's a parenting podcast and i feel so uneasy about
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