Live from Brooklyn Edition
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2016
⏱️ 59 minutes
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On this week's show, Dan and Allison are live at the Bell House in Brooklyn and discuss city parenting, surrogacy, and have an artist's roundtable with children's book authors and musicians.
Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt are live at the Bell House in Brooklyn. On this week's show, Dan and Allison talk about city parenting, surrogacy, and have an artist's roundtable with children's book authors Matt de la Peña and Rebecca Stead, and children's recording artist Laurie Berkner.
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| 0:00.0 | Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by Bull and Branch.com, the company that makes luxury |
| 0:04.4 | betting affordable. Order right now, and they'll give you 20% off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, |
| 0:10.1 | towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at Bowlin Branch.com. That's B-O-L-L-L-A-N-D-B-R-A-N-C-H.com, |
| 0:19.1 | and use the promo code, Mom and Dad. |
| 0:22.3 | And by ClubW, leading the grape-to-glass wine revolution. |
| 0:27.1 | Answer just six simple questions at Clubbw.com, and their algorithm will create a palette profile just for you. |
| 0:33.9 | Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. |
| 0:38.1 | For 50% off your first order, go to clubbw.com slash mom and dad. |
| 0:44.4 | And by the new middle grade novel, The Terrible 2 Get Worse, |
| 0:48.5 | the hilarious sequel to The Terrible 2, |
| 0:50.8 | which spent more than 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. |
| 0:53.6 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:01.8 | Hello and welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting Slate's Parenting Podcast for Saturday, February 20th, the Live from Brooklyn Edition. |
| 1:16.6 | I'm Allison Benedict and editor at Slate and the mom of Harry 7, Sam 5, and Wally, still two, but really, really close to being three. He's basically three. He's three. I'm Dan Cois, the dad of Lyra, who's 10, and Harper, who's 8. Hi, Alson. Hey, on today's show, we'll talk to Slate columnist Michelle Goldberg about the ethical and legal hazards of surrogacy. Then we'll be joined by three terrific children's artists, singer, songwriter, superstar |
| 1:45.3 | Lori Berkner, who you all know from We Are the Dinosaurs Marching Marching at your preschool |
| 1:50.1 | graduation, and two Newberry award-winning authors, Rebecca Stead and Matt DiLapena, to talk |
| 1:55.5 | about making art for kids. |
| 1:57.5 | Also triumphs and fails, questions from the audience joined by my husband and noted parenting expert John Cook, and recommendations. |
| 2:05.6 | And for our Slate Plus segment, you'll hear us debate some parenting conundra with our audience here in Brooklyn. |
| 2:11.0 | And we want you, if you are a fan of mom and dad are fighting, to please, please tell your friends. |
| 2:17.7 | This time around, I would like you to please tell a drummer in your life. |
| 2:23.1 | Like everyone knows a drummer, right? |
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