The Secrets of Your Favorite Children’s Entertainment
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen are talking all about the world of kids entertainment. And to help them out, they’re joined by non-other than the person responsible for some of the most iconic shows of your childhood—Blue’s Clues, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and more! Angela Santomero is a children’s television creator in the grand tradition of Mister Roger and she has a lot of advice and thoughts on how to help kids learn and laugh.
Be sure to check out Angela’s new book and YouTube series: Princess Penelope’s Purse of Preposterous Things.
This week on the Plus Playground: Angela shares her favorite children’s entertainment.
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Video production by Micah Phillips.
Follow us on YouTube!
Join us on Facebook and email us at careandfeedingpod@slate.com 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.
Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:07.1 | This is Karen Feeding. |
| 0:08.5 | We're three friends with kids who get together every week to talk life, swap advice, and keep each other sane while we muddle through this weird and wonderful thing called parenting. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:20.3 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 14, Oliver who's 12, and Teddy, who's nine. |
| 0:27.9 | We live in Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 0:30.7 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:32.0 | I make another podcast called Weirdly Helpful. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm dad to Noah, who's eight, and Ami, who's five. We live in Detroit. |
| 0:40.5 | Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I have a substack with Elizabeth. It's called Best Mom Friends. Check it out. |
| 0:47.2 | Last article we wrote, we shared with you our favorite summer reads or something along the lines. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm Mom to Amelia, who's 16, Avery who's 13, and we live in Miami, Florida. |
| 0:59.1 | We're here to talk about the ups, the downs, everything in between when it comes to parenting, |
| 1:03.4 | and every week we commiserate, we check in with listeners, and try to make this feel like |
| 1:07.9 | the kind of conversation you'd have with your friends. |
| 1:10.8 | And today, grab your bowl of cereal and turn on the TV. Okay. and try to make this feel like the kind of conversation you'd have with your friends. |
| 1:14.6 | And today, grab your bowl of cereal and turn on the TV. |
| 1:18.5 | We're talking all about the world of kids' entertainment. And we'll be joined by none other than the person responsible for some of the most iconic shows of your childhood and your kids' childhood. I'm sure you don't need a clue, |
| 1:30.1 | but you could put a red cardigan in your handy, dandy notebook. We'll introduce our special |
| 1:36.8 | guest right after the break. Welcome back. We're joined now by Angela Santomero, co-creator of Blues Clues. She also created Super |
| 1:49.6 | Y and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. If that wasn't enough, she's got a new project called Princess |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 15 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Audio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Audio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.