"There’s No Claire’s in the Womb" with W. Kamau Bell | 3

I Love My Kid, But...

Wondery

Parenting, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week W. Kamau Bell joins Megan, Chris & Kurt. They love their kids… BUT they’re running out of patience with THEIR parents. Everybody loves grandma and grandpa until they start inserting their outdated opinions about culture into every parenting decision that pops up like when to pierce your kiddo’s ears. In Chris’ case, “right out of the womb” seems a BIT too early. Comedian, filmmaker, and “girl-dad” W. Kamau Bell shares his experiences with making a documentary about growing up mixed in America today and how he tries to please everyone on all sides of his multiethnic family…well, almost everyone.

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0:00.0	Hey, fellow parents. Just a heads up that this show may have kid in the title, but it is not for kids.
0:07.0	We cuss a lot. And so if you're with your kids, you might want to save this for later.
0:18.2	Hi, my name is Debbie Cometbell. I love my kid, but I hate logistics with my kids.
0:26.2	I hate trying to figure out where they need to go and how they need to get there and how long
0:31.4	it takes and which parents are going to pick them up and who's got a car seat.
0:36.0	From Wondery, I'm Chris Garcia.
0:38.2	I'm Megan Galey.
0:39.1	I'm Kurt Brown-Oller.
0:40.3	And this is I Love My Kid.
0:42.5	But...
0:43.0	Welcome to I love my kid, but this is, of course, your weekly escape from the joys and frustrations of being a parent.
1:06.8	It's honestly just a chance for us to get together and commiserate and also maybe learn, but probably not.
1:14.2	More likely is we're not going to learn anything other than we're not alone.
1:19.0	But we did get sandwiches today.
1:20.5	But we did get sandwiches today.
1:22.6	And everyone who's listening to this podcast, we will be sending you a sandwich.
1:27.5	W. Camel Bell will be joining us a little bit later to talk about his brand new HBO documentary, all about growing up mixed race in America today.
1:36.1	But first, how's everybody doing?
1:37.9	I'm feeling pretty good.
1:39.4	Yeah?
1:40.0	Yeah.
1:40.6	You know, I got some rage out earlier, just yelling.
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