We Announced a Baby and Reddit Declared War

The Really Very Crunchy Podcast

Emily & Jason Morrow

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jason and Emily wade into the Reddit comment swamp after Emily’s birth announcement goes mildly viral, unpacking why enjoying motherhood somehow earned them the labels “pro-natalist” and “ultra-conservative.” They talk through what was actually said, what people heard, and why the internet seems allergic to women liking their own lives. Along the way, they share a scary moment when one of their kids was almost taken in a Walmart, plus the latest baffling wellness trend sweeping the nation: house burping. Because in 2026, nothing says cultural discourse like kidnapping scares and releasing trapped air from your living room. Music Licenses MB017SLUKDRFXVY MB01HIWLCGGK8EC MB01XGNSQWVJCRI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Should we tell the most horrific mouse story that ever happened to us? That's up to you. I don't know how our child is not traumatized at all. Not traumatized. I'm traumatized and I am traumatized. It didn't happen to me. Well, our child almost got kidnapped. I mean, it was just a second. Yeah. And this guy comes up to my kid. There's a Reddit thread about your pregnancy announcement.
0:21.7	That is so weird.
0:23.9	None of it's good.
0:24.8	That is absurd to me.
0:26.4	And it gave me the most pro-natal, mega, weird birther movement propaganda vibes I have ever seen.
0:35.0	Ever?
0:35.6	You know, I like gum on the bottom of my shoe better than i like those people
0:39.8	huh yeah you're listening to the really very crunchy podcast with your host emily and jason
0:50.9	emily have you done your house burping today?
0:55.2	House burping?
0:56.0	Have you heard of this phenomenon?
0:58.1	House burping?
0:59.8	No.
1:00.8	Let me guess.
1:01.6	Okay, yeah.
1:02.1	What is your best guess at what house burping actually is?
1:07.1	Open your windows and doors for 15 minutes.
1:11.3	Okay.
1:22.3	If you've never heard of house burping, what in your brain makes you think, hmm, I think that means open the windows for 10 to 15 minutes a day.
1:25.8	Because burping your sourdough or burping fermented products, you open the jar and that's
1:33.9	called burping it.
1:35.0	So I'm thinking burping my house, I'm opening the windows to let out bacteria and whatever.
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