Hello, I'm Joanna Coles, the chief content officer of The Daily Beast, and you're listening to The Daily Beast podcast. And my co-host today is the wildly talented Dan Bukitinsky. He's an award-winning actor, a writer, a producer. You loved him in Scandal. You still love him in hacks.

And I guarantee there is no listener who hasn't laughed at his jokes. Dan is currently in Rome.

But I thought of him for today's discussion because he's an old friend. And from past discussions, I know he's interested in family dynamics. And that's what this

episode is all about. So if you're a parent, if you're a sibling, if you're a child, if you're an

only child, this book is going to explain so much of your life to you and you are going to find

new ways of thinking about yourself and the

people around you. So stay tuned. Dan even wrote his own book, a hilarious book called

Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? Great title. It's the confessions of a gay dad and it's

currently a steal, Dan. I don't know if you knew this at 199 on Kindle. So hopefully

people will go and buy it too because it's a great book about parenting. But today Dan and his

husband Don are proud parents of two fabulous teenagers, if not always the most easy of teenagers.

But then what teenager is.

He's a keen observer of humanity,

so it's always a pleasure to spend time with him.

So, Dan, thank you for joining us.

And I'm very pleased to introduce you on air to an old friend, Susan Dominus,

because today we're diving into the battlefield

of the family home, where alliances are formed,

grudges calcify and no one ever quite forgets who got the bigger or the best bedroom.

Our beast of the week this week is Susan Domino's, who's a long-time writer at the New York Times

magazine, and she's now the author of a book that had me planning to call my sister the moment I put it down.

And to be fair, my sister-in-law I've only spoken once this year.

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