Why Your Child Isn't Just "Giving You a Hard Time" with Anjelah Johnson-Reyes

Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

That Sounds Fun Network

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Today we’re hanging out with the legendary Anjelah Johnson-Reyes. You’ve seen her viral "Nail Salon" bit and her iconic characters from Mad TV, but in this episode, we get into the nuts and bolts of her career and life as a mom. Anjelah shares her fascinating process for building a comedy hour, from recording every set to "cut the fat" to the daunting anxiety of starting a project from scratch. We dive into her self-produced special, Ugly Baby, and how she "sleuthed" her own audio archives to find the perfect family footage. Beyond the stage, we talk about her husband Manuel’s "resplendent" hair and her daughter Rosie’s hilarious two-year-old sass. Most importantly, Anjelah offers a powerful perspective on parenting: Your child isn't "giving you a hard time," they’re going through a hard time. Watch Angela's New Special, Ugly Baby, HERE! Join us: http://dadville.substack.com Thanks to our Sponsors: Quince - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://quince.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Cove - Check out Cove at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://covesmart.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code DAD for an additional 10% off your first order! Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://shopify.com/dadville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls podcast. I'm David Thomas.
0:04.8	And I'm Sissy Gough.
0:05.9	And we are therapists who've been practicing with kids and families for over 30 years.
0:11.1	And in each episode of our podcast, we're going to share some of what we're learning in this work that we do with kids and families on a daily basis.
0:18.6	Our goal is to help you care for the kids in your life with a little more understanding,
0:23.6	a little more practical help, and a whole lot of hope.
0:27.1	We are honored to invite you to join us on this journey of raising boys and girls.
0:36.9	Deadville. Yeah. Hi. Dadville Yeah
0:40.7	Hi, I'm Dave Barnes
0:42.4	And I'm John McLaughlin
0:43.5	And welcome to Dadville
0:44.8	Dadville's a podcast
0:46.9	Where we talk about life, love
0:48.9	And the pursuit of awesome dadding
0:50.8	It's funny thoughts and deep talks
0:53.1	So please enjoy your time here in
0:55.1	Dadville and enjoy this episode with Angela. Let me start by saying Angela, you had to drive a
1:05.9	whopping, you know, what, two minutes. And let me tell you what I did. I went on the map and I saw, oh, two minutes, I got time. And then I did that thing where all of a sudden I gave myself too much time. And I was like, oh, no, hurry. Now I'm flustered, like grabbing all my things to get out of the house to get my two-minute drive. I know. I didn't realize we were so close to each other yeah well you can feel it in the air
1:28.5	like when i get up in the morning why are we not friends this is dumb i feel like if we could do we
1:33.8	should just do a huge like uh combo pod of this area i feel like this could be a bit that you got
1:38.8	one of you guys could do they're like i feel like we should be friends but friends. But the bid is like, I thought we were friends.
1:46.2	Oh, yeah.
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