One Bad Mother

You are doing a good job.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

One Bad Mother cancelled?! Where's Theresa?!? Oh. There she is. And nobody, not nobody, could ever cancel this show, baby. Except Biz. The penultimate episode of One Bad Mother! Start crying now!

Transcribed - Published: 8 March 2025

In this shocking antepenultimate episode of One Bad Mother, Stefan finally proposes to Biz! In Paris! Over 15 years ago! Or will he? Tune in to find out!

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2025

Hey! Listen! It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: Legend of Zelda lore expert, 5th Grader, and child of Biz, Ellis Lawrence joins his OBM in the hotseat to talk about symbolism in Majora's Mask, growing up with the podcast, and resilience through dungeon puzzling.

Transcribed - Published: 22 February 2025

What are you so scared about, fraidy-cat? Ghosts? Monsters? Glitter? Menopause? Fair enough, actually. John James Goldbeck, writer for the brand new hulu and Disney+ Goosebumps TV show, joins Biz to talk about dares and pranks, the return of David Schwimmer, and watching scary stuff too young with no supervision.

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2025

You always wanted to be an inspiration to your kid, but not as the cackling villain in their eventual memoir! Cheryl Klein, author of Crybaby, returns to the show to talk about growing up with Mutha magazine, overcompensating for hypochondria, and the empathy found in telling one's own story.

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2025

Content Warning: Postpartum Psychosis, Violence, Murder Strap on your banjos, listeners, we're singing about pain, loss, madness, and pink tampon-slinging Cybertrucks. Becky Poole, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and longtime Biz friend and collaborator, sits down to talk about her new podcast and album, both titled The Ballad of Dena & Andrea. They discuss longtime friendship, the history of murder ballads, and the dark and tragic stories of Andrea Yates and Dena Schlosser. It's a fun conversation, we promise.

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2025

Fear not, OBMs, Biz has returned and she is pooped! Luckily, the wonderful Renee Colvert returns to interview... Biz? They discuss the Los Angeles Wildfires, the healing power of Bluey, and the origins of One Bad Mother. Plus, Renee has an agenda.

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2025

Not to worry, listeners: Biz and Theresa and their families are safe from the Los Angeles wildfires. Tired and annoyed, but safe. ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 484: Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and drivin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and waitin’. Biz sings the carline blues with A Very Special Guest for the final episode of 2022! Plus, Biz goes into the closet.

Transcribed - Published: 10 January 2025

Will helping me stop being a people pleaser help you like me more? Amy Wilson, author of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser, joins Biz to talk about converting kid's bedrooms into offices, being and not being the asshole, and learning to fix yourself before fixing others.

Transcribed - Published: 4 January 2025

ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 387: We all have bodies!!! It’s true! We have a body, so let’s get comfortable in it! Biz talks to author, illustrator Tyler Feder about her inclusive, body positive picture book for preschoolers, Bodies Are Cool! Plus, Biz enjoys her ramen and Theresa keeps her kids from learning what New Year’s Eve is all about…again.

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2024

Backpack? Check. Notebook? Check. Pen? Check. Baby? Check. Wait, what? Biz is joined by Hechinger Report journalist Neal Morton to talk about Lumen High School in Spokane, WA, a public charter school committed to accommodating and educating teen parents.

Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2024

When you're bone tired, haggard, and broken, seek out a friend to help ease the burden. Sometimes that friend is an imaginary caustic man rabbit, but he'll have to do. Katie Locke O'Brien, director of the comedy series Dick Bunny, joins Biz to talk magical realism, Tooth Fairy inflation, and the empty mason jar that is the postpartum brain.

Transcribed - Published: 14 December 2024

Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high... Take a look, we have a book, it's One Bad Mother! The fantastic Traci Thomas, host of the literature podcast The Stacks, joins Biz to talk parker rolls, audiobook speeds, and making time for reading in a house full of screaming children.

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2024

ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 498: The House Is Trashed But The Bones Are Good, with Maggie Smith Home and life feeling like a wreck? Slap some paint on that fixer-upper. Author and poet Maggie Smith joins Biz to talk whittling words, Good Bones, and her new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Plus, Biz is in purgatory.

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2024

ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 124 - Biz and Theresa try to figure out why we can be so mean to ourselves. Maybe it’s because we’re jerks? HA HA HA. [Tears.] Plus, Biz can’t have chickens, Theresa is DONE with solo-parenting after ten days with Jesse out of the country, and we talk with Chuck Bryant, one of the hosts of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, about adoption and the stuff he hopes his child will know. Also, we announce the launch of our parenting merit badges project! Wooooo!

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2024

You enter the main chamber of the Cave of Woe (aka Target) and your Level 1 Fighter child starts screaming. Roll a d20 with disadvantage to see if you have a breakdown! Shelly Mazzanoble, author of How to Dungeon Master Parenting: A Guidebook for Gamifying the Child-Rearing Quest, Leveling Up Your Skills, and Raising Future Adventurers, joins Biz's party to talk monster faces, Stephs Curry and Furry, and the family treasure of playing Dungeons & Dragons together.

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2024

Lord have mercy, what's a girl to believe? Don't look at us. We don't know. Moms and Pops of The Family Skeptical podcast sit down with Biz to discuss parenting without religion, talking to ghosts, being a Star Trek family, and the ins and outs of raising secular kids in spiritual world.

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2024

It's November 6th. You are doing a great job.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2024

The horror! THE HORROR! ...of the depiction of women's bodies in media! Biz's big sister, Helen Michelle, joins for the annual OBM Halloween episode! They talk about the "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane treatment", the benefits of breast reduction, and leaning into the power of aging.

Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2024

Geez, ANOTHER movie about new parenthood, deep isolation, unheard cries for help, and the darkness of postpartum depression? Wait, there aren't any? Well, there is now! Nora Fiffer, writer and director of Another Happy Day, joins Biz to discuss the design flaws of the reproductive cycle, 90 pages of Lauren Lapkus alone at home with a baby, and the breathtaking moment of reciprocal recognition from your child.

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2024

Who do you think is crying more at school drop-off? You or your kid? Meri Wallace, author of The Secret World of Children: Understanding Why Your Kids Behave The Way They Do, joins Biz to discuss turtles, the whys and hows of kicking and biting, and communicating with separation anxiety.

Transcribed - Published: 12 October 2024

Is "fat" a dirty word? Only if we let it be! Mekdela, author of Plus Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change, sits down with Biz to talk misogynoir, Kate Winslet in Titanic, and turning "fat" into a neutral term.

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2024

You know what keeps you young? Having children! Then walking them up Machu Picchu! One Bad Favorite Ophira Eisenberg joins Biz to discuss silent showers, uncomplicated vaginas, and the aging powers of children and a life in comedy.

Transcribed - Published: 28 September 2024

Sit your butt down on that exam table and refuse to leave, because no one can tell you how YOU feel. Dr. Sharon Malone, OBGYN, Certified Menopause Practitioner, and author of Grown Woman Talk, joins Biz to talk about the woeful lack of study on women's health, incorrect perceptions of medical necessities, and what on earth to do next.

Transcribed - Published: 21 September 2024

Enjoy this runaway train ride as we derail into a two-part episode with beloved OBM guest Dr. Carla Naumburg! She stops by to talk about her new middle-grade book, How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic. Plus: an ill-fated trip to Spencer's!

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2024

Enjoy this runaway train ride as we derail into a two-part episode with beloved OBM guest Dr. Carla Naumburg! She stops by to talk about her new book, How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic. Plus: an ill-fated trip to Spencer's!

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2024

This week, we're revisiting an old favorite from 2015! We call bullshit on the “to do list” when none of the ten thousand things we do as a parent everyday counts as a thing we can cross off. Plus, Biz comes to the realization that any problems her kids have may not actually be her fault, Theresa plays mind games with her kid, a listener fails when she realizes the “cock” her son wants to know about isn’t a rooster, and we talk to Sally Hepworth about her debut novel, The Secrets of Midwives.

Transcribed - Published: 30 August 2024

Lost and in the dark about your child's disability? Not anymore! Kelley Coleman, author of Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Systems, Services, and Supports, sits down with Biz to talk about educational resources, the beauty of an amazing index, and the major of Trader Joe's.

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2024

Gather round the guitar, teens. We're going to jam about the true OBMF: The Lord. Just kidding. Jordan Morris of Jordan, Jesse, Go returns to the show to talk about his new graphic novel Youth Group, multidenominational demon-slaying, and finding where you fit in.

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2024

Losing teeth? Forgetting your lines? Pumping your breaks to no avail? Wake up and figure out what it means! April Angel and Michael Sheridan of the Dream Interpretation Podcast and Aisling Dream Interpretation join Biz to talk top 10 dreams, doing too much, and getting good sleep.

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2024

Biz has the COVID, so we're running an old favorite: Camp Mom! *** Biz and Theresa are packing our bags for Camp Mom! Camp mom…an exciting opportunity to save money and spend quality time with your children! It’s as easy as staying up after the kids go to bed and outlining a syllabus of science, art, and movement activities that children of any age and any interest level will totally be into. Don’t forget meals! Be it Mom, Dad, a sitter, a grandparent or the dog next door, the counselor is in and doesn’t want talking after lights out. Plus Biz gets parenting tips and Theresa has a reminder.

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2024

Author Claire Berger joins Biz to talk about starting over at 50, moving across the country to live with her kids, and more!

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2024

Look out! The robots are coming! They're here to... adorn your walls and share the joys of creating art with your kids? Artist Craig Snodgrass of the Robot of the Month Club joins Biz to talk Gen X summer adventures, 3D printing at home, and kids bringing back the 80s.

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2024

We are releasing from behind the paywall the first episode of Boys! Boys! Boys! with Katy Belle! For the rest of the episodes and more, go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year!

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2024

We see in your future... love... and parental frustration? Danny Tamberelli and Katelyn Detweiler, husband and wife and authors of The First Date Prophecy and The Road Trip Rewind, join Biz to talk Tinder profiles, alternating chapters, and writing while the baby sleeps.

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2024

We're getting on this rollercoaster and baby, we're going to be fine (probably)! Comedian Ellie Hino joins Biz to talk about Lady Ghostbusters, the Cuddle Circle of Life, and creating families of weirdos.

Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2024

How many times can you hear "We haven't seen a case like yours in years!" before you scream? Paulette Kamenecka, host of the podcast War Stories from the Womb: What You Didn't Expect When You Were Expecting, sits down with Biz to talk trainwreck pregnancies, the infertility gauntlet, and dog overlords.

Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2024

We all deserve a room-entrance jingle as good as "It's the Big Guy..." Comedian Rachel Feinstein (with a cameo appearance by her husband, Peter) joins Biz to talk about knocking down walls, ball places, and the commonalities of marriage to a firefighter and to a comedian.

Transcribed - Published: 31 May 2024

Roe may be over, but the fight goes on! Moji Alawode-El, co-host of the Feminist Buzzkills Podcast, joins Biz to talk about sipping lemonade on summer days. Wait, no-- Supporting the Abortion Access Front and the ongoing battle for reproductive rights.

Transcribed - Published: 24 May 2024

Coming in for a bro-hug! No, scratch that. Coming in for a hug-hug! Mark Pagán, host of the Other Men Need Help podcast, joins Biz to talk about the films of Sofia Coppola, sunsetting shows, and the limits of masculinity.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2024

Do you think you're a bad dad? Don't. Thanos is out there throwing his kid off a cliff to gain an Infinity Stone. Glenn Boozan, author of There Are Dads Way Worse Than You, returns to talk thread walls and bobbins, shutting down the braggarts, and the difference between (fictional) bad dads and bad guys who are dads.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2024

Will it ever end?! The demands. Not the podcast. Though it is ending. Judge John Hodgman producer Jennifer Marmor joins Biz to talk about sparkling water synchronicity, the finite limits of parental patience, and keeping the Woo alive.

Transcribed - Published: 3 May 2024

Recycling coffee cups? Genius! Throwing plastic in the trash? Fail! Reusing your washable jar for your daily latte? Brain Blast! Debi Derryberry, musician and voice actor behind Jimmy Neutron, joins Biz to talk green living, using silly voices to teach tough lessons, and saving the orangutans with music.

Transcribed - Published: 26 April 2024

The healing power of laughter is wonderful, but somebody's gotta pay those bills. Comedy Gives Back co-founder Zoe Friedman sits down with Biz to talk about the mysteries of male puberty, parent/child friend boundaries, and how comedy can change the world.

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2024

"Self-care" is exhausting. Go ahead and mash that Pause button. Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, author of Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness, joins Biz to talk about the mental cost of saying no, the seduction of the wellness industry, and wine and cheese in Rome.

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2024

Pack up both kinds of anxiety, kids. We're getting on the train. Dr. Regine Galanti, author of Parenting Anxious Kids: Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age and Stage, joins Biz to talk about "ignoring" your children, eating Cuties, and using CBT to overcome anxiety.

Transcribed - Published: 5 April 2024

MaxFunDrive 2024 is nearly over! Producer Gabe joins Biz for a casual chat about dogs, donations, and doing the dew. Producer Gabe is also writing this as we speak. It's weird. You're great.

Transcribed - Published: 29 March 2024

Wake up! It's MaxFunDrive 2024! Or don't! You just got the baby to sleep! Or do! Who even knows anymore?! Rachel McElroy from the Wonderful! podcast sits down with Biz to talk the "angel baby," potty peer pressure, and competitive lullaby baby squats.

Transcribed - Published: 29 March 2024

MaxFunDrive 2024 is drawing to a close! Biz is joined by subgroup OBM Disabled+ badmin Ashley Faye to discuss the language around disability, playing hide and seek, and sweet custom t-shirts.

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2024