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Bad family — a podcast for black sheep, bad kids, bad family. Join siblings Courtney, Lindsey, and Lincoln as we talk about being the bad kids in our own family, figuring things out, growing, failing, and getting better. “Coco I've been listening to your podcast and it is a delight. It feels like I’m hanging out with you!” -Lisa “You guys have such a positive energy and dynamic. My siblings and I would make the most boring podcast ever.” -Patrick “It’s been such a pleasure being able to listen to your podcast during these weird times.” -Liezel

Bad Family


    • Apr 11, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 33 EPISODES


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    Body Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 62:58


    Bad family welcomes Lincoln's partner Haleigh to talk everything about everybody. Only kidding, to talk about the body itself. Join bad family in a chat about our bodies as a compass and a map. In a thoughtful deep dive, bad family gets real about listening to our guts, thinking about what we put on our bodies, and why. A full body experience all around. Don't miss this one.

    Laughing about Deep Shit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 81:26


    Grab your popcorn for this dramatic twist episode. What starts sad and angry is flipped on its head. An episode about humor begins with real talk on depression, anger, and what corporations get wrong. Join bad family to see in real time how we make it through to laughter. Like someone said, you gotta laugh so you don't cry. Sending love from bad family.

    Big Riverdance Mood

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 61:50


    Bad family, you are in for a treat. Join us for our special International Women's Day episode with all women hosts. Sisters Courtney, Lindsey, Lauren, and Meagan talk women's issues, the gender pay gap, and the evolution of our tastes over time. Something that hasn't changed? Our feelings for Riverdance. Big Riverdance Mood over here. Get those legs kicking and listen in.

    Sister Nina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 60:10


    Bad family welcomes our first non-sibling guest! Lindsey's roommate, our honorary sister Nina, joins us to chat about something we know little about: being an only child. Bad family dishes on childhood secrets, the notion of family, building family outside of blood, and the concept of gathering. Listen in to hang with the family.

    Money, honey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 70:03


    Brave some real-life sounds to hear bad family chat all things dollar bills. Jaime tells us how much a family of 7 spends at Costco. Courtney answers some money questions. The family chats saving and spending. Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching. Tune in.

    Boundaries and kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 56:56


    Bad family kicks off season three with an episode about setting boundaries and being kind to yourself. One year into a global pandemic, this was the episode bad family needed. Lauren joins the party as the siblings try to pull Courtney out of a rut and learn from Lincoln's emotional intelligence. You won't want to miss this.

    Bad Family (Trailer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 0:33


    Come join the bad family. Hosts and siblings Courtney, Lindsey, and Lincoln get chatty about the world, their lives, and their feelings. Tune in.

    Season finale: We're not really strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 89:02


    Season two wraps up with bad family playing We're Not Really Strangers. A final questions episode has us reflecting on each other, the podcast, and ourselves. In a time of New Year's goals and reinvention, join us to think about who you are, where you are, where you're going, and who you want to be. We're on break until February. Stay tuned, and we'll see you again soon.

    Names and dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 64:13


    Our twenty-fifth episode where bad family digs into names and dreams. Sister Lauren (and baby Lucy) joins us for conversation about the names we've given and the dreams we've had. Courtney plays mystic and interprets the dreams shared. Don't believe your dreams have meaning? Tune in for a deeper look into the subconscious.

    Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 45:53


    At the near-end of a wild year, bad family is thinking about happiness. Join us as we discuss little joys, viral hit Doggface208, and what makes us laugh in 2020. Wishing you all happiness and joy.

    Black sheep

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 61:43


    Ever felt like the odd man out? A square peg in a round hole? We hear you. Bad family delves into the feeling of being the black sheep - in your family, in your life, or in the world. This episode sticks out. You won't want to miss it.

    Splendid isolation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 40:56


    Lean into the lonely this holiday season. Join bad family as we talk about the ups and downs of loneliness and the arguably splendid isolation of holidays in 2020. For the first time ever, get through your holiday with a custom bad family playlist. Get listening: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fsq9dazoeDg0ufKjfvHGV?si=5l2keMmVR0q4nNfSTZmIdw

    Space and grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 50:30


    Have you noticed that kind people have a hard time being kind to themselves? In a universally difficult year, bad family is here to tell you that it's okay to make mistakes, it's okay to be imperfect, and it's okay to give yourself space and grace. Give yourself space and grace right now by pausing whatever difficult thing you're doing, cozying up, and having a listen. Cheers to you.

    Seeing red

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 53:19


    During a week of waiting for the US election results, bad family settles in to talk about anger. Special guest sister Jaime brings insight and real wisdom to a thoughtful conversation about seeing red. In a purple nation with a recently called blue President, you may want to send this episode to all of your red family members. Join us as this episode is all the rage.

    Best of Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 55:36


    With Halloween approaching bad family digs into the spooky and the scary. With thoughts on death, whimsy, and the uncanny, bad family walks through select horror film scenes, looking into the why behind what scares us. Cuddle up after dark and listen.

    A life on our planet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 55:22


    After a vulnerable end to Dr. Arthur Aron's questions, bad family falls hard for David Attenborough. A discussion of the recent documentary turned “witness statement,” A Life on our Planet, has bad family seeing green and scheming to change the world. Join us for some meditations on the Holocene.

    Accelerated intimacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 72:55


    Bad family takes on Dr. Arthur Aron's 36 questions to fall in love. Twenty-five years after the lab experiment bad family dives in, tackling questions that push us to re-evaluate the “narratives of self we offer to strangers and acquaintances.” Tune in and turn up. Are we more in love?

    Love Island and social performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 48:21


    Bad family is taking a break from the tough topics. After a thoughtful Tell Us Apart segment that shines a light on our worst qualities, Lindsey and Lincoln educate Courtney on the wild and toxic dynamics of Love Island. UK trash TV becomes a discussion on social performance and the rest we all need in these times. From all of us to all of you: get some rest.

    Partisan America

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 64:58


    No taboo subject is off-limits as bad family dives into politics. After a “tell us apart” segment on personal style, bad family talks about political divisions, misinformation, the Supreme Court, and issues with partisan news. Three left-leaning siblings try to be true to themselves but fair. Buckle up as things get heated. Stick with us.

    Summer and the natural world

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 61:21


    Season two kicks off with an entrance. After a big welcome back, bad family catches you up on our summers and dives into pneumatic reminiscences of the natural world. In the midst of the California fires, bad family digs into the notion of being rooted to the land, snaking through a city-slicker tangent involving umlauts and dogs. Baby, we're back.

    Season finale: Who we are now

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 68:58


    Get your fix of bad family before our summer break. Catch up with us as we review the season, talk about how we've changed, how we're the same and what's coming in Season 2. We love our listeners. Thanks for supporting us on this bad, bad journey. Bad means good, you get it?

    The public feeling of feelings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 65:46


    After Courtney cracks at work, bad family talks mental health and checking in with our feelings. After briefly reviewing folklore, bad family makes some surprising realizations about the podcast... and how it may be part of a heritage we didn't connect.

    Personal values, good trouble, and the fierce urgency of now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 64:49


    After last week's talk of redefining values, bad family is here pointing them out. Hear us talk about the values we each chose, as well as about the late John Lewis and the inspired idea of good trouble, today.

    Former Mormons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 65:45


    A bad family milestone: our 10th episode. Join us as we introduce our sister Meagan, discuss leaving the Mormon church, and dissect our patriarchal blessings.

    American mythos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 63:19


    The Fourth of July stirred some feelings this year. Join bad family as we talk about American mythos, what it means to be an American, the narrative of the frontier, and opportunity versus equality in America. Basically a light, little jaunt through the country...

    Fear and Loving in Las Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 59:43


    This episode has nothing to do with Las Vegas. Join bad family as we hash out our biggest fears, laugh at Lincoln's experience with psychedelics on a park bench and talk about relationship lessons learned. Buckle up.

    Benjamins, big shoes, and business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 65:12


    This week we get to the real real! In our most intimate episode yet, bad family talks about spending money and breaks down Courtney's latest business idea (inclusive sizing in women's footwear) as well as some failed ideas from before. Best of all, Lincoln graces us with an end-of-episode surprise for the record books. Stick around.

    Pride, identity and stumbling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 52:46


    Don't miss this special birthday fool episode where Courtney's use of Mormon metaphor takes a turn for the worst. Bad family pushes through and digs in to discuss pride, identity, and personal stumbling blocks in 2020. We continue to get real, real quick. Come along.

    Monuments and our relationship to conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 60:19


    Bad family is digging into the hard stuff. Join us as we discuss our vulnerabilities: getting it wrong, getting it right, looking at Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA, and understanding our deep-seated conflict avoidance. Buckle up and listen in because our family is your family.

    Immigrants, otherness, and injustice in America

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 74:13


    In a week of protests, riots, and calls for change, join bad family as we discuss our own experience of feeling "other" or half-caste while talking through racism and injustice in America. #BlackLivesMatter

    A Good Edit (work in progress)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 50:36


    We can't do it all, we can't read it all, we can't be everyone we've ever wanted to be. How do we narrow to the essentials? Join siblings Lindsey, Lincoln, and Courtney as they hash out their thoughts on the concept of a good edit of life - how to live life poorly and how to live it better.

    Shame, shame, we know your name.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 61:24


    Join the usual cast of sibs and special guest Lauren as bad family shines a light on shame. Be a fly on the wall for our first foray into the dark heart of things.

    “It sounds like a bad first date.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 56:01


    Remember sitting at restaurants before pandemic? You ever overhear a bad first date? Ride that sneaky voyeur vibe as you meet bad family. Meet us and listen in because hey, you're part of the family.

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