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Brandi and Matt Larsen join us to share the story of a simple trip to the playground that ended up being not simple at all. Check out Matt's app Scorch Injector here: https://lkwdcast.com/scorch-injector-game Check out Brandi's upcoming book Uncultured: a Memoir, Co-written with Daniella Mestyanek Young, here: https://brandilarsen.com/books Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Mike Brumm (The Late Show) shares a story of preparing his new yard for the arrival of his first child. WARNING: Major Cringe Factor. In fact, promote it to Colonel Cringe Factor. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Ophira Eisenberg tells about her amazingly detailed birthing plan. And then what happened. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Steve Waltien (Klepper, Late Night with Stephen Colbert) joins us to tell the amazing story of when his son first put together letter sounds to.... read a word. Warning! Profanity. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Mary and Pat share a story of their own: about the year one of their kids made a simple request to Santa that turned out to be... not so simple. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Kate James returns and tells us about how an incident at her son's school makes her realize that his life now has stories he may not share. Check out Kate's work on Work in Progress, season 2 on Showtime. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Kate Tellers tells us about buldling her son's Halloween costume, and why she'll go to such lengths to do it right. Check out Kate's work in How to Tell a Story: coming from the Moth this fall:https://themoth.org/ Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Alex Zalben tells us about how his family tried to salvage Halloween during Covid. Then he shares the tale of what should have been a straightforward night out. Check out Alex's amazing podcast Comic Book Club, along with Riverdale After Dark, Marvelvision, and more here: https://comicbookclublive.com/ Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Gary Rudoren tells us about his aspirations of being comedy's Mozarts dad, and moving to Jerusalem with toddler twins. Check out Gary's book Comedy By The Numbers. http://www.comedybythenumbers.com/ Then Yvonne Landry shares her adventures taking the kids across borders to spend the summers in a small Portuguese town where no one speaks their language. Check out Yvonne's amazing program, The Superhero Training Center: http://superherotrainingcenter.com/

We got to talk to our kids' favorite author: Matt Oldfield, Author of the Kids Sports Book of the Year: Unbelievable Football (and Unbelievable Football 2!). Matt's written so many great books about soccer and soccer players: from the Ultimate Football Heroes series to Johnny Ball: Accidental Football Genius. Check him out at https://heroesfootball.com/ and @footieheroesbks

Welcome to Season 2! Meagan O'Brien (Second City) tells us about the day she drew the line.

Rebekka Johnson tells us about a perfect cousins' sleepover... or at least that's how it started. Check out Rebekka's short film Consent: A short comedy about a serious subject - or @hellorebekka on IG & Twitter. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Kelly Moylan Lyons shares the story of the night she lost her family pet.

Bob Kulhan joins us to tell three stories about trying to find the balance between letting your kids fully invest and helping them to know what's appropriate. Bob's the CEO of Business Improv! Check it out here: www.businessimprov.com Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay Parents of 3-5 year olds, check out our Word Play workshop starting in July! Find more at www.funnyparentspodcast.com

Matt Braunger tells us about an amazing road trip... Coast to Coast... in an electric car... with a six-week-old. Check out Matt's Podcast This Might Help with Matt Braunger right here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-might-help-with-matt-braunger/id634244731 hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Mo Reynolds joins us to share several tales about telling myths and telling the truth to her kids. Check out her website at www.moreynolds.com Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay drop by funnyparentspodcast.com

Liz Allen joins us to tell a tale about the day she offered to help her son's teacher on a 7th grade class event in the Las Vegas sun.

Mary and Pat tell a story of our over-committing to our son's school project. Then Sofiya Cheyenne joins us to share a couple of stories about dealing with the doctors in her son's life.

The incomparable Susan Messing joins us to share a series of stories and moments from raising her daughter, who heads off to college next year. See Susan in Messing with a Friend, in Chicago whenever we can go to live theater again. And drop by our facebook page for more: www. facebook.com/funnyparents

Frank Caeti joins to share two stories with us: one about the birth of his first child, and one about the big question on his son's mind. Frank directs the Second City's online family-friendly offering The Really Awesome Improv Show. Check it out here: https://www.tixr.com/promoters/TheReallyAwesomeImprovShow Find our Janurary Journaling pages at https://www.facebook.com/funnyparents

Paul Luikart tells us about an attempted autumn camping trip. Check out Paul as The Noob on the Talkin' Funny Podcast! https://www.facebook.com/talkinfunny/ Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Nicky Margolis joins us to tell us about how her daughter schooled her on the meaning of Christmas.

Joe Kaplan joins us to share three brief stories from raising his two daughters from birth to college dorm.

Rachel Miller (Boom Chicago, Second City) tells us how, after years of work, she became a mom overnight. Or over improv workshop.

Clair Clairmont and Shane WIlson join us again to tell us about the lengths a parent will go when there's an Elf or a Shelf on the line.

Alissa Alter shares the story about the time when all her prior planning ran headfirst into her baby's head. Check out Alissa's work on her instagram @alissalter or at www.pilatesforyourprivates.com

Our Second Installment of Funny Parents Book Club! Megan Grano (Episode 9) and Andrew Frahm join us to talk about their new book AJ's Bad Temper. You can get a copy right here: https://www.amazon.com/AJs-Bad-Temper-Megan-Grano/dp/B08FSJ7WC5/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=AJ%27s+bad+temper&qid=1603335814&sr=8-1

Jyo Minakawa tells us about the night he found out his son had a peanut allergy. For Funny Parents merch check out: http://www.redbubble.com/people/funnyparents Follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funnyparents

Our first Bonus Episode: Welcome, everyone, to the Funny Parents Book Club. We're thrilled to get to talk to Megan Kellie and Sue Salvi about their book Someday a Bird will Poop on You! You can check it out herehttps://bookshop.org/books/someday-a-bird-will-poop-on-you-a-life-lesson/9780316487764, or any place books are sold. And follow them @birdpoopbook and @flipflipflap

Kate Tellers tells us about her family's preparations to go on a Friendcation during Covid. There's a beach, There are crepes. And there are Science Kids.

This week you will hear a birthing story from hilarious dad, Joe Schiappa! Joe created the show Sport Court on IFC.com and was a writer for Impractical Jokers: AfterShow, MTV's Silent library and more. http://www.joeschiappa.com After that you will hear from Funny Parents co-host Mary Theresa Archbold about the ups and downs of feeding her son all homemade food and his inexplicable aversion to bread. http://www.maryarchbold.com

Irene Carroll tells us about trying to get her baby's weight up with the help of a no-nonsense Brooklyn lactation consultant. Then Jessica Robinson takes us along as she pursues nutritional perfection. Check out Irene's work at irenecarroll.com And enjoy more stories from Jessica at her own show Bettersaidthandone.com

Mac Antigua tells the story of a day at the Women's World Cup when... everything went right. Then Bob Wiltfong tells us about falling asleep... and waking back up. Check out Mac's podcast Imagine This https://link.chtbl.com/mjR8bpbR And Check Out Bob's new book The BS Dictionary: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52452950-the-bs-dictionary

Pat shares a story about trying to move his career while raising kids. Then Ben Rosenfeld joins us with a story about Judaism, Christmas, Russian Children's books, and cleaning. Check out Ben and his wife Michelle's book at www.newparentsmell.com

Dion Flynn tells us several brief stories about raising a kid who (gasp) doesn't want to be an entertainer. Then Kerstin Caldwell shares a story about... breathing in the face of her daughter's doubts. Check out Dion's work and mindfulness workshops at www.dionflynn.com Check out Kerstin's programs at www.gainingperspective.com What kids books do you love? Which ones do you despise? Let us know at facebook.com/funnyparents

Kevin Scott tells us about the inner world of his daughter's stuffed animal society. Then Jean Villepique shares her story about getting her son a vaccination during Covid. If you're in New York, Check out Kevin in Centralia. And be sure to watch Jean on AP Bio on NBC.

Clair Clairmont & Shane Wilson share a story of a wild night of illness and their discovery of magic screentime. Then Sarah Lowe and Matt Donnelly tell us about their experience with circumcising... or not... Check out Matt's podcast Ice Cream Social at www.heyscoops.com And if you're in Chicago, drop by IO Chicago to see Shane with the cast of Whirled News Tonight https://www.ioimprov.com/shows/whirled-news-tonight/

Kate James shares a complete catalog of every question her son asks... before 10:45 am. Then Megan Grano tells us about the time when her kid realized he was surrounded by comedians. Check out Kate on Hello From The Magic Tavern https://hellofromthemagictavern.com/ or on Work in Progress on Showtime: https://www.sho.com/work-in-progress Check out Megan's youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/mgrano or with the Breakwomb https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44WN9psqL1ls8uMCxfvw

Abby Sher (Author of Love You Miss You Hate You Bye) talks about her kid's troublesome trio of imaginary friends, and the darn hurricane that's always out to get them. Then Christine Walters (Network exec for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee)shares a bit of her son's spiritual journey.

We have FOUR - count'em, FOUR stories this week! First improv master Matt Higgins (Centralia, Matt Higgins: The Improviser) talks about finding adventures in unlikely places with his two daughters. Then Krissy Shields (Mahamama.com)and Arian Moayed (Succession, The Humans on Broadway) talk about the Spanish heat and appendix fears. Drop by and say hi at http://facebook.com/funnyparents

It's a Birthing-Story-tacular! Karen Graci and Jessica Elaina Eason both share stories of surprises, missing doctors, and tense husbands. You can follow Karen on Instagram @thatgirlkarengraci And you can follow Jessica on twitter @jesspatsox

Mandy Schmieder (@MandySchmieder, @unnaturalfilmcomedy mandyschmieder.com) tells the tale of a holiday trip to Penn Station. Then Cara Greene Epstein (@caragreene37, caragreeneepstein.com) shares a story about letting go at T-ball. Edited by Sarah Nowak.

Thanks for Listening! In this episode, Dani Sher shares the moment she "transitions" to a mom. Then Erin Payton talks about kids Benedryl, temper tantrums, and her realization that she'll be a mom forever. Hosted by: Pat Shay and Mary Theresa Archbold Follow us at @funnyparentspod or on FB at Funny Parents

Our first Live-recorded story! Dave T Koenig (http://www.davetkoenig.com/, @davetkoenig), tells us about chaperoning a field trip to the Titanic. Then Michelle Walson (https://www.michellewalson.com, @mgdub) shares her first days of school.

Erin MacEvoy Mason tells us what happens when you fly with a baby on your lap and have the Cheddar Cheese Sweats. Then Ben Jaeger-Thomas talks about how Dr. Who ruined bedtime. Check out Erin in Chicago in Louder than a Mom https://www.facebook.com/louderthanamom/ Check at Ben in Gypsy Danger at the Peoples Improv Theater https://thepit-nyc.com/teams/gypsydanger Or at his awesome Youtube page: https://thepit-nyc.com/teams/gypsydanger

We're joined by Molly Erdman and Joe Canale, who share a story about stepsisters and sleep. And blood. Check out Molly & Joe on the Sports Widow Podcast http://sportswidow.podbean.com/ Check out Molly on The Breakwomb https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44WN9psqL1ls8uMCxfvw And subscribe to us for more funny stories! Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to Funny Parents! Real stories from parents who work in the comedy industry. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay.