Katie's Crib
With empathy and a sense of humor about it all, Katie’s Crib keeps it real while providing an indispensable guide for parents trying to find their way. Hosted by actress and mother Katie Lowes, each week the show welcomes guests for open and honest conversations about everything parenting from fertility and postpartum life to the trials and tribulations of raising tiny humans.
Episodes
With this episode being the end of Season 6, we also present this as the final episode of “Katie’s Crib.”
As this chapter draws to a close, Katie and her husband Adam Shapiro share the lessons they have learned from Katie’s journey as the show's host. The two first discuss how Katie hosting the podcast impacted their journeys as parents. They also discuss their personal growth, and how they navigated through the ups and downs o...
We’re almost near the end of Katie’s Crib season 4 - and the PODCAST, Katie’s Crib!
In the almost-last episode of the show, Katie welcomes Netflix’s “Wednesday” actress Riki Lindhome to the mic. Riki shares her unique journey of how she became a parent through surrogacy.
Riki first discusses the challenges she faced in trying different ways to conceive before surrogacy, including the unexpected decision her ex-partner made alo...
This week’s Katie’s Crib episode is dedicated to topics surrounding early childhood development - featuring child development specialist, Carol Provost! Join us as we dig into Carol's 40+ years of knowledge as a parent support expert.
We first explore how Carol found her passion for helping children learn and grow over the years. She then sheds light on understanding such things as handling tantrums and time outs appropriately. C...
This week on Katie’s Crib, Katie sits down with “Waitress” stage star and television actress Nicolette Robinson! The two discuss the actress and her husband’s (Leslie Odom Jr., Aaron Burr from “Hamilton”) new children’s book, "I Love You More than You'll Ever Know."
Nicolette first opens up about raising two children while being in the entertainment industry with her husband. She also reflects on her birth experiences of both of...
In this week's episode of Katie’s Crib, we are joined by Sara Olsher, the founder of Mighty + Bright. The mother and cancer survivor shares her joinery of developing a company that helps families through hard things like divorce, cancer, and other major changes (using calendars, daily charts and books).
Sara first explains that led her to start her company, opening up about her personal experiences with divorce and cancer. She th...
Producer Jordana Mollick (HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, Netflix’s THE LOVEBIRDS) presents her personal experience of peripartum cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation during pregnancy.
The Semi-Formal’s co-founder addresses the two terms, and how she, her doctors, family and friends reacted to complications before, during, and after delivery. She also discusses how she continues to recover today, and how motherhood has been going so f...
Katie chats with former Fox musical comedy-drama series “Glee” actress and singer, Jenna Ushkowitz. The two sound off about Jenna’s journey into motherhood.
Jenna discusses how members of her “Glee” cas family met her daughter, and how crazy it is that everyone is now all having children now. She also goes into how she has been working out on her very own trampoline during and after pregnancy. Finally, the Grammy Award-nominated ...
Katie interviews Andrea Dunlop, the host of a true crime podcast called 'Nobody Should Believe Me.’ The two talk all about the podcast’s focus: Munchausen by Proxy, or the criminal act of exaggerating, inducing or fabricating illness in a child.
Andrea shares her personal connection to the topic in regard to her sister, and how her experience influenced her in raising her own children.
The novelist then shares knowledge that s...
In this episode of Katie’s Crib, Katie talks to Meg LeFauve, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the Pixar film Inside Out. Meg explains the process that came along with writing the film, and what she hopes the movie (and its successor) would teach about expressing emotions.
Meg digs into how she first got involved in the IO project, and how the character Sadness became the essential emotion of focus in the movie. The “The Scree...
In our latest episode of “Katie’s Crib,” Katie reunites with Troian Bellisario for an exciting THIRD appearance on the show! As Troian has previously been on the podcast during Seasons 4 and 2, Katie digs into updates on the actresses’ parenting experiences since becoming a mother of two.
The “Pretty Little Liars” star first opens up about her exhaustion from constantly being asked if she plans to have another child, and the soc...
Father's Day is just around the corner! To celebrate, comedians and podcasters Kevin and Evan (aka the Dumb Dads) drop by Katie’s Crib this week. The two fathers dish on their experiences of being stay-at-home dads.
The Dumb Dads first discuss their origin story of their podcast, and how it came to be. They also explain the highs, lows, and personal stories of their unconventional journeys of raising their children together.
...
In this week’s episode of Katie’s Crib, pediatric dentists Dr. Jill and Michael Lasky shed light on the importance of teaching kids all about oral hygiene.
The doctors highlight what age children should be visiting the dentist, and the significant role parents play in setting a good example for their children's dental habits. The two also offer insight on other dental care topics, like how to communicate with children about denta...
Getting quality sleep as a parent may be one of the tougher parts of being, well a parent. Join hosts Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro as they learn about achieving good, quality sleep for both children and parents. Dr. Jade Wu, a behavioral sleep medicine specialist at Duke University, shares tips on how parents can make sure they get good sleep themselves despite changing sleep patterns as children age. Pediatric sleep consultant Meg...
Katie interviews actress Alanna Ubach, known from HBO’s “Euphoria” as Suze Howard (Cassie and Lexi's mom).
The two discuss the hit HBO show, and imagine what kind of teenagers their children are going to be in the future.
Alanna also goes more into her geriatric pregnancy, and how acupuncture helped get things moving.
Finally, she explains the importance of not psychoanalyzing a child, regardless of what family history may ...
Katie interviews Dr. Jody Thomas, the founder of the Meg Foundation. The two discuss how the nonprofit empowers families with pain management strategies to prevent and reduce pain in children.
Jody first explains how the Meg Foundation was created. She then elaborates on the three types of pain that children experience, and how parents can best support children in what specific type of pain they may be going through.
Finally, ...
Katie speaks to Catherine McCord, the founder of Weelicious, about helping parents help their children to experience simple healthy and delicious homemade food.
The former model and actress discusses her new book, “Meal Prep Magic: Time-Saving Tricks for Stress-Free Cooking, A Weelicious Cookbook.”
She also talks about how to decide what to make for everybody for mealtime, and the importance of 1) small kitchen appliance place...
Katie sits down with actress, writer, and stand-up comedian Natasha Leggero as she opens up about her first (and last lol) book, The World Deserves My Children.
Natasha discusses how stress and anxiety has impacted her throughout her journey of motherhood. She also envisions what she sees in her child’s future as she grows up. The comedian even goes into how she escaped the common mommy-rut of feeling like you are living the same...
Katie Lowes is back with an all new season of her podcast, Katie’s Crib! Yeah, baby!
Join us on Katie's crib for Season 6! New episodes drop every Thursday, starting May 11th on the iHeartRadio app, apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins
Producer & Editor: Casby Bias
Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight
See omnystud...
It's the season 5 finale of Katie's Crib! To wrap up the season, Katie brings in “Crazy Ex Girlfriend” co-creator and star Rachel Bloom to share what it was like stepping into motherhood for the first time during a pandemic.
The comedian reflects on the paradoxical experience of welcoming her daughter into the world around the same time as losing her close friend due to COVID-19. Rachel and Katie also talk couples therapy, intrus...
Katie is joined this week by Co-founder and CEO of Motherly Jill Koziol. The two chat about how Jill and her co-founder Liz Tenety brought the modern motherhood lifestyle brand to fruition while raising a family, and how COVID may have set mothers back a generation.
As an entrepreneur and mom of two who felt like she needed to handle it all, Jill shares the steps she took to scale her business AND better show up for her children. S...
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.
"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!