One Bad Mother
A comedy podcast about motherhood and how unnatural it sometimes is. We aren't all magical vessels! Join us every week as we deal with the thrills and embarrassments of motherhood and strive for less judging, and more laughing.
Episodes
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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!
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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!
Listen to Stefan's podcast with Jordan D. White, Nature Trail to Hell, wherever fine pods are cast.
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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.
"Excuuuuse me, Princess!" video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfXxkHrIBM
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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.
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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.
Read Cheryl's piece, The Flawed-Mom Memoir My Kid Might Write, as well as her other essays, at www.MuthaMagazine.com. Get your copy of Cheryl'...
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 tr...
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.
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Not to worry, listeners: Biz and Theresa and their families are safe from the Los Angeles wildfires. Tired and annoyed, but safe. We'll be back in two weeks.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Listen to the Here & Now radio piece featuring Lumen and Neal.
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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.
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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.
Listen to Traci's podcast, The Stacks, wherever fine pods are cast. Learn more about The Stacks and Traci by going to her website, www.TheStacksPodcas...
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.
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ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 124: I Am My Own Worst Enemy! Plus, Guest Chuck Bryant
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...
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 play...
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.
Listen to The Family Skeptical podcast at their website, www.TheFamilySkeptical.com, or on the podcatcher of your choice.
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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.
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