Parenting Roundabout
Join parenting writers Terri Mauro and Catherine Holecko for a weekly look at the things parents are talking about, complaining about, and obsessing about right now.
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April 16, 2026 • 22 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week, in the final episode EVER of this podcast.
Catherine's library find is Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers, published in 2021 by The Lonely Planet. There's also a second volume of even more travel tales.
Terri's random recommendation is all the ways you can keep up with us when we're no longer blabbing in your ears three times a week. Al...
Catherine's library find is Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers, published in 2021 by The Lonely Planet. There's also a second volume of even more travel tales.
Terri's random recommendation is all the ways you can keep up with us when we're no longer blabbing in your ears three times a week. Al...
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April 15, 2026 • 26 mins
Each Wednesday, we've been discussing an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. We stay on the island for this entire episode, but jump between two timelines just to keep things interesting. To Terri's dismay, the love quadrangle of Sawyer/Kate/Jack/Juliet is back in action. Mentioned: Call the Midwife and a pertinent scene from The Princess Bride.
We're wrapping up our recaps of Lost here, but we may not be quite...
We're wrapping up our recaps of Lost here, but we may not be quite...
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April 14, 2026 • 25 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Fittingly, for our last Tuesday episode, we're finishing season 3 of Shrinking. In a three-season arc of grief, forgiveness, and moving on, it turns out "moving on" is the least dynamic part of the story, as the season ends with the characters scattered around the globe.
Still, we enjoy these characters and will come back to see how the creators handle season 4. ...
Still, we enjoy these characters and will come back to see how the creators handle season 4. ...
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April 9, 2026 • 21 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is a resource for kids who love history: Honest History, which has magazines, books, and a blog, all with fun facts and appealing illustrations.
Terri's random recommendation is, first, to stay out of Twitter jail if you can. And second, we have some important news about this podcast to share.
In the archives, we checked in on an episode from 2...
Catherine's library find is a resource for kids who love history: Honest History, which has magazines, books, and a blog, all with fun facts and appealing illustrations.
Terri's random recommendation is, first, to stay out of Twitter jail if you can. And second, we have some important news about this podcast to share.
In the archives, we checked in on an episode from 2...
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April 8, 2026 • 14 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. This episode, telling the story of what Sawyer's been up to since the Oceanic Six took off, gives us another example of how things can be going just fine (in your kids' world, in your own life, and so on), and then it's all upended in a moment.
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 9, "Namaste." We'll be back tomorrow with our weekly ...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 9, "Namaste." We'll be back tomorrow with our weekly ...
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April 7, 2026 • 24 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Currently, that's Shrinking. Whoever the "bodyguard of sadness" was, they did a terrible job with this episode, because every one of Jimmy's friends and family members is leaving him: temporarily, permanently, metaphorically. It all required a great deal of face acting from Jason Segel.
Next week, we'll finish season 3 with episode 12, "And That's Our Time." We'l...
Next week, we'll finish season 3 with episode 12, "And That's Our Time." We'l...
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April 2, 2026 • 24 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is the joy of putting items on hold. It's like ordering yourself a gift: It will arrive at some undetermined future date (surprise!), you'll get something you know you want, and it's completely free.
Terri's random recommendation is a handy piece of technology that she recently discovered: Mirroring her iPhone to her new Apple laptop.
In the ar...
Catherine's library find is the joy of putting items on hold. It's like ordering yourself a gift: It will arrive at some undetermined future date (surprise!), you'll get something you know you want, and it's completely free.
Terri's random recommendation is a handy piece of technology that she recently discovered: Mirroring her iPhone to her new Apple laptop.
In the ar...
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April 1, 2026 • 19 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. This week, it's the tale of one John Locke, and how he journeys from the island to the North African desert, then to Los Angeles and finally back to the island, with a few side quests along the way. He's up, he's down; he's in a wheelchair, he's walking; he's dead, he's alive. It's a lot.
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 8, "LaFle...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 8, "LaFle...
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March 31, 2026 • 22 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Currently, that's Shrinking. This time, Jimmy's dad (played by Jeff Daniels) arrives to give all the bad dads of Lost a real run for their money. While he doesn't actually murder anyone, he does contribute to the demise of Jimmy's fledgling relationship with Sofi, and show us that he won't have a problem breaking Alice's heart.
Next week, we'll continue with Shr...
Next week, we'll continue with Shr...
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March 26, 2026 • 20 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is the misleadingly titled Yes, Ma'am: The Secret Lives of Royal Servants by Tom Quinn. It's not, in fact, about the servants, but about the people they serve, and who cares about them?
Terri's random recommendation is a rather lukewarm one, more of a curiosity than a gung-ho endorsement: the new Scrubs season, which brings back all the actors...
Catherine's library find is the misleadingly titled Yes, Ma'am: The Secret Lives of Royal Servants by Tom Quinn. It's not, in fact, about the servants, but about the people they serve, and who cares about them?
Terri's random recommendation is a rather lukewarm one, more of a curiosity than a gung-ho endorsement: the new Scrubs season, which brings back all the actors...
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March 25, 2026 • 20 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. The Oceanic Six have (mostly) reassembled, and we (sorta) find out how they ended up on a plane together, flying back to the island. And we receive what might be the strongest piece of parenting wisdom the show has ever given us: "The results will be unpredictable."
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 6, "The Life and Death of Jeremy...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 6, "The Life and Death of Jeremy...
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March 24, 2026 • 24 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Currently, that's Shrinking. Alas, Terri's fervent hope that Maya was simply lost in the crowd at Disneyland was dashed. That sad outcome was only one of several disappointments in this episode, but it did yield some parenting advice that everyone can (and should) follow. Mentioned: "Don't Be Suspicious" on Parks and Recreation.
Next week, we'll continue with Shr...
Next week, we'll continue with Shr...
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March 19, 2026 • 18 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is the first in a new kids' chapter book series. It's called You're a Winner, Gracie Wei, and the author is Kristen Mei Chase. This is another fun case of "Hey, I know that writer!"
Terri's random recommendation is also a book, another in her series of Hollywood and Hollywood-adjacent memoirs: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne. This o...
Catherine's library find is the first in a new kids' chapter book series. It's called You're a Winner, Gracie Wei, and the author is Kristen Mei Chase. This is another fun case of "Hey, I know that writer!"
Terri's random recommendation is also a book, another in her series of Hollywood and Hollywood-adjacent memoirs: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne. This o...
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March 18, 2026 • 21 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. In Los Angeles, Ben is still busy assembling his group of island departees, and Sun has to choose between her kid and her is-he-dead-or-alive husband. On the island, that husband is having a pretty bad day, and Charlotte learns the hard way that she should've listened to her mother.
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 5, "316." We'll...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 5, "316." We'll...
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March 17, 2026 • 21 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Currently, that's Shrinking. This is sometimes a happy fun show and sometimes a sad scary one, and this one tipped the balance a little too far toward sad (at least at the end). However, Candice Bergen knows our podcast motto, so we appreciate that.
Next week, we'll continue with Shrinking S3 E8, "Depression Diet." We'll be back tomorrow to discuss Lost.
Next week, we'll continue with Shrinking S3 E8, "Depression Diet." We'll be back tomorrow to discuss Lost.
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March 11, 2026 • 16 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is a novel that had many blurbs that appealed to her, so she wants to check it out: Like Family by Erin O. White. She also has a follow-up to last week's history of Victorian parenting. It's Hot Victorians: Meet Your Dream Man From the Past by Aaron Radford-Wattley (inspired by an Instagram account of the same name). Mentioned: True Biz by Sa...
Catherine's library find is a novel that had many blurbs that appealed to her, so she wants to check it out: Like Family by Erin O. White. She also has a follow-up to last week's history of Victorian parenting. It's Hot Victorians: Meet Your Dream Man From the Past by Aaron Radford-Wattley (inspired by an Instagram account of the same name). Mentioned: True Biz by Sa...
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March 11, 2026 • 19 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. In Los Angeles, Ben continues his manipulative efforts to return the gang to the island. On the island, time jumps plague the Sawyer/Locke/Juliet team, and guess who wasn't killed in the freighter explosion? Mentioned: Tom Irwin, who plays Ben's lawyer and also Angela's dad on My So-Called Life.
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 5,...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 5,...
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March 10, 2026 • 19 mins
Each Tuesday, we share our thoughts on a newer entertainment property. Currently, that's Shrinking. Be reassured that no Dereks die in this episode, thankfully. And both parents and kids step up when it matters, but we've got just enough worrying moments to keep us concerned about what's to come.
Next week, we'll continue with Shrinking S3 E7, "I Will Be Grape." We'll be back tomorrow to discuss Lost.
Next week, we'll continue with Shrinking S3 E7, "I Will Be Grape." We'll be back tomorrow to discuss Lost.
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March 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.
Catherine's library find is a book of nonfiction that may sound like a parenting book, but doesn't, in fact, contain useful advice for the modern parent. It's Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children by Therese ONeill.
Terri's random recommendation is a pair of documentaries that are helping her justify her streaming subscriptions: Still...
Catherine's library find is a book of nonfiction that may sound like a parenting book, but doesn't, in fact, contain useful advice for the modern parent. It's Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children by Therese ONeill.
Terri's random recommendation is a pair of documentaries that are helping her justify her streaming subscriptions: Still...
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March 4, 2026 • 20 mins
Each Wednesday, we discuss an older entertainment property, and currently, that's Lost. The Oceanic Six took a back seat in this episode, so we could follow the island residents as they jumped through time, and Desmond as he walked directly into the path of Charles Widmore. Mentioned: Klingon vs. Ubbi Dubbi on The Big Bang Theory, the '70s kids' show Zoom.
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 4, "The Little Prince." We'...
Next week, we'll continue with season 5, episode 4, "The Little Prince." We'...
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