A Podcast About Parenting Through (waves hands) All of This
Not Right Now
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Maybe Having Another Kid Would Break Us

This week we have fiction writer and mom to one amazing 10-year-old, Joy Netanya Thompson , on the pod to discuss why she chose to stick with having just one kid. Joy gets real about postpartum depression, the decision to sto...

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Jan. 29, 2026

Maybe Having Another Kid Would Break Us

This week we have fiction writer and mom to one amazing 10-year-old, Joy Netanya Thompson , on the pod to discuss why she chose to stick with having just one kid. Joy gets real about postpartum depression, the decision to sto...
Jan. 22, 2026

Babies Sh*tting At A Funeral

This week, we have registered dietitian and death doula, Deanna Rondero, on the pod to chat about food insecurity, death cafes, and how grief intersects with everything. Also: losing it over mac and cheese, the new food pyram...
Dec. 11, 2025

What's The New Fresh Hell In Public Health?

This week, we have another guest! Dr. Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, former acting Surgeon General in California, and mom, chats with Quinn and Claire about the breastfeeding data nobody tells you about...
Dec. 4, 2025

I Had My Petty Boots On (And I Liked It)

This week, we have author and journalist Nefertiti Austin on the show to talk about her new book She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and The Diagnosis that Changes Everything. Nefertiti gets real about raisi...
Nov. 12, 2025

Go to Bed Angry

This week, Claire and Quinn chat Halloween logistics, the rear-facing car seat as the ultimate deterrent to having another baby, Claire's solo cabin getaway where doing absolutely nothing is worth every penny, and why it's be...
Oct. 29, 2025

Your Kids Don't Care About Your Success

This week: We won a podcast award! And now we're immediately spiraling into existential conversations about where we seek approval, why we need it, and how it's completely different (and weirdly the same) for our kids. We're ...

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"Not Right Now is the conversations I have after bedtime + the thoughts in my head. Thank you for the commiseration of what it means to have too many water bottles yet never the *right* one. Also,…"

Sally | Feb. 28, 2025