DON'T WAKE THE KIDS

We return for the Thanksgiving episode along with plenty of tangents. We discuss the joys/challenges of homeschooling. Our personal history with Thanksgiving.  Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media: https://www.instagram.com/chasingryan/ https://www.facebook.com/babyfacechase https://twitt...

We review Captain America Brave New World. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media: https://www.instagram.com/chasingryan/ https://www.facebook.com/babyfacechase...

Back for a fast catch-up of Halloween and Christmas. We review Dear Santa and Red One.  Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media: https://www.instagram.com/chasin...

Our Disneyland review 2024. Fast pass vs Lightning pass. Our thoughts on Galaxy’s Edge. Adult Disneyland vs. Kid Disneyland. Umbrella Academy series review and discussion on the last and final season. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social...

We discuss the definition of a Disney Classic. Disney Channel trivia. Joined by Samantha’s sister Marina Almanza. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: mailto:pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media:...

We share the highs and lows of our parenting skills. We discuss the internet debate Man or Bear. Does Ryan pass or fail? Also, Ryan does his best not to spoil Acolyte while getting excited about Episode 5. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her s...

We discuss our recent experiences with social media and compare our feeds/interests. What things would surprise us about our feeds? Discussion of new Star Wars and the Acolyte. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.inst...

We’re Back Baby! We catch you up on family news. New additions to the family. Shock collars, field trips, and puppies oh my. Also, we interview the boys. Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media: https://www.instagram.com/chasingryan/ https://www.facebook.com/babyfacechase https://twitter.com...

We catch everyone up on the family then jump right into our review of Ant-Man and the Wasp as well as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Then get into a debate around villains being cast as black actors. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social...

We started this podcast one week and finished another. We discuss everything from Bullet Train , Apple TV Plus’s Shrinking , a Harry Potter TV show, The Mandalorian Season 3, and parent companies re-hashing stories for profit—mankind vs. Humankind debate. And that’s just some of the topics ranted on in this episode. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor...

An impromptu rant that starts while we watch Bullet Train . What do you do in a hostage situation and how wrong Ryan is to does it matter when we interchange Asian actors for various Asian roles? Actor Andre Koji plays a Chinese immigrant in Warrior . Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedont...

We catch you up on current family events. We watch Annie with the boys and discuss our viewing. Samantha reviews Wakanda Forever . We debate Wednesday and the Addams Family movies. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www....

We share out thoughts and history with sports and how we would like to engage our children with them. Samantha finished watching Obi-Wan Kenobi and gives us her review as we discuss that and the expansion of the Star Wars universe. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.co...

We cover the Speaker of the house live on his 15th attempt.  We also discuss the meaning of Christmas and the belief in Santa Claus. Samantha starts watching Obi-Wan Kenobi and gives her review of the first two episodes. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Foll...

We’re back with our very first guest. Long-time listener, and first-time caller, Jon joins us. We discuss watching the first episode of Shadow and Bone and compare it to the books we’ve read. We discuss James Gunn joining the DC cinematic movies as well as the rise and fall of Henry Cavill . We also discuss Warhammer 40k as well as other games. Ryan does his own Christmas movie quiz. Want to have...

Samantha shares about Fake Trees and Christmas movies on Hulu. We review The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (SPOILER FREE) a call back to the famous Star Wars Holiday Special . Ryan reviews House of the Dragon as well as Willow the show based on the movie Willow . Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/mes...

Finally back after our Thanksgiving break to discuss crazy relatives and what makes Thanksgiving good. Ryan has an internal debate around Andor as the local police make a bust ‘LIVE’! Ryan shares what’s going on with the X-Men in comics during the AXE Judgement comic event. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/me...

Back again with some quick Mid-term reviews. Children and cuss words. Babies and drinking. Ozark and Andor . Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her social media: https://www.instagram.com/sami_and_ari/ Follow Ryan on his social media: https://www...

We have a new baby! We introduce Caspian Xavier Almanza Chase to the family. We explain the naming process. We share about our hospital adventures, naming conventions, and traditions. We also share what it’s like being a parent at an 8-year-old party. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedont...

We catch up with what we’ve been up to—everything from the Pumpkin Patch to eating unconsecrated hosts to how to go into labor (including eating seven pineapples ). We inadvertently share our discussion about where babies come from with our children. Special guest call from Samantha’s sister. We review Hocus Pocus 2 . Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anch...

This week we share about our Anniversary and share awkward moments from previous anniversaries. More awkward stories about Ryan. We share our thoughts on Beast the movie as well as things that scare us. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Samantha on her soci...

This week we discuss the battles of being a school parent and getting ready for Halloween. Ryan questions just how deep is the deep end of a pool. Matriarchy. We also discuss She-Hulk , Rings of Power , Game of Thrones , and House of the Dragon . Questions of the week: What is the scariest movie of all time? What is a good fantasy book with a strong female lead? Want to have your voice heard or qu...

This week we discuss removing student debt and what it means to different people, why Samantha is not watching the Sandman but is watching She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . Samantha shares disturbing news about tonsil stones . And of course, we end with who is the most handsome Disney-animated man. Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm...

This week we discuss Weddings and Samantha’s distaste for them. We review Prime Video’s Paper Girls . We discuss a new book series we started as well as the first volume called Shadow and Bone . We also debate what upcoming shows we might be watching like the Sandman , House of the Dragon , She-Hulk: Attorney at Law , and Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power . Want to have your voice heard or qu...

This week we discuss summer time, family fun. From camping to the county fair. Our experience camping, wearing swimwear all summer to vomiting camping adventures. We share our thoughts on season 4 of Stranger Things . Want to have your voice heard or questions answered? Leave a message on our anchor page: https://anchor.fm/dontwakethekids/message Email: pleasedontwakethekids@gmail.com Follow Saman...