Mutha Life

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month and we are taking the opportunity to raise awareness by hanging with Tige Charity, CEO of Kids in the Spotlight (KITS). KITS is a non profit organization focused on providing children in foster care with the tools and skills to take control of their own narrative and tell their own story, primarily through filmmaking. Tige's story starts in a little town...

It's tradition when someone comes to the closet that I bake them something to bring home to their family...So you can imagine my surprise when today's guest brought ME something ...a very special something in fact: Childish plates for my kiddos. Meg Duff is the CEO of Childish plates - a company she started because she just wasn't happy with the plastic alternatives out there for feeding kids. She...

Today we are hanging out with Betina Gozo Shimonek, Nike Global Trainer and women's strength training guru . We follow Betina from her first years in the Philippines to a small town in Indiana to wild child bassist in a band and then on to her chapter where she can't stop shining - elite trainer and mother of 3. We cover it all - from a starter marriage to birthing babies in bathtubs to looking ah...

Wow. This is the longest voice memo you'll ever hear on a podcast available to you on Apple, Spotify and wherever else you get your podcasts. In the first-ever solo pod, we cover a lot of listeners' questions and wax poetic on a wild Friday night following a week of kid Spring Break. Let's talk about juggling work and side gigs and family, the latest on my Crohn's diagnosis. When milestones are ha...

Mike Caron is a TV Director with more than 500 episodes of television under his belt. He's a beloved Nickelodeon fixture and the man who brings to tiktok unfiltered behind-the-scenes content of some of our favorite kids shows. He's is known for his work on Henry Danger, Danger Force, iCarly, Zoey101, Drake and Josh and more.  Mike is also a dad of two grown women exploring what it means to be an e...

Sara Tan is the Global Beauty Director for Refinery29 and Co-Host of the Glossangeles Podcast. Her life, like so many parents, is one of stark contrasts. One day she's hanging out with Hailey Beiber at a Rhode popup, or talking shop and parenthood with Rihanna, fully glammed up, and the next she's knee deep in breakfast and lunch prep while wrangling kiddos after her husband leaves for work and be...

Alright alright alright. Today we hang out with an OG Austin native who has somehow married the old Austin (hippy whimsy a la Dazed and Confused) with the new Austin (creative hub for a new crop of national businesses and entrepeneurs). Because that's kind of who she is - taking the best of the old and bringing it to the new, while staying steadfast to a set of deeply ingrained core values from he...

In this week's episode we overcame some technical difficulties to bring you the wonderful story of Alma Vicencio. Alma is a first generation American finding her own way, following her instincts and pursuing a career in fashion, moving from fashion designer to in-house stylist, to being her own boss with her personal styling business, Alma Styles. The program running in the background of the machi...

Chris Mann, accomplished singer and comedian, got extremely real in the closet. We cover how Wichita is low key the perfect place to grow up if you want to be a professional singer one day. How we aren't sure what the Drake-Kendrick beef is actually about. How, it turns out, midlife crises make a lot of sense if you look at all that is foisted upon people in their 40s and 50s - aging and ailing pa...

This week we get to hang out with DIY and style expert, founder and mutha, Orly Shani. The way this woman is so fiercely independent AND ALSO deeply rooted in her family is something worth listening to. Her whole life credo seems to be: take stuff that's there and make it your own. Look at what's in front of you and find the opportunity - even if what's in front of you is a DUI at a young age, fig...

This week we get to hang in the closet with Vanessa Dew, co-founder of Health-Ade kombucha. There are so many reasons to love this conversation. Chief among them is how self aware Vanessa is. This is a woman who has danced the delicate tango between her own family's expectations of her growing up as a first-born daughter of immigrants (she's 1.5 generation American, according to her), and the dogg...

This week we are hanging with Gabi Richmond in the closet. The story of the experiential marketing guru starts with epic house parties as a teenager in LA and takes us through to the New York suburban life, raising two kids while pursuing a career she's passionate about. As you'll hear, Gabi is the product of her family in so many ways (and a departure in so many others). This episode covers so mu...

This week's episode features food scene legend Zach Brooks.  The blogger, podcaster and General Manager of Smorgasburg LA is also a father of three kids. This chat covers the long and winding road of a creative soul balancing his career aspirations with his family's needs. We cover a wild amount of ground - from feeding kids to dividing labor in a house where people have varying degrees of flexibi...

When you were a kid, who did you go to for advice on things that were sensitive? That required you to be vulnerable? Where you required a real education on bodies and relationships? Certainly not your parents, YOUR CAMP COUNSELOR. So, in keeping with that tradition, this week I sit down with my summer camp counselor from when I was a young teen. These days she's a GURU on being a stay at home pare...

This good vibes, high energy, hang with Sabrina Soto is exactly what you need. Sabrina has been host and designer on a number of HGTV shows like The High Low Project, Design Star, Real Estate Intervention and Get it Sold. She was a cast member of TLC's Trading Spaces, a judge on the ABC series, The Great Christmas Light Fight! and so much more. These days you can hang out with Sabrina on her bi-we...

Today we have Betsy Riley, co-Founder of Swehl in the closet. And goddamn I love being surprised by a conversation. Betsy shares so much in this chat - from career perspectives (if people aren't going to lift you up to greatness, go build your own thing and lift up others instead), to life perspectives (every day isn't guaranteed, so make sure you're doing what you really love and that you're spen...

When shit hits the fan, I just want to talk to my mommy. And lucky for me, my mom is Dr. Ellyn Gamberg, a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience under her belt. We focus on how to support friends and community members impacted by the catastrophic LA fires. We discuss the psychological and emotional impacts of such a large-scale tragedy, symptoms of trauma to watch for, and how to provid...

Come with me to a chic little ADU in Santa Monica where I sip homemade green juice and hang out with standup legend Bobby Collins. Bobby shares his New York upbringing, his early career, and the transformative journey of fatherhood. He reflects on his unique path through the comedy scene, performing alongside icons like Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, and Rosie O'Donnell, while always staying true to hi...

In this special New Year's episode, we are hanging out with our DJ in residence, SOSUPERSAM. It should come as no surprise that this is a sprawling conversation. We reflect on the significance of the New Year and how meh we both feel about New Year's resolutions. Some of my personal highlights from this ep are talking about the school of goal setting, the 'sustainable attainable self development g...

Merry Christmas from your favorite Jewish MUTHA. Today we are going to revisit the 17 conversations we've had since launching the pod 17 weeks ago. I asked AI to write my show summary today because I am a tired mutha trying to survive the holiday season and this is what they came up with. How do you think it did? I say it's mid. But MID IS GOOD ENOUGH THIS WEEK, RIGHT?! Kari dives into shared expe...

Let's hang with Rowe's Macaroons Founder Audrey Rowe. Audrey, formerly an agent at CAA and now epic sweet treat founder, takes us from Texas to California, from entertainment agent to small business owner and so many stops in between. This episode covers so many hot button topics with fresh insight - like how partnerships and responsibilities shift as careers morph and change over a marriage and h...

Wazzzzzzzzupppppppppp (Scary Movie reference. Hope you get it). Let's sit down with legendary director and screenwriter David Zucker, co-creator of iconic comedies like Airplane! and all of the Scary Movies. This hang spans David's upbringing in Wisconsin (and his penchant for mischief), his career breakthroughs in the film industry (and what it's like to direct as part of a trio), and his adventu...

In her first ever podcast sit down, Bette Bentley gives us the REAL Bette. The one with lots of layers. Bette has lived many lives and come out of trauma and into a new chapter of life where she's the boss, quite literally. How does a comedian and actor go from working with Will Ferrell to filing her own patents, inventing her own product and starting her own business, all while being a mutha to t...

Come hang with actor Jill Talley. Jill shares her journey from growing up with her five siblings in Chicago's Southside to being one of the most prolific voice actors working today. If you're a fan of improv and legendary comedians and actors like Chris Farley, Bob Odenkirk, Steve Carrell, Jenifer Aniston - come hear about some of Jill's former co-workers and pals. If you're a SpongeBob super fan,...

This week on the pod we are hanging out with Wired Magazine's boss in charge of it all: Katie Drummond. We talk about growing up in Calgary and her college years marked by straight-edge veganism and an intense work ethic following her mother's sudden death. We also cover her career trajectory from intern to global editorial director at Wired. This chat touches on Katie's approach to work-life bala...