Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

Do you guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?! It's episode 52, and we're dragging you all right through our insidious maze of holiday traps with HOME ALONE (1990)! We talk is this horror, December babies, youtube movie theories, the seriousness of icy steps, and we wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Ep 51! Come ward off the post-Spooktober Novbummers with us, as we dive into THE INNOCENTS (2021) & discuss haunted AirBnBs, student bands, waking stress dreams, the Madrigals meet the Addamses, chonky apartment complexes, irrational kid moves, Deaddy’s irrational rating system, realistic parenting, powerful outcasts and SO much more!

1,2 EPISODE FIFTY’s comin’ for you! We put Spooktoberfest to bed with the horror movie of our dreams, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)! We talk #buttholegate, our own Spooktoberfest journey, labeling clothes, answer the question when are sleepovers appropriate (if ever), and SO much more!

Answer your telephone! it's Episode 49! It's The Black Phone! And SPOOKTOBERFEST 2022 has officially begun!! We talk charbooterie, rainbow fentanyl, queer Velma, Among Us chore charts, Pittsburgh toilets, and keep it light this Holiday Season with snatching scenarios, active shooter drills, body shaming villains, your Answers of the Week and SO much more!

Ep 48! Come find your inner wendigo with ANTLERS (2021)! We talk folk tales, child mimickry, an “Orphanage Moment,” Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, the sponginess of kids’ brains, the unbearable boringness of favorites, school parents, a Question of the Week, and SO much more!

Episode 47! We're not letting back-to-school, or COVID-19 pry summer out of our cold, dead... hand? It's the summer camp classic ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES! We've got the most stacked cast in MXD history, and we talk... well, summer camps! The nihilism of Gen X! A cousins edition of the Kids Are Creepy Alright! And answer the question: what happens when Christina Ricci smiles?

We’ve reached the top of the mountain and the end of the database? It’s MOONSTALKER (1989) - a campy camping slasher - so naturally we talk about a Wizard of Oz Double Feature, the Lovin' Spoonful, sleep studies, child cops, camp chairs, coveting Christmas lights and SO much more!

Give us all your screws cuz we are THE TURNING (2020) them! Summer’s coming, so we’re putting our kids to bed in the daytime, finding our school’s Connectors of People, reading some listener reviews, making our own studio conspiracy theories, how to be brave, the value of leading by example, the middle square on gothic horror bingo, kid superstitions, and SO much more!

Episode 44! Often imitated, and occasionally duplicated, it's the one that started it all: THE EXORCIST (1973)! We talk about post-toddler tantrums, the origins of the Exorcist, death anxiety, summer's rapid approach, Roe v. Wade, and SO much more! So listen now! The power of Christ compels you!

Wakey Wakey! it’s time for DOCTOR SLEEP (2019)! We talk about getting a 6-year-old, Legoland, truancy, juvenile detention, movie-ruining “hats”, too much FaceTime, plus an all-new The Kids Are Creepy Alright and SO much more!

Episode 42 is the answer to the ultimate question: “How do I get my picky eater to eat?” with GRETEL AND HANSEL (2020) and a very special OOPS! All Mummies! interview with Pediatric OT Jessica Hall & Auditory Verbal Therapist Jess Gosselin! We talk about introducing new foods, body autonomy, communicating about & around eating, how to reduce stress around meals by building curiosity & establishing...

Hej! Happy 2022! Help us LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) this New Year! Could it be Omicron? Self-care? More single-use masks? Learning a new skill? Or just a regular ol’ vampire? We talk about how to make decisions as a family, kids & knives & strength training, our favorite vamps and OH! So much more!

This is (episode) 40! And just in time for the holidays, it’s THE CHILDREN (2008)! We talk new additions to your Christmas movie rotation, sticker charts, unconditional positive regard, how to break down a door, giving blood, LOTR turning 20, and Lo! so much more!!

Episode 39! Wouldst thou like to listen deliciously?! Spooktoberfest comes to a close with the most ancient of frights: THE WITCH (2015)! We talk decorating for Halloween, ghosts of group costumes past AND future, good dad or bad dad with William, age-appropriate chores, allowance, survival, perfectionism vs resilience, observing failure, and SO much more!

Episode 38! Spooktoberfest blessings upon you, and with them, our first TRIGGER WARNING: We talk updates & COVID til about 14:20, followed by an extensive talk about death. And cancer. So if you want to skip ahead to the movie, go to 48:30, where you’ll find out that… MXD’s got nards! That’s right - it’s THE MONSTER SQUAD (1987)! It’s been a minute, so we talk Back to School, apartment trick-or-tr...

IT is literally here! And so is the ONLY guest of the pod: AUNT MONICA & Mummy in our first-ever Irrational Fears Face-Off! Plus helping kids face their fears, understanding your child’s temperament, picture schedules & executive functioning skills, button batteries and SO much more! We’re simply floating!

Episode 36! We wish a happy and BLOODY BIRTHDAY (1981) to Mummy!! We talk about future travel & current anxiety, vacationing with babies, the triumphant return of WHERE ARE THE PARENTS, entrapment hazards & refrigerator safety, astrological parenting and SO much more!

Episode 35! It’s a BRIGHTBURN kind of day, True Believers! Mummy & Deaddy return to the Magic Kingdom to see if they can commune with Walt Disney’s ghost! We talk BoreGore™, flippin’ the Superman myth, “The Talk” and sex positivity at any age or stage, mistaking kindness for interest, parenting “in the moment” and SO much more!

Episode 34! It’s 2007’s Spanish creeper THE ORPHANAGE! We listen to YOUR childhood earworms in our Question of the Week, talk about talking to your kids about diagnoses and illness, the importance of play and playing with food, kids in the middle of the night, kids on your coffee table, treasure hunts and SO much more!

Episode 33! The BOY (2016) have we got a doozy for youzy! We talk max-vax mask courtesy, following The Boy’s rules, bad habits' slippery slope, kids music, entry points to your music, and kids’ entrance music, plus a smorgasbord of Scary Good Stuff, QUESTION OF THE WEEK and SO much more!

Episode 32! It’s our Pademiversary Ep, and we're feelin' the FRAILTY of it all! We talk spring break, running away, community policing, Hunt Gather Parent, kids & punishment, and SO much more! PLUS Question Of The Week & Scary Good Stuff!

Episode 31 is all about 30 reasons 2 watch 1 ORPHAN (2009)! We talk breast milk splatters, the case of living Orphan spoiler Natalia Grace Barnett, the unbearable unspookiness of children’s artwork, home aquariums, apologies & empathy-building, privacy & locking doors, being walked in on by your kids in our NEW SEGMENT: Question of the Week!

It’s the first Squeakquel of the pod and where else could we go but: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2! We talk the device-y-ness of babies, Bedroom Chapter 2: Bunk Beds, nighttime routines, what to do when your kids don’t want to sleep, dreams, when to lower that crib, some listener’s Kids Are Creepy Alright, homemade kid contraptions, and Scary Good Stuff! Plus with all this GameStop whathaveyou, Mummy share...

It’s 2021 and it’s THE CONJURING! We ask: What’s the difference between a room of cursed objects and a gun safe? What’s the best way to put a sleepwalking kiddo back to bed? How about the worst? What could you actually see with a match? How can you talk yourself out of sinking all your money into (possibly haunted) real estate? Plus scary good stuff and SO much more!

The hopes and fears of all the years are met in KRAMPUS (2015) tonight! Bailey’s! COVID-related school closures! Toy Purge 2! Santa Keys! Alternative Gingerbread Housing! Family Time! One-on-One Time! How to board up your windows! Plus YOU OUR LISTENERS tell us what Holiday traditions you’re adding this year, and which ones are going away!