One Bad Mother

Household heteronormativity is soooo yesterday, everyone. Or at least, it should be. Kate Mangino, author of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home, joins Biz to discuss cognitive labor, the many lies of television, and how there is no "outside" and "inside" work. Plus, Biz saw a change. Get your copy of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home wherever books are sold. Learn mo...

Put your "THE END IS NEAR" signs in the trash (recycling bin)! Kelly Corrigan and Dr. Joellen Russell from the podcast All Together Now join Biz to share positive updates on climate change! They would know. They are Science Moms. Plus, Biz likes Saturdays again! Listen to Kelly Corrigan Wonders and the five-part miniseries All Together Now on the podcatcher of your choice. Visit ScienceMoms.com fo...

To be or not to be haggard and broken? Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of negative self-talk or to just go out for milk. Friend of the show Dr. Carla Naumburg returns to discuss toll collecting, curiosity, kindness, and her newest book, You Are Not a Shitty Parent. Plus, Biz encourages bar-setting. Pre-order your copy of You Are Not a Shitty Parent: How to Practice S...

It's another Umpteenth Thousandth Genius Fail Spectacular Plus Rant, Labor Day Edition! 2022! We're doing it! You're doing it! Honks all around! Our book You’re Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parenting! is available wherever books are sold. Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. This week, we're sponsored by Bombas and Green Chef....

Keep that stake burning! Biz continues her conversation with Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, about pain, chloroformed birth, and the ever-ongoing witch hunt around women's bodies. Plus, Biz sees it all. Get your copy of Elinor Cleghorn's book, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, wherever books are sold. Follow Elinor on T...

It's Fun with Feminism Time! Join Biz and author Dr. Elinor Cleghorn on a brand new adventure in medical gender disparity in The Mystery of the Wandering Womb! Plus, Biz is negative. Get your copy of Elinor Cleghorn's book, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, wherever books are sold. Follow Elinor on Twitter @elinorcleghorn and on Instagram @elinorcleghorn. Our book You’re Doi...

How much harder could birthing be? Try adding the toxic stress of being a black woman in America. Biz is joined by author Linda Villarosa to discuss hands in car doors, the weathering of microaggressions, and her new book, "Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation." Plus, Biz was alone. Get your copy of Linda Villarosa's "Under the Skin" wherever...

What's more haunted? An Alabama ghost house or your haggard and broken, sleep-deprived mind? Christine Schiefer of the And That's Why We Drink podcast joins Biz to split the difference! Plus, Biz is pooped. Get your copy of A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales by Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz wherever books are sold. Listen to And That's Why We Drin...

Since when was it a crime to be pregnant? Oh wait, since always. Thanks, patriarchy. President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health Dr. Jamila Perritt joins Biz to discuss trauma and resilience, the history of the criminalization of pregnancy, and the quality of care we "deserve." Plus, Biz solves a mystery! Learn more about Dr. Perritt's work by visiting the Physicians for Reproductive H...

Who doulas the doulas? The doula companions! We sit down with author and full-spectrum doula Carly Manes to talk abortion education, self-publishing, and the complicated history of the term "doula." Plus, Biz can't get it done. Get your copy of Carly's book, What's an Abortion, Anyway, at WhatsAnAbortionBook.com. Follow on Instagram @whatsanabortionbook. Learn more about the Dopo Abortion Doula Co...

Set the GPS to 5 miles backaways. We're making progress on the nonbinary front, even if the entire route is detours. We talk to comedian Abby Wambaugh about what it means to be nonbinary while your kids call you "Mommy." Plus, Biz celebrates! Check out Abby Wambaugh's outstanding audio piece "Mombinary" at Transom.org. Find out more about Abby and her standup comedy at her website, www.abbywambaug...

Still lost on sex versus gender? Have no fear! Lisa Kenney of Reimagine Gender is here! Lisa returns to give some much needed clarification on what words to use while we rage against the machine. Plus, Biz is surfing. Go to ReimagineGender.org to find out more about Lisa's work. Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.  Our book You’re Doing...

A very merry happy Un-Birthday/Christmas in July/Yes Day or any other jolly un-official holiday celebration to you! Friend of the show Kevin Maher returns to talk Godzilla poetry, love and cancer, and Santa's frequent marginalization. Plus, Biz is very tired. Pre-order your copy of Santa Doesn't Need Your Help by Kevin Maher and Joe Dator here, on Joe Dator's website, JoeDator.com. Find out more a...

We are super fucking angry, sad, and enraged. Guess why. We talk to Kimberly Inez McGuire of URGE, Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity, about power, control, and papayas. Plus, Biz is pissed. Go to URGE.org to learn more. To learn about self-managed abortion, mifepristone, and misoprostol, please check out URGE.org/smazine. Check out URGE's linktree @urgeorg and follow URGE on Twitter @URGE_o...

Whee! Come to the messy playground where we learn that funny doesn't need to be cruel. Biz is joined by Nicole Blaine, comic and founder of The Crow comedy club, to talk epic love stories, the films of Sally Field, and the gift of comedy as communication. Plus, Biz is alone. Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.  Our book You’re Doing A Gr...

How do you raise an antiracist? Step One: Stop clutching the pearls! Ibram X. Kendi, founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research and author of How To Raise An Antiracist, joins Biz to talk about "child-proofing," the sound of denial, and terrifying our kids versus protecting them. Plus, Biz is open for Summer! Get your copy of How To Raise An Antiracist wherever books...

If Superman was a real hero, he'd just volunteer to hold the baby while you go to the bathroom. Veteran reporter Gloria Riviera sits down with Biz to discuss the childcare crisis, crying in the recording booth, and the never-ending need for paper towels. Plus, Biz goes to the library. Listen to No One Is Coming To Save Us on the podcatcher of your choice. Follow Gloria Riviera on Twitter @griviera...

It's the Umpteenth Genius Fail Spectacular Plus Rant, Memorial Day 2022 Edition! Woooooo! Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.  Our book You’re Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parenting! is available wherever books are sold. Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. This week,...

Oh my stars and garters, a bare shoulder? Better burn down the Planned Parenthood. It's the only way to protect the children. James Arthur M returns to Max Fun and One Bad Mother to talk SCOTUS leaks, LGBTQ and reproductive rights, and the omnipresent fear of white men in khakis. Plus, Biz needs to mind the shoulders! Watch or listen to Get On Up with JAM & Renee on your Echo device or on Backchan...

If silence is golden, does that make communicating more golden? Rebecca Rolland, author of The Art of Talking With Children, joins Biz to talk green trucks, end of day check-ins, and how screaming into the void might actually be communication. Plus, Biz is ready for summer! Get your copy of The Art of Talking With Children wherever books are sold.  Visit Rebecca's website at RebeccaRolland.com. Fo...

Babies make for interesting bedfellows, but can you safely sleep and bedshare? Meg Kant from Bebo Mia thinks so! Meg sits down with Biz to talk birth journeys around the world, voluptuous cats, and how much sleep you really need. Plus, Biz did an experiment. Visit BeboMia.com for courses and workshops, and use code OBM15 to get 15% off! Follow Bebo Mia on Facebook @bebomianic, Instagram @bebomiain...

They're here... The MaxFunDrive members! Jordan Crucchiola of the Feeling Seen podcast joins Biz to talk thirsting on the internet, gray asexuality, and the settled and sexy parents of Poltergeist. Plus, it's week 2 of MaxFunDrive! Listen to Jordan Crucchiola's Maximum Fun podcast Feeling Seen wherever fine pods are cast. Follow Jordan on Twitter @JorCru and support her Patreon at Patreon.com/cruc...

We have some great expectations for today's guest... and MaxFunDrive! Heidi Murkoff, author of What to Expect When You're Expecting, joins Biz to talk trusting your mom gut, the legacy of What to Expect, and what she wanted to be when she grew up. Plus, it's MaxFunDrive! What to Expect When You're Expecting is available literally wherever books are sold. Visit Heidi Murkoff's website WhatToExpect....

It's Marni! She quit her job at HR/And now she'll teach kids to speak wide and far! Longtime friend of the show Marni Zalben joins Biz to talk radically shifting careers and making your kids proud. Plus, Biz is handy with a knife. Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.  Our book You’re Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parentin...

You are not a bad parent. Unless you are a hamster. Then yes, you are a bad parent. Writer-comedian Glenn Boozan sits down with Biz to talk about needlessly self-critical moms and her new book, There Are Moms Way Worse Than You. Plus, the gang's all here for Biz! Get your copy of Glenn Boozan's There Are Moms Way Worse Than You wherever books are sold. Follow Glenn Boozan on Twitter @boozan and on...