One Bad Mother

It's Father's Day in October! Biz is joined by writer and stay-at-home-dad Shannon Carpenter to learn how to get punched in the balls by a toddler while holding a baby. Plus, Biz was sick with guilt. Get your copy of the Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad: Your Essential Manual For Being An Awesome Full-Time Father wherever books are sold. Visit Shannon Carpenter's website at ShannonCarpenterAuthor.com. Fo...

Get your tools. We're busting out of The Mommy Space! Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee of The Pump & Dump Show and Band of Mothers Podcast join Biz to resist the labels of "mompreneurship" and "sharenting." Plus, Biz sits alone. Listen to the Band of Mothers Podcast on the Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. Visit BandOfMothers.com for more info on the podcast and the Pump & Dump Show. Follow...

Why sit on arguments when you can talk over one another like a combination of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Honeymooners? Biz joins Bitter Homes and Gardens stars and creators Fielding Edlow and Larry Clarke to discuss the value of honesty in relationships. Plus, it's happening for Biz! Watch Season 1 of Bitter Homes and Gardens on Youtube or on their website. Follow BG&G, Fielding, and L...

It's the UMPTEENTH Genius Fail Spectacular Plus Rant because what are numbers?! Returning guest Rebecca Blum joins Biz to revel in your calls! 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 s...

Be not afraid of the Cancer Mom! Writer and educator Jessica Phillips Lorenz sits down with Biz to discuss her daughter's cancer journey, Hugh Grant's performance in The Undoing, and the roller coaster of being used for scam bait. Plus, Biz braces herself. Read Jessica's article RIP'd Off at MuthaMagazine.com and read her article My 10-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Needs You To Get The Covid Vaccine at...

You're gonna need a bigger episode. Biz welcomes aboard author Ira Marcks to talk about his new graphic novel Shark Summer, the influence of Jaws, and how the stories we tell impact other people. Plus, Biz is let down by GIFs. Get your copy of Shark Summer wherever books are sold. Visit Ira's website at www.iramarcks.com and follow him on Twitter @iramarcks and on Instagram @iramarcks. Check out T...

It's One Bad FANTI 2: Electric Boogaloo! Biz continues her conversation on old media, young eyes, and new perspectives with Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson of the podcast FANTI. Plus, Biz hates summer. Listen to FANTI here or on the podcatcher of your choice. Visit Tre'vell's website and Jarrett's website. Follow Jarrett on Twitter @JarrettHill and Tre'vell @TrevellAnderson. Check out Theresa’s...

Slay on, bad mothers! The hosts of the Maximum Fun podcast FANTI, Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson, are here to talk portmanteaus, the trouble with Will & Grace, and developing critical lenses for young minds. Plus, Biz is on a roll! Listen to FANTI here or on the podcatcher of your choice. Visit Tre'vell's website and Jarrett's website . Follow Jarrett on Twitter @JarrettHill and Tre'vell @Trev...

Extrovert versus introvert! It's the Battle of the Temperaments! And by battle, we mean Biz has a charming chat with author Julie Vick on searching for lost time time and hiding spots from your children. Plus, Biz has a horrible realization. Get your copy of Julie's book, Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?): The Introvert's Guide to Surviving Parenthood , here or wherever books are sol...

Better learn how to work that coffee maker. Comedian Chris Gethard sits down with Biz to do the hard math: What is the Amount of Yelling per Child ratio? Plus, Biz goes for the gold. Watch or listen to Chris Gethard's new comedy special, Half My Life, here . Visit Chris Gethard's website for tour dates. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisGethard and on Instagram @chrisgeth . Check out Theresa’s book! I...

Welcome to Sandwich Generation, where we serve nothing but kids meals and early bird specials! Comedy writer Kevin Maher joins Biz to talk about the double-duty of raising children and caring for aging parents. Plus, Biz DID IT. Visit Kevin's website and Kevin Geeks Out . Follow Kevin on Twitter @KevinGeeksOut . Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books...

It's a better and brighter world for LGBTQ teens, and even better if you're a reader! YA author Martin Wilson joins Biz to discuss the excellent winners and nominees of this year's Lambda Literary Awards . Plus, Biz lets it rip... again! Get your copies of Martin Wilson's YA books on his website or wherever books are sold.  Martin's Lambda Award Recommendations: Camp by LC Rosen  Sasha Masha by Ag...

What's the secret to great writing? Sex! That, and investing the time to write. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies author Deesha Philyaw returns to talk co-parenting, writing inside and outside the church, and how everybody's from Cordele, Georgia. Plus, Biz was sick. Get your copy of Deesha's award-winning book The Secret Lives of Church Ladies here or wherever books are sold. Visit Deesha's websi...

Troublemakers and The Cure fans unite! Neil Katcher of Ooh You're In Trouble and Mortified joins Biz to share in the solidarity of humiliation! Plus, Biz shares her teen angst through the art of poetry. Listen to Ooh You're In Trouble and Mortified wherever pods are cast. Follow Neil Katcher on Twitter @neilkatcher . Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever...

Get your game face on and fill your boxes. The Ellis sisters are here to haggle! Unless it's the end of the day. Then it's $5. Helen Ellis, Biz's sister and author of Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light , is on the show to talk garage sales, the decline in demand for china sets, and the march of time. Plus, Biz was wrong. Preorder your copy of Helen's new collection of essays, Bring Your Bagga...

Now that COVID restrictions have been lifted, is it time to panic? No! Biz steps up to the ring to pummel an expert with all the questions you may have! Dr. Lena van der List of UC Davis Children's Hospital joins us to talk masks, pregnancy, pools, camps, beaches, and the risks of socializing with the loosey-goosey. Plus, Biz loves a library. Listen to Dr. van der List's podcast for UC Davis Healt...

Summer days got you down? Escape into your mind and use your imagination! Illustrator and author Tori Sharp comes by to show Biz how. Plus, Biz brings the God of Lightning. Get your copy of  Just Pretend here or wherever books are sold. Visit Tori's website here . Follow her on Twitter @NovelTori and on Instagram @noveltori . Check out Theresa’s book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now...

Is greatness achieved through your accomplishments or by knowing who you are? Put away your pins (or maybe have the kids pick them up), because author Ben Brashares and illustrator Elizabeth Bergeland join Biz to kick off summer reading! Plus, Biz is on the move. Get your copy of Ben and Elizabeth's book  The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection here , as well as their first book Being Edie Is Hard T...

It's time to Womp up the Jamz! Actress comedians and real life best friends Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham join Biz to talk about birthing their TV babies while pregnant with their actual babies. Plus, Biz has a bad feeling about this. Rent or purchase Jess and Len's television shows Best Friends Forever and Playing House on the streaming service of your choice. Listen to their podcast WOMP I...

All the way from Australia, we brought in a professional to confirm what OBM has always known: Moms don't want your advice. Comedian and author Nelly Thomas joins us to break down the nomenclature confusion behind molls, roots, and petting your chinchilla. Plus, Biz can feel it. Get your copy of Nelly Thomas' book with Cat McInnes Some Mums (Are Fat Molls) here along with her other books, Some Gir...

We're talking about tweens! Awkward. Biz welcomes Judith Warner, author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School , to discuss angst, isolation, and "the deflation of childhood happiness." It's a good time. Plus, Biz finds things still confusing. Get your copy of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School here or wherever books are sold. Visit Ju...

The Road So Far: One Bad Mother hits its second Max Fun Drive membership goal! As promised, Biz pulls up to What If World in the Impala. There, standing tall, deep in thought, but ready to join the fight against evil is her brother in arms: Eric O'Keeffe . It's One Bad Supernatural! Biz and Eric discuss the CW action adventure show starring world class muffins of stud Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackle...

It's the return of One Bad Guncle! James Arthur M. of the Minority Korner podcast is back to put the sugar on your broccoli, truth-wise! Plus, it's the last week of Max Fun Drive! Listen to James' podcast Minority Korner wherever podcasts are found. Follow James on Twitter @JamesArthur_M and on Instagram @jamesarthurm . Be sure to watch the MaxFunDrive 2021 Game Show Spectacular , hosted by Biz an...

We hit our first Max Fun Drive membership goal, so you know what that means... We're sharing a fail of Broadway Opening Night proportions - Biz gets Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti 's name wrong three times in a row... to her face! Thank you to all the Max Fun Drive supporters who joined or boosted or upgraded their memberships!  We're not done yet though. If you love One Bad Mother, we need you t...

It's an extra musical edition of One Bad Mother! Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti joins Biz to sing about big feelings, nipple papayas, and her new picture book for moms, M Is For Mama and Also Merlot: A Modern Moms ABCs! Plus, it's Max Fun Drive! Get your copy of Laura Benanti's book with Kate Mangiameli and Helene Weston, M Is For Mama and Also Merlot: A Modern Moms ABCs , here or wherev...