Are You My Mother?

Creepy, kooky, altogether ooky, but a mother through and through. Of course that's Morticia Addams of The Addams Family , the first multi-media magnate we're covering for the podcast. Comics, television shows, animation, films, a Broadway film, and even a pinball machine! Along with author and podcaster Stik Braxton from the Two Tall Boyz podcast, we explore the peculiarity of a loving rel...

Be a celebrated ruler of a planet, protect peace in the galaxy, and give birth to literal saviors? It's all in a day's work for Padmé Amidala of Star Wars and specifically, The Clone Wars where - together with guest Tommy from the Distant Echoes podcast - we talk about this galactic mother figure. We compare the size of our blasters, talk about lawmaking, admire some well crafted wigs, and...

What happens when you let two Michiganders get together and talk about one of the only major exports that features your state, the television program Home Improvement ? Find out as Mike Nowak joins this episode of the podcast to talk about one of the most put-upon mothers of 1990s sitcoms, Jill Taylor . We talk about Tim Allen's stand-up, how what brats the Taylor kids are to their younger bro...

Guided by super-fan, Doug Fink , this episode of the podcast we talk about the many mothers of reality competition television with a specific focus on Season 26 of Survivor and Dawn Meehan . We discuss how mothers are framed by productions like this, Doug's sneaky early watching after cow's blood led to a in-home banning of future watches, mental health and how unequally a mother's men...

Along with guest Jim Banks from the Square Roots Podcast, this episode of the podcast we find ourselves in Dallas/Fort Worth suburb amalgamation Arlen, Texas talking about the bespoke beehive queen,  Peggy Hill , mother to Bobby and wife to conservative stuck-in-his-ways, Hank, in  King of the Hill  in the episode "Square Peg." We discuss the complicated politics and gender dynamics of s...

Along with Kevin from the May the Power Protect You Podcast , we're heading over to Langford, Illinois in this episode and we're talking about Darlene Conner , matriarch of the Conner family in the successful spin off from Roseanne , The Conners in the episode "What's So Funny About Peas, Love, and Understanding?" We discuss everything from how a mother's sacrifice and ha...

Welcome to “Are You My Mother?” - the podcast that looks at mothers, mother-figures, and other parents in media. Each episode, I'll be inviting a guest to about one of these figures in detail through the media in which they appear. Episodes coming in October 2022. Follow the podcast @mymotherpod on Twitter and Blusky . If you'd like to be a guest of the podcast, or you have a mother you&#3...