You are doing a good job. Get your limited run OBM Countdown t-shirts by going to www.MaxFunStore.com ! OBM Forever: https://maxfunstore.com/products/obm-forever-t-shirt Parenting Expert: https://maxfunstore.com/products/parenting-expert-t-shirt This is the Year I Touch My Banjo: https://maxfunstore.com/products/banjo-year-t-shirt Buggy + Gabe: https://maxfunstore.com/products/buggy-gabe-t-shirt OBM Hotline: https://maxfunstore.com/products/hotline-t-shirt Badmin: https://maxfunstore.com/product...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 577
One Bad Mother cancelled?! Where's Theresa?!? Oh. There she is. And nobody, not nobody, could ever cancel this show, baby. Except Biz. The penultimate episode of One Bad Mother ! Start crying now! Get your limited run OBM Countdown t-shirts by going to www.MaxFunStore.com ! This is the Year I Touch My Banjo: https://maxfunstore.com/products/banjo-year-t-shirt Buggy + Gabe: https://maxfunstore.com/products/buggy-gabe-t-shirt OBM Hotline: https://maxfunstore.com/products/hotline-t-shirt Badmin: ht...
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 576
In this shocking antepenultimate episode of One Bad Mother , Stefan finally proposes to Biz! In Paris! Over 15 years ago! Or will he? Tune in to find out! Listen to Stefan's podcast with Jordan D. White, Nature Trail to Hell , wherever fine pods are cast. Get your limited run OBM Countdown t-shirts by going to www.MaxFunStore.com ! Buggy + Gabe: https://maxfunstore.com/products/buggy-gabe-t-shirt OBM Hotline: https://maxfunstore.com/products/hotline-t-shirt Badmin: https://maxfunstore.com/produc...
Mar 02, 2025•55 min•Ep. 575
Hey! Listen! It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: Legend of Zelda lore expert, 5th Grader, and child of Biz, Ellis Lawrence joins his OBM in the hotseat to talk about symbolism in Majora's Mask , growing up with the podcast, and resilience through dungeon puzzling. "Excuuuuse me, Princess!" video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfXxkHrIBM Ellis's recommended video on Tears of the Kingdom Depths lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgn-c-n43lg Get your limited run OBM Countdown t-...
Feb 22, 2025•50 min•Ep. 574
What are you so scared about, fraidy-cat? Ghosts? Monsters? Glitter? Menopause? Fair enough, actually. John James Goldbeck, writer for the brand new hulu and Disney+ Goosebumps TV show, joins Biz to talk about dares and pranks, the return of David Schwimmer, and watching scary stuff too young with no supervision. Get your limited run OBM Countdown t-shirts by going to www.MaxFunStore.com ! Badmin: https://maxfunstore.com/products/badmin-t-shirt Lefty: https://maxfunstore.com/products/lefty-shirt...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 573
You always wanted to be an inspiration to your kid, but not as the cackling villain in their eventual memoir! Cheryl Klein, author of Crybaby , returns to the show to talk about growing up with Mutha magazine, overcompensating for hypochondria, and the empathy found in telling one's own story. Read Cheryl's piece, The Flawed-Mom Memoir My Kid Might Write , as well as her other essays, at www.MuthaMagazine.com . Get your copy of Cheryl's book, Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and Other Things That ...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 572
Content Warning: Postpartum Psychosis, Violence, Murder Strap on your banjos, listeners, we're singing about pain, loss, madness, and pink tampon-slinging Cybertrucks. Becky Poole, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and longtime Biz friend and collaborator, sits down to talk about her new podcast and album, both titled The Ballad of Dena & Andrea . They discuss longtime friendship, the history of murder ballads, and the dark and tragic stories of Andrea Yates and Dena Schlosser. It's a fun...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 571
Fear not, OBMs, Biz has returned and she is pooped! Luckily, the wonderful Renee Colvert returns to interview... Biz? They discuss the Los Angeles Wildfires, the healing power of Bluey, and the origins of One Bad Mother . Plus, Renee has an agenda. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron . Visit our Linktree for our website, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/onebadmother You ca...
Jan 24, 2025•57 min•Ep. 570
Not to worry, listeners: Biz and Theresa and their families are safe from the Los Angeles wildfires. Tired and annoyed, but safe. We'll be back in two weeks. ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 484: Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and drivin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and waitin’. Biz sings the carline blues with A Very Special Guest for the final episode of 2022! Plus, Biz goes into the closet. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or ...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Will helping me stop being a people pleaser help you like me more? Amy Wilson, author of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser , joins Biz to talk about converting kid's bedrooms into offices, being and not being the asshole, and learning to fix yourself before fixing others. Preorder your copy of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser by Amy Wilson, out January 7th, 2025, wherever books are sold . Listen to Amy's podcast with Margaret Ables, What Fresh Hell , wherever fine pods a...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 568
ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 387: We all have bodies!!! It’s true! We have a body, so let’s get comfortable in it! Biz talks to author, illustrator Tyler Feder about her inclusive, body positive picture book for preschoolers, Bodies Are Cool! Plus, Biz enjoys her ramen and Theresa keeps her kids from learning what New Year’s Eve is all about…again. Get your copy of Dancing at the Pity Pa rty and preorder your copy of Bodies Are Cool here . Visit Tyler Feder’s website and follow her on Instagram @tyle...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Backpack? Check. Notebook? Check. Pen? Check. Baby? Check. Wait, what? Biz is joined by Hechinger Report journalist Neal Morton to talk about Lumen High School in Spokane, WA, a public charter school committed to accommodating and educating teen parents. Listen to the Here & Now radio piece featuring Lumen and Neal. Support Lumen High School by going to their website, www.LumenHighSchool.org, or other schools with similar programs with these links provided by Neal: Cardinal Academy in Idaho:...
Dec 22, 2024•55 min•Ep. 567
When you're bone tired, haggard, and broken, seek out a friend to help ease the burden. Sometimes that friend is an imaginary caustic man rabbit, but he'll have to do. Katie Locke O'Brien, director of the comedy series Dick Bunny , joins Biz to talk magical realism, Tooth Fairy inflation, and the empty mason jar that is the postpartum brain. Watch all six episodes of Dick Bunny by going to www.DickBunny.com . Follow the show on Instagram @dickbunny_official . Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 566
Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high... Take a look, we have a book, it's One Bad Mother! The fantastic Traci Thomas, host of the literature podcast The Stacks , joins Biz to talk parker rolls, audiobook speeds, and making time for reading in a house full of screaming children. Listen to Traci's podcast, The Stacks , wherever fine pods are cast. Learn more about The Stacks and Traci by going to her website, www.TheStacksPodcast.com . Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in...
Dec 08, 2024•56 min•Ep. 565
ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 498: The House Is Trashed But The Bones Are Good, with Maggie Smith Home and life feeling like a wreck? Slap some paint on that fixer-upper. Author and poet Maggie Smith joins Biz to talk whittling words, Good Bones, and her new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Plus, Biz is in purgatory. Get your copy of Maggie Smith's memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful , wherever books are sold. Learn more about Maggie and her work by visiting her website, www.Maggie...
Dec 01, 2024•54 min
ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 124: I Am My Own Worst Enemy! Plus, Guest Chuck Bryant Biz and Theresa try to figure out why we can be so mean to ourselves. Maybe it’s because we’re jerks? HA HA HA. [Tears.] Plus, Biz can’t have chickens, Theresa is DONE with solo-parenting after ten days with Jesse out of the country, and we talk with Chuck Bryant, one of the hosts of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, about adoption and the stuff he hopes his child will know. Also, we announce the launch of our parent...
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 564
You enter the main chamber of the Cave of Woe (aka Target) and your Level 1 Fighter child starts screaming. Roll a d20 with disadvantage to see if you have a breakdown! Shelly Mazzanoble, author of How to Dungeon Master Parenting: A Guidebook for Gamifying the Child-Rearing Quest, Leveling Up Your Skills, and Raising Future Adventurers , joins Biz's party to talk monster faces, Stephs Curry and Furry, and the family treasure of playing Dungeons & Dragons together. Get your copy of How to Dun...
Nov 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 563
Lord have mercy, what's a girl to believe? Don't look at us. We don't know. Moms and Pops of The Family Skeptical podcast sit down with Biz to discuss parenting without religion, talking to ghosts, being a Star Trek family, and the ins and outs of raising secular kids in spiritual world. Listen to The Family Skeptical podcast at their website, www.TheFamilySkeptical.com , or on the podcatcher of your choice. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal ...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 562
It's November 6th. You are doing a great job. Here are some helpful links for doing your part in a dark time: The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) to help fight the good fight in courts and statehouses, defending your rights She Should Run, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of women considering a run for office. Emily's List, an organization recruiting, training, and supporting Democratic pro-choice women running for office Reproductive Freedom for All, fighting for reprodu...
Nov 06, 2024•6 min
The horror! THE HORROR! ...of the depiction of women's bodies in media! Biz's big sister, Helen Michelle, joins for the annual OBM Halloween episode! They talk about the " Whatever Happened to Baby Jane treatment", the benefits of breast reduction, and leaning into the power of aging. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron . Visit our Linktree for our website, merch, and more! ...
Nov 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 561
Geez, ANOTHER movie about new parenthood, deep isolation, unheard cries for help, and the darkness of postpartum depression? Wait, there aren't any? Well, there is now! Nora Fiffer, writer and director of Another Happy Day , joins Biz to discuss the design flaws of the reproductive cycle, 90 pages of Lauren Lapkus alone at home with a baby, and the breathtaking moment of reciprocal recognition from your child. Stream Another Happy Day on Amazon Prime ! Watch the trailer on Youtube . Learn more a...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 560
Who do you think is crying more at school drop-off? You or your kid? Meri Wallace, author of The Secret World of Children: Understanding Why Your Kids Behave The Way They Do , joins Biz to discuss turtles, the whys and hows of kicking and biting, and communicating with separation anxiety. Get your copy of The Secret World of Children: Understanding Why Your Kids Behave The Way They Do through Amazon or Meri's website. Learn more about Meri, her work, and her other books by visiting www.MeriWalla...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 559
Is "fat" a dirty word? Only if we let it be! Mekdela, author of Plus Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia , and Social Change , sits down with Biz to talk misogynoir, Kate Winslet in Titanic , and turning "fat" into a neutral term. Get your copy of Plus Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia , and Social Change wherever books are sold, or, by visiting Mekdela's website, www.PlusSizeBook.com . Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commerc...
Oct 04, 2024•53 min•Ep. 558
You know what keeps you young? Having children! Then walking them up Machu Picchu! One Bad Favorite Ophira Eisenberg joins Biz to discuss silent showers, uncomplicated vaginas, and the aging powers of children and a life in comedy. Listen to Ophira's podcast, Parenting is a Joke , wherever fine pods are cast. For more information about Ophira, her standup comedy specials ( Plant-Based Jokes and Inside Joke ), and more, visit her website, www.OphiraEisenberg.com . Go to MaximumFun.org/join to sup...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 557
Sit your butt down on that exam table and refuse to leave, because no one can tell you how YOU feel. Dr. Sharon Malone, OBGYN, Certified Menopause Practitioner, and author of Grown Woman Talk , joins Biz to talk about the woeful lack of study on women's health, incorrect perceptions of medical necessities, and what on earth to do next. Get your copy of Grown Woman Talk wherever books are sold . Learn more about Dr. Sharon Malone by visiting her website, www.DrSharonMalone.com . Go to MaximumFun....
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 556
Part Two! Enjoy this runaway train ride as we derail into a two-part episode with beloved OBM guest Dr. Carla Naumburg! She stops by to talk about her new middle-grade book, How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic . Plus: an ill-fated trip to Spencer's! Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron . Visit our Linktree for our website, merc...
Sep 14, 2024•54 min•Ep. 555
Enjoy this runaway train ride as we derail into a two-part episode with beloved OBM guest Dr. Carla Naumburg! She stops by to talk about her new middle-grade book, How to Stop Freaking Out: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Feels Chaotic . Plus: an ill-fated trip to Spencer's! Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron . Visit our Linktree for our website, merch, and mor...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 554
This week, we're revisiting an old favorite from 2015 – Episode 93: What DO You Do All Day? We call bullshit on the “to do list” when none of the ten thousand things we do as a parent everyday counts as a thing we can cross off. Plus, Biz comes to the realization that any problems her kids have may not actually be her fault, Theresa plays mind games with her kid, a listener fails when she realizes the “cock” her son wants to know about isn’t a rooster, and we talk to Sally Hepworth about her deb...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Lost and in the dark about your child's disability? Not anymore! Kelley Coleman, author of Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Systems, Services, and Supports , sits down with Biz to talk about educational resources, the beauty of an amazing index, and the major of Trader Joe's. Get your copy of Kelley's book, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Systems, Services, and Supports , at the bookshop of your choice...
Aug 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 553
Gather round the guitar, teens. We're going to jam about the true OBMF: The Lord. Just kidding. Jordan Morris of Jordan, Jesse, Go returns to the show to talk about his new graphic novel Youth Group , multidenominational demon-slaying, and finding where you fit in. Get your copy of Youth Group by Jordan Morris wherever books are sold . Listen to Jordan, Jesse, Go on the podcatcher of your choice. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercia...
Aug 16, 2024•55 min•Ep. 552
