On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2: Girls5Eva season 2 ends with a knock-down, drag-out fight between two unlikely characters, and it's a joy to behold (and is being added to "Janet Kicks Some Demon Butt" [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJoJaRHtwhc ] on Terri's fire-me-up playlist. This show is a delight and we're in for season 3 if there is one. Mentioned: Interviews with Renee Elise Goldsberry to read [ https://www.vulture.com/article/renee-elise-goldsberry-girls5eva-season-two-inte...
Jun 28, 2022•14 min
Dancing With the Stars pro Sharna Burgess recently did a sexy maternity photo shoot [ https://www.today.com/parents/parents/brian-austin-green-sharna-burgess-maternity-shoot-rcna31473 ], so that got us talking about whether we'd ever want to do the same (uh, no) and what other milestones should be commemorated by a professional with a big camera. (And if you want to hear Catherine talk about her super non-sexy pregnancy rash, that episode is here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/parentingroundabou...
Jun 27, 2022•14 min
Nicole brought to our attention an article about American Dream Miami [ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5862329/USs-biggest-mall-gets-ahead-Florida.html ], soon to be the biggest mall in America, but not exactly our dream of the perfect mall. We'd skip the amusement park rides and ice-climbing wall and focus on things like roaming nail technicians, golf carts, and the ability to shop in peace. (Mentioned: Mall of America [ https://mallofamerica.com/ ], West Edmonton Mall [ http://www.wem...
Jun 26, 2022•7 min
Today, true confessions about obsessions: Not ours, but those of our husbands. Catherine's and Nicole's partners are kindred spirits with a similar level of extra-ness when it comes to kitchen gadgets. Terri's, meanwhile, is happy with an old TV show—but he needs to watch every single one, thank you very much.
Jun 25, 2022•12 min
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, Catherine reviews two airplane-watch-quality movies: Death on the Nile and House of Gucci (mostly, she's just proud to have watched two relatively new movies). Terri shouts out Glad You're Here: Two Unlikely Friends Breaking Bread and Breaking Fences, a book by Walker Hayes and Craig Allen Cooper that inspired an episode of the podcast a few weeks back. Mentioned: The Tender Bar, a movie we watched for Round 2, and the book that it's based on. Visit https://par...
Jun 24, 2022•11 min
Nicole is away this week, and Catherine and Terri are feeling the effects of having been away (read: a ton of extra work). So this week, we're talking, complaining and obsessing about jobs and work by revisiting, and updating, some past discussions on that topic. Today, we return to a question we first asked in September, 2021: "What's your retirement plan?"
Jun 23, 2022•18 min
Nicole is away this week, and Catherine and Terri are feeling the effects of having been away (read: a ton of extra work). So this week, we're talking, complaining and obsessing about jobs and work by revisiting, and updating, some past discussions on that topic. Today, we hop back to "The Work-Life Seesaw," from July 2020, and see how it's going on that teeter-totter today.
Jun 22, 2022•21 min
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, we're into the second half of Girls5Eva season 2, and the girls are busy working on their album. Also getting questionable cosmetic procedures, pursuing questionable theories about their lost bandmate Ashley, and staging a questionable Star Search rematch with Mario Cantone. Plus, Daniel Breaker finally gets to sing! Next: The final two episodes of this season, "Returnity" and "Tour Mode."
Jun 21, 2022•10 min
Nicole is away this week, and Catherine and Terri are feeling the effects of having been away (read: a ton of extra work). So this week, we're talking, complaining and obsessing about jobs and work by revisiting, and updating, some past discussions on that topic. Today, we hop way back to 2018's "Career Check-In" and then check back in on how the work world is treating us today.
Jun 20, 2022•32 min
We can't really enter the imaginary worlds of our favorite movies, TV shows, and plays, but we could theoretically hang with the folks who make them happen. On today's Speed Round, we pick some entertainers we'd like to entertain us in person.
Jun 19, 2022•4 min
Inspired by cartoonist Annie Kurzweg [ https://www.instagram.com/anniegetyourgum/ ], we confess all the terrible things we do to torment our children: Looking at them! Looking at their phones! Speaking to them in front of peers! We are the worst.
Jun 18, 2022•12 min
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, Nicole shouts out an effective, easy-to-use essential: The ChomChom pet hair remover [ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BAGTNAQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details ]. Terri's enjoying the adorableness of Joshua Shaw, @upsidedownandcute on Instagram [ https://www.instagram.com/upsidedownandcute/ ]. And Catherine escaped for a few hours by watching the latest Downton Abbey movie, Downton Abbey: A New Era [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11703710/?ref_=fn_al_tt...
Jun 17, 2022•9 min
After the crew on the Bobby Bones Show discussed the appropriateness of wine as a teacher gift [ https://overcast.fm/+5VzIbx_Ys/4:12 ], we also obsessed about what we've given (and received).
Jun 16, 2022•13 min
After reading about a study showing that women aren't as good at promoting themselves as men are [ https://characterlab.org/tips-of-the-week/how-did-you-do/ ], we complained about the modern need to promote yourself in order to get anywhere. We'd just like you to listen without us having to tell you how great we are, okay?
Jun 15, 2022•16 min
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, episodes 3 and 4 of Girls5Eva bring us more silliness as the girls finagle their way into a rap video and Summer must resist her parents' call for her to take a purity pledge in the wake of her divorce. Next week: “Leave a Message If You Love Me” and “B.P.E."
Jun 14, 2022•15 min
Nicole's dog, Missy, passed away recently. Since she's been a presence on the podcast over the years, today's episode is all about Missy and her exploits. It won't be the same without her.
Jun 13, 2022•13 min
So someone throws, say, a PERFECTLY GOOD banana muffin into the trash, one you had planned to eat for breakfast, and it's in a SEALED BAG, and it's in the kitchen trash that got emptied not THAT long ago, and you can find it to fish it out, would it be THAT terrible to rescue it and slather it with butter and eat it? It wouldn't, would it? Would it?
Jun 12, 2022•6 min
A Buzzfeed article obsessing about mom catchphrases [ https://www.buzzfeed.com/alliehayes/reddit-moms-funny-catchphrases ] naturally led us to do the same. At least one of us has upped her game by adding Broadway show tunes to her catchphrase repertoire.
Jun 11, 2022•9 min
We're off this week, but bringing you some past discussions on summer-y topics to kick off the season. This one comes from June 2019. Hey, airlines: We have some brilliant ideas! There are so many ways you could make the air-travel experience easier and happier for families, and this whole episode is a brainstorming session just for you.
Jun 10, 2022•14 min
We're off this week, but bringing you some past discussions on summer-y topics to kick off the season. This one comes from July 2021. After a recent mention of summer camp for kids, we started dreaming about the amenities we'd like to see at mom camp. Let us know if there's one out there that offers robot butlers, doctors on call, and hot tubs for everyone. Mentioned: The luxury suites aboard the Queen Mary, featured in the movie Let Them All Talk [ https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blo...
Jun 09, 2022•11 min
We're off this week, but bringing you some past discussions on summer-y topics to kick off the season. This one comes from July 2019. After reading yet another article about how parents only have 18 summers with their kids (they show up every year), we respond with a hearty "So what?" We can come up with at least 18 things about summer with kids that we're glad to be done with.
Jun 08, 2022•11 min
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, we return to an old favorite: Girls5Eva, which is back for season 2. It's just as goofy and fun the second time around, as the girls are trying to get back in the game with a new record deal. Next week: Episode 3, "Who U Know," and 4, "Can't Wait 2 Wait."
Jun 07, 2022•18 min
We're off this week, but bringing you some past discussions on summer-y topics to kick off the season. This one comes from June 2019. On today's Round 1, we talk about high school graduation. Nicole's daughter received her diploma last week, and we compare and contrast with our other kids' experiences (past and future).
Jun 06, 2022•15 min
On a recent Speed Round, in the course of a different discussion, Catherine mentioned this question: "If someone paid you to travel the world for the next three years, would you go?" We thought that sounded like a Speed Round in its own right, and now here it is! Although come to think of it, we're not so interested in the offer, unless Nicole's demands are met, anyway.
Jun 05, 2022•5 min
On this week's Round 3, our complaint is with kids who suddenly need essentials like salt, black shoes, and Revolutionary War-era costumes at the eleventh hour. (And we have some suggested solutions for the business world.)
Jun 04, 2022•11 min
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, Terri's found a new podcast to enjoy: Naked Lunch from Phil Rosenthal and David Wild [ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1620018481 ]. Nicole's cruising around on her new Aventon e-bike [ http://www.aventon.com/ ]. And Catherine's playing an online game called Follow the Herd [ https://www.followtheherd.org/game/ ]....
Jun 03, 2022•7 min
Terri recently found out that someone's been holding a grudge against her for more than a decade, so we obsessed about grudges we've held and been the target of. Turns our our memories can be pretty long too.
Jun 02, 2022•11 min
An article summarizing a blatant case of baby name stealing [ https://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/2572726/stolen-baby-name-reddit/ ] got us complaining about the people involved in this situation, who really were awful to each other. But then one of us confessed to a milder instance of name... sharing, let's just say.
Jun 01, 2022•15 min
On this week's entertainment-themed episode: The season finales of both our series! Bridgerton finally arrived at Kate and Anthony's happy ending, but there were quite unhappy endings for several other characters. We await season 3 with some trepidation, because of the Bridgerton boys' tendency to lunkheadedness (looking at you, Colin). On The Afterparty, the mystery is finally solved, with the help of eyewitness testimony from little Maggie (Brett and Zoe's daughter). Did we figure it out befor...
May 31, 2022•27 min
The Japanese TV show Old Enough (available on Netflix [ https://www.netflix.com/title/81506279 ]) features teeny, tiny children going out in the world to run errands. It got us talking about how this would play in the U.S. (uh, it wouldn't). Mentioned: Saturday Night Live's spoof on the show [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhGTtWsW9F8 ].
May 30, 2022•14 min
