Best selling author Margot Leitman (Long Story Short, The Only Storytelling Guide You’ll Ever Need, and Cloudy with a Chance of LOVE) joins Betsy and Amanda to talk about the greatest babysitting co-op that ever was, heart day headaches, and lice lice baby.
Kat Burdick joins Betsy and Amanda to talk about kids swearing, dragging all of your kids all over town, and the insane physical sacrifices that motherhood can entail.
This week, Betsy dives into some listener mail and tells a story about a horrific day at a local park.
Tricia McAlpin (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Funny or Die, UCB) hangs out with Betsy and Amanda to talk about the first rule of Churro Club, what happens when there’s no bathroom at a birthday party, and trying to prove to your family that you’re an adult who has everything under control.
Actress Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black) comes back to join Betsy and Amanda to discuss the joys of an epic breath test, mom guilt, and the stage of childhood that continues to remind us that we will never have it figured out.
We’re back! Comedian, actor, and director Ilana Cohn joins Betsy and Amanda to unpack the holidays: open house party dreams dashed, the factory farm experience of sledding, and cleaning parquet floors with Q-tips.
Betsy and Amanda put together a compilation of stories from the beginning of parenthood Casey Rose Wilson (Atypical, American Dad) and Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), as well as stories about the challenge of parenting older kids from Rob Corddry (Drunk History, Speechless) and Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous, Heathers).
Betsy and Amanda close out 2018 with a look back at some of our most epic–and literal–sh*tshows, with stories from Grey Delisle Griffin, Amanda, Andrea Rosen, and Jamie Kaler.
Travel is the theme this week, and the Ghost of Christmas Past takes us back to some of our most memorable holiday nightmares from Stephanie Allynne, Morgan Walsh, David Wain, and Heather Janoff. Plus: gingerbread house mom hacks!
Amanda and Betsy read listener stories and discuss faking a pet’s death, signing up for gymnastics like it’s 1986, and the wizarding world of over-committing actors.
Amanda and Betsy sit down with Katy K. (Producer and Facebook moderator extraordinaire) to talk about how nice it is to be abused by your children, being exhausted by all of the work, and the shittiest trip to the library ever.
Amanda and Betsy’s husband Ari Voukydis sit down with Donovan Patton (Blue’s Clues) to talk about that magical time when your entire family is wiped out one by one by the stomach plague, dodging the truant officer, and babysitters phoning it in.
Actress, Director and Photographer Lara Everly joins Betsy and Amanda this week to talk about Halloween murder clowns, discipline for the win, and the slippery incident of the lap pooper.
Betsy and Amanda share their latest sh*tshows, and then read some epic listener email stories! They talk about Sugar Island, showing your “P” in the bathroom for laughs, the BEST NANNY EVER, and breaking into your own house.
Betsy and Amanda shoot the sh*t this week about breath tests, the joy of lying to your kids, and the saddest Allan family Christmas tradition ever.
Betsy and Amanda sit down to read listener spooky spooky scary stories. We say spooky so much in this episode that if you were to take a shot every time we say it you would DIE. SPOOOOOOOKKY. Betsy wants to apologize for how many times she says it, for real. We hear ghost stories about the girl with the red bow, getting pantsed by ghosts, the two wet kids from the pond, and the other mother.
Betsy and Amanda are back at the mom retreat with our last batch of mom guests who have hilarious and epic sh*tshows. We hear about lice, a school pickup from hell, a sad story about lasagna, the Venn diagram of Betsy and Amanda, and road apples on the kitchen floor.
This week Betsy and Amanda sit down in the actual forrest and hear rapid-fire shit-show stories with a group of fabulously hilarious women during a mom retreat. This week we hear about a trip to Vegas, poop hot dogs, ponytail restrictions, answering the tough questions, a thundersnow airport cry-fest, baby's first experience in the movies, and -of course- pooping in a cup.
Actor SARAH BURNS (Big Little Lies, Enlightened) sits down with Betsy and Amanda this week to talk about getting mom-shamed at a parent teacher conference, unsolicited parenting advice, and getting kicked in the face.
Betsy and Amanda read your stories this week! This week we hear shitshows from listener Ally Davis about camping with kids for the first time and Bree Shaw about her epic family trip to Greece.
Comedian, podcaster, musician, and New York Times best selling author GREG BEHRENDT hangs out with Betsy and Amanda this week! They talk about uncomfortable truths, giving your kids unusual names, magenta caticorns, and how teenage girls are just like bipolar middle aged men.
Writer, producer, and actress Brooke Purdy (Quality Problems, And Then There Was Eve, and Miles Underwater) joins Betsy and Amanda this week to discuss going commando, six months of poop, and a story about the nicest two guys who ever worked at Dunkin Donuts.
Actor, comedian, and writer Gil Ozeri (BIG MOUTH, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE) joins Betsy and Amanda this week to chat about taking a swim at the Natural History Museum, and getting kicked in the balls by adulthood.
Krister Johnson, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, producer and performer (Wet Hot American Summer, Children’s Hospital, Another Period, I'm Sorry) joins Betsy and Amanda this week to talk about the joy of physicals, Hand Foot and Mouth disease, and the best way to get a kid to stop screaming in a hotel.
NBA World Champion, Olympic medalist, and TV personality Richard Jefferson joins Betsy and Amanda this week to talk about going commando to school, bringing a goon squad to bus pickup, and teaching your toddlers regrettable life skills. This episode is chock full of mom hacks, and the first ever dad hack!
Actor, podcaster, and writer Johnny Ray Meeks (Mouth Feelings, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, UCB), joins Betsy and Amanda this week to talk about date nights, tracking Totoro, and double tonsillectomies. Checkout our sponsors this week: HelloFresh.com/WMD60 and use code WMD60 to get 20.00 off your first three boxes! Discount code: MommyDrinks for 25% off any order at teamiblends.com
Hosts Betsy and Amanda bid adieu to the Hoarder Hideaway while they discuss Blue Man Group, do AMAZING accents, and solve mysteries. Email your shitshows to WhyMommyDrinksPodcast@gmail.com, or leave a message on the WMD Hotline at 424-279-8842. Until Halloween 2018, please also tell us the creepy things your kids have said!
Comic, podcaster, and radio personality Justin Worsham (The Dad Podcast) visits Betsy and Amanda in the Hoarder Hideaway. They discuss chain gang summer camp and multiverses, and Amanda tells a spooky ghost story!
Author, arts-and-entertainment journalist, and comedic performer Jane Borden (I Totally Meant to Do That) visits with Betsy and Amanda this week. They talk about negging siblings to death, dreaming about being an old man in the 1950’s, and keeping that shit in...at all costs.
Nerdcore rapper MC Chris visits with Betsy and Amanda this week. They talk about summer vacation fantasy versus reality, the magical fertility properties of tour buses, and a birthday party that didn’t...quite...nail it.
