Parenting is a Joke Podcast
1) Turning Perimenopause Into a Professional Pivot with Kerri Maher
In this snack-sized conversation, Ophira Eisenberg talks with author and newly certified parenting coach Kerri Smith-Maher about how years of teaching writing, her daughter’s struggles, her own sobrie...Show More
2) Kerri Maher Finds Books Teens Will Actually Read
In this episode, Ophira Eisenberg talks with author and parent coach Kerri Maher (aka. Kerri Smith–Maher and also Kerri Majors) about the many names she has published under, the publishing-industry lu...Show More
3) Julia Scotti Wins The Nobel Prize for Comedy
Comedian Julia Scotti joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about the long, winding path that brought her back to stand-up after transitioning and a decade away from comedy. Julia reflects on raising three c...Show More
4) Andy Richter Redefines Modern Dad
In this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Andy Richter joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about raising three kids across two generations—his 23-year-old son, 18-year-old daughter, and a four-year-old he’s ...Show More
5) From Travel Editor to Scary Mommy with Kate Auletta
In this Parenting Is a Joke snack episode, Ophira Eisenberg chats again with Kate Auletta, Editor-in-Chief of Scary Mommy and Romper, about her years as a journalist and the surprising turns that led ...Show More
6) Kate Auletta Makes Peace with Growing Kids and Growing Older
In this episode of Parenting is a Joke, Ophira talks with Kate Auletta, Editor-in-Chief of Scary Mommy and Romper, about raising two sons in the suburbs after growing up as a “true East Side” New York...Show More
7) Haunted Houses, Healing Crystals, and Halloween Plans with Brooke MacKenzie
In this Halloween “snack” episode, Ophira Eisenberg reconnects with horror writer and fellow Brooklyn parent Brooke Mackenzie to dig deeper into her psychic and supernatural experiences. Brooke explai...Show More
8) Brooke MacKenzie Knows The Horrors of Parenting
In this Halloween-timed episode, Ophira Eisenberg talks with Brooklyn-based horror author and poet Brooke Mackenzie, who balances writing ghost stories with parenting her five-year-old daughter. Brook...Show More
9) MaryLynn Rajskub Spreads Her Legs (Again)
Actor and comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about raising her now 18-year-old son while continuing to perform stand-up, act, and write. She recalls being visibly pregnant durin...Show More
10) Jordan Klepper is an Emmy-Award Winning Dad
Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about raising his two-and-a-half-year-old son, Witt, while juggling a career built on improv, political satire, and late-night co...Show More