Despite unexpected audio problems, Lilith and Balthazar are back for Season 2… if not (yet) with the audio quality to which you’ve grown accustomed! It seems we still have a few kinks to work out of our new and hopefully soon-to-be improved recording methods.

This time we’re catching up after some recent holidays and celebrations. We’ll talk about how breeders negatively impacted our past Valentine’s Day dates, Balt’s birthday & Mothers’ Day! How have irresponsible and inconsiderate parents impacted your own special events and celebrations? If you’re a childfree woman, how do you handle Mother’s Day? We want to know! We’ll also update you on how far the podcast has spread across the map in our absence.

Listen to this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more) and come back again in two weeks for the next installment when you can hear more of your stories from listener mail! In the meantime, Loudmouths, be loud & be proud! (You can connect with us on Twitter @CFLoudmouths; Lil said it wrong in the episode. Oops!)

Sources mentioned in this episode:

From the News: American kids are 70 percent more likely to die before adulthood than kids in other rich countries

Balt also mentioned a Reddit thread with list of childfree-friendly clinics which will reduce barriers for tubal ligations, you can find it here.

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Lilith and Balthazar have returned to give you a teaser of what’s coming in Season 2 for Childfree Loudmouths (along with explanations and apologies for a long absence). Hear about some format changes we’ll try out for our listeners’ pleasure and some upcoming episode topics you can look forward to downloading soon including “natural miscarriage,” children at adult events and venues, listener submissions, interviews and more!

Listen to this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more) and watch your podcatcher for the next installment! In the meantime, Loudmouths, be loud & be proud (and if you want merch, see our store)!

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Childfree Loudmouths’ co-hosts, Lilith & Balthazar, are back! We’re sharing more listener e-mails (moderately edited for clarity and length), one of which includes a listener-submitted parent-couple which was chosen as our Asshole(s) of the Week for their bullying behavior! After dissecting the e-mails for more reasons which might fit into Balt’s previous theory that the reasons for breeding come down to two motivations, we get personal. Balt shares some of his reproductive history, his experience with getting a vasectomy and he addresses many of the myths and misconceptions about the procedure.

If you’re interested in the podcast Balt referenced in this episode, you can find it through We Hate Movies or go to the episode directly here. Meanwhile, we’re still playing “Stump the Balthazar” and taking submissions for reasons breeders may have children which wouldn’t fall under the headings of insecurity and/or vanity. Can you think of one? We’re also, as always, taking your submissions of personal stories to share with other loudmouth listeners!

Listen to this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more) and come back again in two weeks for the next installment! In the meantime, Loudmouths, be loud & be proud (and if you want merch, see our store)!

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Asshole of the Week: #EntitledBreeder

Childfree Loudmouths’ co-hosts, Lilith & Balthazar, share listener submissions from our twitter’s last call to action: “What’s the most metal thing about being childfree?” After a debate as to whether parents put more thought into a vehicle purchase or the financial obligations of parenthood, discover the lucky #entitledbreeder who earned our Asshole of the Week spot. With Listener Mail from Sarah & AndThisStillLife, we share responses from fans including how they’ve experienced bullying behavior from breeders for being childfree as well as some of our favorite tweets since the last episode and exploring the phenomenon of “lawnmower parenting“.

In this episode, Balt suggests every rationale to breed comes down to two reasons; listen to find out what they are! What do you think? Are you ready to play “Stump the Balthazar?” Send us your thoughts and submissions of reasons you’ve heard others give for breeding to add to our list!

Listen to this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more) and come back again in two weeks for the next installment! In the meantime, Loudmouths, be loud & be proud (and if you want merch, see our store)!

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Join Childfree Loudmouths’ co-hosts, Lilith and Balthazar, as they share some of the stories and responses fellow listeners have shared over the past two weeks! After reviewing some of our other favorite child-free interactions on social media since our debut episode, we’ll talk about who made our Asshole of the Week list. Balt also shares an interesting article on adult bullying and theorizes such bullying behaviors could be attributed to many breeder-populations in their interactions with those who are childfree by choice. What do you think? Do you have experiences in which breeders’ behavior fit the description of adult bullying?

Listen to this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more) and come back again in two weeks for the next installment! In the meantime, Loudmouths, be loud & be proud (and if you want merch, see our store)!

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Public Facebook posts discussed in this Childfree Loudmouths episode.

Meet the Childfree Loudmouths’ co-hosts, Lilith and Balthazar, in our debut episode as we give a brief recap on when we knew the decision to be child free was right for us. Get an earful of what to expect in future episodes, hopefully to include interviews, listener mail and the evisceration of hate mail. This episode also includes the first (but not the last) examination of children and parenting in social media. Get ready to be loud & proud.

Join us as we delve into this Childfree Loudmouths Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and more), and come back again in two weeks for the next installment!

Never read the comments? We don’t like to think what some of these folks may be teaching their offspring if they reproduce.

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