Brandi and Matt Larsen join us to share the story of a simple trip to the playground that ended up being not simple at all. Check out Matt's app Scorch Injector here: https://lkwdcast.com/scorch-injector-game Check out Brandi's upcoming book Uncultured: a Memoir, Co-written with Daniella Mestyanek Young, here: https://brandilarsen.com/books Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Mike Brumm (The Late Show) shares a story of preparing his new yard for the arrival of his first child. WARNING: Major Cringe Factor. In fact, promote it to Colonel Cringe Factor. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Ophira Eisenberg tells about her amazingly detailed birthing plan. And then what happened. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Steve Waltien (Klepper, Late Night with Stephen Colbert) joins us to tell the amazing story of when his son first put together letter sounds to.... read a word. Warning! Profanity. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Mary and Pat share a story of their own: about the year one of their kids made a simple request to Santa that turned out to be... not so simple. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Kate James returns and tells us about how an incident at her son's school makes her realize that his life now has stories he may not share. Check out Kate's work on Work in Progress, season 2 on Showtime. Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold and Pat Shay

Kate Tellers tells us about buldling her son's Halloween costume, and why she'll go to such lengths to do it right. Check out Kate's work in How to Tell a Story: coming from the Moth this fall:https://themoth.org/ Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Alex Zalben tells us about how his family tried to salvage Halloween during Covid. Then he shares the tale of what should have been a straightforward night out. Check out Alex's amazing podcast Comic Book Club, along with Riverdale After Dark, Marvelvision, and more here: https://comicbookclublive.com/ Hosted by Mary Theresa Archbold & Pat Shay

Gary Rudoren tells us about his aspirations of being comedy's Mozarts dad, and moving to Jerusalem with toddler twins. Check out Gary's book Comedy By The Numbers. http://www.comedybythenumbers.com/ Then Yvonne Landry shares her adventures taking the kids across borders to spend the summers in a small Portuguese town where no one speaks their language. Check out Yvonne's amazing program, The Superhero Training Center: http://superherotrainingcenter.com/

We got to talk to our kids' favorite author: Matt Oldfield, Author of the Kids Sports Book of the Year: Unbelievable Football (and Unbelievable Football 2!). Matt's written so many great books about soccer and soccer players: from the Ultimate Football Heroes series to Johnny Ball: Accidental Football Genius. Check him out at https://heroesfootball.com/ and @footieheroesbks

Welcome to Season 2! Meagan O'Brien (Second City) tells us about the day she drew the line.