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In honor of Mother's Day, we decided to check in on some of favorite TV and movie moms and see how they might handle being locked down during a pandemic (like, how does Marge Simpson maintain that beehive without salon visits?).
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On Speed-Round Sunday, we share a mini episode from our past for your weekend listening pleasure.
Catherine’s “grocery fair” typo already gave us inspiration for a discussion of fantasy school fundraisers, and now we extend that to any sort of store we wish existed. “Try before you buy” seems to be a common theme of our retail dreams. What sort of shop do you wish you could find?
On Second-Listen Saturday, we share some fun moments from past episodes for your weekend listening pleasure. This one is particularly timely in our current era of uncertainty.
Terri had a major meltdown about a potential delegation fail, which got us wondering (and whining) about why it's so hard to hand off responsibilities to other members of our households. Want more? Listen to the rest of this March 2017 episode. Roundabout Roundup: Dad Notes, Unite Here Health, and “And Then They Stopped Talking to Me”5/8/2020
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole's Instagram Minute offers @d.a.d.n.o.t.e.s, a sweet collection of lunchbox notes. Terri's grateful to the team at @uniteherehealth on Twitter, especially Laura and Evelyn, for their kindness and customer service assistance. And Catherine lets us know about a brand-new book for parents of middle-schoolers: And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School, by Judith Warner.
Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music, which you hear on every episode.
Now that her daughter's high school will be offering a virtual graduation ceremony, Catherine is looking for ways to make watching the event feel special. For one thing, there will be a no-sweatpants dress code.
Just when we need them most, our household appliances seem to be protesting by falling apart. We're down half a dishwasher, a smoke alarm, a microwave, a stand mixer, and worst of all, a coffee maker.
On our entertainment-themed Round 2 this week, we finished the season of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist with "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad." The season finale somehow tied up all loose ends while also leaving us confused about what just happened and what might come next. Mentioned: The Good Place Podcast's episode on the recent Parks and Rec Covid-19 special.
On Veronica Mars, the case of the week involved yet another family we've never seen or heard of before, and ended with the continuing rehabilitation of Logan as maybe not such a horrible person. Next: We'll watch two episodes, "Mars vs. Mars” and “Ruskie Business.”
Car insurers are compensating drivers for not driving, and colleges are refunding (at least some) room and board costs from abruptly cancelled sessions. Who else owes us some money?
On Speed-Round Sunday, we share a mini episode from our past for your weekend listening pleasure.
As much as we love our computers and devices and online opportunities, it’s hard not to think sometimes that things were simpler when we couldn’t accidentally video ourselves or e-mail snark to the one person we didn't want to see it. On today's Speed Round, we confess to some recent tech screw-ups and wish we had bigger buttons and a longer undo time. How has technology embarrassed you lately?
On Second-Listen Saturday, we share some fun moments from past episodes for your weekend listening pleasure. This one is particularly timely in our current era of uncertainty.
We try to keep things steady and stress-free for the kiddos, but there's not much we can do about the routine-busting disruptiveness of a parent's job loss or change. Mentioned: our talk about child milestones. Want more? Listen to the rest of this March 2017 episode. |
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