Mom and Pop Culture

Latchkey kids Nate and Amanda are here to discuss absentee parenting in one of the all-time great Christmas movies. Home Alone was written by John Hughes, Directed By Chris Columbus, released in 1990 and stars Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'hara, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.

Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt

Produced by: Nate DeWitt

Holy schnikes! Nate and Amanda are back chatting about the parenting and family dynamics in the 1995 buddy comedy TOMMY BOY, starring Saturday Night Live alums Chris Farley and David Spade, as well as Brian Dennehy, Bo Derek and Rob Lowe. The movie was written by Bonnie and Terry Turner and Directed by Peter Segal.

Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt

Produced by: Nate DeWitt

In an emotionally loaded conversation, Nate and Amanda discuss death, patriarchy, trauma and racism in a Roseanne episode written by Amy Sherman-Palladino that is among the best TV episodes of the 1990s. Roseanne Barr and Laurie Metclalf won Emmy Awards for their performances in this episode, which is available on Amazon.

Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt

Produced by: Nate DeWitt

Nate and Amanda discuss fatherhood in the 2021 Netflix embarrassment Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! The series stars Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx, Yale School of Drama MFA David Alan Grier and is Directed by 5 time NAACP Image Award winner Ken Whittingham.

Nate and Amanda head to Sacramento circa 2002 to examine parenting in Greta Gerwig's 2017 coming-of-age masterpiece Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Timothee Chalamet and Lucas Hedges. This episode is hella tight.

Nate and Amanda discuss a narcissist handling divorce poorly in the 1993 box office smash MRS. DOUBTFIRE, starring Robin Williams, Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan, Directed by Chris Columbus.

Correction: Chris Columbus did not direct Christmas Vacation. (he did Home Alone)

Nate and Amanda head to Bel-Air for a belated Banks family birth and chat about Uncle Phillip and OG Aunt Viv as parents. Contains spoilers for PARASITE (2019). The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air stars Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

On a very special episode, Nate and Amanda see how the Huxtables handled teen drinking then try to reconcile the paradox between America's Favorite Dad Cliff Huxtable and monstrous sexual predator Bill Cosby. The Cosby Show stars Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Keshia Knight, Tempestt Bledsoe and Raven Symone.

Nate and Amanda babble about bubbles as they head under the sea to explore the parenting in the 1989 animated Disney musical THE LITTLE MERMAID.

Nate and Amanda discuss the risks of raising genius children in Wes Anderson's timeless THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, starring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Murray and Danny Glover.