Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

Are you feeling SINISTER?! Join us as we Zoom-consult the Oracle, play “Gravitas or Gravy Tots,” talk about the twin tropes of the Unraveling Dad and the Device Wife, the emotions of moving, home pest control, talking to (y)our kids about death, one-on-one pest control, murder hornets, night terrors, sleepwalking, and SO much more! Plus: The return of SEQUEL PITCH and the birth of mummyxdeaddy.com!

When you haven’t left the grounds in awhile, everyone you see starts to look like… THE OTHERS! We talk the blame game, locking doors, abandonment, thievery, processing emotions, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ names, anxiety, siblings, birth order, and what to do should you confront your presumed-dead husband in an endless fog!

Just talkin’ normal, everyday life in the apocalypse AND ALSO A ZOMBIE MOVIE. It's the action-packed Korean undead epic TRAIN TO BUSAN, plus working from home, homeschooling, and finding space for yourself (and yourselves), making your thing, art vs crafts, video playdates, potty training, parental integrity, Children’s Day, and what is a weekend anyway?

Ever feel like parenting is 2 Paranormal, 2 Active? Then join us for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (2010)! We talk home security, explaining the arcane to your progeny, freaking yourself out at home, douchebag dads, protector pups, child brain development and memory, peanut allergies, focusing on your relationship, sleep training, hoarding, when/if to sacrifice your first born, and SO much more!

Oh man! It’s THE OMEN, and episode THIRTEEN (ayeeeee!! an omen indeed)! We’ve got that 2020 vision, and we’re talkin’ birthday parties, nannies & babysitters, bedroom fireplaces for boys, parents doing dangerous things, Invisalign, lazy hormone names, evil birthmarks, mental health awareness, listening to your partner, and the triumph of evil! Speaking of which, we are visited by an Ancient Enemy!

Happy Noon Year, babies!! You can't talk about THE GOOD SON (1993) without talkin' 'bout boys bein’ boys, youth sports, treehouse construction, #Cutilitarian children, the Psychopath Test, self-fulfilling parenting prophecies, why we ask our kids “why,” privacy vs secret keeping, the unbearable 90sness of 90s movies, rollercoasters for babies, and SO much more!

Ho-ho-NOOOOoooooo!! It’s a Mummy x Deaddy Christmas, with the most famous of all holiday classics, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT! We talk about the concept of “Naughtiness,” Elf on the Shelf, talking to your kids about Santa, gift-receiving as adults, carseats of the 1970s, spritz cookies (recipe included!), strange boobs, Jabba the Hutt, and SO much more!

Give all of your leftover candy to your new child overlords! it’s John Carpenter’s VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1995)! We talk Lamaze, empathy, Passions, possums vs. opposums, submarine sandwiches, cooking with kiddos, independence, connecting with kids as they grow, the Dave Davies we know and SO much more!

HEEEeeeere’s MUMMY!! (and Deaddy) AND Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING! and Halloween (duh)! We read listener mail, and talk Boomer Parents Vs. Millenial Parents, managing your own unrealistic expectations, the scariest horror movie moments of all time, #GradyDid, rereading books, post-Halloween Halloween parties, child portraits, crying at Raffi, Danny Torrance: The Villain, self-imposed isolation, out-crazying an attacker, our favorite scooter and OH so much more as we bid farewell to Spooktoberfest 2019.

Spooktoberfest continues on MXD! It’s Episode 8: THE AMITYVILLE HORROR! We talk being afraid of the dark, crying it out, Family Feud category of “most difficult times” family tattoos, a composting update, cheap old houses, step parenting, the supernatural significance of flies, carbon monoxide poisoning, mixed nuts, spare keys, managing your money, the habits of nuns, imaginary friends, why babies and aspirin don’t mix, murder houses, the power of Christ compelling you, ghost keywords, and SO much more!