Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

Episode 86! The Millennium Education Reform Act is in full effect, cuz we've got BATTLE ROYALE (2000)! In this moment, what should an adult say to a kid? We talk tantrums, travel, personal ghost stories, Star Wars, nostalgia, the best use of AI, plus Interview With a Vamparent and SO much more!

It's Episode 85: NANNY (2022)! This one is WAY too spicy for your tummy! But we can't talk about supernatural dramas centered around the plight of immigrant domestic workers without first talking about... A Minecraft Movie! Plus: Breaking news, shame on imdb, spring break, Woo's big day, TV dinners, date nights, and OH so much more!

It's Episode 84, Creeps! Steven Soderbergh's PRESENCE (2025)! And your presence is presents enough! We talk time changes, jet lag, Attack of the Clones vs Attack of the Meltdowns, favoritism, the Oscars, a Letterboxd recap and SO much more!

It's Episode 83! FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)! Mummy & Deaddy tackle their first-ever erotic thriller, and just in time for Galentine's Day! We talk about affairs, deception, bad doggie dads, Roger Ebert, and slime. Plus nightmare school pick-up scenarios, innuendo, New York bagels, and SO much more!

Ep. 82! Crappy New Year, Creeps! It's 2025, and we're watching THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN (2023)! We talk extensively about the wildfires ripping through our beloved Los Angeles this week, plus some Scary GOOD Stuff, a lil Holiday wrap-up, how to handle a nosebleed or marital problems, this movie's handling of mental illness, Blumhouse, new drops, and why you should follow Mummy on @Letterboxd at @MsBabadook! Be a creep! Get in touch!

Episode 81! We end the year and the world with ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (2017)! Grab your ballet slippers and a spiked baseball bat (or spiked hot chocolate) and join MXD on a musical adventure through the horrors of parenting, as we get into Advent calendars, sharing, experiential gifts, Christmas lists for adults, Holiday travel, decking the halls and SO much more!

Episode 80?! We return to Derry for the ABC TV miniseries STEPHEN KING'S IT (1990)! We get heavy into our post-election heaviness: how to talk to kids about it and how not to. But in no way do we talk about how to talk to them about IT, who is an ageless being haunting the children of one tiny New England town. Also, we get into play dates, good cops, raising a pet eyeball, and SO much more! Come away with us, won't you?

Episode 79! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CREEPS! We’re closing out Spooktoberfest 2024 with a real family affair: HEREDITARY (2018)! We talk Halloweek, Trick or Treat candy selections, shoe policies, student bereavement leave, going to the movies alone, generalized anxiety, epipens and inhalers, plus a double-dose of Interview With a Vamparent AND a sequel pitch?! And of course SO much more! Don’t forget to share/tag us in your Halloween photos!

Episode 78! SPOOKTOBERFEST 2024 continues through the dog days with SCREAM (1996) live from Las Vegas! 😱 A weekend away for Mummy & Deaddy means all-day brunch vibes, anxiety-dream-levels of mortification, plus how to talk about consent even with the very young, Richard Gere, rumors & bullying, emo adults, the media, processing grief past the year-mark, and SO much more!

Episode 77! SPOOKTOBERFEST 2024 us upon us! Time to check your waterspouts or run from them, cuz it’s ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)! We talk about our full slate of Spooktoberfest movies, plus making big decisions “for the kids,” the real Oregon Trail, a modern health update, Halloween Heatwave, cursed family costumes, spider facts, local wildlife, fear mongering, and SO much more!