“Ever since I was young I wanted to be a mom and I sort of knew whatever else I would do would probably come later.” Writer of the Sister Serendip blog and performer Gina Sampaio talks about being a stay-at-home mother of five. She talks about how she and her husband started out adopting one […]

“I would hate for people to think of it as a ‘mommy’ podcast.” The Longest, Shortest Time podcast creator and host Hillary Frank joins via the magic of Skype to chat about how she first recorded audio pieces into a cassette recorder with the help of Radio Shack and how that led to her producing work for […]

This is a special rerelease of the very first episode! Shanan Custer talks about being a comedy writer, actor, director and mom. Childhood adventures are revisited, confessions are made, and creative parenting secrets are revealed. Like the Pratfalls of Parenting on Facebook!   Special thanks to Anna Weggel for Pratfalls of Parenting theme music

“There is the parent that I want to be and there is the parent that I am.” Musician Elizabeth McQueen talks about taking new babies on the road as a touring musician and what it’s like to transition to staying in one place. She shares great stories about trying to entertain young children while traveling […]

“I don’t think parenting get’s in the way of being an artist at all. It’s the having to earn a living that becomes challenging.”  Musician Chris Lynch of the band the Shiny Lights talks about playing strange accordion gigs and how they can pay off in surprising ways. He shares why he always keeps a […]

“Having kids has really forced me to be thoughtful about what I want to do and where I want to go.” Writer and comedy maker Diana Saez talks about never really feeling like an official, professional grown up and the strange feeling of actually reaching grown-up status and finding it actually gratifying. She talks about […]

“I don’t turn down a gig unless I’m already booked on another show.” Matt Allex is a comedy writer and performer, a podcast co-host and producer, and a founding member of Fearless Comedy productions. In this episode Matt talks about figuring out that performing comedy was a thing that a person could do as a […]

“I don’t think either of us thought about what it meant to start an ice cream business in our mid-30s with kids.” Benny Solberg of FrozBroz craft ice cream sits down to chat about trying to decide whether or not to turn a fun project into a new, full-on career. He also talks about the […]

Comic and writer Jon Stark talks about not inviting co-workers to come watch his early years at stand-up comedy and about trying to separate his comedy life from his professional corporate life. He also talks about the open and supportiveness of the Twin Cities comedy community. Plus, Jon talks about his journey from playwright to […]

“My work may be visually all over the place, but conceptually it all looks the same.” Public Art St Paul‘s City Artist in Residence Amanda Lovelee talks about allowing for social justice to inform her work without making that overtly what it’s about. She shares how she went from being a photographer to creating participatory, […]