Should We Have Kids?

Real-life comedy couple Lisa Kleinman and Casey Jost can’t decide if they want kids or not. They hash out the kid question in real time using an ancient Persian decision-making technique of once drunk and once while sober.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Additional music: "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin MacLeod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Jackie Miller, boss bitch and part-time traveler and watercolorist, froze her eggs. She shares how and why she did it. Spoiler: so she could continue living her best single life.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Joe Schiappa, comedy writer and performer, gives it straight on how expensive it is to raise a child — especially in New York City — and explains why it’s so hard to have a kid growing up in a city full of haves and have-nots.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin MacLeod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Additional music: "Bent and Broken" by Kevin MacLeod. Additional music: "Enter the Party" by Kevin MacLeod. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

School teacher Sarra (joined by Sarra Jr., a baby) provides a feminist guide to naming your baby, opens up about her unplanned C-section, and encourages women to trust their gut instinct when trying to decide yes or no on kids.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Cody Lindquist, actor and #boymom, discusses gender roles and dynamics in marriage post-kids and what it’s like to parent two little boys during the Trump era.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Lacy Campbell, a creative director who decided not to have kids early in life, talks through the stigmas, frustrations, and joys that go along with the childfree choice.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Kate James, a comedy writer and actor, shares the story of coming to her decision to have a kid later in life and attempts to rebrand the term “geriatric pregnancy.”

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Did you know that abortion doulas are a totally real thing? Meet Molly Gaebe, an abortion doula and comedy writer/performer who talks us through a day’s shift inside an abortion clinic.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: "Neolith" by Kevin MacLeod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Additional music: "Magister" by Kevin MacLeod. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin MacLeod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Kris Lefcoe is an award-winning filmmaker who tells us what having a kid did to her creativity without the sugar coating.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Garden Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Julia Whitehouse is a storyteller who shares the ins and outs of home birth and explains why she went from thinking it was totally gross to advocating for it.

Website: https://www.shouldwehavekidspod.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @SWHKids. Insta: @shouldwehavekids. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shouldwehavekids/.

Theme music: Neolith by Kevin Macleod with additional sound design by Laura Grey. Haiku music: "Winner Winner" by Kevin Macleod. Epilogue music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.