Weird Parents

Spooky season continues. This week, we go right back to the OG tales of yore, full of wolves feeding grandmothers to their granddaughters and princesses collecting skeletons for their creepy gardens.

Uh, and physic sausages, for some reason.

We delve into the classics like Little Red Hiding Hood and Sleeping Beauty, right through to obscure stories from the Brothers Grimm, bringing it home to Angela Carter's Bloody Chamber and Walt Disney.

It gets dark. And weird.

More on the creepy abandoned Silverlands Nursing College

More on Madamme D'Aulnoy, pioneer of literary fairy tales

More on Angela Carter's feminist work

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What else is there to say? Little demons say and do some disturbing things.

Thanks to everyone for sending in your spooky stories. We love ya x

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Would you rather be able to accurately predict your partner's rock, paper scissor moves? Or have a dog that can look after the baby overnight? Would you rather have your child sleep in in the morning? Or have an extra long nap in the afternoon? Would you rather have snot come out your butt or poo out your nose?

We go through some of the weirdest 'would you rathers' we could find for parents, while we snuggle on the sofa with the puppy.

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Parenting guilt is a topic we've mentioned sooooooooo many times already. But we decided it's finally time to get into it. This week, we talk through tactics and tips on how to deal with parenting guilt, and what experiences we've had with the never-ending pain of it.

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"You know, you just forget you've got [a sandwich toaster]. And it just sits there on the top of the cupboard collecting a layer of greasy fudge. And even if you do see it you just assume it's broken, you think if it's working I'd be using it all the time, but you don't and it just sits there." - Daisy from Spaced.

It's no secret. Middle children are the forgotten ones. Coop takes us through his experience as the middle child. Including a dive into his favourite middle children from TV shows, including Malcolm (in the Middle), Lisa Simpson and Ayra Stark.

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Wow, this one was a trip down trauma lane. We go through the lies our parents told us as kids - some of which were downright disturbing - as well as some of the 'useful' lies parents still use on their kids to this day. There's also a whole load of listener stories to get through. Thank you to everyone that submitted!

Watch @Kat_Morgan's original video

Watch @mombarrassed5's reply video

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Getting started on sustainable living isn't an overnight switch. It takes years of messing around finding out what works for you. We take you through the five ways we've started to reduce our own impact at home, as well as the five ways we want to do more. Also, Hollie! She's awesome. We love her! The Mindful Mama herself joins us halfway through to talk through her viral zero-waste Christmas story, getting started on low-impact sustainable living, and what a 'shnoob' is.

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A whole new load of messed up kids TV shows to take you sickos through. Everything from conservative puppet shows to a grown man playing with poo. We're also joined by Alex from The Zeitgeist Lab Collections podcast, who takes us through some of his finds.

How long is the title of this episode? Jeez.

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The climate emergency is here. And it sucks. The worst bit is, we're all relatively helpless as individuals to do anything to solve it. But promoting an environmentally-friendly attitude in our daily lives, and with the products we buy, is one small thing we can do. From cloth nappies to daily toiletries, we talk about the easiest eco swaps to get you started with becoming more environmentally friendly.

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Other brand shoutouts in this episode:

• Check out Pear Haus coffee for sustainable speciality-grade coffee
• Check out Mrs Sparkle for natural plastic-free home cleaning products
• Check out Rockin' Cloth for handmade children's clothes
• Check out Passenger Clothing for sustainable outdoor fashion

Activists and movements you can follow on social and get involved with:

• Check out Landworkers Alliance
• Check out Chicks for Climate
• Check out Paid To Pollute
• Check out Wildlife Trust (your county may have its own one!)

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"Kids are like pancakes. The first one’s always a throwaway." - Sex Pest Man from Big Bang Theory. Sammie talks her experiences as the oldest sibling in her family. And we talk a lot about cannabis pancakes and MSN Messenger.

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Watch Kimmy Tan make space pancakes

Watch Conor Carbone skate a rail

Watch a serious kid fight

Watch the New Orleans tourist video

Watch Tùng Phương Vũ pop like hell

Watch the 'omg, what a beast' guy