Why Mommy Drinks

Kat Burdick joins Betsy and Amanda to talk about kids swearing, dragging all of your kids all over town, and the insane physical sacrifices that motherhood can entail.

This week, Betsy dives into some listener mail and tells a story about a horrific day at a local park.

Tricia McAlpin (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Funny or Die, UCB) hangs out with Betsy and Amanda to talk about the first rule of Churro Club, what happens when there’s no bathroom at a birthday party, and trying to prove to your family that you’re an adult who has everything under control.

Actress Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black) comes back to join Betsy and Amanda to discuss the joys of an epic breath test, mom guilt, and the stage of childhood that continues to remind us that we will never have it figured out.

We’re back! Comedian, actor, and director Ilana Cohn joins Betsy and Amanda to unpack the holidays: open house party dreams dashed, the factory farm experience of sledding, and cleaning parquet floors with Q-tips.

Betsy and Amanda put together a compilation of stories from the beginning of parenthood Casey Rose Wilson (Atypical, American Dad) and Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), as well as stories about the challenge of parenting older kids from Rob Corddry (Drunk History, Speechless) and Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous, Heathers).

Betsy and Amanda close out 2018 with a look back at some of our most epic–and literal–sh*tshows, with stories from Grey Delisle Griffin, Amanda, Andrea Rosen, and Jamie Kaler.

Travel is the theme this week, and the Ghost of Christmas Past takes us back to some of our most memorable holiday nightmares from Stephanie Allynne, Morgan Walsh, David Wain, and Heather Janoff. Plus: gingerbread house mom hacks!

Amanda and Betsy read listener stories and discuss faking a pet’s death, signing up for gymnastics like it’s 1986, and the wizarding world of over-committing actors.