The Mom Game

Julie and Emily are podcast raw dogging from home—no wine, just opinions.

After an exciting Cowboys win, we've decided that CeeDee Lamb is fun. You know what else is fun? College football. Especially when our teams (Mizzou and Texas Tech) are rolling. In the MLB playoffs, the Brewers are officially our adopted playoff team...or should it be Cleveland!? They're both giving us plenty to cheer for. And after a long summer, hockey is officially BACK, baby!

Plus, Jack Hughes was not pleased with an ESPN reporter, and we have thoughts…. We like to thin...

Are we over-analyzing and over-testing our kids? And when, if ever, should we start pushing them academically? With kids in 3rd,5th,7th,and 9th grade we look at this from all the angles. Is it better to get ahead of any potential issues or just “let it ride” and see how they turn out?

Plus, a good vent about the Cowboys silly loss to the Ravens, a sad but predictable end to the Rangers season, and did we just get all in our feels about Justin Verlander’s retirement...on accident?

And! Emily teases some ne...

Parent pride, teenage boy chaos, and braces-era nail shaming.  Julie and Emily talk sports-mom highs and parenting lows before hitting the Cowboys, Taylor Swift’s football-wife era, the somehow-still-in-it Rangers, AI slop and women banning GTA6. Plus, Emily weighs in on Patrick Clancy’s much-hyped 60 Minutes interview.

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Would you trade places with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s hypothetical future baby? Hear us out...

Julie and Emily are guest-free and unleashed this week, talking 5th-grade sports decisions, club baseball mom life, sad Cowboys, fun Chiefs and the Kelceswifts are still all over the place.

Plus, Emily word-vomits about a secret from her past , we dive into the Holly Rowe/Arch Manning drama and Sydney Sweeney vs. angry female athletes, Julie passionately defends cats, and apparently tennis people are horny?! Just another perfectly normal week at The Mom Game.

BONUS TMG! We’re back with two amazing moms who are building big things — and doing it their own way. First, Mallory Fitzsimmons, founder of viral fashion brand SSYS, joins us to share how she went from starting a business at home during COVID to building a full-scale fashion brand designed with moms like us in mind. We talk entrepreneurship, motherhood, taking risks and why Mallory was determined to build SSYS differently.

The kids are back in school — which naturally means THEY’RE SICK AGAIN. Julie is dealing with the back-to-school germs while Emily has some thoughts on those club volleyball schedules.

We’re also pranking our kids with British accents before asking a surprisingly big question: Are moms so busy managing everyone else’s lives that we don’t have time to dream about our own anymore? When you’re juggling kids, work, sports, schedules and everything else, when do you stop and think about what YOU want next?

Plus, college football is SO back, the NFL season i...

MLB broadcaster Jenny Cavnar — a trailblazer who made history as the first woman to serve as a primary play-by-play voice for a Major League Baseball team — joins us as guest co-host this week, and we’ve got a LOT to discuss. Julie has a new cast, husbands continue to prove they are wired completely differently than women, and we commiserate about trying to parent, work and somehow “balance” it all.

Then, Emily is having a bit of a midlife meltdown as she faces the reality of a Rangers-less life. What are we doing? Where are we going? And is every...

It’s Prince!! Former Texas Ranger and MLB All-Star Prince Fielder joins The Mom Game, and we’re talking a whole lot more than baseball.

But first — Julie is officially on the IL with a broken wrist, Emily is finding her thrill in cleaning, and somehow we have a Sports Skorts story involving a 49ers owner and a trailer park prostitute. Just a normal week around here! Plus, a Cowboys rookie has us feeling inspired, the Rangers remain aggressively middling, and CeeDee Lamb gets robbed.

Then Prince Fielder joins the show! Prince tells us what life aft...

Is the secret to surviving middle age simply surrounding yourself with people who don’t give an F? Because Julie and Emily may have cracked the code.

This week on The Mom Game, we’re talking about why being middle aged kinda sucks, Emily has BEEF with Netflix profiles, Julie has an allergic eye situation, and Ryder has officially gone motorized. What could possibly go wrong?!

In Sports Skorts, Von Miller is a Dallas Cowboy, the Mavs and Stars may have finally made up, and the Rangers have found themselves back in painfully familiar .500 territory.

TMG Therapy is back in session! It’s Day 2 of school and Emily is… wait for it… already on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Why are there SO MANY group chats, apps, emails, hearts, likes, notifications, and ridiculous questions?! We’re talking through all the back-to-school madness, mom anxiety, and how to keep the chaos from taking over. Hint: maybe focus on the kids and step away from the texts.

Then, just when we thought parenting couldn’t get more awkward… PUBERTY. What are we supposed to do with this?! We have no idea, but we promise...

Welp, time to wipe the dust off those alarm clocks as summer is nearing its end and we are actually… kind of sad? But before we start school- a couple last minute trips!

Has Emily mastered the art of traveling with kids? And what do our families do when law enforcement is asking questions on a highway or at the border? Hint: They embarrass us.

Plus- serious family business to attend to as Henry McCoy has gotten his driver’s permit… and Emily is his driving instructor. Pray for everyone involved.

In sports, Dak has h...

Julie is back from Canada, Jasmine is filling in while Emily celebrates her niece's wedding, and there's plenty to catch up on!

Julie shares some observations from north of the border that have her questioning whether Americans should be composting more, taking our shoes off at the door, and maybe slowing down just a bit. Plus, being in Canada during the latest tariff headlines made for some interesting conversations.

In Sports Skorts, the ladies discuss Tony Romo's rough week (bless his heart), Jason Robertson's back with the Stars for now, and Cowboys training camp is...

Ever wonder what's really going on behind the scenes at The Mom Game? This week, we're putting our producer extraordinaire, Jasmine, in the hot seat so you can finally get to know the woman who somehow keeps this train on the tracks... most of the time.

We're talking about the random tabs permanently open in our brains, pouring a little wine, swapping stories, and—per usual—watching the wheels slowly (and hilariously) come off. It's unfiltered, unpredictable—just like we like it!

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Julie is north of the border, so Jasmine is pinch hitting and reminding Emily what summer was like before kids. Apparently t’s glorious, by the way. And don’t look now, but the Rangers are in first place at the All Star Break…so much for middling.

The girls are already missing the wholesomeness of the World Cup, but thankfully there’s a chick who has developed “the ick” because her boyfriend eats too many chips to distract them.

And if you need some drama, a San Antonio woman has put the old adage “Hell hath no f...

July is here! The World Cup is still top of mind and we are STILL scavenging for Travis & Taylor wedding details. Please Taylor, give us SOMETHING!

Emily details a very rare trip to Target, we talk adult group trips (who pays for what?), and we also cover a very important topic: mom underwear.

We're also wondering: are children growing up too fast? After seeing Toy Story 5, Julie has some reflections on the toys vs. tech world we are living in!

All that and more on this week's show! Thank you as always to...

While Lebron James is looking for Complete Happiness with a new team, we are still waiting on complete happiness with Garrett Graham. (IYKYK) But wait, did he send Emily a love note??

In sports news, the World Cup is still awesome AF, LeBron is breaking up with Luka, the Rangers have started winning, the Stars are in a pickle, and Serena Williams came back for a hot second!

Plus: we have more TFP news, and the Tayvis wedding is here!!!

All that and more on this week's episode of The Mom Game. Thanks as...

TMG homework has been completed! Julie watched Off Campus and ordered from Temu.

Did she live to tell the tale?

Plus, you know how sometimes you don’t know what to do with your (mid) life? Well, Emily started a whole new career and is already winning awards! She opens up about her journey into the insurance industry after twenty-plus years as a broadcaster.

And whose kid fell asleep alone in a Taco Bell?

Plus in local sports news, the Mavs have completed the glow up with a new head coach, the Ra...

The World Cup is entertaining us in so many ways, and Emily has discovered a new favorite TV show/actor. Off Campus anyone?? What a time to be alive!

This week, Julie is straight outta the lake while Emily is having some garage anxiety (is that a thing?).

In Sports Skorts, the ladies tackle the NHL and NBA Finals, check in on the Rangers' seemingly endless season of mediocrity, and Julie has a rant about the NBA Finals coverage!!

Then it's on to the World Cup, where soccer fever is spreading and the...

Who sent us these emotional support dumplings? Why does every baseball tournament for kids need to be called a “World Series?" Can a wedding at MSG be romantic? Why are so many people mad at Texas Tech?  So many questions to attack on this week’s show.

Plus, Trey Hoppe, EVP of Megatel Group joins us to talk about how his team is changing the homebuying game for consumers.

Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors for making this week's show possible!

 
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It’s Julie’s Dirk Birthday (41), so why not talk through all the moments that make you think “I’m getting old??”

Plus, we celebrate all our kids' big wins in sports, so why does nobody celebrate when we keep that kitchen spick and span?!

In Sports Skorts, The NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final are underway, the Mavs are moving to the mall, and Serena Wiliams is back!

Plus, the owners of Cookie Society, Jeff and Marissa Allen join us to talk family life, the cookie business, and the transition from NFL Footba...

Summer is officially HERE and the chaos wasted zero time showing up. Between birthday parties, hotel cheer camps, kids loitering around the house, and Emily stress-cleaning her way through life, the moms are already losing it.

This week, we dive into the NBA playoffs as Jalen Brunson and the Knicks keep rolling, the Avalanche are slipping, the Rangers are worse than middling,  and Emily risks it all by calling BOTH Taylor Swift and cats weird in the same sentence. Bold strategy.

Plus, we tackle the truly important issues: virginity talk, the “perfect body,” and why summe...

This week on The Mom Game, we are officially limping toward summer break!

We kick things off talking about why Emily is shiny and why we think group chats are everything for surviving mom life.

Jkidd is OUT as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, is this now the full palate cleanse we all needed? Plus- Tech QB Brendan Sorsby and his gambling drama and why Emily can relate! And Dak, what are you doing honey??? Plus, do we want AI or not, cuz we’ve got fake graduations,  rogue robots and swimming teslas happening and i...

This week on The Mom Game, we are DEEP in the chaos of Maycember and we. Are. Struggling. From school events and sports overload to Mother’s Day spent at kids games and recitals, we’re asking the important question: is it possible that May is actually more stressful than December?!

We also need dads everywhere to learn one simple line: “everything is fine sweetie”. We’ll explain.  

In Sports Skorts, Emily’s a Rangers “ambassador” and also hyped for the Dallas Wings, the Rangers are trying to survive Maycember right along with us, and why we can’t help b...

It finally happened… Emily got a brain map. This week, Sandra Murcott from Braintopia joins The Mom Game to reveal Emily’s results LIVE and compare the wildly different wiring of two mom brains. Are we functioning at peak performance… or just surviving on cortisol and caffeine?

We also dive into Emily’s Arlington staycation adventures, makeup tutorials gone sideways, the cruel realities of aging, and the deeply unfair question: why do ears and noses keep growing forever?! Plus — are the flies in Dallas becoming a full-blown invasion?

Science, chaos, hormones, bugs, beauty tips, and brainwaves...

When moms spot a gap, they build something better.

This week, we’re joined by Hanna Howard, founder of Rematch, a youth sports recording app changing the way families capture game day, and Amy Adams, founder of DFW Dorms, a service making college move-in seamless (and actually fun).

These mom entrepreneurs share how they turned everyday parenting challenges into thriving businesses, and why their stories might inspire your next big idea.

We also dive into Dallas Stars playoff excitement and the latest on the Dianna Russini/Mike Vrabel drama that just won’t quit.<...

The Mom Game is coming to you LIVE(ish) from a dog adoption event at Gateway GMC with Dallas Pets Alive! (don’t worry—we still brought wine ).

We’re talking 12U baseball bat flips, dancing baseball players, and NFL fallout from the Dianna Russini / Mike Vrabel staycation situation. Plus—it’s playoff hockey time in Texas… let’s go Dallas Stars!

Also, Emily drops a surprise IQ test on Julie, and things go… exactly how you’d expect. But we rally to answer the real question: what breed of dog are we?

Time to dive in.

This week on The Mom Game, we’re time warping straight out of a dark bar on Masters Sunday (how does that even happen??) and Emily is—once again—keeping her kids humble and embarrassing them per usual.

In Sports Skorts, we break down the high.. and low points of the Masters… (did somebody say diarrhea ?) say goodbye to the Mavs season (no tears here) and gear up for playoff hockey as the Stars get ready to roll. Oh—and the Rangers? Kinda streaky!

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We’re recapping Easter weekend, questionable “fake news” (that we accidentally reported) , ADHD cookbooks, and the newfound  magic of Juile’s Harry Potter household.

In Sports Skorts, we take a few swings at the SEC, react to some bizarre Dallas Stars fan behavior, and touch on a Mavs win over a struggling Lakers team without Luka. (and LeBron was spotted where in Dallas??)  Plus, a quick Rangers check-in—a lot of baseball left y’all.

In What’s On Your Feed?, we dive into Summer House drama and unpack the viral (and very re...

That moment when you realize you’re doing what you’re meant to be doing—raising little humans and, in this case, watching them pursue their dreams! Amidst all the professional hubbub, Emily recently had a mom epiphany while watching Henry play baseball. It’s all about finding the right work-life balance, right?  Or is it simply about being the best mom you can be and being there for your kids? Does the work stuff even matter? What about our personal goals? Welp, that’s a lot to sift through. It’s a great week to have a highly sought-after...

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We're celebrating SIX whole years of this sh**show!  And like al busy moms, we forgot to plan a party for ourselves, so we just settle in and pop the cork on some Coppola wine.

Julie and Emily recap their wildly different spring break adventures, from cold family fun in Broken Bow (with no Sasquatch sightings this time), to a Colorado trip which featured a traumatic hike and no-phone dinners.

Plus, Emily has some hot takes on the two great equalizers in life (ahem...ew).  And do we perh...

Cooking. Fashion.

Two big mom topics where we both need a LOT of help. That's why we brought in the experts!

This week, we're joined by two amazing moms with some amazing tips to keep us looking cute and eating good.

Style-savvy Dallas influencer Katie Rose shares some "mom must haves" and and Chef Demetria Olive shares some simple and delicious meals to add to our rotations!

All that and more on this week's episode of The Mom Game. Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors!

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The wheels are coming off QUICK this week, starting with some deep sports psychology talk RIGHT out of the gate, followed by Julie admitting to doing “the worst thing she’s ever done” (it happened this week).

Emily breaks some big news in our Sports Skorts segment, plus we gotta talk about the red-hot Dallas Stars. And with Spring Training well underway, the Rangers roster is shaping up to look a little bit different this season. Should we expect a different result??

Plus, what in the world happened with Dak and his fiancé?

And last...

Last week, we said that if we hit 10K followers on Instagram by the time we filmed this week's show, we'd each wear a costume that the other picked out for us. Well, guess what!? We hit 10K!

So naturally, this week's show starts off with quite the costume reveal... get ready to meet Dolly Forbes and Pickle Jones!

Two years ago, the Mavs and Stars were both gearing up for a deep playoff run with bright futures ahead. Today, the franchises are in two completely different places and it feels like they're headed two...

The Winter Olympics have finally concluded and all we can say is: WOW. So much to reflect on as we still bask in the glow of Team USA's double gold in men's and women's hockey. And who would have thought that the 20-year-old athletes would be schooling all of us with some hardcore wisdom and life perspective? We got a deeper look behind the scenes of what it takes to become an Olympian, and seeing how they deal with the mental pressure of it all has us feeling so inspired (and impressed).

Real-life standup comedian (and dad) Jimmy Nelson joins us on this week's show for some laughs and fun conversation!

And Julie’s back from Canada and the Winter Olympics are in full swing! How dialed in are we this year? And also, what about that one cheating biathlete??  And why is Joe Judge giving bad life advice?

Plus, Emily visits with former Dallas Cowboy Crawford Ker who shares insights on life after football, building a business, and the effect that it all took on his family life. At the end of the day, we're all jus...

The Super Bowl gave us PLENTY of things to discuss, however the game itself was not one of them (zzz). What did you think of the halftime show? Was Bad Bunny a good bunny? Also, WHY was there so much drama about it?

We continue to be invested in the heartbreaking and confusing Nancy Guthrie kidnapping story.

Plus, we’re dissecting the latest rumblings from the basketball rumor mill… is Mark Cuban really trying to buy the Mavericks back? Could this be the move that finally sets the franchise back on course? Also… can he bring...

The Schmuper Bowl is upon us and we have some important questions to address:

Also, can you picture Emily making a transaction on Facebook Marketplace? It’s as awkward as you thought it would be. Story time!

Plus, we’re doing some TMG homework on Heated...

Join us as we all enjoy some cabin fever from the Coppola home studios!

Emily has made it out of her extended vacation in Mexico and back to her family in Fort Worth. Julie’s riding out day 5 (or 100?) inside with the kids. As the Texas ice is slowly starting to melt, we are all ready for things to get back to normal.

Speaking of Texas ice, the Stars have some last minute magic (meow!). Plus, Luka made a visit home and spoiled some lucky Mavs fans. And Matthew Stafford may have lost in the NF...

It’s Snowmageddon 2026! Emily’s pulling a Ted Cruz and bailing to Mexico but alas, a sh*t storm of her own is erupting just as she’s trying to leave town.

Why is the universe out to get us moms? Can’t we just get a break? No. The answer is no.

Plus, we welcome Morgan Debs, owner of House of Skin and Health Dallas to talk all things hormones, menopause, GLP1s, botox,  supplements for adults and children, and more.

All that and more on this week’s episode of The Mom Game. T...

We’re busting our lovely lady humps in this week’s episode!

Emily's Instagram feed needs to go sit in time out and Julie's fresh off a nice little “hurkle durkle.”
Plus, the Golden Globes have us breaking down the state of the film industry while dissecting the cultural merits of some of the year’s best performances on screen (JK, we’re making inappropriate jokes and talking about hot celebs).
And we all know there’s plenty of women’s health advice to go around, so we decided to do a little mythbusting ourselves.
So, what’s...