Moms Unhinged Comedy

Remember when you were the director of your kids' lives? You decided where they went, what they ate, and whether pants were required to leave the house.

Then one day, they started making their own decisions. And apparently, you didn't even get a vote.

Comedian Nicole Blue joins Andrea Marie to talk about the strange experience of watching your kids grow up and realizing you're no longer the main character in their story. You're lucky if you get a speaking role.

They get into the fears that come with raising older kids, keeping...

You spend hours making the perfect Halloween costume, and your kid wants the store-bought one. You try to get into the Halloween spirit, but apparently even dragons have to be sexy now. And somehow, embarrassing your children becomes one of the best parts of the holiday.

Sound familiar?

This week on Moms Unhinged, Andrea Marie is joined by comedians Lisa Lane and Tiffany Burke to laugh about the wonderfully ridiculous side of Halloween motherhood. From rejected homemade costumes and questionable trick-or-treat treats to family traditions, haunted houses, and the art of embarrassing your kids, they're...

Who decided there was a “normal” way to move through the world anyway?

Andrea sits down with her longtime friend Dr. Julie Watson for a conversation about getting diagnosed with ADHD in midlife—and how finally having an explanation for the way her brain works changed the way Julie understood herself.

Because the diagnosis didn’t necessarily change the life she had lived. She’d still chased new interests, taken on big challenges, moved to new places, and followed the things that excited her. But knowing earlier might have changed the second-guessing, guilt, shame, and pressure s...

Just when you think you’ve figured out this whole motherhood thing, the kids go and change the job description.

Comedian Amy Brown joins Andrea to talk about raising two boys through all the different versions of motherhood—from being the fun, crafty mom to teaching a teenager to drive to figuring out how to get college-aged sons to tell you literally anything.

Amy also shares how a night with Cheez-Its and white wine led her to comedy, the parenting meltdown that turned into an accidental kick line, and why she’s decided chocolate chip cookie...

Feeding a family starts out sounding simple. Then one kid won't eat that, another can't eat this, somebody has a texture issue, and somehow you're making three different dinners and wondering when you became a short-order cook.

This week on Moms Unhinged, Andrea talks with comedian Avril Granato about the never-ending job of figuring out what everyone is going to eat. From a child who wanted everything to be green to a traumatic bite of quinoa and the childhood “wish sandwich” Avril never forgot, sometimes getting everybody fed is enough of a win.

And just when...

There are parenting moments no book could possibly prepare you for. Like discovering your kid has been cooking ramen noodles in the bathtub.

This week, Andrea welcomes a token dad to Moms Unhinged. Comedian Dominic Syracuse is raising three teenage boys in a blended family—and has the very specific household rules to prove it.

Dominic and Andrea swap stories about the things kids do that leave you wondering how you're supposed to respond like a responsible adult. From watching your kids suddenly grow up to creating rules you never imagined you'd need, it’s a re...

Naomi Fitter went into parenting thinking she’d do better. Then she had a three-year-old and a five-year-old.

This week, Naomi joins Andrea to talk about all the things you think you’ll never do as a parent—until you’re actually in the trenches. From swearing in front of the kids to running out of answers for the endless “why?” questions, it turns out the mom you imagined being before kids and the mom trying to get everyone through Tuesday can be two very different people.

They also talk about Naomi’s pandemic pregnancy, the adjustment...

Why do we keep adding pets to our lives when the kids already need so much from us?

This week, Andrea is joined by Chicago-based comedian Colleen Brennan to swap stories about the pets their families probably weren't prepared for.

There’s a puppy returned for a suspicious case of “the mange,” a rabbit purchased by two unsupervised children, a betta fish injured with a slotted spoon, and a rescue rat named Elvira who was just a little too much rat.

And because every kid promises they’ll take care of the pet, Andrea a...

Back-to-school is all fun and fresh pencils until Mom forgets breakfast.

Andrea still remembers driving her son to school when he announced he was hungry—and realizing she had been so busy getting everyone out the door that she had forgotten to feed him.

And somehow, that feels about right.

This week, Andrea is joined by comedian Stacy Pederson to look back at the absolute chaos of the back-to-school years: endless school fees, carpool lines, packed lunches, rejected baby carrots, back-to-school nights, sports schedules, and the approximately 4,000 things moms were expected to keep in...

Your kids are fighting again. Do you step in? Make them work it out? Create an elaborate spreadsheet determining who gets the TV remote on Tuesdays?

Amanda Marks and Alison Lebovitz have been sisters their whole lives and podcast co-hosts for nine years, so they know a little something about sibling dynamics. The sisters behind Sis & Tell join Andrea to talk about the roles we fall into as siblings—and how those roles follow us into parenting.

They get into birth order, competing for Mom’s attention, raising kids with wildly different personalities, and the impo...

Kari Stern thought baby number three might finally give her the smooth birth experience she’d been waiting for.

Instead, she gave birth in the front seat of her brand-new car, in the parking lot of the coroner’s office, with her two older kids in the backseat.

Seven years after her second child, Kari was coming back to the baby stage as an older, more experienced mom. She and her husband had changed as parents, her older kids were more independent, and surely this time around they knew what they were doing.

Moth...

Kari Stern thought baby number three might finally give her the smooth birth experience she’d been waiting for.

Instead, she gave birth in the front seat of her brand-new car, in the parking lot of the coroner’s office, with her two older kids in the backseat.

Seven years after her second child, Kari was coming back to the baby stage as an older, more experienced mom. She and her husband had changed as parents, her older kids were more independent, and surely this time around they knew what they were doing.

Moth...

Some phases of motherhood feel like they’ll never end. And then suddenly, you’re wondering where the time went.

Comedian Pam Moore joins Andrea to talk about raising two teenage daughters, watching her oldest head toward high school, and realizing that even the parts of motherhood that drive you crazy — like constantly driving your kids everywhere — are eventually the things you might miss.

Pam also talks about finding stand-up later in life and what it means for her daughters to watch her try something new, struggle, fail, and keep going.

She shares her expe...

You finally sent your kid to college. Congratulations! Your scissors will never go missing again...but now you're checking your phone every five minutes waiting for a text.

This week, Andrea Marie and Lisa Lane share the funny, bittersweet reality of college drop-offs, empty nests, gap years, and learning to let your adult kids make their own mistakes. They also talk about what happens when motherhood changes—and why this might be the perfect time to rediscover the parts of yourself that have been waiting patiently for their turn.

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Nobody really warns you about the weird parts of motherhood.

Not the mystery stains. Not the daycare germs. Not the moment a broken bottle washer somehow becomes the thing that pushes you over the edge.

Comedian Tara Check joins Andrea Marie to talk about life with a ten-month-old, the emotional roller coaster of postpartum, and the everyday moments that every mom recognizes but nobody seems to mention until you're living them. It's an honest, hilarious conversation about surviving the first year of motherhood with your sense of humor mostly intact.

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Camping with kids sounds like a relaxing family getaway... until someone is covered in leeches, a toddler screams all night, and you're ordering pizza to a freezing campsite.

Andrea Marie and Moms Unhinged comedian Lindsay Porter share hilarious stories from childhood camping trips, family vacations gone wrong, and the unforgettable moments that remind every parent why camping with kids isn't really a vacation.

Expect leeches, bats, trailer parks, canoe disasters, and plenty of reasons to laugh—especially if you've ever wondered why anyone willingly sleeps on the ground.

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Laura Clery thought she'd spend her career waiting for someone to cast her in a sitcom.

Instead, she picked up a camera, started posting videos, and built an audience of nearly 26 million people.

Laura joins Andrea Marie to talk about going viral, finding creative freedom online, why motherhood unexpectedly grew her career, and the highs and lows of building a business with her then-husband. She also opens up about surviving a very public divorce, finding healing, and the lessons behind her new memoir, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Hotter.

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Can you be a great mom and still want more?

Comedian Jennifer Rawlings thinks so.

While raising five kids, Jennifer built a career that took her around the world—from comedy clubs to military bases to war zones. Along the way, she learned that motherhood doesn't have to mean putting your entire identity on hold.

In this episode, Jennifer joins Andrea Marie to talk about chasing big dreams while raising a family, reinventing yourself more than once, and why waiting until you feel qualified is often the fastest way to stay stuck.

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Some moms order a cake and call it a day. Merit Kahn recruited football players, cheerleaders, train enthusiasts, and family members in costume.

Comedians Andrea Marie and Merit swap birthday party stories from childhood and motherhood, including basement parties, Chuck E. Cheese birthdays, homemade cakes, sibling jealousy, and the lengths parents will go to create a memorable celebration.

Somewhere, there's photographic evidence of all of this.

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Most middle schoolers have a favorite video game.

Gosia Betancourt's son has a plan for Stanford, Olympic aspirations, and a training schedule that would make most adults need a nap.

In this episode, Andrea Marie talks with Gosia about youth sports, gifted kids, online school, and the moment her son decided he was done with gymnastics after years of training.

It's a story about big dreams, changing plans, and what happens when your child knows exactly what they want.

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Remember when you thought your kids would just eat what you served?

In this episode, comedian Emily Holden joins Andrea Marie to swap stories about picky eaters, dinner table negotiations, and the surprisingly strong opinions children develop about food.

They talk about kids who won't eat sandwiches, kids who think ketchup belongs on everything, and why feeding a family can feel like running a restaurant where nobody likes the menu.

If you've ever spent 45 minutes making a meal only to hear, "I don't like it," before anyone...

Have you ever paid a ridiculous amount of money for an activity your child ended up hating?

Welcome to summer camp. This week, Andrea Marie, Zoe Rogers, and Jody Carroll discuss camp registration madness, sleepaway camp anxiety, and baseball camp disasters.

Plus, the emotional rollercoaster of realizing your kid's best friend in February is now their mortal enemy.

If your kids are headed to camp this summer, this one's for you. This week, we're getting into all of it.

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Why does nobody tell women what menopause is actually like?

This week on Moms Unhinged, Andrea Marie sits down live with Dr. Savita Ginde from Boulder Valley Health Center to talk about menopause symptoms, mom chaos, and why women were made to feel “crazy” during this stage of life for way too long.

They also get into itchy ears (apparently that’s a symptom now), parenting twin boys, airport disaster, and the upcoming Coming in Hot comedy fundraiser event benefiting Boulder Valley Health Center.

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Raising three kids while doing standup comedy means sometimes the Tooth Fairy is doing her best.

This week, comedian Zoe Rogers joins Moms Unhinged to talk about parenting giant teenage boys, doing standup while visibly pregnant, and why nobody in her house is allowed to be productive for more than 30 seconds.

Andrea and Zoe also get into late-night comedy shows, dinosaur books at 1am, and the chaos of raising kids while trying to build a career.

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After 31 years of teaching elementary school, Patricia Forehand thought she knew exactly how life would go. Then a life-changing diagnosis forced her to ask a terrifying question:

What if “later” never comes?

So in her 50s, Patricia did something completely unexpected — she walked into an open mic and became a stand-up comedian.

In this episode, Patricia shares how motherhood, marriage, empty nesting, and a health scare pushed her to finally stop putting herself last. She talks about building a comedy career after retirement, finding her voice later in life, and discovering that women over 5...

Some moms get flowers for Mother’s Day. Donna Lee found out her mom had been secretly storing years of unopened crystal gifts in a cabinet.

In this episode, Andrea sits down with fellow Moms Unhinged comedians Donna Lee and Stephanie McHugh for a Mother’s Day conversation that quickly turns into stories about chaotic family traditions, emotional homemade gifts, and the complicated politics of adult kids splitting holidays between moms.

From sentimental videos that still make Andrea cry to a family Christmas tradition involving duct-taped gift cards, the conversation starts out sweet and slowly goes...

Anne Stesney didn’t take the usual path into comedy. She started, got discouraged, quit… and then came back anyway.

In this episode, Anne talks about being the only woman over 40 at open mics, how a random Zoom mic pulled her back in, and why one person saying “you’re really funny” was enough to keep her going.

We also get into raising a kid in New York City (where “go play outside” is not a real option), what happens when your kid doesn’t fit neatly into sports or theater, and the very weird shift from a lou...

Kids’ sports start out innocent. A sign-up sheet, a jersey, maybe a Saturday morning game.

And then suddenly you’re discussing travel teams, buying new gear every season, and wondering how this became your entire weekend.

This week, Andrea is joined by comedians Stacy Pederson and Amanda Marks to talk about the reality of kids’ sports. They get into cost, the chaos, and the part where you accidentally join a whole new social scene you didn’t audition for.

There’s also trying every sport before landing on one and the moment you realize th...

Parenting is a lot… so naturally we’re comparing it to wine.

This week, I’m joined by Danielle Frank, author of A Wine Lover’s Guide to Parenting (yes, you need this), and we get into why raising kids and drinking wine have more in common than you’d expect.

From being the “fun aunt” who gets to send kids home, to navigating life as a bonus mom, Danielle shares stories that are equal parts hilarious and way too real.

We talk about manners, boundaries, co-parenting dynamics, and the moments that make you question e...

Lisa Trank thought she’d never get married. Definitely never have kids.

So naturally… she had three by 43, including surprise twins.

In this episode, Lisa shares the moment she went in thinking she had the flu and walked out finding out she was having twins. Plus, what it really looked like to raise “triplets separated by two years,” and how she found humor in the middle of a very full, very fast season of life.

We also get into how storytelling became her way of holding onto those moments—and why she’s now back on...

Teaching your kid how to drive sounds like a normal parenting milestone. Until you’re actually in the car.

This week, we’re talking about the chaos of teen drivers. Parking lot lessons, mixing up the gas and brake, kids who refuse to learn, and the ones who probably shouldn’t have.

We get into the fear, the cost, the lack of sleep, and why this might be one of the most stressful parts of parenting no one really prepares you for.

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What happens when the “fun adult” becomes the one making the rules?

Andrea Marie sits down with comedian Monica Nevi to talk about standup, stepparenting, and the moment a harmless joke turns into a call from the teacher.

They get into becoming a stepmom in real time, why some kids need more structure than you think, and what it looks like to parent without yelling (in theory vs reality).

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Spring break comes with a lot of expectations… and usually a fair amount of chaos.

Andrea Marie is joined by fellow mom comedians Stephanie McHugh and Merit Kahn to share the trips that sounded like a good idea at the time… from cross-country drives to Hawaii vacations that didn’t quite go as planned.

Along the way, they get into the pressure moms feel to make everything magical, and why that almost never works out the way you think it will. This is spring break, unhinged.

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Julie Drake raised two kids on her own and learned pretty quickly that moms will always find a way to make things work.

In this episode, she shares how she fell in love with stand-up comedy, what pushed her to finally try it, and the parenting story that had her kids asking, “What is wrong with you?”

Because moms will always figure it out… one way or another.

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👉 The moment Julie discovered stand-up comedy as a kid

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Toddlers change their minds every five minutes. One minute they love something, the next minute they refuse it completely.

Comedian Liz Glazer, who recently made her debut on The Tonight Show, joins the Moms Unhinged podcast to talk about the chaos and comedy of parenting a two-year-old. Liz shares stories about toddler logic, parenting anxiety spirals, and the everyday moments that turn into stand-up material.

Before comedy, Liz was a lawyer and law professor. Now she’s raising a toddler and finding the humor in it all.

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After two amazing shows in Minden, Nebraska and Dodge City, Kansas, the moms gather at the Airbnb for nachos, Cabernet, and the real after-party conversation.

In this unfiltered post-show chat, Andrea Marie, Nancy Norton, and Stacy Pederson talk about the post-show high (and crash), how they turn messy mom thoughts into relatable comedy, and why saying the quiet parts out loud is so healing.

They swap stories about parenting wins and unhinged moments, debate love languages over Fritos, and reflect on the magic of women gathering to laugh.

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She thought she’d missed her window. Instead, Janae Burris became a mom at 42.

One minute it was “let’s rock the streets,” the next it was high-risk pregnancy research and confronting the realities Black women face.

Janae opens up to Andrea Marie about fear, medical bias, and processing all of it while still trying to keep a comedy career moving.

Because nothing says “career pivot” like a positive test at 41.

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For the first time, we’re mixing things up and bringing in a comedian who isn’t on the tour.

Lynn Harris is the founder of GOLD Comedy, where women and non-binary creators build comedy careers, take classes, find community, and actually get their work seen.

We talk about why women are still told they’re “not funny,” building a standup career before kids, trying to do late-night sets after kids, and the survival strategy of watching thrillers at 3am so you don’t lose your mind during sleep training.

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You spend years worrying about naps, screen time, and whether they’ll ever put their shoes on the right feet.

Then one day, they’re grown. And somehow… you’re still parenting.

This episode of Moms Unhinged is all about that stage no one really warns you about. Comedian Lisa Lane joins Andrea Marie to talk about raising teenagers, parenting adult kids, and learning in real time that letting go is not as simple as people make it sound.

There are boundaries, there are feelings… and there is a holiday plan that does not go as...

Alyce Chan still remembers the exact spot where she lost her cool as a mom. Years later, her son remembers it too.

Comedian Alyce Chan joins Andrea Marie to talk about the parenting moments that stick with us — and the work it takes to try to do things differently.

From growing up with Chinese immigrant parents who taught her that love was shown, not said, to raising kids in a completely different world, Alyce reflects on how her upbringing shaped her parenting today.

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