You always wanted to be an inspiration to your kid, but not as the cackling villain in their eventual memoir! Cheryl Klein, author of Crybaby, returns to the show to talk about growing up with Mutha magazine, overcompensating for hypochondria, and the empathy found in telling one's own story. Read Cheryl's piece, The Flawed-Mom Memoir My Kid Might Write, as well as her other essays, at www.MuthaMagazine.com. Get your copy of Cheryl's book, Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and Other Things That Were Not the End of the World, at the bookstore of your choice. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to suppo ..read more

Content Warning: Postpartum Psychosis, Violence, Murder Strap on your banjos, listeners, we're singing about pain, loss, madness, and pink tampon-slinging Cybertrucks. Becky Poole, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and longtime Biz friend and collaborator, sits down to talk about her new podcast and album, both titled The Ballad of Dena & Andrea. They discuss longtime friendship, the history of murder ballads, and the dark and tragic stories of Andrea Yates and Dena Schlosser. It's a fun conversation, we promise. Listen to the podcast of The Ballad of Dena & Andreaon the podcatcher ..read more

Fear not, OBMs, Biz has returned and she is pooped! Luckily, the wonderful Renee Colvert returns to interview... Biz? They discuss the Los Angeles Wildfires, the healing power of Bluey, and the origins of One Bad Mother. Plus, Renee has an agenda. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Visit our Linktree for our website, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/onebadmother You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximu ..read more

Not to worry, listeners: Biz and Theresa and their families are safe from the Los Angeles wildfires. Tired and annoyed, but safe. We'll be back in two weeks. ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 484: Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and drivin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ and waitin’. Biz sings the carline blues with A Very Special Guest for the final episode of 2022! Plus, Biz goes into the closet. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Visit ..read more

Will helping me stop being a people pleaser help you like me more? Amy Wilson, author of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser, joins Biz to talk about converting kid's bedrooms into offices, being and not being the asshole, and learning to fix yourself before fixing others. Preorder your copy of Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaserby Amy Wilson, out January 7th, 2025, wherever books are sold. Listen to Amy's podcast with Margaret Ables, What Fresh Hell, wherever fine pods are cast. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! Share a person ..read more

ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 387: We all have bodies!!! It’s true! We have a body, so let’s get comfortable in it! Biz talks to author, illustrator Tyler Feder about her inclusive, body positive picture book for preschoolers, Bodies Are Cool! Plus, Biz enjoys her ramen and Theresa keeps her kids from learning what New Year’s Eve is all about…again. Get your copy of Dancing at the Pity Party and preorder your copy of Bodies Are Coolhere. Visit Tyler Feder’s website and follow her on Instagram @tylerfeder. Check out Tyler’s Etsy shop, Roaring Softly here ..read more

Backpack? Check. Notebook? Check. Pen? Check. Baby? Check. Wait, what? Biz is joined by Hechinger Report journalist Neal Morton to talk about Lumen High School in Spokane, WA, a public charter school committed to accommodating and educating teen parents. Listen to the Here & Now radio piece featuring Lumen and Neal. Support Lumen High School by going to their website, www.LumenHighSchool.org, or other schools with similar programs with these links provided by Neal: Cardinal Academy in Idaho: https://cardinalacademycharter.org/ New Legacy Charter School in Aurora, CO: https://www ..read more

When you're bone tired, haggard, and broken, seek out a friend to help ease the burden. Sometimes that friend is an imaginary caustic man rabbit, but he'll have to do. Katie Locke O'Brien, director of the comedy series Dick Bunny, joins Biz to talk magical realism, Tooth Fairy inflation, and the empty mason jar that is the postpartum brain. Watch all six episodes of Dick Bunny by going to www.DickBunny.com. Follow the show on Instagram @dickbunny_official. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year!  Share a personal or commercial message on the show ..read more

Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high... Take a look, we have a book, it's One Bad Mother! The fantastic Traci Thomas, host of the literature podcast The Stacks, joins Biz to talk parker rolls, audiobook speeds, and making time for reading in a house full of screaming children. Listen to Traci's podcast, The Stacks, wherever fine pods are cast. Learn more about The Stacks and Traci by going to her website, www.TheStacksPodcast.com. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final year! This week, we're sponsored by BabbleRoo and StoryWorth. Go to BabbleRoo.shop ..read more

ONE BAD RERUN - Episode 498: The House Is Trashed But The Bones Are Good, with Maggie Smith Home and life feeling like a wreck? Slap some paint on that fixer-upper. Author and poet Maggie Smith joins Biz to talk whittling words, Good Bones, and her new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Plus, Biz is in purgatory. Get your copy of Maggie Smith's memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, wherever books are sold. Learn more about Maggie and her work by visiting her website, www.MaggieSmithPoet.com. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to support One Bad Mother in its final y ..read more