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Adult Conversation Podcast

Based off her popular and darkly humorous social media pages, blog, and novel of the same name, author Brandy Ferner takes her love of adult conversation to the air as she spears the injustices of modern motherhood and womanhood while continuing her tradition of saying things out loud that others won’t. As a lover of truth and all things dark comedy, she and special guests partake in real talk about any and everything – marriage post kids, the never-ending micromanagement of kid screen time, friendship, sex, chronic-illness, Snoop Dogg, pop culture, mental health, the revolt of the aging uterus, writing, the joke that is perimenopause, reality TV, and more. This is not a podcast with annoying life or parenting advice that has it all figured out. Instead, Adult Conversation aims to break down the façade of perfect parenting and break down the systems we’re stuck in with its balanced mix of truth, wit, compassion, and validation – and can be considered a form of self-care, even if you’re listening in the God-forsaken school pick-up line.

Latest Episodes:

Mom's Hierarchy of Needs with Leslie Forde Jun 14, 2021

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Working mom advocate and researcher, Leslie Forde, and I talk about moms' needs, the destabilizing effect of motherhood, the positive shifts she's seeing in workplaces, the three things moms reported wanting most in the pandemic, and the "grabbing the crappy potato" theory, which you've likely experienced too.

The Great Reckoning with Graeme Seabrook May 31, 2021

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Mom coach, Graeme Seabrook, and I discuss what I call "The Great Reckoning" that's coming for us parents after the pandemic. We talk about what moms have lost most during the pandemic, unexpected side effects of returning to some normalcy, the summer ahead, and what Graeme sees coming up for moms after this wild year of emotional and logistical scrambling. And I also share a maddeningly relatable story about my teen and the violence that is wearing a belt.

Taking No Prisoners with Zawn Villines May 17, 2021

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Writer and feminist, Zawn Villines, drops lots of (uncomfortable) truth about gender inequality bullshit in marriage and parenting. We discuss the thing she heard in a mom's group that shocked her, the kind of man who cannot be "fixed," an equitable solution that isn't just leaving your marriage, and innovative ideas about what we do about these inequalities for ourselves and our children.

Feminist Dad with Jordan Shapiro May 03, 2021

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Join me for this remarkable episode where a dude, author Jordan Shapiro, is doing the important work of fighting the patriarchy! Feminism is funny, apparently, because we laugh a lot as we talk about what he learned in the locker room that stayed with him as he grew into a man, the problematic narrative of men thinking they're the hero of everyone's story, subtle anti-feminist sentiments dads don't realize they have, how they can shift their thinking which benefits everyone around them, and more.

Why I Take My Pill with Meredith Ethington Apr 19, 2021

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Join me as my guest, Meredith of "Perfection Pending," and I de-stigmatize mental illness, anxiety, depression, and taking medication for relief. We both share our very personal stories and also discuss the surprising ways anxiety shows up for each of us (which I didn't even know until I was on the other side of things), along with the most successful ways we've gotten help. Meredith opens up about how her anxiety directly affected her mothering, and I offer my newfound mid-life hack that's a game changer.

The Realest Housewife with Braunwyn Windham-Burke Apr 05, 2021

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This interview might be one of my all time favorites as Braunwyn so openly shares her misgivings about being on the Real Housewives, along with the parts she absolutely loves. She also divulges her rock bottom moments and the hardest part of getting sober on TV, why coming out as a lesbian happened sooner than she'd wanted it to, how she's co-creating an out-of-the-box partnership with her husband, Sean, and how kissing a costar cost her tens of thousands of dollars. This episode is full of realness you haven't heard before.

Family Personalities with Sandra Etherington Mar 22, 2021

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If you like using data to make your job as a parent easier, your brain will love today's guest, Sandra, who is a Myers-Briggs expert and counselor who helps families figure out their personality types. She breaks things down in such a simple way, and you will witness me processing my own personality in real time. We discuss how personality typing can help you help your kids, which personality types have a harder time with motherhood (and the pandemic), and how to fill your kids' specific buckets so they can stretch out of their comfort zone. Of course, we also talk about the fact that our parents' generation would never contemplate any of these things!

From Irresponsible Ejaculations to Shiplap with Gabrielle Blair Mar 08, 2021

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Gabrielle Blair (aka "Design Mom," and the person behind the viral Twitter thread about the actual root cause of abortions) talks with me about how we prioritize male pleasure even at an extreme risk to women, men's aversions to vasectomies, easy ways to make our houses more functional and enjoyable during a pandemic, and more in this whiplashy episode.

Parenting Outside the Lines with Meghan Leahy Feb 22, 2021

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Join me for this delightfully unexpected conversation that feels more like stand-up comedy than parenting advice. I had no idea what I was in for when I asked my guest, parenting coach and Washington Post columnist, Meghan Leahy, to come chat with me. She's like the anti-parenting-expert expert, if that's a thing. I don't even know, but her words will be the balm you need as we talk about why the one-size-fits-all Super Nanny approach doesn't work, the pitfalls of rigid parenting philosophies (attachment parenting cough cough), pandemic regressions in kids, our "North Star" as parents, and why she punched someone in the face as a kid. She's hard AF and I had no idea! So. Much. Laughing.

It Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal with Lyz Lenz Feb 08, 2021

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Author, Lyz Lenz, talks about what happened when she realized she was the only one supporting her dream, and how she finally got that equality she was seeking. Lyz also shares the dangers of marrying someone with political differences, how to negotiate the contract of marriage, and why it's important to show our kids that there is no invisible lunch-making fairy. There are lots of laughs and divorce real talk here as well as a ha moments about our own mothers, and Lyz shows us why when life gives us lemons, we need to throw them at people's heads.

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