Call Your Mother

Latest Episodes:

The Last Word (with Bess Kalb) Sep 08, 2020

Show notes

Jordana and Shannon speak with comedy writer and author Bess Kalb about her quarantine life as a new mom living with her own parents, writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and her recent memoir, No One Will Tell You This But Me. Her book is about an extraordinary love story — but not necessarily one you'd expect: It's a chronicle of Bess' relationship with her Jewish grandmother, a housewife who was anything but ordinary and who helped shape Bess' upbringing and sense of humor.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan ft. Habit Blcx

Covid and Chlamydia (with Taffy Brodesser-Akner) Sep 01, 2020

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After trying for a year to arrange an interview, Jordana and Shannon finally sit down with New York Times journalist and novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Yes, there is talk of New Jersey. But also, the group gets into divorce, the plight of successful doctors, being raised in a religious family, and what it's like to profile celebrities.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Funky and Groovy" by Unique Sound

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

Not So Big Summer Jun 29, 2020

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Jennifer Weiner, the fan favorite and longtime New York Times best-selling author returns to the podcast to chat with Shannon and Jordana about her quarantine bubble with bubbe, "zhuzhing" up her Zoom room, and why some people won't wear a friggin' mask. "It seems like such a basic thing to ask people to do. You put your shirt on and your shoes on when you go to the 7-Eleven, so now we're going to wear masks!"

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Funky and Groovy" by Unique Sound

"Rewind Back" by Marscott

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

How Not to Lose Your Shit Jun 16, 2020

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Well, here we all are, on the cusp of a summer which for many of us will be with no camp, no vacation trips and few playdates -- but many, many opportunities to lose our shit with our kids. Carla Naumburg is a clinical social worker and the author of three parenting books. But the parenting book that was made for a pandemic is her most recent, How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids, which might be the ideal Father's Day gift?

Naumburg talks to Jordana and Shannon about stress "in the Q," triggers for rage, and ways to recalibrate our response to those little darling children who somehow always know how to push our buttons.

Music

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Sultry Glance" by Perfect Solution Music

"Funky and Groovy" by Unique Sound

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan ft. Habit Blcx

The Second Snip Dec 31, 2019

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A very special guest joins Jordana and Shannon for the last episode of Call Your Mother's first season: Shannon's husband Jonathan Goldberg, who shares the story of getting a vasectomy after the couple's third child. The group talk about the theme of responsibility for birth control, while touching on everything from semen in popsicle trays to Japanese sex dolls to Fiddler on the Roof. The hosts call Simon Myerson in the United Kingdom, who shares his own vasectomy tale along with the immortal words, "attached to my junk."

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Funky and Groovy" by Unique Sound

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

Vodkas & Latkes Dec 24, 2019

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Jordana and Shannon talk with Alysia Reiner. Alysia is known for her roles in Orange Is The New Black and The Deuce, but she's a woman who wears many hats. She talks with Jordana and Shannon about activism, Judaism, producing, her new projects and her unique take on the world in which we live. Plus Shannon shares a tale of a wedding toast gone awry, and Gram reveals her disdain for certain extracurricular activities and glitter.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Jet Setter" by MellowSTU

"Funky and Groovy" by Unique Sound

"For Hip-Hop" by Marscott

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

Borderline Dec 17, 2019

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Jordana and Shannon recorded this episode at a live Jewish National Fund event in New Jersey (on the very bima where little Jordana once became a bat mitzvah!), speaking with Israeli community center leader Michal Uziyahu about her life as a person and parent living in Israel next to the border with Gaza. She talks about red alerts, running for shelter, fears of balloons and kites -- and how she finds joy in living where she does. Plus Gram is a member of the studio audience and gets to give her two cents on whether or not parents should vet kids' bar and bat mitzvah speeches.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Rewind Back" by Marscott

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

Contagion Dec 10, 2019

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Shannon is back from maternity leave, and this week she and Jordana (and Shannon's new baby Jude) sit down with ultra-Orthodox nurse practitioner Blima Marcus. Marcus helped stop the measles outbreak of 2019 in religious communities, and talks about how to confront and combat the spread of misinformation -- whether about vaccines or anti-Semitism -- with education and compassion. Also, Gram shares her own personal experience with measles.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Sultry Glance" by Perfect Solution Music

"Study Session No Melody" by MellowSTU

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

CYM Rewind: Modern Love Dec 03, 2019

Show notes

In this reboot of a summer episode, Jordana and Shannon talk with Jason Rosenthal on the phone from his office in Chicago. Jason's wife Amy, a well-known author, wrote a viral Modern Love piece in The New York Times entitled "You May Want To Marry My Husband," which was published only days before Amy died of ovarian cancer. Jason talks about grief and loss, his new life in the wake of his wife and parenting the couple's three children.

This episode is sponsored by A Good End podcast, a new Jewish conversation around death and dying in the 21st century.

Learn more at agoodendpodcast.com

Brought to you by 70 Faces Media and UJA-Federation of New York.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Lo-Fi Afternoon" by Marscott

"Study Session No Melody" by MellowSTU

"Jet Setter" by MellowSTU

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)

Red Flags Nov 26, 2019

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Jordana talks to Good Morning America's chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton about her experience after Dr. Ashton's long-time husband died by suicide. The two discuss the unique grief and blame cycle in the aftermath of suicide, as well as how Dr. Ashton managed her high-profile career during and in the wake of this life-changing event. Plus, Gram doesn't pick up the phone -- but that's okay.

Music:

"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats

"Sultry Glance" by Perfect Solution Music

"For Hip-Hop" by Marscott

"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan (ft. Habit Blcx)