Your Mom Is A Podcast · A Comedy Parenting Podcast

Adoption with Jordan Black and his Mom

September 2, 2024·49 min·10 clips

Sundeep Parikh and Milana Vayntra open by describing the show as a way to ask inspiring people and their moms how they did it, while also trying to become better parents and understand their own parents with a little more compassion. Jordan Black joins them as an actor, writer, comedian, showrunner, and improviser, and the conversation settles quickly into how much children absorb from parental confidence. Jordan says that as a kid he was told that if he wanted to be an actor, then he would be one, and that belief stuck because it came from the person he trusted most. He explains that when he was very young, he assumed his mother knew everything, so her certainty became his base. He also talks about moving to Hollywood at 17, straight out of high school and by himself, and how unusual that feels in hindsight. That memory pushes him to think about how he wants to support his own four kids: fully, even when their dream sounds absurd or inconvenient. The conversation gets playful as they joke about the kinds of choices a parent would still have to back, but the point stays clear. Jordan says his mother had the same concerns when she dropped him off, but she never let him see them because she did not want him to be scared. That hidden fear, and the confidence it allowed him to keep, becomes one of the episode’s emotional anchors. The hosts also get into a broader parenting idea: children absorb their parents’ beliefs and tone, not just their instructions. In the final stretch, Jordan’s mom joins the conversation after his interview, and they compare notes on answers, including the bathtub story and the childhood declaration that he was going to be a movie star. The exchange feels affectionate, funny, and full of mutual recognition, and it closes the circle without trying too hard to explain it.

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A warm, reflective parenting conversation that treats confidence as something learned and handed down.

Jordan Black's conversation reads as a warm parenting and family story, opening with humor and settling into something more thoughtful. The hosts stay engaged, moving between admiration, curiosity, and the practical questions that come with being new parents, while Jordan makes…

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