Your Mom Is A Podcast · A Comedy Parenting Podcast

Check In On Affirmations, Imagination, and The Jordan Black Episode

September 9, 2024·35 min·1 clip

The smartest person I know already said she believes in me, so who cares what you think

The hosts call the format a check-in. It starts as a playful explanation for why two busy parents need a calendar slot to talk, and that becomes the point of the whole thing: friendship, parenting, and reflection only happen here because they made time for them. That framing matters. They explain that the larger show usually brings on people they admire and then sets those answers beside a parent or another formative voice, so the audience gets both the guest and the family history that shaped them. The tone stays loose. Instead of tightening into a polished interview, the hosts keep talking like real friends do, with little corrections, soft pivots, and the kind of back-and-forth that makes an idea feel found rather than delivered. A Santa story takes over. One host shares a family ritual idea: when a child is old enough, you tell them they are now Santa Claus, which means they get to secretly choose someone deserving of gifts and give without taking credit. That idea keeps doing work. The bit circles back as a running joke, but the point stays clear too, because the exercise is really about generosity, anonymity, and the pleasure of doing something kind without getting praised for it. Then they pivot. A Jordan episode comes up, along with a line about his mother believing in him so strongly that outside doubt stops mattering, and the hosts pause to admire how cleanly that captures a parent’s power. It lands hard. From there, they widen the thought into a larger reflection on affirmation, the voices kids carry with them, and why one trusted person’s confidence can become the thing that steadies everything else. The episode keeps its lightness. Even when they drift toward tiredness or the need to slow down, the conversation stays breathable because humor is always close, ready to catch the seriousness before it gets heavy. The ending is loose. They remind listeners that the check-in is the companion piece to the show’s bigger guest conversations, then close with the kind of friendly, teasing sign-off that makes the whole thing feel lived-in rather than packaged. It feels intimate. The best part is how a small, funny format keeps opening into parenting, belief, and the ordinary work of trying to be a little more thoughtful than before.

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A loose parent check-in that folds Santa, belief, and one sharp quote into warm comedy.

Two adult parents sit down for a scheduled check-in about making room for each other, how the show works, and what kids pick up about belief, generosity, and self-trust.

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A parent-hangout check-in that turns from jokes into a genuinely useful story about generosity and belief.

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