In April 2012, I started recording conversations with a few comedy writer and performer friends who were parents and turned those conversations into a podcast called The Pratfalls of Parenting. The show expanded to include interviews/conversations with parents who worked in all manner of creative areas. By the end of 2015 I had put out […]
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