19. 'She's Doing Admin For Moths' - Mother's Day Special (Max's Mumbers)

Mother knows best! Or does she?Let's find out as we once again get mummy-fied in the Mother's Day special episode! This time, we discuss the mum-bers of Max's mum: Meriel, a moth-loving, beekeeping mother-of-three who's been known to eat and leave no crumbs from time to time. Max recounts memories of navigating primary school while his mum worked there (and the difficulty of her office being on the way to the head teacher's), the time she wrangled a runaway horse, and the time she nearly gave her own father a knuckle sandwich after he kicked a wasps nest. Max also talks about spending quality time with Meriel; helping her tend to her bees and to tick a big thing off her bucket list: a capybara experience. We also discuss Meriel's passions for teaching city kids about nature, TV shows about cops and movies about dudes with shiny heads driving cars real fast & furious, plus Joe gets worried that her interest in moths might lead to the flying insects taking dominion over humans. We also discuss the big day itself and the reason we're all here: Mother's day. What are our traditions, how important actually is it to our mums, how does the experience of an only child compare to that of the youngest of three? What day is it this year? Mums come under the microscope as we discuss how mums love being rude to their children, calling strangers fat and how they find it kinda funny if their child commits blasphemy or sacrilege at school.Some big breakthroughs happen in this episode: Joe realises that he's an awful son and that society would collapse without mums doing the admin, and Max realises that his brother and sister-in-law are Chinese, and that he doesn't have a curious mind. Plus, we finally decide whether Jane or Meriel would win in a fight, and Max reveals his Rodney Dangerfield impression.Capybara experience: https://themeadowswildlifepark.co.uk/product/capybara-encounter/Got a dad story for us? Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/dadtouchpodLogo design: Alice Evans (@Alicewithapen)Music by: Gino Dada