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Dinky
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Episodes
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We Read The 2026 UN Climate Report So You Don’t Have To
I hope you like searing depression, because boy oh boy, do we have an episode for you! You may have seen terrifying climate headlines in September 2026. Specifically, a new report by the UN Environment Programme which found that global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks...
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What Gloria Steinem's Life Can Teach Us About Not Having Kids
The New York Times called her the "personification of the women's movement." The Wall Street Journal called her a feminist icon. The BBC News said that was the leader of the women's liberation movement in the United States — and CNN said that Steinem was the "face" of the second-wave feminism...
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Should You Go Home For The Holidays? Let's Discuss
Ah, the leaves are turning and the smell of pumpkin is in the air… which can only mean one thing: someone in your family is going to start hounding you about coming home for the holidays. As two people who have notoriously trashed the life script, I wanted to do this episode because I think we…
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Why China’s One Child Policy Created A Caregiving Crisis
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Visit Amandine Bookkeeping, our small business spotlight: https://www.amandine-bookkeeping.com/about-us Dink Yourself: Beyoncé’s Cécred Lash Serum Bauer Steamer Pro JOIN US FOR Christmas Markets 2026!!! OR Colombia 2027!!!! From 1979 to...
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Emergency Ep: Cops Are Using Flock Cameras To Stalk Women
Today I’m speaking with Jenna Sherman, who serves as campaign director for Ultraviolet, a national advocacy organization that drives feminist cultural and political change, and works to improve the lives of all women and gender expansive people by disrupting patriarchy and creating a cost for...
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We Are Childfree: The Childfree Elders Nobody Talks About
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! EVERYONE who signs up to our giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/dinky-pod Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment or Kristen's Dior lipgloss in color Berry. JOIN US FOR Christmas Markets...
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A Surrogate Refused An Abortion. Now Texas Won't Let The Biological Parents Leave.
This is a FREE BONUS episode. Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! EVERYONE who signs up to our giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/dinky-pod Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. JOIN US FOR Christmas Markets 2026!!! OR...
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Being An Abortion Provider In Alabama
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! EVERYONE who signs up to our giveaway wins a FREE spicy toy or gift card for toys! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/dinky-pod JOIN US FOR Christmas Markets 2026!!! OR Colombia 2027!!!! Our returning guest today is the fearless Dr. Danielle...
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Brianna Madia On Loving Something You Know Will Die
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. JOIN US FOR Christmas Markets 2026!!! OR Colombia 2027!!!! Our guest today, Brianna Madia, is a 3x bestseller having lived in and traveled the deserts of the American West in an old Ford van. She...
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Inside Our Childfree Group Trips: France + Vietnam Recap
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. Today we are recapping two recent Dinky trips: Vietnam in April and France in June. If you’re new to our trips, we partner with the company TrovaTrip who organizes the itinerary and manages all…
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The Childfree Author Writing The Rom-Coms No One Else Will: Meet Jaclyn Westlake
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. We’re talking with author Jaclyn Westlake! Jaclyn is a former recruiter and career advice columnist who now writes novels about funny, flawed women doing their best to find their authentic way in...
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Regretful Parents, Part 4 (Facebook Edition)
Today we are doing another dedicated Regretful Parents episode. This is our fourth full episode we’ve done on regretful parents and, if you didn’t notice by now, we also have a recurring series we try to do weekly available wherever you find podcasts and a whole lot more on our YouTube channel.…
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How To Decide If You Want Kids (With Clarity Coach Keltie Maguire)
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. Today, we’re talking to the mind behind the Instagram account Kids or Childfree. Keltie Maguire is a Clarity Coach, and offers coaching, workshops, and a podcast dedicated to helping women…
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Gamer Cozy K On Why You Need More Hobbies
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. Our guest today is Kennedy, who goes by Cozy K or just @cozy.games on social media, has more than 1.5 million followers across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Cozy K is your gaming and lifestyle...
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Childfree Adventure YouTuber Eva Zu Beck Bought Horses To Quit Scrolling Instagram
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. Today we are joined by Eva Zu Beck: an adventure YouTuber, host and director of the show Superskilled on NatGeo, and a self-proclaimed feral woman. We ask her about her experiences leaving…
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Can You Change Your Mind About Having Kids? Helena de Groot On Waffling, Divorce, And Moving On
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Shop items from our Dink Yourself segment. Today, we’re talking with Helena de Groot — creator, sound designer, storyteller, and the audio producer behind several beloved podcasts. Originally from Belgium, she's the producer of the Poetry...
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Forced C-Sections, Fetal Personhood Laws, & The Women Fighting Back
UPDATE: Hi folks, we're releasing this Patreon exclusive to all our listeners for free because the main story in this episode is now going to court + we want to share the story more widely. If you want to support her trial:...
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Rachel Cargle On Being Childfree & Curating A Life You Don't Need A Vacation From
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Today, we’re being BLESSED by the one and only Rachel Cargle. When we started this podcast, Rachel was one of our number one dream guests. Rachel is a founder, an organizer, an author, an activist. Her work focuses mostly on...
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Regretful Parents: "I Let Him Have Full Custody" | Reddit Stories
Subscribe so you never miss an episode In this episode of our Regretful Parents series, Kristen and Erika react to a viral Reddit post from a mom who was *thrilled* when her ex-husband filed for full custody of their 3-year-old son — and immediately booked a flight. We get into the messy reality…
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Louis Theroux's "Into The Manosphere" Explained: The Creepy Dudes Radicalizing Young Boys
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Erika and Kristen are joined by returning guest Neill Wolf to break down Louis Theroux's Netflix documentary Into the Manosphere — and the terrifying, infuriating, hilarious world it reveals. From 13-year-olds swarming influencers in the...
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Regretful Parents: "I Don't Enjoy Eating Anymore" | Reddit Stories
In this episode of the Regretful Parents series, Erika and Kristen react to a viral Reddit post from the Regretful Parents subreddit written by a mom who loved cooking — until she had a child. From cold meals and high-pitched screaming at the dinner table to losing her passion for the kitchen...
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Regretful Parents: "I'm German. She's Japanese." | Reddit Stories
This week on the Regretful Parents series, Erika and Kristen react to a Reddit post from a 34-year-old German father who says he never wanted kids, claims his Japanese wife lied about being on birth control, and now regrets both his marriage and his baby — while living in a completely different...
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The Most Hated Dad On The Internet: Inside The DaddyOFive Scandal
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! This week, Erika takes Kristen down a rabbit hole she wishes she could un-visit — the disturbing story of Mike and Heather Martin, the couple behind the infamous DaddyOFive YouTube channel. What started as a "family prank" account quickly...
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Regretful Parents: "I Don't Wish This On Any Woman" | Reddit Stories
Erika is joined by friend of the pod and special guest Ashton to react to a Reddit post from a woman who is absolutely DONE being pregnant — stretch marks in places she didn't know could stretch, a partner telling her "your body will be better than ever," and a mom who just keeps saying "focus on...
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‘Love Is Blind’s Emma Betsinger Sets The Record Straight
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Dinky listeners have been flooding our inboxes lately pressuring us to watch Season 10 of Love Is Blind — because it featured not one, but TWO storylines about women choosing non-traditional paths when it comes to kids. One of those women...
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Regretful Parents: "Birth Destroyed My Vagina & No One Will Fix It" | Reddit Stories
Erika and Kristen react to one of the most harrowing posts from the r/regretfulparents subreddit — a woman's decade-long battle with serious birth injury damage after a midwife failed to suture a second-degree tear, leaving her with permanent physical damage, no sensation during sex, and a…
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Regretful Parents: Am I Overreacting To My Husband Interrupting My Solo Shower? | Reddit Stories
This week, Erika and Kristen take a brief detour from the usual Regretful Parents subreddit and dive into a viral post from the “Am I Overreacting?” corner of Reddit. The situation? A mom who hasn’t had a solo shower in four days after caring for two sick kids alone while her husband enjoyed a...
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Author Nicole Louie On The Women Who Inspired Her Childfree Life
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Today we are chatting with Nicole Louie, a writer and translator originally from Brazil and now based in Ireland. She is the author of Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children. Others Like Me chronicles her own journey towards...
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Regretful Parents: Love Is Blind — Emma, Mike, & The Childfree Debate | Reddit Stories
Is Love Is Blind accidentally telling a regretful parents story? In this solo episode of the Regretful Parents series, Erika dives into the viral Reddit discussion about Love Is Blind Season 6 and the controversial engagement between Emma and Mike — specifically their major disagreement about...
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Christmas Markets Are The Ultimate DINK Winter Getaway
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! We’re kicking off Season 10 with a recap of our 2025 Christmas Markets trip and getting a sneak peek ahead at our next adventure. We cover what surprised us, what we loved, and what we’d do differently in, plus with some tips of what we’d…
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Regretful Parents: “I Thought Life Was Worth Living… Now I’m Not So Sure” | Reddit Stories (Ft. The Girl With The List!)
What happens when parenting regret doesn’t go away… it just evolves?In this episode, Erika is joined by fellow childfree girlie Abby Porter (aka z00mie, aka “the girl with the list”) to unpack a brand-new post from a parent whose regret has shifted from newborn exhaustion to something much…
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Regretful Parents: “My Kid Is Ruining My Mental Health” | Reddit Stories
In this episode, Erika and Kristen read and react to a viral post from Reddit about a parent struggling with a chronically unhappy, clingy, sleep-hating four-year-old — and the toll it’s taking on her mental health.From colicky babies to nonstop whining, sleep deprivation, and the reality of...
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Regretful Parents: “I've Been Scammed” | Reddit Stories
In this episode, Kristen and Erika dive into another brutally honest story from the Regretful Parents series — this time from a 39-year-old single mother by choice who spent thousands on fertility treatment… and now says she feels trapped, broke, constantly sick, and deeply regretful. If you’ve...
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Regretful Parents: “My ADHD Wife Isn't Fun Anymore” | Reddit Stories
⚠️ Content Warning: Discussions of parental resentment, mental health crises, and implied threats of violence. In this episode, Erika and Kristen dive a viral Reddit post from an Australian father overwhelmed by parenting two ADHD children with an ADHD spouse. What starts as complaints about…
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What Is Project 2026? The New Right-Wing Blueprint For America
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Today, we’re talking about Project 2026. Two years ago, we covered everything you needed to know about Project 2025, the dystopian right-wing plan from the Heritage Foundation that was largely considered the blueprint for the Trump...
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Regretful Parents: “My Life Was Taken From Me” | Reddit Stories
⚠️Content Warning: This episode discusses disability, regret, resentment, and medical trauma. Listener discretion advised. In this episode, Kristen and Erika dive into a post titled “I dislike my disabled child and I am ashamed.” Pulled straight from Facebook — where it racked up over 5,000 likes…
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Regretful Parents: “I've Always Loved Kids — I Just Hate My Own” | Reddit Stories
This one has a twist ending! In this episode of the Regretful Parents series, Erika and Kristen react to a Reddit post titled “I genuinely hate my baby.” What starts as a familiar story about parenting regret, sleep deprivation, and postpartum mental health quickly turns into total chaos when the...
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Regretful Parents: “Don't Do It, Unless...” | Reddit Stories
In this episode, Erika and Kristen read and discuss a post from the Regretful Parents sub titled “Don’t Do It Folks.” The post details a chaotic day of parenting young children and offers practical advice for people who are considering having kids. Our conversation covers the realities of daily...
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TJ Bozarth On Creating A Musical About DINK Life + Reproductive Rights
Want more exclusive content from Dinky? Join the Patreon! Today we are joined by TJ Bozarth, the creator, writer, and director of DINK: The Musical — a dramedy satire on the state of our world sung through the eyes of three DINK couples. We talk with TJ about the inspiration behind the musical…
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Regretful Parents: “I Got Everything I Didn't Want In A Child” | Reddit Stories
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses self-harm, mental health crises, sexual content, and parental regret.A parent of a 17-year-old daughter with autism, ADHD, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts describes years of burnout, crisis management, and reaching a breaking point. From phone restrictions…
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Regretful Parents: “Never Felt As Ugly As I Do Now” | Reddit Stories
Welcome back to the Regretful Parents series. This episode tackles what motherhood does to women’s bodies, mental health, and sense of self. Erika and Kristen read a post from the Regretful Parents subreddit titled “Never Felt as Ugly as I Do Now as a Mom.” A woman reflects on how pregnancy,...
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Regretful Parents: "My Stay-At-Home Husband Won't Do His Job" | Reddit Stories
In this episode, Kristen and Erika dive into a wild Reddit post from a working mom dealing with a stay-at-home husband who refuses to actually parent their 28-month-old (that's 2 years and 4 months, people!). What We Cover: A stay-at-home dad who won't take his toddler to the playground, feed…
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Regretful Parents: "I Don't Love My Child" | Reddit Stories
What happens when the love you’re promised as a parent never shows up? In this episode, Erika and Kristen dive into one of the most taboo and honest conversations about parenthood: regret, ambivalence, and not loving your child the way society says you should. Reading directly from the Regretful...
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“Is It Normal To Fear The Regret Of Not Having Kids?” & More Listener Questions
SMALL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK: Shop Herself Collections to snag you or someone you love a gorgeous gift this Valentine’s Day!! It’s the listener question episode! Don’t miss your chance to join me in VIETNAM — and it’s an artsy person's dream itinerary! Buy your tickets while they last. Wanna get…
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Regretful Parents: "My Girlfriend Gave Me An Ultimatum" | Reddit Stories
Welcome back to the Regretful Parents series. This week, Erika and Kristen read and react to a post from the Regretful Parents subreddit titled “Feel Like I’ve Ruined My Life.” Spoiler alert: he kind of has. A 29-year-old man agrees to an ultimatum — have a baby before 30 or never — and now finds...
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From Law to Literature: Rachael Eckles' Evolution
We're sitting down with Rachael Eckles. In this conversation, Rachael shares her journey to becoming child-free, her career evolution from law and bioethics to fiction writing, and her advocacy for women's health. She discusses the impact of her education and health experiences on her life…
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Regretful Parents: "I Scheduled Two Abortions But Chickened Out" | Reddit Stories
In this episode, Erika and Kristen dive into a jaw-dropping Reddit post titled “I Am A Roller Coaster Of Regret And Acceptance.” From religious guilt to missed abortions, dating struggles as a single parent, and the crushing realities of living with family, this story sparks one of our most…
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Regretful Parents: "Our NICU Bill Was $4 Million" | Reddit Stories
In today’s Regretful Parents episode, Erika and Kristen dive into a viral story from the I Regret Having Children Facebook page — and this time, it’s not a confession but a financial horror story. An Ohio mom’s TikTok exploded online after revealing the NICU bill for her premature quadruplets:...
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“They’re All Pedophiles”: Comedian Liza Treyger On Abuse, Power, And Protecting Kids
Today we are joined by the hilarious Liza Treyger, otherwise known as Glitter Cheese on social media. Liza is a comedian you may know from Netflix’s The Degenerates and Survival of the Thickest or her hit podcast That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, where she dives deep into Law & Order episodes…
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Regretful Parents: "Motherhood Has Been Hell For My Anxiety” | Reddit Stories
Welcome back to our Regretful Parents series. In this episode, Kristen and Erika react to a Reddit post titled “Motherhood Has Been Hell As An Anxious Person,” where an overwhelmed mom explains how becoming a parent completely destroyed her mental health, sleep, and sense of stability. This is…
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Lifelong besties who trashed the life script ✨
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