All Episodes

Stay or Leave? The Divorce Question No One Can Answer | Episode 88

Did Nikole Hannah-Jones Choose Wrong for Her Daughter? | Episode 87

AI Researcher Resigns, Claims AI Extinction Risk | Episode 86

Black Women Have Nine Degrees and Still No Paycheck | Episode 85

Back-to-School Spending, the Tuskegee Dress Code, and What We Expect of Our Kids Before They Leave Our House

What Type of Co-Parents Are We? 9 Years In and We Still Can't Agree | Episode 83

Is It More Dangerous to Be a Black Child in 2026 Than It Was in the 90s?

The Grade App Is Your Instagram: What a Viral TED Talk on Overparenting Gets Right and Whose Childhood It Forgets

Am I a Bad Mom? Dr. Gina Garcia on the Truth About Parenting Guilt and the Failure Myth.

Emma Grede’s "Three-Hour Mom." Here's What She's Not Telling You. | Episode 78

Dating After Divorce: My Dating List Two Years Later (And What Changed) | Episode 77

Cyrus Carmack Belton: Shot in the Back for a Water Bottle. Verdict: Not Guilty. | Episode 76

Not Meeting Your Partner's Love Language Is Betrayal and This is how you rebuild| Episode 75

How to Raise a Child Who Actually Comes to You When They're Struggling | Episode 74

Why Nobody Believes Anything Anymore And What It's Costing Your Family | Episode 73

Why Your Feelings Shouldn’t Be in the Driver’s Seat | Episode 72

The Pro-Life Paradox: Wealth, Privilege, & the Problem with Religious Messaging | Episode 71

When Conversations Turn Into Conflict and How to Handle It : Episode 70

Why You Keep Dating the Wrong People (It’s Not What You Think) | Episode 69

Gas, Groceries & Bougie Kids: The Money Talk Nobody Had | Episode 68

Iran, Tariffs, and Political Theater: The Fight Nobody Wins | Episode 67

Save Your Kids: Why It’s Time to Save Your Kids from Social Media

Social Media Addiction is DESTROYING Students! | How do we Fix It? | Episode 65

ICE Raiding Schools? The Truth About What’s Happening in Minneapolis | Episode 64

Built by Snubs: What Being Overlooked Actually Teaches You | Episode 63

ICE, DEI, and Media Spin | How State Violence Is Being Normalized in America

The 5 Year Journey: How This Podcast Changed Us as Parents and Professors | Episode 61

Michigan Football Sign-Stealing Scandal, Explained | Episode 60

The SHOCKING Truth About Raising Kids in a Digital Age - Episode 59

Episode 58 – Protecting Your Peace: Setting Boundaries During the Holiday Season

Co-Parenting During the Holidays: How Co-Parents Handle Holidays, Breaks, and Travel | Episode 57

Why Good Co-Parents Make Complicated Dating Partners - Episode 56

Parents & Professors Podcast | Episode 55 - Love After Divorce: Dating, Partnership & Co-Parenting

Parents & Professors Podcast | Episode 54 - Drama Free Co-Parenting Financial Conversations

Money Talks: Navigating Finances in Co-Parenting Without the Drama | Episode 53

Episode 52 - The Diversity Hire Label: Different Experiences, Shared Strategies

Episode 51 - Grade Inflation in Real Life: Why We're All Getting B's

Episode 50 - 50 Episodes of Real Talk: Lessons Learned from Parenting and Professor-ing in Turbulent Times

Episode 49 - The Human Need to Be Seen: Hooters, Heartbreak, and Facebook's Dysfunction

Episode 48 - Divided We Learn: The Unfinished Promise of Public Education

Episode 47 - Dating Mindsets to Parenting Wisdom: Building Relational Intelligence

Episode 46 - Building Better Systems: Education, Identity, and Advocacy

Episode 45 - The Reading Recession: Literacy and the Future of Democracy

Episode 44 - Not Quite the Golden Years: Embracing Black Families and the Search for Balance

Episode 43 - Balancing Acts: Navigating Personal & Professional Identities in Higher Ed

Episode 42 - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Childhood, Community, and Civics

Episode 41 - Everybody Needs to Know: Questioning Information Flows in Domestic & Democratic Spaces

Episode 40 - When Fantasy Readers Become Faculty Writers

Episode 38 - Olympic Dreams, Back-to-School Schemes, and Democracy's Themes

Episode 39 - Progress Over Perfection: Parenting, Partnership, and Academia

Episode 37.5 - Pop Quiz Vol. 2

Episode 37 - In Summer: Professionalism, (Co)Parenting, & Personal Relationship

Episode 36.5 - The Pop Quiz Vol. 1

Episode 36 - What’s Beef? Kendrick vs. Drake, Campus Protests, & Ungrateful Kids

Episode 35 - I’m Standing: Aligning Obligation and Opportunity While Enjoying Middle Age

Episode 34 - Drowning in Foolishness: Louisiana, the Water Ski Incident, & Exploring Modern Gender Roles

Episode 33 - Dating Apps & Cat Allergies: Race, Identity, & Authenticity in Relationships

Episode 32 - The Blackening II: Spinning the Black History Wheel

Episode 31 - The Blackening: Celebrating #BHM2024 Part 1

Episode 30 – We’re Setting Them Up To Fail: Parenting Gen Alpha

Episode 29 - New Year, Who Dis?: Lessons in Life, Love, and Leadership

Episode 28 – Reunited And It Feels So Good: ASHE 2023 Recap

Episode 27 - From Playdates to First Dates: A Parent's Journey Through Time Management

Episode 26 – Welcome Back Summer Recap

Episode 25 – Who Am I, As A Parent?: Understanding Parental Transparency & Identity

Episode 24 - Graduation Season 2023: Celebration and Rededication

Episode 23 - Expectations of Safety: Parenting in the Age of State Shenanigans

Episode 22 - Money, Power, Respect: Navigating Relationships, Politics, & Redirecting Your Energy

Episode 21 – The Magical Space Between Houses: Adventures in (co)Parenting

Episode 20 - What Just Happened?: Reflections on Black History Month 2023

Episode 19 - Leveling Up: 2022 in Review

Episode 18 - No Kids Allowed: Our Problem is Bigger than Homework & Penmanship

Episode 17 - Where do school supplies go?: Navigating School Transitions

Episode 16 - When Shenanigans Find You: Navigating Nonsensical Situations

Episode 15 – Graduate & Doctoral Student PSA: Graduate Student Pod #1

Episode 14 - The Handmaid of the Sower: Extreme Supreme Court Shifts National Policy

Pod Brief #4: We’re a National Security Threat

Pod Brief #3 – NASPA 2022 Recap

Episode 13 - The Slap Heard 'Round the World: The Oscars Rorschach Test

Pod Brief #2: Women, We Get The Job Done: State Defunding of Higher Education

Pod Brief #1: ACPA 2022 Recap

Episode 12 - May Contain Misleading Info: Bias in News & Entertainment

Episode 11 - Encanto + Trauma = Magic: Exploring Family Dynamics Thru Media

Episode 10 - Omarion vs. Omicron: Still Pandemic Parenting

Episode 9 - "She’s Tucker Carlson In An Edgar Suit": Educational Institutions as Playthings For Politicians

Episode 8 - COVID Was Made for Co-Parents: Platonic Parenting & Evolving After Divorce

Episode 7 - Part 2: I Want Rights: The Ins and Outs of Anti-Human Legislation

Episode 7 - Part 1: All Families Matter: Raising A Black Family In America

Episode 6 - The Tuition is Too Damn High!: Graduate Education In The United States

Episode 5 - Our Parentaversary: 10 Years in the Game

Episode 4 - On Foxes & Hedgehogs: Leadership and Research in Higher Education

Episode 3 - Opting Out of White History

Episode 2 - What is it you say you do here?: Tenure-Track Faculty Life

Episode 1 - Attack at the Capitol