by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We’ve talked a lot about self care these days, and our need for our community and village (hello, We Time project), but… we haven’t actually put the concepts together, even though they are most certainly intertwined. That’s where our guest,...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
As parents, we have a general idea of the conversations we need to have with our kids before they to the throes of teendom – like the sex talk, and the drugs and alcohol talk – for example. But there are actually a whole lot more conversations that we...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
It’s a bit of a statement say we fan-grilled a bit over this week’s guest on the Spawned Parenting Podcast, two-time Newbery award-winning author Kate DiCamillo. Surely you know her incredible children’s books like The Tale of Despereaux, Because of...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
It’s a year into this pandemic (like pretty much officially now), and if you’re like us, you’re longing for connection with people. Well, people not in your home. We want to do something with other people! And that’s no surprise. We’re...
by Cool Mom Team | Kids, Tips + Tricks
We keep looking for the silver lining in the past Year That Was Like No Other, and as we talk to other parents, one thing comes up over and over: “my kid discovered they really love _____.” Whether it’s manga or chemistry, dystopian fiction or...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
With a lot of insanity in the world, it may feel weird to talk about organizing solutions right now. But that’s exactly the reason we’re talking about it. We have so little control in our own lives — in the world — and it’s disorienting...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We’ve talked a lot about self-care over the years — the last year in particular — but not as deeply honest as we did during this recent conversation with our dear friend, author, and podcaster Dr. Christine Koh. She’s been sharing her own...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Editors Best of the Year
Every year, we love to share our most popular Spawned podcast episodes. It’s always fun to see which topics and guests resonated the most with you, our awesome listeners. And if you’re new to our podcast, well, here’s the perfect opportunity to get...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Doing Good, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
If there’s one thing we’re all talking about right now, and maybe even tearing up about (if you’re Liz), it’s the long-awaited arrival of the Covid-19 vaccines. So we invited the most perfect guest to sit down with us: vaccine expert, NYU...