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Parenting and sleep deprivation.
From military-precise sleep training schedules to the anxiety spiral of a child who won't sleep, they share their brutally honest experiences with getting children (and themselves) to bed. Featuring tales of nine (yes, nine) pillow sleep systems, headbanging toddlers, and why separate bedrooms might save your marriage.
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This week, we talk about the humbling experience of parenthood and how reality shatters expectations.
We cover:
The gap between pre-parenting fantasies (museum trips and Christmas traditions) versus post-kid realities (barbecue chip crumbs in the car)Why buying your postpartum wife lingerie is a terrible ideaHow having children affects relationships and identitiesParenting might not be what you imagined, but finding humor in the chaos makes it all a little more manageable, even when you're the parent bringing yogurt-covered raisin snacks to baseball that no child actually wants (at least you tried!)
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Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America by Rachel Louise MoranFollow us:
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In our first bonus Q&A episode, Quinn and Claire tackle listener questions with their signature blend of honesty, humor, and zero judgment.
Topics covered:
Making parent friends: Is it a real connection or just shared misery? What makes friendship work during the parenting years, the importance of finding your parenting community, and why it's okay if some friendships are just "for the season"Supporting a child with ADHD: Quinn and Claire share personal experiences with ADHD in their families, including medication journeys, therapy challenges, and finding support at schoolNOTE: Future Q&A and bonus episodes will be for Important Members and paid subscribers of Evil Witches only! Upgrade to get them directly into your feed.
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New York Times article on ADHD https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.htmlTeacher intro email template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Crw0HoibRpSt8kBGmYIAjLRGFf38Pq0pXpedZg9R_c/edit?tab=t.0Follow us:
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This week, Quinn and Claire dive into traveling with kids.
They share personal stories about family trips from their own childhoods and with their children now, covering everything from dealing with jetlag to bathroom emergencies at 30,000 feet.
Also discussed: the myth of "vacation" with children (let's just call it a "family trip"), tips and tricks for making travel less hellish, how to make travel more meaningful, the necessity of getting occasional breaks from your kids, and as always, the importance of lower expectations.
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This week, Claire and Quinn dig into the minefield of youth sports: understimulated kids who are getting on everyone's nerves vs. overscheduled families who have no time to breathe, the horrors of early-season kid-pitch baseball, the importance (or not) of having "hustle", and what is the point of kids sports, anyways?
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This week, Claire and Quinn lament on the endless influx of STUFF that children seem to magically manifest in your home. From mysterious bouncy balls to apple juice containers full of sand to fantasies of cleansing fires, they explore the anxiety and dread created by attempting to manage the unmanageable (spoiler alert: yeah, recycling isn't real. Have a great day!)
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This week, Claire and Quinn unpack the often messy, often thankless job of solo parenting while your partner is away.
We cover why you should never, EVER call your partner with "options" while the kids are listening, the cursed timing of arriving home during bedtime (just drive a few extra laps around the block, seriously), the myth that missing your kids "firsts" will somehow lead them to a life of crime, dinner standards when flying solo, and why lowering expectations is really the best parenting and life hack.
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Claire's 2019 New York Times article "How Parents Who Travel for Work Can Ease the Burden on Their Families"Follow us:
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This week, Claire and Quinn take a break (mostly) from their existential dread to talk about the awkward, hilarious world of music and parenting. From deciding if Freak Like Me is appropriate for the carpool to facepalming when your kid asks if Beyoncé is still alive, they navigate the terrain of what we listen to, what our kids listen to, and whether or not taking your child to see The Weeknd is a terrible idea.
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This week, Claire and Quinn dive into the messy reality of all the different ways we cope with parenting, while everything else is happening.
From that stomach-dropping moment when your kid asks you "Did you get a call from school?" to balancing mental health with the news cycle, they explore how we all find ways to survive (medication, therapy, weed, wine, exercise, whatever) when our bandwidth is maxed out.
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This week, Claire and Quinn explore the impossible question many parents are facing more frequently: how do you explain disasters, displacement, and uncertainty to your kids?
From the Los Angeles wildfires to home insurance nightmares to tornado drills in the basement, they tackle the tough conversations about our changing world and what we tell our children when there are no easy answers.
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This week Claire and Quinn dive into how the show got its name - the eternal parental struggle of "Not Right Now" - from TikTok bans and VPN-savvy kids to fighting for five minutes alone in the bathroom.
Plus: the special horror of watching your kids figure out technology faster than you, deep fakes in elementary school, your child calling out your control freak tendencies, and how we're all just trying to parent through gestures wildly at everything while maintaining some semblance of sanity.
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In our debut episode, Claire (Evil Witches) and Quinn (Important, Not Important) dive into the chaotic reality of raising tiny humans in these wild times.
From behavioral reflection forms and schoolyard diplomacy to the eternal question of "how many water bottles does one child need?", we explore the messy, hilarious, and occasionally terrifying truth about modern parenting.
Plus: why every parent should have friends who don't make you add "...but of course I love them!" to your rants, the special anxiety of raising boys who won't become supervillains, and the paradox of counting down to bedtime while simultaneously scrolling through baby photos.
A conversation for parents who know that both dreading dinner and cherishing every moment can be true at the same time.
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Not Right Now is a new podcast for parents navigating the impossible task of raising kids while *gestures wildly at everything*.
Join Quinn Emmett (Important, Not Important) and Claire Zulkey (Evil Witches) for honest conversations about parenting in an era of climate change, artificial intelligence, social media anxiety, all while trying to get your kid to just please put on their shoes.
From discussing how to talk to kids about the news without traumatizing them (or yourself), to debating the right age for a phone, to admitting that sometimes the best parenting happens when you're hiding in the pantry eating handfuls of trail mix for dinner- Quinn and Claire bring humor, empathy, and real talk to the wild adventure of raising tiny humans in these chaotic times.
Because being a good parent doesn't mean having all the answers - it means figuring it out together, one "not right now" at a time.
Join us every week, wherever you get your podcasts.
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