Episodes 242
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (211)
Since Oct 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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You know when you talk to your friends about your childhood and end it by saying, "But look at us, we're fine!" Here's my question: Are we fine? Because we're sitting here doused in CBD oil under a weighted blanket recording a podcast called Parenting is a Joke. Each week, host and standup Ophira Eisenberg talks to a different comedian about their career and their kids. Conversations tackle the tooth fairy, eating sticks, summer camp anxiety, the hidden horrors of childbirth, and the obvious horrors of our own childhoods. We celebrate the absurdity of shuffling a career with raising a kid, and highlight less traditional parenthood journeys, all while relishing in the fact that no one knows what they're doing, but we're all trying! Sometimes even our best. New episodes every Tuesday. New Season October 1st.

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S4E453 That’s What The Job Is with Jenny Hagel

Jun 09, 2026 29m

Jenny Hagel returns to Parenting Is a Joke to talk about the strange moral gray zones of raising decent kids while also living in the real world, from teaching a 12-year-old when swearing is funny…

S4E452 Jenny Hagel Gives Great Advice (That I Asked For)

Jun 02, 2026 53m

Jenny Hagel joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about parenting through big feelings, awkward questions, creative careers, and the strange emotional math of raising boys while working in comedy. Jenny…

S4E451 Megan Gailey Adds Another Member to the Team

May 26, 2026 40m

When comedian and writer Megan Gailey joins Parenting Is a Joke, she and Ophira compare notes on raising kids while working as touring stand-ups, including the strange reality that dad comics are…

S4E450 Telling Great Stories with Christine Walters

May 19, 2026 31m

In this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg talks with Christine Walters—comedian, former TV development executive, and creator of Three Day Champion—about building a creative life that…

S4E449 Christine Walters is an Everyday Champion Mom

May 12, 2026 46m

In this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg opens with a very real parenting milestone—her 10-year-old son requesting “the talk”, leading to a blunt, anatomy-first explanation that…

S4E448 Taking Care of Mama with Corey Ryan Forrester

May 05, 2026 28m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Corey Ryan Forrester talks about recalibrating a 22-year stand-up career around raising his almost three-year-old son, after years of touring 45 weeks a year…

S4E447 Corey Ryan Forrester Solves It All With Build-A-Bear

Apr 28, 2026 41m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg talks with comedian and podcaster Corey Ryan Forrester about raising a three-year-old in Chickamauga, Georgia while maintaining a demanding…

S4E446 The Parent Trap with Ahri Findling

Apr 21, 2026 35m

In this follow-up Parenting Is a Joke episode, Ophira Eisenberg and comedian Ahri Findling zero in on the strange overlap between parenting, comedy, and creative identity, starting with Findling’s…

S4E445 Ahri Findling is An Emotional Support Dad

Apr 14, 2026 45m

Ophira Eisenberg opens this Parenting Is a Joke episode with a vivid, slightly unhinged comparison between riding Hagrid’s Motorbike Adventure at Universal and the physical intensity of having her…

S4E444 Laurie Kilmartin Parents From the Green Room

Apr 07, 2026 41m

This episode of Parenting Is a Joke revisits Ophira Eisenberg’s conversation with comedian Laurie Kilmartin who recently wrote for the Academy Awards. They talk about  the realities of parenting a…

S4E443 Good Mom, Bad Puppy with Ashley Austin Morris

Mar 31, 2026 48m

In this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg revisits a favorite conversation with actor and comedian Ashley Austin Morris recorded while Morris was four months pregnant and still…

S4E442 Writing Horoscopes for Tiny Terrors with Johanna Gohmann

Mar 24, 2026 40m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg talks with author and humor writer Johanna Gohmann about her new book, All Toddlers Are Scorpios, an astrological guide that reframes toddler…

S4E441 Johanna Gohmann Declares All Toddlers Are Scorpios

Mar 17, 2026 52m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg sits down with humor writer Johanna Gohmann to talk about raising a teenage son while building a comedy writing career that includes pieces in…

S4E440 Raising Responsible Subway Riders with Gideon Evans

Mar 10, 2026 38m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, writer and podcaster Gideon Evans joins Ophira Eisenberg to talk about raising subway-riding kids in New York while building a creative life that has required…

S4E439 Gideon Evans Confronts Mickey Mouse

Mar 02, 2026 44m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg talks with writer and producer Gideon Evans about raising two teenagers while building a career in comedy that’s ricocheted from scrappy…

S4E438 Durable Gladness with Annabelle Gurwitch

Feb 24, 2026 33m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg continues her conversation with Annabelle Gurwitch, focusing on community, money, anxiety, and what parenting looks like when your child is…

S4E437 Annabelle Gurwitch is Just Trying to Eat, Pray, Live Story

Feb 17, 2026 42m

On this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg talks with writer, performer, and memoirist Annabelle Gurwitch about parenting an adult child while still actively shaping a creative life…

S4E436 Jon Fisch Explains Why Bedtime Is the Deadline

Feb 10, 2026 36m

In this second conversation with Jon Fisch, Ophira Eisenberg and Jon settle into the daily mechanics of parenting two young kids while maintaining a working stand-up career, from navigating December…

S4E435 Jon Fisch Has Enough Stuffies

Feb 03, 2026 37m

In this episode of Parenting Is a Joke, Ophira Eisenberg sits down with longtime friend and comedian Jon Fisch to talk about becoming the parent he always knew he wanted to be—just not in the order…

S4E434 Star Wars Gave Phuc Tran a Way to Relate

Jan 27, 2026 33m

In this episode, Ophira Eisenberg reconnects with author, dad, and tattoo artist Phuc Tran for a conversation that zigzags from Star Wars as a childhood lifeline to parenting philosophies shaped by…

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