Parenting Porcupines

Parenting Porcupines

Kasie Whitener , Jessica Ethridge, Melissa Couture, Alex Thornton

Episodes 65
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Dormant
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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About This Podcast

Libertarian Moms (and Dads) talk about raising our children by teaching them not to hurt people or take their stuff, how to think not what to think, and that taxation is theft. Unofficially associated with the South Carolina Libertarian Party. Politics, parenting, and free-range day-drinking.

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Special Episode: The Afternoon Drive with Nicole Sanchez Part 2

Feb 08, 2025 39m

Sometimes Kasie Whitener sits in for Fran Halloran on The Afternoon Drive with Keven Cohen on 100.7 The Point, local talk radio in Columbia, S.C. In this episode, she interviews Nicole Sanchez, South…

Special Episode: The Afternoon Drive with Nicole Sanchez Part 1

Feb 08, 2025 39m

Sometimes Kasie Whitener sits in for Fran Halloran on The Afternoon Drive with Keven Cohen on 100.7 The Point, local talk radio in Columbia, S.C. In this episode, she interviews Nicole Sanchez, South…

What's Good for the Goose Should be Good for the Gandler

Nov 10, 2023 34m

This link (and a google search) and you’ll get the gender-neutral definition of the phrase: what is okay for one person to do, should be good for another. But the “goose” is the female and the…

"R" is for Revolution

Nov 10, 2023 50m

People are protesting in France and we have a different take on this. Let’s talk about the Supreme Court decisions and checks and balances and where we stand in terms of the need for revolution. If…

Murdaugh, Murdaugh, Murdaugh

Nov 10, 2023 35m

Photo by NEOSiAM 2021 on Pexels.comIn Season 4, Ep 3, we talked about the death of Mallory Beach, and how we use the story as a cautionary tale to talk to our kids about being careful of the company…

Get in the Game!

Nov 10, 2023 29m

Photo by Tara Winstead on Pexels.comSo it’s been a while since we did a live show and that’s because some crazy shit has gone down in the last few weeks. We went to the Libertarian Party national…

Back to School - Shit Show that it is

Nov 10, 2023 53m

Most districts have been back at school for nearly two months now. Are your kids in-person or virtual, and what has the experience been like so far?How are your schools handling contact?Are we better…

There is No More Normal, New or Otherwise

Nov 10, 2023 34m

COVID is still a thing and yet I’m always a little startled when someone says they’ve tested positive or that they’ve been exposed. Sometime back in 2021 someone said we would learn to live with it…

Don't Tread on my Uterus

Nov 10, 2023 34m

South Carolina is one of the States that has been in the news in recent months. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade there were several states who decided that they should legislatively place controls…

Social Media Hysteria is becoming the new American pastime

Nov 10, 2023 37m

In Season 2, episode 2, way back in January 2021 – holy cow! – we talked about the Crisis Cycle and the way the media has trained us (like monkeys) to get hysterical about specific things for…

Death and Taxes

Nov 10, 2023 31m

Benjamin Franklin once said “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes”. With the 2021 tax deadline just behind us in our rearview mirrors it seems fitting to talk about the other…

The Sisterhood of Motherhood

Nov 10, 2023 41m

However rewarding, being a mom can at times feel overwhelming. Kids don’t come with instructions, but they do each come with their own unique and individual personalities. Navigating parenting…

Founding Motherhood

Nov 10, 2023 34m

As we were planning our episodes to celebrate Women’s History Month we wanted to devote one episode to our “Founding Mothers”. We hear a lot about the Founding Fathers, but we usually do not hear…

Sharing is Caring but you shouldn't have to

Nov 10, 2023 33m

Every mom who’s sent kids to government-run schools has had the valentine’s day card exchange challenge. Buy a box, get the class list, fill them all out, attach a candy, and send them on the school…

The Rage Cycle

Nov 10, 2023 42m

The story begins with all the buzz around Sound of Freedom, a film released by a small(er) studio called Angel Studios, that made use of social media in a uniquely dishonest way. There were two…

"C" is for Criminal Justice Reform

Nov 10, 2023 40m

(Jess) If you read my campaign interviews or met me on the campaign trail you most likely heard mention of my father. From a very early age (probably 5 or 6 years old) he began including me in…

Jesus was the OG libertarian

Nov 10, 2023 30m

Growing up many of us were taught that there are three things you don’t discuss in mixed company: 1. Politics, 2. Religion, and 3. Football. Living in the Social Media age, those are no longer taboo…

Mother may I?

Nov 10, 2023 41m

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.comOccupational licensing is the process which one must go through to be permitted to perform specific services. The idea behind occupational licensing is to have…

Gender Equality and the Pay Gap

Nov 10, 2023 35m

During our time off Jessica made an appearance on “Mr. ‘Murica, The Bearded Truth” with Jason Lyon over on Muddied Waters Media to have a discussion about empowering women. It was a pretty lively…

All Big Tents Have Clowns

Nov 10, 2023 33m

Photo by Sachin Bharti on Pexels.comThe Libertarian Party is a big tent. Someone told me last week he thinks everyone’s a libertarian, they just don’t know it. The Party appealed to me (Kasie)…

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