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Fake the Nation
Tariff Talk (w/ Katie Compa & Allison Raskin)
Today, we're discussing the complicated feelings we have when a celebrity loses weight, how swearing is linked to pain tolerance, and what's going on with the Fyre Festival. We'll dip into politics with some tariff and Tesla talk! Today's panel is made up of stand-up comedian, Katie Compa, and relationship coach and author, Allison Raskin!——Thank you to this week’s sponsors:Found Banking - Open a Found account for FREE at Found.com/FAKETHENATION. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Piermont Bank, Member FDIC. Don’t put this o...
2025-03-13
41 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 63: Michelle D (Episode 49)
Katie and Raquel follow up with Katie's coworker Michelle about the struggle bus, preschool, axolotls, summer camp, keeping things alive, boundaries, and being prepared for motherhood. (music: mindyraf.com)
2025-02-17
1h 08
Fake the Nation
Turn This Feminist On! (w/ Katie Compa & Jenn Harris and Greg Proops & Andrew Ti)
Happy week of Memorial Day - to celebrate, we're sharing a few wonderful conversations we had in the backlog! First up, Katie Compa and Jenn Harris join in conversation to discuss what role food plays in their relationships. And then, Greg Proops and Andrew Ti discuss a tennis club friendship conundrum.——Thank you to this week’s sponsors:Paired - Connect with your partner every day using Paired. Head to Paired.com/FakeTheNation to get a 7-day free trial and 25% off if you sign up for a subscription. A happier relationship starts here!Rocket M...
2024-05-30
28 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 62: LaKendra Tookes (Episode 50)
Katie and Raquel catch up with comic, actress and radio host LaKendra Tookes about therapy, ghostings, pandemic dating, cohabitating and building a future in an unstable present. (music: mindyraf.com)
2024-05-20
1h 04
Fake the Nation
Be Hot or Die Ugly (w/ Katie Compa & Jenn Harris)
Today, we're talking about the news surrounding The Golden Bachelor, the resurgence of tanning beds, a fun new program from the Biden administration, AI generated dead folks, and of course we'll be discussing puppy slayers in politics. To talk about all of these topics is this week's panel, which includes stand-up comedian, Katie Compa, as well as director, writer and actress, Jenn Harris!——Thank you to this week’s sponsors:Miracle Brand - Go to TryMiracle.com/FAKETHENATION and use the code "FAKETHENATION" to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF.Prose ...
2024-05-02
41 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 61: Abbi Crutchfield (Episode 31)
Katie and Raquel catch up with Abbi Crutchfield to talk about folding t-shirts, positive touch points, adult ADHD, Mary Poppins, and forging new paths. (music: mindyraf.com)
2024-04-08
53 min
A Couple of N3rds
Katie Compa talks CGI Lizards, The Curse of being in Metallica, and a Baked Pilsbury Doughboy!
Send us a textNYC-based comedian and all around fantastic human Katie Compa joins us for some chitchat and trivia!Support the showWebsite: http://acoupleofn3rds.comInstagram: @acoupleofn3rdsEmail: hello@acoupleofn3rds.comLive shows every Tuesday 7-9pm at Brick House in Amherst, NY and every Wednesday 6-8pm at Spotted Octopus in Buffalo, NY!
2024-01-16
51 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 60: Mindy Raf (Episode 42)
Katie and Raquel catch up with guest Mindy Raf about the societal bullseye, acceptance in community, non-monogamy, holding in farts, and our evolving longitudinal study. (music: mindyraf.com!)
2024-01-07
1h 00
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 59: Jen Dziura (Episode 2)
Katie and Raquel catch up with their second-ever Kid/Life Crisis guest, Jen Dziura, about memes, work schedules, boulders in the gas tank, looking at a bird, online preschool, "mom," swear words and feminism. Check out GetBullish.com! (music: mindyraf.com)
2023-10-14
1h 07
Kid/Life Crisis
Ophira Eisenberg (Episode 19)
On this episode, Raquel and Katie get up to date with comedian, author, and radio/podcast host Ophira Eisenberg about switching identities, acceptable risk, her birth story, the obsolescence of toys, and figuring it all out. (music: mindyraf.com)
2023-08-24
1h 09
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 57: Heather Fink (Episode 43)
Katie and Raquel catch up with comedian and filmmaker Heather Fink, who last spoke with us five years ago (Ep. 43), about moving to (and dating in) Los Angeles, unions, eggs, partnerships, travel and more. (music: mindyraf.com)
2023-06-01
57 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 207: All Stars 8 Premiere - Whiskey Barns of the Rich & Famous
We're back back back back back back back back again, READERS! For the premiere of the 8th(!) All Stars season, it's family as Kyle has Katie and Sharron at an IRL Shade Table to talk egg whites in a bag, Katie's jet setting ways, Sharron's fascination with artifice, deeply offensive velvets and our thoughts on the opening episode (and twist!) of All Stars 8, "The Fame Games". Cashews is back on our screens! (music: bensound.com)
2023-05-17
1h 04
Kid/Life Crisis
NEW update for listeners
Per a listener request, we'll do a handful of new episodes coming up (we won't even attempt to promise a schedule or number, as we both still have ADHD and there is an Adderall shortage!) following up with past guests. Plus new theme song by Mindy Raf! http://www.mindyraf.com
2023-05-17
01 min
Twisted Cupid Podcast
'Found 8 Pairs Of Used Thongs In My Boyfriend's Bag' W Katie Compa & Abigail Nolan
Weekly Podcast with weird dating questions from the internet answered by comics! Ask Questions or Comment live! This Week's Guests: w/ Katie Compa & Abigail Nolan Hosted by Suzanne Lea Shepherd & Jake Vevera Write your questions to loveguruspodcast@yahoo.com or listen live on youtube every Thursday at 8:30PM EST
2022-07-08
1h 17
Baking With Boos
Religious Aerobics and Shaving Asparagus
Welcome back, Boo Crew! In this week’s episode we’re kicking things off with some Shaved Asparagus Salad made by moi. The theme of this month’s menu is Backyard BBQ (but healthier). Starting off strong with this fresh, simple salad that’s gluten free and full of flavor. A few minutes of prep time and you’ve got yourself an easy dish to bring to a summer cookout. As for our story, Bree is telling us about Santa Compaña. “The Santa Compaña ("Holy Company") is a deep-rooted mythical belief in rural northwest of Iberia: Galicia, Asturias (Spai...
2022-06-14
46 min
Fake the Nation
Fancy College is a Fancy Scam (w/ Danielle Durchslag and Katie Compa)
This week, Negin is joined by Danielle Durchslag and Katie Compa on the panel, and the three discuss Elizabeth Warren's strategies for winning in November and offer their own strategies on how to win. Then, they discuss the importance of "Are we sharing boyfriends" Facebook groups and talk about the implications of a New York Times article titled Rags to Riches Stories are Actually Kinda Disturbing. ——Thank you to this week’s sponsors:Athletic Greens - Use this link for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first p...
2022-04-21
51 min
We Don't Even Know
WDEK Election Day Special Ep. 86 - Part 4: Katie Compa, Brad Lauretti, Nimesh Patel, Maggy Adeleye & John Early - 11/3/20
In our final edition, Part 4 of the WDEK Election Special Episode, comedian Katie Compa shares with us ways she copes with ongoing Election Day anxieties. Musician Brad Lauretti brings us the fire. We talk the John Lewis graphic novel, existential threats & good people believing false propaganda. He gives us his Election Day predictions along with performing his song Dumb It Down. Find out how comedian & weed smoker Nimesh Patel's father voted on the NJ legalize marijuana referendum. Have you ever heard of the Indian beverage bhang? Let Nimesh and Shona...
2021-01-18
1h 00
Season 12 – Deep Night with Dale
Deep Night Season 12: Katie Compa
Dale dials up the always insightful comedian Katie Compa for a check in during quarantine. Katie reports on dwindling snack levels, the collapsing barriers between outdoor and indoor clothes, and how to successfully work from home, something she’s been doing for years. Dale and Katie just missed each other in San Francisco, which is where...
2020-04-09
00 min
Fake the Nation
Any F*cking Clown 2020 (w/ Katie Compa, Gastor Almonte)
Katie Compa and Gastor Almonte join Negin to break down the best and worst moments of Wednesday's Debate and weigh in on Trump’s Pardons. They also talk about what it takes to be a female lead in today's cinematic landscape. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-02-20
56 min
The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
Structuring Self-Care
Curt and Katie talk about structuring self-care into your business practices. We look at how to incorporate self-care best practices into the way you build your work day. We also talk about common challenges to taking this advice. It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.In this episode we talk about: Creating a cohesive plan for self-care in al...
2020-02-10
37 min
Fake the Nation
The Empathy Drain (Matt Gourley, Vicky Kuperman, Ashley England, Katie Compa)
This Thanksgiving, Negin talks with Matt Gourley and Vicky Kuperman about the decline of American happiness, and Turkey Day traditions with Ashley England and Katie Compa. This episode is sponsored by UNCOMMITTED: Iowa 2020 podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2019-11-28
41 min
Whoops
Episode 16: "Stealing is Gross" with Katie Compa
This week NYC-based comedian Katie Compa joins Mary Jay and Holly to share stories of shoplifting, European romances gone wrong, and why you can't file for unemployment benefits while you're vacationing on an island! Check out Katie's new comedy album "Hard Pass" and follow her on all social media @katiecompa! You can find us @whoopspod on Twitter and Facebook, @whoopspodcast on Instagram, and at whoopspodcast.com. Remember to subscribe, rate, and review.
2019-11-13
00 min
The Lou Cappetta Show
Ep. 52, A Hard Pass For Weinstein with Comedian Katie Compa
Comedian Katie Compa is our guest this week to talk about her hilarious comedy album “Hard Pass” (which reached number 1 on iTunes), dirtbag Harvey Weinstein showing his face in NYC, her journey in comedy, and what she plans to do next!
2019-11-06
58 min
Fake the Nation
A Good Opportunity to Boo! (w/ Ashley England, Katie Compa)
Negin is joined by comedians Ashley England and Katie Compa to discuss mass protests, what’s going on in the White House, and Facebook’s proposed launch of a digital currency. This episode is sponsored by GovMint (call 1-888-201-7082). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2019-10-31
53 min
Weed + Grub
Stand Up & Love Letters from a Swedish Jail with Katie Compa
Katie Compa (Hard Pass) smokes a joint with Mike and Mary Jane, and they gab about watching comedy while having sex, self-driving cars, how we're doing homework for robots, meaningful relationships through Skype, and Veronica Mars. GIVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW / SMOKE & SKYPE YOUR LOVER / VALHALLA: LET THE LADIES IN Music by Jesse Case Weed+Grub IG Weed+Grub Facebook Katie Compa Katie Compa IG Shoogies: Elevate Your Everyday Goldleaf for Cannabis Enthusiasts Magical Butter (enter code WEEDANDGRUB for 20% off at...
2019-10-16
1h 14
The JV Club with Janet Varney
Katie Compa
Comedian Katie Compa ("Hard Pass”) joins JV for a chew about Swedish culture, “mean girl” friendships and the mysterious spelling of “Bamf.” Hosted by Janet Varney Edited by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.
2019-10-10
1h 06
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 148: Season 11, Episode 12
READERS! It's a family reunion at the Shade Table as Kyle, Sharron and Katie retake their places and mics to talk Kyle tendencies, Sharron’s drag padding, and play Hotep Pyramid (NOT explained by Dr. Katie Ganache). AND, Season 11, Episode 12: Queens Everywhere!(music: bensound.com)
2019-05-21
1h 34
Two Wick Minimum with Selena Coppock
Episode 10: Katie Compa - Male Tears
In the season 1 finale of Two Wick Minimum, producer Katie Compa steps out from behind the flame to talk with Selena about embarking on her brand-new candle journey, including candle surgery, judging vanilla, burning money, short-term memory, and getting it together to get into candles. (music: bensound.com)
2019-01-22
30 min
I Love TV More Than You
Episode 35: Veronica Mars Season 1 With Katie Compa
Katie Compa is a friend of Sue Funke's from a long time ago. On today's podcast they take it to the 'obsessed with Veronica Mars' level. Listen as these two comedian pals guide you through the highs and lows of a show you may never have seen because of awkward marketing.
2018-04-11
00 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Update for listeners
Raquel recently joined the writing team at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, so we're unexpectedly back on hiatus! We'll keep you updated on when we'll record new episodes! Sign up for email updates at kidlifecrisis.com
2018-04-01
01 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 56: Laura Norkin
Katie and Raquel sit down with Laura Norkin, writer and editor with a focus on parenting, to discuss being raised under a red pen, Thomas the Tank Engine (and Percy), lying to our children, nipple confusion, and inner voices. (music: www.bensound.com)
2018-03-07
58 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 55: Marcella Arguello
Standup comic Marcella Arguello once wanted to be a schoolteacher with six children. While helping raise her nieces and nephews and focusing on comedy, she swore off the idea of kids, but decided recently that it could be great. We talk about experience with kids, falling in and out of love, strict parents, being Latina and child-free (so far), Uma Thurman, and how men are dumb. (music: bensound.com)
2018-01-17
59 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 100: Scared Famous & Meet the All-Stars 3!
READERS! Sharron, Kyle and Katie reunite at the Shade Table to dish about VH1's new terrible show Scared Famous AND the forthcoming season of RPDR All-Stars 3! We're gooped, coughed and floamed about the AS3 queens and some of the ***SPOILERS*** we have in store, and we kick off our spinoff podcast, Two Whole-Ass Black People And A Katie. (music: bensound.com)
2017-11-01
1h 29
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 54: Anathea Simpkins
Katie and Raquel chat with Anathea Simpkins about growing up in Miami and on Cape Cod, raising children in New York, divorce, IVF, bleeding gums, and owning a cabin. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-08-25
1h 07
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 99: NOT our greatest hits
READERS, Kyle, Katie and Sharron gather around a Business Shade Table to talk about their recent field trip to see Alaska and Jeremy in On Golden Girls, Katie's visit to a psychic, "centipedes in my vagina" meme, and Kyle's near-death experience in Episode 99. At the end we ask: do you have favorite TSOIA moments? Slide into our various DMs and tell us what they are! (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-08-15
1h 01
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 53: Babe Parker
Katie and Raquel talk with writer and comedian Babe Parker about mean girls, makeup, birth order, babysitting for Slash, animals and babies, and boundaries. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-08-10
1h 00
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 52: Irene McGee follow-up
Katie and Raquel sit down for their first follow-up episode with Irene McGee, who's come a long way since episode 15, raising her 18-month-old daughter Renie in New York City with her "nusband." (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-07-27
1h 01
I Love TV More Than You
Episode 2: Katie Compa Talks Rachel Maddow, Murphy Brown, and I Love Lucy
Comedian Katie Compa discusses her favorite TV morments from I Love Lucy to Mad Men to That 70s Show, see if you can find the common theme! Please subscribe and review, and talkback to the podcast at @iluvtvmorethanu on Twitter or TheSueFunke on all social media.
2017-07-12
00 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 51: Anonymous
We talk with our first anonymous guest about avoiding her mother, being a doula, psychedelics, relationships, gender, and Duran Duran. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-06-29
1h 06
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 50: LaKendra Tookes
This week, Katie and Raquel talk with comic, actress and writer LaKendra Tookes (follow her on Instagram, America!) about SNL, Drake, Scary Spice, insta-vestigations, being Southern, young parents, being a white guy magnet, wanting children, and being part of the village. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-06-14
1h 06
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 49: Michelle D
Katie and Raquel chat with Katie's coworker Michelle, in town after recently moving across the country solo to start a family. We discuss support networks, Kandinsky references, donor interviews, Grade AA eggs, pregnancy, and taking the leap. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-06-04
1h 04
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 48: Pushy Muldowney
Katie and Raquel sit down with Katie "Pushy" Muldowney to talk about roller derby, crows’ feet, grad school, freakout babies, Orange is the New Black, #TheDress, and Baron von Dogpants, dog of science. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-05-17
57 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 47: Irene Morales
Katie and Raquel talk with comedian Irene Morales about being from Miami, her prima hermana, growing up with an autistic sibling, therapy, and My Monkey Baby. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-05-04
1h 06
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 46: Sharron Paul
Katie and Raquel welcome Sharron Paul, standup comic, actress and cohost of Katie’s other podcast, to tell us about growing up as part of an extended family (including Team Sameface), emergency nannying, thinking with her uterus, cat fights, bologna, and LendingSnatch.com. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-04-20
57 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 45: Anita Flores
Anita Flores joins Katie and Raquel this week to talk panic IUDs, the Miracle of Life video, recovering from surgery, the All About Me doll, rude kids, effortless vomiting, and saying I love you. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-04-05
57 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 44: Lauren Vino
Katie and Raquel chat with comedian and dad blogger (really!) Lauren Vino about fighting in public, parents who are still married, her dad's band practice, babysitting, breaking an engagement, platonic parenting, and her type. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-03-23
57 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 43: Heather Fink
Katie and Raquel sit down with comedian and filmmaker Heather Fink to discuss middle-school makeovers, the meaning of family, women on set, and why/why not on having kids. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-03-09
49 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 42: Mindy Raf
Katie and Raquel chat with comedian, author, middle child and Michigander Mindy Raf about hormones, being engaged to a Croatian, handling ambivalence about kids, and nightmares about Mike Pence conversion camp. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-02-09
55 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 41: Leighann Lord
Katie and Raquel welcome first post-election guest Leighann Lord, comic, author, podcaster, host, and daughter-on-call. We talk about role reversal, wanderlust, being raised feminist (by a mom who wasn’t), maternal instinct, Golden Girls roommates, our Hogwarts houses, and glass-half-empty living. (music: www.bensound.com)
2017-01-25
1h 01
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 40: The Episode that Sucks
For their first episode back, Katie and Raquel sit down with each other to debrief over the last few months' whirlwind of travel, world political developments, decisions and babies. (And introducing the new "Live Diaper Change" segment, featuring our special guest host, Raquel's second baby!) (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-12-15
39 min
Ghosted Stories
Ep. 7: An International Ghosting w/ Katie Compa
This week on Ghosted Stories, Chelsea (@thechelseawhite) and Erin (@erinleafe) chat with comedian & writer Katie Compa (@katiecompa) about an international ghosting! Plus, we get really real with Topical Sh** this week and unpack the results of the Presidential election and how it affected us emotionally as women. SO if you don’t want to pick that scab skip to 16:25! And, we read a listener email. Email us your ghosted stories, dating questions and concerns to ghostedstoriespodcast@gmail.com and we may feature them in a future episode! Follow us on Twitter @GhostedStories and Instagram @GhostedStoriesPodcast. Boo!
2016-11-17
00 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 39: Kat Burdick
Raquel and Katie chat with comedian Kat Burdick about Who Wants to be a Millionaire, growing up a military brat, getting kicked out at 17, a better husband than none at all, and having her own grandchild. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-09-29
1h 01
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 72: All-Stars 2, Episode 4 - East Coast Episode
READERS, dueling episodes this week as Sharron and Kyle wear the shahhhhhh and recap the twist-filled, script-flipping All-Stars 2, Episode 4: Drag Movie She-quels! (Katie is in LA-- stay tuned for a BONUS episode with the OG TSOIA cast of Dad, Katie, and Janine!) The NYC Shade Table talks Sharron's EGOT, LOGO's unedited clapback, Phi Phi, Beyonce Del Rio, and the latest tea from live viewings with the queens. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-09-21
1h 20
Kid/Life Crisis
A quick update for regular listeners!
Hi, listeners! Raquel has just pushed a small human out of her body so our scheduling has been thrown off, but we're planning to get back to business as soon as the new baby can sleep through the night. In the meantime, don't forget to pre-order Raquel's book, titled Welcome to the Club, from your favorite bookseller!
2016-09-16
01 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 38: Lauren Maul
Katie and Raquel talk with Lauren Maul, comedian, composer and cat lady, about managing chronic pain, growing up in small-town Nebraska, sharing privilege, and the clean-up song. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-09-01
53 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 37: Luke Younger
Katie and Raquel talk with Luke Younger (only the second guy to do the podcast, because his struggle is real!) about the first six months, being in commercials, watching the birth of his son, being an older brother, and preparing for having two kids under two. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-08-17
1h 02
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 67: All-Stars 2 Trailer Minisode!
READERS, Sharron, Katie and Kyle gather at the Shade Table for a summer 'cast before Sharron and Katie go away JUST LIKE KYLE'S FATHER! CAUTION: Potential spoilers abound as we (well, Kyle) Nancy Drew our way through the All-Stars 2 trailer and discuss dick pics vs. ass shots, the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, and Aubrey O'Day. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-08-11
45 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 36: Jennifer Leigh
Katie and Raquel sit down with Katie’s college friend Jennifer Leigh. For years she leaned against having kids because of a demanding job and genetic concerns, but inspired by her best friends’ examples, the pendulum swung the other way; she decided that she wants to be a mom, and froze her eggs— a.k.a. a “call option” on a child. (music: bensound.com)
2016-08-03
1h 04
The Whormones Podcast
Whormones Podcast Ep50- Panty Sludge with Katie Compa
Chatting with Katie Compa this week. Katie is a member of the Lady Parts Justice League and the co-creator of kid/life crisis (a podcast about a life with or without a baby in your 30s). Today we covered all sports of current events, from the battle of the khloe/chloe to Milania Trump at the RNC to underwear sludge. And of course the conclusion of the story from last week out of Just the Tips, by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky. twitter @katiecompa Katiecompa.com Kidlifecrisis.com Make sure you check out our new sponsor, Adult Empire and get 30% off: h...
2016-07-22
57 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 35: Jessica Delfino
Katie and Raquel talk with NYC comedian, singer, ukelelist and entrepreneur Jessica Delfino about blind dates, VHS movies, jail, Mary Poppins, Craiglist, nunneries, and points of reference for our lives. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-07-20
59 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 34: Rebecca Vigil
Katie and Raquel sit down with NYC musical improviser Rebecca Vigil to talk about about growing up between two families, winning $100,000, Camp Unwanted, rolling the dice on birth control, and happy childhoods. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-07-06
58 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 33: Emily Flake
Raquel and Katie speak with New Yorker cartoonist and author Emily Flake about the battle for sleep, white lies, Sam Goody, cavities, becoming an aunt at 13, and the wave that waits for all of us. Buy her new book Mama Tried! (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-06-22
59 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 32: Meghann Foye
Katie and Raquel sit down with magazine editor and book author Meghann Foye to discuss the online melee around her article in the NY Post, the gig economy, women vs. women, freezing her eggs, and being in the right place to have a family. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-06-09
50 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 31: Abbi Crutchfield
Katie and Raquel sit down with comic and actress Abbi Crutchfield to talk about being married to another comic, Home Alone, healthy living, confidence, conflict avoidance, and Baby Cobra. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-05-25
46 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 30: Tovah Close
Katie and Raquel speak with actor and dialect coach Tovah Close about small-town Oklahoma, the NYC performer hustle, waitressing during the impending apocalypse, nannying, singleton babies, Raquel’s second kid, and story hour for adults. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-05-11
58 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 29: Caitlin Loughlin
Raquel and Katie chat with Caitlin Loughlin, a former entomologist and schoolteacher, about going through a cancer diagnosis as a teenager, dissecting grasshoppers, Jimmy John's, army ants, day care, and mosquito abatement. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-04-28
53 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 28: Adira Amram
Katie and Raquel talk with NYC musical comedian/singer Adira Amram about Dutch Sesame Street, home births, growing up on a farm, downloading babies, karaoke, spray-on hair, and a killer quiche recipe. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-04-13
56 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 27: Blair Koenig
Blair Koenig, author and curator of the hilarious STFU, Parents blog, talks with Katie and Raquel about growing up in Atlanta, marrying her college pot dealer, living the Brooklyn hipster struggle, giving her mom a trophy baby, and feeling like trying for a baby is "throwing herself into a tornado," even though she's always wanted kids. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-03-30
51 min
The Bitch Seat
Katie Compa’s “Save the Chesapeake Bay” Piece
Katie Compa’s “Save the Chesapeake Bay” piece was never supposed to really see the light of day. It wasn’t until her father secretly submitted it to the local newspaper that it had it’s day in the sun. In fact they even started a children’s column because of it. While Katie became confident after discovering comedy, she […]
2016-03-20
00 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 26: Michelle Thaller
This week, Katie and Raquel get to talk with Dr. Michelle Thaller, a NASA astrophysicist and all-around coolest person we have ever met. We talk about growing up learning dairy science, space camp, the human race as a superorganism, equality in parenting, what we can’t not do in our lives, and accepting ourselves. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-03-16
55 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 25: Sadie Dingfelder
Katie and Raquel travel to DC to sit down with Sadie Dingfelder, reporter and writer for The Washington Post. We discuss earnest six-year-olds, going from zero to grandma, giving birth to kittens, face blindness, rebellion, and kids' birthday parties. (Music: www.bensound.com)
2016-03-02
46 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 24: Margaret Champagne
Katie and Raquel talk with actor and comic Maggie Champagne, who in the past week attended both a fertility doctor appointment and a baby shower, about planning to get pregnant at 40. We discuss escaping her small southern hometown, making it in New York, changing priorities, our deathbeds, and maternal (and paternal) instinct. (music: www.bensound.com)
2016-02-17
52 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 23: Tharanga Goonetilleke
Raquel and Katie talk with Tharanga Goonetilleke, a soprano opera singer and TED Fellow who’s expecting her second baby. Tharanga grew up in Sri Lanka before coming to the U.S. to pursue her musical education. We hear about her first day of school on September 11, and discuss being a brown person in the opera house, real talk about labor & delivery, being pregnant and caring for a toddler while physically incapacitated and only allowed Tylenol, and living your life as you like. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-12-23
59 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 22: Bailie & Debbie Slevin
Katie and Raquel sit down with a mother and daughter, Debbie and Bailie Slevin, to discuss Debbie’s new book, UnPregnant Pause: Where Are the Babies? We talk about bad marriages, grandpugs, Sheryl Sandberg, choice moms, passing on dating, unfair biology, asshole doctors, and validating— and celebrating— new generations’ choices. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-12-09
1h 06
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 21: Vicky Kuperman
Katie and Raquel sit down with NYC comic Vicky Kuperman, a newlywed whose GYN, upon learning she was engaged, changed her tune to “you’d make a great mom!” We talk baby pushers, happy marriages, the monotony of pickup and dropoff, advice for women in their twenties, attachment parents, Vicky’s #flawless hair and skin, and things that are *not* our favorite. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-11-25
1h 01
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 20: Katherine Williams
Katie and Raquel talk with NYC comic Katherine Williams, who’s trying for a baby with her comedian husband (of whom we are big fans). Katherine tells us about growing up a shy tomboy, suddenly losing her mom at 14, and her recent miscarriage; we discuss raising a daughter, staying in the comedy mix, Murphy Brown, and the voice in Raquel’s head. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-11-11
57 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 52: Season 4 RUVEALED Episode 10
Readers, this week Sharron, Katie and Max return to the Shade Table discussing Season 4, Episode 10: Dads I'd Like to Frock. We talk the return of Kenya Michaels, fuck sticks, Kegels & Eggos, being distracted by butts, Bareback Dads, pulled sugar, and Katie's recent concussion. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-10-30
37 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 19: Ophira Eisenberg
This week, Raquel and Katie chat with comedian, author, and host of NPR’s Ask Me Another, Ophira Eisenberg, who's imminently expecting her first child. We talk being forced to prioritize, primary caretaking, the Finnish birth box, women’s place in society, a destructive idiot vs. a manipulative bitch, uber births, champagne and oysters in the delivery room, and Saw. (music:www.bensound.com)
2015-10-28
51 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 18: Jason Jude Hill
Raquel and Katie talk with their first male guest: Jason Jude Hill, who founded a film company, GrumpyFILMS, with his husband and business partner. We talk aspiring to be DINKs, coming out (both as gay, and as child-free), caring for a bag of flour, and maintaining friendships with your friends who have kids— and building friendships with kids themselves. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-10-14
48 min
We Don't Even Know
Ep. 36: Katie Compa, Har Mar Superstar, Joyelle Nicole Johnson - Sept. 22, 2015
What a show! Christian is back and elevates his singing performance thanks to our guest co-host Katina Corrao's vocal chops last month. Shonali gives a candid account of her first ever bachelorette party and shares visuals with our guests. Our first guest is comedian Katie Compa who tells a chilling tale about a wedding speech, her first time on stage as a stand-up, and uses the word "yammer." One of her comedy shows is called Dudes Being Dudes Being Dudes! Musician Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillmann) is our second special guest. He doesn't have to have a day job and is cu...
2015-09-30
1h 26
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 17: Elizabeth Yuko
Raquel and Katie speak with reproductive bioethicist Elizabeth Yuko, Ph.D., who talks about living and studying in Ireland, female Viagra, artificial wombs, different types of motherhood, crowdfunding, Richard Simmons, bridesmaids, and baby showers. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-09-30
59 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 16: Miranda Forster
This week, Katie and Raquel talk with Miranda Forster, who’s going through the process of starting a family with her poker player wife. We talk babysitting (of course), George Michael, the sperm search, the Real Housewives, and loving your dogs less. (Music: www.bensound.com)
2015-09-16
55 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 15: Irene McGee
This week, Katie and Raquel sit down with Irene McGee to find out what happens when people stop being polite— and start getting pregnant. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) The comedian, writer, podcaster and former reality star talks about her great-great-grandfather Ira, Lyme disease, frowny faces, motherhood without marriage, building a one-woman show while pregnant, and her uterus’s favorite hobbies (endometriosis and knitting). (Music: www.bensound.com)
2015-09-02
44 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 14: Becky Yamamoto
Katie and Raquel chat with Becky Yamamoto, New York City comic and writer. We talk about fake babies, being married, only children, mail-order brides, Octo-mom porn, and hatchback Hyundais. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-08-19
42 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 13: Shonali Bhowmik
Raquel and Katie talk with Nashville native Shonali Bhowmik, a New York singer, filmmaker, actress, comic, playwright... (seriously, the list goes on). We talk about finding your tribe, defining success, being defensive (in a good way!), parents who listen, who'll be there for us when we're old, and each being on our own adventure.(music: www.bensound.com)
2015-08-05
50 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 12: Maude Bond
Raquel and Katie talk with college counselor Maude, who tells us all about growing up in small-town Tennessee as the youngest of four children, not joining the family funeral business, Barbie's Dream House vs. Barbie's Penthouse, coming around to liking kids (and having a partner who's "clucky" for one), and building her best life. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-07-22
51 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 11: Asie Mohtarez
Katie and Raquel visit with fellow standup comic Asie Mohtarez, who's expecting her first kid in December. We talk back-fat, boobs, burps, the pill, dating, parallel lives, and how to be a creative *and* a mom in New York. (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-07-08
48 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 10: Lauren Fahey
Katie and Raquel talk with Lauren Fahey, New York City schoolteacher and Katie’s current roommate, mere weeks before she leaves to move to London with her fiancé! Lauren tells us about growing up helping with her family’s day care, welcoming her younger sister to the family, and some classic teaching stories, interspersed with lots of discussion about Roald Dahl, Lauren’s French Canadian grand-mère, and what ostriches and dolphins have in common (which: yikes). (music: www.bensound.com)
2015-06-24
47 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 9: Beth Compa
Katie and Raquel sit down to chat with Katie’s younger sister, Beth Compa. A lawyer in New Orleans, Beth has always known she wants kids-- from mothering her Cabbage Patch Kids to babysitting. Over the occasional hiss of the air conditioner, we discuss princesses and castles, negotiating career and family, expectations vs. reality, Lionel Messi, and the parents’ impossible dream of drinking coffee and reading the paper, alone, for an hour. (Music: www.bensound.com)
2015-06-10
43 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 8: Nicole Cramer
Katie and Raquel sit down in midtown with high-powered business lady Nicole Cramer, who, when not running worldwide advertising creative teams, is constantly working on her own projects. We talk growing up with the actual Supermom, finding one’s passions (plural), dating (or not) in New York, raising a child in the internet age, baking her grandma's cookies, and advice for the next generation.
2015-05-27
48 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 7: Selena Coppock
Katie and Raquel talk with standup comedian and author Selena Coppock, who’s firmly in the no-kids camp. The youngest of three sisters, Selena is the only one without offspring, and she’s been defending her right to a childfree life to her family and friends (and even work acquaintances) ever since she decided to “go public.” We talk about DINKs, children as an acquired taste, working moms, high school, and the philosophy of deciding to decide.
2015-05-13
45 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 6: Jess Wood
It's back to the land of the childfree as Katie and Raquel chat with fellow New York City comedian Jess Wood, aka "Jess, our friend who got shot in a drive-by." Jess essentially raised herself (...and her mom) among the hippies in Los Angeles's Topanga Canyon, where she cut school, did drugs and ran with punk-rock kids, deadheads, and L.A. gangs before she began acting and doing comedy. We go delightfully off-topic as Raquel learns to differentiate Fred Segal from Fred Willard and recounts her glory days in Malibu, and the episode title reveals itself. Music: www.bensound.com
2015-04-29
52 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 5: Virginia Sole-Smith
Raquel and Katie with freelance writer Virginia Sole-Smith at her home in the Hudson Valley, where she lives with her husband and their adorable daughter, Violet. Virginia gives us the scoop on 18th-century fertility statistics, endometriosis, and working from home with a kid, and shares her own story of making her way through a medical emergency as a new mom. Check out Virginia's body of work via any or all (we recommend all!) of the following: Website (and articles!): virginiasolesmith.com Twitter: @v_solesmith Instagram: @v_solesmith Facebook.com/virginiasolesmith Music by bensound.com
2015-04-15
46 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 4: Leslie Russell
Katie and Raquel talk with Leslie Russell, Raquel's sister-in-law's sister-in-law (we promise this is the last time we interview Raquel's relatives for at least a while). Leslie is a wedding planner extraordinaire, and a VERY pregnant mom-extraordinaire-to-be (since we talked, she's delivered a baby girl)! We talk about subway etiquette, sleepwalking, relationships with and without kids, having an actual Supermom, and the scariest late-night Google searches.
2015-04-01
50 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 3: Melissa Friedman
Episode 3 - Melissa Friedman Katie and Raquel talk with Raquel's sister-in-law, Melissa Friedman, who with her husband runs a nonprofit theater company, Epic Theatre Ensemble (EpicTheatreEnsemble.org) in New York City, where they also happen to be raising their eight-year-old daughter, Imogen. We talk master plans, doing improv with a three-year-old, raising a feminist daughter in a sea of pink, handling the teen years (and whether it's possible), and watching her child develop from an offshoot of herself and her husband into her own person. Please LISTEN, LIKE, SHARE! Music by www.bensound.com
2015-03-18
47 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 2: Jennifer Dziura
Katie and Raquel talk with Jennifer Dziura of GetBullish.com, a website that provides business and career advice to young women and runs an annual conference (more info soon at BullishConference.com), and mother of an 11-month-old. We cover the "normal" symptoms of pregnancy, customized sonograms, personal boundaries, "the M-word," gender expectations and time management, and how best to to prepare for a baby in an expensive city--without waiting too long. Music by www.bensound.com
2015-03-04
48 min
Kid/Life Crisis
Episode 1: Chelsea White
Katie Compa and Raquel D'Apice are starting a podcast: Kid/Life Crisis. Their first guest is Chelsea White, comedian, host, and producer on MTV's Girl Code. Chelsea's known since she was young that she never wants children, yet she continually finds herself defending her decision, or being told, "You'll change your mind." She talks with Katie and Raquel about how it affects friendships, dating, and family relationships, and why she's still sure it's right for her.
2015-02-17
48 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 33: Drag Queens Of London Ep 7
Hit the slopes with us Readers as we glide through Drag Queens Of London Episode 7. It’s European Gay Ski Week and the drama is as thick as a mogul. Katie, Max and Alex marvel at the mystery of a Lloyd Vs. Silver wig fight, try to find Katie a gay hubby, goof on American Andrew and peddle petticoats for boobs. We also check in on the Drag Race season 7 trailer that FINALY dropped. (music: http://www.bensound.com)
2015-02-11
50 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 26: Pageant
Get out your sash and sequins readers! This week Katie, Max and Alex discuss the 2008 documentary “Pageant.” It’s an all out spectacle of unrequited love, attempted masculinity and strategically placed Mountain Dew. We find out what “dolls” keep Victoria “Porkchop" Parker in the zone, who is the most graceful recipient of food in the face and what is the tiniest part of Katie.
2014-09-22
52 min
The Shade Of It All: A Rucast Podrace for RuPaul's Drag Race
Episode 7: Season 6 Episode 12
This week our guest at the Shade Table is Shawn Hollenbach, former director of social media for Drag Race and current bestie of Katie. We dish about the tic and the tac of the top three, learn German, do the ultimate death drop and drink hella #SHADERADE (WARNING FOR KATIE'S MOM: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS LOTS OF PENIS) - (music: http://www.bensound.com)
2014-05-08
55 min