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DCOMmentariesFREAKY FRIDAYNo not that one! ...Not that on either! The one that came out in 2018 and is based on the stage musical which is based on the one with Jodie Foster! Freaky Friday (August 10, 2018)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, rap videos)Written by Bridget Carpenter (Dead Like Me, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, 11.22.63), Brian Yorkey (13 Reasons Why), Tom Kitt (composer - Pitch Perfect, Rise, Spongebob the Musical, Up Here)Starring: Cozi Zuehlsdorff as El...
2025-09-301h 06
Coffee With ParentsKari's StoryKari Anderson (she/her) is located in California. She has two children, and is happily married to her husband, Sam.
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Kari and I have a dynamic conversation about coming of age stories, funny toddler anecdotes, and the complexities we both experience raising biracial children in our current cultural climate.
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Kari and I go way back to being next door neighbors as elementary school kids. It was fun, and at times difficult, to address our upbringings from our new adult perspectives.
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Listen in love, heart with your heart, and enjoy Kari on Coffee With P...
2021-08-301h 07
Coffee With ParentsJessica's StoryJessica Arzate-Diaz (she/her) is located in California. She has two children, is happily married to her husband, and they're currently parenting in a multi-generational household with Grandparents. Jess is a baker and owns Flour Child Baking Company.
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Jess and I have a great conversation about body image from teen years through postpartum, starting a small business during a pandemic, the reality of receiving some concerning ultrasound results while pregnant with her daughter, and how the Lucky Fin Project changed her life.
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I so enjoyed hearing Jessica's story. She's as sweet and spunky as a...
2021-05-311h 13
Coffee With ParentsCynthia's StoryCynthia Epstein (she/her) is located in California. She has two children and co-parents with their Father. She works in the veterinary field and absolutely loves what she does for a living.
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Cynthia and I have a great conversation about parenting through the loss of her uterus due to cancer as well as the loss of her Father, being adopted from an interracial family into an interracial family, and how Disneyland helped her parenting journey.
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I was so happy to chat with Cynthia about such a huge spectrum of topics. This episode could have easily...
2021-05-171h 17
Coffee With ParentsZoe's Story - Season 2 Episode 1Zoë Etkin (she/her) is located in Tennessee. She has one child and is happily married. In addition to her private doula practice, she also runs a doula training organization called Embodied Doula Trainings, AND a birth-pro specific website development company called Birthing Your Brand.
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Zoë and I have a great conversation about becoming a Mother, talking about grief in the birth space, and dabble into astrology.
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I was so glad to delve deep into some philosophical conversation with a fellow birth worker and so glad to get to know Zoë better!
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2021-05-031h 12
Coffee With ParentsBonus Episode: Love LettersHey Human Beans! As a token of gratitude, I’d like to recite these love letters to everyone who helped me put together season 1 of Coffee With Parents. Including you, the listeners, the Human Beans who make this podcast possible.
Dear Kay, Anna, Eugenia, Joy, Joseph, Birth Team, and Listeners,
Thank you and I love you.
Love, Torrey
2021-04-1308 min
Coffee With ParentsSeason 1 Finale! My Birth Story Part 3: My Postpartum StoryPost-PAR-tum adj./n./v.
The newly actualized, yet permanent expression of the mind, body, and spirit realized after natural evacuation of the uterus (miscarriage), medical/ or self-compelled evacuation of the uterus (abortion), evacuation of the uterus by birth, and/or during embodied parenthood characterized by, but not limited to, one or more of the following:
Specific hormonal shifts in the brain and body
Lactation
Vaginal bleeding
Perennial soreness
Hemorrhoids
Uterine cramps
Stretch marks
Exhaustion
Tears of joy/ sadness/ anger/ frustration/ existentialism/ love/ and/or no reason what-so-ever
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2021-04-121h 05
Coffee With ParentsBonus Episode: New Moon Meditation; An Ode to the Dark MoonThis special release is a heart offering for the upcoming April 2021 new moon (4/11/2021), but can be listened to during any phase of the moon at any time. It's a poem meant to be received as a meditation. Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, and let this ode to the moon hold you for 11 minutes and 11 seconds.
2021-04-1011 min
Coffee With ParentsEugenia's Story: S1E5Eugenia (she/her) is located in Pennsylvania. She has 2 children, and is happily partnered. She is an herbalist, and a doula at heart. Eugenia and I have a great conversation about her early childhood curiosity about birth and sex, some of the experience of her Russian immigrant family, the challenges of her second birth, and the pressures she felt (and many of us feel) to have a romantic home birth. Eugenia is a childhood friend of mine and I so enjoy sharing this stage of life together with her. At the end of the episode, her daughter, Fiona hops on as a s...
2021-03-291h 14
Coffee With ParentsMy Birth Story Part 2: My Birth S1E4"Then, I felt like I needed to push. This was it! The big moment! The second stage of labor! I was feeling all the things! Physically and emotionally. I started pushing In several different positions, for several hours. Spoiler alert: this ended up only being about two thirds of the way through my labor."
Here is part TWO of a three part series talking about my personal parenting journey - My Birth! My birth Mother, Joy, and my Partner, Joseph - both present at my birth - join in with their perspectives to talk about my Birth Sto...
2021-03-1553 min
Coffee With ParentsAnna's Story: S1E3Anna Forsberg (she/her) is located in California. She has 3 children, and is happily married to her husband, Casey. She is a postpartum doula and reproductive justice advocate. Anna and I have a great conversation about managing boundaries in a multi-generational household, being raised by a single mother, and she gives some great advice for other parents at the end of the episode. Anna is so fun and easy to talk to, I just love our conversation. Listen in love, hear with your heart, and enjoy Anna on Coffee With Parents!
You can reach out to Anna for her professional doula...
2021-03-011h 12
Coffee With ParentsMy Birth Story Part 1: My Pregnancy S1E2"His jaw drops. He starts crying and I’m suddenly hyper aware that there are people everywhere at this pumpkin patch and I start to feel kind of bad that I forced him into this vulnerable moment in public. But, nonetheless, there we were, our parenthood journey had begun."
On this episode, I talk about my pregnancy with my daughter, Yemaya. There's a lot of up's, downs, twists, turns, and baby socks involved in this story. Listen to why I had to change my entire birth team in my third trimester!
The last part of the e...
2021-02-1543 min
Coffee With ParentsKay's Story: CWPS1E1Kay Partridge (she/her) is located in North Carolina. She has 4 children, owns a dance studio - Juxtaposition Studios, and is happily married to her husband, Matt. Kay and I have a great conversation about some of the ways her parenting style is different from her parents', how her kids see her c-section scar, and gush over holding squishy newborns. Kay is such a joy, and brings her community together through dance. Listen in love, hear with your heart, and enjoy Kay on Coffee With Parents!
Here's the Juxtaposition Studios website where you can support Kay and the k...
2021-02-011h 01
Coffee With ParentsWelcome to Coffee With ParentsHey Human Beans! I’m Torrey, and I love coffee, but more importantly, I love families.
Coffee with Parents eagerly explores All the fascinating facets of families.
This podcast seeks to shine a bright, colorful light on the kaleidoscope of parents and families that exist in this world. I aim to speak with single parents, queer parents, adoptive parents, parents of children with special needs, parents struggling with addiction and mental illness - a full spectrum of families around the world.
We will dig deep. Have big belly laughs. Embrace ugly crying. And si...
2021-01-2802 min