Bad Parents

Parenting is tough, and if you don't laugh you'll cry!  Today's podcast is all about finding the lighter side of life and taking a stroll down memory lane to a time when we were kids, and life was a little easier.  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30 am-10 am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having kids means being prepared for tough questions. Little minds often come up with big concerns! Today we talk about what strategies we've used when it comes to tackling life's hard conversations.  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30 am-10 am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are reaching our hands into the giant Bad Parents mailbag and answering some of your burning questions. If we've learned anything this year, it's that when it comes to raising kids, we are all in this together!  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30 am-10 am Mon-Fri. Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. We love hearing from you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The solar eclipse brought something with it we didn't expect. No, not sudden blindness thank goodness, but a massive dose of PARENT GUILT. What happens when real life doesn't match the images bombarding us on social media? If you sometimes feel like you're just not measuring up, today's episode is a must-listen.  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When something bad happens, we want to know why…the weirder and badder the event, the more we need to know… It can’t possibly be random…someone needs to be responsible and held accountable…someone needs to be blamed…and there had better not be any loose ends… Certain segments of the population have always been suspicious of the official story…forget the simplest of most logical explanation…these awful events or phenomenon’s are the work of some kind of secret cabal or organization pulling the strings of life on earth…it was a conspiracy… For example, the most famous murder of modern times was the assassination of JFK on November 22, 1963…more than sixty years later, it seems like no one believes that lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman… To be fair, they might be right…there’s been a lot of investigation into the JFK case over the decades…i’m one of those nuts who reads, watches, and listens to everything involved with the assassination…and I gotta tell you that i’m convinced this was the result of a loose need-to-know operation involving the CIA, the deep stage, Cuban exiles, and American mobsters… There’s also something called “Occam’s razor” which dates back to the 14th century…this Monk—William of Occam—was annoyed at how people blamed supernatural forces when even the simplest thing went wrong…his answer to that was “look, the simplest and most obvious explanation is usually the correct one”… But try that approach with people who believe the earth is flat and that we never went to the moon…Covid-19 was engineered by the media…and the Illuminati live beneath the Denver airport… The world of conspiracy theories is a bottomless pit of weirdness…and when it comes to music, one of the deepest and strangest of these theories has to do with what happened above a greenhouse in Seattle on April 5, 1994… Boy, have I got stories—multiple stories, in fact—about this one…in fact, it might be the most compressive study you’ve ever heard on the subject…this is uncharted: music and mayhem in the music industry, episode 12: it’s the ever-popular Kurt-Cobain-was-murdered theory… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast talks about having it all when it comes to family and career. We also get a special Garbutt/Whalen family vacation update... time for take-off baby! And with Easter approaching, whatever happened to simple egg hunts and chocolate bunnies?! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When celebrities make admissions about parenting, it often makes headlines. Bradley Cooper sparks some discussion on today's Bad Parents podcast. And when it comes to chores around the house, how much are Shawna, Ryan, and Johnny paying their kids?  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Can you handle the pressure when someone is always watching?" Big Brother follows a group of people living together in a house that is recording their every move! The houseguests will vote someone out of the house each week, and at the end, the last person standing will receive the grand prize of $100,000! Big Brother is currently in Season 12 of the series and is hosted by Arisa Cox (Instagram: @arisaroo Twitter: arisacox) This week we speak to host and executive producer Arisa Cox about the new season of Big Brother, and how she juggles her work, whilst being a parent. Tune into Big Brother 12 every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday on @GlobalTV If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been many studies into the different types of music fans…basically, they can be broken down into four types… At the bottom of the pyramid are people who aren’t fans at all…they don’t like you or don’t care about you…they may not even know who you are…so for the purposes of this discussion, they don’t matter… The next level is casual fans…they sort of like you or your music, but they can take or leave what you’re selling…they have zero investment in your career… Going up another level, we have true fans…they love you enough that they’ll spend money on you…they’ll stream your music faithfully, buy physical product like CD’s or vinyl from time to time, probably own a t-shirt or two, and will go to your shows and have a very good time… At the very top are the superfans…superfans love, love, love you…they’re evangelists…they follow your every move…they’ll buy everything…they’ll get involved and donate to your charitable causes…and they’ll go to all of the shows…they may total 10% of your total fanbase but are the source of the majority of your income—like 60, 70, even 80%...they are the top of the fan pyramid… From there, though, we can cross over to the dark side…this is where we find the fantasists, the deluded, the obsessed, the trolls, and the insane…they are dangerous people, a threat to you and the people around you…and they show up when you least expect it…and if they break into your online world, that’s a whole new level of terror… Have I got a story for you…The Linkin Park cyberstalker. Show contact info: X (formerly Twitter): @AlanCross Website: curiouscast.ca Email: Alan@alancross.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to parenting, fail to plan or plan to fail. Or at least that's what 'they' say. So what do summer camps, the state of Florida and driving all have in common? Tune in to todays' Bad Parents podcast to find out!  If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is “Professor Booty Smack? And how do you say no to a pet?! Being a parent never gets easier but at least we have each other! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Valentine's Day from the Bad Parents Podcast!  From kid pickup lines, Reddit responses, and the unconditional love we receive from our kids… it’s all here on this special love podcast! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever left your kiddo somewhere, have you lied about where you're going because you'd rather go without the kids? In this episode we fess up to some of these and more! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're opening the Bad Parents mail bag again to answer your questions! We may not have all the answers, but we sure are having fun trying! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting, because we love hearing from you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New year new us! Just kidding, it's the same Shawna, Ryan and Johnny making the same parenting decisions/mistakes. On today's episode hear how our 2023 holidays went, and our plans for 2024. Spoiler alert, someone's going topless.... If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh do we have a special episode for you! We are joined by Jack Bauer, Ace Merrill, David Powers, celebrity Dad, and Son of celebrities yep you guessed it, a true Canadian treasure, Kiefer Sutherland! If you can't get enough of us, we also have a morning show you can check out on Q107 from 05:30am-10am Mon-Fri. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At around 7:30 on the cold, rainy evening of Wednesday, October 30, 2002, someone walked into the lounge of a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, New York and fatally shot Jason Mizell with a 40-calbire gun: once to the body and another to the head…he died instantly…and whoever pulled the trigger just walked away… This was big news…Mizell was better known as Jam Master Jay, the DJ behind Run-DMC—one of the group’s founders in 1982—and one of the most important hip-hop artists in the known universe… There were been witnesses—but they disagree on what actually happened…there may have been leads—but they all went nowhere…what happened to the security camera footage?…was it tampered with?...and why didn’t the police follow up properly?...for more than two decades, this cold-blooded murder has gone unsolved… Show contact info: X (formerly Twitter): @AlanCross Website: ajournalofmusicalthings.com Email: Alan@alancross.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 15, 2011, riots broke out in Vancouver following Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final downtown after The Canucks were defeated by the Boston Bruins in a stunning 4-0 win. A report found that the total damage caused by the riot was just over $3.7 million. There were 112 businesses and 122 vehicles damaged, and 52 assaults were reported against civilians, police and emergency personnel. On this episode of What Happened To…? Erica Vella speaks with those who were on the ground, experienced the riot firsthand, and learns more about the push for change and accountability following the riots. Find out more at https://globalnews.ca/news/9899622/what-happened-to-2011-vancouver-riots/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may be thinking to yourself, if these guys are so bad at parenting, is there something they are good at?! We have a day job working on the radio and now you can be the judge. Today's podcast shares some of our on-air highlights of 2023.  https://q107.com/show/q-mornings-with-shawna-ryan-johnny/ We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Bad Parents Christmas part deux! Every good holiday movie has a sequel so we made one too. More festive stories from Shawna, Ryan, and Johnny, as well as some of our listeners on our radio show on Q107. If you've always wondered what a milking table is, this episode is for you.  This episode contains strong language- sensitive listeners please be advised. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Christmas was the Olympics of parenting, I wonder what medal Shawna, Ryan, and Johnny would get! This special episode takes you through Christmas joys of the past, present, and future! This episode contains strong language- sensitive listeners please be advised. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is parenting harder now for us more than it was for our parents?  We compare and contrast the “Who Has It Harder” question on this episode of Bad Parents. We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whoever first coined the phrase 'if you don't laugh you'll cry' had to be talking about parenting!   So let's agree to laugh on today's podcast about some of the crazy stuff that happens when you decide to bring life into the world.  Nothing is off limits in this hilarious edition of Bad Parents.  We love hearing from you! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time we reach into our mailbag and answer your questions.  We talk about kids and their risk-taking. Does unsolicited advice ever end? Do parents even work anymore? How are they at every sporting event? Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the hardest parts of modern parenting has to be navigating the world of technology and our kids' access to it. How much screen time is too much? As kids, we were raised by TV, but is their iPad equivalent to the same thing? What happens when we turn the tables and ask our kids the definitions of some old-school tech terms? Listen to this hilarious episode to find out! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have them, some love them, some hate them, but in the end, there's always cake.. and cake is a good thing! This episode is all about the Birthday! We discuss the ups and downs and everything in between while celebrating our little one's special day! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny surprises Ryan and Shawna in this epic episode where they discover what their kids REALLY think about them. Which parent is making the grade, and which one could use a time-out?! If you want to really know what's going on behind these Bad Parents closed doors, you don't want to miss this one!  Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of year again! The spooky season has arrived, and when it comes to being a kid and having kids, it's a night like no other.  Shawna, Ryan, and Johnny share some Halloween tricks and treats that will have you howling with laughter! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinking about starting some extra-curricular activities for your kids? Maybe they've been dancing or playing sports for years already? We go “top shelf” on the good, and let some bad through the “Five Hole” about what it’s like for kids AND parents when it comes to after-school activities. Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a summer of vacationing with our kids, we lay down the pros and cons of where to go, how to get there, and all that happens in between! Shawna, Ryan and Johnny help get you ready for your next family trip! Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We as parents get so little time to ourselves. So if you know when vacationing with kids actually becomes a relaxing vacation… please let us know. In this episode we discuss the literal ups and downs of traveling with kids. Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The Stork Brings Them”, “Reading in the Dark Will Ruin Your Eyes” and “Swallowing Your Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest” just some of the lies we have told our kids or have heard from our parents.  When is a white lie ok to tell just to get you five minutes of peace? We share some of the funniest lies out there. Contact: badparents@curiouscast.ca for any funny stories to share, ideas of what topics you want to hear from us, and anything that involves parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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