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Smita and Lalita welcome Gail Schwartz, co-editor of the book Boyhood reimagined (Motina Books, 2025) to talk about being a queer mom, or just being a mom, and the many ways Barbie has helped us manage our anxieties. This episode was not sponsored by Mattel. But please read Boyhood Reimagined. It’s a great book for all parents!

In this episode, Smita and Lalita discuss if spooky is a bad word, if Hershey’s is chocolate, and agree with each other that Love is Blind is the best show ever created. They also agree that Halloween is always a bit, well, tricky. And treaty. But did you know it can be trunky??

For art’s sake! We take queen lessons with guest Holly Shaw, author, comedian, actor, and mom. We talk about mediocrity being underrated and success being highly overrated. And we make a few mom jokes in the process. Don’t listen to your inner heckler! Listen to our podcast! Follow Smita @almostfavorite, Lalita @lalitadeecomedy, and Holly @hollyshawcomedy.

We're baaaaaack! It's back to school for WHMJ, with the start of an exciting new season. Get your stationery, your bulk purchase kleenex, and all the other classroom supplies whose purpose we do not fully understand, and get ready!

WE ARE BACK!!! Our children are older. We are still the same age. In fact, Lalita is younger than ever. We still have no clue what we are doing. If you are looking for sound parenting advice, like and subscribe to literally anything but this podcast. We are keeping parenting real. It's unreal.

We talk to the official @OkayestMom, Nicole Miller. Our conversation covers sweet topics like our universal hatred of Valentine's day and the challenges of tearing along perforated edges. We tout the benefits of aspirational mediocrity and the benefits of being aggressively unaggressive. It's all A-OK!Find Nicole @OkayestMom on the soshals!

We talk to Carmiya Weinraub about comedy and religion and comedy about religion. We discuss what we're going to do when we become bitcoin billionaires and get inspired by the human anatomy when building our spaceships. Smita shares a story about such a rude houseguest that if you ever worry about troubling a host, worry no more! The bar has been lowered like never before!Find Carmiya Weinraub at CarmiyaWeinraub.com

Code switching is hard, except when that's the only way you've known. We talk with our guest Suni Reyes about code switching...between celsius and fahrenheit, between microwaving or scrambling eggs, or juggling cultures and generations of colonial influence. So, we keep it light and easy, till we don't. As usual. Also, we continue to deliver on our promise of never delivering useful advice.Find Suni Reyes @Suni_Rays_ on Instagram!

We revisit some of our favorite moments. We try to be literary and numerary. And fail at both. But as usual, we manage to have fun! Join us as we revisit some of our favorite moments over the episodes.

Season 4 is off with a bang with our guest Chelsea Bearce ,a comedian, baker, game show host and more! Hold on to your seats, there's drama in this episode, with Lalita narrowly missing the title of most annoying person in the Bay Area. We also discuss crucial questions like whether there is such a thing as cake flavored cake.Is there? We demand answers! And cake, of any flavor! Now!Find Chelsea @ChocNilla on Instagram!

We're back! Did you miss us? Some say we refuse to stop. We say we're unstoppable. Join us as we launch a new season featuring absolutely no useful information....for the third time! Season 3! Yaaaaayyyyy!!!!!

Srilatha Rajamani joins us to talk about being true to yourself, even if that means feeling a little uncomfortable at times. We discuss what makes us laugh, and how we find inspiration for jokes, often from strange, and sometimes awkward, places. Ultimately, we come from a place of love and honesty. And it's the best thing.Find Srilatha @SrilathaSauce everywhere.

Erin Patrick joins us as we nerd out on the joys and challenges of comedy. We talk about roast, toasts and social media boasts. We also debate the nature of mom, dad, non-binary and parenting jokes. Of which, there is no doubt we are the butt of. There is a silver lining - the friends we made (literally, in the case of our children) along the way! Find Erin @ErinPatrickComedy everywhere.

Kim Evey joins us to talk about the unspoken challenges of parenting which include surprisingly large amounts of photography. We also try to solve some mysteries like the optimal number of children, husbands and Kim's real birthdate. But it's us, so we swiftly give up. We do keep the jokes coming, though!  Find Kim @KimEvey on Instagram or at kimevey.com

Lisa Gilbert, mother of triplets (yes, with a T) joins us to talk about hard and soft truths and how the playground will always tell you what is what. We cover business ideas like smelling bees and playground coffee pop-ups. We also get serious and talk about the challenges of discussing race and colorism with our children. It's not easy, but it's not optional. Lisa brings her signature wit and grace to the conversation and we had a blast!  Find Lisa at @LisaGilbertComedy on Instagram and FB