14 episodes

Partners and parents Nate and Amanda DeWitt prattle about portrayals of parenting in popular culture.

Mom and Pop Culture Nate and Amanda DeWitt

    • TV & Film

Partners and parents Nate and Amanda DeWitt prattle about portrayals of parenting in popular culture.

    Home Alone

    Home Alone

    Latchkey kids Nate and Amanda are here to discuss absentee parenting in one of the all-time great Christmas movies. Home Alone was written by John Hughes, Directed By Chris Columbus, released in 1990 and stars Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'hara, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 59 min
    Tommy Boy

    Tommy Boy

    Holy schnikes! Nate and Amanda are back chatting about the parenting and family dynamics in the 1995 buddy comedy TOMMY BOY, starring Saturday Night Live alums Chris Farley and David Spade, as well as Brian Dennehy, Bo Derek and Rob Lowe. The movie was written by Bonnie and Terry Turner and Directed by Peter Segal.
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Roseanne - Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home

    Roseanne - Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home

    In an emotionally loaded conversation, Nate and Amanda discuss death, patriarchy, trauma and racism in a Roseanne episode written by Amy Sherman-Palladino that is among the best TV episodes of the 1990s. Roseanne Barr and Laurie Metclalf won Emmy Awards for their performances in this episode, which is available on Amazon.
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 1 hr
    Dad Stop Embarassing Me! - #BlackPeopleDontGoToTherapy

    Dad Stop Embarassing Me! - #BlackPeopleDontGoToTherapy

    Nate and Amanda discuss fatherhood in the 2021 Netflix embarrassment Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! The series stars Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx, Yale School of Drama MFA David Alan Grier and is Directed by 5 time NAACP Image Award winner Ken Whittingham.
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 34 min
    Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

    Nate and Amanda head to Sacramento circa 2002 to examine parenting in Greta Gerwig's 2017 coming-of-age masterpiece Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Timothee Chalamet and Lucas Hedges. This episode is hella tight.
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 1 hr
    Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    Nate and Amanda discuss a narcissist handling divorce poorly in the 1993 box office smash MRS. DOUBTFIRE, starring Robin Williams, Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan, Directed by Chris Columbus.
    Correction: Chris Columbus did not direct Christmas Vacation. (he did Home Alone)
    Hosted by: Nate and Amanda DeWitt
    Produced by: Nate DeWitt

    • 48 min

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