25 episodes
The Naughty Step Stuart Heritage and Robyn Wilder
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4.6 • 90 Ratings
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The Naughty Step is a funny, irreverent and knackered podcast about parenting. In each episode, journalists Stuart Heritage (Guardian and Esquire family columnist) and Robyn Wilder (HuffPo family columnist; ex of The Pool) pull apart the best and worst aspects of having kids, from the hell of other people's kids to whether YouTube sensation Blippi is a wrong'un (he is). The Naughty Step also comes with its own hilarious parenting newsletter, which you should totally subscribe to. - Written and presented by Stuart Heritage and Robyn Wilder - Produced by Amy Jones - Logo by 2 Agency
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Blippi's alleged poo; win Olaf Falafel's alleged space leeks; Stu announces his new alleged book!
We're back and we're more confused than ever! In Stu and Robyn's first podcast of 2019, they revisit YouTube kids' sensation Blippi in light of his Harlem Shake poo allegations (the BuzzFeed article they quote is here); Olaf Falafel's It's One Giant Leek for Mankind gets the Bedroom Bookclub treatment (and you can win a copy!), and Stu reveals HIS new book(s)!
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Questions from Childfree People
This week we don't have a guest, and that guest is Anthony Nolan Young Ambassador Kathryn Cartwright. We field questions about parenting from the childfree, review Dr Seuss's The Sleep Book, and tell you what to say to anyone trying to make you feel guilty for 'overpopulation' and climate change.
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Not Sponsored by Potette
This week we talk about parenting in the summer when your kids are teething and potty-training, and you're covered in chub-rub and hayfever. ALSO: Blaze and the Monster Machines. AND! The worst parenting advice you've ever received. PLUS! Someone wins Your No Guilt Parenting Plan by last week's guest, Rebecca Schiller.
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Put the Baby in the Cupboard
We talk to Rebecca Schiller, author of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan, about bad parenting advice, "birth noises" and whether it's okay to nap while your wife's in labour. Also! Your tales of genuine sibling psychopathy! And! Win a copy of Rebecca's book!
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Rapeless Gilead
Nominally about the lies parents tell children, and revisiting There's A Wocket in my Pocket as a bedtime rap phenomenon, episode 20 quickly descends into gutter chat about whether being a handmaid might actually be quite a nice life. Without all the rape, of course. ALSO! Send us your sibling stories and win a copy of Stu's book, Don't be a Dick, Pete!
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, leave us an iTunes review, and -- oh yeah -- get some sleep.
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A Funnel Would Be Messy
Father's Day! Tinga Tinga Tales on CBeebies! German Paw Patrol! Elaborate lies our parents have told us! Whether putting a funnel in a hole in the floor would make an acceptable toilet in a pinch! Episode 19 of The Naughty Step has it all.
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Customer Reviews
Lighten up!
This is a refreshing and reassuringly honest, informal podcast about the realities of having kids - I say ‘informal’ for the reviewer upset that they don’t get to the headlined subject early enough - it’s not a lecture, it’s a loose and very amusing chat.
The persona asks ‘who has time for that?!’ - well, I listen to this while at work or while trying to unwind and get to sleep despite being wired on coffee and the emotional rollercoaster that my toddler takes me on daily, so there’s plenty of time in both those situations.
I’m glad it rambles, that’s just what my brain needs after hours of constant demands and surreal problem solving. That’s work and parenting.
Keep up the good work TNS - in a world of insta-fake super parents you are necessary and beneficial voices 💩 🍼❤️
Hot Garbage
Listening to this podcast made me lose the will to live
Very relatable
From the politics of Paw Patrol to the raw realities of rearing offspring, The Naughty Step is a wry and hilarious look at parenting, with the added cuteness of Herbie’s little story time voice.
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