Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda

STP Productions
  • 4.9 (60)
  • Comedy
  • Updated Semiweekly

"Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda" is a captivating and wildly entertaining podcast brought to you by TikTok sensations, Kila Carr and Ashley Lamar. Known for their viral stories, "My Lost and Found Sisters" and "Trailer Park Chronicles," Kila and Ashley have joined forces to bring you a unique podcast experience that's as heartwarming as it is hilarious. The podcast revolves around their unconventional upbringings under the care of their mothers, Barbara Jean and Wanda. Tune in as they delve into a world of hilarious anecdotes, tear-jerking moments, startling revelations, and tales so zany they could only be true. While their mothers' parenting styles may have been far from traditional, the life lessons, love, and resilience they instilled are a testament to their unique brands of motherhood. Kila and Ashley are passionate about sharing stories of those who have discovered family through DNA tests and offering support to those raising children in challenging circumstances. Their stories are a roller-coaster of emotions, peppered with raw honesty and infectious humor, which makes for a podcast experience unlike any other. But remember, only Kila and Ashley are allowed to talk about their mommas like this! Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride as these two ladies share their world with you. Whether you're looking for a good laugh, a cathartic cry, or a bit of unconventional wisdom, "Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda" delivers. Launching on Mother's Day, it's a testament to the fact that there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to parenting, and that's perfectly okay. After all, it's the wild, crazy, and heartwarming stories that make a family, a family.

  1. 6d ago

    "Being a Child of an Addict Is Your Superpower" — Breaking the Cycle with Stacee Reed (NACoA)

    Ashley is flying solo this week (Kila's on vacation, back next week!) and this one hits close to home. She sits down with Stacee Reed, Director of Innovation at the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA), for an honest, funny, and deeply personal conversation about what addiction does to the kids in the room — and how we break the cycle for good. As a child of an addict herself — dad sober 31 years and running a recovery house, a brother still in active addiction, and two babies she and her husband recently adopted out of the system — Ashley brings lived experience to Stacy's 15 years in the field. Together they unpack the shame, the science, and the small things that actually help. In this episode: - Why addiction is a disease, not a choice — "nobody wakes up and says I'm going to be a crappy parent today" - The Seven C's every kid needs to hear: you didn't cause it, can't cure it, can't control it - The casserole problem: why we bring meals for cancer but gossip for addiction - Person-first language, and how to be a safe adult a kid can talk to - The ACE study — how adverse childhood experiences raise the odds, and why they're not your destiny - Family roles (the hero, the clown, the perfectionist) and carrying them into adulthood - Ashley's raw take on the foster/DCS system and the resources families never get - Why first responders and teachers need training to see the children at the scene "We don't shame people for getting cancer, but we do shame people for being an addict. It's not a moral failing — it's a disease." If you grew up around addiction, love someone who did, or work with kids who do — this one's for you. You're not alone, and it was never your fault. 📌 Resources: National Association for Children of Addiction — free parent, caregiver, and children's toolkits, the Children's Program Kit, and the Seven C's at nacoa.org. Family support through Al-Anon. September is Recovery Month. 🎙️ Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda is part of the Spread The Positive Network — new episodes weekly. Like, subscribe, and share with someone who needs to hear it.

    "Being a Child of an Addict Is Your Superpower" — Breaking the Cycle with Stacee Reed (NACoA)

  2. Jul 9

    ChatGPT Read Us Like a Book | Willie's, Big Backs & Fat Little Legs

    We asked ChatGPT to tell us three things about ourselves we don't know — and it read us so hard we nearly cried on mic. 🤖 Kila & Ashley take the viral "ask your AI what it really thinks of you" trend live, mid-episode, and it comes back with answers about resilience, humor, and turning pain into purpose that neither of us saw coming. (Then Chatty short-circuits because there's no Wi-Fi in the studio.) Before the AI goes off the rails: Fourth of July on the median 🎆, a week at Tybee Island and Savannah 🌴, bacon-wrapped onion burgers off the smoker 🔥, Willie's 10mg shots turning potato salad into a hand-painted gift 🎨, and an honest, unfiltered conversation about adoptive-mom guilt — the kind nobody says out loud. Plus: what a "big back" is, why your kids are describing your fat little legs to the police, and how to tell if someone in your family is an NPC. ⚠️ Mature audiences only — strong language & adult humor. 🎧 IN THIS EPISODE • Fireworks on the median (it's not a median) 🎆 • America's 250th birthday & the decorating regret 🇺🇸 • Tybee Island, Savannah & Spanish moss 🌴 • Bacon-wrapped smoked onion burgers — shoutout Jamie & George 🔥 • Willie's shots, painting instead of potato salad 🎨 • "Big back," "no cap" & what daycare is teaching our kids 😂 • The most honest thing we've said about adoption & mom guilt ❤️ • Are some people just NPCs? 🎮 • 🤖 THE MAIN EVENT: asking ChatGPT the truth about ourselves • Why AI is an ADHD woman's best friend • Chatty vs. Siri: a technical malfunction 👉 We're 100 followers away from monetizing — subscribe so we get there! 🎙️ Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda — two moms, Kila Carr & Ashley Lamar, unpacking a whole lot of crazy. New episodes weekly.

    ChatGPT Read Us Like a Book | Willie's, Big Backs & Fat Little Legs

  3. Jun 25

    Cotton Candy Pickles & a Snake at the Swimming Hole

    This week Kila & Ashley get into a little bit of everything — a too-close-for-comfort snake at the swimming hole 🐍, black bears moving into Tennessee 🐻, Katie graduating from Harvard (the day this episode goes live!) 🎓, and the main event: a red-white-and-blue PATRIOTIC PICKLE CHALLENGE 🥒🇺🇸 — cotton candy pickle and all. ⚠️ Mature audiences only — strong language & adult humor. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:23 Catching up (work, baseball) 7:26 A snake at the swimming hole 🐍 10:54 Bears moving into Tennessee 🐻 16:56 Katie graduates Harvard 🎓 22:53 Patriotic pickle challenge 🥒🇺🇸 37:02 Support the show + stay safe out there 👉 We're 100 followers away from monetizing — subscribe so we get there! 🎙️ Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda — two moms, Kila Carr & Ashley Lamar, unpacking a whole lot of crazy. New episodes weekly.

  4. Jun 18

    A "Willie" Good Episode

    It's a Willie Good Episode! 🌿 Kila and Ashley crack open Willie's Remedy Social Tonic — aka the "giggle juice" — and let the good times roll. We "Willie" need a brand deal with Willies. Have your people call our people. Seriously! They shout out their girl Katie crushing it at Harvard Business School, touch on the Jelly Roll & Bunnie news, and then close it out with a chaotic on-camera chamoy pickle challenge that gets messy fast. Equal parts laughs, real talk, and foolishness — just the way y'all like it. ⚠️ Intended for mature audiences. Contains adult dialogue and strong language. 🎙️ New episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda out now. Like, follow, and share — even them whores you don't like — and leave us a five-star review. Bye, bitches! 💕

    A "Willie" Good Episode

  5. Jun 11

    Bullies Ain't Sh*t, Concert Drama, & "Snitching"

    Kila and Ashley finally got the mics rolling again — and this one's a whole lot of crazy. This week we get into: - Why we HATE bullies (looking at you, Murfreesboro) and why a three-on-one ain't a fight - The "anonymous" snitch app that was... not anonymous at all - Country concert chaos: Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Tim McGraw & the boring suite-life rich folks - Brett Favre needs to moisturize (somebody get this man some Aquaphor) - Big Trend Energy — GoTrend, shout out to Trend - Ashley's AStock auction addiction, a beach wheelchair, and a yard-sale meltdown - Snitch stories, red lasers, and cops surrounding the house - Mom the fixer, paraffin-wax feet, and gluing dead skin in the craft room - Praying Ethan makes it off that plane (no phone, Dad circling the airport) We met on TikTok when our stories collided, and we named this podcast after the one thing we definitely have in common — raising our mamas. So buckle up. ⚠️ Warning: intended for mature audiences only. Graphic descriptions, adult dialogue, and strong language. Listener discretion is advised. We talk about traumatic shit. 👉 Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE — we're really close to monetizing! Even share it with them whores you don't like. And leave us a 5-star review. Everybody love everybody. 🖤 This episode is brought to you by the Spread the Positive network. Need a mortgage? Bryan Nail with Primis Bank can help you nail it — call 615-243-3976 or visit naleyourmortgage.com.

    Bullies Ain't Sh*t, Concert Drama, & "Snitching"

  6. May 28

    Three Years of Crazy: Family Karen's. ADHD Time, & CBD Disasters

    It's our 3-year anniversary, y'all — and we're celebrating the only way we know how: yappin' about the crazy. Kila rolls in fired up about a "Karen" and we get into the big question — does everybody have one, or does crazy just attract crazy? Ashley breaks down what she learned from ADHD 2.0 (turns out ADHD brains only know two times: "now" and "not now") and how it affects us all. Plus the Hibachi laugh attack that almost killed us on anniversary night, and a CBD horror story you have to hear to believe — Kristi's sweet daddy gave her 86-year-old Cherokee mama (Miss Sally) a tincture so strong she got on stage to pray for the Governor, looked at her notes, said "I don't know why I'm here or what I'm supposed to say," and walked off. She's been telling everybody he tried to kill her ever since. Homework before next week: watch "The Crash" on Netflix — Keela's got inside intel and we're getting into it. ⚠️ Mature audiences. We talk about traumatic shit.

    Three Years of Crazy: Family Karen's. ADHD Time, & CBD Disasters

  7. May 14

    Delta 8, Drug-Induced Psychosis & a Wheelchair Bidding Spree

    We're back after a month off — Kila had pneumonia (three shots, a round of steroids, and still wheezing), Ashley is deep in menopause hell, and Aniston's Mother's Day Photoshop of her mama as a 250-lb trailer-park queen with a brown-filter cigarette is officially the cover of Ashley's future memoir. Then we get into the real reason we needed to record: Delta 8 and drug-induced psychosis. Kila's nephew Ethan has schizophrenia that gets triggered every single time he touches Delta 8 — selling it at gas stations with no shoes on, ending up in Clarksville, the works. Ashley's been watching her late best friend's daughter spiral the same way: Snapchat threats, gang talk, "Indian burial ground" messages, a gun nobody can account for, and four hospital stays where the family can't get a scrap of information because she won't sign the release. We talk about why the 72-hour hold system is broken, why we need real long-term mental health housing back, and why this needs to be a PSA — Delta 8 and mental health meds do not mix. (Tennessee, get on Kratom too while you're at it.) Then we lighten it up: Ashley confesses her A-Stock auction addiction — bidding $2 a pop on six wheelchairs, a walker, ramps, a catalytic converter for a '99 Grand Am, and a chandelier — and recording Hagen's face as she breaks the news. Plus a brutally honest review of her $250 Fun Delivered undelivered-mail mystery box (a hairball-relief cat med, vaginal probiotics, "Moore Mafia" hoodie, and a Starbucks glass bear that broke the next day). Also: we're making money on the podcast now, Willa is talking in full sentences, and we're taking a short summer hiatus while gas is $4.29 — but we are not quitting. Follow us on Facebook for the next drop date. Don't do Delta 8 if you've got mental health issues. Love y'all. Bye, bitches.

    Delta 8, Drug-Induced Psychosis & a Wheelchair Bidding Spree

  8. Apr 16

    3% Chance, 10 Years of Waiting & a Miracle Baby | Ashley Talks with Kay McNabb

    On this episode of Raising Barbara Jean & Wanda, Ashley is holding it down without Kila — feel better, Kila! — and she's joined by her longtime friend Kay McNabb for a heartfelt, powerful conversation you do not want to miss. Ashley and Kay have known each other since grade school in Centerville, TN, and this episode goes way beyond catching up. Kay shares her deeply personal story of walking through infertility, pregnancy loss, PCOS, ectopic pregnancies, fertility treatments, and finally becoming a mom after years of heartbreak and uncertainty. In this episode, they talk about: 💛 Growing up together in a small town and reconnecting later in life ⚠️ Kay's infertility journey, including PCOS and multiple pregnancy losses 🏥 The devastating reality of ectopic pregnancies and losing a fallopian tube 📉 Being told she had only a 3% chance of getting pregnant naturally 💸 The emotional and financial weight of considering IVF and fertility treatment 🍼 The miracle of finally getting pregnant with her son Jack after nearly 10 years of marriage 😭 What it felt like to hear a baby cry in the hospital and realize, "this is really happening for us" Ashley and Kay also get real about the mental side of infertility — the fear, the waiting, the grief, and the strange feeling of not fully believing it until the baby is finally in your arms. This episode is full of: real friendship real faith real heartbreak and real hope If you or someone you love has walked through infertility, pregnancy loss, or a long journey to motherhood, this conversation will hit home in a powerful way. 🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and share this one with someone who may need a little hope today.

    3% Chance, 10 Years of Waiting & a Miracle Baby | Ashley Talks with Kay McNabb
See All (74)

4.9
out of 5
60 Ratings

About

"Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda" is a captivating and wildly entertaining podcast brought to you by TikTok sensations, Kila Carr and Ashley Lamar. Known for their viral stories, "My Lost and Found Sisters" and "Trailer Park Chronicles," Kila and Ashley have joined forces to bring you a unique podcast experience that's as heartwarming as it is hilarious. The podcast revolves around their unconventional upbringings under the care of their mothers, Barbara Jean and Wanda. Tune in as they delve into a world of hilarious anecdotes, tear-jerking moments, startling revelations, and tales so zany they could only be true. While their mothers' parenting styles may have been far from traditional, the life lessons, love, and resilience they instilled are a testament to their unique brands of motherhood. Kila and Ashley are passionate about sharing stories of those who have discovered family through DNA tests and offering support to those raising children in challenging circumstances. Their stories are a roller-coaster of emotions, peppered with raw honesty and infectious humor, which makes for a podcast experience unlike any other. But remember, only Kila and Ashley are allowed to talk about their mommas like this! Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride as these two ladies share their world with you. Whether you're looking for a good laugh, a cathartic cry, or a bit of unconventional wisdom, "Raising Barbara Jean and Wanda" delivers. Launching on Mother's Day, it's a testament to the fact that there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to parenting, and that's perfectly okay. After all, it's the wild, crazy, and heartwarming stories that make a family, a family.

Information