Just a Phase Podcast Whitney Crispell & Drew Ludwig

Ep 33: #metoo as a parent

We’re getting vulnerable today as we talk about Harvey Weinstein, #metoo, and how it all fits in to our lives as people and parents. There’s a lot of processing happening during this conversation so make some time to listen to the whole thing if you can, and let us know what you think.

-- Here’s How To Talk To Kids About Sexual Violence, an interview with Tarana Burke by Britni Danielle: https://education.good.is/features/talking-me-too
--Whitney’s Thing: The Creative Family Manifesto by Amanda Blake Soule http://soulemama.typepad.com/
-- Drew’s Thing: 14 Concrete Ways Men Can Help: http://tinyurl.com/y6ujfxav

Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license. Find us online at http://justaphasepodcast.tumblr.com or @justaphasepodcast

We talk about what happens to your family when school starts back up in September, and whether that month is truly a lost cause. Drew shares the many rituals his family performs on a daily and weekly basis in an attempt to keep the chaos at bay, and we discuss the general wisdom in creating a family rhythm. Plus, Whitney fangirls the return of the American-made station wagon.

-- Whitney’s place: The woods. Go there with your kids.
-- Drew’s place: Puerto Rico. Donate money, and then go there with yours kids.

Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license. Find us online at http://justaphasepodcast.tumblr.com or @justaphasepodcast

Ep 31: When a family takes a Sabbatical

We’re back from summer break and chatty as ever. Drew reflects on his family’s sabbatical at Koinonia Farm in rural Georgia and how it changed him as a parent and a person. Whitney talks summer highlights, and we both get greedy with our Person, Place, or Thing recs.

-- Koinonia Farm: https://www.koinoniafarm.org/
-- Briars in the Cotton Patch: http://www.briarsdocumentary.com/
-- Whitney’s things: Boogie Wipes (http://www.boogiewipes.com/) and On Being with John O’Donohue (https://onbeing.org/programs/john-odonohue-the-inner-landscape-of-beauty/)
-- Drew’s people: former President Jimmy Carter and Vanessa Glushefski (https://www.facebook.com/VoteVanessaG/)

Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license. Find us online at http://justaphasepodcast.tumblr.com or @justaphasepodcast

We chat with Kerry Quaile, a mother and craft cocktail slinger, about her family life, challenges of parenting while working in the bar and restaurant industry, and how she manages to launch tons of new projects while raising a toddler. Plus, Drew makes a big screen-time strategy shift, Whitney’s kid is a potty-training grad, and why kids need to visit farms.

Resources & Links:
-- Kerry’s bars: Buffalo Proper (http://www.buffaloproper.com/) and Angelica Tea Room (http://www.angelicatearoom.com/)
-- Ladies of American Distilleries: http://ladiesofamericandistilleries.com/
-- Whitney’s thing: Kind World podcast http://www.wbur.org/kindworld
-- Drew’s thing: Peanuts in the shell

Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license. Find us online at http://justaphasepodcast.tumblr.com or @justaphasepodcast

Ep 29: Back from the Dead!

After a longer-than-anticipated hiatus, we’re back with the podcast. We spend some time catching up, talking through Whitney’s feelings about the bomb threats against their daycare, and exploring Drew’s kid’s first health class (rite of passage!).

Resources & Links:
-- Whitney’s thing: I AM MOANA (the Moana movie and soundtrack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFuXETZUsI
-- Drew’s thing: the phrase “I’m not going to argue with you” https://vimeo.com/145444333

Regular listeners know that one of us is a pastor and the other is not religious. Like, not at all. Today we talk more explicitly about the ways organized religion and faith shaped our childhoods and how we’re grappling with the big questions as parents. Plus, some scheduling announcements and a homework strike.

Resources & Links:
-- Sunday Assembly: https://www.sundayassembly.com/
-- Bart Campolo: http://bartcampolo.org/
-- Whitney’s thing: “There’s more than one way to do something well.” And this interview on the Craft-ISH podcast http://vickiehowell.com/podcast/episode-29-abby-glassenberg/
-- Drew’s thing: the board game Dixit https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/dixit

Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license. Find us online at http://justaphasepodcast.tumblr.com or @justaphasepodcast