Not Right Now

Not Right Now is a podcast for parents navigating the impossible task of raising kids while *gestures wildly at everything*. Join Quinn Emmett (Important Not Important) and Claire Zulkey (Evil Witches) for honest conversations about parenting in an era of climate change, artificial intelligence, social media anxiety, all while trying to get your kid to just please put on their shoes. From discussing how to talk to kids about the news without traumatizing them (or yourself), to debating the right age for a phone, to admitting that sometimes the best parenting happens when you're hiding in the pantry eating handfuls of trail mix for dinner- Quinn and Claire bring humor, empathy, and real talk to the wild adventure of raising tiny humans in these chaotic times. Because being a good parent doesn't mean having all the answers - it means figuring it out together, one "not right now" at a time. New episodes every Thursday. A show that understands both the deep love and daily chaos of modern parenting.

  1. 1D AGO

    Coloring Pages of Karl Marx

    This week, Quinn and Claire are joined by Garrett Bucks, a writer, organizer, recovering white do-gooder, and parent based in Milwaukee. Garrett runs The Barnraisers Project, writes The White Pages newsletter, and is the author of the memoir The Right Kind of White. He also has a son who is very mad that his sister thinks they live in a suburb. The gang gets into why your son talks differently to his sister than to his friends, kids not knowing what the Epstein files are, growing up in rural Montana, how to get work done in between school drop off and soccer practice, and why protests are important AND performative AND boring and worth doing anyway, and how to actually get your kids to come. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Send a message to questions@notrightnow.show Get all of our episodes at notrightnow.show Find every action recommended in Not Right Now here: whatcanido.earth. ----------- Links: Find Garrett's work at garretbucks.comSubscribe to The White Pages at thewhitepages.netCheck out The Barnraisers Project at barnraisersproject.orgRead Garrett's memoir, The Right Kind of White https://bookshop.org/a/8952/9781982197209Join The Interdependence Relay at jointherelay.org Follow us: Subscribe to Quinn's newsletter at importantnotimportant.comSubscribe to Claire's newsletter at https://www.evilwitches.com/Try a free 30 day free trial of the Important Membership here: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/upgrade.Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notrightnowpodcast/Subscribe to our YouTube channelProduced and edited by Willow BeckMusic by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Get Mill Get Mill

    1h 15m
  2. FEB 12

    RuPaul Fracks

    This week we're talking about the delicate art of making everything toxic for your children (Whole Foods? Ruined. Florida? The worst. Every public figure? Probably a Nazi.), how to tell kids bad news on their level ("Grandma is cooked"), and whether you're still a trad wife if you do all the trad wife things but hate it. Also: the polar vortex, Apollo 13 family rankings, and our ability to be a bummer about anything. ----------- Have feedback or questions? Send a message to questions@notrightnow.show Get all of our episodes at notrightnow.show Find every action recommended in Not Right Now here: whatcanido.earth. ----------- Links: How to tell kids bad news on their level Thread: https://www.threads.com/@dave5150scotsman/post/DT2dxztEQMEMillennial Final Destination meme: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSLbXJniezE/Countertop microwave/toaster/air fryer combo: https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/bov900World War II books: Agent Zo by Claire Mulley, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia by Julia Ioffe, The Fall of Berlin by Antony Beevor, The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, Rick Atkinson's WWII trilogy Follow us: Subscribe to Quinn's newsletter at importantnotimportant.comSubscribe to Claire's newsletter at https://www.evilwitches.com/Try a free 30 day free trial of the Important Membership here: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/upgrade.Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notrightnowpodcast/Subscribe to our YouTube channelProduced and edited by Willow BeckMusic by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Get Mill Get Mill

    1h 3m
  3. JAN 22

    Babies Sh*tting At A Funeral

    This week, we have registered dietitian and death doula, Deanna Rondero, on the pod to chat about food insecurity, death cafes, and how grief intersects with everything. Also: losing it over mac and cheese, the new food pyramid nobody asked for, and why there's no perfect way to show up at a funeral (but you should anyway. And bringing a lasagna doesn't hurt either.) ----------- Have feedback or questions? Send a message to questions@notrightnow.show Get all of our episodes at notrightnow.show Find every action recommended in Not Right Now here: whatcanido.earth. ----------- Links: Connect with Deanna and learn more about her work at nourishedtransitions.comRead about the Division of Responsibility by Ellyn SatterStatements from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on the new US Dietary GuidelinesLearn more about death doulas https://inelda.org/Train to become a death doula https://goingwithgrace.com/Learn about death cafe's at deathcafe.comClip of Conan O'brien and Will Arnett discussing death and grief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GM10HdXvQRick Riordan Imprint books https://rickriordan.com/rick-riordan-presents/Get involved with Lasagna Love https://lasagnalove.org/ Follow us: Subscribe to Quinn's newsletter at importantnotimportant.comSubscribe to Claire's newsletter at https://www.evilwitches.com/Try a free 30 day free trial of the Important Membership here: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/upgrade.Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notrightnowpodcast/Subscribe to our YouTube channelProduced and edited by Willow BeckMusic by Tim Blane: timblane.com Advertise with us: importantnotimportant.com/c/sponsors Mentioned in this episode: Get Readwise Get Mill Get Reader

    1h 13m

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Not Right Now is a podcast for parents navigating the impossible task of raising kids while *gestures wildly at everything*. Join Quinn Emmett (Important Not Important) and Claire Zulkey (Evil Witches) for honest conversations about parenting in an era of climate change, artificial intelligence, social media anxiety, all while trying to get your kid to just please put on their shoes. From discussing how to talk to kids about the news without traumatizing them (or yourself), to debating the right age for a phone, to admitting that sometimes the best parenting happens when you're hiding in the pantry eating handfuls of trail mix for dinner- Quinn and Claire bring humor, empathy, and real talk to the wild adventure of raising tiny humans in these chaotic times. Because being a good parent doesn't mean having all the answers - it means figuring it out together, one "not right now" at a time. New episodes every Thursday. A show that understands both the deep love and daily chaos of modern parenting.

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