25 episodes
The Naughty Step Stuart Heritage and Robyn Wilder
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4.0 • 4 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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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
New parent and loving it
Funny entertaining and wonderfully refreshing!
Funny, Irreverent and Touching
Love, love, love this podcast. These parents obviously love their kids mightily but aren’t afraid to talk about the difficulties and trials of raising two boys being busy working parents. These guys are hilarious and yet you feel their true devotion to their little ones. And I melt when I hear Herbie tell the names and authors of his bedtime stories. It’s been gone awhile - PLEASE COME BACK! I miss you!