Not Right Now

This week, Claire and Quinn unpack the often messy, often thankless job of solo parenting while your partner is away.

We cover why you should never, EVER call your partner with "options" while the kids are listening, the cursed timing of arriving home during bedtime (just drive a few extra laps around the block, seriously), the myth that missing your kids "firsts" will somehow lead them to a life of crime, dinner standards when flying solo, and why lowering expectations is really the best parenting and life hack.

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Links:

• Claire's 2019 New York Times article "How Parents Who Travel for Work Can Ease the Burden on Their Families"

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• Produced and edited by Willow Beck
• Music by Tim Blane: timblane.com

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This week, Claire and Quinn take a break (mostly) from their existential dread to talk about the awkward, hilarious world of music and parenting. From deciding if Freak Like Me is appropriate for the carpool to facepalming when your kid asks if Beyoncé is still alive, they navigate the terrain of what we listen to, what our kids listen to, and whether or not taking your child to see The Weeknd is a terrible idea.

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• Produced and edited by Willow Beck
• Music by Tim Blane: timblane.com

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This week, Claire and Quinn dive into the messy reality of all the different ways we cope with parenting, while everything else is happening.

From that stomach-dropping moment when your kid asks you "Did you get a call from school?" to balancing mental health with the news cycle, they explore how we all find ways to survive (medication, therapy, weed, wine, exercise, whatever) when our bandwidth is maxed out.

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Links:

• Bird flu podcast episode with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

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• Produced and edited by Willow Beck
• Music by Tim Blane: timblane.com

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This week, Claire and Quinn explore the impossible question many parents are facing more frequently: how do you explain disasters, displacement, and uncertainty to your kids?

From the Los Angeles wildfires to home insurance nightmares to tornado drills in the basement, they tackle the tough conversations about our changing world and what we tell our children when there are no easy answers.

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This week Claire and Quinn dive into how the show got its name - the eternal parental struggle of "Not Right Now" - from TikTok bans and VPN-savvy kids to fighting for five minutes alone in the bathroom.

Plus: the special horror of watching your kids figure out technology faster than you, deep fakes in elementary school, your child calling out your control freak tendencies, and how we're all just trying to parent through gestures wildly at everything while maintaining some semblance of sanity.

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Links:

• Etsy daily chore checklist for kids recommended by Quinn, that will definitely solve all of your problems once and for all

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In our debut episode, Claire (Evil Witches) and Quinn (Important, Not Important) dive into the chaotic reality of raising tiny humans in these wild times.

From behavioral reflection forms and schoolyard diplomacy to the eternal question of "how many water bottles does one child need?", we explore the messy, hilarious, and occasionally terrifying truth about modern parenting.

Plus: why every parent should have friends who don't make you add "...but of course I love them!" to your rants, the special anxiety of raising boys who won't become supervillains, and the paradox of counting down to bedtime while simultaneously scrolling through baby photos.

A conversation for parents who know that both dreading dinner and cherishing every moment can be true at the same time.

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Not Right Now is a new 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.

Join us every week, wherever you get your podcasts.

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• Produced by Willow Beck
• Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com

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