The Naughty Step

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 [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/blippi-youtube-kids-star-harlem-shake-poop]); Olaf Falafel's It's One Giant Leek for Mankind [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916007309]gets the Bedroom Bookclub treatment (and you can win a copy!), and Stu reveals HIS new book(s)! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Questions from Childfree People

This week we don't have a guest, and that guest is Anthony Nolan Young Ambassador Kathryn Cartwright [https://kathrynstransplants.com/]. We field questions about parenting from the childfree, review Dr Seuss's The Sleep Book [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Seusss-Sleep-Book-Yellow/dp/0007169930], and tell you what to say to anyone trying to make you feel guilty for 'overpopulation' and climate change [https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpopulation-exaggerated-concern-climate-change-world-population]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Not Sponsored by Potette

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 [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305805/your-no-guilt-pregnancy-plan/]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Put the Baby in the Cupboard

We talk to Rebecca Schiller, author of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305805/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! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Rapeless Gilead

Nominally about the lies parents tell children, and revisiting There's A Wocket in my Pocket [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/43162/theres-a-wocket-in-my-pocket-by-dr-seuss/9780394829203/] 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 [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1112575/don-t-be-a-dick-pete/]!  Don't forget to follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/naughtysteppod] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thensteppod/], leave us an iTunes review [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-naughty-step/], and -- oh yeah -- get some sleep. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.