Don’t be nervous! This week, Gwenna and Tori are joined by Philippa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran to discuss their children's book 'Piper Chen Sings' and the inspiration behind it. They talk about the importance of kids acknowledging and navigating through their bigger emotions like stage fright. The book aims to empower children to embrace their feelings and ... Show More
Aug 20
Independence
Much of raising kids is fostering, dealing with, and cleaning up from our kids doing stuff “by themself”. Our goal, among others, is to parent ourselves out of a job which means letting them try, fail, revise, and try again. But as our kids get older those fails get fewer and far ... Show More
50m 27s
Jul 2020
Sarah’s Song Story/The Door That No One Could Open (feat. Julie Andrews)
The Story Pirates’ ship enters one of the galaxy’s most dangerous spots, the Switcheroo Zone, and items on board start randomly turning into other things like spaghetti, space raccoons and...Julie Andrews. Featuring two new stories: “Sarah’s Song Story,” about a girl who confront ... Show More
35m 53s
Aug 2022
A Little Girl Was Feeling Blue/Cicada Party (feat. Ryan Gaul)
A shady salesman (Ryan Gaul) tries to sell the Story Pirates some sunshine in a box. Featuring two new stories: “A Little Girl Was Feeling Blue,” a song about a girl who learns to honor her feelings, written by Evie, a 6 year old from Washington, and “Cicada Party,” a story about ... Show More
33m 28s
Nov 2022
Is Having Kids Worth It with Comic Natasha Leggero
I’m live in Boston, Philly, and DC! Get tickets at heathermcdonald.net Comedian, Author Natasha Leggero is here to discuss her book “The World Deserves My Children.” Heather and Natasha came up together as stand-up comedians. Now both working comedians and married mothers with ki ... Show More
1h 28m