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With all the parenting podcasts out there, finding the best mom podcasts can be a challenge. If you're looking for parent humor, look no further than these funny podcasts to help you see the lighter moments in life, even when parenting feels overwhelming.
And let's face it, if there's one thing moms are perpetually short on, it's time. A close second? Laughs. That's why we at Mom.com have taken the guess work out of finding a hilarious parenting podcast to have you LOL-ing in no time.
Go ahead and laugh: Best mom podcasts
The best mom podcasts if of course, dependent on what it is you're looking for. Here, we're naming our favorite mom podcasts hosted by multiple moms or a variety of expert guests where listeners get differing points of view.
1. Band of Mothers
Band of Mothers is a weekly podcast hosted by Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee, the creators of "The Pump and Dump Show." If that alone doesn't pique your interest, how about this: The podcast promises "no topic is off-limits" and "honest and raw conversations through the lens of being a mom."
Case in point — one of their first episodes touched on tarot cards, "vag steams" and psychedelic mushrooms.
2. Longest Shortest Time
The Longest Shortest Time ended in 2019, but if you haven't heard it, it's worth a listen to the 200+ episodes of the parenting podcast with the poignant name.
While host Hillary Frank did much more than just amuse her listeners — some episodes are geared more toward a good cry than a laugh — the web site makes it easy enough to focus on the funny if you just want a chuckle.
3. One Bad Mother
Billed as a "comedy podcast" about "motherhood and how unnatural it sometimes is, hosts Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn have been at it four years, bringing laugh after laugh on topics ranging from how to get your kids to stop touching you to how motherhood is portrayed in the movies.
At the bottom line, Ellis and Thorn strive for "less judging and more laughing" when it comes to motherhood.
4. Spawned
Liz Gumbinner and Kristen Chase are moms to six kids between them and with that comes a wealth of parenting expertise and plenty of humor. These ladies have seen it (almost) all and they're willing to share in candid parenting discussions.
From self-care (and why manicures don't count) to the college application process, these moms who founded CoolMomPicks.com are both relatable and engaging.
5. What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood
Three episodes a week mean you'll never run out of laughs when you subscribe to "What Fresh Hell — Laughing in the Face of Motherhood." Hosted by two moms of three kids each, the ladies parent differently: One is more laid back, while the other is hyper-organized. One raised her kids in the 'burbs, one in the city.
What Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables have in common is that both are hilariously funny. From discipline to how to handle when your kid doesn't fit the mold, these moms are spot on with their advice, too.
Parent humor to make you LOL
You know that couple you love to hang out with because their parent humor is second to none? That's what listening to these couple-hosted podcasts is like.
6. Don’t Make Me Come Back There
Dustin and Melissa Nickerson blend comedy with practical parenting advice to share with their listeners the funny facts of family life.
From "How to Get the Kids Out the Door Without Losing Your Mind" to "How to Not Completely Mess Up Mother's Day," the Nickersons draw on their own parenting trials and victories to guide fans along their own parenting journey.
7. Holderness Family Podcast
Chances are if you haven't yet heard the Holderness Family Podcast, you've seen their viral videos of hilarious skits with their kids on social media. The podcast — from parents Penn and Kim — promises, "the real-life ups and downs of living together, working together, raising kids together" — with a hefty dose of humor of course.
Just for laughs: Best humor podcasts
Sometimes moms are not looking for advice as much as just looking for laughs. If irreverent comedy is what you're in the mood for, these are the best humor podcasts around.
8. Childish
"Childish" is a podcast that assures its listeners it's safe for work, "as long as you work in a meatpacking plant." In other words, expect irreverent, not-for-kids'-ears humor that will have you rolling on the floor.
From Facebook mama drama to a baby monitor that picks up Scottish porn, hosts Greg Fitzsimmons and Alison Rosen — real-life friends and parents — cover the familiar and the less-so while helping parents laugh about the hardships and wonders of parenthood.
9. Dad and Buried
Dad and Buried is a podcast "about parenting from a couple of guys who hate parenting." That doesn't mean they hate their kids — they love them — but want to be honest. Parenting, they say is "tough, time-consuming, stressful, thankless, expensive, exhausting, largely unrewarding, really loud, often quite boring."
Hosts Mike and Pete are more than 100 episodes in and with titles like "Wait, Kids can be Annoying?" you can expect to hear things said out loud that maybe you've previously only said to yourself.
