Pratfalls of Parenting

Pratfalls of Parenting


Latest Episodes

Levi Weinhagen | Pratfalls of Parenting Special Edition
December 01, 2015

“Making this show has changed my life.” Pratfalls of Parenting podcast producer and host Levi Weinhagen flips the tables and is interviewed by special guest host Laura Zabel. Levi talks about how the show has evolved since he started it in 2012,

Aric McKeown | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 150
November 24, 2015

“Maybe there’s a way to do something that’s well established, but maybe I’m going to build my own path.” Aric McKeown is an improviser, a podcaster, and a serial creator of interesting internet projects like; Regret Labs, Mustache Rangers, Blank It,

Andrew Simonet | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 149
November 17, 2015

“We’re looking at building a movement, not a program.” Andrew Simonet is a writer, artist, producer, documentary filmmaker, co-founder of Philadelphia’s Headlong Dance Theater, and founder and Director of Artists U. In this episode of the podcast,

Nora McInerny Purmort | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 148
November 10, 2015

“Grief is boring and isolating and exhausting.” Writer, community builder and internet lover Nora McInerny Purmort talks about constantly writing out stories when she was a child, often with story prompts from her father who was a copywriter who secret...

Laura Zimmermann | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 147
November 03, 2015

“No one should hand you a bunch of cash after college and say give the world yourself.” Laura Zimmermann is a writer, a philanthropic leader and an all-around fantastic human being. Laura spent 18 years working for the McKnight Foundation,

Laura Holway & Ben McGinley | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 146
October 27, 2015

“I think we both knew that we liked each other, but I was a pretty damaged person.” Laura Holway is a choreographer, theater maker, writer, producer, and creative maker of unstuckness. Ben McGinley is a video maker, producer, podcaster,

Arnie Niekamp | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 145
October 13, 2015

Arnie Niekamp is the director of the video game Drawful, writer and director for You Don’t Know Jack and Fibbage. He’s also the host of the podcast Hello from the Magic Tavern and a founding member of the improv group Whirled News Tonight in Chicago.

Art Allen | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 144
October 06, 2015

“The timing was ridiculous.” Art Allen, through his company called Modern Antics, plans fun, experiential events like a pun slam competition called Pundamonium, a beard competition called Beard-Off, and a live interactive puzzle game called Riddle Room...

Brian Wecht | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 143
September 29, 2015

“Your job is to constantly throw out ideas and 99% of them fail.” Brian Wecht is a musician, comedian, and theoretical physicist. He’s held research positions at Harvard University, the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT,

Alexei Moon Casselle | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 142
September 22, 2015

“I don’t think it was weird just for the sake of being weird.” Alexei Moon Casselle is a parent, an artist, and an educator. In this episode, he talks about starting to take music seriously at age 15 and how that led to bands, record deals and tours.