Listen now:
To subscribe in Apple Podcasts, click here.
With Gabe Roth and Rebecca Lavoie on vacation, Carvell Wallace is joined by former host Allison Benedikt and Ami Cooper. In an all-fail edition of “Triumphs and Fails,” Allison discusses her shame at accidentally enrolling her child in an all-white summer camp, Carvell’s first-day-of-school screw-up, and Ami’s urban biking conundrum. Then, an interview with Ami about her experience raising an out and proud transgender sixth-grader, navigating gender politics with colleagues, and dealing with the problems that arise from new schools. In Slate Plus, a bonus fourth fail from Allison about encouraging kids to do the right thing, even after they’ve made the wrong choice.
Recommendations:
- Allison recommends: a trip to Iceland and Castle, by David Macaulay.
- Ami recommends: the film Wonder Woman.
- Carvell recommends: The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard, by Gregory Rogers.
Follow us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at (424) 255-7833.
Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch.
