Claiming Zero

About Claiming Zero

What happens when society tells you, you have nothing to claim but "zero"? You make a podcast for the Childfree & Fencesitter community. Vanessa is a reentry supervisor for a non-profit that helps men and women in prison rebuild their lives. Her partner Devin is a sports enthusiast working in live television as a director and volunteering at the animal shelter on the weekends. Neither of them have time or energy for kids and they are okay with that! For now. Join them every week as they share their hilariously honest life experiences living childfree in a world full of parents. Music by audionautix.com. Support the show and “buy a coffee or two” https://www.buymeacoffee.com/claimingzero Email - claimingzeropodcast@gmail.com Insta/FB - @claimingzero

Publisher

Vanessa and Devin

Category

comedy · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2021

Latest episode

3 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

235 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Mar 2026

   S6, E12: The End of an Era

   Well ladies and gents the day has come. It is time for me to hang up my podcast mic. Will it be forever? Why now?What's next?And am I still on the fence?I answer all if that and more in this final episode. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for the laughs, the love, the growth, the safe space. Thank you for being a huge part of my life. I love you all and I am always just one plane ride away. See you in Vegas! <3 Vanessa Support the show Email: claimingzerop...

2. 

   24 Feb 2026

   S6, E11: Himstory - Mark Boyle: The Moneyless Man and His Journey Down the Road Less Traveled

   What if opting out wasn’t about selfishness… but about conviction? In this episode of Claiming Zero, I take a deep dive into the life of Mark Boyle, better known as The Moneyless Man. He gave up money. He later gave up modern technology. And in his early 30s, he chose to have a voluntary vasectomy — deciding not to bring children into what he believes is an overconsuming world. We explore: The misconceptions about himThe moment that changed his worldviewHis three years living without mo...

3. 

   17 Feb 2026

   S6, E10: Reddit Reads: Who has Bigger Regrets, Parents or Childfree People?

   This week on Claiming Zero, I’m reading and reacting to two very honest Reddit threads — one from the Reddit community r/regretfulparents and the other from r/childfree. In the first post, parents were asked: “Are you envious of your childfree by choice friends?" And they did not hold back. Commenters talked about: Watching childfree friends travel freelyHaving disposable incomeBeing able to focus on their relationships moreHaving time, autonomy, and flexibility and so much moreThen I f...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

30 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

76 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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