Parenting is a Joke
Hosted by Ophira Eisenberg · Ophira Eisenberg
4.9from 298 ratings
- 259
- Episodes
- 184
- Transcribed
- 298
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 419M
- YouTube views
About Parenting is a Joke
You know when you talk to your friends about your childhood and end it by saying, "But look at us, we're fine!" Here's my question: Are we fine? Because we're sitting here doused in CBD oil under a weighted blanket recording a podcast called Parenting is a Joke. Each week, host and standup Ophira Eisenberg talks to a different comedian about their career and their kids. Conversations tackle the tooth fairy, eating sticks, summer camp anxiety, the hidden horrors of childbirth, and the obvious horrors of our own childhoods. We celebrate the absurdity of shuffling a career with raising a kid, and highlight less traditional parenthood journeys, all while relishing in the fact that no one knows what they're doing, but we're all trying! Sometimes even our best. New episodes every Tuesday. New Season October 1st.
- Publisher
- Ophira Eisenberg
- Category
- comedy · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Oct 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
184 of 259 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jena Friedman Knows Grief is a Real Motherf*ker
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Giving Up Control with Marc Kaye
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Marc Kaye’s Kids are 1 in 8 Million
Inside a recent episode
Jena Friedman Knows Grief is a Real Motherf*ker
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And for whatever they're saying, I've been on a tear about this. I don't think that Silicon Valley is special. I just think that they have benefited immensely from never being regulated. And the idea that AI, that it's too late to regulate AI is complete propaganda. We have regulated nuclear nukes. We've regulated cloning. We don't have armies of human clones. We can regulate AI. But what about China? China is like taking cues from like American AI companies. We can shut down data centers. We can regulate the GPs, which are the chips that make AI, like the way that we regulate uranium. Where there's a will, there's a way. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Parenting is a Joke
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- Jena Friedman
- Marc Kaye
- Sona Movsesian
- Adam Cayton-Holland
- Carlos Greaves
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 419,108,275
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 211 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 87 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Parenting is a Joke?
Ophira Eisenberg host the show. Published by Ophira Eisenberg.
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