The Paula Faris Show
Hosted by Paula Faris · That Sounds Fun Network
4.9from 193 ratings
- 155
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 193
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 53K
- YouTube views
About The Paula Faris Show
Join Emmy-Award winning journalist, Founder of CARRY™ and America’s most curious mom, Paula Faris, as she and her frequent co-host, husband John, talk about the hottest topics that parents are talking about. This listener driven show tackles your big questions: "When to have the sex talk with my kid? Why are we fighting about the dishes again? How can I juggle work and life? Why are teenagers and toddlers so hard?" If you’re talking about it, Paula is talking about it in a real, relatable and authentic manner. Join Paula as she engages in a conversation style of no sugar coating, authenticity and keeping it real. She will have you laughing and learning. Life Happens. Let's Talk About It!
- Publisher
- That Sounds Fun Network
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 155 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are You Helping or Are You Controlling?
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why We Think Everything Depends On Us
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are We All Control Freaks?
Inside a recent episode
Are You Helping or Are You Controlling?
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I would think that my motivation is to help them. My motivation is to help save them from themselves. My motivation is to prevent heartache. But that might be controlling. So when is the motivation correct? and healthy and when is it incorrect and unhealthy? Okay, so give me a real life example of this and then we're going to chase it down. Okay, so I actually have a list of things, like a little test of scenarios, okay? And you're going to tell us if it's responsible or if it's controlling. Kind of a game show, Lisa. You want to do this? I love game shows. Let's say we can't quit checking on Find My Friends for where our partner is or our child is. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Lysa TerKeurst
- Liz Bohannon
- Michelle
- John
- John Faris
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 52,631
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 150 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 43 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts The Paula Faris Show?
Paula Faris host the show. Published by That Sounds Fun Network.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Paula Faris Show take guests?
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