Standup & Stories Podcast
The Mom Coms Standup and Stories Podcast is a laugh-out-loud storytelling podcast where authors, comedians and artists share their humorous work aloud and are interviewed by The Mom Coms.
Recent Episodes
Teen Speak with Angela Burk
What happens when midlife moms can't decode their own teens language? Comedy gold. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein welcome Angela Burk — author of The Real Girl's Guide to Midlife and the...
Mean Moms, Motherhood, and Midlife with the Original Dating Diva, Estelle Erasmus
Estelle Erasmus offers inspiring and hilarious advice on protecting our valuable time, mean moms, peer pressure, poop, raisins, kishkas, dating, and the importance of remembering your value even when the world tries to degrade it. There might be a brief moment of boob lifting and operatic singing in this episode, but you’ll have to listen to find out!
The Lindas with Caren Lissner
Caren reads an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, How We Became Homeless, and chats with Mom Coms Holly Rizzuto Palker and Liz Alterman about seeing her novel become a movie, surviving her mother’s mental health struggles, and protecting her own kids.
Lady Godiva on a Schwinn with Karen Reiner
Karen tells The Mom Coms Holly and Steph about her childhood with her hilariously penny-pinching mother. We hear about creatively re-purposed pantyhose eggs, homemade underwear, and bridesmaids decked out in bedsheets. Want to retire before 60? Karen and Bonnie will tell you how…but fair warning: you might have to iron some tissue paper!
liz alterman’s disastrous multi-generational vacation
Who would be zany enough to plan a trip to Florida with their 80-year-old mother and three teenage sons and live to write about the adventure? Liz Alterman, that’s who! She is an award-winning author published in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and a frequent McSweeney’s contributor.
liz glazer goes Back in the closet
From the logistical challenges of sharing closet space with her wife, Rabbi Karen, to the possibility that she’s intentionally denying her mother FaceTime with the grandbaby, Liz tells all. With sets on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Funny AF with Kevin Hart and Nate Bargatze’s The Showcase you won’t want to miss getting to know Glazer.