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The Naughty Step

The Naughty Step is a funny, irreverent and knackered podcast about parenting. In each episode, journalists Stuart Heritage (Guardian and Esquire family columnist) and Robyn Wilder (HuffPo family columnist; ex of The Pool) pull apart ...


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  • 23. Questions from Childfree People

    22:04
    This week we don't have a guest, and that guest is Anthony Nolan Young Ambassador Kathryn Cartwright. We field questions about parenting from the childfree, review Dr Seuss's The Sleep Book, and tell you what to say to anyone trying to make you feel guilty for 'overpopulation' and climate change.
  • 22. Not Sponsored by Potette

    25:15
    This week we talk about parenting in the summer when your kids are teething and potty-training, and you're covered in chub-rub and hayfever. ALSO: Blaze and the Monster Machines. AND! The worst parenting advice you've ever received. PLUS! Someone wins Your No Guilt Parenting Plan by last week's guest, Rebecca Schiller.
  • 21. Put the Baby in the Cupboard

    34:43
    We talk to Rebecca Schiller, author of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan, about bad parenting advice, "birth noises" and whether it's okay to nap while your wife's in labour. Also! Your tales of genuine sibling psychopathy! And! Win a copy of Rebecca's book!
  • 20. Rapeless Gilead

    23:48
    Nominally about the lies parents tell children, and revisiting There's A Wocket in my Pocket as a bedtime rap phenomenon, episode 20 quickly descends into gutter chat about whether being a handmaid might actually be quite a nice life. Without all the rape, of course. ALSO! Send us your sibling stories and win a copy of Stu's book, Don't be a Dick, Pete! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, leave us an iTunes review, and -- oh yeah -- get some sleep.
  • 19. A Funnel Would Be Messy

    29:19
    Father's Day! Tinga Tinga Tales on CBeebies! German Paw Patrol! Elaborate lies our parents have told us! Whether putting a funnel in a hole in the floor would make an acceptable toilet in a pinch! Episode 19 of The Naughty Step has it all.
  • 18. Dr Seuss is a bad doctor

    27:45
    Robyn and Stuart share their (and your) traumatic tales of soft play hell, contemplate the life of Dr Seuss and review his book THERE'S A WOCKET IN MY POCKET. This episode also serves as Robyn's voiceover showreel, and features spurious slurs concerning poor people, ladders, and the north.