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 the best and worst aspects of having kids, from the hell of other people's kids to whether YouTube sensation Blippi is a wrong'un (he is). The Naughty Step also comes with its own hilarious parenting newsletter, which you should totally subscribe to. - Written and presented by Stuart Heritage and Robyn Wilder - Produced by Amy Jones - Logo by 2 Agency
25 Available Episodes (25 Total)Average duration: 00:25:46
Apr 16, 2019
Blippi's alleged poo; win Olaf Falafel's alleged space leeks; Stu announces his new alleged book!
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We're back and we're more confused than ever! In Stu and Robyn's first podcast of 2019, they revisit YouTube kids' sensation Blippi in light of his Harlem Shake poo allegations (the BuzzFeed article they quote is here); Olaf Falafel's It's One Giant Leek for Mankind gets the Bedroom Bookclub treatment (and you can win a copy!), and Stu reveals HIS new book(s)!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Stuart is going away for work this week, which means that Robyn is left to look after the kids. How do their approaches to parenting differ when the other one vanishes? Also, the majesty that is HEY DUGGEE.
This episode is not about gazebos, lightning or death, although it was recorded during a storm. This week Stu and Robyn discuss the weird world of diagnosing baby rashes, the children's book Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, and whether it's appropriate to watch graphic murder documentaries when your kids is in the room. Enjoy!
After two weeks away from podcasting, Robyn and Stu return to The Naughty Step with all the vitriol, opinions and palpable marital discord that you'd expect. This week they fall out over Mr Tumble and all of Justin Fletcher's major works, plus you tell them about your kids trying to kill their siblings.