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Childproof

Childproof

Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom

152 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Childproof has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 152 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 45 min and 52 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 31% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Kids & Family show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 13 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom.

Episodes
152
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
49 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Parenting is hard, but it's even harder when you feel alone and have only the sounds of Cocomelon to keep you company. Childproof is a parenting chat show for when you’re craving adult conversation. As parents to three kids each, co-hosts Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom have been there. They know that sometimes our kids are the ones on the verge of a tantrum, and that sometimes it’s us. Childproof attempts to figure out the dos, don’ts, and f*ck its of modern parenthood. From yelling at your kids (we’ve all done it) to finding a sleep schedule that doesn’t ruin your life, Gwenna and Tori share the challenges they’ve faced and the lessons they’ve learned, and are eager to share their experiences through a mix of one-on-one conversations, guest appearances, and input from listeners revealing their own parenting secrets. Clearly, we could use some help from everyone and their mother.

Latest Episodes

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You Have Questions We Have Answers

May 6, 202654 min

Parasocial Parenting

Apr 22, 202655 min

Road Rage

Apr 8, 202636 min

Creamed Corn

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This episode of Childproof is sponsored in part by MacMillan Audio. Gwenna’s new book Thinky Thoughts hits shelves April 14th and MacMillan Audio produced her audiobook. Gwenna will read her own book to you. And you get a sample here on Childproof. Enjoy this complete essay Creamed Corn from Thinky Thoughts: All Grown Up & Still Just as Confused. Is creamed corn a thinly veiled reference to grown up times? No, it’s a blatant reference to that time Gwenna though she could make creamed corn with cream of celery soup. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get a free cookbook of bonus recipes inspired by Thinky Thoughts. ⁠Free with proof of preorder!⁠ ⁠⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠⁠ Video version of ⁠⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠⁠ Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 1, 202639 min

Yeehaw! Email Roundup

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It’s time for another round of enjoying our mutual parasocial relationships with our listeners! We’ve asked you questions. You’ve answered them. We’re reading some of them. And then using your answers to explore tangents that may or may not have anything to do with anything. At the end of every episode we invite you to email us with questions, suggestions, or things we should know. We shamelessly turn that into episodes. Want to be a part. Email us. We might shamelessly turn it into an episode. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] ⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠ Video version of ⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠ Get a free cookbook of bonus recipes inspired by Thinky Thoughts. Free with proof of preorder! Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 25, 202651 min

What Happened?

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After a pause. And a break. And a distinct lack of explaining ourselves. And another break. We’re back. This time with an explanation of exactly what happened. The winds of change are blowing and we’re excited to see where they take us all! We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] ⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠ Video version of ⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠ Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 202647 min

Childproof Untold

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On this episode of Childproof Gwenna and Tori discuss things. Okay, full disclosure for the seventeen people that read notes and descriptions, we recorded this and then Oklahoma and Kentucky both exploded with influenza. Everyone was sick. Stuff got paused while we all healed. It was rough. No one had any fun. Show notes didn’t get written and by the time they got back to it Gwenna, who writes the descriptions forgot what we talked about and Tori, who edits the episodes cannot be trusted to write descriptions. So now you know this is a podcast hosted and run by two people who have no idea what they are doing and should be better at this by now. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] ⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠ Video version of ⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠ Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 202651 min

So Now It's A Problem

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Tori only thought they were losing it. Their snow continues and we decided to scour the internet for what they are saying about parents in the media. Did you know Warren Buffett was a gentle parent? Who knew? And then we spend most of the rest of the episode being very millennial and complaining about a Buzzfeed article. It’s not so much complaining as pointing out how it’s wrong a bunch. So like I said, being very millennial about it. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] ⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠ Video version of ⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠ Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 202654 min

Snow Problem

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White people talking about the weather, weird Barbies, transmogrifying spoons, fork licking, crutches, clutter, hoarding, and lying. Somehow that’s all in this episode. Tori and Gwenna have gone stir crazy I. The ale of the winter storm that swept the nation and this episode is the proof of that. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] ⁠Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content⁠ Video version of ⁠Childproof available on Youtube ⁠ Be sure to check out our other show ⁠⁠Founded⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠⁠ Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 4, 202648 min

The Never-Ending January

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January is still here. Because it won’t leave. Why won’t it leave? Why does every January seem to last five years? On this episode of childproof Gwenna and Tori discuss snow days and library perks. Art contests and alarm clocks. But mostly we just keeping waiting for January to be done. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check out our other show ⁠Founded⁠ ⁠Preorder Gwenna's new book⁠ Click here to find the ice cream ball Gwenna mentioned Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 28, 202655 min

We Have A Confession

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Okay yes fine. We admit it. Sometimes we make meals our whole families enjoy and sometimes we make five different dishes, one for each human in the house. We do it because we can. Because it’s not that hard. Because not every moment needs to be a teachable one. And sometimes just getting dinner down their gullet is worth not fighting an entire war over a dang pea. We also admit a whole bunch of other stuff. Like how much more therapy we need and how we can’t take complements on this episode of Childproof. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check out our other show ⁠Founded⁠ Find Gwenna's books here: Field Guide to Responsive Parenting Soul's Guide to the After Death Thinky Thoughts Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21, 202652 min

Books, babies, and Befores & Afters

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The new year is always ripe with promise of change. But these changes were inevitable. On this episode of Childproof we’re talking books, baby fever (no neither of us are having more babies, relax) and how to handle body acceptance and changes to our bodies without making a negative change. Framing self improvement as just that. Improvement. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Click here to find: The Bird The Bees and The Elephant In The Room Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 14, 202656 min

The Return to Routine

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It’s been a wonderful holiday break. We are spirited out though and looking forward to our spawn going and hanging out with other folks for a hot second. From grinning and bearing our kids’ tastes in media to when you’re forced to take your own parenting advice FOR yourself, returning to routine is important and this episode of Childproof really hammers that down. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Find Gwennas's novella, The Soul's Guide to the After Death here Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 7, 202652 min

Montage

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This is the episode that isn’t an episode but is made of parts of all the other episodes that were episodes even if they were weird episodes. A full episode of minisodes? Anyway Gwenna and Tori are spending their holiday with their family and will have plenty to talk about after the break. Please enjoy this montage of our favorite clips and moments. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 31, 202549 min

Basically Facetime

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It’s another preshow preview. And a montage. Who doesn’t love a montage? Yes we did one of these but we aren’t very good at planning and this one isn’t the same as the one a few months ago. Our Patrons and paid subscribers get these little treats served to them every week. It’s basically a FaceTime between Tori and I. We typically have to explain that folks should lower there expectation for what their getting in exchange for their support. But we don’t have to disclaimer that this time. You can see for yourself. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 24, 202547 min

Winter Break Survival Tips

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Winter break is upon us in the northern hemisphere. (Happy summer to our Southern Hemisphere listeners) We’ve got holidays and school breaks and kids everywhere. With so much to do there’s still somehow room for boredom. This podcast episode is full of boredom busters of all variety to not just survive the break but to thrive, enjoy your time, and keep everyone happily busy. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 17, 202552 min

Holiday Email Round Up

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time when we read your emails and chat. Gwenna and Tori have been asking listeners to share their favorite Christmas, holiday, and winter memories with us. For this email round up we share a selection of the hundreds of stories we received. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Video version of Childproof available on Youtube Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 10, 202550 min

Becoming An Artist With Scott Sava

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What does it take to become an artist? How much are you standing in your own way? This week Tori and Gwenna welcome artist (and now author) Scott Christian Sava. Scott Sava is an artist, illustrator, and creator from Yonkers New York. His animated film Animal Crackers is on Netflix starring John Krasinski and an all-star cast. He’s worked on Spider Man Comics, Star Trek art, and The Dreamland Chronicles comics, written for his sons. He lives in a Hobbit Hole and has just released his new book: Becoming an Artist: How to Make Art Like a Human, Embracing Failure, discovering your creative voice, and finding joy in the process available everywhere you find your favorite books. We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Find Scott Sava's book Becoming An Artist Join our Patreon for pre-show bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book Thinky Thoughts: All Grown Up & Still Just As Confused Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 3, 202551 min

Holiday Movie Review

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It’s the holiday season and tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Your friendly neighborhood podcasts hosts little bit forgot they’d be insanely busy in the lead up to Thanksgiving in the US. So you get a preshow run long. If you’re a former subscriber you’ll recognize this chaos for what it is. Tori and Gwenna being odd and barely having their ish together. From behind the scenes info to an in depth discussion of parenting in Christmas movies this episode is a lot of something and nothing and everything. Happy Thanksgiving. We want to hear from you, let us know how you feel about Christmas movies! Email us: [email protected] Join our Patreon Preorder Gwenna's new book Thinky Thoughts: All Grown Up & Still Just As Confused Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage This is an Airwave Media podcast. To advertise on this podcast please email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 26, 202545 min

The Ghost of Holiday Spirit

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The holidays can be hard. From schedules to budgets, magic to mayhem, there’s a lot. All the time. It feels like we kick a ball down the hill October first and then spend a full 120 days chasing it back down. How do you maintain that holiday spirit for the long haul? Should you or is that a more unrealistic expectation of perfection? And when everything feels heavy, how do you keep it light for the kids? We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: [email protected] Preorder Gwenna's new book: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/thinky-thoughts-9781250390028/ Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠[email protected]⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 19, 202550 min
Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom