Kid/Life Crisis
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Kid/Life Crisis
New York City comedians Katie Compa and Raquel D’Apice present Kid/Life Crisis, a bi-weekly podcast about an exhilarating, panic-inducing topic in many women's lives: deciding whether to become a parent— or to stay child-free. Katie and Raquel sit down with comedians, writers, executives and more to...
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Episode 63: Michelle D (Episode 49)
Katie and Raquel follow up with Katie's coworker Michelle about the struggle bus, preschool, axolotls, summer camp, keeping things alive, boundaries,...

Episode 62: LaKendra Tookes (Episode 50)
Katie and Raquel catch up with comic, actress and radio host LaKendra Tookes about therapy, ghostings, pandemic dating, cohabitating and building a fu...

Episode 61: Abbi Crutchfield (Episode 31)
Katie and Raquel catch up with Abbi Crutchfield to talk about folding t-shirts, positive touch points, adult ADHD, Mary Poppins, and forging new paths...

Episode 60: Mindy Raf (Episode 42)
Katie and Raquel catch up with guest Mindy Raf about the societal bullseye, acceptance in community, non-monogamy, holding in farts, and our evolving...

Episode 59: Jen Dziura (Episode 2)
Katie and Raquel catch up with their second-ever Kid/Life Crisis guest, Jen Dziura, about memes, work schedules, boulders in the gas tank, looking at...

Episode 58: Ophira Eisenberg (Episode 19)
On this episode, Raquel and Katie get up to date with comedian, author, and radio/podcast host Ophira Eisenberg about switching identities, acceptable...

Episode 57: Heather Fink (Episode 43)
Katie and Raquel catch up with comedian and filmmaker Heather Fink, who last spoke with us five years ago (Ep. 43), about moving to (and dating in) Lo...

NEW update for listeners
Per a listener request, we'll do a handful of new episodes coming up (we won't even attempt to promise a schedule or number, as we both still have ADH...

Update for listeners
Raquel recently joined the writing team at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, so we're unexpectedly back on hiatus! We'll keep you updated on when we...

Episode 56: Laura Norkin
Katie and Raquel sit down with Laura Norkin, writer and editor with a focus on parenting, to discuss being raised under a red pen, Thomas the Tank Eng...

Episode 55: Marcella Arguello
Standup comic Marcella Arguello once wanted to be a schoolteacher with six children. While helping raise her nieces and nephews and focusing on comedy...

Episode 54: Anathea Simpkins
Katie and Raquel chat with Anathea Simpkins about growing up in Miami and on Cape Cod, raising children in New York, divorce, IVF, bleeding gums, and...

Episode 53: Babe Parker
Katie and Raquel talk with writer and comedian Babe Parker about mean girls, makeup, birth order, babysitting for Slash, animals and babies, and bound...

Episode 52: Irene McGee follow-up
Katie and Raquel sit down for their first follow-up episode with Irene McGee, who's come a long way since episode 15, raising her 18-month-old daughte...

Episode 51: Anonymous
We talk with our first anonymous guest about avoiding her mother, being a doula, psychedelics, relationships, gender, and Duran Duran. (music: www.ben...

Episode 50: LaKendra Tookes
This week, Katie and Raquel talk with comic, actress and writer LaKendra Tookes (follow her on Instagram, America!) about SNL, Drake, Scary Spice, ins...

Episode 49: Michelle D
Katie and Raquel chat with Katie's coworker Michelle, in town after recently moving across the country solo to start a family. We discuss support netw...

Episode 48: Pushy Muldowney
Katie and Raquel sit down with Katie "Pushy" Muldowney to talk about roller derby, crows’ feet, grad school, freakout babies, Orange is the New Black,...

Episode 47: Irene Morales
Katie and Raquel talk with comedian Irene Morales about being from Miami, her prima hermana, growing up with an autistic sibling, therapy, and My Monk...

Episode 46: Sharron Paul
Katie and Raquel welcome Sharron Paul, standup comic, actress and cohost of Katie’s other podcast, to tell us about growing up as part of an extended...

Episode 45: Anita Flores
Anita Flores joins Katie and Raquel this week to talk panic IUDs, the Miracle of Life video, recovering from surgery, the All About Me doll, rude kids...

Episode 44: Lauren Vino
Katie and Raquel chat with comedian and dad blogger (really!) Lauren Vino about fighting in public, parents who are still married, her dad's band prac...

Episode 43: Heather Fink
Katie and Raquel sit down with comedian and filmmaker Heather Fink to discuss middle-school makeovers, the meaning of family, women on set, and why/wh...

Episode 42: Mindy Raf
Katie and Raquel chat with comedian, author, middle child and Michigander Mindy Raf about hormones, being engaged to a Croatian, handling ambivalence...

Episode 41: Leighann Lord
Katie and Raquel welcome first post-election guest Leighann Lord, comic, author, podcaster, host, and daughter-on-call. We talk about role reversal,...

Episode 40: The Episode that Sucks
For their first episode back, Katie and Raquel sit down with each other to debrief over the last few months' whirlwind of travel, world political deve...

Episode 39: Kat Burdick
Raquel and Katie chat with comedian Kat Burdick about Who Wants to be a Millionaire, growing up a military brat, getting kicked out at 17, a better hu...

A quick update for regular listeners!
Hi, listeners! Raquel has just pushed a small human out of her body so our scheduling has been thrown off, but we're planning to get back to business...

Episode 38: Lauren Maul
Katie and Raquel talk with Lauren Maul, comedian, composer and cat lady, about managing chronic pain, growing up in small-town Nebraska, sharing privi...

Episode 37: Luke Younger
Katie and Raquel talk with Luke Younger (only the second guy to do the podcast, because his struggle is real!) about the first six months, being in co...

Episode 36: Jennifer Leigh
Katie and Raquel sit down with Katie’s college friend Jennifer Leigh. For years she leaned against having kids because of a demanding job and genetic...

Episode 35: Jessica Delfino
Katie and Raquel talk with NYC comedian, singer, ukelelist and entrepreneur Jessica Delfino about blind dates, VHS movies, jail, Mary Poppins, Craigli...

Episode 34: Rebecca Vigil
Katie and Raquel sit down with NYC musical improviser Rebecca Vigil to talk about about growing up between two families, winning $100,000, Camp Unwant...

Episode 33: Emily Flake
Raquel and Katie speak with New Yorker cartoonist and author Emily Flake about the battle for sleep, white lies, Sam Goody, cavities, becoming an aunt...

Episode 32: Meghann Foye
Katie and Raquel sit down with magazine editor and book author Meghann Foye to discuss the online melee around her article in the NY Post, the gig eco...

Episode 31: Abbi Crutchfield
Katie and Raquel sit down with comic and actress Abbi Crutchfield to talk about being married to another comic, Home Alone, healthy living, confidence...

Episode 30: Tovah Close
Katie and Raquel speak with actor and dialect coach Tovah Close about small-town Oklahoma, the NYC performer hustle, waitressing during the impending...

Episode 29: Caitlin Loughlin
Raquel and Katie chat with Caitlin Loughlin, a former
entomologist and schoolteacher, about going through a cancer
diagnosis as a teenager...

Episode 28: Adira Amram
Katie and Raquel talk with NYC musical comedian/singer Adira Amram about Dutch Sesame Street, home births, growing up on a farm, downloading babies, k...

Episode 27: Blair Koenig
Blair Koenig, author and curator of the hilarious STFU, Parents blog, talks with Katie and Raquel about growing up in Atlanta, marrying her college po...