Episode 141: Messmerized Gets a Little Sidetracked

About this episode

Cynthia takes a break for spring break and shares a fun, unscripted episode from her other podcast with Heather, discussing various humorous topics related to parenting and midlife.

As you know, I’m taking a little time away this week for spring break with my family—which means slower mornings, later nights, and me pretending I’m a fun, flexible person who doesn’t actually need a routine to survive. So today, I’m dropping a recent episode from one of my other podcasts, Sidetracked , with my co-host Heather MacFadyen. If you’ve never listened, just know this: there is no outline, no real plan, and absolutely no guarantee we stay on topic. I’ll be back next week with a fresh episode of Messmerized. In the meantime, settle in—here’s what’s coming your way: Heather has a new hobby—hip-hop dance fitness—which leads to a very real conversation about midlife exercise choices, ranging from dancing to water aerobics to the stroller workouts moms used to do at the mall. That, of course, opens the door to a shocking revelation that some totally off-the-rails mothers used to take strollers on escalators (i.e., Cynthia). There’s also a discussion about a child who snort-laughed gum into his nose, running shoes that started foaming mid-practice, and a man who apparently inhaled a tiny toy traffic cone. They break down new teenage slang, debate the strange corners of…

People in this episode

Host: Cynthia Yanof

Guest: Heather MacFadyen

Topics covered

• family
• exercise
• parenting
• midlife
• humor
• teenage slang

Keywords

• spring break
• hip-hop dance fitness
• midlife exercise
• teenage slang
• parenting humor

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