All My Only Children

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All My Only Children is a podcast by Ashley Brooke Roberts and May Wilkerson, two comedians who are endlessly interested in why people are the way they are and why they do the things they do. They started the podcast because they wanted to talk about how being raised as an only child made them different but as they investigated, they started to wonder if only child-dom is actually more of a mentality— Maybe they’re not the only ones struggling with loneliness, anxiety, and trying to figure out who they are. Turns out life is hard, even for people who have siblings, in some cases, maybe even harder. On All My Only Children, Ashley and May talk to their funniest and most talented friends about childhoods and life with siblings, which, believe it or not, easily segued into conversations about mental health, relationships, and how to be a person in the world. Please join us whether you’re a literal only child or just one in spirit.

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Back 2 Skool

Sep 13 2024 55 mins

Welcome to the last episode of Season One! We are going on a little hiatus while Ashley starts a new job and May moves. In this episode we discuss horror movies, public transportation, and completely fall apart at the end when our internet fails us. Do the last five minutes make sense? No. Can we hear each other? At times, but ultimately no. Did we have fun? You bet your ass we d

Ep 14: The Jobs Episode, Part 2! Walking Dogs, Selling Our Souls, and Crying in Bathrooms

Aug 26 2024 88 mins

In the second part of our 2-part JOBS series, Ashley and May talk about all the jobs we've had since we started comedy (AC). And there have been a LOT. From telling jokes in a bathtub, to selling tomatoes at the farmer’s market, to napping in illegal schools, to being the face of cleaning products, and beyond. Also, we discussed how May used to pick fights with Mormons, why we’

Ep 13: The Jobs Episode - Part 1! Getting Hired, Getting Fired, and the Artist's Way (into debt)

Aug 19 2024 80 mins

Not to brag, but we have both had a LOT of jobs. In Part 1 of our 2-part jobs episode, we are talking about all the jobs we had from our teen years up until we started comedy -- from lawless movie theaters to the world's top comedy club to radical publishing houses, from waiting tables to selling perfume to babysitting for narc children (guess which job paid in cigarettes?). We tal

Ep 12: Liz Magee is All About Love

Aug 11 2024 80 mins

Liz Magee is a TV writer, comedian, our close friend, and without her, this podcast might not exist?! She joined us to talk all about love, weddings, people pleasing, breaking unhealthy relationship patterns, her wild origin story, family secrets, the life-changing truth bomb dropped on her at age 12 during a game of water balloons, Florida, Santa Claus, and more! Also, Ashley care

Ep 11: Anatomy of a Birthday

Aug 05 2024 71 mins

Birthdays, like Bubba Gump Shrimp, bring us all together! But they can also be stressful and complicated and lead to a 2-day hangover. In honor of Ashley's birthday this week, we talked about the ups and downs of celebrating yourself, shared our best and worst bday stories, and learned some facts about the history of birthdays. We also discussed Anatomy of a Fall, why chain restaur

Ep 10: Natasha Vaynblat is a “Childless Freak”

Jul 29 2024 91 mins

This week we have comedian, writer, and all-star friend Natasha Vaynblat on the show! We talk growing up as an only child, apartment complexes, and how to really stick it to your live in enemy (Uncle). We get DEEP into the topic of reproduction. Who should do it? Who wants to do it? Should we all just be “Childless Freaks”? Plus, we introduce a new segment for the pod and May t

Ep 9: Jasmine Pierce Knows the DSM

Jul 22 2024 86 mins

Jasmine Pierce is a comedian and writer of TV shows you have definitely seen. She joined us to talk about her early years as an only child before she became a sibling and how it affected her creatively, socially, and emotionally. We also talked about: autism and ADHD, making friends online (and off), finding your people, doing "THE WORK," and a space cake-fueled fight in an Amsterd

Ep 8: (Your Big Sisters Share) Summer Recommendations!

Jul 15 2024 75 mins

This week we're sharing everything we're watching, buying, searching for, and injecting into our hearts and minds this summer, because that's what big sisters do. Ashley and May are spilling our summer recs and they range from seashell swag to fanny packs to Gay Pride. Plus, one of us doesn’t really understand how summer recs work. And the other might have accidentally joined a h

Ep 7: Minding Our Ps & Qs with Leah Bonnema

Jul 08 2024 99 mins

Leah Bonnema is a comedian, author, and co-host of the podcast, “Were You Raised by Wolves?” She’s also an only child! She joined us on the pod to talk about all things manners and etiquette, and she dropped a ton of wisdom on us plus some slogans that seriously changed our lives for the better. We also talked about her childhood in Maine, what it means to be “too much,”

Ep 6: No Googling Allowed with Alex Song-Xia

Jul 01 2024 78 mins

Comedian, sibling, and dear friend, Alex Song-Xia joins us to talk boundaries, brothers, unique covid houses, and forts under cribs. Plus, one of us realizes she has codependent traits and the other wonders why everyone close to her owns a copy of "Codependent No More." Thanks for listening and don't forget to rate and review :-)