Katie's Crib

Aug 24 2023 141 ep. 46 mins 527

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With empathy and a sense of humor about it all, Katie’s Crib keeps it real while providing an indispensable guide for parents trying to find their way. Hosted by actress and mother Katie Lowes, each week the show welcomes guests for open and honest conversations about everything parenting from fertility and postpartum life to the trials and tribulations of raising tiny humans.

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Season Finale and Farewell: Reflections on the Journey of Katie’s Crib

Aug 24 2023 52 mins

With this episode being the end of Season 6, we also present this as the final episode of “Katie’s Crib.” As this chapter draws to a close, Katie and her husband Adam Shapiro share the lessons they have learned from Katie’s journey as the show's host. The two first discuss how Katie hosting the podcast impacted their journeys as parents. They also discuss their personal

Riki Lindhome: Surrogacy, Heartache, and the Resilient Road to Motherhood

Aug 17 2023 39 mins

We’re almost near the end of Katie’s Crib season 4 - and the PODCAST, Katie’s Crib! In the almost-last episode of the show, Katie welcomes Netflix’s “Wednesday” actress Riki Lindhome to the mic. Riki shares her unique journey of how she became a parent through surrogacy. Riki first discusses the challenges she faced in trying different ways to conceive before surro

Exploring Early Childhood Development w/ Carol Provost

Aug 10 2023 50 mins

This week’s Katie’s Crib episode is dedicated to topics surrounding early childhood development - featuring child development specialist, Carol Provost! Join us as we dig into Carol's 40+ years of knowledge as a parent support expert. We first explore how Carol found her passion for helping children learn and grow over the years. She then sheds light on understanding such thi

Nicolette Robinson: Broadway Trailblazer, Motherhood & Co-authoring a Children's Book

Aug 03 2023 45 mins

This week on Katie’s Crib, Katie sits down with “Waitress” stage star and television actress Nicolette Robinson! The two discuss the actress and her husband’s (Leslie Odom Jr., Aaron Burr from “Hamilton”) new children’s book, "I Love You More than You'll Ever Know." Nicolette first opens up about raising two children while being in the entertainment industry with h

Cancer Survivor to Advocate: Empowering Solutions w/ Sara Olsher

Jul 27 2023 49 mins

In this week's episode of Katie’s Crib, we are joined by Sara Olsher, the founder of Mighty + Bright. The mother and cancer survivor shares her joinery of developing a company that helps families through hard things like divorce, cancer, and other major changes (using calendars, daily charts and books). Sara first explains that led her to start her company, opening up about her

Pregnancy, Heart Failure, and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy w/ Jordana Mollick

Jul 20 2023 45 mins

Producer Jordana Mollick (HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, Netflix’s THE LOVEBIRDS) presents her personal experience of peripartum cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation during pregnancy. The Semi-Formal’s co-founder addresses the two terms, and how she, her doctors, family and friends reacted to complications before, during, and after delivery. She also discusses how she continues t

Jenna Ushkowitz: ‘Glee’ & Babies, Trampolines, & Palindromes

Jul 13 2023 39 mins

Katie chats with former Fox musical comedy-drama series “Glee” actress and singer, Jenna Ushkowitz. The two sound off about Jenna’s journey into motherhood. Jenna discusses how members of her “Glee” cas family met her daughter, and how crazy it is that everyone is now all having children now. She also goes into how she has been working out on her very own trampoline dur

What is Munchausen by Proxy? w/ Andrea Dunlop

Jul 06 2023 33 mins

Katie interviews Andrea Dunlop, the host of a true crime podcast called 'Nobody Should Believe Me.’ The two talk all about the podcast’s focus: Munchausen by Proxy, or the criminal act of exaggerating, inducing or fabricating illness in a child. Andrea shares her personal connection to the topic in regard to her sister, and how her experience influenced her in raising her own

Meg LeFauve: Pixar’s Inside Out, Parenting “Lava,” & Children’s Emotions

Jun 29 2023 39 mins

In this episode of Katie’s Crib, Katie talks to Meg LeFauve, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the Pixar film Inside Out. Meg explains the process that came along with writing the film, and what she hopes the movie (and its successor) would teach about expressing emotions. Meg digs into how she first got involved in the IO project, and how the character Sadness became the es

Troian Bellisario: Family Planning, School & Activities for Kids

Jun 22 2023 39 mins

In our latest episode of “Katie’s Crib,” Katie reunites with Troian Bellisario for an exciting THIRD appearance on the show! As Troian has previously been on the podcast during Seasons 4 and 2, Katie digs into updates on the actresses’ parenting experiences since becoming a mother of two. The “Pretty Little Liars” star first opens up about her exhaustion from constan