Pod-Alization: Parenting, True-Crime & Female Empowerment Podcasts

 This week, iHeartPodcasts has three podcasts to offer that can tickle your funny bone, upset your sense of fairness, and empower women.

 First, Ophira Eisenberg was superb as the long-time host of the NPR game show podcast Ask Me Another. 

Now, as the host of Parenting Is a Joke, Eisenberg crushes it as an ersatz parenting expert.

Tune in on Tuesdays for the second season of the iHeartPodcasts show to hear how Eisenberg and her very funny guests tackle the tooth fairy, eating sticks, summer camp anxiety, the hidden horrors of childbirth and the obvious horrors of our own childhoods. 

Ophira kicks off season two with funny people and parents David Cross and Amber Tamblyn where they reveal their six-year-old daughter's favorite parent and why the only joke David could come up with in the delivery room was about the merlot cart.

 

On Earwitness — From the team behind the award-winning hit podcast “Bone Valley” — the eight-episode docuseries asks the question, “How did an innocent man end up on death row — and why is the state still trying to execute him over the objection of the prosecutor who put him there?” 

Investigative journalist Beth Shelburne’s unprecedented access to key players illuminates a story filled with disturbing twists, frustrating ambiguities and shocking admissions. The story of Toforest Johnson and the state of Alabama’s enthusiasm for the death penalty in the face of such troubling evidentiary flaws brings to light the failings of a criminal justice system run amok. Tune in on Tuesday to uncover the case.

 

With VS Voices, you can tune in Thursdays to listen to the third season of “VS Voices,” where award-winning host and advocate Amanda de Cadenet connects with trailblazing women around the world to celebrate the multifaceted nature of the female experience. 

From models and athletes to actors and designers, these honest conversations explore how their unique voices and journeys leave the world better than they found it. The “VS Voices” podcast provides a platform for women to speak their diverse truths, share personal stories and advance discussions of issues that are important to them.