Being Conceived Via Sperm Donation (With Comedian Chelsea Devantez)
Grab the Kleenex, because this interview gets *emotional!* Chelsea Devantez is an Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, director, and host of the podcast Glamorous Trash. Before she entered into an overall television deal with 20th Century Fox, she was Jon Stewart’s Head Writer for Apple TV+'s The Problem with Jon Stewart. Other television credits include Not Dead Yet, Girls5Eva, and Bless this Mess, among others. In 2020, Chelsea wrote, directed, and starred in the 2020 SXSW film, Basic, and is set to direct her feature debut this fall and her memoir will be published in June 2024 — titled I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going To Anyway).Follow Chelsea on Instagram and pre-order her memoir now.Wanna go to Switzerland with us? Learn more and book your trip!Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @diypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
28 Maj 20241h 31min
Being Doxxed Because You’re Childfree (With Mrs. Mikee Garcia)
Somedays, it really feels like the trolls have it out for childfree folks — but no one knows this more than our friend Mikee. You’ve probably seen her on TikTok, where she has nearly 17k followers under the username @mrs.mikeegarcia. Mikee is a 29-year-old 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, a curly girl who loves to help women embrace their natural hair, and a DINK who is an active voice in the childfree community. In this episode, we’ll be talking with her about her experiences as a content creator — and unfortunately, what it was like to get doxxed for being vocally childfree.Support this show.Follow Mikee on TikTok and Instagram. Learn more about Incogni, the software that removes your personal info from the internet. Watch Dominique Baker’s perfume TikTok and grab some Maison Francis Kurkdijan Paris. Get yourself some Salt & Straw Ice Cream. Wanna go to Switzerland with us? Learn more and book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @diypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
14 Maj 20241h 34min
Neurodivergent & Childfree (With Author Sara Elise)
Today we are excited to chat with a “pleasure doula,” Sara Elise: an autistic, Black & Indigenous, queer, femme, who works primarily in the hospitality, well-being, and food industries. She has graduated business school, worked on Wall Street, and has been featured in Playboy, Nylon, Bon Appetit, StyleLikeU, and was one of BK Magazine’s 50 Most Fascinating People of 2022. She has modeled for brands like Sephora, Mercedes Benz, Madewell, and Instagram, and she is the author of A Recipe for More, her debut book which launched May 2023. Wanna go to Switzerland with us? Learn more and book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @diypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
30 Apr 20241h 23min
‘Quiet On Set’ Recap
If you’re a Millennial or Gen Z, there’s a good chance you were raised on shows from Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. By now, you’ve probably heard about the documentary ‘Quiet on Set’ which covers the untold story of the abusive environment inside '90s kids' television. So, as two people who love pop culture and aren’t having kids because the planet is awful, we have to talk about it. Wanna go to Switzerland with us? Learn more and book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @dinkypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
16 Apr 20241h 27min
Trad Wives & Pronatalism
“Trad wife” is the new buzzword in pop culture — and we can’t seem to escape it, no matter how hard we try. While it might seem harmless and dumb on the surface, trad wife culture is deeply rooted in pronatalism. If you’re not familiar with the term, pronatalism is the policy or practice of promoting childbirth or encouraging people to have children. Today, pronatalism & pronatalist policies are on the rise all around us — from ads on television to the decisions from the Supreme Court. So, today we’re giving you an introductory lesson on pronatalism — the origins, the consequences, and what we can do about it. To register to vote, visit vote.gov.To read the AITA Reddit thread discussed in Shit People Say, click here.Wanna go to Switzerland with us? Learn more and book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @dinkypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
2 Apr 20241h 16min
Surviving A Cult & Childhood Torture (With Nonprofit Founder Ali Davis)
Today we are honored to be joined by Ali Davis, a cult and childhood torture survivor. Ali grew up under Bill Gothard's teachings (otherwise known as the fundamentalist Christian cult portrayed in ‘Shiny Happy People’). Due in large part to Ali’s childhood experiences, she is now in her early 30s and childfree by choice. Ali is passionate about raising awareness of non-war related childhood torture and is the founder and Executive Director of the pretti graffiti foundation — the first and only nonprofit in the US dedicated to securing humanitarian aid for other survivors. Follow pretti graffiti foundation on Instagram.Visit the pretti graffiti foundation website to learn more or donate. To shop Erika’s mentioned lip stain, visit Wonderskin. (Not an ad.)Wanna go to Switzerland with us? As of publishing, there are only 6 spots left so don’t waste time! Book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @dinkypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
19 Mars 20241h 30min
Childfree Travel Tips
It’s almost spring, so naturally, we’re looking for excuses to DINK ourselves with a 2024 vacation. Your irresponsible, unhinged childfree besties have done the research on all things childfree vacations — including locations, best times of year, and childfree travel groups. Last but not least, we will also be chatting about our Lazy Girls trip, including a deep dive on the itinerary and what we’re looking forward to most. Wanna go to Switzerland with us? As of publishing, there are only 8 spots left so don’t waste time! Book now.Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Looking for other travel options? Here are a few recs:WildShe RetreatsThe Philippines with Danni Duncan Greece with Childfree Millennial CF Travel ConnectSupport this show. Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @dinkypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
5 Mars 202454min
Will You Regret Not Having A Child? (With 81-Year-Old Activist Marcia Drut-Davis)
If there’s one thing childfree people hear over and over and over again, it’s that someday we’ll wake up and realize we made a mistake — and be saddled with tremendous regret over our choice to be childfree. So, today we’ll be talking to Marcia Drut-Davis — an 81 year old pioneer of the childfree lifestyle and author of two books: Confessions Of A Childfree Woman and What? You Don’t Want Children? Marcia also revealed her childfree status on national television in 1974 on a segment of ‘60 Minutes.’ We’ll be asking her about her choice to remain childfree — and finding out if she has any regrets today.We wanna go on vacation with you! Fill out our survey to help us figure out where we’re going! Survey closes on February 27, 2023 at 11:59PM PST. Today's podcast is brought to you by Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping childfree and permanently childless people live their best life without kids. Visit their website to get started — and tell them we sent you! Support this show.Wanna connect with us on social media? You can find us on Instagram and TikTok at @dinkypod. If you have a question or comment, email us at dinky@dinkypod.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.
20 Feb 20241h 12min
