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Mom Coms Stand-up & Stories, The

Holly Rizzuto Palker

Each episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories features a humorous parenting essay, a book excerpt reading, or a stand-up comedy routine, followed by an interview with the artist. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Stephanie Silberstein, and other members of The Mom Coms stand-up comedy troupe will grill the interviewee, Mom Com style. We’ll unearth relatable parenting moments that connect us as mothers and make us laugh, from maternity through menopause and beyond. Subscribe to The Mom Coms newsletter here

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1:24

TEASER Rabbi Bob Alper on Life Lessons

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2026/09/30

On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Com Stand-Up and Stories, hosts Stephanie Silberstein and Holly Rizzuto Palker interview Bob Alper, an ordained rabbi and comedian who served congregations for 14 years and built a comedy career with major festival and TV appearances. Alper talks about being named honorary comedic advisor to Pope Francis. Alper describes performing interfaith shows on the “Laugh in Peace Tour” with Muslim and Christian comedy partners and recounts how the tour helped Jewish and

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34:28

Carole Montgomery on Having Balls Like Her Father,...

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2026/09/23

On this weeks episode of The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, Liz Alterman, Stephanie Silberstein, and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with veteran comedian CAROLE MONTGOMERY. They talk about her TV appearances, Las Vegas headlining career, and how she produced three Showtime specials, Funny Women of a Certain Age. Carol reads her essay “Independence,” recalling a sheltered Brooklyn childhood, her father’s side job as a bookie, and a first taste of freedom riding a red Schwinn to Kings Plaza in Brooklyn

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1:41

TEASER Carole Montgomery on Having Balls Like Her...

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2026/09/16

On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Coms Stadup and Stories, Liz Alterman, Stephanie Silberstein, and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with veteran comedian CAROLE MONTGOMERY. They talk about her TV appearances, Las Vegas headlining career, and how she produced three Showtime specials, Funny Women of a Certain Age. Carol reads her essay “Independence,” recalling a sheltered Brooklyn childhood, her father’s side job as a bookie, and a first taste of freedom riding a red Schwinn to Kings Plaza in

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31:18

Laughter and Lasagna for Yom Kippur with Linda...

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2026/09/09

On this week’s episode of The Mom Coms Stadup and Stories, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein turn the mic on The Mom Coms founder and producer Holly Rizzuto Palker, joined by her mom, Linda, to talk about the joy and community of comedy. Holly reads her essay “Our Family’s Interfaith Break Fast Includes Bagels and Lasagna,” originally published on Kveller. This emotional, yet humorous take on how Holly navigates Yom Kippur with her Italian Catholic mother in tow is relatable and funny to anyone

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1:11

TEASER Laughter and Lasagna for Yom Kippur with Linda...

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2026/09/02

On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Coms Stadup and Stories, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein turn the mic on The Mom Coms founder and producer Holly Rizzuto Palker, joined by her mom, Linda, to talk about the joy and community of comedy. They discuss Linda’s favorite comedians, her memorable Bill Cosby encounter and admiration for Joan Rivers. Holly reads her essay “Our Family’s Interfaith Break Fast Includes Bagels and Lasagna,” originally published on Kveller, about navigating Jewish

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28:37

Obese Geriatric with GL Douglas

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2026/08/26

This week, on The Mom Coms Standup and Stories Podcast, Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein interview comedian, actress, host, producer, and elementary school teacher GL Douglas. Creator of the Class Dismissed Teacher Comedy Tour, and performer at the legendary Apollo, Douglas discusses how she reads and “pulls in” audiences, adjusts her sets, and balances nerves with confidence she has built over years in comedy. They chat about relatability, honesty, and women’s labels

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0:55

TEASER Obese Geriatric, Dream Crushing Parenting, and...

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2026/08/18

On next Wednesday’s episode of The Mom Coms Standup and Stories Podcast, comedian, GL Douglas chats with Holly Rizzuto Palker, Stephanie Silberstein, and Liz Alterman about how she “owns” an audience. She also shares lessons learned from 20 years in comedy, and tells us what it felt like to perform at the legendary Apollo Theater. GL talks about why nerves matter and doles out tips on how to build confidence. She talks about how her discomfort about being labeled both “obese and geriatric/advanced

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24:18

Floppy Bellies and Ugly Vaginas with Lindsey Goldstein

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2026/08/12

On this weeks episode of The Mom Com Stands Up and Stories, Lindsey Goldstein —author of Gap Year, physical therapist and mother—joins Holly Rizzuto Palker and Liz Alterman to discuss her writing and read an excerpt from her book. The main character, Jane, misreads her husband Clark’s morning workout as intimacy. The conversation ranges from empty-nest anxieties and marriage to “floppy belly” body talk, an “accidental tummy tuck,” steamy-but-awkward new romance, ugly vaginas, and the book’s message

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1:06

TEASER Floppy Bellies and Ugly Vaginas with Lindsey...

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2026/08/05

Next Wednesday on The Mom Com Stands Up and Stories, Lindsey Goldstein —author of The Gap Year, a physical therapist, and mother—joins Holly Rizzuto Palker , Stephanie Silberstein and Liz Alterman for a redo after a prior technical glitch. They comiserate about floppy bellies, ugly vaginas, and somebody’s accidental tummy tuck. Lindsey reads an excerpt from The Gap Year and talks about steamy-but-awkward new romance, and the book’s heartwarming message that it’s never too late to pursue long-delayed

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29:55

Frownies, Roll Tide, and Jewish Geography with Becca...

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2026/07/29

Imagine discovering, as an adult, that you have an unknown biological father! This week on The Mom Coms Standup and Stories, Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein welcome mom, comedian, and storyteller Becca Rothman. Her solo show, Gifted, which premiered at Iris Bahr’s Neurotica Festival in New York in 2025 and has since been performed in Alabama, LA, Atlanta, and Chicago. Onstage, Rothman processes this late-in-life discovery and connects the dots, finally uncovering the

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1:15

TEASER Frownies, Roll Tide, and Jewish Geography with...

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2026/07/21

On next week's episode of The Mom Com Stand Up and Stories Holly, Steph and Liz welcome guest, Becca Rothman, a comedian and storyteller. Rothman compares herself to Marisa Tomei, talks about Frownies skincare, and doles out a wild “Jewish geography” story involving Cory Booker. Don’t miss her live standup performance about being a non-Southern Jewish woman who has lived in Alabama for 26 years, culminating in a hilarious bit about “Roll Tide” as a universal expression — including after sex.They

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31:01

"Gold Maid" Always Wins and Late Motherhood with...

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2026/07/15

What happens when a late in life mom and her son are gifted a deck of “Old Maid” cards? Tune in this week to The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories and hear Ophira Eisenberg’s poignant storytelling of “Gold Maid.” She wrote this essay, recounting the guilt she felt about being an older parent. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein welcome this stellar comedian and Parenting Is a Joke podcast host. They chat about fear-based parenting and the lies perpetuated by “Big Dairy”. Want

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0:47

TEASER Gold Maid Always Wins with Ophira Eisenberg

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2026/07/08

On next week’s episode, stand-up comedian, Ophira Eisenberg joins The Mom Coms hosts Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman, Stephanie Silberstein to discuss the only valid reason to have a baby (never leaving the house again), why the game Old Maid is basically a Victorian war crime, and how her son accidentally fixed centuries of female oppression by mishearing one word. Also covered: Big Dairy's sinister school lunch agenda, why Elmo ruined Sesame Street, capitalism as a parenting philosophy, and the

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29:24

Teen Speak with Angela Burk

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2026/07/01

What happens when midlife moms can't decode their own teens language? Comedy gold. This week on The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, Holly Rizzuto Palker, Liz Alterman and Stephanie Silberstein welcome Angela Burk — author of The Real Girl's Guide to Midlife and the Substack sensation behind realgirlsguidetomidlife.com — for an episode that goes from decoding teen slang to hot flashes to thong funerals without ever coming up for air. This one's for every parent who's ever been called an "unc" by

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0:55

TEASER Teen Speak with Angela Burk

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2026/06/24

On next week’s Wednesday episode drop of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, we hear from Angela Burk, creator of The Real Girl’s Guide on Substack.Angela shares with Stephanie Silberstein, Liz Alterman, and Holly Rizzuto Palker the Rosetta Stone to decoding teen speak, talks about her peri-menopausal sweat attacks, and gives us reasons why thongs don’t work for the over-50 set. Hint: it isn’t a callus that causes discomfort!Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows and

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29:35

Mean Moms, Motherhood, and Midlife with the Original...

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2026/06/17

On this episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, we hear from Estelle Erasmus: TEDx speaker, NYU writing professor, author of Writing That Gets Noticed, and host of the Freelance Writing Direct Podcast.Estelle offers inspiring and hilarious advice on protecting our valuable time. Then she chats with Stephanie, Liz, and Holly about mean moms, peer pressure, poop, raisins, kishkas, dating, and the importance of remembering your value even when the world tries to degrade it. There might be a

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1:00

TEASER Mean Moms, Motherhood, & Midlife with the...

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2026/06/10

This episode will drop next Wednesday. Tune in to hear from Estelle Erasmus: TEDx speaker, NYU writing professor, author of Writing That Gets Noticed, and host of the Freelance Writing Direct Podcast.Follow The Mom Coms for more content and to learn about upcoming shows:WebsiteSubstackInstagramFacebookTikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com

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23:56

The Lindas with Caren Lissner

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2026/06/03

The Lindas with Caren Lissner On this episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, we hear from Caren Lissner— author of the novel Carrie Pilby and comedic contributor to the New York Times, McSweeney's, The Washington Post, and Parents Magazine.Caren reads an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, How We Became Homeless, and chats with Mom Coms Holly Rizzuto Palker and Liz Alterman about seeing her novel become a movie, surviving her mother’s mental health struggles, and protecting her own

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1:03

TEASER The Lindas

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2026/05/27

On next week’s episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, we hear from Caren Lissner— author of the novel Carrie Pilby and comedic contributor to the New York Times, McSweeney’s, The Washington Post, and Parents Magazine.Caren reads an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, How We Became Homeless and chats with Mom Coms Holly Rizzuto Palker and Liz Alterman about seeing her novel become a movie, surviving her mother’s mental health struggles, protecting her own kids and finding the humor in all of

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24:38

Lady Godiva on a Schwinn

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2026/05/20

Lady Godiva on a Schwinn with Karen ReinerOn this episode of The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories, we hear from the “un-bleep-able” Karen Reiner—winner of the First Person Arts Story Slam—and her mother, Bonnie.Karen tells The Mom Coms Holly and Steph about her childhood with her hilariously penny-pinching mother. We hear about creatively re-purposed pantyhose eggs, homemade underwear, and bridesmaids decked out in bedsheets. Want to retire before 60? Karen and Bonnie will tell you how…but fair

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