OPHIRA EISENBERG (NPR, THE MOTH) TO HOST NEW IHEARTPODCAST "PARENTING IS A JOKE" PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18

Guests include Jessi Klein, Roy Wood Jr., Eugene Mirman, Chuck Bryant, Chris Gethard, Catherine Reitman, Dr. Emily Oster and more.

Parents are overwhelmed AF and could use a laugh. Join comedian host Ophira Eisenberg as she talks to your favorite celebrity comics and actors about their careers and their kids as well as teen angst, Nietzche, workaholism, being ok with not being cool anymore, eating sticks, and debating whether or not kids should watch The Godfather

. Guests include Emmy-award winner Jessi Klein, stand-up comedian Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show), Eugene Mirman (Bob's Burgers), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Chuck Bryant (Stuff You Should Know), Chris Gethard, Dr. Emily Oster and more.

Parenting is a Joke is produced by Pretty Good Friends and iHeart Podcasts and is available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard. New episodes every Tuesday.

Episodes here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-parenting-is-a-joke-102629737/

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Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian, writer and host. She has appeared multiple times on CBS's The Late Late Show as well as on Comedy Central, This Week At The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, , HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, Hulu's Up Early Tonight, The Today Show and featured at The New Yorker Festival.

She hosted NPR's national comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9 years, where she interviewed and played silly games with over 300 celebrities, including Sir Patrick Harris, Rosie Perez, Yo -Yo Ma, Chelsea Handler, Awkwafina, Roxanne Gay, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Matthew McConaughey and more.

She is a regular host and teller on The Moth Radio Hour. Her stories are included in three of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.

Ophira's own comedic memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, was optioned for a television series. Her comedy special Inside Joke is available on Amazon, and her new comedy album and special Plant-Based Jokes is available through 800 Pound Gorilla Records, and streaming on YouTube.