Running out of Gas (Time: 00:03:21 min)

MOMboNewYear A MOMbo New Year is a 54 minute party at host Nanci Olesen's Minneapolis house. Hear stories about Kwaanza, the New Year's Baby, Bad Art and New Year Resolutions, MOMbo style. (Time: 00:54:08 min)

MOMboMOMent9/Maria Rubinstein:Mittens Maria Rubinstein shares a story of two right handed mittens and Fred's big imagination. (Time: 00:06:16 min)

MOMbo MOMent 7/New Year (Time: 00:03:32 min)

MOMbo MOMent 5 : Spilled Milk Host Nanci Olesen interviews Andy Steiner, author of Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding Adventures and Advice from Not-So-Perfect Moms (Time: 00:12:51 min)

MOMboMOMent4/FAMILY TRAVEL Nanci Olesen interviews Mary Therese Martinez about living for several months with her three young daughters in Italy. Nanci muses about family travel in general, during a car trip to Joshua Tree National Park on a rainy day. (Time: 00:13:43 min)

MOMbo MOMent 44: Now You MOMbo! Moms Acting Up! Moms Acting Up features "mom activist" Beth Osnes. Nanci Olesen describes the original roots of Mother's Day. Sally Wingert reads The Mother's Day Proclamation for Peace. Ann Crittenden describes how she came to understand the role of motherhood. (Time: 00:29:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent #43: Now You MOMbo! School This show is all about the difficult world you enter when your kid becomes school-aged. Lizanne Wilson talks as a mom and a teacher. Martie Goetsch shares some poetry. Lynn Lenort describes her years as a parent volunteer (Time: 00:29:05 min)

MOMbo MOMent 42: Work/Home (Time: 00:29:00 min)

MOMbo MOMent 41: Worry (Time: 00:29:01 min)

MOMbo MOMent 40: Toddlerhood (Time: 00:29:01 min)

MOMbo MOMent 39: Sleep This is the third show of the NOW YOU MOMbo cd series--SLEEP. Featuring a conversation with Dr. James Garcia, a commentary from Kristen Froebel and two original lullabies.... (Time: 00:29:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 38: Newborn Shock This is the second of the NOW YOU MOMbo set... Hear moms talk about postpartum depression and the whole package of getting used to being a mom. With Linda Breitag, Faulkner Fox and Kim Lane. (Time: 00:29:00 min)

MOMbo MOMent 37: Pregnancy One day 14 (now 17) years ago I was patting my little baby to sleep. "Do a show about motherhood!" I thought.... and so I did. Here is the first show of eight shows produced as a four cd set in 2005, to commemorate 14 years of MOMbo. (Time: 00:29:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 36: Balance -- Nanci Olesen interviews sociologist Arlie Hochschild, who wants us to visualize another paradigm for how we balance work life and the raising of children. This interview was first heard on Now You MOMbo, the Work/Home Show. (Time: 00:06:42 min)

MOMbo MOMent #35: Toddler Brain MOMbo MOMent #35: Ann Luce talks with host Nanci Olesen about what's happening in the brain and body of the toddler. (Time: 00:07:20 min)

MOMbo Mother's Day Live! 2007 MOMbo Mother's Day Celebration was a live event at Lake Harriet on May 13, 2007. Performers included The Brass Messengers, The Twin Cities Women's Choir, Kate Lynch and the Favor, Sarah Richardson, and Leslye Orr. (Time: 00:38:35 min)

MOMbo MOMent 33: Diplomacy Straight from the MOMbo homestead, host Nanci Olesen presents a picture of how her family communicates with each other. Kitchen Table Peace Talks! First presented on "In the Loop," a new program on Minnesota Public Radio. (Time: 00:05:57 min)

MOMbo Moment 32: Having It All Ceridian Corporation and IBM Corp. teamed up with Silver Linings, Inc. created an audio piece in which women from around the world (employed by these two corporations) talk about their "balancing act." MOMbo host Nanci Olesen introduces the voices... And (Time: 00:05:33 min)

MOMbo MOMent 31: Football Mom Katie Bausler, a mom from Juno Alaska who has become a reluctant but exuberant FOOTBALL MOM. (Time: 00:06:29 min)

MOMbo MOMent 30 Beth Osnes from Mothers Acting Up describes the origin of the organization and her means to daily motherhood strength. (Time: 00:07:23 min)

MOMbo MOMent #3 - Nanci introduces MOMbo MOMents: what are they? This is Nanci's first official podcast of her own. She sits at her kitchen table and expounds on what you can expect when you listen to future MOMbo MOMents. The gist: Love your kids. Be good to yourself. (Time: 00:02:54 min)

MOMbo Moment #2: Linda Breitag talks about depression and motherhood Linda Breitag is a musician and writer, and long time MOMbo commentator and friend. She talks with host Nanci Olesen about her struggles with depression in the context of being a mom to her 5 year old daughter Sophie. Read more at MOMbo.org. (Time: 00:04:08 min)

MOMbo MOMent 29: Diplomacy Begins at Home MOMbo Host Nanci Olesen describes the Olesen family's diplomatic treaties and negotiations. Her kids chime in. Live reading on Minnesota Public Radio, hosted by Jeff Horwich, IN THE LOOP. (Time: 00:05:03 min)

MOMbo MOMent 28: New Homeschool Mom Host Nanci Olesen speaks with MOMbo contributor Linda Breitag about her leap into homeschooling. They've been homeschooling for 2 months. So far, so good. (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo Special Report: Trick or Treat? In a special MOMbo report, journalist and mom Elizabeth Larsen talks about her conflicted attitudes toward letting her kids trick or treat for Unicef. (Time: 00:05:52 min)

MOMbo MOMent 26: Fear Nanci Olesen talks with Julia Jergensen Edelman about fear: fear "mongering" and fear "management." Music composed and performed by Amy Finch. (Time: 00:05:05 min)

MOMbo MOMent 25: MOMS MOMbo host Nanci Olesen talks with Benedictine sister Paula Hagen about her organization, Ministry of Mothers Sharing. Regular MOMbo contributor Kris Berggren joins in the discussion. (Time: 00:05:05 min)

MOMbo MOMent 24: Work/Home MOMbo host Nanci Olesen presents several mothers' perspectives on the work/home dilemma: the mythical "Mommy Wars." (Time: 00:05:05 min)

MOMbo MOMent 23: Growing Pains MOMbo host Nanci Olesen talks with writer/mom Julia Jergensen Edelman about the growing pains SHE experiences as her sons move into double digits. Five-minute podcast! Need podcast listening help? Go to PODCAST 101. For more MOMbo, check the podcast archi (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 22 : Back to School MOMbo host Nanci Olesen talks with writer/mom Bridget Levin about the transition back to school. Bridget shares some of her "rituals" which the family has relied on to say goodbye to summer and begin the school year. Her twin daughters are entering 8th g (Time: 00:05:04 min)

Cooking with MOMbo, a half hour MOMbo special This half hour MOMbo begins with host Nanci Olesen's memories of nightly dinners in a circus truck. Nanci visits with maniacal canner and mom Lucinda Anderson, and interviews dad and professional cook Mike Menner. We feature a conversation with Pam Ander (Time: 00:29:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 20: Life coaching for MOMS Personal Life Coach Karen Kaufman talks with Nanci Olesen about techniques for organizing your day: finding the spaces to plan and implement some organized thinking and action. Doesn't that sound good? (Time: 00:13:53 min)

MOMbo MOMent 19: STRATEGIES FOR STAYING HOME Nanci Olesen talks with Kris Berggren about her book STRATEGIES FOR STAY AT HOME PARENTS. Nanci asks Kris what sacrifices and perks are involved in choosing to have a parent stay at home with the kids. (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 18:step moms Host Nanci Olesen interviews Cynthia Copeland, author of THE 312 BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING A STEPMOM. Cynthia has been the stepmother of three teenage boys since 2002. (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 17- lilacs Lucinda Anderson talks about the balance between community activism, motherhood, and LILACS... enjoying and trying to pay attention to them all. (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 16: Tasya is pregnant! This is Tasya Rosenfeld Kelen's third trimester of her first pregnancy. She's excited, and nervous... and as ready as she can be! (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 15: The ROOTS of Mother's Day This MOMbo MOMent features the story of Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation for Peace, written in 1872, and delivered to a standing room only crowd of women in Boston that May. This is the real roots of Mother's Day. Pass it on!!!! (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 13: Misfit Nanci Olesen interviews Hannah Eye, the creator of Misfit, her own zine, which "draws" on her experience in the world-- now her experience is being a mother to a two and three quarters year old son. (Time: 00:06:46 min)

MOMbo MOMent 14-Ann Crittenden (Time: 00:05:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 12: Divine Rodeo Nanci Olesen interviews Lisa Kaul Bjornson, equestrian and mom, who runs the DIVINE RODEO in Amery Wisconsin at the Kairos Equestrian Center. Get more info about Kairos Equestrian Center on the MOMbo homepage. (Time: 00:06:51 min)

MOMboMOMent10/LindaBreitag Linda Breitag describes her daughter's lust for gold laminated high heel sandals and the emotions they bring up for BOTH of them. (Time: 00:07:27 min)

MOMbo MOMent11: TASYA is PREGNANT! Nanci Olesen talks with Tasya Rosenfeld Kelen, during the 26th week of her pregnancy. This is the first of three interviews with Tasya. Nanci asks what her biggest challenge has been so far. (Time: 00:06:04 min)

MOMbo MOMent 8: Life Coaching for MOMs Personal Life Coach Karen Kaufman talks with host Nanci Olesen about strategies to pursue goals, career planning and basic organizational skills when also trying to mother small children. (Time: 00:13:53 min)

A MOMbo Thanksgiving Special: Part Two (Time: 00:31:04 min)

A MOMbo Thanksgiving Special: Part One (Time: 00:27:04 min)

A MOMbo Thanksgiving Special (Time: 00:59:00 min)

LindaBreitag/HolidayTraditions Linda Breitag relates the story of two different Thanskgiving meals, and reflects on her holiday traditions, whether she likes it or not... (Time: 00:10:34 min)

KrisBerggrenTEENS Kris Berggren's commentary about the teenage years answers the question, "Now what?" (Time: 00:05:04 min)

Mary Seeing images of Mary, the mother of Jesus, reminds commentator Nanci Olesen of the moments after birthing a child: the moments of radiance. (Time: 00:02:33 min)