Spawned Parenting Podcast Creators & Guests

Laurie Palau is the author of the book HOT MESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING ORGANIZED, host of the popular weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life, and founder of Simply B Organized.

4X NYT bestselling author, noted speaker and book advisor who thrives at the intersection of culture, business and leadership.

Laurie Berkner is a musician known for her children's music. She plays guitar and sings lead vocals in the Laurie Berkner Band. She is a popular artist in the Kindie rock genre.In high school, Berkner was involved in choirs, bands and musical theater. She worked as a summer-camp music counselor, and spent several years as a children's music specialist for day care centers and preschools. She joined a cover band, and then started a band that played original music. She started writing children's music and began performing for children's birthday parties.Berkner's first album, "Whaddaya Think of That?" was a cassette-only release in 1997. She has released 12 albums as of 2020.Berkner appeared on The Today Show, and made regular appearances on Nick Jr., in music videos played between programs and on the program Jack's Big Music Show. In 2013, she starred in the animated Sprout series, "Sing It, Laurie!" She wrote the music and lyrics for the musical "Wanda’s Monster The Musical."Berkner has written two children's books and three e-books, and she has released two DVDs.She created an audiobook series called "Laurie Berkner Song and Story Kitchen" with Audible Studios.Berkner was raised in Princeton NJ. As a student at Rutgers University, she toured Europe as a choir soloist and an orchestral guitar player.

Rachel Sklar is a lawyer, television personality, media blogger, and freelance writer.Sklar's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune, Wallpaper*, The New York Post, and The Village Voice. Her first book, the co-authored "A Stroke of Luck: Life, Crisis and Rebirth of a Stroke Survivor," was published in 1998.Sklar previously wrote and edited FishbowlNY, a New York-based media industry blog. She went on to become the Media & Special Projects Editor for the Huffington Post, where she also wrote and edited the site's Eat the Press page. She left the Huffington Post to join The Daily Beast. She has also worked at Abrams Research and as Editor-at-Large for Mediaite.Sklar has appeared on Fox News on the debate show "Fox News Watch," and on "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld."Sklar has founded two advocacy sites: Change The Ratio, which promotes the careers of women in new media and tech; and Charitini.com, which promotes social micro-giving. She launched tech start-up, The Li.st, that serves as "a platform for awesome women."Sklar was raised in Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario, where she was on the debating team, serving as the Vice-President Communications of the University Students' Council, and a contributor to the campus newspaper, The Gazette. She received her law degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Jessica Lahey is a teacher and writer who writes about education, parenting, and child welfare. She writes the bi-weekly "Parent-Teacher Conference" advice column for the New York Times, and is a regular contributor to the Atlantic.Lahey has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.Lahey's first book, "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed," was published in 2015.Lahey received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, and her J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Guy Raz is a radio broadcaster and the host and editorial director of three NPR programs including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This. Raz joined NPR in 1997 as an intern for All Things Considered and has worked virtually every job in the newsroom from temporary production assistant to breaking news anchor.In 2000, at the age of 25, Raz was made NPR's Berlin bureau chief where he covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans.Guy is also an avid cyclist who commutes to work on his bike year-round. From early April to late September, you can find him at Nationals Park watching baseball.