The Home Grown Podcast

Welcome to The Home Grown Podcast — a place where providers come together to share the mess, the mayhem, and the magic of family child care. So grab your coffee, take a deep breath, and settle in.

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Episodes

8 hours ago

Bethany and Melinda have a conversation with Kisa Marx about a lot of things.
 
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Hot Topic

Thursday Mar 26, 2026

Thursday Mar 26, 2026

No, not the store. Stay tuned until the end for the cutest boy you’ve ever heard not know the lyrics to a song

Chickens and Cake

Thursday Mar 19, 2026

Thursday Mar 19, 2026

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about a lot of things, including chickens and cake.

MUD!!!!!!

Thursday Mar 12, 2026

Thursday Mar 12, 2026

Bethany and Melinda talk about mud and ask you to come fight with us, or not, it’s up to you

Thursday Feb 26, 2026

In this episode Bethany admits that she started this podcast to ask Melinda one question.

Thursday Feb 12, 2026

Melinda and Bethany kept yapping after the recording stopped so they picked up the conversation of policies but talked more about messy play policies, maybe other things

Policies

Thursday Feb 05, 2026

Thursday Feb 05, 2026

Melinda and Bethany yap about policies, want to hear more? Send us your questions on Facebook

We talk A LOT with Kisa Marx

Friday Jan 30, 2026

Friday Jan 30, 2026

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda are joined by the amazing Kisa Marx to talk about . . . well, everything.

Free to Be

Thursday Jan 22, 2026

Thursday Jan 22, 2026

In this episode of The Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about giving children the space to be who they are at this moment.

Be True to You

Thursday Jan 15, 2026

Thursday Jan 15, 2026

On this episode of the Home Grown Podcast, Bethany and Melinda talk about staying true to your values as a family child care provider and Bethany has a deep insight at the end (along with many lingering pauses).

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