All My Only Children

Comedian, sibling, and dear friend, Alex Song-Xia joins us to talk boundaries, brothers, unique covid houses, and forts under cribs. Plus, one of us realizes she has codependent traits and the other wonders why everyone close to her owns a copy of "Codependent No More." Thanks for listening and don't forget to rate and review :-)

In another very meta episode of the pod, we interviewed writer, comedian, and co-host of this literal podcast, May Wilkerson. How does a horseback riding straight-A student become a Lifetime movie alcoholic with a purse full of vodka? Is it Canada’s fault? What is Trigonometry*? We tackle these important questions and also discuss: The Boxcar Children, eating Play-Doh, late-in-life ADHD diagnoses, drunk waitressing, the 12-step-meeting-to-stand-up-comedy pipeline, why control freaks love baking, and more. (This episode is actually not sponsored by Molson or Big Pharma but it should be). TRIGGER WARNING: We discuss eating disorders around minutes 37-48. If you enjoy the podcast, please like, subscribe, rate, and review, and thanks for listening! *We never figure out what Trigonometry is or why

On today’s very meta episode, we interviewed comedian, writer, and co-host of this very podcast, Ashley Brooke Roberts. We discussed her upbringing, moving around, imaginary friends, existential crises, Montessori schools, and our favorite place: inside the clothing rack at the mall. We also talked about big sisters (imagined), little brothers (real), Ashley’s cool dad, religion, rec basements (a recurring theme), and more! Thank you for listening, and if you like the pod, please drop us a rating and a review. We love you, even if you’ve never seen Chinatown!

In this episode, we are joined by our first ever guest, the hilarious comedian, filmmaker, and our *super-friend,* Julia Johns. She is also famously a sibling-haver, so we grilled her about what it’s like growing up with three siblings and, most enviably, a recreational basement. We also talked about social batteries, "Irish goodbyes,” being too awkward to watch the eclipse, the complexities of sharing, and the concept of a “best friend.” And we revisited the San Fran road trip — aka the spiral that started it all. If you enjoy this pod, pls drop us a rating and a review, thank you!!!

In the second ever episode of this podcast, Ashley and May discuss parties (Ashley literally went to one!), making new friends, the pros and cons of being ghosted (turns out it’s mostly cons), the rules of texting (embrace the chaos!), comedy-induced IBS (for the girlies), and we took a quiz “LIVE” on air to find out once and for all if we’re introverts or extroverts… the results were NOT as expected (shout out to the quiz makers over at VeryWellMind who changed our lives forever). This episode was a **journey** and if you enjoy it, please subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. Thanks for listening!

Ashley and May kick off their first ever podcast episode by discussing our sibling-free childhoods, what it means to be “spoiled,” how to choose outfits and make friends when you don’t have older siblings to bully you/tell you what’s cool, our overactive imaginations, ADHD, and we revisit a trip to San Francisco in which our collective anxiety resulted in (minor) damage to private property. Are only children actually maladjusted or is that just a myth perpetuated by capitalism to get people to create more consumers? We’ll get into this, and more! This episode is an only child (for now) so it needs your attention and will (hopefully) keep you entertained. Thank you for listening!

All My Only Children is a podcast by Ashley Brooke Roberts and May Wilkerson, two comedians who are endlessly interested in why people are the way they are and why they do the things they do. They started the podcast because they wanted to talk about how being raised as an only child made them different but as they investigated, they started to wonder if only child-dom is actually more of a mentality— Maybe they’re not the only ones struggling with loneliness, anxiety, and trying to figure out who they are. Turns out life is hard, even for people who have siblings, in some cases, maybe even harder. On All My Only Children, Ashley and May talk to their funniest and most talented friends about childhoods and life with siblings, which, believe it or not, easily segued into conversations about mental health, relationships, and how to be a person in the world. Please join us whether you’re a literal only child or just one in spirit.