:00 Talent Agent- pushy, opinionated, culturally dim :32 Jewish Mother - controlling, upscale, exasperated 1:26 Groovy Grandma – in recovery, hip, warm 1:49 College Counselor -smart, savvy, blunt

:00 Therapist -sensitive, patient, diplomatic :35 TV Journalist –intelligent, classy, poised 1:08 Foster mom–self-serving, snarky, in it for $ 2:03 Principal–intelligent, tough under pressure 2:23 Helicopter mom–upperclass Karen, explosive

00: TV reporter -smart, ambitious, ironic 1:40 Wealthy murder suspect-haughty, defensive 2:11 Hardworking Mom-warm, understanding

clips from a class

:00 Agent-pushy, culturally insensitive :31 Foster mom-scam artist 1:26 College counselor-smart, frank 2:15 Therapist-patient, warm 2:49 Mom w/ adult daughter-funny, freewheeling 3:13 Helicopter mom-driven, defensive, protective

classic divorced Jewish Mother, controlling, loving, exasperated

Pushy, opinionated, East coast

Smart reporter covers a lame story, angles for better but gets fired.

Posed, Classy, Intelligent, Perceptive

Neglectful foster mom - selfish, defensive, in it for the money

Savvy, straight-shooting Counselor talks with an overzealous senior.

Competitive Karen Mom helps her son cheat in the Bee and then blames the system when she gets caught.

Patient, firm therapist tries to help a compulsive liar.

Conservative suburban mom tries to play hip when she and daughter accidentally walk into an S & M store.

Recovered 12 stepper grandma tries to reconcile with angry adult daughter and give advice on childrearing.

No-nonsense Principal suspends drama teacher due to parent complaints

Blue collar Mom fighting a developer calls her adult daughter out on working for the bad guys.

Haughty wealthy murder suspect belittles the policeman questioning her

Hardworking, warm, funny mom tries to get son to take care of himself and accept his father's death.

Sweet, loving, good humored mom of bed-wetting 'tween gives him a pep talk before his first sleepover.

excerpts from Overleaper and MeetCute podcasts