Back To School

Summary

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Laugh With Me – "Back To School" (July 29, 2026)

Host: Jeremy Odom
Podcast: Laugh With Me (iHeartPodcasts)
Episode Theme: Jeremy Odom explores the hilarity, frustration, and nostalgia of the "Back to School" season as both a comedian and a parent. He skewers school supply shopping, parental rites of passage, and the perennial absurdities of modern education, all while inviting listeners to laugh at the chaos.

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Episode Overview

Jeremy Odom dedicates this solo episode to the end-of-summer ritual of back-to-school prep. He weaves standup-style jokes, personal anecdotes, and astute social observations about what it means to survive back-to-school as a parent today—covering everything from ridiculous school supply lists, fundraising fatigue, and the evolution of drop-off lines, to 200-dollar backpacks and parental wine o'clock celebrations.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Back-to-School Season — A Parental Minefield

• Time of Year: July’s end means dog days of summer and, for parents, an impending school year (03:10).
• Back to School Shopping: Jeremy reflects on the fun/hassle of shopping for school:

  "These back to school lists, they have gotten ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous." (03:22)

• Technology in Schools:

  "They get issued laptops now... but it's not always that way." (03:32)

• Supply Lists Turned Crowdfunding:

  "At some point the list just becomes here's the teacher's Amazon wish list... at least it would be transparent and honest." (04:03)

2. Teachers' Needs and Parental Contributions

• Teachers' Out-of-Pocket Expenses:

  "They are paying for a lot of this stuff out of their pocket... at least we could streamline this thing." (04:28)

• Crowdfunding Public Education:

  "Parents are basically crowdfunding public education now with these lists." (05:12)

• Jeremy’s Suggestion:
  If the lists had HVAC units and substitute teachers on them, "that actually would benefit the teacher and help them along." (04:19)

3. School Supply Shopping Chaos

• Retail Rush:

  "If you wait to do this in August... Walmart is basically the Hunger Games. You don't need a shopping cart. You're just gonna need body armor." (05:44)

• Back-to-School Cage Match:

  "Nothing says community like two parents fighting over that last pack of glue sticks like they're bidding on kidney transplants." (05:56)

• Bruce Buffer Reference:

  "We need Bruce Buffer from the UFC... just stand in the middle of the back to school section waiting for the fights to break out." (06:22)

4. Parental Celebrations and School Drop-Off Irony

• First-Day of School Celebrating:

  "Some of you celebrated harder than your kids did... There were kids cracking open a wine or a beer at 8:45 in the morning on that first day of school." (07:01)

• Jeremy’s Confession:

  "I've been that dad. ...had a little mimosa, okay? Had to celebrate because... this summer can, it can be a long summer, let's just say." (07:16)

5. Changing Trends: From Water Fountains to Stanley Cups

• The Modern Beverage Craze:

  "Now if a kid forgets their Stanley, the office treats like it's a hostage negotiation." (08:01)

• Jeremy's Nostalgia:

  "When I was growing up, if you forgot your bottle of water, the school said there's a water fountain."

6. Backpack Evolution and School Pictures

• Bag Inflation:

  "I carried my books in a backpack that looked like it had PTSD... These kids now, $200 backpacks every year. Gotta look crisp, gotta look clean." (09:05)

• School Photos:

  "School pictures are proof that kids do enjoy embarrassing their parents. ... The photographer says smile. Your kid immediately invents a facial expression that looks like they're being audited by the IRS." (10:12)

7. Drop-Off Line Drama & The Zipper Rule

• Parental Road Rage:

  "The school drop off line is the closest most suburban parents will ever come to road rage. ... Your kid doesn't need a goodbye speech like they're going to war." (11:16)

• Tip for Survival:

  "If my kids know anything about driving, it's that they understand how the zipper works. Where you go, I go... We can keep traffic flowing safely and efficiently." (18:37)

8. Labeling Everything & Mysterious Disappearances

• Labeling Gone Wild:

  "Every year schools ask parents to label everything... apparently theft starts in second grade." (21:22)

• Where Do Supplies Go?
  Jeremy is flummoxed:

  "Where does all the stuff go?... If adults were this efficient at losing stuff, TSA would just shut down. Shut airports down altogether." (21:48)

9. School Fundraising Escalation

• Skip the Cookie Dough:

  "School fundraisers are getting out of control. ...They've stopped selling cookie dough. They're just emailing you—will you just send us some money?" (22:04)

• Tongue-in-Cheek Insight:

  "It's like going to church now. I bet at the beginning of first period, they're handing around the envelope." (22:39)

10. Parental Silver Linings

• Small Joys:

  "You have the kids at school. You have the day off, you can get some things done. My thing is, hey, I get to play whatever video game I want because the Xbox isn't taken. It's pretty nice." (23:18)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Bring six Expo markers. And it's like for what—is my kid teaching the class?"
  (Jeremy Odom, 03:37)

• "I carried my books in a backpack that looked like it had PTSD. One zipper, one strap hanging on by faith, that backpack had seen things."
  (Jeremy Odom, 09:05)

• "Your kid doesn't need a goodbye speech like they're going to fourth grade. All right? They're not going to war."
  (Jeremy Odom, 11:35)

• "School fundraisers are getting out of control... They've stopped selling cookie dough. They're just emailing you—will you just send us some money?"
  (Jeremy Odom, 22:04)

• "The kids contribute exactly one thing, and that's losing most of this by Labor Day. ... If adults were this efficient at losing stuff, TSA would just shut down."
  (Jeremy Odom, 21:48)

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Segment Timestamps

• Back-to-School Kicks Off, Absurd Supply Lists: [03:10] – [04:30]
• Teacher Wishlists & Crowdfunding: [04:30] – [05:20]
• Retail Battle Royale (Shopping in August): [05:44] – [07:00]
• Parental Celebrations, First-Day Wine: [07:01] – [07:50]
• Water Bottles Then vs Now, Stanley Cup Craze: [08:01] – [09:05]
• Backpack Upgrades, School Pictures: [09:05] – [10:50]
• Drop-Off Line Drama, The Zipper Rule: [11:16] – [18:45]
• Labeling, Supply Mysteries, Losses: [21:22] – [21:48]
• School Fundraisers & Envelope Humor: [22:04] – [22:54]
• Parents’ Daytime Joys: [23:18] – [23:40]

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Closing Thoughts

Jeremy Odom delivers an affectionate, exasperated, and laugh-out-loud take on the annual back-to-school gauntlet. His blend of personal experience and sharp observational comedy transforms parental struggles into communal catharsis, all while poking fun at how "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Whether you're a parent, teacher, or simply nostalgic for your own boxed-crayon days, this episode finds the universal humor in one of America’s most relatable annual rituals.

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You'll never know. It's J O and it is that time of year. We have hit the end of July. Some people would say, oh, we're heading into them dog days of summer. Maybe, just maybe, we're hitting into, you know, vacation time for you. Football season certainly about ready to begin. Baseball's past the all star break. It's really, it's really starting to heat up here. But for a lot of us, what this time of the year really signals, well, it means school's about to be coming into session. You could be applauding. Yes, Johnny, you're not too far off with the applause. You know, the kids go back to school, they're busy on that Monday through Friday. Hey, some kids, they got so many activities going on. They are busy Monday through Sunday especially thing in high school. I've got two high schoolers now, they are busy. But when this, what this time you're really like signifies for me is it's back to school shopping season and I don't know, I can go either way on it. It is fun to look for new things. But anymore I'm telling you what, these back to school lists, they have gotten ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Luckily for me, like I said, I got two kids in high school so a lot of the lists per se, it doesn't apply to me. There's certain things these kids need and they know what they need. We get it for it. In fact, they get issued laptops now. So a lot of the work gets done in the laptop. But it's not always that way. And you know this, if anybody has has children before high school, especially before middle school, holy cow, this list, it's absolutely gone ridiculous. It'll say bring six Expo markers. And it's like for what is my kid teaching the class? At some point the list just becomes here's the teacher's Amazon wish list. And really it wouldn't bother me if that's really what it was. At least it would be transparent and honest if the list was specifically to help the teacher that your child has all year long, especially, you know, in elementary school. And they're stuck with the one teacher. I say stuck when they are blessed with having the one teacher all year long. You know, maybe they do throw on a few things in there, you know, that the, that the teacher wants or the teacher needs. You know, it would, it wouldn't, it wouldn't shock me if there was a list that had one Chrome Chromebook, three reams of copy paper, a replacement H vac unit, and one substitute teacher that doesn't smell like Marlboros. Like, if those were the list, I would totally understand because that actually would benefit the teacher and help them along. At least it would be honest. Right? One of the things I put at the top of my wish list is that we did pay these teachers more because in. The reason why I don't have an. Have a problem with the teachers having some of the items that they know they need on the wish list for back to school shopping is they are paying for a lot of this stuff out of their pocket. So to be able to put this on an Amazon wish list forum, I get it. Like that, that would actually make sense and it would be beneficial because a lot of us are buying those things off their teacher's wish list anyways. So at least we could streamline this thing. And then Target maybe could be a little ahead of the curve as far as what they're selling and not just the same old stuff. You know, teachers, they do deserve to be paid more. They shouldn't have to buy these supplies with their own money. But we've overcorrected it. Parents are basically crowdfunding public education now with these lists. Like, I'm, I'm seriously expecting like young children to come home with like a pledge drive now. It's like, would you like to round up your grocery bill to buy Mrs. Johnson a functioning printer? Like, that's, that's kind of where it's come to. Now if you've these, these, these school supplies, they go out on sale at the, towards the beginning of July. Like basically we get fourth of July. And then that next, that seasonal section that you see the Halloween candy, Valentine's candy and whatnot, that, that seasonal section flips to back to school immediately after 4th of July. Now if you wait to do this in August, and I don't blame you if you do, but if you do this in August, Walmart Noggles is basically the Hunger Games. Okay? You don't need a shopping cart. You're just gonna need body armor. Nothing says community like Two parents fighting over that last pack of glue sticks like they're bidding on kidney transplants. Like it's, it's black. Like old school Black Friday. Just fighting for those glue sticks, fighting for those markers, fighting for those colored pencils like we do. We need Bruce Buffer from the ufc. Like the announcer. We need him to show up to some of the country's largest Walmarts and targets and just stand, just stand in the middle of the back to school section waiting for the fights to break out. And he could just do announcements like fighting for these markers, fighting for the Crayola. Like that's exactly what it feels like at times. It's old school Black Friday shopping, I got it. I kind of miss it. You know, parents, they'll always post like my babies are growing up so fast. And then 10 minutes later they're sitting in the driveway after school drop off listening to silence like they just checked into a luxury spa. Like, don't lie. Some of you celebrated harder than your kids did. There were kids cracking open a wine or a beer at 8:45 in the morning on that first day of school. And I, and I don't blame them. I've been that dad. I have dropped off the kids first day of school, gone to breakfast, had a little mimosa, okay? Had to celebrate because it's sometimes this summer can, it can be a long summer, let's just say. And anymore it's not just school supplies. Like you gotta have, you gotta have one of those giant Stanley cups now, right? The kids gotta have their bottle of water. When I was growing up, if you forgot your bottle of water, the school said there's a water fountain now. If a kid forgets their Stanley, the office treats like it's a hostage negotiation. Like we have your daughter, she's thirsty and you have to come back with that cup. I'm so thankful my kids are in high school now because this is what it is. This is literally what it is, kids. It's like when I was getting a backpack when I was a kid, okay? And I hate being old guy pointing at the clouds, you know, pointing at the sky. But when I was a kid, and it's the same, right, that we're looking in this back to school section like we're, we're looking around at the pencils and it's still the number two pencil. It's still Crayola. It's, it's, it's all the same stuff for the most part. But one thing that has gone up or the 20 or the 20 the $200 backpacks, okay? I carried my books in a backpack that looked like it had ptsd. One zipper, one strap hanging on. By faith, that backpack had seen things, okay? I had to take that backpack until it no longer could hold a book. Okay? Flap hanging open, torn paper clips so bent from holding it together that they're now can't even hold themselves, okay? That's when I got a new backpack. These kids now 200 backpacks every year. Gotta look crisp, gotta look clean. It's, it's, it's a whole different. It's a whole different world. And these school pictures, okay? I still think school pictures are a big deal. You still, you still need to document, if that's the word, I don't know, to remember what these kids looked like as they were growing up. But school pictures are proof that kids do enjoy embarrassing their parents. Like they will lie about this. 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[Jeremy Odom]

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[Raider of the Lost Podcast Host]

The cast of Obsession on set, there

[Jeremy Odom]

was so much magic happening with each scene. We were putting together deep dives into

[Raider of the Lost Podcast Host]

classics like 2001 A Space Odyssey or Fight Club, plus weekly episodes on all industry news. Listen to Raiders of the Lost podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And for more, follow raidersofthelostpodcast and TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.

[Carrie Brownstein]

Hey Portlandia fans Kerry Brownstein and Fred Armisen Here.

[Fred Armisen]

The dream of the 90s is alive in podcast form.

[Carrie Brownstein]

We're launching Podlandia AO Rewatch, our brand new podcast where we revisit every episode of Portlandia together, breaking sketches, going deep on our iconic characters, and pulling back the curtain on how it all got made.

[Fred Armisen]

And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life, guest stars, collaborators and friends, including director Jonathan Krisel, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

[Carrie Brownstein]

Kyle is going for it. Here you fully improvised not just words, but a song.

[Jeremy Odom]

Well, I thought you were all going

[Drew McIntyre]

to write a song.

[Carrie Brownstein]

I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia AO rewatch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Ari Chambers]

What's up fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers.

[Sam J]

Hey, what's up y'?

[Carrie Brownstein]

All?

[Sam J]

It's your girl, Sam J.

[Ari Chambers]

And we're the host of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from Together and I Heart Women's Sports.

[Sam J]

We're breaking down the biggest headlines.

[Ari Chambers]

Naomi Osaka showing out shout outs to you, Naomi. The viral moments.

[Sam J]

I've been obsessed with Chrisean Rock's boxing journey.

[Jeremy Odom]

She looks good.

[Sam J]

Her combos are swift and the stories

[Ari Chambers]

are everyone's talking about across women's sports

[Sam J]

because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to everyone watches women's sports on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.