{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhold-my-baby.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-32-UfR27pnQ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Pushy Salespeople, Jehovah's Witnesses & The Worst Comedy Gig Ever | Hold My Baby Ep. 32","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b3f405d2-e127-41e0-b9de-0d1d7a101e12/c2cd8964-fb9e-4c4d-88d4-891a97af5fdf/hold-20my-20baby.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d61cb4f0-701c-4681-89f3-e6b20b37ac98\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Pushy Salespeople, Jehovah&apos;s Witnesses &amp; The Worst Comedy Gig Ever | Hold My Baby Ep. 32\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids... but we're also teaching them one very important life lesson:\n\n**You don't have to answer the front door.**\nThis week, Erik and Kira tackle one of modern life's greatest annoyances—people who absolutely refuse to take \"No, thank you\" for an answer.\nInside this episode:\n🎭 Erik proudly shares his son's first theater camp production... and the instant celebrity status that came with landing a solo.\n⛪ Erik takes a hilarious trip through his childhood, bouncing between Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Pentecostal churches. \n🚪 HOLD MY BABY: Pushy door-to-door salespeople\n☀️ Kira's showdown with an aggressive solar salesperson who refused to leave until her husband came home.\n📞 Erik reveals his favorite way to waste telemarketers' time.\n🎤 Erik and Kira relive the emotional trauma of \"barking\" for comedy clubs... including one rejection that still hurts decades later.\n\nIf you've ever hidden from a salesperson in your own house...this episode is definitely for you."}