Balancing Act with Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick - Podcast Rankings and reviews

We can hear every time the mic or the mic cord moves or is touched - you can tell Kristen is holding the mic and moving around but brittany isn’t. It’s just an annoying distracting sound!

Also pretty misleading title - at least the first 90% of the episode was baby planning. This isn’t a bad episode, just please think about naming the episode more accurately and less click-baity

I only started listening to the pod a couple weeks ago and loving it! Kristen fills in the holes of misinformation everywhere. Kristen we appreciate you! Not loving Luke though…feels like he pushes his opinion over Kristen’s and cuts her off a bit. I’d prefer Kristen on her own with guests!

Hi Kristen and Luke, I've been enjoying the pod and have become a regular listener. I truly enjoy hearing your behind the scenes info and two cents.

But with the recent Schwartz episode especially, I couldn't get through the whole thing because I could hear Kristen's smile, if that makes sense. It sounded like her mouth was super dry or something and it was *extremely* distracting. Please look into something like "Izotope RX mouth de-click" and drink some water!!! A podcast can be ruined if it's unlistenable. Love you guys just please accept this constructive feedback! <3

The way that Luke speaks to Kristen, and about Kristen, on this podcast makes it virtually unlistenable to me. I have been a huge Kristen supporter for many years, but I get triggered listening to how horribly he treats her. The only episodes I can take are when they have guests so that I can see how Kristen bounces off of the other person, because when it’s just the two of them… it’s just sad to witness. Girl, you can do better.

Out of the many podcasts created by VPR cast members, this is the best one. Unlike the others this podcast is well balanced with different topics and Kristen doesn’t make it 100% about herself. She’s patient with her guests, let’s them speak. She wasn’t my favorite on the show but I do prefer her podcasts, over listening to Stassi and Katie. Update…. I had to unfollow. Kristin, I love you but hunny the way you sound so saved by Luke is unhealthy + a side note that nobody is telling you, it’s not convincing so it’s coming across toxic instead. Luke isn’t a horrible guy, we know that. But it’s hard to tell if you’re trying to convince us or yourself how good he is “for you”. Seek therapy, no person should hold that weight for you. None.