The Awakening is Leslie's solo journey into the powerful,unstoppable energy that's been coursing through her these past several years. It's playful, it's alive, it's electric—and she doesn't want to contain it. This where she lets it spill out, unfiltered and unapologetic. Through reflections, and raw honesty, she is opening the door to the energy that's been waiting to be unleashed, inviting you to feel it, connect with it, and maybe even wake up to your own.

What Are You Waiting For is Leslie is calling it like it is: life is short, and waiting gets you nowhere. In this solo podcast, Leslie speaks powerfully and rawly about urgency, truth, and the fire it takes to stop putting things off and start living fully now. No fluff, no sugarcoating—just real talk about breaking through hesitation and claiming the life you were meant to live.

In this episode, Leslie candidly shares about a current mess and the whispers in the dark that tried to pull her under. But she is facing it sober, and her sobriety is strong, even when life goes sideways. This episode is honest and unfiltered about what it takes to fight the whispers of the beast with everything that she has learned and put it back to sleep -one day at a time.

In this episode, Leslie welcomes Victoria Vanstone—better known as Drunk Mummy Sober Mummy and host of the award-winning Sober Awkward podcast. Victoria is a writer, blogger, and podcaster who shares candidly about motherhood, alcohol, and her zig-zag journey to alcohol-free living. She's also the author of two award-winning memoirs, A Thousand Wasted Sundays and Mumming: A Year of Trying (and Failing) to Be a Better Parent.

Leslie Shapiro sits down with Jessica Lahey, New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation. A veteran teacher and writer, Jess has spent decades in classrooms, working with middle and high school students as well as teens in rehab, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post. In this conversation, Leslie and Jess dive into the messy realities of parenting, education, addiction, and recovery. With her trademark mix of honesty and empathy, Jess offers clarity on how we can show up for kids—and ourselves—through failure, resilience, and the work of repair. They also touch on her experiences co-hosting the #AmWriting podcast and even helping to bring The Stinky and Dirty Show to life on Amazon.

In this deeply personal solo episode of Shitshow in Short Hills, host Leslie Shapiro reflects on the pivotal chapters of her life—before and after sobriety, and between the "small house" and the "big house." She unpacks how chasing prestige, square footage, and the illusion of perfection left her unraveling inside, even as the facade looked flawless. Selling the big house was not just a real estate transaction, but a surrender—one that forced her to face fear, ego, and denial, and ultimately freed her from the identity she thought she had to perform. With raw honesty, Leslie shares how she learned authenticity doesn't come from zip codes or granite countertops, but from grace, humility, and choosing what feels true over what merely looks good. This episode is both a confession and a reclamation: of self, of love, and of life after letting go.

In this episode, Leslie welcomes author and storyteller Martha Frankel, whose memoir Hats & Eyeglasses paints a vivid portrait of growing up in a family of die-hard gamblers—where poker, mahjong, and a love of storytelling filled the air. But beyond the colorful childhood tales lies Martha's deeply personal journey through addiction and recovery. She opens up about the road from compulsive habits to reclaiming her voice as a writer, and how storytelling became a lifeline. With wisdom, humor, and honesty, Martha shares how recovery reshaped her life and her work.

In this raw and emotional episode of Shitshow in Short Hills, Leslie sits down with her son Max for their first ever on-mic conversation about what it was like growing up with a mother in active addiction. With unflinching honesty, humor, and heart, mother and son explore the painful truths, the small victories, and the deep love that carried them through. It's not just a story about surviving dysfunction—it's about healing together.