LIVE.LOUD.BARELY HOLDINGIT TOGETHER.
How It Started
The Origin Story
Every great thing starts somewhere embarrassing. Ours started in a waiting room.
Two strangers. One pediatrician's waiting room. Zero idea what they were doing.
Marcus had googled "is it normal for a toddler to eat crayons" four times that week. Priya had called her own mom at 3am just to hear another human voice. Neither of them expected to find the other — both silently mouthing "same" across a pile of board books. They talked for forty minutes past their appointment slots. That's how Tribe started.
Episode one. Recorded on a phone. Parked in a Target lot.
"We don't know what we're doing" was literally the first sentence of episode one. They recorded it on Marcus's iPhone, sitting in Priya's minivan because her kids were finally asleep in the back. The audio had a Cheerio crunch in the background. Three hundred people downloaded it in the first week. The comments said: "Oh thank God, you too?"
Four million plays. One sentence: "I love him but I miss being a person."
Priya said it off-script, mid-laugh, in episode 47. By morning it was a TikTok. By the weekend it had four million plays and 60,000 comments that all said some version of the same thing: me. The DMs didn't stop for three weeks. Neither host slept much that month — but not from the baby.
Then the letters started. Real ones. On paper.
A dad in Tulsa mailed a handwritten note. A co-parent in Seattle sent a photo of herself listening in her car, crying, kids inside the house, "just five more minutes." A NICU nurse in Baltimore wrote: "I play this show for families in the hardest waiting rooms. It reminds them they're still a person." Marcus read that one on air and had to stop recording.
Twelve cities. Every single show sold out.
They almost didn't do it. "Who's going to leave the house for a podcast?" Marcus said. Priya bought the first venue anyway — a 200-seat theater in Austin. It sold out in 11 minutes. They added a second night. That sold out too. They ended up doing twelve cities, 3,400 seats total. People came in matching Tribe shirts. Parents held signs. Someone proposed during the intermission. It was the best night of both their lives, twelve times.
By the Numbers
This Community Is Real
Total Plays
across all platforms
Sold-Out Shows
on the live tour
Seats Filled
in 12 cities
Would Recommend
per listener survey
From the Listener Letters
I was in the Target parking lot, crying laughing, then just crying. I called my husband and said 'we need to go to this show.' He didn't even ask why.
Danielle R.
Mom of 3, Denver CO
First time I didn't feel like I was failing at this. Just two people being honest. I've sent this to every new dad I know.
James T.
First-time dad, Portland OR
My co-parent and I disagree on basically everything. We both love Tribe. That's something.
Keisha M.
Co-parent, Atlanta GA
I play it during the carpool. My kids think I'm laughing at traffic. I let them think that.
Sofia V.
Mom of 4, Austin TX
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Chapter 06
The Next Chapter
Is Live.
Everything you've been listening to in your car, at 2am, in the carpool lane — it all comes together in one room. And you're in it.
Date
Saturday, April 19, 2026
Venue
Moody Center, Austin, TX
Doors Open
7:00 PM · Show at 8:00 PM
Capacity
500 Seats · Limited Availability
70% of seats claimed. Last tour sold out in 11 minutes.
At the Show
What to Expect
Live Recording
A full episode recorded in front of the audience — your laugh might end up in the feed.
Pre-Show Block Party
Doors open an hour early. Drinks, music, and 500 people who all Googled "sleep regression" this week.
The Letter Reading
Marcus and Priya read listener letters live for the first time. Bring tissues. Seriously.
Meet the Hosts
Post-show meet and greet for all ticket holders. No velvet ropes. Just hugs.
You've Made It This Far
You're Part of This Now.
Don't just listen from your car. Come to the room where it happens.
Joining 353 people who've already saved their seat.