“The Motherload with Lauren and Marie” is a smart, funny, and refreshingly honest podcast about motherhood in all its messy glory. With stories that span generations and plenty of laughs along the way, Marie and Lauren unpack the highs, lows, and “what now” moments of parenting, womanhood, and everything in between. It’s like your favorite group chat—if your friends were brutally honest and had microphones!
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Nov. 22, 2025 ~ With the holidays upon us, Lauren and Marie discuss everything moms should focus on to ensure a memorable holiday for your young ones. Plus, Dr. Lesly Hendershot from Corewell Health joins the show to talk about the importance of gratitude from kids ahead of Thanksgiving.
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LAUREN CROCKER
Since she was a little girl, Lauren Crocker wanted to become a radio and television personality. “I was always fascinated with the Radio and TV hosts I grew up listening to and watching,” said Lauren. “I used to watch ‘Singled Out’ on MTV and dreamed of being the next Jenny McCarthy!”
After high-school, Lauren left her hometown of Cape Cod, Massachusetts to chase her dream job. First, she attended the prestigious Circle in The Square Theater School in New York City. Then later, she refined her abilities at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting.
With her gained skills, a bit of persistence, and her undeniable charm, Lauren launched a broadcasting career that’s been growing fast for 10-plus years strong. “I am fortunate to say I LOVE coming to work every day,” said Lauren. “I will continue to work hard, challenge myself, and grow in this industry I love so much!”
When not on the air, Lauren enjoys spending time with her family. She and her husband Michael are navigating life as new parents to their kiddos, Sylvester and Astoria and their fur kids, Lola and Brady. Lauren says new mom life is exhausting but she is having so much fun!
While she doesn’t have too much time for TV these days, when Lauren does get a minute here or there, she loves anything on BRAVO, a good documentary and any Hallmark Christmas movie. She also likes to stay active with regular runs and walks (now with a stroller), spin class, swimming, and yoga. Lauren loves a good skin care routine, anything pop culture, music and celeb gossip!
MARIE OSBORNE
Growing up in the Detroit area, 760 WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne‘s father would frequently ask her, “why do you ask ‘why’ so often?“
She knew from a young age she wanted to be the person with a front row seat to history.
In her more than four decades of radio journalism, Marie has reported from around the US, Europe, and China. Marie’s work has been heard on 760 WJR, ABC, CBS, and FOX News radio networks, as well as Voice of America, and the BBC.
She is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy, a Three-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Headliner Award. She’s been honored multiple times by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. In 2023, she received the Neal Shine Award for Media Commitment to Philanthropy.
In 2018, Marie and her family established the John T. Osborne Plaid Pig Culinary Scholarship at Schoolcraft College in honor of their late son and brother who died of an undiagnosed heart condition at the age of 28.
Marie says the best part of her job is telling stories that help people to better understand one another. She’s been an adjunct journalism instructor at Wayne State University, where she often told her students to simply, “Be curious. Be honest.“
Marie and her husband are parents to three children and one grandchild who’s already been gifted one radio and one microphone.
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