This fully improvised comedy podcast, hosted by Katie Rich and Holly Laurent, features guest comedians including Jason Mantzoukas, Bobby Moynihan and Lisa Lampanelli 

The all star cast rotates through each hilarious episode, tailgating on the sidelines of a fictional youth soccer league

WHAT: “Soccer Moms,” a fully improvised comedy podcast celebrating the friendships that arise around two moms tailgating their kids’ soccer games, debuts today from iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players podcast network (BMP).

Set on the sidelines of a suburban youth soccer league, this fictional series is hosted by seasoned improv comedians Katie Rich and Holly Laurent, AKA Leanne and Janet – two best friends who unpack life and friendship from the back of a crumb-filled Honda Odyssey. Each episode features guest comedians jumping in as characters, creating a rotating cast of unlikely sideline companions. Blending sharp improv with character-driven storytelling, “Soccer Moms” captures the humor and heart of suburban life, grounded in the enduring bond between two best friends and their ever-expanding community.

The premiere episode, “Zero vs. Zero,” features guest appearances from Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth, The Good Place), Lisa Lampanelli (2 Broke Girls, The Aristocrats) and Brendan Jennings (A.P. Bio, Thunder Force). Leanne and Janet launch their improvised podcast while tailgating their kids’ scoreless soccer game, pulling in the team’s new coach, Todd Greco (Mantzoukas), before Leanne’s blunt, oversharing mom Mickey (Lampanelli) crashes the scene, culminating in a chaotic and unexpectedly heartfelt moment with a message from Leanne’s husband Don (Jennings).

WHO: Seasoned improv comedians and Second City Chicago alumni Katie Rich and Holly Laurent. Full bios below.

WHEN: Debuting today, April 7, 2026 with new episodes available on Tuesdays.

WHERE: “Soccer Moms” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard. See the full lineup of Big Money Player podcasts HERE.

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ASSETS: Hi-Res Show Art HERE

About Katie Rich

Katie Rich is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody award-winning writer, actor and producer who attended Northwestern University before joining Chicago’s Second City. There, she wrote and starred in three Mainstage reviews, including the critically acclaimed “South Side of Heaven.” After Second City, Katie joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live, where she worked for seven seasons. She left SNL in 2020 to pursue narrative comedy, and so far has co-created, starred in and executive produced a show for Netflix (Chicago Party Aunt, Season Two coming soon!), developed a pilot with Fox based on her life growing up as the only college-bound member of a blue collar, Midwestern family, and served a co-ep on the Warner Brothers/DC Studios show Kite Man: Hell Yeah! You can see her in various commercials, on Netflix’s It’s Bruno!, or hear her on a ton of animated shows like Our Cartoon President as well as audio shows like HBO MAX's The Batman Audio Adventures and The Flash: Midnight Circus. She has written for and consulted on many award shows such as The Emmys, The Academy Awards, The Golden Globes, The ESPYs, and NFL Honors as well as The White House Correspondents Dinner and various Comedy Central Roasts. Katie is currently the co-showrunner of the hit animated show Harley Quinn and just inked a deal with WB/MAX to develop a multi-generational animated half-hour comedy.

About Holly Laurent

Holly Laurent is the creator and host of the hit comedy podcast MEGA, and co-host and producer of It's a Wonderful Lie (audiochuck). Her writing has been featured in Defenestration Magazine, Mayday Magazine, and her essay, Villain, was Nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize. She is an alumnus of the Second City main stage in Chicago where she wrote and performed three critically acclaimed revues. She toured with the Second City national touring company and was a featured performer at the TBS Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Holly holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College. Her film and television credits include A.P. Bio (NBC), All Rise (CBS All Access), Tacoma FD (truTV), Drunk History (Comedy Central), Food: The Source of Life (Adult Swim), Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Barely Famous (VH1), Funny or Die: Exclusives, The Nosebleeds (UFC), The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Max).