Bethany Van Delft

Cognoscenti contributor

Bethany Van Delft is an award-winning stand-up comedian, regular host for The Moth live events and fierce advocate for inclusion in education. She lives with her husband, two children, no pets (yet) and a lot of clutter. So much clutter.

Recently published

"This isn’t my old world. This isn’t my old music. This isn’t the old me," writes Bethany Van Delft. "It’s a whole new world, where I am the me I was and the me I am now — a mother. A mother with a child who loves musicals." (Courtesy Bethany Van Delft)

I didn’t want Aladdin to show me the world. My daughter had other ideas

I’d heard terrifying tales of Raffi and The Wiggles and other insidious kids’ music creators infiltrating homes like audio kudzu, but I was confident I would never cave, writes Bethany...

Cognoscenti

Nov 13, 2023