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For people who happen to be parents. The feminist podcast to make you laugh as much as you cry, learn as much as you unlearn with a whole lot of no-holds-barred chat thrown in for good measure. Whether parent or non-parent, guy or gal, c’mon get down and dirty. Listen and subscribe now on Global Player. For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com read less

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Introducing: They Don't Teach This At School with Myleene Klass!

Introducing: They Don't Teach This At School with Myleene Klass!

Hey DMP fans, we have a new podcast we think you'd like from Myleene Klass, called They Don't Teach This In School...Be honest - how many times have you felt so under-equipped for what life has thrown your way? In school we learned about Pythagoras, but then we went out into the adult world and we were expected to know how to budget for a household, set up a bank account or know what to do when the boiler broke. Myleene says "There was so much I wish we were taught. So that’s how my book and this podcast was born. I’ll be speaking to some brilliant guests to share their tips on how they and their families survive life’s challenges"Listen to the first 3 episodes now and subscribe for new episodes every Tuesday.

Episodes

Anna Whitehouse on baby news and maternity leave

Anna Whitehouse on baby news and maternity leave

It’s an extra special episode where we meet the newest member of the Dirty Mother Pukka family as Polly chats to Anna for the first time since baby Lola arrives and maternity leave begins.

Quickie: Do you have ADHD?

Quickie: Do you have ADHD?

Anna and Polly are joined by Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia co-authors of How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Autism and ADHD. They delve into everything from masking, diagnosis relief and grief plus the difficulties with official diagnosis.

Anna Whitehouse and Polly Hazlewood high - and low - lights

Anna Whitehouse and Polly Hazlewood high - and low - lights

As the pair hit the West-End in their first Live Nation show, Anna and Polly talk sex ed, pleasure and why it’s time to stop centering the peen. Oh and how platonic love has to be up there with romantic amour. Til death, indeed…

Quickie: Such a weird job

Quickie: Such a weird job

Anna and Polly share their wildest job experiences. From welding car parts to making weed-infused perfume, their unconventional careers unravel and they chat about how motherhood impacts it all.

Danielle Harrell & Celeste Hirschman on sex post-baby and orgasms

Danielle Harrell & Celeste Hirschman on sex post-baby and orgasms

Anna and Polly take a deep dive deep into the world of post-childbirth sex, orgasmic birth (yes, that’s a thing), and vibrators (Polly is never without hers). Joined by the brilliant minds behind the Somatica Institute, Danielle Harrell and Celeste Hirschman.

Quickie: Kemi said WHAT?

Quickie: Kemi said WHAT?

As Tory MP Kemi Badenoch describes maternity pay as ‘excessive’, Anna and Polly dig deep into a system set up for mothers and parents to fail.

Claire Hall on ageism in fashion and 40s styling

Claire Hall on ageism in fashion and 40s styling

Anna and Polly have reached the point in styling where wipe-clean and comfortable are key. But stylist ?Claire Hall lands on the podcast to shake up their wardrobes and say a few choice words to an ageist fashion industry.

Quickie: Let us be your fantasy

Quickie: Let us be your fantasy

With our new resident sexologist Polly Hazlewood in the building, the duo talk fantasies and how important they are in your relationship. Strap in for the ride team.

Polly Hazlewood on arguing with Anna and how to repair

Polly Hazlewood on arguing with Anna and how to repair

In this episode Anna and Polly open up about the rupture and repair of their friendship. Driven by numerous people saying they were ‘friendship goals’, the pair set the record straight on the reality of such a solid union and dig deep on the way they argue, rupture and repair. Love isn’t about always getting on. And it’s not about always agreeing. But the love is real and that’s because of the above.

Quickie: You’ve stopped laughing

Quickie: You’ve stopped laughing

Somewhere between the pandemic and extreme childcare costs, we stopped laughing. There’s a guilt in feeling joy in a cost of living crisis; An anxiety in laughing when the world is seemingly crumbling. Anna and Polly try to force a smile and question the importance of laughter and how to get it back.

Susannah Constantine on drinking through the breakup of Trinny and Susannah

Susannah Constantine on drinking through the breakup of Trinny and Susannah

The What Not To Wear star wears her heart on her sleeve as she opens up about her alcoholism and, in turn, sobriety. She describes the breakup of Trinny and Susannah like a divorce and this episode opens up about the normalisation of parental drinking. From ‘Mummy needs wine’ to ‘gin o’clock’.

Quickie: Gender reveal!

Quickie: Gender reveal!

As Anna sits down with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to talk free school meals, she is asked if it’s a boy or girl. Listen in for an emotional chat about the two-year-old scheme and what the gender of Anna’s baby is!

Anna Whitehouse on baby shower stress and the third trimester

Anna Whitehouse on baby shower stress and the third trimester

From struggling to ‘celebrate’ until the baby first cries to birth anxiety in the third trimester, Polly sits in the pregnancy hole with Anna as they navigate baby showers and splash down.

Quickie: The anxiety is real

Quickie: The anxiety is real

Whether pregnancy anxiety or just sudden dread before bed, we are an anxious nation with panic attacks on the rise. Anna and Polly talk about their most anxious moments. The why and the resolution. It’s an anxiety-inducing white-knuckle ride.

Zoe Blaskey on the domestic load and maternity discrimination

Zoe Blaskey on the domestic load and maternity discrimination

From the domestic load to maternity discrimination, Zoe Blaskey opens up on how fooked over mothers are at home and work. And comes to the DMP table with empathy as well as solutions.

Quickie: You are invited…

Quickie: You are invited…

It’s happening. Our first Live Nation show. And you are invited to a night that will make you laugh as much as you cry in the West End’s Duchess Theatre. This is the office party you always hoped for without the misogyny and cold sausage rolls.

Natalie Cassidy on school holiday stress and mum guilt

Natalie Cassidy on school holiday stress and mum guilt

The maths ain’t mathing. How to cover the six weeks of summer holidays with a wonky childcare system, overpriced summer camps and inflexible working. The Eastenders actress talks about keeping it together under pressure and how to keep the love alive with her partner among it all.

Shakira Akabusi on postnatal OCD and getting help

Shakira Akabusi on postnatal OCD and getting help

How many times have you heard someone say “I’m so OCD” sweepingly in relation to being a little tidy. So misunderstood, Shakira opens up about how OCD changed her postnatal journey and how she took a turn for the better.

Quickie: Toxic friendship?

Quickie: Toxic friendship?

So you’ve been friends for decades but can’t remember the last time you felt good around that person. From friends who use you as a personal therapist to those who take, take, take and find fault at every turn, some friendships just aren’t, really, that friendly at all. From when to get out and how to get out. To making peace with people dramatically stepping away, this is the great friendship detox.

Anna Whitehouse on sleep deprivation and sheer exhaustion

Anna Whitehouse on sleep deprivation and sheer exhaustion

Polly and Anna dig deep on their lack of z’s. From an average two hours on Polly’s side to pregnancy insomnia on Anna’s, the pair find solutions to their snoozing issues. And open up about the intense expectations put on mothers in the newborn haze.