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Miranda Sawyer presents our monthly podcast looking at all aspects of family life

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Description:

Miranda Sawyer presents our monthly podcast looking at all aspects of family life

Twitter:

@guardian

Language:

English

Contact:

Kings Place, 90 York Way London N1 9GU +4420 3 353 2000


Episodes
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The Family Podcast: Older mums

12/17/2010
Dr Luisa Dillner and India Knight join Miranda Sawyer to discuss mums in their 40s, unusual Christmas celebrations and author Lemn Sissay's playlist

Duration:00:35:08

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Audio | The Family Podcast: Lesbian mothers

11/26/2010
Miranda Sawyer is joined this month by the Guardian's Jon Henley and writer and performer Rachel Mars to discuss gay parents, James Ellroy's memoirs and the technology gap between parents and kids

Duration:00:37:35

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The Family Podcast: Childhood freedom

10/29/2010
Miranda Sawyer is joined this month by the prize-winning author and former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo, veteran agony aunt Anna Raeburn and actor Simon Pegg

Duration:00:32:49

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The Family podcast: Working with kids

10/1/2010
Karen Mattison, the co-founder of Women Like Us, a company specialising in part-time recruitment for working mothers joins Miranda Sawyer in the studio

Duration:00:29:39

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Audio: The Family Podcast - the evil stepmother myth

8/27/2010
Debunking the myth of the evil stepmother, inside a household helped by a male au pair, and Nitin Sawhney's family playlist

Duration:00:27:43

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The Family Podcast - mixed-faith marriages

7/30/2010
How to make a mixed-faith marriage work, surviving a roadtrip with the kids, and comedian Angie Le Mar's family playlist

Duration:00:31:03

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The Family Podcast: Families of killers

6/25/2010
Miranda Sawyer explores what effect atrocities like the Cumbria killings have on the family of the killer. Plus: she chats to Tony Parsons and Lauren Laverne

Duration:00:35:41

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Audio: The Family Podcast: Sibling rivalry, poet John Hegley and the secrets of the playground

5/29/2010
In the light of Ed and David Miliband's head-to-head for the Labour leadership, Miranda Sawyer dicusses sibling rivalry with guests Will Hodgkinson and Sarah Tucker and delves into the secret evils of the playground

Duration:00:32:14

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The Family Podcast: Leaders' wives, pecking orders and teenage love

4/30/2010
Why have the leaders' wives been silent subordinates during the election campaign? How does your place in the family pecking order affect your life? And how do teenagers feel about their boyfriends or girlfriends meeting their parents? Miranda Sawyer finds out in this month's edition of the Family Podcast

Duration:00:35:45

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The Family Podcast: Competing with high-achieving parents

3/26/2010
Comedian Josh Howie talks about living in the shadow of his mother, PR guru Lynne Franks. Plus, is it ever right to dress your children in designer clothes?

Duration:00:33:18

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The Family Podcast: Living without grandchildren

2/26/2010
Tim Dowling joins Miranda Sawyer to discuss the grandchildless, teenage DIY, and Mumsnet in the second instalment of the Family Podcast

Duration:00:30:44

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The Family Podcast: Ed Balls on family policy, plus the madness of 8.25am

1/29/2010
In the first edition of our new podcast, Miranda Sawyer talks about family life with Ed Balls, Alan Davies gives us his family music playlist, and we discuss why 8.25am is the most stressful time of the day

Duration:00:33:39

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The Family Podcast: a preview

1/26/2010
Miranda Sawyer presents a preview of the new Family Podcast from the Guardian

Duration:00:01:40