Episodes
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.
Published 10/24/24
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.
Published 10/21/24
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…
Published 10/17/24
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.
Published 10/15/24
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.
Published 10/10/24
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.
Published 10/08/24
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.
Published 10/03/24
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.
Published 10/01/24
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.
Published 09/25/24
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.
Published 09/23/24
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’.
Published 09/19/24
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!
Published 09/17/24
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.
Published 09/11/24
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.
Published 09/09/24
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.
Published 09/04/24
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.
Published 09/03/24
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.
Published 08/28/24
Why aren’t we doing it? The average married couple has sex once a month and while that’s a relief to hear, perhaps, Anna and Polly question if we should be settling for this. In this episode we talk about shagging in The Years BC (Before Child) and how to open your mind and relationship to pleasure.
Published 08/26/24
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.
Published 08/22/24
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.
Published 08/19/24
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.
Published 08/15/24
Whether the weight of the world, pregnancy hormones, PMT or menopausal symptoms, the pendulum of moodiness is hard to navigate. For both partners. Anna and Polly analyse their moods in an attempt to sort the wood from the hormonal trees.
Published 08/13/24
In this episode Laura downloads to Polly and Anna her need for connection in a world that feels disconnected. Whether under her roof, over a roast dinner or fleetingly in a park, she opens up about leaning in at a time when everyone feels far apart.
Published 08/08/24
Childcare in the summer holidays is a nightmare. We have roughly 25 days of holiday and there’s 62 days to cover. The maths just doesn’t work. Listen in for solutions to the childcare issues.
Published 08/06/24