Quickie: You’ve stopped laughing

Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse

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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.

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Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse

Quickie: You’ve stopped laughing

Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse

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266 episodes

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Anna Whitehouse on baby news and maternity leave 27:32

il y a 18 weeks27:32

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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.

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Quickie: Do you have ADHD? 30:35

il y a 19 weeks30:35

30:35

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.

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Anna Whitehouse and Polly Hazlewood high - and low - lights 30:13

il y a 19 weeks30:13

30:13

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…

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Quickie: Such a weird job 17:24

il y a 20 weeks17:24

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.

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Danielle Harrell & Celeste Hirschman on sex post-baby and orgasms 52:17

il y a 20 weeks52:17

52:17

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.

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Quickie: Kemi said WHAT? 15:47

il y a 21 weeks15:47

15:47

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.

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Claire Hall on ageism in fashion and 40s styling 50:14

il y a 21 weeks50:14

50:14

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.

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Quickie: Let us be your fantasy 13:45

il y a 22 weeks13:45

13:45

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.

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Polly Hazlewood on arguing with Anna and how to repair 39:20

il y a 22 weeks39:20

39:20

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.…

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Quickie: You’ve stopped laughing 12:35

il y a 23 weeks12:35

12:35

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Susannah Constantine on drinking through the breakup of Trinny and Susannah 46:51

il y a 23 weeks46:51

46:51

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’.

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Quickie: Gender reveal! 9:46

il y a 24 weeks9:46

9:46

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!

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Anna Whitehouse on baby shower stress and the third trimester 35:21

il y a 24 weeks35:21

35:21

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.

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Quickie: The anxiety is real 19:35

il y a 25 weeks19:35

19:35

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.

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Zoe Blaskey on the domestic load and maternity discrimination 55:04

il y a 25 weeks55:04