Conversations with Parents

By The Irish Times

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Episodes: 26

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SEASON TWO COMING SOON! Conversations with Parents is a podcast from The Irish Times. Host Jen Hogan talks to interesting people about being parents. What are the hardest parts? What have they learned about raising kids? What are their parenting strategies - or are they making it up as they go along?


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Episode Date
Dec Pierce: 'I know how toxic social media can be'
May 05, 2026
Oisín McConville: ‘At one stage, football was the only thing that kept me alive’
Apr 27, 2026
Colman Noctor: ‘Behaviour is always the signpost to a problem. It is very rarely the problem’
Apr 21, 2026
Sarah McInerney: When I told my manager I was pregnant he said, ‘Can’t be helped I suppose’
Apr 14, 2026
Coming soon: Season three of Conversations with Parents
Apr 01, 2026
Richie Sadlier: 'My kids will be sick of me mentioning the word sex, when they're teens'
Nov 18, 2025
Miriam O’Callaghan: ‘I’m lucky to have eight children after suffering secondary infertility’
Nov 11, 2025
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘We were going out six weeks when we found out I was pregnant’
Nov 04, 2025
Chris Hadfield: 'I have an Irish granddaughter and I couldn't be more delighted'
Oct 28, 2025
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: 'My mum was mortified I was breastfeeding in a restaurant'
Oct 21, 2025
Ciara Kelly: ‘A consultant shamed me for being an unmarried, pregnant junior doctor’
Oct 14, 2025
Prof. Donal O’Shea: “I’ll be advising my girls to go on HRT”
Oct 07, 2025
Fintan O’Toole: ‘I would have loved to have been a stay-at-home dad’
Sep 30, 2025
The toughest challenge of their lives: Conversations with Parents season two
Sep 17, 2025
Coming soon: Season two of Conversations with Parents
Sep 02, 2025
Conversations with Parents - the debrief
Dec 03, 2024
Séamas O'Reilly: 'My son is the same age I was when my mum died'
Nov 26, 2024
Black Paddy: 'I want to teach my children to love the colour of their skin'
Nov 19, 2024
Terry Prone on allowing son Anton Savage to be in her publicity as a child: ‘I think it was the wrong thing to do’
Nov 12, 2024
Ivan Yates: 'My children struggle with what I do'
Nov 05, 2024
Victoria Smurfit: 'Micromanaging your kids makes them useless. Same for men.'
Oct 29, 2024
Maïa Dunphy: 'I was terrified of becoming a single parent'
Oct 22, 2024
Tony Cantwell: 'Since my ADHD diagnosis I’m a more patient dad’
Oct 15, 2024
Brendan O'Connor: 'I keep annoying my kids with teachable moments'
Oct 08, 2024
Conversations with Parents: Guest preview
Oct 03, 2024
Coming soon: Jen Hogan's Conversations with Parents
Sep 26, 2024