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