"So, do you have kids?"
We are listening to ALL the fascinating, sad, joyful, messy answers that can follow that question!
Every episode we ask one guest: whether they're a parent or not, or whether it's a bit more complicated than that and a few other questions about their journey. And we see where it goes...
And to finish we give them a magic wand and ask if there's anything they'd change about society if they could.
Stories, true life stories, human stories, parenting, non-parents, regretful parents, childlessness, childfree, IVF, step parenting, aunts, fostering, adoption, SEN parents and much much more! You can add your story here
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Host Rebecca interviews Dannie-Lu, a polymath, about her journey with social infertility and inspiring women in leadership and creativity.
28 Apr 2025
Ambivalence and Time - Rebecca
The first of two episodes sharing our stories as hosts... Dannie-Lu: "We thought it'd only fair that we put ourselves in the hotspot too, and answer the same questions we expect our guests to answer. So in this episode, I speak to my cohost, Rebecca. Social entrepreneur with a focus on community and comedian about her experience of parenthood as someone who thought she would probably not be a parent because of sexuality and circumstance, but has ended up on some levels, having what is d...
20 Mar 2025
Behind the Front Page - Sam
This episode we met Sam - her front page headline explaining how she'd quit work 'after another christmas picking up the slack' for parents was exactly that - a headline - and it was really fascinating to go behind that headline with Sam! Her article, one of many things she's written, outlined the imbalance that exists in the workplace, favouring parents when it comes to benefits, flexibility and the informal annual leave hierarchy that can exist. She is childless not by choice…but de...
26 Feb 2025
Not Complicated - Kathryn
In this episode we talked to Kathryn - a social entrepreneur, with a passion for supporting mothers into flexible and rewarding careers. She co-founded Digital Mums in 2013 and awards for her work towards labour market equality included Red Woman of the Year. These achievements are particularly powerful because Kathryn, herself, is childfree by choice. Her reasons for getting involved with this podcast were as another challenge to the status quo that women will regret not having ...
15 Jan 2025
Repackaged Dreams - Esther
Communications director Esther shares her journey of building an inclusive family with a blended set of biological and stepchildren, highlighting the highs and lows of navigating different parental attitudes and expectations.
27 Nov 2024
The Full Stop - Berenice
Berenice Howard Smith, co-founder of The Full Stop, shares her insights on navigating childlessness not by choice and the complexities of modern parenthood.
27 Nov 2024
Choose your Silver Lining - Rachel
Rachel, a busy entrepreneur and mother of rainbow and angel babies, shares the importance of laughter, dark humor, and honest communication in navigating grief and complex emotions.
10 Nov 2024
It's a Bit More Complicated Than That TRAILER
We're launching on 27th November 2024!!! Please - listen to the trailer, share, follow, subscribe and ALL THE THINGS!"So, do you have kids?" Welcome to It's a Bit More Complicated Than That, where we are listening to all the fascinating, sad, joyful, messy answers that follow this question!We're Dannie-Lu Carr and Rebecca Tully, a non-parent and parent respectively, but - 'it's a bit more complicated than that'. And that's the same for pretty much every one of our guests. Every ep...
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