Best Zahra Ali Podcasts (2024)

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How to find a balance working both in and out of the home with Tara Anderson 58:03

2h ago58:03

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My guest this week was Tara Anderson, or as you might know her online – Tara Makeup. Makeup artist, model, actor, influencer and entrepreneur are all roles Tara has had in her life, but her job as mam to Gene and Jools, her 6 and 3-year-old sons, is the one we chatted most about in this episode. Tara talks candidly about her two very different expe…

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PHILIPPE FESTOU - Silenzio

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Programme de PHILIPPE FESTOU pour webSYNradio : sILENZIO. Conçue comme une œuvre radiophonique, un horspiel, le 'soundtrack' est aussi conçu pour pouvoir s'émanciper de l'image. Inspiré du livre "L'oreille au monde" de Philippe Festou (éd. Delatour). À partir du mythe de la Sibilla Cumana dont les mots doivent être entendus dans le son du vent, s'e…

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, women's health and conceiving with Louise O'Reilly (stylemecurvy) 1:01:13

10d ago1:01:13

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My guest this week was model and blogger, the lovely Louise O'Reilly, who is someone I've known for a really long time, since the very early days of my former career in magazines and since the early days of her career as a curve model. Louise has not only modelled in magazines like Cosmopolitan, but has had a plus size fashion blog called Style Me …

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Losing a child, and the grief process five years on with Eileen Loughlin 52:55

21d ago52:55

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Before I start this week's guest intro, I just want to flag that this episode is a very emotional one and might not be a comfortable listen for anyone in the early stages of grief, as it deals with the loss of a child. My amazing and brave guest for this episode is Eileen Loughlin. Eileen is a mother of four gorgeous children, from ages 20 all the …

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Can play therapy work for your child? With Debbie Cullinane 53:22

24d ago53:22

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This week, I spoke to child and adolescent psychotherapist and play therapy expert, Debbie Cullinane. Debbie helps children struggling at home with anything from anxiety, behavioural issues, anger, grief, and lots more. She talked me through what exactly play therapy is, who might benefit from it, the types of play that are involved, and how after …

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"This is life or death" – Eimear Hallahan on her two week old son's critical illness, and the miracles that surrounded him 52:12

1M ago52:12

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My guest this week is mother of two, Eimear Hallahan. If you don't know Eimear's story from social media already, it's worth noting that this episode deals with a critically ill baby and might be a tough listen for some. Eimear's youngest son, James, was just two weeks old when she brought him to hospital knowing something wasn't right with him. Sh…

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Stop, drop and read: The power of books for children from birth onwards, with Dr Christina McDonnell 48:28

1M ago48:28

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My guest this week is Dr Christina McDonnell, who is a practicing GP, a Garda on-call doctor and also the owner of Genius Juniors, the online bookshop for children of all ages. I was so excited to chat with Christina because honestly, nothing shaped me more throughout childhood than the books I read, and I know just how powerful reading can be for …

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Episode 152: Muharram and Āshūrā within the Shīʿī Tradition with Ahmad Rashid Salim 3:02:05

1M ago3:02:05

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Closing out the blessed month of Muharram, Parvez and Omar are back for a timely and important discussion about Muharram, the Day of Āshūrā, and the events of Karbala from a Shīʿī perspective. This is a deep dive into Shīʿī readings of early Muslim history and the centrality of the Ahl-al Bayt (The Household/Progeny of the Prophet Muhammedﷺ) and sp…

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"I'm a fraction of the person I used to be!" - early motherhood chats with Louise Cooney 51:19

2M ago51:19

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The lovely Louise Cooney joins me this week for a chat about all things motherhood. Louise, who I'm sure lots of you follow, is an influencer, content creator and mother to baby Jude, who is 8 and a half months old. From talking to Louise, it's so clear to see that motherhood suits her – she has a refreshingly positive take on being a new mam and h…

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Overcoming birth trauma with Dr Rebecca Moore 49:00

2M ago49:00

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This week, I spoke to the amazing Dr Rebecca Moore. Dr Moore is an incredibly empathetic perinatal consultant psychiatrist who works in the UK. She is renowned for her expertise in supporting mothers who are navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, anxiety, depression, and of course, our topic for today's episode: birth trauma. Around 30% of people …

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Freezing your eggs in your 30s with Ali Ryan 53:26

2M ago53:26

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This week's guest is media mogul Alexandra Ryan, owner and brains behind the incredible Irish media brand, Goss Media. Ali joins me this week to talk all things egg freezing. Having undergone the process twice in recent years, Ali knows the ins and outs. We discuss her motivation for embarking on the process, the financial implications, the side ef…

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Where mental illness and motherhood converge, with Sophie White 56:35

2M ago56:35

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TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide/suicidal ideation. My guest this week, and our first back for Season 14, is Sophie White. A prolific and massively successful author and podcaster, Sophie is also mother to three boys between 10 and 4 and has battled with mental illness since she was in her early 20s. As Sophie says herself in the episode, it's not often so…

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Episode 151: Prophet Abraham, Sacrifice, God's Covenant and the Land of Israel with Dr. Ali Ataie 1:41:41

3M ago1:41:41

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A special discussion for the Haj and Eid-ul Adha season, Parvez and Omar are joined by returning guest Dr. Ali Ataie. The show dives deep into the Prophet Abraham(as) in the monotheistic scriptures/traditions, including Abraham's service of sacrifice, the innumerable blessings bestowed to Abraham and his covenant with God. The conversation then exa…

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Anton MOBIN - What remains on the tape ?

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Programme de Anton Mobin pour webSYNradio : what remains on the tape ?. Invité par Dominique Balaÿ à concocter une playlist pour WebSYNradio, je décide de revisiter mes expériences réalisées autour du support cassette depuis 2013. En reprenant les modèles, contraintes et concepts de ces expérimentations basiques, voici une heure trente de compositi…

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"I'm a cool mom" – Kelly Fitzsimons on being friends with her teenage daughter while also being her parent 54:00

4M ago54:00

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Can you believe we've reached the end of the season! My last guest for season 13 is the very lovely Kelly Fitzsimons – formerly known on Instagram at least as MissEllaMayandMommy. Kelly had her daughter Ella aged 19 and her following online grew as the two of them grew up together. Sharing outfit posts with matching dresses, their mother daughter r…

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"I'm still a mother, no matter what" - Dominique Nugent's heartbreaking story of late-stage miscarriage. 1:01:50

4M ago1:01:50

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I was so so grateful to this week's guest for joining me on the podcast. The lovely Dominique Nugent so bravely chatted to me about her experience, earlier this year, of late stage miscarriage. Dominique was a day short of 16 weeks when she delivered her baby, who had not survived in utero. She so generously decided now was the time to talk about i…

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Episode 150: Protests, Encampments, and the BDS Movement with Zahra Billoo 1:56:14

4M ago1:56:14

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For the show's 150th episode Parvez & Omar are joined by the second guest ever to appear on the podcast, Zahra Billoo , Civil rights Attorney and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA). Zahra brings her years of tireless Civil Rights work and activism to bear as she discusses the recent pr…

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Finding the balance as a single parent, with Liadán Hynes 53:36

4M ago53:36

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My guest this week is my lovely friend, author, and journalist Liadán Hynes, who is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to parenting, and life in general really. She's a single parent to one daughter who's 9 years old. She's self-employed and works flexibly to be as present as she can for her little girl and writes often about her experiences as a …

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Your Questions Answered - Carla Kelly chats pregnancy, postpartum and parenthood 47:38

4M ago47:38

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My guest this week is Carla Kelly, who is one of the founders of Ask The Midwife, a company that aims to support parents from pregnancy through to postpartum and beyond. A midwife herself, we asked you guys, our cherished listeners, to put questions to her that you might need advice on. We talked about an incredible grandparents refresher course th…

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Assessment anxiety: When to seek help, with Caroline Foran 54:39

4M ago54:39

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My wonderful friend Caroline Foran is my guest this week, and a returning guest to Everymum the podcast. This time, we talk about her most recent struggles with her son Caelan, and how she has recently undergone assessments with various clinical assessors to help better understand her son's unique needs. We talk about the anxiety over a potential f…

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Putting it out there: Shannen Joyce on single motherhood, illness and moving forward 53:06

5M ago53:06

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My guest this week is Shannen Bulman Joyce, who was previously known on social media as Big C and Me, because she used her platform to document her cancer journey. Over the course of her adult life, just the past ten years, she's been diagnosed with and survived cancer three times. She's now the healthiest she's ever been, and is thriving and livin…

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Double miracle: Rosanna Davison's rollercoaster parenting journey 54:36

5M ago54:36

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My guest today is model and mam of three, Rosanna Davison. Over the past few years, life has changed dramatically for Rosanna. From going through a tragic 14 miscarriages and believing she wouldn't be able to carry a pregnancy to term, she and her husband sought the help of a surrogate from Ukraine to make their dream of having a family come true. …

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When motherhood just doesn't go as planned, with Kelly Donegan 1:11:32

5M ago1:11:32

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Kelly Donegan is my guest this week – you might know Kelly, if you're a millennial like me, from Tallafornia, a reality show she starred in 12 years ago now. If you've been following her online, you'll have seen her go from reality TV star to fitness expert to now, a mammy of one. Since her daughter Cherry arrived, Kelly's plans for motherhood have…

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Carl STONE - Kamiya Bar + guests

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Podcast de Carl Stone pour websynradio : Aux alentours du Kamya bar, Carl Stone convoque pour ce programme original webSYNradio tout un ensemble d'oeuvres (Ros Bobos, Annie Gosflield, David Toop, Tanner Menard, Joseph Hammer, Ben Neill, Roger Kleier, Saunter Chihei Hatakeyama, Yann Novak, Robert Crouch, Chas Smith, Sawako, Richard Lainhart, et des …

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Revisiting life with triplet boys, four years on with Ali Deasy 56:50

5M ago56:50

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My guest this week is Ali Deasy, who is famous where she lives as the mother who is shadowed everywhere she goes by her gorgeous triplets, Bruce Ted and Lenny. Ali has been a guest on Everymum in the past, but I saw recently she spoke online about her mental health struggle when the boys were between the ages of 2 and 3 years old. I caught up with …

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Why is miscarriage still such a taboo subject? With the Fertility Detective - Jessica Bourke 50:18

6M ago50:18

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Warning: This episode discusses baby loss. My guest for this episode is Jessica Bourke, otherwise known as The Fertility Detective. She's known among her followers and patients for her honest, straightforward and compassionate approach to all things fertility, and as she says online, she has nearly two decades of experience helping people to get an…

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Episode 149: A Physician's Medical Mission to the Gaza Strip with Dr. Mohammad Subeh 1:56:08

5M ago1:56:08

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Parvez and Omar are truly honored to host Dr. Mohammad Subeh who just returned from a five week medical mission to the Gaza Strip, specifically the Rafah Crossing to the south. Dr. Subeh shares his background born to a Palestinian refugee family living in Kuwait and then forced to flee overnight at the start of the First Persian Gulf War and invasi…

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Episode 148: Islam in the Inner City and the Work of Islah LA with Dr. Jihad Saafir 2:19:38

6M ago2:19:38

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Here is an episode that's been a few years in the making! We finally had the privilege of sitting with Dr. Jihad Saafir of Islah LA to discuss his background, academic training, as well as the remarkable and pioneering work that Islah LA and Islah Academy are doing to serve the community in South Los Angeles. As you've come to expect from the podca…

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Superyachts and time zone hops : Sleep trainer to the stars Kelly Geoghegan 53:53

6M ago53:53

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My incredible guest this week is the OG sleep coach in Ireland, the person with thousands of hours of pacing hallways and bedrooms with babies in her arms – Kelly Geoghegan. Kelly's business, Sleepy Stars, is all about helping babies with sleep. But her fascinating career has featured superyachts, helicopters and changing time zones twice in a week…

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DAVID FENECH - Monks to Monk

6M ago

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Podcast de DAVID FENECH pour webSYNradio. Avec des morceaux de The Monks, Andew Liles + Jean Hervé Péron, Glaxo Babies, Renaldo and the Loaf, Felix Kubin, Fritz Muller, Iggy + The Stooges, H.N.A.S, Volcano the Bear, Nervous Norvus, Jac Berrocal + David Fenech + Ghédalia Tazartès, Connan Mockasin, Brigitte Fontaine, Colin Stetson, Jr + His Soulettes…

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Episode 147: Imam Tahir Anwar, His Silicon Valley Roots, Religious Education, and Advice for Ramadan 1:22:57

6M ago1:22:57

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It's not too often that you come across a Silicon Valley raised and Dar-ul-Uloom trained Imam but that's exactly who joins Parvez and Omar to kick-off the blessed month of Ramadan. Imam Tahir Anwar, Imam of the South Bay Islamic Association and Lecturer at Zaytuna College returns to the show! This time around the discussion includes a deep dive int…

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#8 - WITH DALIA MALEK & WINSTON CARTER 1:02:57

7M ago1:02:57

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INTERRUPTION SHOW RECORDED LIVE AT THE GLENDALE ROOM IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WITH DALIA MALEK & GUEST CO-HOST WINSTON CARTER INTERRUPTING JON HUCK, ANDREW JOHNSTON, KAI, & AISHA ALFA MID-PERFORMANCE. THEME MUSIC BY SHOW YOU SUCK, ARTWORK BY MATTIE LUBCHANSKY, LIVE AUDIO RECORDING BY GABRIEL ALMAZÁN, EDITING BY DALIA MALEK, MIXING BY GABRIEL ALMA…

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Why gentle parenting doesn't actually involve letting your children do whatever they want - Sarah Ockwell Smith. 59:44

7M ago59:44

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This week I spoke to Sarah Ockwell Smith, a parenting expert who has written 15 books on parenting over the course of her career. While we could've covered a number of topics, what I really wanted to speak to her about was the idea of gentle parenting and what it really is. Like you, I've seen Instagram memes and Tiktokers talk about gentle parenti…

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Episode 146: From SoCal to Al-Azhar and Back with Shaykh Jamaal Diwan 2:04:33

7M ago2:04:33

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Parvez and Omar are honored to be joined by Shaykh Jamaal Diwan, co-founder and Resident Scholar at The Majlis. This was a wide-ranging conversation with Shaykh Jamaal discussing his personal journey connecting with his faith, his studies at Al-Azhar University, and the principles underlying The Majlis. Beyond his personal journey the conversation …

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Richard PINHAS - track Inédit

7M ago

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Podcast de Richard Pinhas pour webSYNradio. Track inédit enregistré en studio entre Paris et Tokyo, mixé à Paris, en étroite collaboration avec Oren Ambarchi. Gift from Richard, including a lot of Friends like Joe TALIA, Oren AMBARCHI, William WINANT.http://synradio.fr/richard-pinhas-un-inedit/By RICHARD PINHAS

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Did you know one in six people experience infertility? - Karen Ferguson 54:59

7M ago54:59

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Today's guest is Karen Ferguson, head of nursing and clinical services with SIMS IVF. I'll be completely honest, my knowledge of all things fertility and infertility was minimal, that is – before I spoke to Karen. We went back to basics, and discussed things like the stigma around talking about fertility struggles, what exactly is involved in an eg…

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Anniversaire : les 20 ans du label CRÓNICA

8M ago

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Podcast du label Crónica. Pour le vingtième anniversaire du label portugais Crónica, qui s’est imposé comme une "plateforme majeure pour tout ce qui concerne les productions à la limite du conceptuel" (Coda), ses deux initiateurs Miguel Carvalhais et Pedro Tudela ont produit un programme de 3 heures, revisitant chacun des 200 titres du catalogue. h…

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The fourth trimester and advocating for yourself, with Kathy Milliken 58:12

8M ago58:12

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I was joined for today's episode by Kathy Milliken. Kathy is a baby, birth and post-partum expert in so many ways: She's trained as a doula, she's trained in breastfeeding counselling, she's a qualified pre- and post-natal yoga instructor, among other things. And yet, with all her experience, she told me she didn't really KNOW what motherhood would…

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Having a home birth on your first baby: Aisling Kearns shares her brave story. 49:11

8M ago49:11

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This episode had me wide-eyed with my jaw on the floor, as returning guest Aisling Kearns shares the story of her home birth. Aisling's son Tommy was just four weeks old when we recorded, and slept like an angel throughout. Having spoken to a doula and read a book about childbirth as a rite of passage, Aisling decided a home birth was for her, even…

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Episode 145: Integrating Islamic Spiritual Approaches into Professional Psychology and the Khalil Center with Dr. Hooman Keshavarzi 1:31:23

8M ago1:31:23

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For our first episode of 2024 we present an interview conducted during our trip to Chicago with Dr. Hooman Keshavarzi, Founder and Executive Director of Khalil Center. Dr. Keshavarzi discusses his journey connecting with his faith, becoming a clinical psychologist, and how he integrated his studies in Islamic theology and spirituality towards creat…

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Payal Desai chats about her viral "Dusty Sons" videos and modern parenting approach. 21:51

8M ago21:51

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This week, I was so pleased to be able to speak to online parenting sensation Payal Desai, who joined me all the way from New Jersey (albeit on a slightly glitchy Zoom call for which I blame my own dodgy broadband) where she lives with her husband and two little boys. Payal is a middle school teacher and content creator who went insanely viral with…

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Cristian Vogel : Third Space Requiems (inédit)

8M ago

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Podcast de Cristian Vogel pour websynradio : Third Space Requiems (inédit).“Third Space Requiems” est une trilogie électroacoustique de Cristián Vogel, composée dans les dernières heures de 2023 à la lumière d’événements qui ont profondément marqué son histoire sur un plan intime ou plus universel : Levitationism (0->6'30). Story In Blood (6'30->14…

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Caroline BERGVALL - Voices with texts. Voix à textes.

9M ago

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Podcast de Caroline Bergvall pour websynradio : VOICES WITH TEXTS... Morceaux et textes par des poètes et musiciens, solo ou en collaboration. Avec les voix et les sons de Lee Ann Brown, Tom Phillips & Gavin Bryars, Sawako Nakayasu, Ida Börjel & Mathias Kristerson, Caroline Bergvall & Adam Parkinson, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros & John Giorno, Char…

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Episode 144: Black Power and Palestine with Professor Michael Fischbach 1:32:17

9M ago1:32:17

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We are back to close out 2023 and continuing our discussions on Palestine, this time through the prism of the Civil Rights struggle in the United States. Professor Michael Fishbach joins us to discuss his 2019 book Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color. Professor Fishbach chronicles how Black Power activists and others in the …

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Sally ANN McINTYRE - websynradio show

9M ago

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Programme de SALLY ANN McINTYRE pour webSYNradio : disques pour une ile deserte. Avec des oeuvres et des sons de Janek Schaefer, Vito Acconci, John Cage, Erik Satie, Margaret Leng Tan, William S. Burroughs, Louise Lawler, Alvin Curran, Gavin Bryars, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono.http://synradio.fr/sally-ann-mcintyre/…

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A new dad's perspective on pregnancy, delivery and those newborn months - Robert Burke 1:10:13

9M ago1:10:13

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My guest this week is Rob Burke – Rob is a friend of mine, and one of the most articulate people I know, and so I knew that he'd be the perfect person to speak to about the experiences of a new dad. From pregnancy, where he says he felt his duty was to take care of his wife, to the delivery suite and cutting the umbilical cord and being a human sti…

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Model mum Kelly Horrigan: How Kelly's recovery from birth is still ongoing over a year later 43:14

10M ago43:14

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This week I speak to Irish model and mother of one Kelly Horrigan. Although Kelly delivered her beautiful little boy almost 14 months ago now, she is still feeling the long-term effects of her delivery. After her son's birth, Kelly found she had something called pudendal neuralgia, which sees her in constant nerve pain from her episiotomy scar all …

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Changing your mind is okay: From childfree by choice to becoming a mam with Siobhan O'Hagan 55:57

10M ago55:57

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Today's guest is influencer and first time mam, Siobhan O'Hagan. In her previous life as a fitness influencer, Siobhan's goals and values were always crystal clear: She enjoyed the freedom that came with her life moving from Bali to Thailand to London and back to Ireland. She was vocal about her choice not to have children, and for a long time that…

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"It's nothing like you think it's going to be" - Lorna Weightman's birth story and breastfeeding struggle 1:05:33

10M ago1:05:33

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For our first episode back for Season 12, I'm joined by fashion influencer and stylist Lorna Weightman and possibly our youngest ever guest, 9 week old Arthur was also on the Zoom being an absolute angel. Lorna and I discovered that we both approached parenthood with a "will I or won't I?" mentality – we weren't 100% convinced it was for us, until …

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Episode 143: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine with Dr. Rashid Khalidi 51:09

10M ago51:09

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We are deeply honored and privileged to be joined by the eminent historian and perhaps leading academic on Palestine in the United States, Professor Rashid Khalidi. Dr. Khalidi discussesed his new book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 which chronicles his personal and ancestral connecti…

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