My Mum's Bad Diaries
You're invited to eavesdrop as a mother reads out her teenage diaries to her daughter. Funny, candid, poignant and brave, this podcast is both living memoir and an investigation into what makes (and breaks) a woman. No scripts, no prep; just 40-year-old (diary) gold being unearthed. Even Jenny doesn't know what's going to come up as she lays bare her inner teen world to her daughter Lilika. Their motto is 'we go there', so what could possibly go wrong?
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 141
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
SIDE CHAT (would Jesus have worn spacers?)
We're taking a break this week (we've gone fishing!) (Not really!) But we bring you two fabulous side chats. This one is in the description. Do you think it's ok for a little light tampering with you…
SIDE CHAT (popularity at school and how it works)
Side chat 2 for this week (because we have gone fishing!)
(Or rather 'fishing'.)
(Disclosure: no fish are actually involved!)
The world is going to shit (war/pandemic/Kanye being seen out and about wi…
The dropped toy and the Nazis (Vol.2/Vol.3, 1981)
I find out that I could just condense everything we chat about each episode into a list…
- Noel Fielding and short fringes
- Sex Education, and how Ruby tampers with Otis’s look
- Patrick – Mum’s first boyfri…
SIDE CHAT (the metaverse, red pill / blue pill)
Listen as Jenny and Lily ramble about their understanding of the metaverse. This was recorded in 2021. They know a (little) bit more now.
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Finally... the concert (Vol.2, 1981)
I find out how Adam Ant grinds his hips…
THIS IS IT MY FRIENDS, this is THE episode where mum goes to the Adam Ant concert!
We read how ‘Adam danced perfectly,’ and how he was ‘grinding and swivelli…
SIDE CHAT (gift of gab, arrested development)
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SIDE CHAT (lilika's year 10 irl crush)
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100% Adam, 100% of the time (Vol.2, 1981)
I find out that this is actually just an Adam Ant fan girl podcast…
Join us this episode as we hurtle back to 13th of September 1981 (and we recorded this episode on 7th of September 2021, spooky??) a…
SIDE CHAT (cleanliness v cleanly as an archaic term, lily's year-round tan)
Content note: in this side chat we talk about offensive racial stereotypes
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SIDE CHAT (thrushdate)
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We love you, Robin P (Vol.2, 1981)
I find out about Mum’s biggest critic…
It’s the 22nd of August 1981 and 17-year-old mum is vowing to smile more… cause that will fix everything.
We chat about the concept of ‘resting bitch face’ or as…
SIDE RANT (mediocrity, the arts)
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The fake wedding (Vol.2, 1981)
Content note: In this episode there's some negative body talk
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I find out about my grandad’s fake wedding…
This episode's choc-a-block as we forget this isn’t a book club podcast and give our analysis…
Enter the Ant (Vol.2, 1981)
Content note; we talk about sex and there’s also some fatphobic language
We also apologise for Lily’s bad sound quality SORRY!!!!!
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I find out that this Adam Ant obsession isn’t ending any time soon…
It…
SIDE CHAT (journals generally)
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SIDE CHAT (emerging sexuality, guys as super needy, assumed Yes v assumed No, fear of being alone)
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SIDE CHAT (BOM, Indigenous weather systems)
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SIDE CHAT (nikki gemmell's bride stripped bare, memoir, our project)
The Bride Stripped Bare was published by Anonymous in 2003
Nikki Gemmell - The Age talks about the experience of having this novel published under 'Anonymous' and then the fall-out when it was reveale…
SIDE CHAT (love, friendships, 'the one', expectations)
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Mum and John sitting in a tree... (Vol.2, 1981)
Content note: we talk about eating, dieting and exercise, self esteem, and sexual predation
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I find out about mum’s long list of crushes..
Tune to hear about my unexplained infestation of blow flies th…