{"podcast":{"title":"Conversations with Parents","slug":"conversations-with-parents-7035502","podcast_index_feed_id":7035502,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66dace753eb5a88941553994","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-parenting","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66dace753eb5a88941553994/1756811646793-7e0b8bf6-d0a9-4df3-a984-a0d56f0be504.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times","episode_count":29,"summary":"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? Produced in association with Avonmore Super Milk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502"},"episode":{"title":"Sarah McInerney: When I told my manager I was pregnant he said, ‘Can’t be helped I suppose’","slug":"sarah-mcinerney-when-i-told-my-manager-i-was-pregnant-he-said-can-t-be-helped-i-suppose","published_at":"2026-04-14T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502/sarah-mcinerney-when-i-told-my-manager-i-was-pregnant-he-said-can-t-be-helped-i-suppose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-parenting/episodes/draft-sarah-mcinerney","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66dace753eb5a88941553994/e/69d8cad5cdaa3e377c63cb3a/media.mp3","summary":"Sarah McInerney is known for her self-assured, cool and calm approach to interviewing politicians, but on the first episode of the brand new season of Conversations with Parents podcast she tells host Jen Hogan, about the anxiety that plagued her second pregnancy. In a revealing and personal interview, McInerney discusses best laid plans and shares how becoming a mother of two children wasn’t as straightforward as she might have hoped. “My first pregnancy was a dream,” she says on the podcast. “I absolutely flew through it and thought, ‘Oh, I’m a natural mother. I’m just made to do this.’ The second pregnancy was the complete opposite.” Sarah talks to Jen about what surprised her about having boys, the guilt she felt over her heavy Drive Time schedule and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sarah McInerney is known for her self-assured, cool and calm approach to interviewing politicians, but on the first episode of the brand new season of Con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2425,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-parents-7035502/episodes/sarah-mcinerney-when-i-told-my-manager-i-was-pregnant-he-said-can-t-be-helped-i-suppose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502/sarah-mcinerney-when-i-told-my-manager-i-was-pregnant-he-said-can-t-be-helped-i-suppose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}