{"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":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘We were going out six weeks when we found out I was pregnant’","slug":"sophie-ellis-bextor-we-were-going-out-six-weeks-when-we-found-out-i-was-pregnant","published_at":"2025-11-04T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502/sophie-ellis-bextor-we-were-going-out-six-weeks-when-we-found-out-i-was-pregnant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-parents-7035502","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irish-times-parenting/episodes/sophie-ellis-bextor-we-were-going-out-six-weeks-when-we-foun","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66dace753eb5a88941553994/e/6908aee091c887999680486b/media.mp3","summary":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor wasn’t expecting to have a baby so soon into her relationship with her now husband, but she says there was a part of her that felt really good about it. This was in the early 2000s when it was not the done thing for a female pop star to start a family. 21 years and five boys later she’s managing to juggle family life with a successful singing career, having just released her eighth studio album, Perimenopop. But it hasn't all been smooth sailing. In this episode Sophie speaks about her first-born’s shaky start after a premature birth, raising five boys and embracing the wisdom that comes with getting older. Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan. Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor wasn’t expecting to have a baby so soon into her relationship with her now husband, but she says there was a part of her that felt rea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-parents-7035502/episodes/sophie-ellis-bextor-we-were-going-out-six-weeks-when-we-found-out-i-was-pregnant/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/sophie-ellis-bextor-we-were-going-out-six-weeks-when-we-found-out-i-was-pregnant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}