Ellie and Anna Have Issues

It's an extra special episode where we meet the newest member of the Dirty Mother Pukka family as Polly chats to Anna for the first time since baby Lola arrives and maternity leave begins.

Anna and Polly are joined by Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia co-authors of How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Autism and ADHD. They delve into everything from masking, diagnosis relief and grief plus the difficulties with official diagnosis.

As the pair hit the West-End in their first Live Nation show, Anna and Polly talk sex ed, pleasure and why it's time to stop centering the peen. Oh and how platonic love has to be up there with romantic amour. Til death, indeed…

Anna and Polly share their wildest job experiences. From welding car parts to making weed-infused perfume, their unconventional careers unravel and they chat about how motherhood impacts it all.

Anna and Polly take a deep dive deep into the world of post-childbirth sex, orgasmic birth (yes, that's a thing), and vibrators (Polly is never without hers). Joined by the brilliant minds behind the Somatica Institute, Danielle Harrell and Celeste Hirschman.

The rage is real, Anna and Polly tackle MP Kemi Badenoch's claim that UK maternity pay is "excessive."

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Buckle up for a trip into the fantasies, Polly spills the details of her own X-rated daydreams, from silky seductions to belt-wielding dominance.

Friendships rupture and repair

Somewhere between the pandemic and extreme childcare costs, we stopped laughing. There's a guilt in feeling joy in a cost of living crisis; An anxiety in laughing when the world is seemingly crumbling. Anna and Polly try to force a smile and question the importance of laughter and how to get it back.

The What Not To Wear star wears her heart on her sleeve as she opens up about her alcoholism and, in turn, sobriety. She describes the breakup of Trinny and Susannah like a divorce and this episode opens up about the normalisation of parental drinking. From ‘Mummy needs wine' to ‘gin o'clock'.

Anna sits down to chat free school meals and more with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

From struggling to ‘celebrate' until the baby first cries to birth anxiety in the third trimester, Polly sits in the pregnancy hole with Anna as they navigate baby showers and splash down.

Whether pregnancy anxiety or just sudden dread before bed, we are an anxious nation with panic attacks on the rise. Anna and Polly talk about their most anxious moments. The why and the resolution. It's an anxiety-inducing white-knuckle ride.

From the domestic load to maternity discrimination, Zoe Blaskey opens up on how fooked over mothers are at home and work. And comes to the DMP table with empathy as well as solutions.

It's happening. Our first Live Nation show. And you are invited to a night that will make you laugh as much as you cry in the West End's Duchess Theatre. This is the office party you always hoped for without the misogyny and cold sausage rolls.

The maths ain't mathing. How to cover the six weeks of summer holidays with a wonky childcare system, overpriced summer camps and inflexible working. The Eastenders actress talks about keeping it together under pressure and how to keep the love alive with her partner among it all.

Why aren't we doing it? The average married couple has sex once a month and while that's a relief to hear, perhaps, Anna and Polly question if we should be settling for this. In this episode we talk about shagging in The Years BC (Before Child) and how to open your mind and relationship to pleasure.

How many times have you heard someone say “I'm so OCD” sweepingly in relation to being a little tidy. So misunderstood, Shakira opens up about how OCD changed her postnatal journey and how she took a turn for the better.

So you've been friends for decades but can't remember the last time you felt good around that person. From friends who use you as a personal therapist to those who take, take, take and find fault at every turn, some friendships just aren't, really, that friendly at all. From when to get out and how to get out. To making peace with people dramatically stepping away, this is the great friendship detox.

Polly and Anna dig deep on their lack of z's. From an average two hours on Polly's side to pregnancy insomnia on Anna's, the pair find solutions to their snoozing issues. And open up about the intense expectations put on mothers in the newborn haze.

Whether the weight of the world, pregnancy hormones, PMT or menopausal symptoms, the pendulum of moodiness is hard to navigate. For both partners. Anna and Polly analyse their moods in an attempt to sort the wood from the hormonal trees.

In this episode Laura downloads to Polly and Anna her need for connection in a world that feels disconnected. Whether under her roof, over a roast dinner or fleetingly in a park, she opens up about leaning in at a time when everyone feels far apart.

Childcare in the summer holidays is a nightmare. We have roughly 25 days of holiday and there's 62 days to cover. The maths just doesn't work. Listen in for solutions to the childcare issues.

No postnatal stone is left unturned on this open-hearted, open-minded chat about life, love and sex postpartum. From knowing when to do it after having a baby to touching yourself in the name of orgasms, Hollie is 100% a woman's woman.

God the commentary around our bodies is real. From pregnancy-related weight gain to stress-related weight loss, maybe ask how someone is before discussing how they look.

A pop icon and new author, Rachel of S Club 7 acclaim opens up her heart on the podcast talking about separation, telling the kids and finding happiness with her Dancing on Ice partner Brendan. This episode covers everything from judgement around separation to separation anxiety and how to handle it whether your partner simply works away or you are co-parenting.

Public speaker Dani Wallace joins the DMP team to talk about raising her voice after being ignored in the corporate world. This is the nuts and bolts of being heard without changing who you are.

Reflecting on our past choices from our 20's, throw in a bit of self-discovery, Motherhood and finding out our attachment styles plus their impact on relationships. Maybe midlife crisis could be an opportunity.

After a few intense weeks of internet scrutiny around Anna's geriatric pregnancy and the apparent ‘speed' of moving on with her new partner, the DMP duo take a moment to reflect on where it all began. Why the podcast began and land some big news on where things are going. Expect the usual analysis of sex positions and an incident involving a clitoris and chili.

The property aficionado lands on DMP to talk raising teenage boys, the good, the bad and the ugly of your kids growing into adults - and how to navigate tech in a parental world that doesn't really have blueprint other than hollering ‘get off your phone'. An informative chat with a beautiful soul.

From doggy to missionary, what else do you do when you, well, do it? Anna and Polly delve into the Karma Sutra and analyse the pros and cons of going off piste. Expect tears of laughter and genuine fear.

This is Polly's moment to open up about a different mothering journey with the author of ‘Special' Melanie Dimmitt. It's a beautiful insight into a different parental route that is often misunderstood or misrepresented. In this episode team DMP ask what ableism really is. How it presents. And what you can do as a parent to be more inclusive.

Anna is not a fan of lacy grundies but Polly is on a drive to get women to feel their best. Whether in a lace body suit or her homemade crotchless panties. The pair delve into their underwear drawers to see what's lurking. And to be honest it ain't pretty.

It's been a rollercoaster of a loving ride but an incredibly happy one with Anna and Olly announcing their pregnancy. With four kids between them already this is a fifth happy member of the clan. Anna stares down the barrel of being a truly ‘geriatric' mother and how she feels navigating pregnancy third time round. But the main point is… we're having a baby! A DMP baby.

Why are women sold vaginal/ vulva-cleaning products and men aren't? There's no willy washes out there or pecker towelettes and, yet, women are marketed everything from FemFresh to fanny wipes because men think we need it? Anna and Polly delve into delicate PH balances and BV to level the playing ground.

The incredibly successful singer-songwriter digs deep on inequality in the home and how co-parenting is never really 50:50. She opens up about separation and dating post-divorce and how she's finally settled on loving herself first and foremost before even swiping left of right. If you want to laugh as much as you cry, this episode is a good ‘un.

The day has come, Anna's eldest has a phone and there's been a lot of chat in the school What's App group about how to navigate this juncture. It's uncharted territory and it is world's apart from when Anna and Polly were ten but the pair talk about how to navigate this brave, new, pixelated world.

As the peri-menopause hits, Anna and Polly as Dr Jen about what to expect when you are expecting… The Change. From periods to pregnancy and the menopause, this is an A-Z on tackling Mother Nature's biggest hormonal shifts.

From ridiculous lists with £1,000 vases to unending hen dos and stag dos that soak up the cash, is a white wedding really all that for the guests? And does Pinterest have a lot to answer for?

This episode packed a sex ed punch. Sex and relationships journalist Beth digs deep on the slut shaming she faced as a young girl and what parents need to watch out for. We unpick the controversial decisions happening around sex ed for under 9's and how to raise a sex positive kid.

Have you ever had well-meaning but awful advice landed on you? My a mother in law maybe or a mate even? This episode goes into the nitty gritty of what not to say to a mother. Especially new mothers.

Quite the episode. We interrupt usual service of interviewing incredible women for a DMP special on Anna's engagement to Olly. From love post-divorce to looking back at one of the toughest junctures of her life, this is maybe not the Disney happily ever after but it is, indeed, very happy.

As hot flushes land and brain fog descends, Anna and Polly question their symptoms and open-up about navigating the next biological female chapter. Pre-warning: there's a lot of justified, although slightly off-the-wall rage.