Ranked #1
Ep 3: Donor Deliberations
Ep 3: Donor Deliberations
One day, soon after I left school, my mother told me that she wanted me to have a baby one day and she didn’t care how I... Read more
28 Apr 2016
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25mins
Ranked #2
Ep 2: Your Grandparents
Ep 2: Your Grandparents
In 2012 I went home to Australia for Christmas. I had three weeks off from my job teaching documentary filmmaking in Den... Read more
14 Apr 2016
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21mins
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Ep 24: Health
Ep 24: Health
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6 Oct 2017
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38mins
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Ep 25: Farvel
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It’s Spring, 2015. Half your life ago. My six years teaching at the European Film College begin the limp to an anti-clim... Read more
24 Nov 2017
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25mins
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Ep 4: My Love Life
Ep 4: My Love Life
I had morning sickness and was trying hard to look after myself, now about 5 weeks pregnant, but it was a struggle with ... Read more
12 May 2016
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25mins
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Ep 5: Travels Through the First Trimester
Ep 5: Travels Through the First Trimester
My body has seriously never looked better naked. Everything is soft, plump and trim in all the right places. My breasts ... Read more
27 May 2016
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26mins
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Ep 17: Tomorrow Morning
Ep 17: Tomorrow Morning
I’ve been thinking a lot about the expectation of an exchange: you help me move house, I’ll buy you pizza and beer; you ... Read more
24 Dec 2016
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16mins
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Ep 23: Community
Ep 23: Community
The school year is away like a fast-moving train. In the past I’d have lost myself in the momentum. Not so much this yea... Read more
31 Aug 2017
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Ep 6: Seventeen Calls
Ep 6: Seventeen Calls
It’s the end of August in 2012. You have reached a milestone. 13 weeks. The second trimester. For me, it’s a turning poi... Read more
17 Jun 2016
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32mins
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Ep 22: Lessons From Zorba
Ep 22: Lessons From Zorba
The Principal, my boss, has a job offer and decides to take it. The question of leadership opens up. While the Board sea... Read more
31 Jul 2017
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22mins
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Ep 21: My Brother's Wedding
Ep 21: My Brother's Wedding
Nick called to tell me the news just before New Year’s, only weeks after we got back to Denmark. He proposed, and she sa... Read more
14 Jul 2017
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Ep 7: Dinosaurs and Pancakes
Ep 7: Dinosaurs and Pancakes
It's September 2012. There is a nervous excitement in the building and everybody feels it, from the chefs, to the financ... Read more
2 Jul 2016
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33mins
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Ep 19: Turning One
Ep 19: Turning One
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14 Feb 2017
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Ep 10: Birth
Ep 10: Birth
It's going to get messy, so if that’s a problem for you, you might want to skip this episode, or you can fairly safely l... Read more
26 Aug 2016
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33mins
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Ep 16: The Emails
Ep 16: The Emails
Crossing the world from Australia to Thailand to Denmark, ending my maternity leave, ending 2013. A sense of loss, a sen... Read more
14 Dec 2016
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