Pregnancy, co-parenting and careers, straight from three working mums
Badass Mums The Podcast is three working mothers from music and media talking frankly about pregnancy, labour, separation and getting back to work with a child at home. Some episodes turn on the hosts' own stories, others on guests such as BBC 1Xtra's Sian Anderson and R&B singer Mnelia.
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Badass Mums The Podcast is three working mothers talking honestly about what happens when a career and a young family land on the same calendar. Shahlaa, Tneek and Cilla host. Between them they introduce themselves as a rapper, a presenter and content creator, and a singer-songwriter who calls herself an all-round creative, and that working world is never far from the conversation. In Cilla's pregnancy story, family and her immediate team knew while rehearsals carried on and an outfit could still cover the bump. Plenty of people had no idea. The telling runs long enough that the hosts call for a part two. Dating gets the same industry twist. In the Mnelia conversation the question is whether a new admirer is after the person or a feature on the next track, and one message, a screenshot of an old pregnancy announcement, lands somewhere between baffling and unsettling. The hosts' own lives supply the heaviest material. The co-parenting episode talks about grief: mourning a life that was meant to be permanent after vows and two children, and sometimes needing to go quiet on the other parent just to get a breather. There is an episode called Being Induced and The Aftermath, and the birth story in it is just as candid. Nothing went to plan, someone in the room had to be put straight, and the baby arrived big, somewhere around nine pounds, yet the moment still felt beautiful. Guests widen the frame. With BBC 1Xtra's Sian Anderson the subject is going back to work, from colleagues blurting out questions about the baby to the effort of not absorbing other people's projections. A host asks her about moving from talking to the nation to days with a small child who cannot hold a conversation. The episode with Joeli, founder of Pregnant Then Screwed, turns to fathers, with talk of a UK stigma around dads at home, accounts of employers mocking men who ask for shared parental leave, and an argument that ring-fenced paternity leave changes the picture. It also points to a free phone line where mums who understand will simply listen. The register is loud, warm and overlapping. Agreement arrives in stacks of yeah, laughter cuts across sentences, and someone owns up to being a crier. The hosts warn at the top that controversial opinions will come up and that they will not always agree. The stated goal is practical: one takeaway per episode that might help another mum, and a closing request to tell a mum about it.
Made for: Suits a listener juggling a job and young children, or heading that way, who wants other mothers' unvarnished stories of pregnancy, birth, separation and returning to work more than tidy expert advice.
What sets it apart: Because the hosts work in music and media, industry life runs through the motherhood talk: a pregnancy kept quiet through rehearsals, admirers angling for a feature, a return to a job built on talking to the nation. Guests include BBC 1Xtra's Sian Anderson and R&B singer Mnelia alongside the founder of Pregnant Then Screwed.
Badass Mums The Podcast is an honest, fun, and informative Podcast hosted by Shahlaa, Tneek, and Cilla who work in the Music and Media industry. We are a community for the working mother who is trying to ‘have it all’, a career and a family! Nobody understands the daily struggles of a mother more than another mum. Whether it's the years of broken sleep and a full day by 9am. Or attending work meetings, living off of coffee and a dream wrapped in mum guilt. We Badass Mum’s listen to the problems, laugh about the madness and share our solutions. Through our seasonal Podcast, events and online platform we are building a community for working mums! In our unfiltered, authentic and over sharing a…
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded discussion of childcare, parental leave, and the workplace pressures shaping family life.
Childcare lands here as a workplace problem, not just a private family puzzle. A guest from Pregnant Then Screwed helps the Badass Mums hosts unpack how parents, particularly fathers, can be nudged away from leave and flexible working, while mothers are often left holding the…
A candid episode about early motherhood, returning to work, and love that arrives in its own time.
Badass Mums is strongest when it stays with the uneven first stretch of motherhood. Sian Anderson describes the shock of feeling responsible for keeping a baby alive before any rush of instant love had arrived, and the episode lets that discomfort sit without forcing it into a…
A candid co-parenting conversation about grief, conflict, restraint, and the calmer home Cilla says separation has helped create.
Co-parenting is treated here as something lived in real time: grief, anger, restraint, and the small daily choices that decide the temperature of a home.
A candid Badass Mums conversation about dating, visibility, and the standards motherhood brings into relationships.
Dating after motherhood meets public identity in this candid Badass Mums conversation with a UK R&B singer. A warm message turns sharper when an old pregnancy post is sent back to her, reminding her how easily private history can be folded into a public career.
A frank, grounded review of induction, birth plans, first contact, and the feelings that follow.
Induction comes through here as something far less neat than the word can make it sound. The review follows the uncertainty of calling the unit, waiting without a fixed date, and trying to work out what happens next.
Two friends, one microphone, no polite silences.
Messy parenting, made practical and warm.
School runs, stain tips and mom-group drama, compared out loud.
Practical hope for raising sturdy kids.
Faithful help for the hard parts of mothering.
Badass Mums hosts Tanique, Charlotte Tahira, and Cilla speak with Pregnant Then Screwed founder Jolie about UK childcare costs, maternity discrimination, and flexible working.
["Sian Anderson says she has one rule for bookings: no Sundays and no Enfield, Woodgreen, or Edmonton.", "The BBC 1Xtra presenter, DJ, author, record-label owner, and A&R talks through co-parenting Elijah while fitting Manchester promo, radio, and a 1:30 a.m.
Badass Mums The Podcast has Tanique, Charlotte Tahira, and Cilla saying a parent who only shows up on their own terms is 'babysitting,' not co-parenting.
Badass Mums brings Mnelia onto the show to talk about dating, co-parenting, and making music while raising a two-year-old son.
Badass Mums The Podcast's "Being Induced and The Aftermath" has Tanique, Charlotte Tahira, and Cilla comparing induction labour, water breaking, and recovery pain.
Badass Mums The Podcast: Pregnancy, Cilla's Story follows Cilla's account of discovering her first pregnancy during a London and Birmingham radio tour.
Badass Mums hosts Tanique, Charlotte Tahira, and Cilla interview Brandiece, founder of Food Guide London and mother of a daughter who is nearly 18.
Badass Mums The Podcast examines a postpartum depression clinical trial with Dr.
Badass Mums The Podcast interviews Dr.
Badass Mums hosts Tanique, Charlotte Tahira, and Cilla interview health and fitness expert Shakira Akabusi about exercise after pregnancy, including diastasis recti, pelvic-floor function, and home workouts.
Hosts Shahlaa, Tneek, and Cilla discuss the challenges and triumphs of being a working mother, with a guest interview with a radio presenter.
Hosts Charlotte and Tanique interview Maya about raising a child with autism, sharing personal experiences and insights.
Hosts Shahlaa, Tneek, and Cilla discuss the challenges and triumphs of being a working mother, with a special guest sharing her journey.
Hosts interview a working mom entrepreneur about her journey balancing career and motherhood.