Messy adulthood, said out loud.
Who Even Are We? follows two conversational voices through the awkward middle stretch of adulthood: older kids, changing bodies, household pressure, and the strange places self-esteem gets tested. The show is frank and funny without pretending any of it is neatly solved.
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Who Even Are We? is a conversational show about the life stage where the old labels stop fitting and the new ones are not exactly flattering. Parenting sits at the center, but the show is not limited to tips or discipline debates. It is about what teenagers do to a parent’s self-esteem, what mental load feels like in a household, and why small everyday moments can expose a whole private argument with self-worth. The rhythm is personal first, point second. A birthday month becomes a conversation about tweens, teenagers, respect, and the painful discovery that love does not always look like gratitude. A morning walk becomes a blunt little case study in who notices what, who carries what, and who gets to move through the world without scanning the ground. A supermarket encounter with a homeless man turns into a reflection on judgement, charity, discomfort, and wanting to do more than hand over snacks and keep walking. The show is often funny. It is also frequently tired, tender, irritated, and self-questioning. Health episodes move from creatine, collagen, protein water, filtered water, and exercise routines into a broader argument about moderation and not turning every pleasure into a wellness project. Technology episodes treat ChatGPT less like a headline and more like something already sitting inside marriages, moods, and private habits. Pop culture can enter too, as with a Netflix manosphere documentary, where the discussion circles male influencers, interviewing style, and the unease of watching that world up close. Guest conversations add a different register, including Barbara Banner speaking about psychic, evidential, and trance mediumship through the lens of grief and connection. The show’s strength is not tidy authority. It is recognition. It catches the tone of people trying to parent, age, care, spend, exercise, argue, apologize, and still have a laugh at the end of the day.
Made for: For parents moving into the teenage years, especially listeners who want honest conversation about identity, marriage, bodies, money, and household pressure. It also fits anyone who prefers lived experience over polished parenting doctrine.
What sets it apart: The show turns tiny, specific incidents into emotionally direct conversations without sanding off the awkwardness. It feels less like a lesson and more like sitting beside two people sorting through the same adult-life mess in real time.
After millions of downloads and years of oversharing on Am I A Bad Mum?, Katie Mattin and Rachel Thaiday are introducing Who Even Are We. Who Even Are We? is a twice-weekly podcast about identity shifts, friendships, parenting teens (or nearly teens), marriage, confidence, chaos, and all the things no one prepares you for. From honest confessions to ridiculous stories and conversations that swing from hilarious to heartfelt, nothing is off limits and nothing is polished!It’s real life, real friendship, and real talk for anyone who’s ever looked around and thought… who even are we now?
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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