
Hosted by Laura Beth Keown · EN

My unedited conversation with my friend Debs. She speaks about why using IVF to have children is right for her family, how she came to feel calm about planning her future, and how the responsibility of parenting in the future reaches into her life now. Theme music by Martin Andrews and The B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree]

Not having kids is a legitimate option in life, but you wouldn't know it sometimes. Laura explores why ideas are like toothbrushes: everyone needs one, everyone has one, and nobody wants to use anyone else's. I reference the writer Dan Ariely. Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree]Additional music from LOST BiRD [www.lostbird.bandcamp.com/]And from www.bensound.com

That moment when you realise your parents are aging. Learning to live when we lose people who are important to us. I call my mum to ask about her mum, and Sam explains what it was like when his dad died.I reference the writer Adam Gopnik Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree]Additional music from LOST BiRD [lostbird.bandcamp.com/]And from Ben Folds Five [https://www.benfolds.com/]And from www.bensound.com

Some choices are harder than others. My mum tells me about a life choice that (probably) led to my very existence. I also chat to my friend JB who, at the tender age of 26, has already been married and divorced. What a difference a choice makes. I reference the book: The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree]Additional music from LOST BiRD [https://lostbird.bandcamp.com/]And from www.bensound.com

Well, It's me again. Subscribe to Flirting with 30 wherever you get podcasts.Amazing music by https://martinandrews.bandcamp.com/ and by https://lostbird.bandcamp.com/ See you soon for new episodes!