My Mum's Bad Diaries
Jenny Ackland and Lilika May
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You're invited to eavesdrop as a mother reads out her teenage diaries to her daughter. Funny, candid, poignant and brave, this podcast is both living memoir and an investigation into what makes (and breaks) a woman. No scripts, no prep; just 40-year-old (diary) gold being unearthed. Even Jenny doesn't know what's going to come up as she lays bare her inner teen world to her daughter Lilika. Their motto is 'we go there', so what could possibly go wrong?
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S5E7 Wunderbar Part 1 (Vol.6, 1983)
This is Part 1 of a mega recording sesh. First we have an old person catch up (all things health including mum's knee and her new laser acupuncture appointments) and then it's into the reading. We're…
S5E6 Enter... Patrick (Vol.6, 1983)
We start recording while I'm out back sunning myself and mum is in studio, she understands how I like to multitask. We talk about health stuff then Summer House, and then it's onto the reading!…
S5E5 Rob me two times baby (Vol.6, 1983)
We're straight out of the gate into the reading, back in September 1983, as this is part 2 of our mega-recording sesh.Mum has a sore throat and is feeling 'rotten' so no Golden Bowl, is doped up on…
S5E4 Snack attacks (Vol.6, 1983)
Content note: we talk about food, diets and bodies+We start with a position of the planets catch up because this is an astrology podcast now. But mum isn't the only one pre-occupied with the stellium…
S5E3 SIDE CHAT (ladies of london)
Apologies to Margot, we call her 'nipples' during this side chat.Martha Sitwell is our new icon. ex eife of a baronet (who she cheerfully says rests at the bottom of the aristrocratic hieracrchy),…
S5E3 Mum is broke (Vol.6, 1983)
It's September 1983 and mum is counting coin, that's 1c and 2c pieces!But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Our intro, we range across some TV catch-ups including a quick Southern Hospitality chat…
S5E2 SIDE CHAT ('wuthering heights', hamnet)
Strap yourselves in because we get our scathe on in this side chat which is possibly our longest! We wonder if Emerald is okay. We talk about how this is a scrapbook of a film, a Pinterest board if…
S5E2 Vol-au-vents (Vol.6, 1983)
And we're out of the gate with a quick acknowledgement that we're both feeling better than we did 2 weeks ago, mum is reducing her coffee, it's an ongoing odyssey for some reason, and then we move on…
S5E1 SIDE CHAT (tv catch up)
A catch up of all of our shows: Love Story (CBK and John John, which seems to go awry Episode 6), Summer House (sending love to Ciara), Love is Blind (and our learning a new term along with everyone…
SIDE CHAT (tv catch up)
A catch up of all of our shows: Love Story (CBK and John John, which seems to go awry Episode 6), Summer House (sending love to Ciara), Love is Blind (and our learning a new term along with everyone…
S5E1 SIDE CHAT (virgos and serial killers)
Content note: murder talk How do Virgos rate in the serial killer stats? Pretty high. One slide we saw had Sagg at 4, Virgo at 10, Gemini at 9 and Pisces at 7. You can read more about such stats…
S5E1 Gerry you sleaze (Vol.6, 1983)
Hello and welcome to MMBD, season 5! We have a lot for you both today (episode 1) and coming up next week (side chats plural! There's my theory about Virgos and serial killers plus a mega TV catch…
S4E16 2025 Xmas Chat w/ Lily and Jen
It's the last episode for Season 4!Join us for a quick Christmas debrief as we catch up on December 2025.Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy and safe New Year. We hope 2026 will be a really…
S4E15 Disillusion (Vol.6, 1983)
This is part 2, carrying on from episode 14 which published last week.Welcome back! We are straight out of the gate, talking about a talk show called Donohue, and also about granddad and Passout…
S4E14 SIDE CHAT (vpr rewatch)
content note: we only talk about reality TV in this, specifically Vanderpump Rules, but some other shows get a mentionWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
S4E14 The hunting ground (Vol.6, 1983)
We are on to Volume 6!!! But as we discuss in the intro, it really does seem to be taking a while to get through the months.We start out with an early catch up about our Vanderpump Rules rewatch --…
S4E13 One whole invoice (Vol.5, 1983)
We start off and mum is out of sorts, blaming the cold snap as well as Fast 800. She is also considering a bath which is a HUGE step after her breaking her knee. We discuss the strategies around…
S4E12 ' "It must be all the hair" ' (Vol.5, 1983)
And we're straight into the reading with no preamble, as this is part 2 following on from the previous session.It's the skiing episode, where mum goes to hire gear, eats avocado seafood, spaghetti…
S4E11 SIDE CHAT (reply guys)
we learn what reply guys are. do you know any?We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
S4E11 The fake ex wife (Vol.5, 1983)
In this episode mum goes to Inverloch with friends, is reading the Day of the Jackal, and has cigarettes for breakfast.We start our intro by saying where we are (granny's place in Elsternwick. mum…
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My Mum's Bad Diaries has published 159 episodes since November 2021, covering topics in Comedy, Documentary.
My Mum's Bad Diaries is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 43m.
