Podcasts by Not By Accident
Further podcasts by Sophie Harper
Podcast on the topic Tagebücher
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Ep 33: Enough from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I never thought it was ideal being a two person family. There’s not somebody obvious for you to turn to when I let you down. It’s a lot of pressure, for both of us, forever I suppose. If I keep bei...
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Ep 32: And the World is! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’re watching Mimi’s bridal waltz, lit by the sunset’s golden glow in a retro-opulent ballroom, filled with love. I have a huge lump in my throat. I can’t quite believe we’re here, for this moment...
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Ep 31: Taking Off from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's May 2016. The podcast is taking off. Astrid's new cousin is due next month! And I can't decide if we should ignore the fact that we are broke and somehow find a way to go to New York for Mimi'...
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Ep 30: Going Public from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I get to work on too many ideas. I’m going to work for myself. That’s decided. I register as a business, open a bank account, brainstorm plans, buy three web domains. There are a lot of things I wa...
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Ep 29: For Kids from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A special episode of Not By Accident for kids! It's a child- appropriate recap of Astrid's story, at her request and with her involvement. The first part is about when she was little. The secon...
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Ep 28: Consolidation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’re trying to create a home, but I have things to sort out. The detritus of my life is in storage units and suburban garages. The belongings I packed away as one life stage ended and a new one be...
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Ep 27: Flying Fish from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s August 2015. We’ve just moved back to Australia from Denmark and it’s strange. You’re ultra-sensitive, fearful, clingy, easily brought to tears. I probably am too. It’s been like this for mont...
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Ep 26: Equality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s September 2017. I’ve been feeling recently that it’s important for you understand more of who I am. You see me as a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a friend, a podcaster, a writer. But I’m also a...
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Ep 25: Farvel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s Spring, 2015. Half your life ago. My six years teaching at the European Film College begin the limp to an anti-climactic end. I try to stay focused. But my main focus is you. The upheaval I’m ...
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Ep 24: Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I get the feared call from pre-school on the last day of term. You’ve hit your head, badly. I keep a close watch on you for signs of concussion and thankfully, there are none. I feel shattered fr...
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Ep 23: Community from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 year though. This year I have you to force me to go home, to switch off, to be s...
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Ep 22: Lessons From Zorba from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Principal, my boss, has a job offer and decides to take it. The question of leadership opens up. While the Board search for a new Head, somebody will act. Most likely not me, though I’m Vice Pr...
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Ep 21: My Brother's Wedding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nick called to tell me the news just before New Year’s, only weeks after we got back to Denmark. He proposed, and she said yes. I’m happy for them, of course, really happy. Nick has found the perso...
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Season Two Teaser from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When I reflect on my childhood, I think of things I had that you don’t: two parents, a brother, a sister, a big house and garden, a dog, private schooling, beach and ski holidays, no money worries…...
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Ep 20: The Tunnel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sometimes the grind of life can get you down. That’s where I am as we reach spring 2014. The birds are singing again, the walks between childcare and home become a lovely opportunity to be together...
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Ep 19: Turning One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Episode 19: Turning One The shock of being back at work is becoming routine. Even the pre-sunrise race to childcare. I feel sorry for myself, and can't quite believe I made life choices that led u...
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Ep 18: First Day Back from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I still don't know if I can do this. I start work tomorrow, after a whole year off, with sleep deprivation still affecting my memory and my ability to cope, with my emotions always close to the sur...
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Ep 17: Tomorrow Morning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 babysit, I’ll do the same for you another day. I had thought it rare that peo...
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Ep 16: The Emails from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Crossing the world from Australia to Thailand to Denmark, ending my maternity leave, ending 2013. A sense of loss, a sense of anticipation and anxiety, a reminder of and reliance on great friendshi...
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Ep 15: Counting Down from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Happy 4th birthday Alex! We have a party in Granny's garden to celebrate. An opportunity to try out my new recording gear. Your donations have gone to good use, thank you. I've caught up with mys...
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Ep 14: Long Days, Short Months from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’re staying at Granny’s this week. She fell and fractured her kneecap. Considering everything she’s done for me during my life, and at the start of yours, taking us in, feeding me, caring for you...
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Ep 13: The Irresponsible Option from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As my health improves and I feel more secure with my baby care skills, we begin to venture out. We meet my sister Charlotte, who looks so relaxed and confident out here in public. I can't even imag...
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Ep 12: Father's Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You're six days old. I apprehensively pack my things and prepare to be discharged. It’s been a surprisingly idyllic little sanctuary, this hospital room. I'm not sure I'm ready to leave yet, but we...
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Ep 11: First Hours, First Days from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With you suckling at my chest and our family here to celebrate your birth, I feel elated, and sure it must be over. But it isn't quite over yet. The family are ushered out for the doctors to begin ...
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Ep 10: Birth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 listen to the first 9 and the last 4 minutes. I'm 6 days overdue. I can't imag...
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Ep 9: This Strange Period from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My brother's baby is due this week. I'm feeling jumpy every time the phone rings. I sit down with my sister Charlotte for a not-so-quiet talk about birth, and the end of my pregnancy. I'd thought o...
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Ep 8: Leaving and Arriving from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After my maternity leave, in 2014, we did move back to Denmark, just for 18 months. I did make it work, mostly, as a single mother with a demanding job, thanks to my incredible friends and colleagu...
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Ep 7: Dinosaurs and Pancakes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's September 2012. There is a nervous excitement in the building and everybody feels it, from the chefs, to the finance department, and certainly us teachers. 115 students arrive on this Monday a...
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Ep 6: Seventeen Calls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s the end of August in 2012. You have reached a milestone. 13 weeks. The second trimester. For me, it’s a turning point. On Thursday, the day before my first scan, the first time I’ll see you, I...
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Ep 5: Travels Through the First Trimester from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My body has seriously never looked better naked. Everything is soft, plump and trim in all the right places. My breasts are growing. I curse the fact that nobody but me will see, but feel fortunate...
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Ep 4: My Love Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I had morning sickness and was trying hard to look after myself, now about 5 weeks pregnant, but it was a struggle with the lack of structure in my life over the summer, and all this travel. Today...
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Ep 3: Donor Deliberations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 did it, even if I did it alone, as long as I did it. I was a bit taken aback...
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Ep 2: Your Grandparents from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2012 I went home to Australia for Christmas. I had three weeks off from my job teaching documentary filmmaking in Denmark, just enough time to make the trip worthwhile. I wanted to ground myself...
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Ep 1: Insemination Story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One morning in May my ovulation test showed as positive, and it was time to stop thinking about it and actually do it! I was living and working in Denmark when I reached the age of 38, the cut-off ...
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Ep 0 - Not By Accident Teaser from 2016-03-22T01:00
This is the teaser for Not By Accident, an audio documentary series about choosing to become a single mother and coping with being one, made by me, Sophie Harper. Subscribe, rate, review wherever y...
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Ep 0 - Not By Accident Teaser from 2016-03-22T01:00
This is the teaser for Not By Accident, an audio documentary series about choosing to become a single mother and coping with being one, made by me, Sophie Harper. Subscribe, rate, review wherever y...
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