My Mum's Bad Diaries
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?
Episodes
152 episodes
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 to the graveyard of boys and their birth cha...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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45:27
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 else: hobosexual), Southern Charm and Craig's...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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28:08
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 here:
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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17:36
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 up).But first, a content warning for thi...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:34:24
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 fabulous year for you!
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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49:18
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 Bronwyn, poor Bronwyn. We have pictures fr...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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59:40
SIDE CHAT (vpr rewatch)
content note: we only talk about reality TV in this, specifically Vanderpump Rules, but some other shows get a mention
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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18:46
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 -- and because we don't want to force anyo...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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55:39
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 getting her in, but more importantly getting h...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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1:17:06
' "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 marinara and TWO oysters Kilpatri...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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49:38
SIDE CHAT (reply guys)
we learn what reply guys are. do you know any?
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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9:32
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 and her siblings have been sortin...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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59:59
SIDE CHAT (lily tween years)
We talk about how we both think that kids should just eat the food the parents are eating, that they shouldn't have separate meals, and then also talk about tween Lily
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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5:37
So many ports (Vol.5, 1983)
Content note: more talk about food and diets+In this episode we find ourselves back in June 1983, and Mum is back from Sydney. The big news is she's moving into a house in nice Camberwell with Granddad...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:29:15
3rd wheel (Vol. 5, 1983)
We're back after a long hiatus so thanks for waiting for us! In this episode we have a few complaints (podcasting platform Riverside; the NGV's current exhibition of the impressionists out of Boston. We found it hard to be impressed by the impr...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:18:13
18 days to Sydney (Vol.5, 1983)
*** Content note: mention of hard drug use; violence+Part 2, following on from episode 7.It's early May 1983 as Mum reads on from her diary. She wakes from another late night with a wrecked throat (not remarkable) an...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:05:45
SIDE CHAT (dramione)
What is Dramione, you may ask? If you don't know - and it's reasonable that you don't - it's a mix of Draco (Malfoy) and Hermione (Granger) from Harry Potter. And Dramione is specifically a genre of fan fiction that has proliferated online and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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21:12
Modern technology (Vol.5, 1983)
Here we are with Episode 7, part 1 of a 2-part recording on a Friday in early May. Yes we're a bit behind but will be catching up soon! We know how important it is for people to be hearing our current-day news close to real time. The 1983 readi...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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44:15
Pots v pints (Vol.5, 1983)
In 1983, Victorian pubs didn't have pint glasses, it was just a glass or a pot. Who knew? Not me.This is part 2 of the previous recording, where Mum just carries on reading her diary from 1983. It's her first Friday at home for more than...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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47:13
SIDE CHAT (severance)
Enormous warning about SPOILERS. But if you've seen the second season of SEVERANCE, listen in and see whether you agree with Mum or me, as we disagree on several points!+Follow us on Insta
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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15:43
Hostile & ravenous (Vol.5, 1983)
This is part 1 of this recording session, with part 2 (Episode 6) to follow in a fortnight.We start our chat with a catch up on Life: but I start out by saying how good mum is at Garage Band, and she tells me how she fixed the family ket...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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48:16
Boys called Smear, Spike & Rat (Vol.5, 1983)
Content note carries over from the first part, which was Ep 3 (food, weight, eating, diets etc)+Welcome to the second part of the diary reading, where Mum continues on with her 1983 life. She cooks a roast, she likes Rod, she goes...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:01:56
SIDE RANT (Meghan, with love)
What can we say. We hate watched some episodes. Those of you who know us know we don't love the Meghan. Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries and thanks for listening!
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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11:41