The Home Babies

An eleganza extravaganza of gossip and an intimate kiki. 

Salman Rushdie and the British Muslim experience. 

Real stories told for the first time. 

Anna Corrigan grew up in Dublin, Ireland. She thought she was an only child, until she was in her 50s and discovered a family secret. Corrigan found documents showing her mother had spent time in one of Ireland’s so-called mother and baby homes — places where single women went to ... Show More

In her early twenties Carol Cairns, the daughter of a priest in Ireland, had a passionate affair with a young bohemian poet called Benedict Ryan. In the Dublin of the 1960s, their improbable partnership burned bright but briefly. Somehow the gap in their backgrounds was too great ... Show More

<p>An exclusive this week as new parents Olly and Amelia Murs join Giovanna for their first interview as a couple!</p><br><p>They tell Gi all about life with baby Madison, and Olly shares his heartbreak at having to leave Amelia and their newborn baby daughter to go on tour.</p>< ... Show More

The small Irish town of Tuam is home to one of Ireland's most shocking secrets. During the 20th century, thousands of children born out of wedlock were taken from their mothers, branded the 'children of sin' and sent to institutions run by nuns. At St Mary's, it’s claimed 800 die ... Show More

<p>Giovanna is joined this week by the writer Kerry Hudson.</p><br><p>Kerry had a turbulent upbringing marred by poverty. She tells Gi how homelessness and time spent in and out of foster care made her all the more determined to create a sense of stability and comfort for her own ... Show More

<p>Emma Ramos grew up in a deeply religious, and deeply patriarchal, town in Mexico, where carving out an independent life for herself—outside her parents’ expectations—was a constant negotiation. Which is why she hid the most traumatic thing that ever happened to her from her lo ... Show More

A 9 week old baby has gone missing. Some blame dingoes, some suspect the parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>A young girl listens as her great-aunt, a lighthouse keeper&#39;s daughter, tells of her childhood living on a Maine island, and of the infant that washed ashore after a storm. </p><p><br></p><p>Don’t forget to check out our Spring Book Collection at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com< ... Show More

<p>Artist Brigita Ozolins grew up hearing about the magic of her mother's home country, Latvia. It wasn't until she was in her 50s that Brigita understood why her mother fled that paradise, full of flowers and polite children</p> 

<div>The Weinberger family was emblematic of 1950s suburban America. Husband and wife Betty and Morris lived in a modest home in Westbury, New York, where they were raising their two-year-old son Lewis and their newborn baby, Peter. <br><br></div><div>–––<br>Episode narrated by t ... Show More