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13: Cry Babies
As self-confessed cry babies, Beatrice and Rosemary know a thing or two about crying: on the street, in the office, on those frustrating occasions when people throw pennies at your face… We sit down this week to chat about crying: the politics of it, the gendered nature of opinions around crying, whether or not you […]
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Minisode #2: Fight Club
What’s the biggest – or worst – fight you’ve ever had with a sibling, and how did you recover from it? Well hello and welcome to the weekly Not Without My Minisode, a weekly miniature dose of ridiculousness courtesy of sisters Rosemary and Beatrice Mac Cabe. Today we’re answering a listener who asked: what’s the […]
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12: Sense & Stupidity
How many times have you thought to yourself, Jesus, I’m lucky I survived that? If you’re anything like us, it’s more times than you can count on two hands. Beatrice and Rosemary Mac Cabe chat about what could have been near-death experiences: moments of idiocy and, frankly, complete disregard for our own personal safety that […]
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Minisode #1: Under Pressure
How can we be sisters when we can’t be friends?! Well hello and welcome to the weekly Not Without My Minisode, a weekly miniature dose of ridiculousness courtesy of sisters Rosemary and Beatrice Mac Cabe. In the first of our Friday mini pods, we decided to answer a listener’s question: what do we like most […]
Episode 11: School’s Out
In this episode of Not Without My Sister, we take a walk down memory lane and discuss our secondary school experiences. Beatrice’s seemed largely (if you’ll excuse the pun) around her great stature and a traumatic P.E. experience, while Rosemary was more preoccupied with boys (shocker) and why her teachers didn’t want to be her […]
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Ep. 11 | Transcript | School’s Out
B: I got an email yesterday from my very favourite teacher, I loved lots of teachers, just in case anybody’s listening. R: [snorts] hashtag all teachers B: Yes, hashtag all teachers, but my absolute favourite teacher, my English teacher, who shall remain nameless although actually that was a bit of a dead giveaway, but anyway […]
6 Things I Miss About Ireland
The many colors of green Of all the places I’ve lived outside of Ireland, including Italy, France and various locations around the States, Indiana is, in my opinion, most reminiscent of the aul’ sod. Once you drive a few miles into the countryside, with its rolling fields, tall grasses and uncultivated nature, you could almost be back […]
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Episode 10: Sisters Before Misters?
Friendship: it may feel like the most natural thing in the world, but it is NEVER the most straightforward! We sat down and talked about all of the big friendship moments: making friends, keeping those friends and, when the time comes, letting those friends go (or being let go!). We’ve had quite a few experiences […]
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Episode 9: Dr. Dad
In this episode of Not Without My Sister, the podcast, Beatrice Mac Cabe and Rosemary Mac Cabe invite you to relax, pull up a chair, as they proudly present: their Dad. Philip Mac Cabe is a man of many talents – when he’s interested in something, he will absorb every single possible available diode of information […]
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Episode 8: Online Dating – The Good, the Bad & the Totally Bonkers
Beatrice and Rosemary sat down to chat through their experiences online dating: Beatrice was an early adopter, starting out when she lived in Paris, using an online dating site called Meetic, while Rosemary has more recent experience getting ghosted (and then gaslit) by a friend of a friend back home in Dublin. Not Without My […]