Too Peas In A Podcast Mandy Hose and Kate Mulholland

Kate, minus Mandy who is unwell with COVID, speaks to musician, writer and disability advocate Eliza Hull. Eliza is the author of the outstanding We’ve Got This: Stories By Disabled Parents , the first major anthology by parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill.    Eliza started the process of writing the book nearly eight years ago while pregnant with her first child. W...

Kate and Mandy chat with Julie Anne Grasso - children’s author, mum, Middle-Grade Mavens podcaster, former paediatric nurse, current library book wrangler, Instagram reels tragic and of course Pea!   Julie takes us on a whirlwind journey through the story of her fascinating life – from her ‘p-nurse’ career, the births of her children, the autism diagnosis for her son ‘Boy Wizard’ and usi...

Kate and Mandy listen to your messages (speak pipes) and chat with you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dean Gordon wrote a song as a Christmas gift to his wife, Vicky on behalf of their pea-shoot Ella. Vicky shared the song in the Too Peas Hangout. When Garry Bean heard the song, he just knew he had to speak with Dean!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate and Mandy share your feedback on our recent episode about parties – the good, the bad and the absolute rectum. (If you haven’t yet listened, jump back a few weeks to February 24 and check out Not invited – the truth about parties ).    We hear from a bunch of lovely Peas who sent in speak pipes to authentically share their painful experiences of exclusion, and Peas who share joyful...

Kate and Mandy talk to extraordinary Erin - mum to peashoot Sarah who she adopted at eight years of age, twenty years ago, when Erin was only nineteen years old herself.   Erin shares the remarkable story of how she became a Pea mum unexpectedly to Sarah, who has Rett Syndrome. Erin had known and loved Sarah since she was a baby, and took over her care in a heartbeat when her birth mother rel...

Mandy and Kate listen to your speak pipes and love listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate and Mandy talk to Fox Sports journalist/podcaster/author/Pea Sam Squires!   Sam is a Pea mum to two gorgeous girls Immi and Elle. Immi was born premmie at 32 weeks and Elle was born at 37 weeks with a cleft lip and cleft palate.   Sam shares her pregnancy, birth and NICU journey with Immi and all the challenges, trauma and guilt she experienced along the way. She also shares about h...

Snap pea episode peas ... You talk to us and we listen, laugh and cry with you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate and Mandy tackle a very challenging topic for Pea families – the pain and heartache we feel when our peashoots aren’t invited to the party.   From being the only one in the class excluded, to watching siblings be invited more times than they’ll ever be, and handling all the trickiness and pain that comes with it; Kate and Mandy face the truth of it in order to raise awareness, help inspi...

Snap Pea Monday, you talk to us and we talk back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DISCLAIMER - PLEASE NOTE BEFORE LISTENING: As always, this episode is about the perspective and story of the person being interviewed. There is a 4 minute discussion (beginning about 22 minutes in) in which David talks about ABA therapy. At the time I was recording this, I was unaware of ABA and the controversy that has grown up around it and the strong feelings associated with it amongst many peo...

Kate and Mandy talk to Kelly, the amazing person responsible for Pea favourite song ‘the Belong song’ - A Love Song To The Internet ! Kelly is the Head of Brand, Communications and Culture at Belong , Australia's first carbon-neutral mobile and internet provider, and is also vision impaired.    Kelly shares her early experiences of bullying and exclusion at high school which inspired and...

Snap Pea 44! It's Valentines day and Kate and Mandy chat heart shaped nuggets and of course listen to your amazing speak pipes/messages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  We’re celebrating  Feeding Tube Awareness Week with six very special guests! Melanie Dimmitt, the author of amazing book Special and creator of The Blend magazine bring together a bunch of tight-knit ‘tubie’ community members, parents and business owners to have a chat and share the details of their huge Feeding Tube Awareness Week giveway!   We welcome:   ·   ...

It was a great honour to sit with husband and wife Kevin and Kylie to chat with them about their family life and experiences and about their three amazing sons. A link here to a video about Isaac's business: Making Dough: Focus On Ability: Focus on Ability Film Festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy new year Peas and welcome back! Kate and Mandy are back after the summer break and ready for season 6!   In this Snap Pea episode, Kate and Mandy have a catch up about all the latest holiday COVID shenanigans and then listen to all of your amazing, touching, poignant and very funny speak pipes. Make sure you also listen out for a song that's guaranteed to make you poop in Laugh, Cry, Ma...

It's Christmas Day and the peas are popping past to say Hello to our lovely peas and beans. Jude sings us a christmas song and there is even a christmas book read beautifully by Mandy Pea. The playlist Kate spoke about was Myf's Christmas songs that don't suck, on Spotify. Mandy read the superb book Mrs Claus does the unthinkable! By Sarah-Jane Edis and illustrated by Aurore McLeod Hosted on Acast...

On todays episode Mandy and Kate re cap the year, listen to your speak pipes, Mandy gives you a list of lots of pea businesses that you can shop with this Christmas, but you are going to have to pause it, Kate did not put them all in the show notes ;) There are speak pipes and songs! We hope you enjoy our last episode for 2021! We love you all!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

In our very first Beanie, you'll hear a couple of "Why I am so proud of my Pea Shoot" Speak Pipes. And our very own Mexican Jumping Pea, Elia, teaches me to swear at COVID in Spanish. Don't forget the f****ing language warning! 😁 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, Kate and Mandy are honoured to speak to Helena, Pea mum to twin daughters Jaz and Sunshine. Beautiful Sunshine, nicknamed Sunny, passed away in late 2020.    Helena shares the story of the girls’ premature birth while living in Chicago, USA and Sunny’s subsequent diagnosis of cerebral palsy and a hearing impairment. Helena left behind her dream job to move her fa...

Garry Bean talks with James Bean, partner to Renee and dad to three beautiful girls. James is a secondary school teacher, Year 9 Leader of Learning and Educational assistant to the indigenous students in Armidale, NSW. James is a photographer, specialising in black and white portrait and landscape photography. His coffee table book is "Corrugated Cathedrals" https://www.australianphotography.com/n...

Kate and Mandy talk to lovely Pea mum Fiona, who has two teen girls Lily and Charlotte. Lily has been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome resulting in anxiety and fatigue, and Charlotte has been diagnosed with ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, sensory processing disorder and anxiety.    Fiona talks through both the girls’ journey towards diagnosis and shares the challenges...

Mandy and Kate love listening to your speak pipes, voice messages and reading your e-mails. That's what these snap pea episodes are all about! Happy Listening Peas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was such a joy to talk with Beandad, Dino. Dino recalls the caesarian procedure that brought his beautiful pea-shoot into the world from the perspective of a fully-involved dad-on-the-spot. Dino's description of the way his 'dadness' comes to the fore whenever he is with his 9 year-old pea-shoot, Lexi at a party or in the playground is gold! The episode includes a special shout-out to Dino's am...