The Barrow Podcast

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A self-hating Boomer mum and her disgruntled boomerang son reunite to have the conversations they've been avoiding and utilise their combined insight into divorce, dysfunctional families, and mental illness to write a memoir together.

  1. 3d ago

    Sex Stink | Abuse & neglect, victimhood, morality, & forgiveness.

    Mum & I continue our discussion of New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, this time delving into childhood trauma, sexual development, sex and abuse, and the culture of mental health and medicalisation broadly. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    1h 17m

  2. 6d ago

    MEMOIR-IN-PROGRESS | 'Dances' & 'Props'

    Mum & I are giving you free access to another two reading episodes from behind the paywall. These episodes are for paying subscribers only and are exclusive to Substack. If you like what you hear and want to follow along while we write our book, then become a subscriber today by going to ⁠thebarrowpod.substack.com⁠.  If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    51 min

  3. Jun 20

    Abandonment Wounds | Male insecurity, how predators exploit fatherlessness, & repression.

    Mum & I continue our discussion of parenting & attunement, while I recollect the difficulties I've faced rising from my sense of abandonment. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    50 min

  4. Jun 13

    The Body Keeps the Score | Attachment & Attunement

    Mum & I discuss New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. In the first of 3 episodes about this book, we get into trauma & attachment theory, & parenting & attunement. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    54 min

  5. Jun 10

    BONUS READING | 'From Cloud to Cloud' by Mavis Gallant

    I read to Mum the short story 'From Cloud to Cloud' by Canadian writer Mavis Gallant. Enjoy! ☺️🙏 Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    24 min

  6. Jun 6

    First Chapter | A reading from the final draft of our memoir.

    Back from the short break, Mum & I sit down to reveal the first chapter from our memoir. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    36 min

  7. May 31

    GUEST EPISODE: Patrick Michael Finn on growing up in difficult places, the stories we need to write, and bipolar disorder.

    Patrick Michael Finn is the author of several books, including the short story collection From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet. He lives in Arizona where he teaches Creative Writing. We sat down to talk about growing up in difficult places, family, the stories some of us have to tell, and the ups and downs of living with mental illness. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 You can purchase From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet here: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/from-the-darkness-right-under-our-feet/  Connect with Patrick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickmichaelfinn/  Find Patrick’s other books here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JP85G6?ccs_id=07efc131-74c7-423e-ac60-85246b08b44c  Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    1h 1m

  8. May 24

    GUEST EPISODE: Anna Koutsafti on ghosts, ghosting, the loneliness epidemic, SSRIs, and the sex lives of mussels.

    Anna Koutsafti is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She runs Ghost Press, a collaborative publishing project based in Glasgow providing a platform to emerging artists and writers to experiment with the art book form. Thanks for listening! ☺️🙏 You can find Anna via her website: annakoutsafti.com  Connect with Anna on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ann.a.vailable/ Keep up to date with all things Ghost Press: https://www.instagram.com/ghost__press/  Don't forget—   Mum & I are on Substack. Become a subscriber today by going to thebarrowpod.substack.com. If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? 🤷‍♀️📚🤷‍♂️  ✅ Exclusive readings from our memoir-in-progress 📖 ✅ Bonus episodes 🎙️ ✅ Field recordings 🎤 ✅ Subscriber-only blogs✍🏼 ✅ Access to our group chat, as well as to our full archive 🏛️💬 Follow us on—  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/  X (Twitter): https://x.com/thebarrowpod  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@TheBarrowPod  For those wanting to support our show and bring Mum & I one step closer to achieving our goal of completing the memoir and getting it published, you can—  1/ Rate & review the podcast in whatever app you're using.  2/ Spread the word using the hashtags #thebarrowpod and #motherandsonmemoir.  3/ Consider making a donation. All contributions will go back into production costs: https://buymeacoffee.com/thebarrowpod

    1h 1m
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A self-hating Boomer mum and her disgruntled boomerang son reunite to have the conversations they've been avoiding and utilise their combined insight into divorce, dysfunctional families, and mental illness to write a memoir together.

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  • Creator
    Tobe
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tobe
  • Show Website
    The Barrow Podcast