Miranda Sawyer is joined this month by the Guardian's Jon Henley and writer and performer Rachel Mars to discuss gay parents, James Ellroy's memoirs and the technology gap between parents and kids

The Family Podcast: Childhood freedom

Oct 29th, 2010 32m 49s

Miranda Sawyer is joined this month by the prize-winning author and former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo, veteran agony aunt Anna Raeburn and actor Simon Pegg

The Family podcast: Working with kids

Oct 1st, 2010 29m 41s

Karen Mattison, the co-founder of Women Like Us, a company specialising in part-time recruitment for working mothers joins Miranda Sawyer in the studio

Audio: The Family Podcast - the evil stepmother myth

Aug 27th, 2010 27m 43s

Debunking the myth of the evil stepmother, inside a household helped by a male au pair, and Nitin Sawhney's family playlist

The Family Podcast - mixed-faith marriages

Jul 30th, 2010 31m 3s

How to make a mixed-faith marriage work, surviving a roadtrip with the kids, and comedian Angie Le Mar's family playlist

The Family Podcast: Families of killers

Jun 25th, 2010 35m 41s

Miranda Sawyer explores what effect atrocities like the Cumbria killings have on the family of the killer. Plus: she chats to Tony Parsons and Lauren Laverne

Audio: The Family Podcast: Sibling rivalry, poet John Hegley and the secrets of the playground

May 29th, 2010 32m 14s

In the light of Ed and David Miliband's head-to-head for the Labour leadership, Miranda Sawyer dicusses sibling rivalry with guests Will Hodgkinson and Sarah Tucker and delves into the secret evils of the playground

The Family Podcast: Leaders' wives, pecking orders and teenage love

Apr 30th, 2010 35m 45s

Why have the leaders' wives been silent subordinates during the election campaign? How does your place in the family pecking order affect your life? And how do teenagers feel about their boyfriends or girlfriends meeting their parents? Miranda

The Family Podcast: Competing with high-achieving parents

Mar 26th, 2010 33m 18s

Comedian Josh Howie talks about living in the shadow of his mother, PR guru Lynne Franks. Plus, is it ever right to dress your children in designer clothes?

The Family Podcast: Living without grandchildren

Feb 26th, 2010 30m 43s

Tim Dowling joins Miranda Sawyer to discuss the grandchildless, teenage DIY, and Mumsnet in the second instalment of the Family Podcast

The Family Podcast: Ed Balls on family policy, plus the madness of 8.25am

Jan 29th, 2010 33m 39s

In the first edition of our new podcast, Miranda Sawyer talks about family life with Ed Balls, Alan Davies gives us his family music playlist, and we discuss why 8.25am is the most stressful time of the day