Dr Luisa Dillner and India Knight join Miranda Sawyer to discuss mums in their 40s, unusual Christmas celebrations and author Lemn Sissay's playlist

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

Miranda Sawyer is joined this month by author Michael Morpurgo, veteran agony aunt Anna Raeburn and actor Simon Pegg

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

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

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

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

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

Why have the leaders' wives been silent subordinates during the election campaign? Miranda Sawyer finds out in this month's edition of the Family Podcast

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?

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

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

Miranda Sawyer presents a preview of the new Family Podcast from the Guardian