The Confession Box

One phone notification is all it takes to send Nana P into a full spiral. She’s somehow ended up on Tinder, doesn’t know how she got there, and definitely doesn’t want to be there. Accidental matches, panic deleting, and the kids absolutely in bits.

From swipe stress to real-life pressure, the chat quickly turns to money, mortgages, and the question nobody has a good answer for: how are you actually meant to live on that?

Throw in acupuncture stories, throwbacks to nights out with no phones, and the usual brutally honest rants, and this one goes everywhere — fast.

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Welcome back to The Confession Box

Between pregnancy sciatica, deep heat fumes filling the studio, and Sean somehow managing to sit comfortably through it all, things kick off in a typical chaotic fashion. Julie opens up about a recent situation that spiralled online, the ripple effect of podcast comments, and how quickly trolls can latch on — especially when you’re seven months pregnant and already in pain.

Just when things get heavy, the episode takes a sharp left turn into pure Confession Box madness: Sean reveals a brand new tattoo that raises more questions than answers (yes, it involves a dinosaur… or a drunk chicken), Nana P has thoughts, and suddenly we’re deep into Disney films, parenting without iPads, physio visits, swimming pools, and whether kids should ever hit back when they’re being bullied.

It’s one of those episodes that swings between real talk and ridiculousness - raw, funny, frustrating, and very us.
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Nana P is back in the Confession Box and finally fills us in after a very tense few days. What starts as a hospital visit ends in relief, but the chaos is only getting started.

From finally getting the gas reconnected (thanks to what can only be described as an actual angel), to an overnight trip to Dublin that turns into a Talbot Street nightmare involving a dead car, AdBlue drama, and a surprisingly sound taxi man, it’s one thing after another.

Add in overpriced groceries, dodgy labels, cheap glasses, and a deep dive into celebrity family drama, and you’ve got a classic catch-up episode that starts calm and ends in pure Confession Box chaos.
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It’s just Julie and Sean in the Confession Box this week, with Nana P missing as she’s in hospital, taking it back to the basics

We talk TV obsessions, kids’ antics, overthinking, and the strange places your mind goes when you’ve too much time to think. A proper catch-up episode with laughs, tangents, and the usual madness.

What starts as the usual warm-up chaos quickly turns into a more honest, reflective chat about hospitals, waiting for updates, and the fear that comes with unanswered phones. Julie and Sean talk through past family health scares, how quickly your mind jumps to worst-case scenarios, and the strange ways people cope while waiting for news.

There’s still room for lightness, awkward laughs, getting tangled in thoughts, and the familiar back-and-forth that keeps things grounded

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It’s the first episode of 2026 and the gang ease into the New Year in true Confession Box style — by immediately arguing about dates, shopping, and who actually paid for Christmas.

Julie reveals how a year of obsessive bottle collecting turned into nearly €300 in vouchers, which somehow funded two full Christmas dinners… but still left everyone wondering where all the food went. That spirals into post-Christmas shopping chaos, Nana P navigating Dunnes on a broken leg, and Sean sending a “simple” shopping list that nearly causes a full aisle meltdown (granola, yoghurt and rice are all up for debate).

As the chat drifts between icy roads, cancelled school buses, hospital scans, and Christmas nights out, Sean takes a sharp turn into philosophy — introducing the trolley problem, the butterfly effect, and whether everything really does happen for a reason. Julie and Nana P are… not fully on board.
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