
Hearts and Handlebars is a parenting podcast about real‑life school runs, motherhood and big feelings on a Dutch cargo bike. It’s made for parents and kids whose mornings look more like spilt coffee than green‑juice perfection. Hosted by BBC foreign correspondent and mum Anna Holligan and her 9‑year‑old daughter Zena, every short episode is recorded on the bike, in real time, on the way to school ... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Kids & Family | |||

On this bright, frosty school run in The Hague, Hearts and Handlebars dives into how to talk to kids about war, scary news and the US–Israel strikes on Iran—without crushing their sense of safety. From cherry blossom, new fringes and favourite flower... more
A real‑time school‑run parenting conversation from our Dutch cargo bike in The Hague about dyslexia, neurodiversity and keeping your own creative dreams alive between lunch boxes and laundry.
A dead mouse, a Pringles‑box funeral plan and a drizzly d... more
A misty, freezing school‑run parenting chat from our Dutch cargo bike in The Hague, all about gentle parenting, FAFO consequences and how kids actually experience our parenting styles.
Missing gloves and damp curls kick off a conversation about the ... more
A wet, freezing school‑run parenting chat from our Dutch cargo bike in The Hague – the exact opposite of those 5am green‑juice, perfect‑parenting reels – with a hidden dog, toilet emergencies and a nine‑year‑old “truth pixie” calling me out.
On this... more
A freezing school‑run parenting chat from our Dutch cargo bike in The Hague, all about kids’ independence, safety and anxious parenting during the “Beast from the East” snow.
It’s snowing, it’s brutally cold, and on this real‑time ride we’re talking... more
A freezing cold school‑run parenting chat from our Dutch cargo bike in The Hague, about kids’ friendship drama, Dutch cycling culture and what your job as a parent looks like when the weather – and the social dynamics – are freezing.
It’s zero degre... more
This is the episode where Hearts and Handlebars gets real in ways we didn't plan.
Zena wakes up angry. She tells me straight: "I don't want to talk to you today." And she means it. What follows is a raw, unfiltered argument about rudeness, hypocrisy... more
It's 8am on the bike, and Zena is practicing her script about Scottish haggis for a class presentation – while we're having a surprisingly clever conversation about what a school newspaper should actually cover.
We dive into:
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The Brooklyn Beckha... more
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
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