21 Apr 2025

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Wellington comic Samantha Hannah is documenting new motherhood in her weekly podcast Myternity Leave Photo: Supplied

Being a new parent is tough. In the weeks following the birth of your child, could you have performed multiple stand-up comedy shows and made a weekly comedy podcast documenting new motherhood?

Scottish Wellington-based comic Samantha Hannah is doing all those things.

She joins Paddy to discuss whether being in the trenches of new parenthood and the customary middle-of-the-night wakeups and sleep depravity are a great combination for writing jokes.