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Adulting With Friends

Adulting With Friends

By Orla McConnon & Tall Tales

Orla McConnon aka @TheOrlacle brings you weekly chats with her best friends in a quest to understand why adulting is just so hard.

Looking to the past for answers, Orla and her guests reflect on who they were at 17 and where they thought life would take them. The result? A side splitting podcast that proves definitively that life is what you make of it.
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Faves, Kylie's Baby Name and Love Island

Adulting With Friends Jan 22, 2023

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Faves, Kylie's Baby Name and Love Island

Faves, Kylie's Baby Name and Love Island

2022 Faves, Kylie's baby name and Love Island!

Jan 22, 202329:54
Good Moanin: The Kardashians E01

Good Moanin: The Kardashians E01

In an impromptu episode, Orla runs through the first episode of The Kardashians, airing on Disney+.

Apr 19, 202240:00
Adulting with Aisling Keenan

Adulting with Aisling Keenan

What do you get when one chart topping podcast hosts meets another?? Something hilarious like this. 

Dec 17, 201901:23:43
Adulting with Ali Ryan

Adulting with Ali Ryan

Prior to running her media empire, Ali Ryan was an aspiring X-Factor contestant. Tune in this week for her chats with Orla about career goals, success and family!

Dec 08, 201901:24:12
Adulting With Fionnuala Jones

Adulting With Fionnuala Jones

Our unofficial Love Island correspondent and all round funny woman, @fionnualajay joins this week for a chat about expectations, relationships and growing up. 

Dec 01, 201901:08:42
Adulting with Simone Gannon

Adulting with Simone Gannon

Simone aka @simonescribes is a self proclaimed makeup, skincare and wine enthusiast. This week she and Orla chat about passions, careers and travel. 


Nov 23, 201901:15:14
Adulting with Karen Constantine

Adulting with Karen Constantine

The lovely Karen Constantine joins us this time to reveal her 17-year-old beauty habits, her favourite bits and how different her reaction to seeing All Saints is now. The friends chat about work and careers and how sometimes success is determined by work ethic and creativity rather than a degree.

Follow Orla: @theorlacle

Follow Karen: @lovelygirlybits

Adulting with Friends is produced by Tall Tales Podcasts. For more see TallTales.ie

Nov 16, 201901:20:37
Adulting with Paddy Smyth

Adulting with Paddy Smyth

Fresh from his recent Circle win, Paddy Smyth joins old pal Orla to reflect on life pre reality TV fame. Orla reveals some of Paddy’s college highlights (from the rare moments they attended) and an upsetting tale of a chinese and white carpet resurfaces.

Follow Orla: @theorlacle

Follow Paddy: @paddyysmyth

Adulting with Friends is produced by Tall Tales Podcasts. For more see TallTales.ie

Nov 16, 201901:12:50
Adulting with Mark Rogers

Adulting with Mark Rogers

Meet our first brave guest Mark Rogers aka @m.rbeauty.

Mark sits down with Orla to chat about his first loves; pernod and black, flares and nights out in The George. Fast forward to now and the friends lol over their different responsibilities, the lessons they learned and how sometimes things don’t change.

Follow Orla: @theorlacle

Follow Mark: @m.rbeauty

Adulting with Friends is produced by Tall Tales Podcasts. For more see TallTales.ie

Nov 16, 201901:17:10
Introducing Adulting With Friends

Introducing Adulting With Friends

Orla McConnon aka @TheOrlacle brings you weekly chats with her best friends in a quest to understand why adulating is just so hard. 

Looking to the past for answers, Orla and her guests reflect on who they were at 17 and where they thought life would take them. The result? A side splitting podcast that proves definitively that life is what you make of it. 

Nov 12, 201901:27