Siblings with Catherine Carr
From Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri by Annalisa Barbieri
September 15, 2025 · 1h 2m · Season 10 · Episode 3
About this episode
Annalisa Barbieri revisits the topic of siblings with guest Catherine Carr, discussing various aspects of sibling relationships.
The sibling podcast in series one remains the most listened to of all the Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri podcasts. So it seemed only right to re-visit this with a Sibling 2.0 episode. In this episode I’m in conversation with award winning radio presenter, producer and author, Catherine Carr. She’s writing a book about siblings to be published in spring of 2026 which is as yet untitled. Catherine reported for, and produced Woman's Hour for BBC Radio 4, before going freelance to make documentaries and podcasts.I’ve known her for a few years and find her weekly podcast called Where are you going, a fascinating snapshot of every day life. She’s worked on many other excellent projects including the podcast Relatively (which springboarded her Sibling book) which was all about the sibling relationship and last year she produced and presented a five part series about teenage boys for Radio 4 called About the Boys. Why are siblings so fascinating? In this episode we discuss favouritism, how siblings get given labels (the "sporty" one the "organised" one) from which they often find it hard to escape, why each sibling has its own unique history of growing up…
People in this episode
Host: Annalisa Barbieri
Guest: Catherine Carr
Topics covered
- siblings
- family dynamics
- favouritism
- labels
- only children
- parenting
Keywords
- siblings
- favouritism
- family
- parenting
- Catherine Carr
- sibling relationships
- only children
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Radio 4
Books & works: Where are you going, Relatively, About the Boys
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