A podcast featuring children and young people from Ireland, who have something unique they want to share with the World. Kate Brennan Harding is joined every week by a different child who will meet and interview a grown-up that is a bit like them.
Episode One: TrailerCreated by: RTÉjr
Started: February 4th, 2022
Status: Active, 9 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
<a href="https://soundcarrot.com/shows/shows/someone-like-me/" title="SoundCarrot.com - Children's podcasts"><img src="https://soundcarrot.com/img/sc-sm.png" alt="Listen On SoundCarrot" style="width: 200px; height: auto" /></a>This week we meet 12 year old Alex who has Down Syndrome and he is matched with Paul Kirrane, a Bronze medal winner from the special Olympics.
Jessie is 8 years old, lives in Cork and loves kick boxing and acting. She also loves getting her horses and ponies ready for fairs with her Dad. Jessie is a Traveller and is being paired with Anne Marie Quilligan who works as a social care worker, to chat about growing up and all the things they have in common.
Zoe Gilmartin is a young carer from Bonniconlen Co Mayo. Zoe has cared for her younger brother Sean since she was small and here she meets former young carer of the year Shauna Tighe who is studying to become a nurse.
This week our star is Kylie Ampofo who is 12 years old, loves Netball and learning languages! She also lives in Direct Provision with her family in Galway. She meets Tab Ruigu, an actor who also lived in Direct Provision when she moved to Ireland from Kenya. Together they talk about life, school and all the possibilities that are ahead of Kylie.
Orla from Mullingar is in 4th Class. Orla has an invisible illness called Crohn’s disease. Today she chats with broadcaster Michaela Hayes, a grown up who has the same condition.
Lara is from Clonakilty and loves rugby, adventures and her dog. Lara is dyslexic and she would like to be a teacher when she grows up so she can help teach people with Dyslexia. She is meeting Aine, an SNA from Galway and together they discuss how their brains have a superpower.
Robert is in first year and has DLD which is a developmental language disorder. He chats to Karl Reddy a carpenter, Ballyboden hurler, and fellow DLD ambassador.
Sophie Doyle is 9 and from Bray. She loves lego, space, and cats. Sophie is autistic and enjoys sensory rooms and fidget toys. Caoilinn Handley is an amazing filmmaker, who grew up loving lego, Harry Potter, and her dogs. She always knew she was different and confirmed her autism diagnosis when she was an adult.
Created by: RTÉjr
Started:
February 4th, 2022
Status: Active, 9 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
When Chloe is sent off to live with her mysterious and eccentric grandmother she learns an unbelievable secret. Grandma Ivy is none other than Mother Nature herself! And Chloe is next in line to assume to the power and responsibility of the job. Can a twelve-year old learn to balance the entire world’s ecosystem while just trying to fit in at her new school? Only Mother Nature knows.
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