Dear Daughter, the award-winning BBC World Service podcast is returning with a new mini-series with celebrity guests including Adjoa Andoh, Audrey Akande, Kalki Koechlin and more.
This fourth season, hosted by Namulanta Kombo, will hear more inspirational letters written from parents to their children, but this time, all from guests who are ‘stars’ in their field.
It includes stories of family, love, and parenting with topics such as what’s it like to be a professional athlete after a pregnancy, how does an influencer navigate consent when creating content with her child, andnd how does a model teach her daughter that looks don’t matter?
Namulanta’s story is quite remarkable because she had never worked in broadcasting but entered a BBC competition looking for new podcast ideas. Hers for Dear Daughter came from her decision to start writing letters to her young daughter.
In each episode, a guest reads a letter they’ve written to their daughter (or son, or important young person in their lives) with the advice, lessons, and stories they’d like to pass on.
Dear Daughter went on to win Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards.
Namulanta Kombo, says: “The Dear Daughter podcast is a wonderfully universal reflection of personal growth and versatility. As a daughter and a mum, I have felt both seen and heard through the letters and voices of our guests.
“It has been an honour to create a space for these stories to be told for the love of our daughters and the nuanced lives that they live.
“For this season, I have been speaking to some amazing parents who have been touched by fame about the advice they have for their daughters. As always, the stories are honest, heartfelt and sometimes terrifying and I cannot wait for you to tune in!”
The first episode of Dear Daughter: Stars will be available on 28 February, with new episodes released weekly on all podcast platforms, and visualised episodes on YouTube. It will be followed by season five in May.
