IT IS WHAT IT IS!

It Is What It Is is hosted by radio presenter Katie Sheehan and Aisling Unfiltered.Katie is a radio presenter known for honest, straight talking conversations about real life as it actually happens. Aisling is a well known TikTok creator with over 120,000 followers, recognised for saying what others are thinking and refusing to sugar coat lived experience.This podcast is about real life as it really is. The messy bits. The hard lessons. The things you only learn by going through it.We talk openly about what we have lived through, what has worked for us, what has not, and what we wish we knew sooner. We also sit down with real people to talk about real experiences, without filters or pretending.Nothing is off limits. No stone is left unturned. If people are living it, we are talking about it.Because sometimes the only honest thing you can say is it is what it is.

IT IS WHAT IT IS! is a education podcast hosted by itiswhatitiska, with 30 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

itiswhatitiska hosts IT IS WHAT IT IS!, a education show with 30 episodes published.

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  Episode #27

  Joanne Duffy: The Questions Nobody Has Asked Before

  Sep 23, 202620 min

  This week, you asked and we delivered. The one and only Joanne Duffy joins Katie and Aisling in studio, and Katie has them locked in and ready to answer the questions nobody has asked before. Joanne takes us right back to her first video and suddenly finding herself exposed to the world of social media. She opens up about dealing with negativity, why she actually finds pages like Tat Life hilarious and even admits she follows them herself. But behind all the laughs, we get to know a different side of Joanne. She shares stories from her childhood, life before meeting Thomas and how she was always the minder, the cook and the one looking after everyone. She talks about what she wants from the future and why, above everything else, family will always come first. Plus, could there be a night out with YOU on the way? The girls chat about plans for a listener night to celebrate the launch of Aisling’s brand. Hilarious, honest and probably not the Joanne Duffy interview you were expecting.

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  Episode #26

  “I Lost Two Years of My Daughter’s Life” Brian Hayes on Finding His Way Back

  Sep 23, 202626 min

  Content warning: This episode contains open conversations around depression, mental health struggles, alcohol and medication that some listeners may find difficult or triggering. This week, Limerick man Brian Hayes from What’s The Story joins us for an incredibly open conversation about hitting the depths of mental health struggles and finding his way back. Brian shares how depression affected every part of his life, from struggling to even string a sentence together and masking how he felt with alcohol and medication, to periods where he says he spent three weeks of the month asleep. Looking back now, he reflects on just how much that time took from him, including what he describes as losing two years of his daughter’s life. Katie and Brian open up about the signs they experienced that they can now recognise as depression, while Aisling shares how she first met Brian and Brian reveals the impact she had on him during a particularly difficult time in 2022. Today, Brian uses the voice he once struggled to find through his What’s The Story pages, positivity and his work helping charities across Limerick. He admits helping others became almost addictive because making someone else feel good made him feel good too. A raw conversation about losing yourself, recognising the signs and discovering that your darkest chapter does not have to be your last.

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  Episode #28

  A Champagne Lifestyle on a Coca Cola Budget

  Sep 16, 202631 min

  Katie and Aisling are back in the studio together ahead of Katie heading off to Ibiza. This week, Aisling decides she wants to sit in the driver’s seat, where Katie normally takes charge. She has plenty of questions she wants to ask Katie, and absolutely nothing is off limits. This episode takes it right back to basics with plenty of laughs, unexpected truths and the kind of honest conversation that happens when it is just the two girls in the studio. From getting personal to discovering that Aisling is living a champagne lifestyle on a Coca Cola budget, this is one you will not want to miss.

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  Episode #25

  Body Image Expert Aoife O’Brien: Why You’re Never Happy With What You See

  Sep 9, 202638 min

  Body Image Expert Aoife O’Brien: Why You’re Never Happy With What You See This week on It Is What It Is, Katie is joined by body image expert Aoife O’Brien, who brings both professional expertise and her own powerful lived experience to the conversation. Together they explore why so many of us have become focused on fixing our bodies instead of understanding the root of why we’re unhappy with them in the first place. Aoife breaks down body dysmorphia, emotional eating, binge eating, restriction and the cycle of swinging between them, while sharing her own experience of struggling with body image. Katie also opens up about her relationship with her body, allowing Aoife to unpack where some of those feelings may have started. If you’ve ever changed your body but still weren’t happy with the person looking back at you, this episode is for you.

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  Episode #2

  The Truth About Shane & Why Aisling Hates Her Latest Surgery

  Sep 2, 202630 minS2

  Katie and Aisling are back with another episode of It Is What It Is, and there is plenty to unpack. This week they get into two worrying online trends, one frightening children and another with devastating consequences. That opens up a bigger conversation about life online, judgement, trolling and the pressure that comes with putting yourself out there. Katie opens up about why she has never really pushed to grow her following and reveals what she is genuinely terrified of. Aisling also gets very honest about her most recent surgery, why she hates the results and how she really feels about it now. Plus, she addresses the rumours surrounding her and Shane and tells us what is actually going on.

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