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Riveting stories. Fascinating lives. Australia’s #1 interview podcast, with Mia Freedman.

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What Happened When Marian Keyes Couldn’t Write

April 21, 2024 19:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Marian Keyes, one of the most successful authors in the world, has forgotten how to read three times. Once when she fell into a pit of depression that lasted four years and nearly cost her her marriage and her life. Once at the start of Covid. And last year, after her father died.  Marian joins Mia Freedman to reveal how she got through it, as well as how she let go of bitterness and grief that came with not being able to have children with her husband. And despite th...

17-Year-Old Fletcher Crowley Became Paraplegic Six Months Ago

April 14, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia On September 10, 2023,  17-year-old Fletcher Crowley’s life changed in an instant when an ordinary day out with his mates went bad. In that moment, his whole family was impacted in ways they’re only just starting to understand. So six months later, how are they doing? Fletcher and his parents, Nicky and Pat join Mia Freedman to talk about that day and the unexpected aftermath. You can help the Crowley family and many others by signing this petition to get PBS approval ...

The Business Of Tammy Hembrow’s Body

April 07, 2024 19:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Tammy here.  Subscribe to Mamamia Tammy Hembrow is rich, famous and entirely self-made. At just 29, she has two thriving businesses worth an estimated $50m, three kids, two ex fiancés, she’s getting married in a few months to a man she insists is the love of her life. Yes, back in 2018 she had an unfortunate incident at Kylie Jenner’s 21st that was a low point in her life. It was made far worse by the fact it was captured by paparazz...

‘Meeting The Terrorist Who Killed My Son, James Foley’

March 31, 2024 18:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia James Foley’s death was unimaginable. He was a journalist held hostage by ISIS for two years in Syria and killed in 2014 as a threat to America. Footage of him wearing an orange jumpsuit, forcibly reading a message before being beheaded was posted to Twitter. The media coverage of the event had the second most recognition in recent American history after 9/11. His mother Diane Foley’s determination to understand her son’s fate led her to meeting with one of the men res...

‘Australia’s Most Sexually Active Woman’ On Positions, Pleasure and Money

March 24, 2024 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Annie here.  Subscribe to Mamamia At the intersection of sex, marketing and the gig economy, you will find Annie Knight, who has been branded ‘Australia’s Most Sexually Active Woman’. Annie is a 27-year-old Brisbane woman who makes her own sex content and sells it to subscribers via Only Fans where she is in the top 0.02% of creators on the platform. Only Fans became wildly popular during the pandemic, with thousands of Australians c...

‘One Day You Wake Up And It Hits You’, Kayla Itsines On Knowing He’s Not Your Person

March 17, 2024 18:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia When Kayla Itsines’ fitness empire was at its peak, she’d just had her first baby. Behind the scenes she was feeling her absolute worst and was internally screaming “when is this gonna get better?” She ended her relationship with her business partner and fiance Tobi Pearce and they later sold their company for hundreds of millions of dollars. They’ve just bought it back. They’re now co-owners and co-parents, while Kayla is now married to someone else and has had her s...

Mia Freedman: Why can’t we go for a f***ing run?

March 12, 2024 06:30 - 9 minutes - 9.09 MB

Support Mamamia With the news that a man has been charged with the murder of Samantha Murphy after she disappeared in Ballarat when she went for a Sunday morning run near her home six weeks ago, women are feeling heartsick and despairing and furious and so very tired at what seems like the impossible task of staying safe while trying to live our lives. In this special episode, Mia Freedman has a message for our brothers, our fathers, our partners, our lovers, our friends, our sons and our ...

Nicho Hynes On ‘Head Noise’, Hustle And Loving Your Mum

March 10, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

You can hear the second half of Kate's conversation with Nicho here.  Subscribe to Mamamia How far would you go to help your parents if they were in trouble? Nicho Hynes is a loyal son and has devoted himself to his mum in unfathomable ways after she was involved in a high profile drugs case.  The NRL star is well known as a famous football player but he’s recently begun to receive acclaim for the way he’s being so candid about mental health. Nicho has endured some huge challenges with hi...

‘The Hangover That Made Me Get Sober’

March 03, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Victoria Vanstone started drinking at 11 but it took several decades and two children to realise her drinking was a problem. For her and for others. An embarrassing problem she could no longer ignore. In this episode of No Filter, guest host Kate Langbroek speaks to Victoria about the massive red flags she missed in her twenties and thirties.  So what exactly was it that turned ‘the life of the party’ towards sobriety? And does she feel like she’s lost her identity no...

‘My Husband And I Sleep With Other People’

February 25, 2024 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

You can hear the second half of Kate's conversation with Abbey and Liam here.  Subscribe to Mamamia Is having sex with other people the key to a happy marriage? Abbey and Liam have been together for 12 years. They have slept with other people for the majority of that time alongside navigating raising their five year old son.  Non-monogamy is not a new thing, but it is becoming a term more people are open to. But can it really be that easy? In this No Filter episode, guest host Kate Lang...

30 Bananas A Day. 20 Mangoes For Lunch. The Disordered World Of Fruitarians

February 18, 2024 18:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Jacqueline Alnes was fit and healthy until one day she collapsed. That was the start of it. Her search for answers took her down a rabbit-hole of disordered eating that led to the Fruitarian movement where eating 30 bananas or 20 mangoes a day was considered 'treatment'. So how does anyone get swept up in such a strange and dangerous movement? Guest host Kate Langbroek finds out in this episode of No Filter. THE END BITS: Listen to more No Filter interviews here and ...

Andy Lee On Failing Upwards

February 04, 2024 18:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Andy Lee is one of the most successful and loved people in the Australian entertainment industry and he puts some of his biggest successes down to luck, which isn’t true.  In this chat with Kate Langbroek, Andy opens up about how important it is to tell your friends how you feel, how he and Hamish haven’t always vibed with certain projects, the nosy people on Instagram after he posts photos of his girlfriend and how he thinks failure is when you aren’t happy, not when ...

Poppy King Is Back, Baby

January 28, 2024 18:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia In 1991, Poppy King launched a range of seven matt lipsticks, named after the seven deadly sins. She was 19 years old. Within three years, the company had grown to be one of the biggest cosmetic companies in Australia. In 1995 she received the Young Australian Of The Year award and that year the company made a profit of $6.5 million. A few years later though, Poppy shut it down and moved to the US. Poppy has always been a leader, not a follower and she’s always been an...

Not Just Another Ghost Story With Tristan Redman

January 21, 2024 18:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia This isn’t just another ghost story. This one has far too many creepy and strange coincidences. Journalist Tristan Redman had unexplained things happen in his childhood bedroom. And he wasn’t the only one. There was another family, who lived in the same house, who had similar stories. The house really did seem… well… haunted. Then things got even weirder. Tristan discovered his wife’s great grandmother was murdered in the house next door.  Could that have anything to ...

The 'Exit Affair' That Changed Kim France's Life

January 14, 2024 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia No Filter is back with new episodes for 2024, up first: Kim France was a successful magazine editor and she’d been married for a few years when she realised her marriage was in trouble. At a time in her life when she was going through enormous upheaval in her health and her career, she had an affair. It changed everything. Kim is an author, journalist and was the founding editor of Lucky Magazine. She has a successful newsletter called Girls Of A Certain Age and she li...

BEST OF: Jeni Has 2,682 Personalities

January 10, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MB

Watch Jeni's interview in video form here Subscribe to Mamamia After experiencing an unthinkable trauma, Jeni Haynes created multiple personalities to help her deal with the pain. 2681 personalities, in fact. And during the course of this conversation, we meet seven of them. This is Jeni’s incredible, and ultimately inspiring story. THE END BITS: With thanks to Jeni Haynes. You can buy her book The Girl In The Green Dress here. Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9...

BEST OF: Stolen Focus - Why You Can't Pay Attention

January 07, 2024 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Want more from Johann? Listen to the rest of his chat with Mia here Subscribe to Mamamia Does your brain feel a bit like a marshmallow lately? Do you find it hard to concentrate? Do you pick up your phone only to find that an hour has passed and you’re down some obscure rabbit hole that’s landed you on the Facebook page of your high school English teacher and you’ve forgotten why you picked up your phone in the first place? You're not alone. It has been SO HARD to focus lately. So hard to...

BEST OF: Conceived In A Police Cell, Adopted By A Billionaire: Betty Klimenko’s Incredible Story

January 04, 2024 03:06 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

Listen to Part Two of Mia's interview with Betty here. Subscribe to Mamamia Betty Klimenko was conceived in a police cell, then adopted by a billionaire. This is one of the most interesting life stories you could imagine. THE END BITS: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected] Need more lols, info, and inspo in your ears? Find more Mamamia podcasts here. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman. You can find Mia on Instagram here and get he...

BEST OF: Ben Crowe Knows How You Can Find Your Core Purpose

December 31, 2023 18:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia There’s a good reason why Ben Crowe is Australia’s most in-demand professional mentor and leadership coach.   Before he started his own business, called MojoCrowe, Ben worked in the ‘Just Do It’ team - helping Nike’s athletes work out who they are outside the sport they were famous for. He’s worked with everyone from Ash Barty, to Dylan Alcott, Andre Agassi, to Stephanie Gilmore. He’s worked with special Ops Forces, teenagers, world champions, and world leaders. Ben’s...

BEST OF: David Gillespie Knows How To Spot A Psychopath

December 27, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia When you think of a psychopath, you probably imagine someone like serial killer Ivan Milat. But according to David Gillespie, it's more likely to be your boss or your grandma. Five to 10 per cent of the population qualify as psychopathic, and the rate can be as high as 20 percent among corporate leaders and politicians.  So how do you spot them? What do you do if you have to work for or with them, or better yet, date them? Grab a cup of tea and get ready to go ‘OH MY G...

BEST OF: 804 Days In An Iranian Prison

December 24, 2023 18:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Kylie here. Subscribe to Mamamia On the 12th of September, 2018, Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran’s International Airport in Iran. She spent 804 days incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prison for espionage, a crime she never committed. She was an innocent Australian stuck in a foreign prison...with no way of getting home. Kylie’s story about her imprisonment, and what happened after she was finall...

BONUS: We Need To Talk About 'It' With Naomi Watts, Alison Brahe-Daddo & Dr Ginni Mansberg

December 20, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia There’s something we need to talk about more. Naomi Watts, Alison Brahe-Daddo & Dr Ginni Mansberg sat down with Mia Freedman to talk about the Bermuda Triangle of women’s health. The funny and the not so pleasurable, hot mess stuff. They get real about the rollercoaster that is menopause and peri-menopause. The chaos, brain fog, sex drive and silver linings. Prepare for a huge flow of beautiful stories and some new found IDGAF attitudes. You are getting this as a bo...

The Fall And Rise Of The Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field

December 17, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Anthony here. Subscribe to Mamamia Anthony Field was a founding member of the Wiggles and decades later, he’s the only one still performing with the group in his iconic blue skivvy. In the No Filter studio, Anthony opened up about his crippling panic attacks and depression, how he managed his mental health while touring nine months a year, what happened after he was named Australia's most eligible bachelor by Cleo magazine and how mo...

Blue Wiggle Anthony Field Didn't Know He Had Depression

December 17, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Anthony here. Subscribe to Mamamia Anthony Field was a founding member of the Wiggles and decades later, he’s the only one still performing with the group in his iconic blue skivvy. In the No Filter studio, Anthony opened up about his crippling panic attacks and depression, how he managed his mental health while touring nine months a year, what happened after he was named Australia's most eligible bachelor by Cleo magazine and how mo...

Asher Keddie On Strife And Her Life

December 10, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Asher Keddie has been one of Australia’s most acclaimed and beloved actors for decades. From Love My Way to Offspring, Paper Giants, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, she has won awards and hearts in equal measure. She is now starring in the dramedy Strife, about an imperfect woman who leaves a high profile job as a glossy magazine editor to start a women’s website and try to grow a media company. Sound familiar? The show was loosely inspired by ...

Nurses, Killers And The Surprising Places Grace Can Be Found

December 03, 2023 18:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Journalist and best-selling author, Julia Baird opens up about grace and how you can’t see it until it happens. How people look after people, love those who may seem unlovable and how being kinder can change everything.  Mia and Julia speak about nurses, killers and the surprising places grace can be found. Julia tackles complex topics with clarity, passion and depth and she’s done just that with grace at even the darkest of times of her own life.  She has released a...

Trinny Woodall Is In Her Naked-On-A-Horse Era

November 26, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Trinny Woodall is in a new era. She’s not quite sure what it’s called but it’s definitely a new life stage. Her beauty company is wildly successful. She’s newly single after a decade-long live-in relationship. Her daughter has left home. And she’s living with two men in their 30s.  As flatmates. At age 59, she also posed naked on a horse. Not everyone liked that. As always, Trinny is candid, funny, vulnerable and an utter delight. Trinny has a new book called Fearless...

Her Last Shopping List For The Man She Loved

November 19, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Amalia Melis’ husband died suddenly in the middle of the night. What happened next sounds like something from a true crime podcast but it was her life. First, the police believed she murdered him. And then, three years later, she was forced to exhume his body as part of a custom in Greece that all families must experience due to over-crowded cemeteries. Amalia’s story of her life after her husband’s death is moving and unexpectedly beautiful. THE END BITS: Amalia is...

How ‘Cocaine Cassie’ Really Survived Three Years In A Colombian Prison

November 12, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Cassie here. Subscribe to Mamamia After she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of Colombia in 2017, the media nicknamed her ‘Cocaine Cassie’. But Cassie Sainsbury’s life in a tough Colombian prison was so much more complicated. And interesting. In this episode, she speaks to Mia Freedman about prison life: the abuse, the relationships, the sex. And what happened afterwards.  THE END BITS: Cassie Sainsbury has launche...

Paula Joye On Working With Cindy, Christy, Linda & Naomi

November 05, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia In this conversation, Mia speaks to Paula Joye about working with the original 90’s supermodels: Christy, Cindy, Linda and Naomi. She shares behind-the-scenes stories from magazine shoots and backstage at fashion shows and explains the exact moment when designers completely turned against them. For many years, Paula was one of the most successful magazine editors in Australia, editing Cleo and launching Madison and Shop Til You Drop. She is now an author and digital ...

A Male Escort On The Women Who Pay For Sex

October 29, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Mitch here. Subscribe to Mamamia Mitch Larsson is a former male escort with stories you would not expect from someone who was paid for sex. Mitch was a lawyer and stay at home dad but decided he wanted to change careers. And at first, his wife was supportive. In this episode he tells Mia about the time a client’s mum walked in on them, a lady in her 70’s who booked him regularly, a woman trying to get over a cheating ex and the wom...

Jackie O On What She Wishes She'd Known About Divorce

October 22, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Jackie O here. Subscribe to Mamamia In this conversation, Mia speaks to Jackie O, the equal highest paid person in the media industry in Australia. After working together for 23 years, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie completely dominate breakfast radio.   She talks to Mia about the long recovery from divorce, co-parenting, being on Hinge, the media being obsessed with her weight and behind the scenes of negotiating a huge radio contract. ...

The Teacher’s Pet: ‘The Moment I Realised My Dad Murdered My Mum’

October 15, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Shanelle Dawson was just four years old when her mother disappeared and was convinced by her father for decades that her mum didn’t love her or her younger sister anymore. The truth is Chris murdered Lyn and moved his 17 year old girlfriend into their family home just two days later. Shanelle spent her entire life looking for answers and being manipulated. The Teacher’s Pet podcast series unearthed compelling evidence which led to the case being reinvestigated in 20...

Laura Byrne And Matty J On Marriage And The Mental Load

October 08, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Laura and Matt here.  Subscribe to Mamamia In this episode, Mia speaks to TV personalities Matty J & Laura Byrne about their marriage, parenting and living their private life in the public eye. They met on the Bachelor, got pregnant nine months later and because neither had a blueprint for what a healthy marriage looked like, they created their own. Matt is the primary carer of their two daughters and Laura works three jobs. In this ...

Hamish Blake On Being A Dad

October 01, 2023 18:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Hamish here Subscribe to Mamamia Hamish Blake takes us beyond Radio and TV and into the personal life of the funniest bloke in Australia. Hamish speaks about accidentally discovering the gender of his first baby, his existential crisis every time he realises his six year old daughter can do things on her own and the hilarious advice he has about his kids and their schoolyard dramas and the value of money. He tells Mia how he deals w...

It Seemed Like A Scam But Then She Died. Megan Bhari’s Story

September 24, 2023 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Jamie here.  Subscribe to Mamamia The Believe in Magic charity was set up by a 16 year old girl and her mother. Megan and Jean’s charity helped grant wishes to sick children in a make-a-wish sort of way and some kids, including Megan even got to meet One Direction members. The charity was founded because Megan was diagnosed with a rare brain condition and a few years later a brain tumour. A group of internet sleuths became suspiciou...

Leigh Sales And Lisa Millar: The Introvert And The Extrovert

September 17, 2023 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia As two of Australia's most well-known and successful journalists, Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar have witnessed and reported on the most significant news events in the past 30 years. They’re also best mates. Leigh and Lisa both work for the ABC and share a passion for journalism but they're very different. One wakes up at 3am, loves strangers and does park runs on the weekend. While the other looks for the exit at parties, is learning to play the cello and has interviewed...

How Alisha Aitken-Radburn Got The Villain Edit

September 10, 2023 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Alisha here.  Subscribe to Mamamia Alisha Aitken-Radburn was a contestant on the Honey Badger’s season of The Bachelor (2018) and got the dreaded ‘villain edit’. It nearly destroyed her. So why did she then decide to sign up for two seasons of Bachelor In Paradise and does she regret it? What about the time she had sex with a camera in the room? Or having a cheating scandal with her now-husband play out publicly? Alisha has written ...

Brendan Watkins: The Secret Son Of A Priest And A Nun

September 03, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Brendan Watkins was eight years old when he and his brother were told they were adopted from different families. He spent decades  trying to track down his biological mother and father.  It wasn’t until his 29th birthday he requested his original birth certificate and from that he was told his mother was a nun.  In this conversation Mia speaks to Brendan about the lengths he went to, in order to uncover his birth parents. And he’s taken her through an even more diffic...

Belinda Chapple On The Implosion Of Bardot

August 27, 2023 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia In the early 2000's there was an Australian girl band that everyone was obsessed with, they were called Bardot. And Belinda Chapple was one of the members. Chances are you might remember their hit song Poison. Or you may have watched Popstars where the band was created. But what you might not know is that a lot of things went on behind the scenes. On this episode of No Filter, Belinda joins Mia to share the stories she’s wanted to tell for twenty years. From their qu...

EXCLUSIVE: Mackenzie Arnold, Defence Minister Of Australia

August 23, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia It’s been a big year for Mackenzie Arnold. She’s gone from being able to walk down the street without getting recognised to being approached on the street by strangers. In her first podcast interview since the FIFA World Cup, Mackenzie sits down with Mia Freedman to chat about it all. From having the whole country thanking you for what you did, to pre game rituals, superstitions and playing with your best mates. You’re not going to want to miss this chat… THE END BITS...

Elizabeth Day Knows How To Fail

August 20, 2023 19:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Elizabeth here.  Subscribe to Mamamia Three weeks before Elizabeth Day’s 39th birthday, she had a bad romantic break-up. It had been her first long-term relationship after her divorce and she felt like a total failure when it ended. She was looking down the barrel of turning 40 as a single woman without the children she so desperately wanted. Fast forward to today and Elizabeth is one of the most successful podcasters in the world, ...

How Natalie Barr Became The Main Character Of Breakfast TV

August 13, 2023 19:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Natalie Barr has worked at Channel Seven for 29 years and has been an original member of their #1 rated breakfast TV show, Sunrise, for 20 years. But when she was offered the top job of host in 2021? Her first reaction was hell no.  On this episode of No Filter, Nat gets candid about her career and reservations about taking on the hosting gig, turning 50, motherhood, and her long-standing marriage.  We have a feeling you’re going to love this interview... THE END BIT...

Emily Hall & The Young Widows Of Instagram

August 06, 2023 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia In 2017, Emily Hall was 37 weeks pregnant and preparing for a beautiful future with her husband Matt, when the unthinkable happened. Matt died suddenly one weekend and she found herself joining a club she never wanted to be a part of … a widow at 30. In this conversation, Mia speaks to Emily about how she balanced soaking in the joy of being a new mother, while also grieving the sudden loss of her husband, and finding love again. THE END BITS: Read more of Emily's st...

Samantha Azzopardi Spent Her Adult Life Pretending To Be A Child

July 30, 2023 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

Listen to part two of Mia and Sharon's conversation here. Subscribe to Mamamia Samantha Azzopardi spent 10 years receiving care as a troubled teen. It would be years before the truth came out that she was actually an adult woman.  Her scams stretched decades and impacted families, friends and even children, in Australia and abroad. But it wasn’t money that she wanted…    In this conversation, Mia speaks with investigative journalist Sharon Davis, who has spent the past few years working ...

Erin Barnett Just Had A Hysterectomy At 28

July 23, 2023 19:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia After gracing our screens on reality TV Erin Barnett had a battle on her hands… to get doctors to take her seriously. The 28 year old quickly became a public figure after starring on Love Island Australia, and surviving the jungle on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, sharing her difficult journey with Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with thousands of adoring fans. In this conversation, Erin shares how she landed on the decision to change her life by getti...

Caitlin Moran Thinks It’s Harder To Be A Man Than A Woman Right Now

July 16, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia Caitlin Moran is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and successful writers, columnist, novelist and world famous feminist icon. Caitlin knows a lot about talking to women, in fact she’s written two books specifically about it How To Be A Woman and More Than A Woman. But her latest book What About Men looks into how the problems of feminism are also the problems of men. And on this episode of No Filter she joins Mia to ask the question, is it harder to be a man than a woman...

Jessie Stephens: Something Bad Is Going To Happen

July 09, 2023 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Listen to part two of Mia and Jessie's conversation here.  If you're struggling with anxiety & depression, reach out to Beyond Blue here. Anxiety and depression are mental health issues that so many Australians will experience in their life. But for Jessie Stephens, her experiences with mental health issues were almost inevitable.  Jessie’s latest book, Something Bad Is Going to Happen is her most personal project yet. Jessie taps into her own experiences with mental health to create an i...

Nicole Madigan's Stalker Was Another Woman

July 02, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

Listen to part two of Mia's conversation with Nicole here. Subscribe to Mamamia Journalist Nicole Madigan, was stalked for three years by a woman she didn’t know. A woman who became so obsessed with Nicole, that she tried to ruin her life. Nicole found herself in a constant state of anxiety for herself, her children and her partner. And on this episode of No Filter she joins Mia to share her story…  THE END BITS: With thanks to Nicole Madigan. You can find her book Obsession here.  Fee...

The Life Stage You Finally Have A Name For

June 25, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

Subscribe to Mamamia A few weeks ago, Mia inhaled a newsletter titled ‘Is Going Camel Mode Inevitable For Parents.’ Camel mode is a time in your life when you power down to focus on one task, it might be for an aging parent, dealing with a separation or a chronic illness, or in the case of both of our guests today, parenting little kids.   On the show today, Mia explores the concept of camel mode with writer Katheryn Jezer-Morton, and the day-to-day routine of it with a friend of the podc...

Guests

Esther Perel
2 Episodes
Glennon Doyle
2 Episodes
Jodi Picoult
2 Episodes
Paul Murray
2 Episodes
Elizabeth Gilbert
1 Episode
Kevin Rudd
1 Episode
Lindy West
1 Episode
Manal al-Sharif
1 Episode
Nigella Lawson
1 Episode
Peggy Orenstein
1 Episode
Roxane Gay
1 Episode
Susan Carland
1 Episode

Books

The Empty Chair
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