No Filter
576 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 164 ratingsRiveting stories. Fascinating lives. Australia’s #1 interview podcast, with Mia Freedman.
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What Life Is Like After You Decide Not To Have Kids
June 23, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBSubscribe to Mamamia If you're a girl or a woman who doesn't think she wants to have kids - where are your role models for what your life could look like? Portrayals of happy mums are everywhere, but rarely do we see women who choose not to have children shown in a positive light. Ten years ago, journalist and editor Farrah Storr decided to be a non-parent. In the years since that decision, she has learned so much about the many ways a woman can live a rich, connected and fulfilling lif...
When Sleep Isn’t Enough: The Seven Types of Rest
June 16, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBSubscribe to Mamamia When you’re feeling exhausted - like so many of us are - what do you do? Most of us think we need more sleep. But, it turns out, sleep and rest are not the same thing. In fact, we can be tired in different ways, and each one of those ways requires a different kind of rest. In this episode of No Filter, Mia talks to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith about the 7 different kinds of rest that will prevent you from burning out and help you show up to your life with all the energy yo...
Sam & Nia: The Couple Who Survived The Ashley Madison Cheating Scandal
June 09, 2024 19:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBYou can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Sam & Nia here. Subscribe to Mamamia What would you do if your husband cheated? And what if you found out about it at the same time the whole world did. That’s what happened to Nia. She found out her husband, Sam, had been unfaithful to her when all the data from the Ashley Madison website was leaked in one of the largest data breaches ever. Sam & Nia participated in a documentary about Ashley Madison on Netflix - but in this episod...
What If Your Best Friend Was Your Soulmate?
June 02, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBSubscribe to Mamamia Some friendships have everything a romantic relationship has, they’re just as intense but without the sex. Why aren't they seen as equally important? In this episode of No Filter, Rhaina Cohen is asking: what if our friends are our soulmates? And she shares some powerful friendship stories, from those who have chosen each other in all different ways, like co-parenting or co-owning a home. While unconventional, is it really that strange? Rhaina Cohen's book The Other ...
Instant Family: How Remy And Alain Became Fathers To Three Children Overnight
May 26, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBSubscribe to Mamamia When Remington and his husband Alain welcomed three children into their home 18 months ago, as foster parents, they knew their lives would never be the same. What they didn't know is how long their children would stay. In Australia, thousands of children find themselves in foster care for various reasons: neglect, abuse, trauma or simply their biological parents can't afford to raise them. Remington Meyer talks to Mia Freedman in this No Filter episode about the deepl...
How Remy And Alain Became Fathers To Three Children Overnight
May 26, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBSubscribe to Mamamia When Remington and his husband Alain welcomed three children into their home 18 months ago, as foster parents, they knew their lives would never be the same. What they didn't know is how long their children would stay. In Australia, thousands of children find themselves in foster care for various reasons: neglect, abuse, trauma or simply their biological parents can't afford to raise them. Remington Meyer talks to Mia Freedman in this No Filter episode about the deepl...
BONUS EPISODE: Why Lauren Jackson Came Back To Basketball At 41
May 22, 2024 20:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBSubscribe to Mamamia Lauren Jackson is the GOAT in Australian women's basketball. Her last Olympic games was in 2012 and she retired from the sport in 2016 after a routine leg wax while recovering from an ACL injury went bad. Then, in 2022, aged 41, she made a comeback to the sport and now at 43 she is part of the team who qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics. In the third episode of this special No Filter mini-series, Lauren talks to guest host Libby Trickett about how guilty she feel...
Patric Gagne Is A Sociopath
May 19, 2024 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBYou can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Patric here. Subscribe to Mamamia Patric Gagne is not what most people picture when they hear the word ‘sociopath’. For example, she’s married and has two children. She’s a functioning member of society. She has friends. Sociopaths tend to lie, break laws, act impulsively and they have little regard for their own safety because they simply don’t have fear or guilt. All these things are true for Patric. In this conversation Patric t...
BONUS EPISODE: Katrina Gorry's Most Vulnerable Interview Yet
May 15, 2024 20:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBSubscribe to Mamamia In the second episode of our 3-part No FIlter mini-series featuring interviews with Olympians before they head to Paris to compete, Matilda's star Katrina Gorry opens up to guest host Libby Trickett in a way that takes them both by surprise. Gorry captured our hearts at the Women’s World Cup in 2023- as did her two-year-old daughter Harper. Coming back to work after having a baby is difficult for any parent, particularly when your job involves playing for your country....
The Long Goodbye
May 12, 2024 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBSubscribe to Mamamia The first time Keri Kitay’s mother Terry forgot where she parked her car, she was surprised and annoyed. But she wasn’t alarmed. It wasn’t until years later that she would realise it was one of the first signs of early onset Alzheimers which would slowly dismantle her mother’s life. There are around 15 Australians per 1,000 living with dementia and a tiny percentage of those are relatively young. This is the story of one person and the way her family said their long g...
BONUS EPISODE: Vanessa Was Hit By A Train, She's Now A Paralympian
May 08, 2024 20:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBSubscribe to Mamamia When Vanessa Low was 15, she accidentally stumbled off an overcrowded platform and was hit by a train. She lost both her legs around the knee, broke multiple other bones and was placed in a coma. A couple years later she was competing internationally. She’s now a Paralympic gold and silver medallist, six-time World Championship medallist and is the reigning world record holder in the women’s long jump T61. Vanessa Low's preparation for the Paris Paralympics is a litt...
Vanessa Was Hit By A Train, She's Now A Paralympian
May 08, 2024 20:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBSubscribe to Mamamia When Vanessa Low was 15, she accidentally stumbled off an overcrowded platform and was hit by a train. She lost both her legs around the knee, broke multiple other bones and was placed in a coma. A couple years later she was competing internationally. She’s now a Paralympic gold and silver medallist, six-time World Championship medallist and is the reigning world record holder in the women’s long jump T61. In the lead-up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, guest h...
Throuple Life: Rowan Mangan And Her Two Wives
May 05, 2024 19:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBSubscribe to Mamamia Rowan Mangan never expected to be part of a throuple. Neither did her two partners, Martha Beck and Karen Gerdes who had been together for several decades before Rowan came into their lives. Today, the three women are in a monogamous relationship with one another and are raising a toddler after Rowan gave birth to their daughter during the pandemic. In this No Filter episode Mia Freedman asks Rowan how it all works. How did they decide they wanted to be together? How ...
Ozempic: Johann Hari's Very Personal Story
April 28, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBYou can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Johann here. Subscribe to Mamamia This is a story about a massive dilemma we're all about to face. What if there was a 'magic pill' that could turn off your appetite? Would you take it? Ozempic and other weight loss injections are predicted to have as much impact on our culture as smartphones. Johann Hari is a journalist and best-selling author who has been taking Ozempic for more than a year and it's changed his life. For better...
What Happened When Marian Keyes Couldn’t Write
April 21, 2024 19:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSupport 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBWatch 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 MBWant 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 MBListen 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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...
Blue Wiggle Anthony Field Didn't Know He Had Depression
December 17, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBYou 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...
The Fall And Rise Of The Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field
December 17, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBYou 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 MBSubscribe 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 MBYou 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 MBYou 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 MBYou 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...