Ladies, We Need To Talk
Episodes
Antoinette Lattouf opens up on fight with the ABC
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2023, Antoinette Lattouf was asked to leave ABC Sydney. Since that day, her life has never been the same.A seasoned broadcaster, she was ...
Are you mum or grandma? Having a baby at 47
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mid-life is hard enough, but what happens when you add a baby to the mix?The average maternal age has been creeping up over the past twenty years, wi...
One true love or many: Monogamy vs. open relationships
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is monogamy a tired social contract — or a deeply meaningful way to build a life with someone you love? Is opening up your relationship an act of h...
Goodbye uterus: Life after a hysterectomy
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The uterus is central to womanhood: it's the baby house, and allows for menstruation. So, what's it like to have it removed?Each year around 30,000 A...
Is your attachment style messing with your love life?
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been called too clingy? Or felt overwhelmed by your partner's needs? Blame your attachment style!Attachment theory is a cornerstone of modern ps...
Family Feuds: Is estrangement the new normal?
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Beckhams know about it. Hilary Duff's been through it. Harry and Meghan could write a handbook. Family estrangement is brutal, but when there's a...
Felicity Ward on motherhood, depression and a sexual rebirth
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Felicity Ward started having the best sex of her life after the worst time in her life. After years of fertility struggles, Felicity finall...
Felicity Ward: Welcome to the F*ck zone
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Felicity Ward started having the best sex of her life after the worst time in her life. After years of fertility struggles, Felicity finall...
Felicity Ward on motherhood, depression and a sexual rebirth
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Felicity Ward started having the best sex of her life after the worst time in her life.After years of fertility struggles, Felicity finally ...
Where the hell is my husband? Women who can't find a partner
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Life as a perennially single woman can be lonely. Coupled-up friends often too busy to catch up, family constantly asking "So, have you met anyone ye...
Queers are meant to have kids
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Narelda Jacobs and Karina Natt announced their pregnancy online. Then came the trolls.The pair were over the moon about starting their rainbow family...
Sex Disasters with Lizzy Hoo
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We all want to sex to be hot, intimate and above all else, enjoyable. But sometimes when we're getting it on, things can go south and disaster ensues...
Why are we exercising less than men?
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the exercise race, women are falling behind. Two out of five women aren’t moving enough and it’s bad for our health. Between being time squee...
I didn’t love my baby: The shame of perinatal depression
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if, instead of being the best time of your life, new motherhood was miserable? Perinatal depression and anxiety affects one in five women in Aus...
‘I’m leaving you,’ Belle’s husband became a stranger overnight
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your husband suddenly becomes someone you don’t recognise? One cold day in 2020, Belle Burden’s partner of 20 years told her he...
Parenting blind, with Nas Campanella
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to parent when you can’t see your kid? Nas Campanella, the ABC’s National Disability Affairs reporter, knows there’s many ways...
I love you but go away: Women taking marriage sabbaticals
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marriage sabbaticals aren't a divorce, or an excuse for guilt-free frotting but a chance to reset priorities. But do they work?It can be hard to figu...
Who the f*ck is Madeline? Getting cheated on
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does it feel to be betrayed by the person you love most? Women open up to Yumi Stynes about being cheated on and picking up the pieces of their s...
How pop culture f*cked us up, with Sophie Gilbert
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Millennial pop culture has a lot to answer for. From Britney Spears' sexy schoolgirl outfit to an underage Kate Moss on the cover of Vogue and Paris ...
Going gay in middle age
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to switch teams mid-season? Nicola was married to a man for 25 years before she fell in love with a woman. Jennifer and Marija were ...
Julie Goodwin finally has the recipe for happiness
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
MasterChef’s Julie Goodwin has a bubbly exterior but underneath are demons she’s fought for decades. The celebrity cook opens up to Yumi Styn...
Great sex: What we wish men knew
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever been with a guy who thinks jackhammering is a virtue or who can't tell your clitoris from your clavicle, this episode is for you! (Pss...
How swapping a husband for a wife made this economist better off
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Corrine Low says heterosexual relationships are costing women financially. And she’s got the life experience and the data to back it up. When ...
Where's my village? Esther Perel tells us how to build community
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Esther Perel is on a mission to make us feel less alone. The world renowned psychotherapist says we've lost touch with the village but she's here to ...
Life without boobs: Meet the women staying flat after breast cancer
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re told boobs are sexy! Bouncy! Nutritious food banks even! But what happens when they betray you? Every year in Australia, around 20,000 women...
Embracing imperfection was the key to Astrid’s success
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When she was 16, Pub Choir's Astrid Jorgensen wanted to be a nun. So how did she end up in pubs, night after night, teaching people to sing?For years...
Getting to the bottom of IBS
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Up to one in five people have irritable bowel syndrome and women are three times as likely to be affected. From bloating, cramping, constipation and ...
Love ya guts! What to eat to feel your best
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With "wellness" advice from influencers flooding our feeds, it's hard to sort fact from absolute nonsense and know what to eat to feel good.Enter Lau...
We want your sex disaster stories!
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ladies, we want to hear your sex disasters stories for an upcoming episode!Have you queefed at the worst possible moment? Maybe you screamed out your...
Turia Pitt is a selfish woman
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turia Pitt was doing it all — working, mothering, wifeing — and she was exhausted. Being everything to everyone came at a huge cost to her mental...
Stepmums: Why do they get such a hard time?
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She's one of the great cultural villains; the evil stepmother. Stepmums are up against it. Besides fighting bad press generated by endless pop-cultur...
Mental health: Loving someone with an addiction
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Standing by watching a loved one's addiction can be heartbreaking and confusing. One in ten Australian's struggle with a substance disorder and one i...
Mental health: Anxiety and how to beat it
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition facing women. One in three will be diagnosed in her lifetime. From overwhelming worry to spirallin...
Have you taken a break from your relationship?
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey ladies, we are working on an episode about women who’ve taken a break from their long-term relationship, to follow their own path for a little ...
Mental health: Overcoming depression
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One in six women will get depression in their lifetime, compared with one in ten men. So, is it hormones or circumstances or a combination of both th...
INTRODUCING – The mental health mini-series
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One in three women in Australia will be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in their lifetime and one in six will experience depression. This Mental H...
Clare and Jessie Stephens on twinning, pregnancy and envy
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Twins Clare and Jessie Stephens have been by each other's side for all of life's firsts. The first day of school, first job, first love, first pregna...
Deepa Paul on opening her marriage
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Married mum Deepa Paul didn’t have ‘sleeping with strangers’ on her bingo card. She grew up in the Catholic and conservative Philippines and ma...
A meditation for chronic pain
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a guided meditation to help with chronic pain. Endometriosis hurts. It can be a gnarling, twisting, stabbing, relentless source of pain. Fi...
Endometriosis: Pain, periods, medical gaslighting
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Around one million Australian women live with endometriosis. That's around one in seven, so chances are you know someone dealing with debilitating pa...
AI Misogyny: The new age of sexism, with Laura Bates
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is supercharging a new era of misogyny. There are more weapons than ever for men to use against women to silence and shame us...
Hacking online dating with Prof. Jennie Young
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to find a life partner on a dating app who's not a gun toting, fish wielding weirdo can be like trying to find a needle in the haystack. But a...
The new way to date
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dating apps are a drag. And women are ditching them in droves. Beyond the swiping, more of us are daring to date in real life. Yumi Stynes chats to w...
PCOS: Infertility, beards and BS
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Women's Health Week we're bringing back our episode on Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and the difficulty of getting a diagnosis. Weigh...
Sashi Perera on reinvention
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stand-up star Sashi Perera called off her wedding at the last minute. There were tears and tantrums but that wasn't the final time the lawyer-turned-...
Shedding the shame of herpes
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A herpes diagnosis can come with a whole lot of stigma, but it shouldn't. Around 15% of us carry the antibodies to genital herpes, making it one of t...
Paying for sex at 70
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Approaching her 70th birthday, Gail Rice booked herself an appointment with a sex worker. She'd never done anything like it in her life. As a younger...
Has Ozempic killed body inclusivity?
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ozempic has entered the group chat. Since GLP-1 agonist drugs burst onto the scene, they've been hailed as a weight-loss game changer, but they've al...
How to have better sex, with Emily Nagoski
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having blah sex? You've CUM to the right place.Dr Emily Nagoski has the tools for you.The renowned sex educator and author of Come as You Are, Burnou...
The price of perfectionism
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unrelenting standards, high expectations and a fierce, reprimanding inner critic. Perfectionism is often celebrated, but striving for flawlessness co...
Sex on screen with Hannah Diviney
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Diviney never saw herself reflected in pop culture. And she definitely didn't see herself as the object of desire. Growing up with cerebral pa...
The psychology of the ick, from All in the Mind
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever experienced 'the ick'? It's that sudden, visceral feeling of being put off by someone you're dating. Maybe it's their flat cap, the way...
Body image and babies with Turia Pitt and Sophie Walker
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Bounce back' culture can find someone else to pick on, we're celebrating bodies who've given birth.And this episode isn't just for the mums. It's fo...
Emotional labour with Rose Hackman
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional labour is the overlooked cousin of the mental load. It's managing the feelings of people around us, from being a shoulder to cry on to chee...
Swinging: What's it like to swap sexual partners?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the world of swingers, where the libidos are high but so are the stakes. Join Yumi Stynes as she heads to a swinger's club and learns what...
Rosie Waterland and Jamila Rizvi's broken brains
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jamila Rizvi was dealing with the emotional sucker punch of a brain tumour diagnosis, she needed a friend who understood what she was going thro...
Relationship resuscitation — coming back from the brink
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does your partner feel more like a housemate than a lover? Have you lost your spark in the overflowing laundry basket? Resentment got you snarking at...
Jessie Tu, on miscarriage and doing motherhood her way
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A morning phone call from her doctor confirmed Jessie Tu's worst fears. She'd lost the baby she was carrying. Jessie and her partner had tried for mo...
Botox and fillers – facing up to the new normal
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fillers, Botox, and injectables — they're everywhere! There was a time when getting needles in your face was a big deal. But these days, getting a ...
Is everyone having better sex than me?
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a sex saturated world, it's easy to think that everyone's having hotter, kinkier, more interesting sex than you are. But are they really?Yumi Styn...
Sandwich generation — the women looking after everyone
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your parents are elderly. Your kids need you. And it's up to you to tend to the needs of everyone. Welcome to the sandwich generation.The bad news is...
Calling out wellness bullsh*t with Dr Jen Gunter
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee enemas? Healing jade yoni eggs? Raw milk? No, nope, nup. Dr Jen Gunter is calling bullsh*t on the internet's wellness industry.Dr Gunter is on...
Loneliness — you're not alone
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loneliness hurts. And we know it's bad for us, worse than smoking or obesity. Even though a third of us are lonely, we're embarrassed to say so. So, ...
Can you train yourself to pee less? From 'What's That Rash?'
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to pee at all hours of the day? Pelvic floor got you down? Are things a getting saggy down there like like a rogue bit of pizza dough or ...
How to give zero f*cks with Gina Chick, Jessie Tu and Anna Broinowski
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When filmmaker Anna Broinowski turned 50, she stopped giving any f*cks about what other people thought of her. Stopped prettying herself, being conce...
Celebrating our Sentimental Garbage with Caroline O'Donoghue
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are chick flicks and rom-coms your secret indulgence but you feel too embarrassed to admit it? Caroline O'Donoghue, host of the hit podcast, Sentimen...
How to treat bacterial vaginosis
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our lady gardens aren't meant to smell like roses but if things are overly whiffy downstairs it might mean something more serious is going on. Bacter...
Are our boys ok? Fighting online misogyny with Kate Scott
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does the manosphere and the rise of online misogyny mean for our relationships with boys and men?The Netflix drama Adolescence shows the violent...
Sugar babies — dating men for money
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte's sugar daddy took her to the fanciest restaurant in Melbourne. Soraya's gave her a trust fund. Meet the attractive young women dating rich...
'All Women Want' — how to have great sex, with Alyx Gorman
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Great sex isn't inevitable. If you're a straight woman, chances are you've enjoyed far fewer orgasms than your sexual partner(s). And yes, we know, i...
Perimenopause: but aren’t I too young?
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you think perimenopause is reserved for mid-life, think again.When other 20 and 30-somethings are out partying or decorating the nursery, how do y...
Perimenopause: how to have better sex
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to your sex life in perimenopause? When Salt-N-Pepa wrote Let's Talk About Sex, they didn't get to that bit. Well, Yumi Stynes is here t...
Perimenopause: lifting the brain fog
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is perimenopause brain fog jamming up your workday? Are you constantly in a bad mood or irrationally angry at your kids who are only as annoying as u...
Perimenopause: WTF is happening to our bodies
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hot flashes. Night sweats. Aching joints. Sore boobs. Welcome to your body in perimenopause!In episode one of this four-part series, Yumi Stynes spea...
INTRODUCING – The perimenopause diaries
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perimenopause: it's a huge physical, mental and sexual upheaval in a woman's life and yet, there's so much confusion as to how to make it through.Per...
Surrogacy: why women carry babies for others
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like to carry and give birth to a child for someone else? What compels a woman to take on something so profound? There's more to surrogacy ...
Should I have a kid? The mother of all decisions with Gina Rushton and Penny Greenhalgh
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Babies. Some women know they want them, others know they absolutely don't, and then there are the women who find themselves trying to make the call o...
The pain of friendship break-ups
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our best friends are our ride-or-die, snort-laughing, crisis solving buttresses. But what happens when a friendship ends?In a romantic break-up, ther...
Quitting men: Hope Woodard's 'boysober' movement
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Swipe, date, sex, repeat. So went the life of Hope Woodard, constantly on the apps and looking for validation in the form of male attention. This per...
The science of sex with Dr Rena Malik
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr Rena Malik posted a video on her YouTube channel called 'Where's the G-Spot?', twelve million people tuned in to hear the answer. The urologi...
Free to bleed: escaping menstrual shame
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Menstruating. An ordinary bodily function. Like breathing or sweating or digesting, it's as natural as the hairs on our heads, period (pun intended)....
Getting on: what ageing means for women
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saggy boobs, leathery skin, becoming invisible... is getting older as grim as it sounds? Ageing presents a unique challenge to us ladies, and while t...
Sex life revival
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mind-blowing. Intoxicating. Earth-shattering. Meet the women having the best sex of their lives after years on end of ho-hum humping.Yumi Stynes spea...
The power of one: the single ladies owning it
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if being single wasn’t a problem to be solved but a state of bliss? For some women, living without an “other half” is the key to being com...
When drinking becomes dangerous
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cheers! For a lot of us alcohol is a reward after a hard day, a way to unwind, a key part of our celebrations, but our love of a drink comes at a cos...
The 'joy thief' — Penny Moodie on living with OCD
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penny Moodie’s childhood was marked by catastrophic thoughts: that her parents would die in an accident, that she had contracted HIV, that she was ...
Hey Yumi! I'm sick of carrying the mental load
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahh Christmas, the festival of eating, drinking and cranky mums. Because in order to have the beautifully set table, thoughtful presents and deliciou...
Inside the world of a dominatrix
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This episode contains explicit content.What is it like to be a professional dominatrix? To indulge in the power play between dominant and submi...
Oh my kink! Pulling back the covers on BDSM
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This episode contains explicit content. Kink, or BDSM is often played out behind closed doors. Because it's hidden from view, there's an assump...
Esther Perel will change how you think about intimacy
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Psychotherapist Esther Perel is one of the most influential thinkers on sex and relationships in the world.She helps us make sense of how we relate t...
Hey Yumi! I'm too tired for sex
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's no surprise your sex life takes a hit as a parent. You're thinly spread. There are so many things to manage in your head, from cutting up cucumb...
Is egg freezing all it's cracked up to be?
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Egg freezing is sold as a way for women to hack their fertility and buy some more time on the biological clock.Fertility companies are marketing the ...
The myth of 'making it' — Samhita Mukhopadhyay
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samhita had it all. As the executive editor of Teen Vogue she was living the Devil Wears Prada life — fashion shows, fancy dinners and towering hee...
Hey Yumi! Is sleeping apart the key to staying together?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's an expectation that couples share a bed, but what if sleep isn't compatible with being in the same room as your other half? Maybe they snore,...
The Ozempic era
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is Ozempic the drug of our lifetime? Since it burst onto the scene it's become synonymous with weight loss, with everyone from A-list celebrities to ...
Abbie Chatfield is not going away
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There aren't many people on your Instagram feed who are as loved and as loathed as Abbie Chatfield.Ever since Abbie shot to fame as the slut-shamed v...
Hey Yumi! My partner's too attached to his mum
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if your man has another, equally important woman in his life: his mum?For some sons, the aprons strings are tied so tight, it’s impossible to ...
Why are we so afraid of looking old?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we get older, wiser, more resilient, and better placed to back seat drive, the world does not reward us. Or our grey hair.If the advances of human...
I'm fat, don't hate me—Aubrey Gordon
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aubrey Gordon is a fat woman. She's not on a diet or trying to get thinner and that pisses some people off, but she's done apologising.This self-acce...
Hey Yumi! Help, he's bad in bed!
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You're on a date and there's a spark, the chat is great, the vibes are flowing. But come the time to disrobe, all that potential sexual brilliance co...