Mamamia Out Loud

The Reason Your Friend Is Blowing You Off

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Oscars went ahead today. The show must go on, but of course, not without the pandemic treatment. There's another awards show we want to talk about...

The Period-Gloves Come Off

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What in the world is a period glove? In case you missed it, there’s a new period product on the market and it's got us all thinking, why are two...

Sir, Nobody Wants Your Milkshake

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a day that will go down in history after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd. But what d...

Harry, William And The Sad Queen Meme

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the weekend, the world watched the funeral of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Why is everyone talking about two photographs, one of the Que...

The Dancers Who Were Thrown Under A Ship

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you seen a group of twerking ladies in your newsfeed? What do they have to do with a formal ceremony to officially commission a $2 billion additi...

The Woman Who Refused To Be Cancelled

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Has your newsfeed been flooded with images of a woman in suffragette white, her face a picture of defiant rage, calling for an apology from the Prime ...

What No One Is Saying About The Death Of Prince Philip

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Prince Philip died, at 99 years of age, with his wife, The Queen, by his side. Among a sea of tributes, are there some darker truths being ...

An Argument About Gwyneth's Beauty Routine

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, there have been some important changes to the Covid vaccine rollout around the country. Our newshound, Fauziah Ibrahim, breaks ...

The Photo The Kardashians Are Trying To Bury

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You might’ve seen or read about a picture of Khloe Kardashian doing the rounds online this week. It's after the juggernaut Kardashian PR machine...

Jessie's Heartsick

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our very own Jessie's highly anticipated debut, Heartsick, has finally hit bookstore shelves. Holly and Mia interview the (ahem) INTERNATIONALLY BEST ...

How Did We End Up With A 'PM For Women'?

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you hear? The women of Australia have a new Prime Minister. No, not another spill, but a cabinet reshuffle. So who's doing what now? Holly breaks ...

The Elastic Band Relationship Theory

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You might have read about a big ship over the last week. A very big, very stuck ship. On Tuesday of last week, a 400 meter long, 200,000-tonne ship be...

What Meghan Markle Taught Us About In-Laws

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a bad-news free show! We're taking a hiatus from the news cycle that continues to depress us, and today's episode is a place of joy. Starting ...

We Don't Want To Talk About This Anymore

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For what feels like the last 100 episodes, we have led the show with the topic of sexual assault. And we’re sick of it. We’re not sick tha...

The Woman Whose Messy House Went Viral

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Unprecedented. Once in 100 years. Never-before-seen. These are the terms Australians are becoming very, very sick of. So what's it like for residents ...

Introducing What The Finance...

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Looking for something to listen to this weekend? Why not check out our new podcast What The Finance... Welcome to What The Finance, Mamamia's new podc...

You're Uninvited To My Wedding

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the country’s top police officers has ­proposed using technology to record ­consent before sex, to combat rising sexual assaults....

An Unpopular Opinion On Kate VS Meghan

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The reckoning at Parliament House has broken out of the Coalition Cabinet and gone bipartisan. Who is Nicole Flint? What is she asking of the oppositi...

The (Particularly) Feminist Edition

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today 100,000 women across the country are marching. They're marching because they're angry. They're marching because they're tired. They're marc...

The Most Insufferable Person On Instagram

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How complicit are you in the bullying of female celebrities? In light of Meghan’s Oprah interview, the Britney doco and the re-examination of th...

The Man With Balls Bigger Than His Brain

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone’s talking about Piers Morgan. The English broadcaster, journalist, and television host of Good Morning Britain has quit his host role a...

Meghan, Harry & Oprah: A Debrief

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Surprise, it's the Mamamia Out Loud bonus ep no one asked for, but we absolutely couldn't be stopped from making it! We're dissecting all the big head...

The Box Of Clothes Every Woman Has

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's International Women's Day! While every day at Mamamia is IWD, we're shining a spotlight on what we feel like celebrating today; how far we've com...

Christian Porter & The Conversation Australian Women Are Having

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a full-on few weeks to be a woman, as the allegations of sexual assault in Australian politics and Australian schools just keep coming...

Two Babies In Five Months

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is talking about last night's episode of Married At First Sight. Jessie recaps the MAFS hotness rating. For a show we don't expect much from,...

Prince Harry Spills The Tea

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, a lot of news came out of Canberra over the weekend, more has emerged today and none of it is good. You may have heard or read ...

The Boys Who Don’t Brunch With Girls

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is talking about high school boys, after the head prefect at Cranbrook Senior School stood in front of a full assembly and told his mates the...

The 5:30am Club

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a growing movement of people choosing to get up earlier and earlier - they say they are “shunning sleep for a better self," and ca...

What Killed The World's Most Famous Marriage

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kimye are over. Not many of us are shocked but there are plenty of us who care. They WERE pop culture, so where are we without them? Plus, In Case You...

WTF Is Happening With Facebook?

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Quicky's Claire Murphy takes us through all the things we need to know about Facebook banning Aussies from accessing and sharing news on the socia...

Chestfeeding, Please Explain

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chestfeeding. What is it? A story started in the UK recently, talking about how doctors there are changing the way they speak to their parents. The st...

Six Signs You're Uncool

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our Outlouders in Victoria have told us what they're doing and how they're feeling after news of a five-day lockdown last week. Health authorities say...

BONUS: The One Thing To Eat When You're Heartbroken

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're dropping into your feed to share an awesome episode of our new podcast, What I Eat When, with you: https://omny.fm/shows/what-i-eat-when/playlis...

The Two Types Of Burnout

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is Justin Timberlake Cancelled? On Wednesday we discussed Framing Britney Spears, the new New York Times documentary, and one theme that has emerged i...

Holly Wants To Apologise To Britney Spears

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is talking about Britney Spears, after the release of a new documentary. Holly talks about her days in tabloid magazines and admits her indus...

Childless By Circumstance

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is it time to rethink hotel quarantine? It’s been just short of a year since anyone who arrived in Australia from overseas has had to undergo tw...

Dating Burnout & Little Heartbreaks

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday, the Golden Globes nominations were released and it’s a firm… no. From everyone. But one piece of commentary that’s emerg...

Marilyn Manson & The Boy Who Slept Through Covid

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a name you might have been hearing a lot this week. Craig Kelly. He's a federal Liberal Party MP whose areas of special interest are vac...

The Problem With Women In Their Thirties

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As most of WA is returned to lockdown for the next five days, we're talking about a brand of vaccine hesitancy emerging in women of a certain age.&nbs...

When Famous Mums Have Sex

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles are dating and it's another case of the internet having lots of opinions about two famous people getting together. Olivi...

Meet Susan, She's Your Worst Nightmare

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An all-female lineup has been recognised in each of the Australian of the Year categories for 2021. We discuss the impact of the four amazing women ho...

How To Have A Conversation About Changing The Date

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Holly, Mia and Jessie are passing the mic to three talented First Nations women today, for a very special episode of Mamamia Out Loud. Shahni Wellingt...

The Tattoo That Divided Us

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been an entire year since someone in Australia first tested positive for the Coronavirus.  Holly poses the question, imagining where we were...

Trump's Final Humiliation & Mia's Neck

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the inauguration conversation Out Louders have been waiting for. Mia, Holly and Jessie dissect the highs and lows of a week in Washington the wor...

How The Tennis Fiasco Became About A Woman's Hair

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Open lockdown saga is continuing, but it's a player's partner who's making headlines this week. Vanessa Sierra is the 26-year-old girlf...

Trump's Cancelled, Celebrity Cannibals & Sexy Sex Scenes

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! And a lot has happened since we last spoke.  America gets a new president this week, so Holly is taking us through the current climat...

BONUS: Best Books To Read This Summer

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After a year many of us struggled to find the energy and attention span for a lot of reading, Holly, Jessie and Mia are here with the page-turners you...

BONUS: Word Of The Year

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the first day of 2021 and that means it's time for our Word Of The Year episode! New Year's resolutions are notorious for falling over, so ...

BONUS: Best TV Shows To Binge This Summer

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holly, Jessie and Mia are here to save your holidays with a list of recommendations, shortlisting the very best in television, from a year we spent lo...

BONUS: Inside Mia, Holly & Jessie's Beauty Bags

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mia, Holly and Jessie are going rogue and taking over one of Mamamia's most beloved podcasts, You Beauty. Listen for their beauty learnings of 2020 an...

BONUS: Recap Of The Year

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie is back with one of her famous recaps to take Mia, Holly, and the rest of us through the strange, scary, and surreal that was 2020. From fires ...

The Betrayal Worse Than Cheating

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An elegance coach has revealed the five things that make you unattractive to ‘high quality men’ for us to all have a laugh at. Things ladi...

The Friendship Ghosting Dilemma

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A column appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week suggesting Dr. Jill Biden should drop her ‘honorific,’ the ‘doctor&rs...

The Man Kim Kardashian Tried To Save

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holly explains Kim K's push over the weekend to save a man from death row. The reality juggernaut turned criminal justice activist counted down with h...

Introducing What I Eat When...

12 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're dropping into your feed to share an awesome episode of our new podcast, What I Eat When, with you: https://omny.fm/shows/what-i-eat-when/playlis...

Stop Telling Women To Stop Being Busy

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An article on GOOP has turned the idea of 'not being busy' into a badge of honour. But is it an enormous privilege to not be busy? Is busyness really ...

The Wellness Craze For Your...

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Vagina sunning has become a thing, after a Brazilian model caused a stir on social media, for suggesting you should engage in a practice that would in...

JLo Has A Joyful Heart

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Lopez has upset a lot of people...by saying she doesn’t get botox because she’s ‘not that kind of person.’ It’s...

Why Isn't The PM Wearing Black?

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What if, instead of calling people out, we called them IN? A professor in the U.S is working with young people to re-structure the cancel culture narr...

The Taxi Light Dating Theory

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holly puts on her foreign correspondent hat to help us make sense of what's going on between the Australian and Chinese governments right now.  P...

The Men Who Don't Know How To Have Sex

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The sexual assault trial against former rugby league star Jarryd Hayne and the rape trial against Jack De Belin are back in the spotlight as their cou...

Run The Dishwasher Twice

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meghan Markle spoke out this week about miscarriages, and the importance of asking each other if we're ok. Meghan's decision to open up about this kin...

The Great Australian Witch Hunt

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Morrison has switched up his Instagram game lately, so is he really the 'daggy dad' his social media suggests, or is it a carefully thought out ...

You Can Spot A Favourite Child From Miles Away

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a week for arguments about who gets to play who on stage and on screen in 2020. A Sydney production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch has b...

Introducing The Undone...

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Looking for something to listen to this weekend? Why not check out our new podcast The Undone...https://omny.fm/shows/the-undone/dating-in-your-20s&nb...

The Pre-Dinner Sex Rule

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re watching The Crown, you may be at peak Princess Diana obsession right now. But it’s another Diana TV show that’s become th...

Pete Evans And The Butterfly Effect

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You might have noticed Pete Evans has been back in the headlines this week, after he posted a Nazi symbol on his social media. Mia explains why we're ...

The Politics Of A $30,000 Face

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Relationships in the workplace and Hugh Marks: Is it ever ok to date your boss? Over the weekend a high-profile media executive resigned suddenly afte...

The Salad Rule

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the NSW Premier came out in support of a push to change the lyrics of Advance Australia Fair, from "for we are young and free" to "for we a...

The Canberra Sex Bubble

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Monday night’s Four Corners episode discussed the culture for women in Australian politics with investigations into the conduct of two senior Li...

BONUS: Mia & Amelia Lester Debrief On The US Election

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you need to debrief about the US Election? Unpack Joe Biden's speech? Praise Kamala Harris? Ask what the heck is going to happen to the Trump famil...

The Woman The World Is Talking About Today

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Biden has (finally) secured enough votes in the U.S election to be declared the winner, making Kamala Harris Vice President Elect. As celebrations...

Quizzish: Does Celia Pacquola Know More Than Luke McGregor?

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Quizzish! Mamamia’s podcast that’s about friends and facts and gin and trivia. Every week, host Kelly McCarren will be joined b...

The Meltdown Of An Injured Narcissist

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holly, Mia and Jessie answer some of your U.S election questions, to arm you with the knowledge you need to chat about it with friends this weekend. M...

US Election: It's Going To Be A Long Week

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mia, Holly and Jessie meet for a late afternoon debrief about the U.S election to chat what we know so far and, rather, what we know we don't know. Bi...

Why You're Wrong About Your Personality Type

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS IS A US ELECTION-FREE ZONE. On today's show, in case you missed it, everyone is sharing sex toys on Instagram and Jessie's mum feels weird about ...

FOGO Is The New FOMO

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Post Lockdown Anxiety has seen a rise in 'Fear Of Going Out' or FOGO. There's plenty of excitement around the lockdown bubble bursting, but what about...

There's No Good Way To Talk About An 18 Year Old's Body

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the internet tutted and muttered about megstar Adele’s so-called 'body reveal' when she hosted Saturday Night Live. But Holly doesn't...

Australians Will Talk About This Day For Generations

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melbourne has officially made it out of lockdown with shops, cafes, pubs and more reopening from today, and restrictions eased significantly. Our Melb...

Fake Melania 2.0

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a rumour about Melania Trump that's gaining international attention. It started with the theory there's been a "fake" Melania standing i...

The Incredible Cost Of Melbourne's Lockdown

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The city of Melbourne and parts of regional Victoria have been living in lockdown, under some of the toughest restrictions in the world for most of 20...

Nobody Needs To See That On Zoom

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SAS Australia premiered on Aussie screens this week and it's making a lot of headlines. Mia explains why audiences can't look away and takes us throug...

Not All Nipples Are Created Equal

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Two election wins over the weekend showed us two very different versions of politician's personal and family lives. Holly tells us about Jacinda Arder...

How To Tell If You're Rich In Australia

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What makes you ‘rich’ in Australia in 2020? The Prime Minister started a bit of a ding-dong this week when he suggested that someone earni...

Australia's Worst Boyfriend

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's been an interesting week so far for one of Australia’s most prominent women - The Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian. Holly exp...

The Right To Bare Bottoms

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Should we be teaching school kids about fertility clocks, egg-freezing and IVF? A fertility expert is calling on high school students to be taught abo...

Don't Spend Your Money On These Beauty Products

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie saw a headline this week that read 'I’m a Beauty Editor, and these are the products I’d never splurge on'. She immediately clicked ...

Remember When Trump Had Covid?

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In another 2020 moment, The President of the United States has Covid-19. The news about Trump and the first lady contracting COVID rocked the world la...

Hugh Jackman Is The Lucky One

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Deborra-Lee Furness is sick of people saying she’s ‘lucky’ to be married to Hugh Jackman. This week, the Aussie actor and producer c...

Mia Feels Sick

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a big week in the U.S...A bombshell report on Trump's tax return got a lot of people talking. Then today, the world watched on as Dona...

Warning: Do Not Date This Man

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

ICYMI, Victoria's Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has resigned in a shock departure. It comes after Premier Daniel Andrews blamed her for the botched ho...

Holly's Cranky at Prince Harry

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harry and Meghan broke royal protocol around ‘political neutrality’ this week, with a video posted online ahead of the US election. Buckin...

The Problem with Rich-People Skin

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a pandemic tale familiar to many, Mia has become obsessed with putting skincare on her face and she might have gone too far. So, why are skin produ...

Honey, Jennifer Aniston Just Won

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston read sexy lines to each other over the weekend and Holly lost her freakin’ mind. The former couple were doing a c...

The Hardest Part About Being Extremely Beautiful

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Ratajkowski wrote an article for The New York Times about the defining moments in her career, and it's got us thinking about how women are often...

The Year Of Loneliness

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday night, ABC’s Q&A was all about loneliness. And it got us thinking... why, in a world where we’ve never been more connected, ...

Elle Macpherson’s Dodgy Boyfriend

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How responsible are we for the views of people we date? That’s a question we want to ask Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson, who is currently dat...

Get Off Our Television

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a show starting on Sunday night that sounds exactly like the kind of car-crash reality TV we need right now. It’s called The All N...

The Kardashians Won The Game We're All Playing

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Case You Missed It, after the 20th season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians airs early next year, the show will be over for good. Sharin...

May I Join Your Sex Bubble?

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Case You Missed It: Daniel Andrews has unveiled his four-step plan to ease Victoria’s coronavirus lockdown. People living alone will be able ...