Mamamia Out Loud

No, Your Partner Is Not Invited

23 Jun 2023

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Listen to our review of And Just Like That… Subscribe to Mamamia Can you invite your partners to a girls' trip weekend away? We discuss why this is ...

How Helicopter Parents Broke A Generation

21 Jun 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Mia is back from holidays and we ask the question are you a helicopter parent? We break down parenting styles and their impact on...

The Pop Star Giving The Whole World The Ick

19 Jun 2023

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Listen to Jessie's Very Candid Mat Leave Handover here Subscribe to Mamamia Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been called ‘grifters’, as their p...

The Absolute Worst Kind Of Boyfriend

16 Jun 2023

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Listen to Jessie and Clare's Handover here Subscribe to MamamiaIt’s been another grim week for women in Parliament. So how does the way sexual assau...

The Book That Took 5 Days To Cancel

14 Jun 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Elizabeth Gilbert spent 3 years writing her latest novel 'The Snow Forest', before pulling it from publication 5 days later due t...

Three Women, Three Friendship Break-Ups

11 Jun 2023

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Friendship can be a complicated beast and in this episode, we give you the juicy details of our most impactful friendship breakdowns. It’s real, raw...

A Viral Cancellation & The Compliment No Woman Wants

09 Jun 2023

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How are we going with our Word Of The Year? Listen to our candid check in here... Subscribe to Mamamia A Pablo Picasso gallery exhibit is causing a fl...

We Can’t Agree About Prince Harry’s Court Appearance

07 Jun 2023

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Has Jessie chosen a baby name yet? Listen here... Subscribe to Mamamia Prince Harry is taking the stand in a London courtroom on his full-blown missio...

Kathleen Folbigg, Bruce Lehrmann & Jock's Last Job

05 Jun 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned after spending 20 years in jail over killing her four children. We unpack the news, and our fe...

Introducing A New Season Of Hello Bump

03 Jun 2023

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We've launched a new season of Hello Bump. If you're pregnant or know someone who is, share this episode with them, and if you want to hear more episo...

Every Unpleasant Experience Is Not Trauma

02 Jun 2023

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An Australian court has branded a seemingly untouchable Australian 'hero' a war criminal. What do we need to understand about what just happened with ...

We Demand You Dump Him Immediately

31 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia A slew of questionable remarks and a public profile that gives people ‘the ick’, Taylor Swift has a new rockstar boyfriend. S...

An Emergency Meeting About The Succession Finale

30 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia From frozen knobbies, pain sponges, and a four-season-long fight for the family business -  WaystaR Royco, the hit TV series Suc...

The Conversation You’re Not Allowed To Have This Week

29 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia No spoilers but… all your favourite shows are finishing this week. What are the new rules for how to not ruin someone's day? Is...

Won’t Somebody Think Of The Celebrity F-Boys

26 May 2023

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Listen to our Ask Us Anything here Subscribe to Mamamia Cousin Greg has been having lots of sex. In a recent interview, Nicholas Braun (the man who pl...

The Kind Of Marriage Every Woman (Apparently) Wants

24 May 2023

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Listen to our argy-bargy about WFH here... Subscribe to Mamamia The world’s third richest man is engaged again. Some people are calling the future M...

The End Of The Breakfast TV Couple

22 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Why veteran journalist, Stan Grant, is walking away from one of the most high-profile jobs in Australian media.  Plus, a public ...

Harry & Meghan's 'Car Chase' Unpacked

19 May 2023

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Is hating your job freedom or misery? Listen to our subscriber episode here. Subscribe to Mamamia We need to talk about Harry, Meghan, and a paparazzi...

The Mental Load Of Organising A Threesome

17 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia What an 81-year-old in a swimsuit on a cover of a magazine tells us about beauty, money, and marketing Plus, one woman's very hon...

The Truth Of Being 'Hollywood Thin' Has Leaked

15 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Another celebrity has admitted that she doesn’t eat and nobody knows what to do with this information. Should we be angry? Or j...

The Botox Backtrack That Took Us By Surprise

12 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia One of the celebrity faces we most closely align with cosmetic surgery says she doesn't want her daughter to follow in her footst...

Did Body Positivity Kill Jenny Craig?

10 May 2023

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Listen to our Emergency Coronation Debrief here Subscribe to Mamamia A giant of the weight-loss industry has fallen. Did body positivity kill Jenny Cr...

The Dirty Details Of Gwyneth's Sex Life

08 May 2023

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Listen to our Emergency Coronation Debrief here Subscribe to Mamamia Mia and Holly are in trouble for their different takes on King Charles, Queen Cam...

The Side-Chick Coronation

05 May 2023

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Underlined or crossed out? Listen to our Succession theories here Subscribe to Mamamia It’s the eve of King Charles’ Coronation but, we can’t st...

The Complexity of Discussing Jock Zonfrillo’s Death

03 May 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia No one quite knows how to feel as we start to process the shock passing of Chef and TV Host Jock Zonfrillo. There’s grief and c...

Mia Got Cancelled On TikTok

01 May 2023

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Listen to Mia's No Filter interview with Jock Zonfrillo here Subscribe to Mamamia On today's show the wedding RSVP that's got us all scratching our he...

An Argument About "Inclusive" Leave

28 Apr 2023

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Listen here for the latest in the Celeste Barber and Em Rata feud Subscribe to Mamamia Should you get paid days off work to support a friend who’s l...

A Content Warning About A Content Warning

26 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Joe Biden is running for re-election in the 2024 US Presidential election. Does the reaction to this news tell us something about...

We Are Full Of Female Rage

24 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Barry Humphries, a cancellation, and how to react when an icon passes away. Plus, is it narcissistic to post a photo of yourself?...

Are We Allowed To Say We Hate Our Bodies?

21 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia A moment in everyone’s favourite kids' show enraged some parents this week. But is it a reflection of reality?  Plus… Two fa...

The Sex Lives Of Australian High School Kids

19 Apr 2023

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Listen to the full recap of Jessie's honeymoon here Subscribe to Mamamia Should you have to see a psychiatrist before you can get Botox? Soon, you mig...

A Very Candid Conversation About 'Fertility Privilege'

17 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Who’s in, who’s out, and who cares? Where we’re at with the coronation of King Charles and a few… empty seats. Plus… An...

How 29 Minutes Of TV Perfectly Portrayed Modern Grief

14 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia A conversation about something of enormous importance that happened on Succession… and what it tells us about loss.  Plus, a v...

The Boomer-Millennial Fight That Makes Great TV

12 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia What is an A-list celebrity in 2023? Two famous Australians from two very different generations just clashed over that very quest...

EXTRA: Jessie's Been Doing 'Schema Therapy'

09 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Schema Therapy is the new trend sweeping psychologist offices in 2023. With an approach that brings together elements from both p...

Introducing But Are You Happy: Clare Stephens On Being Jealous Of Her Best Friend

08 Apr 2023

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This week at Mamamia we launched a new podcast called But Are You Happy? And we thought you might like to hear it... Over eight weeks, Clare Stephens ...

EXTRA: The Fight That Wasn't Meant To Be A Podcast

06 Apr 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Who sleeps with the baby? Is it a relay, tag-team affair? Or a three-legged race through all seasons and terrain? On today's spec...

The Surprise Allure Of This Pathetic Man

05 Apr 2023

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Want a full breakdown of Jessie's wedding? Listen here... Two high-profile cases in the media this week and what they tell us about reaching a convict...

When Your Co-Host Earns Twice As Much As You

03 Apr 2023

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Click here to see Jessie & Luca's wedding album Subscribe to Mamamia What happens when you find out your job-share “best mate” earns almost tw...

Our New Favourite Nepo Baby Fiasca

31 Mar 2023

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Listen here as we triage Jessie's life...do you think she will accept Mia & Holly's help? Subscribe to Mamamia We need to talk about Sofia Coppola...

The 'Disgusting' Wedding Vows We Can't Agree On

29 Mar 2023

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Listen here to unpack the 'vanishingly small drama' that is the Selena/Hailey feud Subscribe to Mamamia Three children and three adults are dead after...

The Men Trying To Ban Period Talk

27 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia A very famous make-up boss says her husband has never seen her without makeup. We have questions.  Plus… No Michelangelo, no p...

Are We Narcissists: An Intervention

24 Mar 2023

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Listen to our disagreement about the Daisy Jones & The Six TV adaption Subscribe to Mamamia A discussion about an influencer's rental increase spa...

Hollywood Has A New Difficult Woman

22 Mar 2023

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Listen here to find out how our 'first times' impacted the rest of our sex lives. Subscribe to Mamamia Rupert Murdoch is trying to beat Jessie to the ...

The Gwyneth Paltrow Debate You’ve Been Waiting For

20 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Who is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull and what did she have to do with the shocking scenes that unfolded at a Melbourne protest over th...

We Just Went Full Vag

17 Mar 2023

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Listen here to find out what Mia, Holly & Jessie's partners all have in common Sex negativity is the new sex positivity. Why is celibacy so hot ri...

Come On, Mate: The Toxic Commentary About Andy Lee's Relationship

15 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia The 95th Annual Academy Awards took place on Monday, when, the Red Carpet was swapped out for a ‘champagne’ one. As the dust...

The Kids Of Influencers Have Something To Say

13 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Over the weekend, UK television was completely disrupted by a single Tweet. Programs went on without hosts, others had to be scr...

Why Your Boyfriend Can’t Come To My Wedding

10 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia An update on a court case Australia is obsessed with - and it's not about a grisly crime, it’s about grisly working hours.  P...

A Viral Job Ad & The Elephant In The Room

08 Mar 2023

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Listen to us unpack everything that has happened since Prince Harry's memoir was released. Subscribe to Mamamia It’s International Women’s Day an...

We Feel Weird About Harry's Live Diagnosis

06 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Would you pay money to watch Prince Harry get a live therapy session? Plus, Tanya Plibersek has spoken candidly about her decisi...

Are We Entering Our Messy House Era?

03 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia The Peltz-Beckham fiasco is back in the headlines. An update on the chaotic celebrity wedding Mia can’t look away from. Plus, ...

The Sensory Room Debacle

01 Mar 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Unpacking the storm over sensory spaces at a Harry Styles concert. Plus, the Biden’s ordered the same meal at a restaurant and...

Prince Harry Is The Worst Kind Of Wedding Guest

27 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Unpacking the boycotting of one of the country’s biggest music festivals, thanks to one very cancelled band.  Plus, how old d...

In Defence Of The Other Woman

24 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Unpacking the rise of the 'girl-failure' - is she the more palatable descendant of the girl boss? Plus, a listener dilemma about...

The Taunting Of Madeleine McCann’s Family

22 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia A young Polish woman has come forward, claiming she’s Madeleine McCann. Are we missing something, or is this gross exploitatio...

When A Woman’s Past Her Prime. According To A Man

20 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia No more ‘fat’, no more ‘ugly’... Roald Dahl’s classic kids’ books have been given a 2023 edit, but not everyone agree...

Submitting To My Husband Like It’s 1959

16 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Spy balloons, UFOs and conspiracies: Should we be preparing for a wave of extraterrestrial sightings? Plus, unpacking the rise o...

When Being Good In Bed Is Bad

15 Feb 2023

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Listen to Mia and Holly's fight Subscribe to Mamamia Rihanna’s iconic Superbowl performance broke the internet on Monday. Is it changing the face - ...

Harry Styles Has P*ssed Off The Internet (Again)

13 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia From The Grammys to The Brits, Harry Styles has dominated the music industry's awards season. But it's not his music everyone's ...

Introducing: HER with Sophie Cachia

10 Feb 2023

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Introducing Mamamia's newest podcast HER with Sophie Cachia Sophie Cachia was a married mum-of-two when her life changed unexpectedly after meeting…...

The Friendship Breakup Text You Should Never Send

10 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Some very passive-aggressive media coverage this week has us unpacking society’s big problem with women who aren’t with thei...

The Concern Trolling Of Madonna’s Face

08 Feb 2023

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Listen to Holly's One Piece of Baby Advice for Jessie The weight-loss “miracle drug” that Hollywood stars have co-opted from the people who actual...

Armie Hammer & The D*ckhead Test

06 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Armie Hammer has broken his silence, admitting to a “very intense and extreme lifestyle,” but denying allegations of sexual ...

The Music Video That Divided The Internet

03 Feb 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia On today's show, we're unpacking the contradictions and coded bigotry surrounding the outrage over Sam Smith's new music video. ...

Marie Kondo Has Gone Goblin Mode

01 Feb 2023

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Listen to Mia's Botox Surrender Subscribe to Mamamia We thought it was behind us, but the retro trend of sunbaking is on the rise across social media,...

Australian Of The Year: Not Everyone's Happy

30 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia In news that will surprise no one, not everyone is happy with the choice of the Australian Of The Year - again.  Plus… the Mi...

Jelena Dokic & A Woman’s ‘Acceptability Window’

27 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Jelena Dokic has been the target of online abuse amidst a controversial Australian Open. What does the horrific trolling of a fo...

Grandma Has Had Enough Of Your Sh*t

25 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia Why did Beyonce's first live performance in five years leave fans accusing her of “abandoning her principles”? Plus, how a b...

How The Office Cake Became Problematic

23 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia The Harbour Bridge was shut down over the weekend for Ryan Gosling & A Hollywood Blockbuster. Just last month, a woman was s...

The Clarke-Karlos Circus: An Unpopular Opinion

20 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia The Prime Minister of New Zealand/feminist icon, Jacinda Ardern, has resigned. So what, if anything, can we learn from the frank ...

What You've Never Noticed About Your Friends

18 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia It's awards season in Hollywood and our very own Cate Blanchett is cleaning up, but she's calling BS on the whole thing. What is...

The Surprising Prince Harry Take

16 Jan 2023

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Listen to our deep dive into Prince Harry's new book Subscribe to Mamamia Does Prince Harry have a problem with women? Dissecting a fresh take from h...

SUMMER SERIES: 'As A Mother' Respectfully, We Disagree

08 Jan 2023

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Subscribe to Mamamia to catch up on all our subscriber-exclusive episodes Every year, we discuss around 700 topics on Mamamia Out Loud. Seven. Hundred...

Word Of The Year 2023 & A Special Announcement

31 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia to catch up on all our subscriber-exclusive episodes It’s the first day of 2023, happy new year, Outlouders. You know what time...

SUMMER SERIES: Our Favourite Recos Of 2022

25 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia to catch up on all our subscriber-exclusive episodes Every episode of Mamamia Out Loud wraps up with a recommendation to help you...

SUMMER SERIES: Our Best & Worst Moments Of The Year

24 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia to catch up on all our subscriber-exclusive episodes From war breaking out to monarchs dying, grown men slapping each other, cele...

The Fight We Forgot About This Year

22 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia to catch up on all our subscriber-exclusive episodes It's our last regular show of 2022, so we're casting our minds back to ponde...

The Celebrity Nepo Baby Conspiracy

21 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Nepo-babies. Chances are, you’re seeing them all over your social media and television screens. So what are they, and what’s ...

The Vile Opinion That Should Never Have Been Published

19 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to MamamiaWe thought we might have a royal-free episode, until an unspeakable troll came back from lunch with Camilla, opened his laptop, an...

Harry & Meghan Just Blew The Whole Thing Up

16 Dec 2022

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Listen to our bonus episode unpacking Volume II of Harry & Meghan here 'Institutionalised gaslighting,' brothers at war, and more drama than a Whi...

Our New Guru Is A Cheating Wife

14 Dec 2022

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Listen to our episode unpacking the entire The White Lotus finale here. An ordinary Monday afternoon in Australia. Six people dead by gunfire in what ...

The Unspoken Hell Of Forced Friendship

12 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia The media have had a big old dig at Harry and Meghan for invading their own privacy, and they’ve had a dig right back. So what’...

Harry & Meghan: The Verdict

09 Dec 2022

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Listen to our bonus episode about Harry & Meghan’s doco here You'll never guess what we're talking about on today's show...Christmas has come ea...

When Celebrity Weight Loss Became Uncool

07 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia ​​Yesterday, news broke that age 71, Kirstie Alley had died. Actress. Comedian. Writer. Mother. Wife. Scientologist. Like man...

Team Sussex Vs. Team Wales: Choose Your Fighter

05 Dec 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Are you Team Sussex or Team Wales? Wherever you land on the Harry & Megs versus Wills & Kate argument will tell us exactl...

The Influencers' ADHD Wars

30 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Everyone is talking about China and the wave of protests across the country, but what does it have to do with the FIFA World Cup ...

An Argy Bargy About Period Leave

28 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Miscarriage, menstruation, and menopause. With all we have to deal with, should women be entitled to extra leave from their jobs?...

The Most Important Decision You'll Ever Make

25 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Last night's ARIA awards were supposed to be about gender inclusivity, but with only a handful of non-male winners, what is the f...

Bec Judd Has Changed Her Business Model

23 Nov 2022

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Peter Helliar has announced he's leaving The Project, as changes to the panel continue to dominate headlines. With more choice than ever before about ...

Lisa Wilkinson’s Exit & ‘Targeted Toxicity’

21 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Lisa Wilkinson has announced she's leaving The Project. What does it tell us about 'targeted toxicity' and the extra job women in...

Demisexuals & The New Coming Out

18 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia Elon Musk has come up with a new workplace mantra, and it’s the opposite of ‘quiet quitting’. So, what does being “hardco...

Trump Is Running Again And Nobody Panic

16 Nov 2022

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Subscribe to Mamamia It's official. Donald Trump is back. The former U.S President has announced his intention to run for the Republican party candida...

The Casting Decision That’s Killed The Crown

14 Nov 2022

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Vote for Mamamia Out Loud as Listeners' Choice in the Australian Podcast Awards What happens to the people we canceled during the pandemic? An article...

Respectfully, We Disagree About Jennifer Aniston

11 Nov 2022

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Vote for Mamamia Out Loud as Listeners' Choice in the Australian Podcast Awards Jennifer Aniston has opened up about her struggle to get pregnant. Wha...

Introducing Here If You Need: Where Women's Sport Comes First

10 Nov 2022

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Outlouders! We've got a new podcast we want to tell you about.  It's called Here If You Need, and it launched today. Join Olympic swimmer Cate Campb...

Fake 'Sad Girls' & The Elon Garbage Fire

09 Nov 2022

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Vote for Mamamia Out Loud as Listeners' Choice in the Australian Podcast Awards Everyone’s worried about Elon Musk being in charge of Twitter. So, w...

The Complication In Aaron Carter’s Death

07 Nov 2022

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Vote for Mamamia Out Loud as Listeners' Choice in the Australian Podcast Awards  What does the death of a noughties pop star teach us about grief, ad...

Rihanna x Johnny Depp: The Decision We Don’t Understand

04 Nov 2022

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Vote for Mamamia Out Loud as Listeners' Choice in the Australian Podcast Awards  In a turn of events we didn't see coming we're cranky with Rihanna. ...

Is Your Relationship ‘Beautiful People’ Proof?

02 Nov 2022

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Claim a free ticket to our virtual tour show An elderly man was attacked with a hammer in his own home, and somehow this has become a ‘debate’ abo...