Mamamia Out Loud

Among the tributes to a legend, one Gloria Steinem quote is landing hard for a generation of millennial women. So, Holly wants to discuss, are we still “living the unlived lives of our mothers?” or do we now almost envy the lives they got to lead?

Plus, Jessie wants to tell us about a $800 toothbrush with its own onboard camera and an AI opinion about your gums, and she is worryingly into it.

And, Amelia has watched Netflix's new Raygun documentary and wants to know if you can actually have TOO much self belief? 

Plu...

Jessie Stephens, co-host of Mamamia Out Loud and bestselling author, sits down with Kate Langbroek for a completely candid conversation about the last six months of her life. Ten weeks early, on the day she finished up for maternity leave, Jessie gave birth to twins Margot and Harry, while at home raising her toddler daughter, Luna.

Jessie opens up about something she's never spoken about publicly before, a moment in NICU when she found herself in what she describes as "a really dark place." She also talks about growing up an identical twin, falling for her now...

Your house needs a “dirty zone”.  Which, let’s face it, is just as well. 

Also, is there such a thing as living too long? Jessie Stephens wants to take on the longevity craze and unpack this dangerous idea, after seeing Lucinda Holdforth speak.

Plus, Holly Wainwright blames Harry Styles for the fact that running has become the coolest hobby there is, Jessie has a theory about marathon runners and Em thinks there’s a very strict rule about how long they can wear their medals.

And, a marathon (ouch) of recommendations, friends: 

Em re...

Outside a Massachusetts courtroom, women have travelled across the country to hold signs that read "she needed help". Jessie Stephens unpacks forensic fandom — the internet's habit of working a real trial as if it’s a season of Lost — and why those signs might not be about Lindsay Clancy at all.

Plus, Holly Wainwright is back from holidaying in Harry and Meghan’s new home and has a surprising (for her) new take. 

Also, Married at First Sight is reportedly going sober, drastically cutting its alcohol rules after a series of scandals. Jessie has thoughts about whe...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Jessie Stephens on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: What Mia Didn’t Know About Jessie’s Postpartum

The OGs are back. Mia, Holly and Jessie are back together on Mamamia Out Loud for the first time in… well, none of them can actually remember how long it’s been.

And Jessie is officially back from maternity leave! In case you missed it, she also joined Kate Langbroek on this week’s No Filter, where she got very vulnerable about the last si...

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It took $18 billion to get kids off instagram. Meta has agreed to pay the landmark sum to make social media safer. Mia breaks down what’s actually changing, whether it will actually help, or whether we’re all too addicted.

Plus, Mia and Nicole Kidman have something surprisingly specific in common. There’s a “freezer spell” trend taking over group chats, is it setting a boundary… or just a ve...

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Did you know you can ghost your long-term partner? Enter the 'disappearing boyfriend'. Is this actually a new dating phenomenon, or just heartbreak with better branding?

Plus, there’s another way to be 'mid'. That messy, awkward, deeply embarrassing stage we all have to endure before we become remotely good at something.

And Mia has been sorting her friends into two very important categories: th...

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Dolly Parton has died at 80, and the world has lost one of its most beloved icons. Mia, Amelia and Em unpack what made Dolly so universally loved. From her music and iconic look to her extraordinary business brain and the millions of books she’s given to children.

Plus, would you have a baby for $75,000? Singapore is offering new parents a huge cash incentive to tackle it...

The Sydney Swans scandal has left fans devastated, but what does it mean for a club that built its identity around being progressive, inclusive and different from other sporting codes? Mia Freedman, Em Vernem and Amelia Lester unpack the fallout and why so many female fans feel betrayed by a team they thought was a safe place to belong.

Plus, Harry and Meghan are moving back to the UK... but why? Our royal correspondent Holly Wainwright dials in to tell us what’s really behind their return, from family reconciliation to Meghan’s career and Harry’s relati...

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Would you go topless in front of your dad? Mia Freedman puts the question to Outlouders after one Sports Illustrated model — and Baywatch reboot star — does exactly that on a family holiday, and the internet has a lot to say. 

Plus, Amelia Lester unpacks the celebrity couple everyone's obsessed with right now, and asks why some couples radiate real chemistry while others can't fake it no matte...

This is a heavy one, and an episode we wish we didn’t have to record.

Today, we’re stepping away from our usual format to sit with a story that has broken hearts globally: the Lindsay Clancy trial currently taking place in the US.

Mia Freedman is joined by The Quicky journalists, Tamsin Rose and Georgie Page, to unpack the details of this incredibly distressing case. We’ve kept this as a standalone episode so you can choose if, and when, you’re ready to listen.

Please look after yourselves.

RESOURCES...

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Who is Natalie, and why was she in a catering truck with Donald Trump? Amelia Lester untangles the mystery that's sent half the internet down a rabbit hole, and what it reveals about the president's inner circle. 

Plus, does Australia have the cheapest coffee in the world? and if so, why is everyone still complaining about the price of a flat white? 

And, Em Ve...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: No Influencers allowed. Seriously.

One Nantucket shop has declared war on influencers, with a very blunt sign in the window: ‘No Influencers.’

Is this the beginning of the end for influencer culture or just one shop owner who’s had enough?

Mia, Holly and Em discuss if hating influencers is just a new, more acceptable way to hate women.

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Robert Irwin just became the youngest person ever to host the Logies at 22. Mia Freedman is running through the five moments from TV's night of nights that actually mattered.

Plus, a junior lawyer's TikTok about her job went viral and got her fired — Em Vernem explains the one thing nobody's saying about it.

Also, Amelia Lester on why Bumble just scrapped the rule that ma...

Breaking sock news for everyone bullied out of their footwear of choice by bossy Gen Zs. 

What does Miranda Kerr’s bison breakfast say about the great wellness escalation?

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You need a bigger world, and to stop bringing the weather and if you don’t know what either of those things mean that’s okay, one of us does. 

And reco...

There was one question in last night’s census that’s starting shit in houses all over Australia. 

The woman who wants to be the next President of the United States is also freezing her eggs and some people aren’t “behaving” about it.

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The world’s most famous movie star has done a very sad interview. Vulnerability, or strategy? 

Also, a woma...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: Meghan Vs Martha & Sad Ted Lasso News

The Kardashians throw parties like it's their job, but Kylie Jenner's 29th birthday party looked like it came straight out of a 9-year-old's dreams — except with latex included.

Martha Stewart, 82, has decided she has nothing left to lose — and she's just dropped a dinner-party detail about Meghan Markle that's sent Meghan's camp into full, frantic damage control.

Plus, Holly delivers the verdict on T...

Homework isn’t a thing anymore because no-one can be trusted. 

Tom Holland and Zendaya are busy saving cinema and keeping the wedding industry in business. 

Is the “cosy” craze just making you sad, one beading night in at a time? 

There’s a billionaire in his villain era, and it’s about to be on screen. 

And, the email that ended a friendship of almost 30 years. Would it have ended yours?

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Stop ‘chopping’ your cushions. Our bossiest bedroom boyfriend says so. 

The hidden cost of being married might be in that dripping tap. 

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The world’s most-tracked vagina and her fancy techno-tampon. 

Why Mia doesn’t mind if you hate her clothes, Em’s excited about basket-sex and Holly is no...

No more bags in the overhead unless you’ve paid. 

The Australian footballer who was addicted to gambling, alcohol and drugs now just wants us all to read, and he has some sobering words about why men don’t. Also, Em has a bone to pick with him. 

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Amelia doesn’t mind a little frosty exchange...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: "Emma Grede Disease" & The Trap For Female Founders

There's finally a name for the "Emma Grede-ification" of female founders, and it's "Emma Grede Disease" — the expectation that women don't just run a business, they have to perform running one. Private jets. Book deals. A personal brand polished to a mirror shine. 

Holly has a theory on who's actually earned that aesthetic — and who's skipping straight to the penthouse without building the fifte...

After months of deafening conversation about her body, Ariana Grande is taking a break. 

The Commonwealth Games is over and it was never meant to be like this. 

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One of the two most famous trad wives on the planet says we’ve got her all wrong. 

There’s been a terrible update in the case...

What is Leg-Hair Harassment?

What age would you be again and why this question delivers a whole juicy dollop of home truths.

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“No DJs.” What rules would you put on a Single Girls’ Manifesto?

And reccos for your weekend you’re welcome:

Em recommends Merit Flush Balm Blush. 

Mia recommends...

Mia’s on the show and Amelia wants a word. 

Also: Post-Karl breakfast TV has some personnel problems. We have some ideas of how to fix them. 

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On Monday some people dismantled their phones and buried them in the garden.

Fast Fashion might have missed the plane.

And Jennifer Aniston’s woo-wo...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: ‘Wait. Is this book about me?’

Usher's onstage stunt just backfired and the internet definitely noticed.

Plus, two Manhattan lawyers were caught mid-pash by a TikToker who wouldn't stop filming: is it the new Coldplay kiss cam, or proof we've lost the right to be private in public?

And, Rachel Cusk's new novel reads suspiciously like the life of her friend Natalie Portman — and neither of them is commenting.

A theory about why Meghan, Duchess of Harry, went on Masterchef Australia last night. 

The well-worn strategy behind Pauline Hanson’s family violence comments.

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Why Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon’s new boyfriends are right on trend. 

And when Chelsea Handler gave her whole family a very public performance review, did she hand us a fa...

When Protein-maxxing meets Queue Culture: Someone decided frozen yoghurt is the new juice and now there are lines around the block.

Put your phone down and sit on a Scrolly Chair.

How A-listers decide who sits where on a talk show and what it tells you about your dinner out. Also, why does Holly want the centre pod chair so bad?

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“Sit down!” Barnaby Joyce’s pet explosion and the revenge of Pistol and Boo. 

A woman spent weeks trying to party at the world’s coolest club, until she took one thing off to finally get inside. No, not that. 

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Britain has a new Prime Minister, but no hot lecturn guy. A shit-skirt and Binface update. 

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: The Cool Girls Are Wearing 'Fecal Matter'

JLo has just turned 57 and celebrated with a carousel on socials. But it's the photo featuring her sister and a bathtub that tells you everything you need to know about their relationship.

Meanwhile, Ricki Lake isn't celebrating her birthday... she's celebrating her facelift's. And look... we've got some questions.

And another celebrity wedding happened over the weekend, but it couldn't have been...

A big celebrity wedding happened on Saturday and pictures are already in Vogue. Taylor, be more Sporty. Why the World Cup Final half-time show had some questioning their meds.

Dr Pimple Popper has 30million followers and what’s even wrong with everyone?

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People are saying fewer words every day and no, it’s not the Phon...

An Aussie cheerleader got in a lot of trouble. And maybe we had a little something to do with it… 

Should you be banned from having a gift registry if you’re just… too old?

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And get ready to pretend you know what The Odyssey is about. Luckily, Em has seen it, and she’s got a chea...

Australia has lost four women and girls this week, allegedly at the hands of men. The actions of one judge have given us a tiny glimmer of hope.

Unbothered Lady Beckham has become a meme for not cheering alongside her family at England’s win. But was there more to that reaction? 

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Go ‘goblin’ at the gym...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: Goodbye Sam, WTF Charlize & One Very Messy Celebrity Split

Like many Outlouders, we were shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of beloved Kiwi-Aussie movie star Sam Neill. We reflect on the loss, his career, and how he effortlessly won over a whole new generation.

Plus, images of Charlize Theron on the red carpet of a premiere in Paris prompted an immediate, collective response. It has sparked a necessary conversation about b...

So Out Loud host Clare Stephens has had her baby boy, and no, she didn’t take up any of Em’s name suggestions but yes, she has called into the show from the hospital with a birth update.

Also, for a while there they were Australia’s Beckhams. Now the next generation of Hewitts - Lleyton and Bec’s kids - are… playing at Wimbledon?

 Lena Dunham has shaken off Famesickess to master the comeback. But what does that have to do with Jack Antonoff’s recent split?

Where is Taylor’s wedding dress...

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What do you do when Victoria Beckham “ruined” your last family wedding? You take total control. Welcome to the latest billionaire Peltz family union. 

Two very famous women - Nara Smith and Savannah Guthrie - are navigating devastating private circumstances with very public jobs. How do you post through pain?

An “Airport Divorce” will save your holiday. Who here needs one (Mia)?

And Em’s obsessed with a podcast that isn’t ours. 

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Welcome to the day our phones turned into paper-weights thanks to a massive network outage. 

Also, Prince Harry has lost another enormous battle in the UK, and he’s in England to see it. But not staying with his Dad, obvs.

Gen Z has discovered the sacred Gen X texts that are the original series of Sex And The City. And they have plucked out a surprising romantic icon: Steve. 

Women in office jobs are spending a full workday every single week acting as unpaid therapists for their colleagues. 

And, the lates...

Outlouders, enjoy this free taster of Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright & Emily Vernem on our subscriber-only episode. You can listen to the full conversation here: Harry’s Trauma Response & Breastfeeding At 49

It is a big day of scurrilous gossip on today's subscriber episode as Mia, Holly, and Em try to understand why our favourite celebrities simply refuse to stop doing things.

First up, as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wrap up their honeymoon, the media has pivot-scrolled to their massive, allegedly 40-page prenup. We unpack the rumoured 40-page blueprint designed to bulletproof Taylor's multi-billion dollar empire, and...

If you’re looking for the Taylor wedding debrief you’re in the wrong place. That’s in the special Emergency episode we dropped this morning, so scroll back, or click here. 

Here, we unpack Prince William’s appearance on a very brotherly podcast, and Harry’s latest U-turn on his trip home.

Also - is 18 too young to carry a nation’s football hopes? Protective mums and former footballers say yes. Lucas Herrington says no. 

And, Albo made a mess of a classic gotcha game while trying to stay relevant on a podcast. Kylie...

The wedding has happened!! ...Or did it happen weeks ago?

Holly and Mia sit down for an emergency meeting to unpack the biggest celebrity wedding in years: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

From the guest list of 1,000 to the very short list of people who weren't invited (and why) The Madison Square Garden of it all, the NDAs and wedding favours. And when are we finally going to see the dress? Mia has a theory - and it's a good one.

They also discuss the couple's huge charitable donations, the carefully controlled rollout, a...