The Moment with Myf Warhurst

Today Myf pays tribute to feminist icon Gloria Steinem following her death at 92, along with second-wave feminist Robin Morgan, exploring their legacies and what it means to lose these "figurative mothers" at a moment when their fights feel newly urgent. Then, a Creative Arts Emmys wrap-up (with wins for Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and the deeply personal documentary My Mom Jayne), and an update on the John Galliano Met Gala saga.

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Barry Du Bois joins Myf ahead of R U OK? Day to share his deeply personal journey through depression, grief and two terminal cancer diagnoses. He opens up about the years he spent hiding behind a "facade" and the importance of vulnerability. Barry emphasises the power of simply asking someone if they're okay, and why care, kindness and respect are at the heart of real change.

R U OK? is encouraging people to act when they think someone they care about

might be struggling. Ask R U OK? Any Day’ and start a conversation th...

Myf is joined by podcast royalty Ryan Jon from the Toni and Ryan podcast, just as they're about to set off on tour. Ryan chats about learning to unlearn hustle-culture conditioning around work and rest, and how he and Toni protect their friendship and creative energy to make sure the show lasts long into the future without burning out. He also reveals that stepping back and letting Toni shine, rather than trying to be "the star," became the secret to the show's success, plus Ryan pitches Myf a brand new podcast idea.

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Ryan...

It has been quite a week for Myf. The release of her book Middle Rage collided with the devastating news of Dolly Parton's death, and today Myf reflects on the lasting impact that Dolly has had on her life, and will continue to as her spirit guide. She also pays tribute to Tim Curry and Yayoi Kusama, both of whom lived and created unapologetically. 

Plus, Myf has some film news with what is hitting our cinemas including, a Days of Thunder sequel starring Anne Hathaway, animated film Coyote vs. Acme and The Social Reckoning with Jeremy Strong p...

The absolute Australian icon Tina Arena joins Myf to mark 50 years in the industry as her revealing new documentary Tina: Unravel Me hits cinemas. Tina speaks about the manipulation and gaslighting she endured throughout her career, why she refused to let her body become "currency," and the courage it's taken to finally push back against an industry that tried to mould her, giving ‘Chains’ a whole new meaning.

Guest:

Tina Arena 

Insta @tinaarena  

Tour dates at tinaarena.com

Documentary - TINA ARENA: UNRAVEL ME

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What are the characters of Big Little Lies doing ten years on from the death that rocked their small town? Liane Moriarty's novel sold millions of copies worldwide, and now the wait for a sequel is over. Big Little Truths picks up where the story left off. Liane joins Myf to reveal how the hit TV adaptation, starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep, actually shaped the way she wrote the follow-up and the directions she took the characters. She also opens up about how she handles criticism as a writer whose skin, she admits, has...

Today is the eve of the long-awaited release of Myf's new book, Middle Rage, and she's opening up about the vulnerability of putting something this personal into the world. Myf reflects on the emotion she's poured into the book, the therapeutic process of putting her experiences to paper, and why it's important for her story to be out there.

She also gets into why beauty brand Neutrogena is facing a major backlash and stock drop over how they treated Hayden Panettiere years ago, the cultural shift happening around postpartum depression amid the trial of Lindsay Clancy, and...

Catie Gett is deeply passionate about food, people, and ensuring good nutritious food is accessible to everyone. A naturopath and former owner of beloved Melbourne health food shop Staple Store, Catie joins Myf to talk about her cookbook The Staple Store Cookbook, part recipe collection, part memoir. She shares her three rules for all her food (Good, Simple and Clever), and reflects on living below the poverty line as a single mum, leading her to design her recipes specifically for people who don't have the money, time or fancy equipment to spare.

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@catie...

Myf is back home after the Logies and runs through the whirlwind of the night. Robert Irwin's showstopping hosting debut, an emotional posthumous win for Sam Neil, A Country Practice's induction into the Hall of Fame, and Lisa Miller's showstopping dress. She also covers a fresh European art heist,this time in Italy, the sad passing of actor Hayden Panettiere and Troy Sivan's new single celebrating the women in his life.

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Tarang Chawla’s sister Niki was murdered in 2015, and he has since become a voice to advocate for his sister and all other women facing male violence. Tarang and Myf unpack "the man box", the unwritten rules that teach boys to suppress emotion and chase dominance and how it fuels everything from mental health struggles to male violence. Tarang speaks candidly about the backlash he's faced for calling out male violence and what individual men can actually do to help shift the culture.

Guest:

Tarang Chawla 

@tarangchawla

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Lisa Millar joins Myf ahead of her second Gold Logie nomination, and the two swap stories about the brutal reality of breakfast TV hours, the strange intimacy of becoming a fixture in people's lounge rooms, and why regional Australia never quite prepared either of them for the lives they've ended up living. They also get into what they are going to wear to the Logies (Lisa gives Myf a sneak peek of her gown) and the unexpected joys of turning 50.

Guest:

Lisa Millar (Muster Dogs, Back Roads, ABC News Breakfast)

Insta @lisamillartv 

Actor and filmmaker Aidan Mayeri joins Myf to talk about her documentary Summer 2000: The Etcetera Story, the wild true tale of the preteen "girl band" she formed with her best friends in 2000, whose album resurfaced online decades later and led to a record deal, a reunion, and this deeply personal film. They dig into what it means to reconnect with your childhood creative spirit after years of self consciousness and conditioning, why girls in particular seem to lose that fearless sense of self so early, and how revisiting old diaries and home movies became a kind of time travel...

Last week was Copenhagen Farrrshun Week, so Myf is bringing you all the runway and street-style trends everyone's rocking, including the newest freaky shoe trend that has everyone talking. The Anthony Bourdain biopic 'Tony' has also been released and the reviews are in, the Telstra NATSIAA award held annually at the Darwin Gallery has announced its Indigenous art winner, and SNL star Bowen Yang has been announced as Broadway's newest cast member in 'Oh, Mary!' as Mary Todd Lincoln. Myf also discusses Ariana Grande's decision to step back from public life, and how the noise and discussion around...

Today The Moment presents a special episode from podcast ASMR Garden. ASMR Garden is where intimate conversation meets immersive sound. Each episode invites a different celebrity guest into a calming audio space unlike any other. Through gentle storytelling and whispered dialogue, Jojo guides guests to share personal memories, funny stories, and reflections on their lives and careers. 

About this episode: 

Jojo sits down with Myf Warhurst, the voice of Aunt Trixie from Bluey, for her first ever ASMR experience, featuring soft spoken conversation, iconic voice moments, and a relaxing trip into the garden. Put yo...

Comedian He Huang joins Myf to talk about her unlikely path from being raised in China, studying public policy in the US to becoming one of Australia's most exciting stand-up comedians. They dig into why stand-up comedy barely exists in China's collectivist culture, the strict censorship she has to navigate when performing there, and the growing wave of young female Chinese comedians using dark humour to talk openly about trauma, divorce and gender politics, a scene that mirrors a much bigger global shift in how women are rejecting the roles they were raised to expect.

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Myf is back for another Monday cultural news roundup. The Castle's stage adaptation is smashing box office records, Madonna and Kylie's World Pride reunion and this year's Mercury Music Prize nominees. Myf then takes a deep dive into the "influencer recession". Why aesthetic content no longer cuts it, the rise of Substack and newsletter culture as an antidote to AI slop, and why rage bait still wins even though we're all exhausted by it. Myf wraps up with the controversial announcement about next year's Met Gala exhibition.

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Ella Hooper joins Myf for a chat about music, creativity and life. Ella’s band Killing Heidi are back to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Push at the massive Pushover gig that launched her career at age 13. They talk about why it's never been harder to make a living from music, why Nashville has become her happy place, the creative life as a way of processing the big stuff and why crafternoons might literally save lives. 

Guest:

Ella Hooper (@ella_hooper)

Push Over - Sat, 21 Nov 2026. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Tickets

Comedian, writer and Drag Race Down Under judge Rhys Nicholson joins Myf for a gloriously chaotic chat about everything happening in their world right now. Rhys is about to appear on Celebrity Traitors Australia and they get into what it's actually like to be locked in a house with no phone and no idea what's going on in the world. 

Guest:

Rhys Nicholson 

Insta - @rhysnicholson

The Traitors Australia returns to Channel 10 for season three on August 4, 2026.

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America has declared this the Summer of Jimothy! The short spined raccoon in Seattle who has gone viral online, has somehow become the unlikely symbol of collective joy we all needed. Plus the Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow and Myf breaks down the farshun from the opening ceremony and she thinks Australia could do better! Also one of the Guerrilla Girls have unmasked themselves, revealing their identity as one of the members of the anonymous group of female artists and activists. 

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Myf is joined by Dee Salmin, host of Triple J’s ‘The Hook Up’ and now an author of her debut book that Myf wishes she had at seventeen. ‘It's Not Love, Actually’, is a guide to modern love and dating that helps you find the love you deserve and challenges the deep conditioning that keeps women shrinking themselves in relationships. Join Myf and Dee as they discuss how to be yourself in relationships, survive hookup culture and de centre romantic love. 

Guest:

Dee Salmin

Insta @dee.salmin   

Book ‘It’s Not Love, Actual...

Alex Dyson has known Myf for over half his life. The former Triple J breakfast host, novelist and two time parliamentary candidate joins Myf to talk about his gorgeous new novel 'The Apocalypse and Other Mild Inconveniences', a funny, hopeful climate change story born out of the 2020 bushfires. They also get into why parliament attracts psychopaths, why negativity is bankrolling the internet and reminisce on their days together on radio. 

Guest:

Alex Dyson (@aedyson)

Book: ‘The Apocalypse and Other Mild Inconveniences’ OUT NOW

Podcast: Matt & Alex

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The Fifa World Cup 2026 comes to a close and gets its first ever halftime show. Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber and even The Muppets are just a few of the names that were involved in the half time entertainment, all curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin. Meanwhile, Andrew and Tristan Tate, were arrested in Miami, sparking conversation about why the language we use around dangerous men actually matters. 

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A new study says that engaging with the arts can slow aging. How good is that?! Today Myf sits down with artist, designer and all round creative force Rachel Burke, currently artist in residence at Brisbane Powerhouse, to talk about why creativity is a way of life, what play actually does for your brain and what it's like spending a day dressing Cate Blanchett.

Guest:

Rachel Burke 

Insta: @imakestagram 

‘Flower. Puppy. Show.’ - Rachel Burke and Patience Hodgson. At Brisbane Powerhouse 2026.

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There's a particular kind of unravelling happening to women in their forties and fifties right now, and Em Rusciano has made it her whole body of work. She joins Myf to talk about the morning she woke up and realised she'd built her entire personality around being chosen by someone else, and what she did next. And the biggest moment for them both in music: why Madonna's new record has an entire generation of women weeping on dance floors, the unexpected gift of losing your oestrogen, what men's dating profiles reveal about how badly we've let them down, and...

An AI cover of Like A Prayer has hit number one on the Australian charts, and Myf has a lot to say about it. She gets into what it means for musicians, and the AI copyright fight landing in Parliament this week that will decide whether Australian artists get paid for work being scraped to train these models. Top news today is the eye-watering cost of the Taylor and Travis wedding, Dolly Parton's Broadway musical and her new chain of truck stops, and a fond farewell to Bonnie Tyler. Plus the best anti-aging technique Myf has found yet... no...

Michala Banas has spent 40 years on our screens and she's still figuring things out. She joins Myf to talk about performance anxiety, finally stopping trying to get everyone to like her, why perimenopause sent her straight to a play called ‘Losing Face’ and the life changing discovery that you're allowed to have hobbies you're not good at.

Guest:

Michala Banas (McLeod’s Daughters, Upper Middle Bogan, Blue Murder Motel)

Insta @michalabanas

‘Losing Face’. 22 Jun - 25 Jul 2026, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner. 

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Myf and Zan Rowe are back together! Zan is hosting the return of Race Around the World after a 28 year hiatus and the pair talk about taking a career leap, what actually goes on behind the scenes of hosting a show and why women in their 40s need to stop being so humble about what they bring to the room. 

Guest:

Zan Rowe (@zanrowe)

Host of Race Around the World

Creator of Take 5 TV series + podcast

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After weeks of speculation, the wedding of the century is finally here with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tying the knot at Madison Square Garden. The love birds managed to keep almost all the details of their New York wedding underwraps, but Myf brings you the CliffsNotes of what we know about the big day.

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Relationship expert Kiz Harvey joins Myf for a conversation about the big upheavals that come for all of us in midlife. Divorce, loneliness, dating apps and finding yourself again.They talk about feeling your feelings instead of jumping straight into the next thing, what to do when you haven't been intimate with someone for a very long time and why the best time to do the inner work is before everything falls apart.

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Kiz Harvey - Therapist & Reinvention Coach 

Insta @kizmet.me

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Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke joins Myf to talk about his most open and honest album yet, The Kingdom Within. Born out of grief, anxiety and the slow work of learning to be kinder to himself, the record finds Josh at his most vulnerable. They get into the harsh inner voice so many of us carry, why we struggle to accept that we're actually doing okay, and the lesson his late mum left him about leaving the party while you're still having fun. A tender, funny and wide-open conversation about midlife, music and finally letting yourself feel it.

The wedding of the year is almost here, and Myf has thoughts on Taylor Swift saying I do in a rather unexpected venue. This week she gets into the Taylor and Travis of it all, a Madonna and Kylie moment that has her quietly losing it, and a fashion update she's calling her favourite in years... think one see-through fashion item and a whole lotta sweaty toes. Plus the bonkers real estate listings that have become her unlikely Friday night obsession, and yours too by the looks of it. It's chaotic, a little unhinged, and exactly the sort of...

You might know Dr Matt Agnew from The Bachelor, but did you know he once ran giant simulations hunting for hidden Earth-like planets? Today Matt joins Myf to talk about his life as an astrophysicist, and his gorgeous new kids' video podcast Why Though? Along the way they get into everything from whether we're alone in the universe to why we lose our curiosity as we grow up. Matt also talks about the hurdles that came after The Bachelor, and how he now uses the platform the show gave him to champion the things he cares about: mental health...

Myf had her mind blown at the opening of MONA's wild new library in Hobart, where the books light up and you can breathe air no human has ever breathed before. Myf also digs into the AI scandal rocking the Australian music world, with Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Midnight Oil and Darren Hayes among the artists whose work was used to train AI music software without their consent. Plus a quick run through the 2026 Logie nominations.

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You're 40. You're supposed to have it all figured out by now. And then, quietly, everything comes apart. This is the story of what musician Eliza Hull found on the other side of her own unravelling... the anger she stopped hiding, the version of herself she'd lost touch with, and the boldest music she's ever made. Myf knows all about this chapter of coming undone and could it be the most freeing thing that can happen to a woman in midlife?

Eliza Hull IG @elizahull

www.elizahull.com

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When Anthony arrived in residential care in regional NSW and met his residential care worker Will Mafi, it was meant to be temporary - a place to land until a permanent home was found. But three years later, after other placements were explored, Anthony made a decision that changed everything: he chose to stay with Will, long-term.

On this episode of The Moment, DCJ foster carer Will joins Myf Warhurst and Lynne McGranger - Australia’s most famous (fictional!) foster carer on TV - to talk about how a single, gay, proud Tongan foster dad be...

Myf is fresh from hosting the ARIA Hall of Fame, where six artists were finally given their due... and she's thrilled to see women being celebrated at last, with Vika and Linda going to number one the very next day. But the new Kylie Minogue documentary has her thinking hard about how cruelly we've treated our female pop stars, from Kylie to Britney to Amy Winehouse, and why it has to stop. She also gets into the Tyra Banks lawsuit over the America's Next Top Model doco, and pays a moving tribute to the late David Hockney and the...

Award-winning cartoonist and graphic novelist Lee Lai joins us to discuss making history as the first author to win the Stella Prize for a graphic novel. In this conversation, we explore the evolving place of graphic novels in contemporary literature, the painstaking process of creating hand-painted comics, and the realities of sustaining a creative career.

We also dive into the themes behind their acclaimed work, including queer friendship, anger, personal agency, and the symbolism of magpies as witnesses to the story. From building a creative life in Montreal to navigating the attention that comes with major...

For 32 years, Lynne McGranger played Irene Roberts on Home and Away... the woman who threw open her door to young people in need and quietly parented a whole lot of Australians along the way.

This week Myf sits down with Lynne to talk about life after the show, that Gold Logie moment, and the Irene-shaped hole she's left behind. It's also a conversation close to Myf's own heart, as the two get honest about foster care, family and what it really means to show up for a kid who needs someone in their corner.

Myf and her brother Kit grew up loving Fine Young Cannibals and their raft of hits, so getting the voice behind She Drives Me Crazy on The Moment is a genuine thrill. Forty years on, Roland Gift is still funny, still surprising, and still chasing the beat. And Myf finds out just who interrupted Roland Gift's night in a Soho club to tell him she loved his cover of Suspicious Minds. My goodness!

Roland is one of the voices on a wonderful new podcast, Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story, an immersive, star-studded deep...

In today's episode, Myf shares the first details of her new book, Middle Rage, a candid exploration of midlife, reinvention and the social conditioning women are taught to carry. She opens up about why this wasn't the book she intended to write, and why publishing it scares her. But that's a good thing. Plus, quick takes on the Tony Awards, Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith, and the cultural moments everyone is talking about today.

You can pre-order Myf Warhurst's new book Middle Rage here: https://geni.us/MiddleRage

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