After Work Drinks

By Isabelle Truman & Grace O'Neill

Society & Culture Comedy

What's After Work Drinks about?

After Work Drinks is a weekly pop culture, news and entertainment podcast brought to you by journalists Isabelle Truman and Grace O’Neill. You can email us on [email protected] and follow us on Instagram at @isabelletruman and @grceoneill.

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White Boy Summer

04.16.2021

Izzy and Grace talk about inherited wealth off the back of Emerald Fennell's BAFTAs sweep, do a deep-dive on Chris Kraus' 1997 classic 'I Love Dick', and unpack the Hollywood Reporter's bombshell exposè on Hollywood mega-producer Scott Rudin (think the ...

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04.16.2021 White Boy Summer Izzy and Grace talk about inherited wealth off the back of Emerald Fennell's BAFTAs sweep, do a deep-dive on Chris Kraus' 1997 classic 'I Love Dick', and unpack the Hollywood Reporter's bombshell exposè on Hollywood mega-producer Scott Rudin (think the ...
04.09.2021 XOXO, QAnon Izzy and Grace talk about post-pandemic socialising, including a cautionary tale about how bottomless champagne brunches can lead to you finding yourself blasting Lauryn Hill through your IPhone in an unknown suburb at 4PM. Izzy watched Vanilla Sky, Grace has ...
04.02.2021 5 People Outside In A Park Discovering Kaley Cuco, why Clubhouse is a thing (and Instagram might finally be over), and the Lil Nas X and FKA Twigs pole dancing drama. You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, ...
03.26.2021 Sometimes I Look At A Cow And Think, That's The Most Beautiful Thing Ever It's the perfect mix this week: Orlando Bloom’s chaotic daily routine, how robots taking over the world will be both bad (Scarlett Johansson sex robots) and good (women no longer having to give birth), Em Rata forgetting she wasn’t going ...
03.19.2021 That Relationship Does Seem Doomed This week Izzy reviews Judas and the Black Messiah, and Grace recommends an episode of This American Life that takes us on a deep-dive about ‘everyone’s a critic-culture’. Then we talk about the emotional fall-out of the Sarah Everard case, ...
03.12.2021 They're Clearly Bousing Two lots of us in one week—how did you get so lucky? This week we're back on the royals checking in on the fall-out of the Meghan and Harry Oprah interview, including 'We're not a racist family'-gate, and the Queen's ...
03.08.2021 BREAKING That's A Loaded Piece Of Toast You asked, we listened: welcome to an emergency AWD episode recorded immediately after we illegally streamed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's sit-down interview with Oprah. Enjoy, angels. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
03.05.2021 What Age Is Pea Brain? This week—Izzy's alter ego 'Pea Brain' gets psychoanalyzed (and discovers 'Indian Matchmaking'), and we talk about the new Adam Curtis doc, Christian Porter's rape allegations and everything you didn't know about the Columbine shooting. Then it's onto fun things: a ...
02.26.2021 Stoked To Announce Hello angels! Up this week: Australian influencer and content creator Margaret Zhang is officially Vogue’s youngest editor-in-chief; the Reply All podcast investigating the Bon Appétit drama was cancelled for what it was cancelling Bon Appétit for; Margaret Qualley has come ...
02.19.2021 In Defence Of Sex And Parties Vanilla-shaming has become the new kink-shaming on TikTok, which leads us to discuss the kink community and how our misunderstanding of it has allowed predatory men to flourish. Then, why one woman's tweet prompted thousands - us included - to ...
02.12.2021 First Dates And Freud This week Izzy gives us a beginner's guide to Freudian psychology (and a rundown of First Dates), Grace recommends a new book dubbed "the first genuinely good novel about the internet", then we deep dive on Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young ...
02.05.2021 Nobody Ever Hears About John Krasinski's Bad Behaviour Hello angels. On the agenda today: the fuckery that is the Golden Globes, the legend that is SOPHIE, why AOC is being criticised for speaking out about her trauma, why ARod is about to get dumped by JLo and the ...
01.30.2021 A Very Ultra Summer With... AJ Clementine Hello angels. In our last installment of our #VeryUltra summer (we're heartbroken too), we’re thrilled to be talking to Tik Tok sensation—830,000 followers and counting—and trans activist AJ Clementine. AJ began her career on Youtube, offering a raw and vulnerable ...
01.26.2021 The Shower Is A Sad Place This week we're talking about the controversy surrounding the delightful new Disney movie Soul; how the cult new TV series 'It's A Sin' is shedding new light on the AIDS crisis; Tavi Gevinson's revival of Rookie in a new podcast ...
01.23.2021 A Very Ultra Summer With... Mavournee Hazel Hello angels. In the latest installment of our #VeryUltra summer, we’re talking to the talented, wonderful Mavournee Hazel. Mav is, to us, the definition of ‘Very Ultra’—firstly, just, aesthetically (if you’re one of her 90,000 Instagram followers you’ll already be ...
01.21.2021 Is It Unethical To Lie About Getting Botox? This week we're talking about the horny new HBO series 'Industry', a fave new podcast called 'Bad Gays', and New York magazine's investigation into so-called 'False Memory Syndrome'. Then it's onto our favourite topic: celebrities and Botox, in the wake ...
01.16.2021 A Very Ultra Summer With... Alyssa Limperis Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment in AWD’s #VeryUltra Summer. This week, we’re setting our sights on LA, speaking to one of our favourite people on the internet, comedian Alyssa Limperis. Alongside Jordan Firstman, Ziwe, and Mary Beth ...
01.12.2021 Sorry Losers And Haters Lots on this week, angels. First up, of course, the Harry styles and Olivia Wilde romance we didn’t see coming. Then, Kimye is over - and there are a lot of rumours about who Kim and Kanye are moving onto ...
01.09.2021 A Very Ultra Summer With... Kath Ebbs Hello muffins. This week we’re thrilled to be talking to Kath Ebbs, the Australian model, vlogger, and influencer who has a growing audience of 60,000 followers (and counting) thanks to her sex positive, queer-inclusive social media presence, and her wellness-focused ...
01.05.2021 You Can Find Him In A Basement Hello gorgeous’! We're back with our first official episode of the new year, and there's a lot on the slate to discuss. Including: How the Sopranos holds up in 2021, a podcast that has us re-examining our creepy cultural obsession ...
01.02.2021 A Very Ultra Summer With... Charlee Fraser Hello angels, and a happy new year! This week we’re talking to actual ray of sunshine Charlee Fraser—one of the most successful models to come out of Australia in the last decade. Charlee was scouted within a year of finishing ...
12.29.2020 How Do You Say Cucumber In English? Hello! This week Izzy has a boatload of recommendations, including but not limited to: Why Eyes Wide Shut is the best Christmas movie; Oscar Pistorius and crazy prison wives; and why Netflix's Jack The Ripper documentary is actually a feminist ...
12.25.2020 A Very Ultra Summer With... Abbie Chatfield This week we're talking to Abbie Chatfield, the most iconic human to come out of the 'The Bachelor' Australia universe, who single-handedly took on the series' weird, conservative attitude toward sex and (as far we see it) won. We talk ...
12.22.2020 A Chaotic Christmas Special Hello angels! Welcome to the third annual After Work Drunk Christmas Special. This year, we were organised and recorded a week early, so managed to do it together with margaritas in hand (and on the floor). To mark the end ...
12.19.2020 A Very Ultra Summer With... Sophia Roe This episode we’re chatting to the inimitable Sophia Roe. Sophia is a chef and wellness advocate whose entire career is built on the basis that food is inherently political. Her new Vice series, Counter Space, looks at the world’s most ...
12.17.2020 That Time Of The Month: Period Sex, Vagina Shame, STIs And Everything You Don’t Want To Ask Your Mum About Hi everyone and welcome back to That Time of the Month. This is our last episode in our three-part series, so we wanted to get down to the nitty-gritty and speak about everything from period sex to the shame surrounding ...
12.16.2020 The Battle Of The Pop Feminists Hi! This week we've got a lot on the agenda, including but not limited to: Jessica Simpson's surprisingly fascinating (and dark) life story; the new Netflix documentary charting the 2011 case that lay the foundation for the #MeToo movement; Hugh ...
12.08.2020 Age Of Light Martini Night Hello our favourite people in the world and welcome to a brand spanking new episode of AWD. What's on the slate this week? The Michaela Coel x Louis Theroux crossover we didn't know we needed, why we've all misunderstood Courtney ...
12.04.2020 That Time Of The Month: How To Harness Your Cycle For Productivity Hello angels and welcome back to the second installment of That Time of the Month, a biweekly three-part series all about womxn's health. A few weeks ago, we asked you some questions about your relationship to your bodies, periods, the ...
12.01.2020 I Love A Good Vibe Hello angels. We're back and better than ever, discussing super-recent recommendations like Dawson's Creek, which Grace has finally started watching. Naturally, this is cause to revisit the Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise saga of '06, which remains the most chaotic whirlwind romance ...
11.24.2020 We've Become Princess Diana Conspiracy Theorists Hello muffins and welcome to a brand spanking new AWD episode. This week, we pay a quick homage to 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' on its 10 year anniversary, and as Complex crowns it the album of the decade. In ...
11.21.2020 That Time Of The Month: WTF Even Are Hormones? And How Do They Affect Your Mental Health Hello, lovely angels! This week we’re bringing you the first of a three-part series all about womxn’s health. For episode one, we’re starting at the beginning: periods. We talk about where we were when we first got our period, how ...
11.17.2020 Is Harry Styles Wearing A Dress Really Groundbreaking? Hello y'all (sorry). We're back and better than ever in our humble tipsy opinion, covering every topic you want to hear about: Porn; Harry Styles wearing a Gucci dress, and Princess Diana. Grace's new podcast recommendation sparks a 20-minute conversation ...
11.13.2020 Becoming (Super) Famous In Quarantine With Benee Hello favourites, this week we are so excited to bring you our interview with BENEE, the New Zealand music sensation being called 'the next Lorde'. Earlier this year, BENEE's song 'Supalonely' became the TikTok anthem of lockdown, racking up a ...
11.10.2020 Let's Never Talk About The Orange Bitch Again Hello everybody and welcome to the new world order. We recorded this episode the morning after Donald Trump lost the election, and a have a good long chat about politics fatigue, why it's worth celebrating the end of the Trump ...
11.06.2020 What Will It Take For #MeToo To Happen In Australia? With Bri Lee Hello muffins. This week we are so excited to bring you our conversation with Bri Lee, author of 2018’s award-winning smash hit book Eggshell Skull. Eggshell Skull documented Bri’s two-year long legal battle to get justice for an assault she ...
11.03.2020 The Lost Girls In true AWD fashion, this is quite the chaotic episode, which starts with us being emo about lockdown and the incredibly stressful time it’s been, to a quit pivot to the recent COVID-Kardashian antics. We talk about the rumour that ...
10.27.2020 A Misplaced Sext Today we discuss the far-from-over Lily James scandal, including new rumours (from someone suspiciously 'close to' Armie Hammer's ex-wife) claiming that she and Hammer had an affair on the set of 'Rebecca'. Is it fair that Lily James is becoming ...
10.23.2020 How To Make Magazines Work In 2020, According To gal-dem's Liv Little Hello gorgeous listeners. We’re very excited for this week’s episode with the truly brilliant Liv Little. Liv is the creator and former editor of gal-dem, a magazine created exclusively by women and nonbinary people of colour. gal-dem is a rare ...
10.20.2020 A Royal Fuckboy After we left you all last week, the wild Dominic West drama unfolded in truly unexpected ways, including a random paparazzi shoot that literally no one asked for and more people spilling the tea on his time with Lily James ...
10.16.2020 The Case For A Hook Up Sabbatical With Flex Mami This week we’re so excited to be speaking to the wonderful Flex Mami. Flex is a self-described multidisciplinary millennial in media: A DJ, an MTV presenter, a podcast host, a business owner of a critical thinking card game called Reflex, ...
10.13.2020 How Far Would You Drive For A Bous? Hello our favourite humans on planet earth and welcome to another episode. This week, Izzy's fleeing from fighting Karens on the tube, Grace is continuing to set fire to things, and we reminisce about an iconic man named Adam. Then, ...
10.09.2020 Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood We are so excited about this week’s episode featuring Drag Race royalty, Trixie Mattell and Katya Zamolodchikova. As any Drag Race fans will know, Trixie and Katya appeared on the seventh season of the show and went on to create ...
10.06.2020 Do We Need Celebrities To Be Nice? Hello everyone! Welcome to the second year of AWD, which we celebrated a week late because we had a big ol’ bust up lol. So naturally, we’re talking about friendship fights, love languages when it’s not your lover and levelling ...
10.03.2020 Is Brad Pitt Even That Hot? With Raven Smith Hello angels. This week we’re so excited to be speaking to Raven Smith. Raven is a Vogue columnist, freelance creative director, guest lecturer at Central Saint Martin’s, and the author of the best-selling book Raven’s Smith’s Trivial Pursuits. But most ...
09.29.2020 The Unsimple Life This week, we're talking about a rumoured Harry Styles romance that we can truly get behind; the question of whether we’re all ageing right (or completely wrong); Lizzo's long-overdue Vogue cover - and the confused personal branding of post-Megxit Harry ...
09.25.2020 Can You Meditate Your Way To Better Orgasms? With Liz Goldwyn Hello lovely humans and welcome to another weekend edition of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re speaking to the remarkable Liz Goldwyn. Liz is a member of Hollywood royalty—her grandfather, Samuel Goldwyn, helmed the iconic MGM studio and her ...
09.22.2020 Is It Empowerment Or Exploitation? Welcome everyone to the first proper AWD episode in six (!) whole months, where we’re seated in the same room drinking from the same bottle of wine and ready to tell you all about our drunken emails to our idols ...
09.18.2020 Making Rap A Women's Sport With JessB Hello lovely angels. Welcome to another episode of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re speaking to JessB, who, over the last couple of years, has been building a reputation as one of the most promising and thoughtful rappers to ...
09.15.2020 Is It A Boy, A Girl Or A Raging Wildfire? Up this week, we discuss the legend that is Naomi Osaka, how Katie Holmes is seemingly dating a Type-A Fuckboy and how Zac Efron found a cute Aussie girlfriend at a cafe. Then it’s onto the new Netflix documentary, The ...

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