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Neutrality is dead and we literally killed it—but before we get to that, we’ve gotta chat about the rise of Neo-Naziism (sh*t’s bad) in Australia, our picks for the next pope, Jojo Siwa’s messy messy reality tv breakup, Lorde’s latest single, and the tea with Michelle Obama.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Lorde: “What Was That” Track Review | Pitchfork
• Who will be the next Pope? The top candidates in an unpredictable process
• Protestors And Police Face Off At 'Let Women Speak' Anti-Trans Rally In Melbourne - Star Observer
• Melbourne Storm Cancels ANZAC Day Welcome To Country - PTV
• Abbie Chatfield speaks on Kath Ebbs & JoJo Siwa breakup
• Vote Compass Australia 2025 - ABC News
• Build a Ballot - Get election ready
• Melbourne protests - ABC News

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

First things first! The Australian election is coming up soon and this is your CRITICAL reminder to check your enrolment with the Australian Electoral Commision. If you’ve moved in the past three years you gotta re-enrol so you can vote in the correct electorate for where you live. It takes literally a minute and you can do it online with the AEC.

Second of all, we recorded again! This week we talk about the devastating earthquake that struck Burma & Thailand, noting the difficulties Burma’s facing in recovery efforts. Trump comes up, as does a little yap about the election—and culturally speaking we’re all over Chappell Roan, White Lotus, and Paige and Craig.

Plus, today’s deep dive is into the raging debate between new and traditional media, and what you’re even meant to do to have a varied media diet.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says US will not get the country - ABC News
• Trump says ‘there are methods’ for seeking third term in White House | Donald Trump | The Guardian
• Your house is becoming uninsurable due to climate risks. Albo and Dutton won’t mention it
• Myanmar earthquake: More survivors pulled from rubble as hundreds still missing
• Myanmar quake response hampered by lack of equipment as international teams arrive - ABC News

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

Romance is on our minds this week—that and the incommunicable weight of the world’s slide into fascism.

This week we’re yapping about nine rules for dating, white women appropriating Indian culture, wild morning routines, and the latest YouTube trend.

Plus, Trump gutted the Department of Education (boo), the Australian Greens want to build missiles in Australia (???), and another election is coming up soon (Canada!)

Sending you HEAPS of love divas!

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Trump Education Department Executive Order
• Longest Ocean Voyage You Could Ever Sail
• Greens Drones & Missiles Policy
• Canada's Election
• 9 Modern Dating Rules
• Vernekar Family & Ani And Hope TikTok Drama Explained
• YouTube's Latest Challenge: Walking Across UK In A Straight Line
• 'That' Viral Morning Routine

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

Cyclone Alfred was all over our minds this week, as we yap about pop culture, Alfred, and bring back Broadly Diva

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We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

We’re on the precipice of Melbourne Fashion Festival, new music from Rihanna, Chappell Roan, and we couldn’t be more feral. Plus, Kylie Minogue got her flowers! We yap about elections in Germany, the upcoming federal election, and trans rights in the US. Plus… has skincare gone too far with this latest trend?

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Hunter Schafer on her passport gender marker
• Having Sex Before Dinner
• Is anyone having sex after their 12-step night time skincare routine?
• The Morning Shed Creator Speaks Out
• Why Tech CEOs Are Drawn To Ayahuasca And Other Psychedelic Drugs
• 2016 Makeup (in praise of artifice)
• Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading; or, You’re So Paranoid, You Probably Think This Introduction is About You | EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK
• Peter Dutton claims Labor is fast-tracking citizenship so that migrants can vote. Here’s what we know | Australian election 2025 | The Guardian
• Labor and the Coalition have pledged to raise GP bulk billing. Here’s what the Medicare boost means for patients
• Ernst Röhm - Wikipedia
• Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support | Germany | The Guardian
• The Radical True Meaning Of Self-Care: It’s Not Face Masks & Bubble Baths

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

The Aussie election’s almost upon us and the world’s a mess. Pop diva’s are popping off and polls are panicking us. Elon Musk is up to no good, but at least we’re in a golden age of Reality TV.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Creative Australia back-pedals on 2026 Venice Biennale selection in response to ‘divisive debate’
• Lizzo says Only God can cancel her
• Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour | Shakira | The Guardian
• Peter Dutton most likely to be next prime minister, according to YouGov poll - ABC News
• Why Elon Musk brings his children to work
• The TikToker/ male podcaster who's scared to read.
• Elon Musk and his son at the White House
• Is Peter Dutton deliberately blowing the bloke whistle ahead of the election? 
• Peter Dutton, Peggy Sue: Young women target Liberal with meme

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

We’re back from summer vacay and we tbh missed you so much. On this week’s episode we chat about the evolving Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively Tea, a unique marriage proposal, Trump’s tariffs on Canada, and a devastating loss to Melbourne’s graffiti scene. Plus, Broadly Diva is back in a new way this year and we need you to get involved.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Canada tariffs: Trudeau hits back against Trump with 25% levy
• Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
• ‘Why can’t she come down with flu or Covid?’ former ABC chair wrote in email about Antoinette Lattouf, court hears
• Alleged creator of Melbourne's infamous 'Pam the Bird' graffiti behind bars
• Justin Baldoni releases website about Blake Lively.
• Kanye West's and wife Bianca Censori on Grammys red carpet.
• American woman who travelled to Pakistan for love.

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

To celebrate the end of 2024 and the end of Season 1 of Broadly Relevant, we brought on some of our very close friends for a special episode featuring trivia from the entire first year of Broadly Relevant.

We want to send a massive thank you to Ezra Hann for hosting Broadly Rewind and compiling trivia from the year, and to Elizabeth Kay for joining us as our live studio audience.

Plus, we want to send a massive thank you to all of you, our gorgeous listeners who’ve made our first year of Broadly Relevant so fun. Thanks for being with us on this journey, and we can’t wait to get back with you for Season 2 (which will kick off early 2025).

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We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

We’re holding space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity this week, and wishing we had attended Melbourne’s very own Jacob Elordi lookalike content. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu owing to his role in the genocide in Gaza, and social media’s role in legal systems is being questioned.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Labor has unveiled its proposed social media ban for under-16s. Here’s what we know – and what we don’t | Australian politics | The Guardian
• ‘I don’t look like him at all, I’m just tall’: Jacob Elordi lookalike crowned in Melbourne | Jacob Elordi | The Guardian
• International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif - ABC News
• Australia media can be sued for social media comments, court rules
• LilahRPG on the Social Media Ban
• eSafety commissioner still avoids endorsing teen social media ban
• Journalist Who Sparked ‘Holding Space’ Wicked Meme Responds To Her New-Found Internet Fame

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

Big Movie tried to make Glicked happen but we won’t let it (Gladiator 2 faces allegations of being anti-Palestinian). Simran went to a rally against Femicide, and Ryan is sick of boys on Tinder posting pictures of them in business class. Broadly Relevant is back with an overview of the week in Australian & American politics, and what’s happening in culture. Hope you love it divas x

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Gladiator filmmakers accused of being anti-Palestinian for cutting May Calamawy scenes | Middle East Eye
• Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says | Australian political donations | The Guardian
• What to know about vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump's pick for US health secretary - ABC News
• Who has joined Trump's team and cabinet so far?
• Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones charged with historical indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades - ABC News
• Bluesky adds 1m new members as users flee X after the US election | Bluesky | The Guardian
• Planned pro-Palestinian protest 'will not go ahead' after Myer cancels unveiling of Christmas windows - ABC News

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.