Hello Lovelies,

Today Em Rusciano sits down with the one and only Art Simone, famous for being on the first season of Drag Race Down Under, she hosts her own podcast ‘Concealed’ and her YouTube series ‘Kick-Ons’ and she’s in the room to drop truth bombs on filming drag race in NZ, buying resin clocks from Shapelle Corby, what RuPaul is really like on set, who both their fave drag queens are, attacks against drag queens and so much more.

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Michael drops ANOTHER bombshell to get us started, Em is utterly shook but thankfully totes able to move on so that we can award J’Lo another ‘Good For Her’ for her thirst trap Father’s Day post of Ben Affleck. We follow that with the news that a saucy championship of the in and out kind is being held in Sweden, or is it? Who cares, Em and Michael have much to say about it, which somehow ends up with Em discussing Scott’s high fibre diet, hence our episode title. Lastly Michael is off to see the ABBA hologram show in London and Em has worked out how to use the tech to her best advantage.

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Here’s an exclusive excerpt from our very first Lovenundrums episode with your favourite ethnic Aunties, Em Rusciano and her daughter Marchella Rusciano-Barrow, to hear the entire 39 minute episode, in all it’s uncensored glory, subscribe to Emsolation Extra at emsolation.supercast.com NOW!

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Michael’s joining us live from London, we get his full Beyonce Renaissance Tour Live review and Em has a secret about the concert too. Em reveals she’s already in prep mode for her US holiday 8 weeks out, Michael’s been watching the show Em refuses to view ‘The Idol’ and we dish out our ‘Good For Her’ award to Kylie Minogue plus we sneak in a super short Tony Awards update as well.

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Em Rusciano sits down for an incredible chat with the youngest member of Australian Parliament and a proud disabled person, Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John to talk about his incredible upbringing, how he approaches an ableist world, how Em’s Press Club speech affected him, why he’s fighting for people with ADHD and Autism and what he’s hopes to achieve with his career in politics. It’s a fascinating, eye opening and hilarious conversation which we know you will totally love.

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We are getting wet in this episode, first up we need to celebrate White Gladis, the female Orca who’s made it her mission to attack and sink yachts and is now teaching other Orcas how to launch their own attacks, Good For Her! We follow that with Em and Michael’s full review on the live action version of ‘The Little Mermaid’, they’re throwing 10 out of 10’s at Halle Bailey’s entire performance, but they also have notes. Some of the new song inclusions left them shook, Triton was wearing a t-shirt instead of showing off his 6 pack and the greatest Ursula song ever has been edited! Thankfully Em and Michael decided to replace it with the full performance of the missing section in this podcast. Then we wanna talk about the finale of ‘Succession’, naturally if you haven’t watched it yet you’ll need to skip forward from 28.16 to 35.26 to avoid all the spoilers plus a shocking reveal about Shiv actress Sarah Snook DM-ing Em while she was watching it. Finally, Michael is about to jump on a plane and betray Em by attending Beyonce Live in London, so obviously we need to give him some more gentle ribbing about that before he bails.

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Yep we’re going there, to begin with we cover the fallout from last week’s Beyonce Betrayal. It’s been truly heckers, especially for one Michael Lucas who’s even received drive-by confrontations from Emsolators keen to address his shocking revelation. After that we wanna touch on one of the biggest stories of the week, the sad departure of Stan Grant from Q&A and the ABC. Then Em is super keen to update us all on her new favourite bingeable series about mermaids called ‘MerPeople’ and she reveals the show she thinks all teenage boys should be made to watch, plus Michael has a new Aussie series he’s keen to recommend. Then finally we play a quick game of ADHD Charades where Em describes movies, songs, and tv shows she can’t remember the actual names of for Michael to try and guess, it’s a thing Em does to Michael all the time and she’s keen to test out his skills in a game show setting, huzzah!

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In an Emsolation Exclusive, Em’s eldest daughter Marchella Rusciano-Barrow sits down to chat with Will McKenna who’s the lead of the new ABC series ‘The Messenger’. Will just happens to be Chella’s bestie, they shared the stage in multiple high school plays and he’s been a friend of the Rusciano family for years. Expect a lot of gentle ribbing from Chella and Will and low key Em and Michael vibes as they discuss the series, how Will approached the filming and other on set goss, plus the kind of questions and moments only true friends can get away with.

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It’s the edit you never wanted us to do, so we’ve gifted you the full version of Em and Michael playing ‘Okay Stop’ on RuPaul’s tour of his Beverly Hills mansion on ‘Architectural Digest’. Grab the video on YouTube and watch along as Em and Michael work their way through every extravagant pavilion, disco room and orange decorated space for your enjoyment.

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The betrayals come thick and fast in this episode, in fact they bookend this chat and they both come from Michael, so prepare for much pearl clutching and dramatic inhales from Em. Our first betrayal involves Em’s personal mullet wearing musical hero and his brand new doco ‘John Farnham - Finding the Voice’. Michael may have seen it, with his mother, on Mother’s Day, so it's basically a gut punch right from the start for Em. Thankfully Michael gives us a full review and even offers up recommendations on how Em best approach seeing it for herself. That scandal absorbed we then need to talk Beyonce’s Renaissance World tour kicking off, Sweden not enjoying it enough and Michael gets put through a high pressure, on the spot, sing the chorus quiz of the tour setlist. Then Em and Michael play ‘Okay Stop’ whilst watching the new Architectural Digest YouTube tour of RuPaul’s LA Mansion. Finally, after a quick update on the TV shows and series they're both watching, Michael casually drops his second betrayal which is so shocking it rocks Em to her actual core. Will they ever be able to move beyond this shocking confession? Only time will tell, but also yeah sure, they probably have already right?

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