Emsolation

At the time of recording it was Michael’s birthday and we’ve just come off celebrating Chella’s 21st, so to begin we celebrate Michael’s hatch day and recap the going ons at Chella’s Icons Only fancy dress celebration. Then we need to talk through the delivery of a brand new Taylor Swift album and recognise that TayTay has dropped a considerable amount of music since this podcast began and we’ve reflected each and every one of them. Finally with the news of so much violence being inflicted on Indigenous people, Em and Michael are keen to help non Indigenous Emsolators know how they can be an ally to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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After the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia decided to issue an edict that they’ve changed their name from the very savvy and totally cool BOM, to the rather pretentious and utterly useless The Bureau, all of us lost our collective minds. It’s quite likely one of the worst rebrands EVER and Em and Michael have much to say about it, they’re so exasperated by it their vocal pitches change throughout. Then we need to look at the collapse of the UK’s economy, why a lettuce was getting a 24 hour live stream and how an ill-advised budget ended the career of Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss after just 45 days. Expect more exasperation swiftly followed by much stifling of giggles and shocking facts as we try and work our way through as much info as we can source on the new doco about men with extra large trouser snakes called ‘My Massive C…’. Eye watering measurements, blow by blow descriptions, plus theories on what kind of voice they’d have if they could talk is probably the perfect way to follow up all the exasperation of the other two stories, so job well done.

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Em’s relationship with Rob Mills goes back years, if you’ve heard their previous chats, if you’re read Em’s book ‘Try Hard - Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever’ you’ll know how special their friendship is. Rob has just written a book too, it’s called ‘Putting on a Show - Manhood, Mates and Mental Health’. Em hasn’t read it, you’ll hear why she hasn’t read it, plus why Em’s not going to give Rob an easy ride when it comes to questions either. It’s a thought provoking, wide ranging and hugely entertaining chat and it might just be a great help to someone in your life too, so have at it and enjoy.

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After a smidge more drooling from Em over her time in front of Mark Bouris we start with the news that a New York restaurant made a very public display of banning James Corden from their establishment, so expect much I told you so and more from Em. Then we need to ‘okay stop’ our way through the trailer for Lindsay Lohan’s upcoming Netflix film ‘Falling For Christmas’, it’s the Li-naissance we’ve all been waiting for and we are totally here for it. Finally there’s the latest in the Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde break up drama with their former nanny supposedly spilling facts about Olivia leaving to be with Harry Styles and taking her special salad dressing with her, I know right, it’s like all of the Emsolation wheelhouses have aligned at once, enjoy.

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Today Em sits down for chats with her friend and former anchor of her breakfast radio show Benjamin Wasley, he’s also the Executive Producer of this podcast. Em was worried she had nothing to talk about, but after a brief chat we worked out there’s heaps to reflect on from the last week. So we begin with Em’s trip to Sydney to meet with Spotify, record a podcast episode with financial guru and fully jacked human Mark Bouris, appear on Fran Kelly’s new ABC show ‘Frankly’. She also helped out at her parent’s open garden and attended an amazingly inclusive Melbourne Fashion Week event which culminated in her accidentally losing her skirt while doing fashion parades in an underground carpark with her daughter Chella, as you do. So there’s a heap to work through and a lot of giggles within, mostly from Ben, but we’re sure you’ll join in too.

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Chloé Hayden is an award winning motivational speaker, actor, performer, author, influencer, content creator and disability rights activist and advocate, she’s also one of the stars of the Netflix reboot of ‘Heartbreak High’ where she plays one of the world’s first autistic characters, Quinni. Em jumped on board ‘Heartbreak High’ the minute it dropped because the original series was totes one of her favourite things EVER. As she devoured every episode it was the character of Quinni and how the show truly embraced and explained her experience of being autistic, that really connected with Em. Chloé was diagnosed as autistic and ADHD at 13 and she joins Em to talk all of the things, from the writing and release of her new book ‘Different, Not Less’, to where she was when she found out she secured the groundbreaking role of Quinni. Chloé also offers some great advice for parents of teenagers with autism and ADHD, reveals how the character of Quinni has helped so many people, plus Em and Chloé find out how alike they actually are and why you should never call them ‘quirky’. It's a fabulous, fast and funny chat that we know you’re gonna love, so find your favourite chill space, press play and get listening.

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It’s the friendship that comes together on each other's podcasts, Em’s done Wil’s podcast Wilosophy four times, now it’s time for Wil to do Emsolation, even if it’s just so the two of them can have some quality hang time. So together they’ll talk the news Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchin are divorcing, why Gigi Hadid might find Leonardo DiCaprio worth dating and even try and analyse why the creators of Chiko Rolls use hot ladies to sell their phallic looking mystery meat and cabbage tubes. They also talk about why Wil is so good at getting the thoughtful reveals from his guests on Wilosophy and why he won’t turn it into a TV series. There’s also a new book for Wil to reluctantly promote called ‘I Am NOT Fine, Thanks’ and a deep dive into how the continuing pandemic has changed and affected them both. It’s a wide ranging glorious bunch of banter that we know you’re really gonna love so plug in and get your listen on.

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Twitter is on fire and we’re here to give you all the hot takes. We start with the news that Lena Dunham, the creator of ‘Girls’ and the upcomnig series ‘Catherine Called Birdy’, has been rejected by the gay community after she offered up her casket for a pride parade once she dies. Exactly, what the what was she actually thinking or hoping to achieve with a tweet like that? Then we wanna talk about how Billy Eichner, the creator of ‘Bros’ a new gay rom com, took to twitter to blame homophobia for his movie not performing very well on its opening weekend. Once we’ve worked through both of those social media bin fires we’ll reveal how Em’s encounter with an echidna ushered in a rather shocking stat and about a bajillion unsolicited echidna crotch shots, because of course it does, huh? Em has a lot to say and she’ll also gift us all the facts while also shoving some rather revealing pictures before a totally unaware Michael, her eldest daughter Chella arrives just in time to witness the pics too. Spoiler alert, her reaction may be where we got the title of this episode from. Finally Em and Michael have both seen the first few episodes of the new TV series remaking ‘Interview with the Vampire’ and Em can barely contain her excitement so get ready for much adoration and gushing.

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It’s been school holidays, we’ve all been busy, so this episode is a selection of highlights from the last 5 episodes PLUS you’ll hear what Em got up to this weekend, which includes her thoughts after watching the brand new ‘Hocus Pocus 2’, then there’s Em and Michael’s Renaissance listening party and Em even went to a friends karaoke themed birthday party, right, lady got busy. Then we’ve also got a selection of highlights from the last 5 episodes so this is the perfect teaser for anyone who hasn’t listened yet or a brilliant share for anyone who’s never listened to Emsolation before, so please pass this episode on if you’ve got a bestie who isn’t already a devotee of this podcast and help us get more peeps on board.

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This time around we’re ignoring the episode title and diving straight into the ins and outs of what’s inside the entire ep, so put a pin in that and we’ll update you soon. So we begin with the news Rihanna is taking over from Taylor Swift and stepping up to do the half-time footy concert, aka the Superbowl in February next year. Em and Michael are excited but also perplexed considering her last album dropped in 2016. We also need to factor in Beyonce announcing a world tour, then there’s the news that Italy has a rather problematic woman about to become their Prime Minister, her name is Giorgia Meloni and she is an ultraconservative right wing fascist, so naturally Em and Michael have a lot of red flags to work through. After that we need to reflect the fact that Bill Shorten apparently said earlier this week that he’d seen Em’s speech at the National Press Club and described it as powerful and then talked about how he’s asked for more advice on including ADHD in the NDIS. To wrap up, Michael has finally started watching ‘House of the Dragon’, the prequel to ‘Game of Thrones’, and both Em and Michael have a bunch of concerns about all of the everything, from the lace front wig situation, everyone getting killed, the hectic violence and the drawbacks of watching the brothel scenes while your kids are in the room, which brings us to that episode title, told we’d get back there eventually. So grab your fave listening posy and get amongst it ASAP.

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