Life Uncut

Hey Lifers! We're back with another Off Cuts to get you through the weekend, the little snack, the bottom dwelling stuff from the group chats. 

This week the girls cover a proper mixed bag. Laura chit chats about falling down the Instagram breakup video rabbit hole and if things ever went south (which they won’t, dw) whether they'd ever make one themselves. 

We chat about a viral PSA about dogs getting high in the park (yep, you read that right), and the nineteen year old charging women twenty bucks to test if their boyfriend is secretly gay. 

We chat: 

• The rabbit hole of Instagram breakup videos (and whether we'd ever make one)
• A viral PSA about dogs getting high in the park (you read that right)
• The 19-year-old charging women $20 to "test" if their boyfriend is gay
• The dad who filmed a tearful goodbye at the airport... then surprised his family after secretly getting on the same flight
• Should dads be banned from marathon training with a newborn at home?
• The inheritance debate that's got 7,500 comments: a mum leaves her estate to her son over her child-free daughter.

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Hey Lifers!
We have such a special one for you today. If it sounds a little different, that's because we recorded this in the green room! We'd just come off stage after interviewing Grammy-nominated, 11-billion-streamed, ten-times-platinum (here in Australia!) artist Alex Warren, live, on the night his new album Wildchild dropped.

You know Alex from "Ordinary",  one of the biggest songs of the last two years, but what makes him so special isn't just the music, it's how openly he talks about what got him there. At nine, Alex lost his dad to cancer. At 16, he was kicked out of home and lived in his car. At 21, he lost his mum. Today he opens up about all of it: writing a song from his late dad's perspective (with a guitar solo from John Mayer), the voice notes his dad left him before he passed, the "what ifs" of grief, his mum's addiction and the regrets he still carries. He also has one of the best love stories we’ve ever heard.

Follow Alex Warren on tiktok
and Instagram @alexwarren 
Listen to Wildchild, out now!

YouTube Timestamps

• 0:00 — Backstage at the WILDCHILD album launch
• 1:49 — Accidentally Unfiltered: the Jack White skate park story gone horribly wrong
• 4:17 — Writing "Wildchild" from his late dad's perspective, and the John Mayer guitar solo story
• 8:12 — Losing his mum to addiction and the regrets he still sits with
• 10:24 — The voice notes his dad left before he died, and why "people die twice"
• 12:32 — Meeting his wife Kouvr while he was homeless and living in a car
• 16:38 — Why he calls Kouvr his "rescuer"
• 20:10 — His favourite song on the new album, and how "Ordinary" took the pressure off
• 21:24 — His advice for anyone in the middle of grief right now

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Hey Lifers! BIG episode, yes we’re finally diving in to who the hell is this new producer on our podcast and of course that means a classic “Accidentally Unfiltered". 

But first, we kick off chatting the $1000+ "shoe" that is somehow just a heel and a prayer, and then get a little deeper: Laura opens up about a pattern of forgetting names and faces of people she absolutely should know, and the girls debate whether it's a perimenopause symptom, undiagnosed ADHD, or just the cost of running multiple businesses and a household at once. 

But the juicy main event: producer Sophie FINALLY sits in the hot seat for her official get-to-know-you episode, and she comes in swinging with a 3am possum-on-the-bed story, plus some unhinged radio tales. Britt and Laura go through all the quick q’s from the Lifers and BONUS, we also get a cheeky accidentally unfiltered with Laura thrown in there too! 

Content note: Light discussion of memory/health anxiety.

Timestamps

• 03:24 The barefoot heel trend nobody asked for
• 07:19 Laura opens up about her memory worries
• 22:05 Sophie’s Audition - The possum chat 
• 27:56 Accidentally unfiltered radio moment 
• 33.33 Laura’s surprise accidentally unfiltered
• 38.23 Your quick fire questions answered

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Hey Lifers! Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer your deep, your dark and your burning questions. Laura kicks things off with a Facebook group confession that's got us absolutely in shock… or maybe it’s awe? We’re talking rogue orgasms and it’s wild

Vibes of the week:

Laura: Toxic Love Story on Netflix

Britt: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Q1: SHOULD I TELL MY SISTER HER HUSBAND IS MESSAGING ANOTHER WOMAN? 

My sister is overseas and I had her husband over for dinner. While he was on a video call with her, I saw a flirty conversation open on his phone with a woman saved only as a photo and a question mark. Do I wait until she's home, or say something now?

Q2: IF YOU BREAK IT, DO YOU BUY IT? 

My housemate's cleaner accidentally broke one glass from a $140 pair, and now my housemate is making her pay for the full set. She seems thrilled about ending up with three glasses instead of two.

Q3: MY PARTNER'S NEVER BEEN FLIRTY WITH ME? 

My partner of nine months just told me his socials were "hacked" and someone's trying to extort him using a nude he sent 12–18 months ago. He's never once sent me anything like that, and I can't stop wondering why.

Q4: AM I LIMITING MYSELF BY AVOIDING “CASUAL” DATERS? 

 I'm back on the apps and getting plenty of matches, but most guys are upfront that they only want something casual. My ex said the same thing before we met and changed his mind a month in,  am I limiting myself by only going out with people who say they want something serious?

Timestamps

• 00:00 – The massage orgasm confession that's got as all flustered
• 05:18 – Vibes & Unsubscribe: a toxic true crime doco and a horny Harry Potter read  
• 11:06 – The brother-in-law's WhatsApp messages while her sister's overseas
• 17:22 – The cleaner charged double over one broken glass
• 24:04 – The "hacked nudes" story that doesn't add up
• 36:06 – Should she stop dating guys who only want casual?

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Produced by Sophie Nathan

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Hey Lifers! 

We're back with another Off Cuts to get you through the weekend, the little snack to kickstart your weekend! It's Britt's birthday week, any somehow we have ended up with a 4:45pm dinner reservation (basically a late lunch 🤣)! Will we be hungry again at 8pm when we get home? Probably. Are we complaining about an early dinner? Definitely not!

 We chat:

• Putting the "Laura and Georgia Love feud" story to bed once and for all (thanks, Daily Mail)
• Andrew Tate's arrest and his supporters' bizarre push-up protest outside court
• A school group chat photo fail that will live in infamy
• Brad Pitt's Esquire interview and why bad acting ruined porn for him
• A new mum's fight to bring her breastfed baby into an Olivia Dean concert

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Produced by Lachy Pugsley

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Today we're speaking to Djanaya Hampton, the Australian woman you've probably already seen going viral online. Every year, Djanaya Hampton takes herself on a solo birthday trip. It’s her own tradition, ticking off a bucket list she made years ago. It had always been safe. It had always been beautiful. Until her 29th birthday, when a night watching the sunset under the Eiffel Tower turned into hours of being followed, surrounded and hunted through the Paris metro by a group of men who were trying to traffic her.

Djanaya walks us through the entire night in real time from the "harmless" photo request that was actually the first red flag, the moment she watched money change hands, losing them on one train only to have them get on the next, and the stranger on a near-empty carriage who may have saved her life. We also talk about what happened after: the Australian Embassy telling her she needed to leave the country immediately, what it really means to be "on the black market," and the wave of support, and disbelief, she's faced since sharing her story.

Djanaya shares:

• Why she started solo-travelling for her birthday every year, and the countries she'd been to before Paris
• The exact moment she first felt something was wrong — before she could even explain why
• What it's like to realise, in real time, that you're being followed by multiple people
• How a stranger who happened to speak Spanish became the reason she got out safely
• What the Australian Embassy told her about being "on the black market"
• Why she waited over a year to share her story, and the response since
• The other survivor stories she's been sent since going viral
• Britt's own close call in Medellín, Colombia

Timestamps

• 00:00 – Introducing Djanaya and her solo birthday travel tradition
• 05:06 – Her 29th birthday at the Eiffel Tower, and the men who approached her
• 08:50 – The "let's take a photo" moment that set off alarm bells
• 13:44 – Followed and surrounded on the Paris metro
• 27:46 – Going to the Australian Embassy
• 36:48 – Going viral, and the wave of messages from other survivors
• 38:43 – Britt's own close call in Colombia

Follow Djanaya on Instagram: @dijonnai___

You can watch our episode with Lurata Lyon here

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Hey Lifers!

Laura is rolling in "fresh off the Logis" (not that fresh) with a hangover she swears isn't from drinking, and a very unwelcome post-red-carpet surprise she never saw coming. We yap about the Logies and the glamorous industry who brought along a ‘she-wee’. 

Then the announcement you’ve all been waiting for: please welcome Life Uncut's brand new executive producer, Sophie! Soph has some… first day of a new job trauma and we will have a proper "get to know Sophie" episode coming soon.

Britt has more of what she is calling ‘what the people want’ aka ghost content and apparently we will have a mini series coming!

We also unpack the "kind of chic" trend that's taken over Instagram and the viral post accusing the internet of stealing content ideas. Who actually owns a trend once a million people are doing it? 

Timestamps

• 0:00 — Intro: fresh off the Logies (again) and the hangover with no drinking involved
• 6:16 — Logies debrief & a glamorous She wee mystery
• 16:25 — Meet our brand new producer Sophie!
• 26:49 — Ghost stories
• 37:15 — The "kind of chic" trend and the internet's copycat culture debate
• 48:13 — Suck and Sweet of the week

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Hey Lifers! Welcome back to Ask Uncut, where we answer your deepest, darkest and most burning questions!

Big news this week: Britt's husband Ben has flown in for a surprise visit (no return flight booked!) so she's on cloud nine. The girls also dive into their Traders Australia obsession before getting stuck into your questions.

Vibes of the week:
Laura - The Traitors Australia (Channel 10 / 10 Play) 

Britt - Life Changing - The Jesy Nelson Story on Amazon Prime

Then it's into your questions!

Q1. MY BOYFRIEND HAS A BROTHEL IN HIS PAST
My boyfriend has been to a brothel in the past, and it makes me think differently of him. I have been with my partner for about a month officially, and we were seeing each other for a couple of months before that. The other night we were laying in bed when his friend made a joke that he was going to the brothel again. I asked, 'Have you ever been to a brothel?' thinking the answer would definitely be no. It turns out he went to a brothel two years ago and paid for sex when he was single. He says he regrets it significantly and would never do it again. I feel disgusted even thinking that he would have gone, and I don't know if I can get past this. Should this be something I am allowed to care about and potentially end the relationship over?

Q2. MY MUM HAS A ‘TOYBOY’
I'm 35 and I have four younger siblings, three sisters, and my youngest brother is 24. Recently my mum, who is 55, told us she has a new partner who is 28. I'm really struggling with it. If I'm honest, I can't help but feel uncomfortable. She keeps telling us that he just treats her so well and age is just a number, but she's almost twice his age and it just doesn't sit right with me. I genuinely want to be happy for her if she's happy, but I'm just finding it difficult to get past the age gap, especially knowing that he's younger than me and all my sisters, and only four years older than my brother. I'd really appreciate hearing other people's perspectives. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Did your feelings change over time? I am not looking to judge her. I just want to understand why I am finding it so hard to accept this.

Q3. WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ADDRESS
 Am I wrong to find this a red flag, or is this me looking for perfection in a person? I went on a first date with a guy, and I asked him to just drop me near my home, as I don't give out my exact address until I know someone well, which I told him directly. The very next day, he texted me that he wants to drop by my house with a gift. His exact words were: 'I'll get some chocolates, drop them by your house and say hi, then leave.' In my opinion, I feel as though this is a clear indication that my boundaries are not being respected. What do you all think? Am I overreacting?

Q4. HE'S JUST...NOT FUNNY
I love my partner. He's the best. He's smart, he's handsome, he's kind. He does the housework and we have similar values. But he's just not funny. It's often frustrating having to explain my jokes to him. Help . What does this mean? Are we really soulmates if I don't find him funny?

TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 — Intro 
• 2:12 — Vibes of the week
• 14:08 — Q1: My boyfriend went to a brothel before we met
• 22:17 — Q2: My mum is dating a guy younger than me
• 31:01 — Q3: Is the chocolate delivery text a red flag?
• 42:02 — Q4: He's perfect but he's just not funny
• 46:49 — Outro

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Hey Lifers! We're back with another Off Cuts to get you through the weekend! Your little snack, the nom nom nom (jks). 

This week Britt recaps hosting the One Night Only premiere with Callum Turner (and the real love story that happened in the green room), while Laura reports back from the trenches of Census night. 

We chat:

• The Census housework question that's about to end marriages everywhere
• The Facebook group drama of a guy who got rejected via a copy-pasted ChatGPT prompt
• The business class baby debate that's taken over everyone's feed: should mums with babies have to fly economy?
• Meta glasses, Kmart's $89 knock-off, and the privacy probe it's kicked off
• The infomercial slip and the sports interview fail that broke the internet

Listen back:

Facebook Meta X Kylie Colab: Apple | Spotify

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Today’s episode is such a special one. You would often hear us banging on about how good the community of our life uncut discussion group is, but the story that you’re about to hear might not only make your week but also be the best example of that community we could ever imagine. 

Deb has been a part of our discussion group since 2022. Back in December 2023, one of our lifers, Deb, posted in the discussion group: she was 35, single, and had just found out her egg count was below the low range. After seven rounds of IVF and still empty handed, she was asking if anyone would consider donating eggs or embryos to help her become a mum. The post got 375 likes and an outpouring of women offering to help.

Today we're sitting down with Deb and her eight-month-old daughter Poppy, who exists because of an embryo donation from another lifer. We talk about the shock of her AMH results, the toll of seven rounds of IVF, finding the "Single Mums By Choice" community, why she chose the Life Uncut discussion group over dedicated donor sites, what it was like juggling multiple potential donors, meeting Poppy's donor family for the first time, and how she plans to talk to Poppy about where she came from. It's a full-circle story about generosity, community and one incredible, hard-won miracle.

TIMESTAMPS 

• 0:00 Intro & Deb's Christmas miracle Facebook post
• 2:15 The AMH shock at age 35
• 4:06 Finding a sperm donor ("sperm tinder")
• 4:27 7 rounds of IVF
• 8:47 Letting go of having a genetic baby
• 9:34 Finding the "Single Mums By Choice" community
• 13:50 Posting in the Life Uncut discussion group
• 21:32 Why the first donor didn't work out
• 22:21 The embryo transfer that finally worked
• 24:16 Meeting Poppy's donor family
• 28:15 How she'll tell Poppy her story one day
• 30:22 The wild coincidence behind Poppy's name
• 31:49 What motherhood alone has really been like
• 34:55 Deb's advice for anyone in the trenches of IVF
  
  

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