Are you ready to nestle into the comforting folds of our love circle? We figured as much, which is why we named this episode after the new version of circles that we pretty much didn’t know existed. Thank the Goddess of gossip and all things campery for the gift of that phrase, a phrase that we’d never heard until Gladys breathed life into it during her ICAC hearings. More on that later, first up though we’ve got updates on our podcast audience numbers. Em did a shoutout on her personal page for peeps who haven’t discovered the joys of podcasting Emsolation yet, to take the plunge and give it a try (I know right, who even are those people and am I insulting them as they read this description? Probs). Anyway, Em’s call out worked, so we’re welcoming a heap of new listeners to the podcast this week, huzzah to you if this is all brand new, and also, welcome to our love circle, you officially rock (phew, I think we can all agree I fixed it after that casual insult from before huh). Once Michael arrives we get down to the business of congratulating him for getting TEN nominations for his show ‘The Newsreader’ at the AACTA Awards to be held in December. AACTA stands for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and it just happens to be Australia’s biggest film and TV awards, so to say we’re all a little excited is an understatement. Sadly, our celebrations were marred by the fact that Michael somehow got it in his head that he could SMS Em about her thoughts on him just wearing his wedding tux to the red carpet event and night of nights at Sydney’s Opera House. Understandably this threw Em into an utter fashion emergency tailspin, how very dare he try and rip this moment of award season glamour and red carpet realness from Em’s creative claws. So expect him to get a full dressing down, then a full dressing up, as Em decides to pick and choose the right ensemble for Michael, and then open up said wardrobe selection to faithful Emsolation listeners like yourself for feedback and final approval. After that’s done we step into the ICAC hearings around Gladys Berejiklian’s relationship with Daryl Macguire. There’s the private phone calls and texts to work through, but much of the frothing revolves around Em and Michael’s love for former Supreme Court Judge, Ruth McColl. Ruth is the assistant commissioner for the ICAC hearings and she is not about to endure Gladys failure to give them simple answers, she’s been bringing the sass about it too. We also need to wade through the shit show that is Scott Morrison at the UN International Climate Summit in Glasgow. So expect a rundown on the highlights, or lowlights if we’re being honest, plus some ominous predictions from the Unicorn of Death. We did LOTS of research, well Em did, and we promise we make it as digestible and entertaining as we can. There’s also a mini celebration of Michael’s recent birthday, which unsurprisingly turns into a chat about which decade Madonna delivered some of her best work in, because of course it does. Finally, we have secrets to reveal for next week's show and if you’ve got Emsolation merch, there’s a special challenge within for those that meet other Emsolation merch wearers out in the wild. So have at it with your listening holes lovelies and enjoy every little second of what's within.

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