Mamamia Out Loud

Should you love your partner exactly as much as they love you? Holly, Jessie and Em can’t agree, and one of them has a bedtime ritual that might settle it. Then they name the famous couples who aren’t quite equally in love. All speculation of course. Tom and Zendaya, we're looking at you.

Plus, it started with an Amazon dish rack and a broken wine glass, and ended with a 30-part TikTok series and nine million views. Em unpacks the New York roommate war the internet couldn’t stop picking sides on, and Holly reveals some of the wild stories of her old sharehouse.

Also, Taylor Swift says Brad Paisley once released thousands of live crickets onto her tour bus. Jessie has questions about men and pranks.

And, in this week’s reccos, a TV show that’s almost too obvious to recommend (but we couldn’t help ourselves), a book people keep thinking is full of typos and a hair product Em didn’t know she needed.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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Recommendations

Em recommends Bouffe Hair Gloss and Perfume.

Jessie recommends Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash.

Holly recommends TV Show The Diplomat, season 4. 

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: So What For Aussies If Trump "Loses" Next Week? Allow Us To Explain.
• Listen: "Am I A Bad Friend?" Our Team's Personal Dilemmas
• Listen: This Is Not A Frivolous Royal Story & Why Your Life Is Chaos Right Now
• Listen: The Case Against Being Nice
• Listen: Elon Musk & The 4 Hour Documentary We Can’t Watch
• Listen: What The Attack On Helen Haines Has Shown Us & The Russell Brand Strategy
• Listen: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

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What to read: 

• Share Your Space: A huge Sydney share house with a drag queen and two cats.
• There's a reason why you won’t be seeing any Zendaya and Tom Holland wedding photos.
• 'I'm doubling down: Nonchalance is ruining modern dating.'

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens & Emily Vernem

Acting Group Executive Producer: Georgie Page

Executive Producer: Keeshia Pettit

Video Producer: Matt Perry

Associate Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

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Out Louders, Dr Carter from ER is all grown up and officially the Sexiest Man Alive. Em Vernem has the tea on how the winner actually gets chosen, and it starts with a very grumpy Mel Gibson. Was Noah Wyle your pick, or was someone robbed?

Plus, Holly Wainwright saw her first “word of the year” post this week and felt her neck tense up. It isn’t even November and Christmas decorations are already on sale. We ask why this is the exact week the end-of-year panic sets in.

Also, indoor skydiving, trampoline parks, adult LEGO and now... petting zoos? One Mumsnet mum reckons grown-ups are taking over kids’ days out, and she’s not happy about it. Em will be patting the baby goat regardless.

And Meghan is coming back to film Junior MasterChef. If she’s in Melbourne for a few weeks, where is she living? Toorak is the early favourite. Melbourne Out Louders, we need your expert opinion.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: "Am I A Bad Friend?" Our Team's Personal Dilemmas
• Listen: This Is Not A Frivolous Royal Story & Why Your Life Is Chaos Right Now
• Listen: The Case Against Being Nice
• Listen: Elon Musk & The 4 Hour Documentary We Can’t Watch
• Listen: What The Attack On Helen Haines Has Shown Us & The Russell Brand Strategy
• Listen: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

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Mia asked whether two of her kids’ friends were dating. The answer? No, they’re “talking”. Em and Keeshia try to explain the difference between talking, hooking up and dating, and somehow make it worse.

Plus, Keeshia confesses she’s the friend who never checks in. With the internet now saying that’s a red flag; she's asking whether the weekly “how are you?” text is a kindness or really a chore?

Today, each of our three hosts brings a dilemma to the table. We’re woefully unqualified, but we give it a red hot go.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: This Is Not A Frivolous Royal Story & Why Your Life Is Chaos Right Now
• Listen: The Case Against Being Nice
• Listen: Elon Musk & The 4 Hour Documentary We Can’t Watch
• Listen: What The Attack On Helen Haines Has Shown Us & The Russell Brand Strategy
• Listen: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Listen: Andy Lee & Bec Harding’s Royal Wedding & “Can I Crash On Your Couch?”
• Listen: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Got questions or things you'd like Mia to talk about? Email us at [email protected]

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What to read: 

• 'Why you need to treat your friendships like subscriptions.'
• 'I'd never heard of a friendship "catch-up trap". Turns out, I'm in one.'
• 'I lent my best friend money after her divorce. How she spent it blindsided me.'
• 'My best friend became my boss. I didn't expect it to feel like a break-up.'

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For years, the most damning thing anyone could say about Meghan Markle was that she doesn’t speak to her dad. This week, that story took a very dark turn. Holly, Jessie and Amelia unpack the allegations against Thomas Markle (which he denies), Meghan’s response and the role the tabloids have played in all of this.

Plus, if you’re having a rubbish start to the week, it could be because Mercury is now in retrograde in Scorpio! If that sentence gave you the maths-lady meme face, Amelia explains why the next ten days could change the world.

Also, Leigh Campbell, host of You Beauty, posted a very serious Instagram carousel over the weekend announcing a big life decision. We break down our thoughts.

And, Margot Robbie is back on Ramsay Street. Sort of. Yes even though Neighbours has vanished from our screens, it seems it could be coming back in a very different way.

Plus, if you’re in our wonderful Mamamia Outlouders Facebook group, Holly wants to have a chat…

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We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: The Case Against Being Nice
• Listen: Elon Musk & The 4 Hour Documentary We Can’t Watch
• Listen: What The Attack On Helen Haines Has Shown Us & The Russell Brand Strategy
• Listen: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Listen: Andy Lee & Bec Harding’s Royal Wedding & “Can I Crash On Your Couch?”
• Listen: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Listen: The New Ways To Be Rude & “How Much Do You Earn?”
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

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What to read: 

• Meghan Markle wrote her estranged father a pointed letter. It made one thing clear.
• 'They're destroying the monarchy.' The 8 weirdest moments from Thomas Markle's 'tell-all' interview.
• Maybe you wouldn’t speak to Harry & Meghan’s families, either.
• 'My phone addiction was genuinely taking over my life. This is the only thing that fixed it.'

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Somewhere on Lily Allen’s tour schedule, between soundcheck and emails, was “test butt plug”. Holly unpacks the new merch and asks whether celebrity sex toys are still smart business, or just the new perfume.

Plus, Jessie makes the case against being nice. Is keeping the peace quietly wrecking our relationships?

Also, the questions to ask your friends if you actually want to know them better, and why one of them is a slippery slope.

And of course our weekly reccos, including a podcast interview with a bombshell that had one of us gasping on the train, and Em’s defence of a movie nobody likes at all.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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Recommendations

Em recommends Nobody Wants This season 3 AND has a defence of Digger

Jessie recommends Fruit Fly by Josh Silver  

Holly recommends the No Filter episode with Judith Lucy.

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Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to No Filter: Judith Lucy Wrote the Book on Wellness. Then She Got Cancer
• Listen to our latest episode: Elon Musk & The 4 Hour Documentary We Can’t Watch
• Listen: What The Attack On Helen Haines Has Shown Us & The Russell Brand Strategy
• Listen: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Listen: Andy Lee & Bec Harding’s Royal Wedding & “Can I Crash On Your Couch?”
• Listen: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Listen: The New Ways To Be Rude & “How Much Do You Earn?”
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts.

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What to read: 

• Nobody Wants This season 2 fixes what season one got wrong.
• When being too nice is actually holding you back.
• Judith Lucy wrote a book about wellness. Then life handed her a cruel twist.
• 'Some of my friendships were already dead. I just hadn't said it out loud.'

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens & Emily Vernem

Acting Group Executive Producer: Georgie Page

Executive Producer: Keeshia Pettit

Video Producer: Matt Perry

Associate Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast.

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“Thank you, you lovely people. I appreciate your help.” Those were reportedly Helen Haines’s first words to the strangers who ran to her aid outside her Wangaratta office on Monday. Jessie, Mia and Holly reflect on the woman, described by all sides of politics as the best of us, on the strangers who ran to help her, and on what female politicians are now saying about their safety. Our love goes to Helen and her family.

Also, Russell Brand is on trial in London, and he and his wife Laura are posting about it every day. Holly unpacks why Britain can’t look away.

Plus, forget the postcode. Mia is backing a theory that what decides how happy you are is everything within ten minutes of your front door.

And, Prince Harry sat down with GQ and used the word “reconcile”. Holly nearly broke a thumb clicking.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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• Listen to The Quicky: Did Australian Politics Just Change Forever?
• Listen to our latest episode: "Major Life Update. We're Getting Divorced. Any Questions?"
• Listen: Andy Lee & Bec Harding’s Royal Wedding & “Can I Crash On Your Couch?”
• Listen: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Listen: The New Ways To Be Rude & “How Much Do You Earn?”
• Listen: Why Is The Internet Being Unspeakably Cruel To One Woman This Week?
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

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• 'This wasn't an accident'. Yesterday a female MP was hit by a car in an alleged 'deliberate act'.
• 'I was so repulsed.' Six women have testified against Russell Brand in his rape trial.
• Russell Brand confessed something very bad in a profile and everyone with kids is furious.

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What happens when you announce your divorce with an FAQ and forget your Instagram is public? A man named Michael found out, five million views later, and now Em needs answers. Who initiated it? Who gets custody of the pet social account? And are Millie and Bug even dogs?

Plus, Holly and Jessie discuss the rise of the collab breakup post, and the one detail that tells you a split is anything but amicable.

Also, Tobey Maguire stands at the altar at his ex-wife’s wedding, as the officiant. Is there a statute of limitations on being friends with your ex?

And, the hosts reveal exactly how they’d handle a breakup online. Em has a very specific prediction for Holly’s feed involving the garden.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

Skip the 12-week waitlist. Subscribe to Mamamia today and you’ll automatically go in the draw to win a $5,000 B2C Furniture voucher to spend online or in-store on pieces available right now. Subscribe today. T&Cs apply.

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: Andy Lee & Bec Harding’s Royal Wedding & “Can I Crash On Your Couch?”
• Listen: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Listen: The New Ways To Be Rude & “How Much Do You Earn?”
• Listen: Why Is The Internet Being Unspeakably Cruel To One Woman This Week?
• Listen: There's Wh*res In This Gym & Harry’s Masterclass On Grief
• Listen: A Botched Execution & The In-Law Photo Dilemma
• Listen: Zoë Foster Blake’s 'FIBI' Rule Will Change Your Friendships & How To Buy Clothes That Fit You
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Got questions or things you'd like Mia to talk about? Email us at [email protected]

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What to read: 

• 'I've seen hundreds of divorces. The women who cope best all do this one thing.'
• 'The perks of divorce nobody talks about. But everyone should hear.'
• This one tip from Mel Robbins is the key to getting over your ex fast.

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Andy Lee and Bec Harding were together 12 years before they married in New York on the weekend, and Holly Wainwright isn’t mad, she’s just disappointed.

Plus, a man online says it’s rude NOT to ask to stay at a friend’s place when you’re in their city. Holly, Jessie and Amelia draw up the houseguest rules, right down to who strips the bed.

Also, Amelia unpacks what’s really happening on the streets of France, and how Pope Leo handled a phone call from Vladimir Putin three days after surgery.

And, three cookbooks made the list of Australia’s top 100 books. Jessie wants to know if a cookbook even counts, and what to make of the influencers who say they've never read a book.

We’re so excited to be selected for Apple Podcasts Creators We Love, which recognises people who are trailblazers and leaders in podcasting. We’re featured alongside some other amazing Australian podcasters. You can check it out on Apple Podcasts or at apple.co/creatorsweloveau.

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: Special Episode: Perimenopause, Out Loud
• Listen: The New Ways To Be Rude & “How Much Do You Earn?”
• Listen: Why Is The Internet Being Unspeakably Cruel To One Woman This Week?
• Listen: There's Wh*res In This Gym & Harry’s Masterclass On Grief
• Listen: A Botched Execution & The In-Law Photo Dilemma
• Listen: Zoë Foster Blake’s 'FIBI' Rule Will Change Your Friendships & How To Buy Clothes That Fit You
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same.

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What to read: 

• We have our first look at Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding's wedding photos.
• Some see Andy Lee as 'the guy who laughs at the funny guy'. This is his response.
• 'A modern etiquette guide is going viral. But Australians? All you need are these 19 rules.'

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What actually is perimenopause, and how would you know if you’re in it?

Outlouders, we’re popping into your feed on a Sunday for a very important conversation: a special Out Loud episode, where we're talking perimenopause and menopause.

Amelia Lester, Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens and Leigh Campbell are five women at three life stages, from 35 and seven months postpartum to 55 and on the other side of menopause. One of us forgot what year it was this morning. Another questioned whether 'rage' could be added to a list of possible symptoms or whether people actually were being a lot more irritating!

You’ll hear why perimenopause can look like a pile of unrelated symptoms, right up until it doesn’t, and why so many women blame themselves for not recognising symptoms they didn’t know were connected. Plus, what the “Wonder Woman era” really means, the sleep that vanished overnight, the skincare that stopped loving them back and the brain fog that sent Leigh downstairs chanting “yoghurt”.

And, the upside nobody mentions, what the women who’ve been through it wish they’d known sooner and the one step everyone at the table says made the difference.

For evidence-based health information about perimenopause and menopause, head to health.gov.au/perimenopause

This episode has been created in partnership with the Australian Government. 

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Mia Freedman, Leigh Campbell, Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens & Amelia Lester

Acting Group Executive Producer: Georgie Page

Executive Producer: Keeshia Pettit

Video Producer: Matt Perry

Associate Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast. 

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Would you ask a date what they earn? A BBC piece found plenty of people who’d rather not, but Em Vernem has a strict rule she adheres to — Holly's Britishness hates it.

Also, quiet quitting is over. Loud working, with emails scheduled for 2am, is the new survival strategy.

And the new Rules of Rudeness. If you bring a bottle of wine to a friend’s house, are you allowed to drink it? Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright can't agree, and it’s just one of the social rules nobody explained to us. Holly has gone off small talk. Nobody else has.

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