Mamamia Out Loud

It's Golden Globes day and Mia Freedman is joining Holly, Jessie and Em to talk about frocks that landed and jokes that didn't. We're not mad, we'll just wait for our podcast category invite next year. 

When a former Disney star decides to put her mothers' group on blast, famous faces included, what could make it worse? Only a defensive Dad entering the chat. Yes, we're unpacking Ashley Tisdale's viral "toxic mums" essay. 

Also, the Beckhams' family estrangement gets brutal - thanks to a recipe for roast chicken. Plus an explainer on Trump's Venezuela and why the food pyramid looking upside down is bad news for cows. 

Yes, Mamamia Out Loud is back from Summer break and Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens and Emily Vernem have a LOT to tell you. 

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• Listen: Ugly Female Friendships & There's A Reason You're Stuck
• Listen: Is It OK To Flirt Outside Of Your Relationship?
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What to read: 

• The Ashley Tisdale and Hilary Duff mum group fallout, explained from the very start.
• As the Beckham family feud gets ugly, Nicola Peltz has made her biggest statement yet.
• Over 80 babies dead and food fast running out: The Venezuela crisis explained.
• Every celebrity Nikki Glaser mercilessly roasted in her Golden Globes monologue.
• Every single look from the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet.

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What actually makes someone charismatic? Can you develop 'rizz' or are you just born with it? We discover how researchers have literally invented something called the 'Charismulator' that can boost your charisma by 17 percent in just a few minutes. And, can you have too much of a good thing when it comes to charisma?

Plus, the internet has gifted us some new vocabulary. 'Mankeeping', 'heterofatalism', 'hermeneutic labour' — fancy words that all translate to the same exhausting reality: what it's actually like to date men. Em Vernem's got the juicy dating stories to prove these terms exist for a reason.

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What to read: 

• 'This podcast framed itself as a debate on feminism. It was the opposite.'
• Tradwives, 'femcels' and dating strategists: Meet the women rejecting feminism.
• 'I call the dads of my students if they're sick.' 23 women on their daily acts of micro-feminism.
• Marriages, divorces, and a hit Netflix series: The cast of Girls, 13 years later.
• Lena Dunham disappeared after starring in Girls. She’s finally explaining why

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🌶️ Spice alert, Outlouders. Today's episode is a little bit naughty so you might want to grab your headphones for this one. 🌶️

There was something very specific that happened on screen in 2025, and we need to talk about it. So m uch so, that we decided to pull it out from behind the paywall so everyone could enjoy it. From THAT Bridgerton carriage scene to Baby Girl, a certain intimate act was having a major moment. 

We deep dive into why fingering is back, what it says about changing attitudes towards women's pleasure, and reveal the generation that's apparently having the best sex.  Listen in to find out who's top of the leaderboard for 🌶️ action. 

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What to read: 

• 'I cried while watching Bridgerton. Because I'll never have sex like that again.'
• 'The one line from The Idea Of You that changed how I feel about aging.'
• The real inspiration behind Anne Hathaway's The Idea Of You.
• A brutally honest review of Babygirl.
• Welcome to the fingering renaissance.

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Who do you turn to when you need help or guidance in your life? In this episode, we discuss the irresistible pull of self-help gurus and why there’s only one right now who has absolutely met her moment - Mel Robbins. 

Plus, American fashion designer Vera Wang says you should expect to ‘age out’ of your career.  Holly. Em and Clare Stephens unpack whether a jobs is only built for a season of your life… And what happens when that season ends.

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What to read: 

• 15 years ago, Mel Robbins hit rock bottom. She's now the most listened to woman in the world.
• The 'let them' theory has changed more than 2 million people's lives.
• Mel Robbins told us her advice for getting everything you want in life. It's surprisingly simple.
• How Gen Z killed the #girlboss.
• Why everyone just wants a 'dumb job' right now.

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Season 3 of The White Lotus gave us a new iconic female friendship group. So why is the glossy, toxic dynamic of Laurie, Jaclyn and Kate cringingly familiar?

Plus, ‘Maybe you’re not actually trying’. It’s a Substack post that stopped us in our tracks and it’s reframed everything we thought we knew about energy and effort. Mia has just one question that can determine your personality type. 

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What to read: 

• As Elon Musk’s custody battles are dragged into the spotlight, one video speaks volumes.
• The White Lotus just nailed the ugly friendship dynamic we all recognise.
• From Koh Samui to Phuket: All of The White Lotus Season 3 filming locations.
• Two experts just identified the three words at the core of all adult friendship issues.

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Flirting with strangers, batting eyelashes, smiling demurely — the joy of being single. But what about when you're in a relationship? For some people, the desire to flirt never goes away. But is that wrong or is it just a step in a non-monogamous direction?

We just had to bring this juicy episode out from behind the paywall as a little treat to start off the new year in style so settle in Outlouders and enjoy.

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What to read: 

• 'I'm a self-professed pro.' An ex-bartender's 8 tricks for mastering the art of flirting.
• 'How "battery boys" saved my committed relationship.'
• 'A male gyno told me I was beautiful.' The problem with being a friendly woman.
• What is an Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) relationship and why am I seeing it everywhere?
• Does ADHD make monogamy harder?

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It's January 1 and Outlouders know what that means. For almost a decade, on the first day of every year Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright have shared the single word that they hope will define the year ahead. 

Last year, they picked: Creativity, Nup, and, um, Let Them. But did they live by them? And what about Amelia Lester and Emily Vernem and the wider Outlouder family? It's time to find out, and to pick our words for 2026. Let's just say, some lessons have been learned. 

Outlouders, you might hear your words on this special episode. And please, if you don't, run to the Facebook group and tell us what you chose. 

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What to read: 

• Mel Robbins told us her advice for getting everything you want in life. It's surprisingly simple.
• The 'let them' theory has changed more than 2 million people's lives.
• HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'Embrace your final quarter "nup" energy.'
• JESSIE STEPHENS: On being pregnant with twins. As a twin. With twin brothers.

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In 2025, we went viral for a concept that was maybe a little too relatable – micropettiness. If you've been feeling slightly annoyed with loved ones over the holidays, maybe a little bit of micropettiness is perfectly acceptable for this time of year. 

Plus, hoarding, throwing, selling and Swedish death cleaning — we’re talking about 'stuff' and why what we do with it goes far deeper than just clearing clutter. We discuss why you either love having lots of things around you (or not) and the reasons why many people – particularly parents – hold onto random objects. If you’ve spent the past week surrounded by a growing pile of presents and wrapping paper, we think you’ll enjoy this conversation.

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What to read: 

• We asked women to share their acts of micro-pettiness. Prepare to take notes.
• Dear Millennials, it's time to bury another one of our beloved staples.
• It's time we addressed the micro-pettiness in the room.
• 'My house is always a mess after Christmas. Then I found the easiest decluttering hack.'
• 'I just discovered this very specific hack for decluttering your kitchen drawers.'

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Celebrity Traitors UK. Adolescence. The Studio. Lily Allen. A matte primer and a Japanese eye mask. 

What's worth your time, your attention and your money this year according to Mamamia Out Loud? 

These are just some of the recommendations Amelia Lester, Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright are pulling out from the very long list of recommendations they made in 2025 for the second half of their comprehensive list of how to spend your holiday. Feel free to add to it. 

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TV & Movie Recommendations

Holly recommends The Celebrity Traitors UK and The Four Seasons

Jessie recommends We Live In Time

Amelia recommends The Beast In Me

Em recommends The Studio and One Of Them Days

Book Recommendations

Holly recommends Lonely Mouth by Jacqueline Maley

Jessie recommends The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Amelia recommends Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

Em recommends A Court of Thorns and Roses and the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas

Beauty Recommendations

Holly recommends La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+

Jessie recommends the Laura Mercier Pure Canvas Primer Hydrating

Amelia recommends the Bobbi Brown Lip Liner in Rum Raisin

Em recommends the Shark FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying System

Best Random Reccos

Holly recommends Lily Allen's West End Girl and CMAT's EURO-COUNTRY Album

Jessie recommends giving blood and levelling up your smoothie. 

Amelia recommends using the MegRhythm Gentle Steam Eye Mask by Kao

Em recommends the analog bag.

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It’s the second episode of our Summer Book Club and this time, we’re diving headfirst into Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry.

So then, it was the book that promised joy, mess, meaning and maybe a mild existential spiral — did it deliver? 👀

In this episode, Em V, Jessie and Holly unpack:

• Why this story hits differently when you read it in summer

• The characters we wanted to hug… and the ones we wanted to gently shake

• Big love, big choices and the pressure to live a 'beautiful' life

• Whether this book is hopeful escapism or a mirror held a little too close

• And the one question it leaves you asking long after the last page

It’s warm, emotional, occasionally unhinged (in a good way) and exactly the kind of book you want to argue about with friends.

Read it. Feel things. Then come scream about it with us.

Summer Book Club Episode 3 drops on January 25 when we'll be discussing the Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin.

📚 Outlouders, we know how many of you love these special episodes so... would you like us to keep the MMOL Book Club going? Let us know by emailing [email protected].

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• Listen: Summer Book Club: All Fours - Miranda July
• Listen: Summer Book Club: Melaleuca — Angie Faye Martin

What to read: 

• 'I’m obsessed with audiobooks, here are 10 of the best I’ve ever heard.'
• 11 of the very best beach reads to lose yourself in this summer.
• If you loved A Court of Thorns and Roses, here are 6 romantasy books to read next.
• The 8 best spicy reads that aren't all-out smutty.
• The 22 best books Reese Witherspoon has recommended.

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