Mamamia Out Loud

We all know Jessie Stephens has a soft spot for a good thrift find (and by "soft spot," we mean her entire wardrobe probably costs less than your last latte). So today, we’ve got a treat that’ll make her – and you – very happy.

Leigh Campbell, host of Nothing To Wear and certified queen of the op shop, sits down with Mia Freedman to spill all the thrifty tea.

From uncovering the coolest hidden stores to mastering what some are calling the 'ancient art of thrifting', Leigh shares her best hacks for snagging treasures without breaking the bank. Plus, she reveals the mindset you need to dodge buyer’s remorse (and possibly that sequined jumpsuit you thought you’d wear).

If you want to upgrade your style for a fraction of the price, this episode is basically your golden ticket to fashion thrifting heaven.

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Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

CREDITS:

Host: Leigh Campbell

Guest: Mia Freedman

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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You’re about to hear two words everywhere in your world, and they are, apparently, the key to peace and dealing with difficult people. Bring. It. On. Yes, we’re talking about  the LET THEM theory.  

Plus, a different way to shop, a very twisty TV show and two new books Mia couldn’t put down. 

And, our Best & Worst of the Summer holidays which include a domestic goddess meltdown, being too close to tragedy and Mia… not working. 

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: The Wicked Divorce In Superficial Detail
• Listen: More Masculine Energy, Please
• Listen: The Stories We’ve Been Busting To Unpack PART ONE
• Listen: Meghan & The LA Fires Blame Game
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

The End Bits: 

Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

Recommendations: 

Mia wants you to read  Same As It Ever Was and The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Jessie wants you to check out Depop 

Holly wants you to watch Missing You on Netflix 

What To Read: 

• Read: Everything you need to know about the Mamamia Out Loud ALL OR NOTHING TOUR coming May 2025.
• Read: HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'Why I'm having a Year of "Nup".'

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens 

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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Ramp up the testosterone vibes. Yes, that's what one of the world’s most powerful men says is missing from the world right now. Is he right? We're interrogating Mark Zuckerberg's pronouncement.

Plus, are you and your mates in the catch-up trap? If you have an agenda running in your notes app for your next dinner, then yes, thanks for asking, you are. Fortunately, Holly has a handy tip to help your friendships. 

And are you trying to eat more protein while wearing your weighted vest and obsessing about your sleep hygiene? Congrats friends, you're bang on with the health trends for 2025. Confused much? Don't worry, we've got you. 

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Get your tickets to the Mamamia Out Loud Live 2025 All or Nothing Tour Presented By Nivea Cellular 

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: The Stories We’ve Been Busting To Unpack PART ONE
• Listen: Meghan & The LA Fires Blame Game
• Listen: Emergency Meeting: The Blake Lively Smear Campaign Unpacked
• Listen:  Is It Cheating If I…?
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

The End Bits: 

Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

What to read:

• HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: 'Why I'm having a Year of "Nup".
• "I tried 5 ways to add more protein to my breakfast over 5 days. Here's what I came up with."

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens 

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Celebrities are being scolded over their California wildfire tears, and that sound you hear is the eerily familiar blame game playing out across the devastation. We unpack the story you're seeing everywhere. 

And, why we love to argue about Australia’s most popular summer accessory — the beach cabana. Naturally, we have some strong opinions and as ever, they're loosely held. 

Plus, With Love, Meghan. With the announcement of the the Duchess of Sussex's cooking show, is our wait for jam finally over? Short answer: No.

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Get your tickets to the Mamamia Out Loud Live 2025 All or Nothing Tour Presented By Nivea Cellular 

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: Emergency Meeting: The Blake Lively Smear Campaign Unpacked
• Listen:  Is It Cheating If I…?
• Listen to No Filter: The Vulva Photographer
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

The End Bits: 

Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

What to read:

• We're in for a scary year on socials in 2025.
• Rory Sykes was a former child star who lived with cerebral palsy. As the LA fires closed in, he made a devastating request.
• 'If you own a beach cabana, it tells me everything I need to know about you.'
• Brooke Shields underwent labia surgery. Then her male doctor did something without her consent.
• Why Meghan Markle’s new reality show With Love, Meghan has been postponed.

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens 

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges 

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outlouders, do you remember Holly and Mia's obsession with the TV show In Vogue: The 90s? 

We have a little treat for you today... and it's a conversation that Mia had supermodel Paulina Porizkova on No Filter. 

For many years Paulina Porizkova was the most recognised face in fashion & beauty - from her iconic Sports Illustrated cover to being the face of Estee Lauder. When she married rock star Ric Ocastek from the iconic band, The Cars. From the outside looking in, it seemed like she was living the dream.

To look at her, she really did seem like the woman who had it all. But while Paulina was as visible as you could be…she didn’t feel like she was being heard. Not by the photographers and fashion people, not by producers and directors, and not by her husband, Ric.

But then, during COVID, she became known to a whole new generation of women for an unlikely reason…crying on Instagram. And as you’re about to hear - Paulina had a lot of really good reasons to cry. (But, she also gets the last laugh).

When Paulina hit her low point, she shared her grief and pain - and tears - with Instagram. As you’ll hear, Paulina had a lot of reasons to cry (and a lot of new reasons to laugh).

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Listen to more No Filter interviews here and follow us on Instagram here.

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here.

Feedback: [email protected]

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CREDITS:

Host: Mia Freedman

You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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Outlouders, remember when we all watched A Family Affair? 

Well today, Jessie wants to share a little treat with you all. The time she and Clare Stephens invited Zac Efron into the Cancelled courtroom.

He may have soared into the hearts of millennials when starring in High School Musical, but this doesn’t mean we can overlook his many misadventures. Welcome to the Cancelled courtroom Mr Efron, there are no shirts allowed in here.

Can Zac be let off free of charge because his eyes are too dreamy? We (reluctantly) beg to differ!

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A LIST OF EVERYONE WE'VE CANCELLED ALONG THE WAY: 
Jojo "Get Your Ex On Your Podcast" Siwa
Jacob "We Need To Talk About Your Girlfiend" Elordi
Taylor "How I Uncancelled Myself" Swift (Taylor's Version) 

SEND US YOUR LAZY GEWL STORIES: 
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CREDITS:
Hosts: Clare and Jessie Stephens

Executive Producer: Talissa Bazaz & Kimberley Braddish

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The burden of caring for babies, sick friends and elderly parents - is it time to recast care work as a privilege? We discuss why women often find themselves in caring roles and how society really values it (or not). 

Today, we are sharing you one really important conversation we had in 2024 about the most societally undervalued, yet most important job of all. 

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Get your tickets to the Mamamia Out Loud Live 2025 All or Nothing Tour Presented By Nivea Cellular 

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen: Get The F*ck Out Of Our Village (Please)
• Listen: The Job Every Woman Wants To Quit
• Listen: Listener Dilemma: Escort On A Bucks Night
• Listen to Mid: The Cure For Burn-Out Is Cooked
• To enter Mamamia x Belong's More of The Good Stuff competition
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

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Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven-day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia 

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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Outlouders, as we settle into the new year we just had to share with you one of our most talked about conversations. 

Don't make 2025 harder than it needs to be... start the year by embracing cheat codes for life. So what are some of the secrets to making life easier? Do you need one, what are they, and what are ours? We let you in on some of our best kept secret advice. 

Support independent women's media

Get your tickets to the Mamamia Out Loud Live 2025 All or Nothing Tour Presented By Nivea Cellular 

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen: The Heated Ozempic Debate We Had To Have
• Listen: Demure Nudes & Digital Cheating
• Listen: Ugh. Are You The Affirmation Friend?
• To enter Mamamia x Belong's More of The Good Stuff competition
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven-day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia 

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Production: Leah Porges

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's no secret that one of our roman empires for 2024 was getting your colours done. 
So with that in mind we are sharing one of our most talked about conversations with you. 

Have you had your colours done? Are you a warm autumn? A cool spring? Confused? Don't worry we are here to help!

Seasonal colour analysis has made a big comeback since the 80s, with the trend going viral on tiktok and it's no secret that Holly, Mia and Jessie are all officially obsessed.

In this special episode of Mamamia Out Loud, we invited fashion designer and colour analysis expert, Kim Crowley, to unpack everything you need to know about colour. From how to identify exactly what season you are, to the benefits of knowing what your colour season is, and the one colour that suits every single person. 

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Get your tickets to the Mamamia Out Loud Live 2025 All or Nothing Tour Presented By Nivea Cellular 

The End Bits: 

• What season are you? Take our colour analysis quiz.
• Listen to Nothing To Wear: Why You Need To Do Your Colours Immediately
• Check out Kim Crowley: Style Sense 
• To enter Mamamia x Belong's More of The Good Stuff competition
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place. 

Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven-day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia 

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected]

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message

Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show.

Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud

CREDITS:

Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens

Guest: Kim Crowley 

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Producer: Tahli Blackman 

Audio Producer: Leah Porges

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it getting hot in here... or is it just peri? We have a sexy little treat for you Outlouders and it's an episode all about sex. 

Overlooked, touched-out and too tired. That's how many MID women feel about sex. It's how Leslie Morgan felt, too. At 49, her marriage ended, and after not having sex for three years, she decided to change that. Over the next year, Leslie found five boyfriends and discovered her sexual self wasn't actually dead, she was just having a good lie down. 

In this MID interview, Holly Wainwright speaks to author and advocate Leslie Morgan, to discuss what women really mean when they say they no longer care about sex, why you should never cover your wrinkles to attract a younger man (if you want one) and how it feels to have the best sex of your life after 50. 

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LINKS:
You can learn more about Leslie and find her books here.
You can follow Leslie on Instagram here.

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CREDITS:

Host: Holly Wainwright

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Content Manager: Talissa Bazaz

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.