No Filter

Over the next 3 weeks on No Filter, we'll be bringing you a special series on sisterhood, made possible by Frozen The Musical.

Clare and Jessie Stephens are twin sisters, who both work at Mamamia.

Clare is the Editor in Chief of the website, and Jessie is one of the hosts of Mamamia Out Loud, host of True Crime Conversations, and the Assistant Head of Content.

She's also dating Mia's son.

In this episode, Mia asks Jessie & Clare about how their twin relationship works and what it's like to work with your sister on a daily basis.

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You can read Jessie's work here - https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/jessie-stephens-2/. 

And Clare's work here - https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/clare-stephens/

Listen to Jessie on Mamamia Outloud here - https://omny.fm/shows/mamamia-out-loud/playlists/podcast. 

And True Crime Conversations here - https://omny.fm/shows/true-crime-conversations/playlists/true-crime-conversations. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guests: Jessie & Clare Stephens

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Have you ever wondered what goes on in a strip club?

How lap dances actually work?

How the women who strip and dance for a living in these clubs feel about their customers and their own bodies?

Today's guest is a woman by the name of Samantha C. Ross. But, if you ran into Samantha in a strip club up until about 5 years ago, you would've known her as Sunshine. 

That was her stripper name and the persona she took on every time she went to work.

Now, Samantha has written a book about her time as a lap dancer, and she sat down with Mia to talk about it.

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You can buy Samantha's book here - booktopia.kh4ffx.net/YE5rJ. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Samantha C. Ross

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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We're dropping into your feed to reshare a special episode of No Filter with you. Earlier this week on No Filter you heard from Rick Morton, all about money. Well, if you’d like to hear more about Rick’s back story, here’s a chat Mia had with him a few years ago about his remarkable life…

Rick Morton was born the son of a cattle baron in far western Queensland. His backyard consisted of hundreds of thousands of acres. He went to school by school of the air. And his family home was 500kms from the nearest town.

But in just 24 hours, Rick’s life went from being something of an idyllic outback childhood to poverty.

So how do you go from rural royalty to dirt poor? What’s it like growing up gay and closeted in a small town? Rick has written a book about his life called 100 Years Of Dirt and he joins his old boss, Mia, to talk about it...

Buy Rick's Book 100 Years Of Dirt here.

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CREDITS:

Host: Mia Freedman

With thanks to special guest Rick Morton.

Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Rick Morton is a journalist and author. He’s also learnt to memorise phone numbers. Specifically ones from debt collectors. Because up until recently, Rick was very bad with money. 

So bad, that he used to borrow from everyone around him. 

Rick was born the son of a Cattle baron in Central Queensland. But he grew up dirt poor in housing commission, and he’s spent his life overspending the money he has.

His new book On Money examines the meaning of money to him and others, and looks into how society often views money as a substitute for morality. 

This is Rick's story. 

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You can check out Rick's book On Money here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/1m6Jz.

And his memoir One Hundred Years Of Dirt - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/QZqZM. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Rick Morton

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Christmas. It’s often talked about as the most wonderful time of the year. But at the end of an unspeakable year, it feels like we are all crawling to the finish line that is Christmas in 2020. 

And for a lot of us, it’s filled with a feeling of grief. Grief for a year we didn’t have. Grief for family we can’t see. And grief for those we lost. 

Two years ago I sat down with grief counselor Petrea King to talk about how to face Christmas when life is not as you know it.  She’s counselled over 120,000 people who are living with cancer and other life-challenging illnesses, or dealing with grief, loss, trauma and tragedy through her foundation, Quest For Life. 

And because this year has really been life as we don’t know it, I thought it was time to talk to Petrea again. About grief. And about lowering the bar this Christmas. Because it’s okay not to be okay. 

Here’s Petrea.

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You can listen to Mia's 2018 chat with Petrea here - https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/the-empty-chair-at-the-christmas-table/. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Petrea King

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Ospite di oggi su No Filter è Silvia Colloca.

For those who don't speak Italian, today's guest on No Filter is the delightful Silvia Colloca.

She's an Italian born cook, Opera singer, actress and the host of Mamamia's new podcast What I Eat When.

Silvia wears a lot of hats and she hates being defined by labels; her age, who she's married to and how many children she has.

But the one label that has always stuck is food lover.

In this episode, Mia and Silvia chat about everything from how COVID has changed her relationship to her feelings about getting older.

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You can check out Silvia's podcast What I Eat When here - https://omny.fm/shows/what-i-eat-when/playlists/what-i-eat-when. 

And to get the recipe for the cake that Silvia made Mia, head here - https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/apricot-and-olive-oil-cake-torta-allolio-e-albicocche. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Silvia Colloca

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Caroline Hirons is 50. A mum of four. A grandma of one. An author. And she’s the most influential woman in beauty right now. 

A review from Caroline can make or break a product because she tells it like it is, and she’s got millions of fans around the world. Including Mia.

So why do we care so much about skincare at the moment? Why is it seen as frivolous and not feminist? And what should we actually be spending our money on?

Here’s Caroline Hirons...

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You can buy Caroline's book here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/1m6Jz. 

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Caroline Hirons

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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When you think of Stan Walker, you probably think of Australian Idol, and that catchy song ‘Black Box’ he released straight after he won it in 2009. 

Stan was 18 when he started on Idol, and 19 by the time he won it. And to most of us, he was just Stan Walker from Australian Idol; the boy who made it big. 

But what we didn’t know, and what we wouldn’t know until years later was that there was so much more to Stan’s story.

Now, at 30, he's a survivor in more ways than one. 

Just a heads up, this conversation deals with family violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 1800RESPECT now.

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You can buy Stan's book here - https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/1m6Jz. 

Listen to our new podcast What I Eat When here - https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/what-i-eat-when/

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Stan Walker

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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We're dropping into your feed to share an awesome episode of our new podcast, What I Eat When, with you: https://omny.fm/shows/what-i-eat-when/playlists/what-i-eat-when 

What do you eat when... you're alone? You're homesick? You're celebrating?

What you eat when says a lot about you, about your culture, your taste, your family, and what matters to you. Food is so much more than just fuel, it’s an excuse to express who we are and what connects us.

What I Eat When is a Mamamia podcast that’s all about meals, moments, and memories. And on our first episode host Silvia Colloca is joined by self-confessed 'Crap Housewife' Jessica Rowe. 

So what does Jess eat when she's on holiday? Or when she's pregnant?

And why does she match her hats with the dinner she's making? 

Although she doesn't like cooking, as she explains to Silvia, she still likes eating. And food holds a lot of memories for her. As you're about to find out...

CREDITS 

Host: Silvia Colloca

Guest: Jessica Rowe 

Executive Producers: Zoe Ferguson and Elissa Ratliff 

CONTACT US

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For the past 5 years, today's guest has kept a secret. She’d wake up and start drinking to get through the day. She’d leave work for a coffee break and buy a bottle of white wine. She’d consume roughly around 80 standard drinks, within one week. 

Heidi first sought help in 2018 for her alcohol addiction but she didn’t tell anyone. 

Then last year she came across a call out on social media looking for people to participate in a free six month program if they were struggling with addiction. 

So she applied. 

That program would go on to be filmed for SBS’s documentary series Addicted Australia.  And all of a sudden, Heidi’s very private addiction became very very public. 

This is her story.

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You can watch Addicted Australia here - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/addicted-australia.

GET IN TOUCH:

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

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CREDITS:

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

With thanks to our guest: Heidi

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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