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It all started with a holiday to Thailand and a hoodie with a picture of a monkey on it.  That’s how Dotty Charles knew that the world had reached peak outrage.

Dotty, also known as Ashley, Amplify Dot or A.Dot, is an English rapper, former BBC presenter and broadcaster. She's just started a new job as Lead Cultural Curator of Black Music for Apple and she's written a book called Outraged: Why Everyone Is Shouting But No One Is Talking. 

Dotty’s message is clear: there are many valid things that we should be outraged about but if we’re outraged about everything all the time, outrage itself becomes almost meaningless. And nothing changes.

So how do we break this outrage cycle of addiction so many people seem to be stuck in?

And how do you talk about outrage culture without being destroyed yourself? 

You can buy Dotty's book here. 

Listen to our newest podcast Me After You here. 

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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: Dotty Charles. You can find her book on Booktopia here: booktopia.kh4ffx.net/nGKW6 

Producers: Leah Porges & Luca Lavigne

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Australians, and now the world, have fallen in love with a man named Michael. 

And if you don’t know why, you’re about to.

At the end of 2019, the ABC released a four-part documentary series called Love on the Spectrum, which told the stories of young adults on the autism spectrum who were dating, in relationships and falling in love for the first time.

One of those young adults on the series is a man named Michael.

At 26, Michael’s dream in life is to become a husband, and he’s so determined to reach this goal he has a pair of love ducks that sit on his bedside table at his home in Wollongong where he lives with his family. 

In this conversation, Michael and his mum Vanessa talk about everything from love in lockdown to why finding a partner is so important to him. 

Watch Michael in action on Love on the Spectrum here. 

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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: Michael and his mum Vanessa. You can watch Love On The Spectrum on Netflix now. 

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff and Melanie Tait 

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If you're a fan of Stan's hit show The Bold Type, you'll definitely recognise today's guest.

And if you’re not, then let me introduce you to Melora Hardin. 

Melora was born into a family of actors and got her first role when she was just six years old. Since then she’s been acting, singing and dancing on shows such as The Loveboat and Transparent and movies like 27 Dresses and 17 Again.

She’s an actors actor. A Hollywood veteran.

In our conversation, we touch on everything from that old chestnut, the global pandemic, to directing an episode of The Bold Type and choosing to work with her husband.

You can see Melora in action on The Bold Type here.

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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: Melora Hardin, watch The Bold Type on Stan now. 

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, Me After You, with you.

No matter how it happens, motherhood changes you forever.

Me After You is the show that asks the question: So, what now? 

Each episode, host Laura Byrne guides some very different women through their very different stories of life after birth. In this first episode, we’re talking Identity, and you’ll hear from women like Alex Nation, who got pregnant at 18 and wrestled with being a kid with a baby, Narelda Jacobs, who had a shotgun wedding before coming out as gay to her very conservative family and a blogging mum with a huge following who never thought she wanted to become a mother. 

And all of them have struggled with the same thing - who the hell am I, now that I’m a mum?

Me After You was made in partnership with Huggies: Be Comfortable In Your Skin

Take our Me After You Feedback Survey for your chance to win a $50 voucher and be loved forever by us. Here's a link to the survey: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5419259/4a5ebc6da5f8

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lem Zakharia

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Marcia Leone - @notsomumsy Not So Mumsy Book https://www.booktopia.com.au/not-so-mumsy-marcia-leone/book/9781760525071.html
• Narelda Jacobs - @nareldajacobs
• Maria Paz Hartado
• Evie Farrell @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook 
• Grace Bell
• Melanie Dimmitt, book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability  https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook 
• Alex Nation - @alexandranation
• Emilyeen Filardi 

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Julia Gillard has been busy this year. Very busy.

She’s written a book called ‘Women and Leadership’ with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala where they speak to 8 female leaders including Jacinda Ardern and Hilary Clinton about the impact of gender on the treatment of leaders. 

She's also the host of 'A Podcast of One's Own', where she leads thoughtful but fun discussions with well-known female (and some male) leaders from different industries around the world.

Plus, she’s the Chair of Beyond Blue - a role which she's held since 2017.

And like most of us at the moment, she’s caring for her family in the midst of a global pandemic.

In this conversation, Julia explains how she handled the daily criticism about the way she dressed and looked while she was Prime Minister and the one thing she wishes she'd done differently. 

You can buy Julia Gillard's book here

Other No Filter interviews with former Prime Ministers:

• Kevin Rudd
• Malcolm Turnbull 1
• Malcolm Turnbull 2 

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

Guest: Julia Gillard

Producer: Leah Porges

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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To her many Instagram followers, it seemed like the 'Young Mummy' Sophie Cachia had a pretty rosy life. She had a successful influencer career and pyjama business that she had built off her Young Mummy blog, which she'd started after marrying an AFL player called Jarryd Cachia and having the first of their two kids at just 22 years old.

But like most things on social media, there was a different story happening behind the scenes. Sophie was starting to question the life and identity she'd built for herself over the years. All of it.

So, she opened up her marriage. She started dating women. And everything changed. 

Recently, Sophie was listening to Mia's interview with Glennon Doyle and nodding along furiously. It was a voice memo that made this interview happen. 

Follow Sophie on Instagram 

Sophie's business Cachia 

Glennon Doyle's most recent No Filter

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CREDITS:

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

Guest: Sophie Cachia

Technical Producer: Bridget Northeast and Ian Camilleri  

Executive Producer: Melanie Tait & Leah Porges

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We're dropping into your feed to share an awesome episode of Lady Startup Stories with you.

Flex Mami is a 26 year old slashie: she’s a DJ, TV presenter, podcast host, author and the owner of Flex Factory which makes products.

She’s part of a new generation of businesswomen who have built their brand and business on Instagram and in this interview Flex and Mia Freedman discuss personal branding, content creation and product development in the age of the influencer.

If you like what you hear, head over to the Lady Startup Stories feed for more inspirational stories from female business owners. 

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CREDITS:

Host: Mia Freedman, co-founder of Mamamia and founder of Lady Startup

Guests: Flex Mami 

Producers: Leah Porges and Samantha McDonald

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Rebekah Robertson had twins. Both assigned male at birth. Despite what was written on their birth certificates, Rebekah’s twins were very different to one another.

And so began the story of a little person called Georgie who knew deep inside that she was a girl. 

In this conversation Rebekah explains when she first realised Georgie was transgender and how she handled everything from school to clothes to friends and doctors. She also talks about why the way she has parented her trans child is the exception and how that breaks her heart.

Rebekah is an actress, activist and author. She is the founder of Transcend, a charity for families of transgender children and she’s written a book called About A Girl about how she raised Georgie and how she navigated a safe path for her through a world that still struggles to understand what trans kids need to survive and thrive.

Some other No FIlter interviews you might want to listen to:

• Cate McGregor
• Eddie Ayres
• Ayla Holdom and her wife Wren
• Georgie Stone 

CREDITS:

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

Guest: Rebekah Robertson

Technical Producers: Luca Lavigne and Ian Camilleri  

Executive Producers: Melanie Tait and Leah Porges

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When Teresa Palmer was nineteen, she walked into Hollywood's biggest talent agency and told them she was happy to have a career, but her biggest plans involved being a mother. 

And, she hasn't gone back on that. 

Even though she's scaled the heights of life as a Hollywood movie star, appearing in movies with people like Adam Sandler and Rosario Dawson, it's her family that are the focus of her life. 

She's in a happy blended family who spend their lives between her hometown Adelaide and Los Angeles. There's the three children she gave birth to - Forest, Bodhi and Poet, and there's Mark's first son Isaac, the stepson that made Teresa sure she wanted to be a mother. 

Now Teresa's adding 'author' to the many strings on her already packed bow, after writing 'Zen Mama' with her close friend Sarah Wright Olsen, which talks about everything from birth to pregnancy loss and the raising of small children. 

CREDITS:

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

Guest: Teresa Palmer

Technical Producer: Luca Lavigne and Ian Camilleri  

Executive Producer: Melanie Tait 

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• This interview was recorded in January 2020.

This is a story about fame and power and money and celebrity. And…..yoga. And the point at which all of those things meet is at the bare feet of a man named Bikram Choudhury.

Wearing signature tiny black Speedos and his long hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, Bikram Choudhury was the king of an empire built on sweat, obsessive devotion and, as we learn in a recent Netflix documentary called Bikram, sexual harassment, rape and maniacal control.

This documentary was made by Academy-Award winning Australian filmmaker Eva Orner, who talks to Mia about the story of Bikram, what he is doing now, and why he hasn't yet been punished for his many crimes. 

CREDITS:

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

Guest: Eva Orner 

Technical Producer: Bridget Northeast and Ian Camilleri  

Executive Producer: Melanie Tait 

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