"Aw, are you having a boy or a girl?" It's what every parent-to-be is asked as soon as the lines appear on the pee stick. But Kyl Myers and her partner Brent are two of a growing number of parents who refused to answer that question and made the choice to raise their child as "gender creative". Kyl and Brent have never publicly disclosed the biological sex of their child Zoomer, and they don’t use the pronouns 'he' or 'she'. They intend to let Zoomer decide on what gender to identify as, if any,...
Aug 26, 2018•42 min
Today Malcolm Turnbull was replaced as Prime Minister of Australia by former treasurer Scott Morrison after months of speculation political in-fighting. Since becoming PM he’s been seen as a bit of a disappointment. Too robotic, too soft and not the Malcolm we signed up for. Back in 2017, Mia sat down with Malcolm to talk politics, gay marriage and the most important relationship in his life. The one with his wife, Lucy Turnbull. As he stood behind the lectern addressing the nation, Lucy was sta...
Aug 24, 2018•10 min
Osher Gunsberg is not who you think he is. Yes, he is the guy who hosts The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and is the boss of the roses. And yes, he did used to host another massive reality show called Australian Idol back when he was called Andrew G. But throughout his life, Osher had things to hide. But now, he’s talking about them. He’s written a book called Back, After The Break, where he writes about his life, how he’s battled and overcome OCD, anxiety, body dysmorphia and even psychosis. An...
Aug 19, 2018•1 hr 5 min
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 D...
Aug 12, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Lucy Peach is a folk singer turned comedian turned period hacker. Yes, period hacker. Lucy has worked out the secret to using your period for power. And on this episode of No Filter, she gives practical advice about how to harness the different phases of your cycle. After you listen to this you'll never think of your period the same way again. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Lucy Peach. Find out more about her live shows here. Produc...
Aug 05, 2018•32 min
How do you prepare for prison? How do you tell your young daughters that you aren’t going to see them for a very long time?Kerry Tucker was jailed in 2004 for one of the biggest white-collar crimes committed by a female in Victoria at the time. She’d been stealing money from her employers. She owned up to it, went through the process and spent 4.5 years behind bars in a maximum security prison away from her two daughters. Surprisingly for Kerry, jail was the making of her and she’s written a boo...
Jul 29, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Amy Molloy has lived a big life. She’s survived anorexia, was widowed at 23, divorced her second husband in her late 20’s, forged a new career, married for the third time and has had two babies. And she’s only 33. Amy has written a book about her life so far, called The World Is A Nice Place, and she joins Mia to talk about why, after so much hardship, she's filled with hope…. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Amy Molloy Buy her book T...
Jul 22, 2018•41 min
Wren Holdom had been with her partner Ayla for almost a decade when a revelation in a Chinese restaurant turned their lives upside down. Learning that her spouse was transgender was just the beginning of a journey that included difficult conversations with family, being outed by the tabloid press at Prince William's wedding and ultimately strengthening their bond and cementing their commitment to one another. Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to specia...
Jul 16, 2018•56 min
Caitlin Moran is a writer, columnist, novelist, dramatist and one of the most optimistic and funny writers on the planet. She’s published six books, writes two columns a week for the UK Times and is a mum to two teenage girls. And because she's not busy enough she's just written her second book in a trilogy, How To Be Famous. In this intimate interview, Caitlin and Mia catch up and discuss the issues of Me Too, feminism, fame and getting older. This one will feel like eavesdropping on a conversa...
Jul 08, 2018•56 min
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Jul 08, 2018•17 min
Tara Westover was 16 when she stepped into a classroom for the first time. She didn’t know how to talk to her peers, had never heard of the Holocaust and thought that she was sitting amongst heathens. Today Tara holds a PHD in intellectual history and political thought from Cambridge University. She’s attended Harvard as a fellow, and has just written her first book, a memoir called Educated. So how did she get here? Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks t...
Jun 24, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Maz Compton knew she had a problem with alcohol when she couldn’t stop saying yes to it. But she didn’t classify herself as an alcoholic. She was high-functioning, kicking huge career goals and her personal life was great. She wasn’t unwell or out of control. She didn’t seem to tick any of the boxes on the label marked "alcoholic"…..except one. She didn’t know how to manage the amount of alcohol she drank. What she decided to do next was radical and not everyone was impressed... Click here to su...
Jun 17, 2018•40 min
Alannah Hill the brand is one of the most iconic fashion labels in Australia but what about Alannah Hill the woman? Mia first met Alannah 20 years ago when she was one of the biggest names in fashion. Since that time, Alannah has had a baby and raised him as a single mum. She’s also lost her own mother, her beloved business and for a while her identity. She shares her hardships and successes in her memoir, Butterfly On A Pin and she's sitting down with Mia to talk about it. Click here to subscri...
Jun 10, 2018•1 hr 13 min
A couple of months ago you may have heard my interview with Marilee Mai, the mother of a little girl called Milan who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer last July and who I met when I spent some time in the hospital with one of my kids at the end of last year. Many of you have been asking for updates as to how Milan is going and it’s with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you know she passed away this week.... For Milan’s parents, Marilee and Min and for her little sister Mic...
Jun 08, 2018•2 min
In April 2016, Elle Halliwell was going about her life as fashion editor and showbiz reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She was fit, she ate healthily and she only drank on weekends. Everything was fine...until she got a call that would change her life. Elle found out she had Leukemia and 48 hours later she found out she was pregnant. So what were those 48 hours like? What happens when cancer and motherhood collide? And how do you keep living a normal life when your world is turned upside down? ...
Jun 03, 2018•56 min
When self described crap housewife, journalist and presenter Jessica Rowe announced she would be leaving her job as co-host on Studio 10 to spend more time with her daughters Allegra and Giselle, people cared. Because when high profile women lean out of their jobs, it seems like the decision is being made on behalf of all women. So how did she know when it was time to lean out of her job and lean in to her family? Click here to subscribe to No Filter. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to s...
May 27, 2018•52 min
For the first 37 years of her life, Liz Ellis never planned on having kids. The former Australian Netball captain met her husband, rugby union player Matthew Stocks, when she was in her early 20s. After the birth of her first daughter, Evelyn, Liz knew instantly she wanted more kids. But the next chapter of her life was not going to be easy. For 5 years, Liz suffered from secondary infertility. Now she has written a book filled with expert information called If At First You Don’t Conceive to hel...
May 20, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Jamelle Wells has spent the past ten years in New South Wales courtrooms. She’s not a judge, a lawyer or a serial criminal, she's a Court Reporter. Since 2008 she's has been working for the ABC, covering some of the biggest cases in the country. From the trial of Hey Dad star, Robert Hughes to the Sydney Siege, Jamelle has covered it all. So how does she do her job without taking what she hears in the courtroom home? CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Jamelle Wells . Buy he...
May 13, 2018•44 min
Sarah Ferguson is an award winning journalist, author, mother, wife and daughter. A little under a year ago she received a phone call from her brother who told her their mother had suddenly, unexpectedly died. This week, Sarah is facing her first Mother’s Day without her beloved mum Marjorie. She’s written a book On Mother that captures the days, weeks and months after her mother's death... CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Sarah Ferguson . Buy her book On Mother here or a...
May 12, 2018•50 min
Barry du Bois is a great bloke. Everyone who knows him will tell you that. And even if you don't know him, he's one of those guys you see on TV and you just want to be mates with him. So last year, when the former builder got his second cancer diagnosis and announced it on The Living Room , people had a lot of feelings. The outpouring of support proved that people don't just love Barry, they love him hard. Which is why he’s decided he’s not going anywhere... CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With than...
May 06, 2018•54 min
Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs are two comedians from Byron Bay who tour the country with their stand up show Women Like Us. Between them, they have seven kids. Publicly and privately, they discuss everything from menopause, to moon cups, to being sandwiched between parents that need you and teens that need you too - even if they pretend they don’t. And because their conversations on stage have resonated so much with a group of women who society often glosses over, Mandy and Ellen have written a b...
Apr 29, 2018•41 min
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of The Bachelor? What the audition process is like? What it's like to be filmed on a first date? Amy Kaufman is an LA Times reporter who writes a lot about TV, film and pop culture and her book, Bachelor Nation: Inside the World Of America's Favourite Guilty Pleasure reveals how The Bachelor sausage is made. So, what really goes on inside the mansion when the cameras are turned off? CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Amy...
Apr 22, 2018•50 min
In 2016 Constance Hall’s world changed forever after a Facebook post about 'parent sex' went unexpectedly, next-level viral. Constance had been sharing honest stories about raising her four kids online for years, but it was this one that kicked her into the stratosphere and made her Australia’s best known ‘Mummy Blogger.’ It’s also when things went very nuts. Hate groups were formed, but so too was a community of women who backed her, calling themselves ‘Queens’. And her private life became very...
Apr 15, 2018•52 min
What would you do if your 5-year-old daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer? Last year Marilee Mai's daughter Milan was feeling under the weather so they took her to the hospital. Little did they know it was a place they'd be in and out of for the next year. So what do you do when you're faced with this completely unexpected and terrifying reality? How do you act? How do you make sure your other two kids are ok? And how do you stay positive for your daughter when you don't know what's around t...
Apr 08, 2018•45 min
Have you ever finished a night out with one of your girlfriends and asked her to text you when she gets home? American author Kayleen Schaefer has written a book about. Kayleen wanted to examine and celebrate female friendship, in pop culture and in life. How has it changed? Why is it so powerful? And why isn’t it celebrated more? Listen, then text it to your girlfriend. CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Kayleen Schaefer Producer: Elissa Ratliff No filter is presented to y...
Apr 01, 2018•27 min
Blanche d’Alpuget has spent 62 of her 74 years exploring lust, longing and a lifelong quest for love. It was 1970 in Jakarta when a then married Blanche met a then married Robert Hawke. She thought his name was Robin. Little did she knew he would go on to become the great love of her life. Six years later, in 1976, she met Robert again. Their affair began and continued on and off until 1995 when they married. In person, Blanche is extraordinarily beautiful down-to-earth, quick to laugh, searingl...
Mar 26, 2018•51 min
For the past six years, Melinda Hildebrandt has been parenting by the seat of her pants. Melinda had always dreamed of becoming a mother and that dream came true in 2012, when she gave birth to her daughter Amelia. When Amelia was two, she was diagnosed with severe deafness and autism. To help her cope with her experience of mothering a little girl who was very different to the one she’d imagined having, Melinda started blogging. And last year she released a book - Amelia and Me - on deafness, a...
Mar 18, 2018•45 min
In her 41 years, Glennon Doyle has worn a lot of very different capes.The best selling American author has been a recovering bulimic, alcoholic, drug user, wife, mother, Christian mummy blogger, and activist but her most recent cape, is the one that really changed her life. In 2016, Glennon wrote her New York Times bestselling book, Love Warrior, about putting her marriage back together after her husband had cheated on her. The book went on to become part of Oprah’s Book Club selection and put h...
Mar 11, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Don’t underestimate Celeste Barber. Just because you’ve seen her recreating celebrity photos on Instagram doesn't mean that's all she's about. Celeste Barber is an actress, comedian and writer. She’s also not rolling in cash, despite being one of the world’s most famous Instagrammers with over 3 million fans. So apart from being a woman who can get the Kardashians and Tom Ford to repost her photos who is Celeste? CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Celeste Barber Producer: E...
Mar 04, 2018•49 min
16 years ago, Australian journalist Laura Brown packed up her surburban life and moved to New York. Today, she is a media superstar and powerhouse as the Editor-In-Chief of InStyle Magazine where she is revolutionising the fashion and magazine industries with her very Australian humour and her ability to get her celebrity friends to do anything she asks. So how did a girl from Camden land one of the most kickarse jobs in the world? CREDITS: Host: Mia Freedman With thanks to special guest Laura B...
Feb 25, 2018•47 min
