HELLO, LOVELY LISTENERS! On today’s show: Australia has its own local and modern-day gossip girl - Celeb Spellcheck - so what happens when influencers are determined to track her down and expose her identity? Plus, Kim Kardashian West thinks her seven-year-old daughter North is Picasso, why the Golden Globes are more irrelevant than ever, and then, why Janet Jackson was trending on Monday, some 17 years after the term ‘nipplegate’ entered the zeitgeist. This week, Mich recommended the new docume...
Feb 10, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 255
HEY FRIENDS! Today on the show, we bring you the whip-smart Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Yassmin is a media personality and a writer, yes, but she’s also a woman who worked for years as a successful engineer and social justice advocate who, at just 16, started the youth charity Youth Without Borders. In 2010 she was named Young Queenslander of the year, and in 2015, she was named Queensland Australian of the Year. Her 2014 TED Talk has been watched by more than 3 million people worldwide, she’s written...
Feb 07, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 254
Why hello there, lovely people! On today’s show: Jennifer Coolidge is suddenly absolutely everywhere, a lil' collection of stories from the week that prove some male celebs are truly the worst, Adele’s divorce settlement has a sneaky catch, and then! The question from a Rolling Stone profile that had Dua Lipa stewing for days. This week, Mich and Zara both recommend you watch It’s a Sin on Stan. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Sweaty Betty. For 20% off their Power Leggings and all other it...
Feb 03, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 253
HIYA FRIENDS! Today on the show, we bring you the ever-so-sweet Bonny Rebecca. For the unacquainted, Bonny Rebecca is a content creator and influencer with one hell of a story to tell. In 2018, at the height of the plant-based Instagram movement, Bonny - someone who had built a life and a career based on the lifestyle - decided to tell the world that she was leaving veganism for good. Cue: total internet outrage. Outrage so bad that Bonny found her name and face in massive publications like VICE...
Jan 31, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1P6d02a7tL2b9rZsYNO7aw?si=0670cc460f2546cf Happy Saturday book club pals! This month, we tore through Daisy Jones & The Six - the sixth novel from bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid that looks at the whirlwind rise of a fictional, iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. Today on the show, Mich, Zara, and Annabelle talk about the ...
Jan 29, 2021•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 251
HELLO! HAPPY THURSDAY! On today’s show: An Aussie fashion designer’s Instagram posts about Invasion Day leave everyone confused, raising questions about performative activism online. Plus! Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas’s bizarre breakup, the latest on Harry Styles’s relationship with Olivia Wilde, and finally, a deep dive on the worldwide sensation that is Jojo Siwa, who came out as a member of the LGBTIQ+ community this week. This week, Mich recommended the You’re Wrong About podcast episode, ‘T...
Jan 27, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 250
A very happy Monday to you, wonderful friends! Today on the show, we bring you the electric Deni Todorovic. You may well know Deni by their moniker, Style by Deni - a nod to their successful career as a fashion editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine and now GT magazine, and work as a celebrity stylist. In this chat, we go everywhere: from the moment as a kid they knew they were different, to working in the magazine industry as it was slowly dying, to coming to grips with their own gender identity. For ...
Jan 24, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 249
HELLO! MAN OH MAN ARE WE HAPPY TO BE BACK! And HELLOOOO to Thursday, you fresh, sexy day! So glad we could make it! What a delight! What a time! What a year! On today’s show: A big ‘ol recap of the stories that dominated this summer and boy do we have a show for you. From Hilaria Baldwin’s Spanish controversy, to Armie Hammer’s deer heart ways, and Olivia Rodrigo’s viral chart-topping song - we’re covering every story we missed over the break. This week, Mich had a few watch recs! The Queen’s Ga...
Jan 20, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 248
We're baaaaaack and BOY is this a goodie to officially kick off 2021! Today on the show, we bring you the delightful Tayla Damir. You may know Tayla from her time on Love Island season one where she fell in love, won the reality show, and promptly found out her boyfriend - the one she won beside - actually had a girlfriend on the outside the entire time. Now, with an Instagram following of more than half a million people, Tayla Damir has proven to be so much more than her Island experience and t...
Jan 17, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 247
Hiya friends! Today on the show, we bring you the powerhouse that is Alyce Tran. For the unacquainted, Alyce is an entrepreneur to be reckoned with. She is the brains behind The Daily Edited, an accessories label that makes personalised, monogrammed clutches, phone cases, and luggage - the must-have pieces of the moment. In this chat, we talk about the glamour of running your own empire, but also the grit and the ugly parts, too. Particularly, when it comes to the delicate tightrope act of juggl...
Jan 13, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Hellooooo friends! Today on the show, we bring you the glorious Allira Potter. Allira has curated an incredible career by being herself and embracing what the universe throws at her. Despite having numerous hurdles in her path since her mother’s death when she was a teenager, Allira has flourished and thrived. Allira is a body positive warrior who helps her audience practice self-love every single day. In this chat, we talk with Allira about processing grief after her mother’s passing, how spiri...
Jan 06, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 245
Goooood morning, everyone! HAPPY LAST DAY OF 2020! Today on the show, we bring you the formidable Samantha Wills. You likely know Samantha’s name from her eponymous jewelry line, Samantha Wills. Back in 2004, Sam decided to invest her last $500 to showcase her jewelry - jewelry she was then selling at the Bondi markets at Australian Fashion Week. People fell in love, and very soon, she was overwhelmed with orders. Three years in though - despite boasting a successful and very popular business - ...
Dec 30, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 241
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0D39Y5QgX53l9PngQlT7AS?si=239a0943f6854fef OHHH, it's the last book club for 2020, friends! This month, we read Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - a novel that centres around Gifty, a neuroscientist at Stanford who studies addiction and depression neural circuits through experimenting with mice. This, we come to learn, is no coincidence. Transcendent Kingdom deals with grief, mental illness, and relig...
Dec 25, 2020•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 244
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, FAVOURITE PEOPLE! Today, we bring you a very special episode with you guys, the Shameless community! We think there’s no better time to reminisce on the year that was, all while hearing your thoughts on everything from your favourite pop culture stories of 2020, to which Shameless interviews have stayed with you the most, and what lessons you’ll be taking into 2021. We will be back with normal programming on January 18! In the meantime though, keep an eye out for our summer ...
Dec 23, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 246
HELLOOOO AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! On today’s show: Exactly what’s gone down between The Slumflower and Florence Given, Cody Simpson randomly pops up in Australian Olympic trials, a definitive ranking of all of the best and worst Christmas songs of all time, and a wrap on the year that was. What has 2020 taught us about ourselves and the world? This week, Zara recommended Zoe Foster Blake’s dinner playlist on Spotify and Mich recommended watching Geordie Shore (lol). Thank you so much to today...
Dec 20, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 242
Happy Thursday friends! Today on the show, we bring you the hilarious Nazeem Hussain. Nazeem is a comedian, actor and TV personality who has performed stand-up at comedy festivals all around the world. Nazeem created and starred in the SBS show ‘Legally Brown’, the sketch comedy series ‘Orange Is The New Brown’ on Channel 7, and has his very own, critically-acclaimed Netflix Special called ‘Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy’. In this chat, we spoke with Nazeem about the close bond he has with his y...
Dec 16, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Happy Monday wonderful people! On today’s show: The influencer s*x tape that’s made us see coconut oil in an entirely new light. Plus, Johnny Depp’s celeb-laden love life is outed as part of his court case against Amber Heard, Taylor Swift outdoes herself by releasing her second album in 2020, and - last but not least- the Red Table Talk that sparked a huge discussion about star power and privilege. This week, Zara recommended the episode of The Cut, ‘Would You Move Back Home? Could You?’. Mich ...
Dec 13, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Hey, legends! Today on the show, we bring you the formidable Kylie Brown. Kylie is in the public eye, partly, because her husband Jonathan Brown is a well-known former AFL star and radio personality. But it’s what Kylie has managed to do with her profile and platform that has blown us away. After struggling with chronic endometriosis for two decades, and undergoing no less than nine surgeries - including a hysterectomy at 34 - to manage her condition, Kylie opened an Instagram account to track h...
Dec 09, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 238
G’day friends! On today’s show: What your Spotify Wrapped says about you, plus, Juno star Elliot Page announces he is transgender, Rhianna has a very famous new bf, and why conservatives lost their flippin’ minds over Harry Styles wearing a dress in Vogue. This week, Mich recommended The Story of Diana on Netflix, and Zara recommended reading Cazzie David’s piece, ‘Ex Dysmorphia’, in Air Mail. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Oaty Bruce. To check out Nutty Bruce’s new Oat Milk range, head t...
Dec 06, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Happy Thursday everyone! Today on the show, we bring you the inimitable Rupi Kaur. Rupi is the writer and poet of three best-selling books: Milk and Honey, The Sun and her Flowers, and Home Body, which have sold a cumulative 8 million copies worldwide and been translated into 42 languages. In 2017, Kaur was named in BBC’s 100 Women list, and in 2019, The New Republic named her the writer of the decade. For more from Rupi, follow her on Instagram at @rupikaur_. And buy her fantastic book, Home Bo...
Dec 02, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 236
Happy Monday lovely people! On today’s show: Do not call Justin Bieber a pop star, the bizarre backlash to Meghan Markle’s New York Times essay, and then, has Zac Efron put an end to his ‘hot normie’ relationship? Finally, we talk all about the millennial makeover of Princess Diana. This week, Zara recommended listening to the You’re Wrong About podcast. Michelle recommended keeping an eye out for our Shameless 12 Days of Giveaways, dropping into your Instagram feeds TOMORROW! YAY FOR CHRISTMAS!...
Nov 29, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PwGumOnjhUbz2vNtWkQdS?si=90750de4c18e40ec A very happy Saturday to you, book club friends!!! This month, we’re delving into bestselling author Dolly Alderton’s fiction debut: the warm, funny, tender novel, Ghosts. Ghosts tells the story of food writer Nina Dean who enters her thirties with a successful career under her belt and strong friendships around her. And then, well... then she meets Max - a ta...
Nov 27, 2020•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 234
HIYA FRIENDS! Today, we bring you the men behind The Inspired Unemployed, Matt Ford and Jack Steele. Matt and Jack have gone from relative obscurity to being an internationally-recognised duo in only the last year or so. They have accumulated 600,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 800,000 on Instagram, and have also fronted campaigns for Fendi, The Iconic, and Louis Vuitton. In this chat, we talk about the transition from working on suburban job sites as tradies to starring on the cover of GQ, a...
Nov 25, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 233
HEY FRIENDS! On today’s show: Nigella Lawson’s buttered toast technique becomes a very British scandal. Plus, Angie Kent rightly disparages cover story clickbait, and then, is this the end of Pete Evans as we know him? This week, Zara recommended reading our November book club pick, Ghosts by Dolly Alderton. Mich recommended this Vodka pasta recipe from Gigi Hadid. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Calming Blankets. Use the code ‘SHAMELESS’ at checkout for $115 off any adult weighted blanket...
Nov 22, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Happy Thursday everybody!!! Today, we bring you the enigmatic Florence Given. For the unacquainted, Florence is nothing short of a force to be reckoned with. The 21-year-old feminist illustrator, writer, and activist released her debut book, Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, in June this year, and has gone on to become a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Florence now has a social media following of more than half a million people, and has single-handedly carved out one of the most engaged spaces for...
Nov 18, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Hiya friends! On today’s show: The most brutal riches to rags story that we’ve read in a very long time. Plus, the future of shoppable shows like Euphoria, an internal crisis on why we give so many effs about the love lives of teenage Tik Tokkers, and the Hillsong "hypepriest" who ruined his career with an extra-marital affair. This week, Zara recommended The Rise Of The Murdoch Dynasty on ABC iView. Off the back of last week’s Christmas movie chat, Mich recommended the show A Moody Christmas. H...
Nov 15, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 229
Why hello there! Today, we bring you the very warm Nakkiah Lui. Nakkiah is a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman who writes for both the theatre and television. Nakkiah has co-written and starred in the ABC’s Black Comedy, created and starred in Kiki and Kitty for the ABC, co-hosted the Buzzfeed podcast series Pretty for an Aboriginal, and in 2019, released her debut novel, Black Is The New White. This year, Nakkiah also released her Audible Original Podcast alongside Miranda Tapsell, Deb...
Nov 11, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 228
HELLO LISTENER FRIENDS! On today’s show: The explosive Bachelorette finale that took us by surprise after quite a lacklustre season. Plus, the baby rumours that Hailey Bieber is having none of, and then, how one of Netflix’s most-streamed films in 2020 also happens to be one of the worst Christmas movies we’ve ever seen. This week, Mich and Zara recommended some top-quality/kinda niche Christmas movies you should spend your time watching instead of Holidate - While You Were Sleeping and Home Alo...
Nov 08, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Hiiiii lovely people! Today, we bring you the remarkable Sophie Delezio. If Sophie’s name sounds familiar, you were probably first introduced to her story more than 16 years ago, when a car crashed into Sophie’s daycare centre and trapped Sophie underneath. In that incident, she suffered burns to more than 85% of her body, lost both of her feet, a number of fingers, and an ear. A few years later, Sophie’s life was threatened again by a serious car accident, where, after being thrown from her whe...
Nov 04, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Hey there! On today’s show: Is James Corden the next to fall down to cancel culture? Plus, the celebrity baby boom, David Beckham’s massive Netflix’s deal, and the Kardashian birthday story that split Shameless listeners right down the middle. Is it a bit gross to celebrate your 40th birthday on a private island and post about it on social media, all in the midst of a pandemic? Or, should we just accept that rich people are going to live their very best lives, no matter what the rest of us are d...
Nov 01, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 225
