Happy Monday, friends! Welcome to the third and final part of our series on One Direction. It was always pretty obvious that Harry Styles was the brightest star in the band. So when One Direction split in 2016, it was no surprise that he doggedly pursued a solo career. Here, we chart his ascension to total superstardom. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Head here for ...
Jan 08, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 463
Hey, wonderful people! Welcome to part two of our series on One Direction. They’d gone from total obscurity to smashing records not even the Beatles had achieved. But behind closed doors? Everything was about to come tumbling down for One Direction. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Elite Eleven for making this episode possible. If you find something you...
Jan 01, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 462
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/14CUMdJOw5adOtThHdk04K?si=c28253ae0346439c Hiya, book clubbers! This month, we read You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. This is a book that flips the romance genre utterly on its head. It’s been five years since protagonist Feyi lost her husband in a car accident. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer sh...
Dec 30, 2022•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 461
Happy Monday, everybody! They were five boys from the UK, each with a dream to make it in music. Only, when Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles wandered into X Factor, nobody could have predicted where they’d end up. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Youswim for making this episode possible. If you want to give them a go...
Dec 25, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 460
G’day, everybody! On today’s show: the 2022 SEOYAs - that is, the 2022 Shameless End of Year Awards. Today, we’re recapping some of our favourite recommendations of the year, and we’re looking back at the pop culture stories that shaped 2022. We’re also going to share with you a little bit of ‘behind the scenes’ - what segments we loved, what we have slight regret about maybe, and what we’re taking away from the year. You can vote for your winners on the Shameless Instagram account in this week’...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 459
Hello, friends! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on Chrissy Teigen. She was the media’s go-to cool girl - a celebrity adored for her wit and sharp tongue. Only, Chrissy Teigen would soon learn that when it comes to the internet, there are receipts. And those receipts will come back to haunt you. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Calm fo...
Dec 18, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 458
Hello, everyone! On today’s show: Kate Ritchie slams the Daily Mail for a gross intrusion of privacy. Say hello to Taylor Swift’s directing era, The White Lotus cements itself as the most culturally relevant TV show of 2022, Abbie Chatfield sparks a national conversation about slut-shaming, and last but certainly not least, our thoughts on the first three episodes of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series. This week, Mich recommended listening to Billy McFarland on Diary of a CEO. Zara recommended re...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 457
Happy Monday, everybody! She was the media’s go-to cool girl - a celebrity adored for her wit and sharp tongue. Only, Chrissy Teigen would soon learn that when it comes to the internet, there are receipts. And those receipts will come back to haunt you. To read the Vanity Fair profile of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, head here. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big ...
Dec 11, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 456
Hey, friends! On today’s show: The Good Morning America extra-marital affair that’s absolutely dominating the headlines. Then, the full trailer for Harry and Meghan’s Netflix docu-series is here and, naturally, the internet is bursting with opinions. Plus, Britain’s biggest influencer Molly-Mae has shed some light on what her relationship has been like while pregnant, and, well, we wade through our complicated feelings about it. This week, Zara recommended reading ‘My boyfriend, a writer, broke ...
Dec 07, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 455
Happy Monday, legends! She was the Tasmanian-born marketing director who, in the most literal of ways, lived out a real-life fairytale. Because upon meeting Prince Frederik at a bar, Mary Donaldson’s typical Aussie life changed forever. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Lo Bros Not Soda for making this episode possible. Lo Bros Not Soda cans are availabl...
Dec 04, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 454
Happy Thursday, everyone! On today’s show: What the hell is going on with Balenciaga and that ad campaign? Shawn Mendes might be dating his much-older chiropractor, Pete Davidson definitely wants us to think he’s dating Em Rata, Channel 10’s latest reality show is also its latest flop, and then we finally return to the Shameless mailbag: what to do about your friend’s incredibly messy social media activity? This week, Mich gave us two recommendations: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and th...
Nov 30, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 453
Hello, legends! Welcome to the fourth and final installment of our series on Justin, Selena and Hailey. In March 2018, Justin Bieber’s girlfriend was Selena Gomez. By September, Hailey Baldwin was his wife. The fall-out of that… particularly tight timeline would captivate the public for years to come. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Disney Plus and Dis...
Nov 27, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 452
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7aPUFqX9tPwMe4UJCjZ9s5?si=de37edab3ae74515 Happy Saturday, book club friends! This month, we read Coco Mellors’s best-selling debut novel, Cleopatra and Frankenstein. The book follows 24-year-old British artist Cleo, whose chance meeting with a man called Frank (who is some 20 years older than her), changes the course of both of their lives. In Frank, Cleo finds a future where she can paint, be happy a...
Nov 25, 2022•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 451
Hello, pals! On today’s show: It’s all over for Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde, Lily-Rose Depp launches herself headfirst into a nepo baby conversational fire, Brooklyn Beckham tells the world he is a nutter in the kitchen while trying to convince us we need a tutorial for a gin and tonic, and THEN, what’s going on with Taylor and Ticketmaster? This week, Zara recommended two columns from Haley Nahman’s newsletter: ‘On cosmetic procedures and the limits of "destigmatization”’ and ‘Re: getting wor...
Nov 23, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 450
Happy Monday, everybody! Welcome to the third installment of our series on Justin, Selena and Hailey. In December 2015, Justin Bieber was giving off hints that he was back with Selena Gomez. Which was made all the more strange when, three weeks later, he uploaded a photo kissing Hailey Baldwin. To read ‘Justin Bieber Would Like to Reintroduce Himself’ in GQ, head here. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo o...
Nov 20, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 449
Happy Thursday, mates! On today’s show: A pap snuck into Laura and Matty J’s wedding, Jennifer Aniston shares her infertility struggles for the first time, Nick Cannon continues to spread his seed far and wide, Pete Davidson and Em Rata were spotted on a date in New York City and Zara has a few questions for the Twilight star you definitely forgot about. This week, Zara gave three recommendations: The Crown season five on Netflix, ‘The Episode That Wasn't’ on We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon D...
Nov 16, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 448
Happy Monday, mates! In a matter of months, Justin Bieber had gone from near obscurity to a worldwide pop sensation. But once he’d ascended to the top? His brattish antics would make him one of the world’s most hated celebrities. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Calm for making this episode possible. Head over to CALM.COM/SHAMELESS for 40% Calm’s premiu...
Nov 13, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 447
Hello, everyone! On today’s show: Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are back on we would like to know if we are the only ones that care about that? Plus, rumours about Pheobe Bridgers and Paul Mescal being engaged are veering into conspiracy theory territory, Johnny Depp makes a controversial appearance at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show and drama at the finale of the Block. Then, of course, we need to talk about Selena Gomez’s new documentary Mind and Me and Selena fans have such a problem with her ...
Nov 09, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 446
Happy Monday, mates! Justin, Selena, Hailey - three names we’ve read side-by-side for years. So, what exactly is the story behind one of the world’s biggest pop stars, his first love, and his now-wife? And what were the many PR nightmares littered along the way? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Hey Tiger Chocolate for making this episode possible. Hey T...
Nov 06, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 445
Hello hello! On today’s show: People are mad about Billie Eilish’s Halloween costume, and we have a potentially unpopular opinion on it all. Rihanna’s released her first single in six years, Nicola Peltz-Beckham is back in the headlines for the 4000th time this year, radio’s golden girl Kate Ritchie is reportedly on the out, Matthew Perry’s arch nemesis is… Keanu Reeves? And then, we hear Zara’s two cents: is this the smartest celebrity on the internet right now? This week, Zara recommended list...
Nov 02, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 444
Hey, friends! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on the Olsen twins. TV stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen endured the leering eye of the world’s media for all of their teenage years. But once they turned 18? They were ready to channel their fame and power into something else entirely: fashion. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Youswim for ...
Oct 30, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 443
Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GE2gcv3W20yNKAHaWphWu?si=68074612b7ed419d Hello, book clubbers! This month, we read Aussie author Diana Reid’s second novel, Seeing Other People. Seeing Other People follows two sisters, Eleanor and Charlie, living two very different lifestyles in Sydney after lockdown. When the novel begins, Eleanor has a corporate job and is in a relationship with Mark, Charlie is an actress living in a sharehouse w...
Oct 28, 2022•50 sec•Season 1Ep. 442
Hellooooo, everyone! On today’s show: Who is YungSweetRo and what do we make of the rumours that Travis Scott has been cheating on Kylie? Sophie Cachia announces that her engagement to professional basketballer Maddie Garrick has been called off, who the hell is advising James Corden right now? We can now name the A-lister who reportedly had a fling with Harry Styles before Olivia Wilde, and then: the biggest moment in music in the last decade - Midnights, the tenth studio album by Taylor Swift ...
Oct 26, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 441
Happy Monday, everybody! Today, we’re heading back to 1986. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were the sisters you likely grew up watching: twins who took the television industry - and the world - by storm when they were just babies. But growing up under the spotlight came with countless challenges. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Extra Gum for making this ep...
Oct 23, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 440
Hello, mates! On today’s show: Em Rata has launched a podcast that seems… an awful lot like another podcast. Why James Corden was banned - then unbanned - from a New York City restaurant, Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber had a way better plan than leaving a love heart emoji on each other’s TikToks, Drew Barrymore explains why she’s A-OK with going years without sex, and then: the nanny has spoken. Oh, god, has the nanny spoken. Which means the extremely messy split between Olivia Wilde and Jason S...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 439
Happy Monday, everybody! Welcome to part two of our series on Bec and Lleyton Hewitt. In 2005, Australian women’s magazines were in love with the Hewitts. But in the space of a year or two, the mood completely changed. So, how did Bec and Lleyton go from being the tabloid’s darlings, to being the tabloid’s enemies? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Calm ...
Oct 16, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 438
Happy Thursday, pals! On today’s show: Kanye West has his social media accounts locked and draws the ire of Gigi Hadid, why Prince Harry’s memoir might never be released, Carrie Bickmore departs The Project, the oh-so juicy claims that this year’s Miss USA pageant was “rigged”, and then, it feels like every corner of the internet is declaring “thin is in”. If that’s the case, who’s to answer for it? This week, Mich recommended watching Marriage on ABC iView and reading ‘What I Know’ by Jessica K...
Oct 12, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 437
Happy Monday, pals! Today, we’re heading back to the noughties. He was the bad-tempered tennis star with frosty blonde tips. She, the homegrown soapie actress everyone adored. So when Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt got together, they became the most talked about celebrity couple in the country. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to CeraVe for making this ...
Oct 09, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 436
Hello, friends! On today’s show: Best mates Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne are involved in some ugly headlines about a paparazzo, the Beckham’s family feud might just be over, Bella Hadid is *the* face of the modelling industry right now, whoever is doing Emma Chamberlain’s PR deserves a raise, and then: Zara’s two cents - why, after so many years, will Hailey Bieber still not say Selena Gomez’s name? This week, Mich recommended going to see Don’t Worry Darling. Zara recommended Mel C’s inter...
Oct 05, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 435
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on James Charles and Tati Westbrook. On May 10, 2019, Tati Westbrook posted the ‘Bye Sister’ video, which brought James Charles’s career crashing down. Only, within 12 months, the story behind YouTube’s biggest scandal ever would be totally and utterly flipped on its head. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspod...
Oct 02, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 434
