Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding are one of the country's most popular couples. So when they announced their engagement in May, there was a collective cheer from the Australian public, particularly since part of the business of being Andy Lee – a four-time Gold Logie nominee and half of a hugely successful double act with long-time co-host Hamish Blake – means a lot of people feel invested in his personal life. In their first interview since their engagement, Andy and Rebecca join host Sarrah Le Mar...
Aug 10, 2024•39 min
Cate Campbell competed as part of the Australian swimming team at four consecutive Olympics and has a haul of eight medals (four of them gold) to show for it. But this time around, she's at the Paris Games fulfilling a very different role. On this episode of Something To Talk About , Cate joins host Sarrah Le Marquand poolside from Paris to talk about the bittersweet experience of shifting from athlete to commentator, and how her experience as an Olympic athlete gives her a unique appreciation f...
Aug 03, 2024•34 min
Celia Pacquola has been busy. She debuted her first live show in five years, I’m As Surprised As You Are ; became the host of popular sketch comedy series Thank God You’re Here; starred in the Logie-nominated TV show Utopia ; and – in between filming, writing and performing – she also had a baby. On this episode of Something To Talk About , Celia joins host Sarrah Le Marquand to explain why she decided to host Thank God You’re Here , what it's like working with fellow comedian, on-screen co-star...
Jul 27, 2024•35 min
Robyn Lawley is one of Australia’s most successful models, who has been breaking barriers since she began working in the industry at the age of 15. She is also an advocate for body positivity and inclusivity in fashion, an ambassador for Inika Organic and a business owner. On today’s episode, Robyn joins Sarrah Le Marquand to discuss the dangers of artificial intelligence and social media, why she continues to challenge toxic beauty standards, and how she feels about modelling at 35 given that s...
Jul 20, 2024•37 min
It has been a big 12 months for Abbie Chatfield. She walked away from radio, continued to host her hit podcast It’s A Lot, took her one-woman show on the road with a national tour, and filmed her second season as host of FBoy Island Australia. Chatfield also continues to generate headlines by using her social media platform to speak out about serious political issues – and by finding love with Peking Duk musician Adam Hyde. On today’s episode, she joins Sarrah Le Marquand to talk about all of th...
Jul 13, 2024•56 min
Tony Armstrong is a man who needs no introduction. The last few years have seen the ABC presenter become one of the hottest properties in the Australian media, as confirmed by his recent Gold Logie nomination. His status as Australia’s most eligible bachelor almost meant you could practically hear the hearts breaking when he went public on social media late last year with his relationship with Rona Glynn-McDonald, a Kaytetye woman who grew up in Alice Springs and is the CEO of Common Ground, a D...
Jul 06, 2024•45 min
Since 1992, Sonia Kruger has been a fixture on our screens, from her role as Tina Sparkle in Baz Luhrmann’s cult film Strictly Ballroom to working as a television presenter on morning TV and hosting some of Australia’s most successful reality shows - including, of course, Dancing With The Stars which is back on our screens this week. But when it comes to her private life, Sonia likes to keep it private. But today we get a little more personal. We discuss how she was instrumental in bringing Danc...
Jun 29, 2024•56 min
Amanda Keller is a confessed oversharer. It’s her job to share snippets of her private life on the breakfast radio show she’s co-hosted for the past 19 years, Jonesy and Amanda on Sydney’s WSFM. But last year, Amanda revealed she’d been keeping a secret. On her new podcast, Double A Chattery, Amanda told the world that for the past six years, her husband Harley had been living with Parkinson's. On this episode of Something To Talk About, Amanda joins Stellar’s editor-in-chief Sarrah Le Marquand ...
Jun 22, 2024•43 min
With nine Olympic medals and 14 individual world records to her name, Leisel Jones is one of Australia’s all-time greats. But her time as a professional athlete wasn’t all podiums and accolades - it was also full of intense media scrutiny, body shaming, self-doubt, a public lashing from swim legend Dawn Fraser and a pressure to perform that was so intense she now says it left her feeling “almost brainwashed”. Twelve years after hanging up her swimsuit for the last time, Leisel admits she isn’t s...
Jun 15, 2024•42 min
Almost 20 years ago, writer and media personality Zoe Marshall went through such a deeply traumatic series of experiences – the death of her mother, a family rift and a physically and psychologically abusive relationship – that she considered ending her own life. But then, she leaned into manifestation, or as she calls it, co-creation - and her life took a turn that was almost impossible to believe. In 2024, Zoe has several successful businesses under her belt. She’s happily married to former NR...
Jun 08, 2024•51 min
Former radio host Bianca Dye is no stranger to tackling taboos and staring down stigma - after all, she’s been doing it since back when feminism was a dirty word, particularly in the then-male-dominated world of radio. But her new era - a chapter of her life she describes as Fifty, Sacked and Single - is seeing her having to stare down even more stereotypes as she navigates mental health, unemployment and the dating pool as a woman in her 50s. There was never a dull moment when Bianca joined hos...
Jun 01, 2024•50 min
Amber Petty was first catapulted into the spotlight in the most unusual of circumstances, by standing alongside her best friend, Mary Donaldson, at her wedding to the Crown Prince of Denmark in 2004. Becoming known as the “royal bridesmaid”, Amber Petty has experienced many highs and lows during her career in the radio and media in the 20 years since. Today, she is using her public platform to speak up about something very difficult - but also very important. And that is a reminder of how the mu...
May 25, 2024•55 min
It’s been five years since Kate Langbroek and her husband and four children packed up to move to Italy – a decision that to this day has people stopping her in the street to discuss. Now firmly entrenched back into the reality of life back in Australia, we decided it was time to sit down with the always entertaining - and always unpredictable - Kate to shamelessly pick her brains for an update on the whole work/life/family ratio in mid 2024. Apart from her thoughts on ‘shadow labour’, and the of...
May 18, 2024•47 min
Today’s episode of Something To Talk About is released on the eve of Mother’s Day – an occasion that for some, is a day of celebration, yet for others is a reminder of grief and isolation. Media personality, author and youth worker Brooke Blurton is one who approaches Mother’s Day with conflicted emotions, having lost her mother when she was just 11. Joining host Sarrah Le Marquand for this special episode, Brooke reflects on grief; celebrating the legacies of her mother and her grandmother; tak...
May 11, 2024•34 min
Em Rusciano has never been one to hold back, but despite having built a career on being refreshingly honest, her decision to go public at a National Press Club address about being diagnosed with ADHD at age 42, and autism a year later, took her into completely unchartered territory. Now, three years on from her diagnoses, Em is embarking on her most personal project yet, a new podcast series she describes as a “love letter to the neurodivergent community and a roadmap for neurotypical people.” A...
May 04, 2024•53 min
For 23 years, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson have dominated radio airwaves in Sydney, and having appeared on various TV shows over the years, have become one of Australia’s most well-known double acts. But despite their infamy, they very rarely do interviews together - and yet for today’s episode of Something To Talk About they agreed to sit down on the other side of the microphone to join host Sarrah Le Marquand for a no-holds-barred conversation that veers from the outrageous to the ...
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min
She gets up at 3 a.m. for work, is raising two children under age five and is building a side hustle as a property developer and renovator. So it is little wonder that Sunrise news presenter Edwina Bartholomew can’t be bothered by those who question her life choices - whether that’s arriving at the studio in dirty clothes or living in separate houses from her husband during the work week. In a chat that is both frank and funny, Edwina gets real about her unapologetic approach to both motherhood ...
Apr 20, 2024•49 min
Caterina Mete - better known to children and parents around Australia and the globe as the Red Wiggle - recently made history when she announced she is expecting identical twin girls. Now Caterina, who is the first-ever pregnant Wiggle, joins us to talk for the first time about the emotional path she took to get here. Having conceived her babies through IVF, she explains her decision to embark on a fertility journey on her own, discusses the setbacks she encountered along the way - which include...
Apr 13, 2024•43 min
For more than 20 years, Hamish Blake has been a familiar face on the Australian entertainment landscape, moving seamlessly between the worlds of radio, television and podcasting. So what’s been the secret to his success? In a rare in-depth interview, the popular entertainer and two-time Gold Logie winner chalks it up to luck - as well as a healthy dose of fun. Case in point: a spirited discussion about black cat lollies, the burial rituals of ancient Egypt and his theory that a well-stocked snac...
Apr 05, 2024•59 min
Brittany Hockley has come full circle in that she first rose to fame on reality TV, and is currently starring on another reality TV show - this time, of course, in the jungle. But a lot has happened in the intervening six years… It was 2018 when Brittany appeared on The Bachelor in the now-infamous season featuring Nick Cummins, yet the woman joining today’s episode of Something To Talk About has come a long way since with the former hospital radiographer going on to co-host both a successful po...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr
Television presenter and singer David Campbell will soon mark an important milestone: ten years since the day he decided to stop drinking alcohol. In a wide ranging conversation with Something To Talk About, David - who is, of course, the son of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes - opens up about why he wanted to break the intergenerational cycle of addiction in his family, how sobriety has impacted his marriage - and whether he sees a day where he tells his eldest son of the role he played in ...
Mar 22, 2024•50 min
Ten years after her son Luke Batty was murdered by his father, Rosie Batty continues her tireless campaign to raise awareness about domestic and family violence. But perhaps even more remarkably, she has managed to find hope in the aftermath of such an unimaginable tragedy. On today’s episode of Something To Talk About , Rosie sits down for a powerful conversation in which she reflects on the complexities of grief, as well as her memories of Luke, the beloved son she lost when he was aged just 1...
Mar 15, 2024•52 min
She’s one of the most well known women on Australian TV, and yet, as she marks three years on air as the co-host of Sunrise, Natalie Barr reveals she was initially reluctant to accept the job and found herself second-guessing whether she was right for the role. She also opens up about establishing an on-air rapport with Matt Shirvington after the departure of long time co-host David Koch, tuning out the white noise of social media - and how she handles speculation about the supposed tension betw...
Mar 08, 2024•42 min
Few women in Australian media - or, for that matter, the country’s public sphere as a whole - have exerted as much influence or blazed as many trails as Ita Buttrose AC, OBE. Now, as she prepares to step down from her role as chair of the ABC, the 82-year-old publishing veteran joins Something To Talk About for a frank discussion about her final months at the ABC, which have been marked by controversy and scrutiny following the departure of fill-in radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf late last ye...
Mar 01, 2024•55 min
Today on Something To Talk About , Jules Robinson sits down to reveal some big family news: nearly three and a half years after she and her husband Cameron Merchant welcomed their son Ollie, she is pregnant again. Since finding fame in 2019 and meeting Cam on Married At First Sight , Jules has gone on to launch businesses and a fashion label, hosted a podcast and will soon publish her first book, an advice manual that she says reflects her accidental role as a “modern-day agony aunt”. Now, as sh...
Feb 24, 2024•43 min
Leah Purcell has worn a number of different hats across her prolific career. Actor. Director. Author. And yes… even a stint as Shania Twain’s support act. But beyond the accolades and the awards, it’s her behind-the-scenes work in which she takes the most pride - whether acting as a First Nations cultural advisor on set, or mentoring thousands of Indigenous actors and performers over the years. Today, Leah sits down with Something To Talk About to discuss the scope of her influential career, but...
Feb 16, 2024•48 min
At first glance, they may not seem to have much in common. Julie Bishop is a former foreign minister and current university chancellor, while Pip Edwards is co-founder and creative director of one of the country’s most successful activewear brands. But in the past five years, they have forged an unlikely yet extremely close friendship that has endured despite their vastly different backgrounds, careers, ages and family circumstances. So what happens when you put Bishop and Edwards - who are undo...
Feb 09, 2024•47 min
She rose to fame as the literal girl next door on the hit TV series Packed To The Rafters , but actor Zoë Ventoura has always remained something of an enigma. In fact, she has so carefully maintained her privacy that no-one even knew she was pregnant until after her son was born. Over the course of her two-decade career in show business, she has only reluctantly revealed much about herself. Until now. In her most in-depth interview yet, Zoë joins Something To Talk About and opens up about why sh...
Feb 02, 2024•47 min
Radio and television presenter Erin Molan - who joins Stellar as a regular columnist this year - sits down with Something To Talk About for a poignant and at times heartbreaking conversation about the war she has waged against her own body since the age of 14. Speaking frankly about the loathing, disgust and punishment she unleashed on herself for more than 20 years as she built a career in the high-pressure world of network television, Erin reveals how she finally reached a point where she’d ha...
Feb 01, 2024•30 min
While Something To Talk About takes a break, we are revisiting some of the most candid and revealing moments from the almost 50 guests who have joined us in conversation on this podcast over the past year. Even at a time when more taboos are being broken than ever before, the topic of money is still not considered to be polite dinner-table conversation. But while gloating about wealth or prying into the salary of a relative or friend is one thing, a wider discussion around financial security and...
Jan 25, 2024•39 min
