MINI: Your Extraterrestrial Encounters 👽
Machine Gun Kelly reckons he could be related to aliens, so we asked for your best alien encounter stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2025•5 min
The PickUp
Brittany Hockley & Laura Byrne give you your daily PICK UP with the hottest topics, pop culture and everyday real life conundrums.
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FULL SHOW: We literally don't know how Laura left this item on the roof of her car
We chat alien encounters after Machine Gun Kelly reveals he may have alien heritage, Laura left something seemingly impossible on the roof of her car and Britt MAY have a new dog walker for Delilah See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2025•16 min
FULL SHOW: Are fur babies harder to raise than regular babies?
Book Week is finally here (we feel like we have been thinking about it for months), Leonardo DiCaprio says he's emotionally in his 30s, and we have THOUGHTS about people claiming that dogs are the same as babies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025•17 min
MINI: Leonardo DiCaprio says he's 'emotionally 35'
Britt & Laura unpack Leonardo DiCaprio feeling 'emotionally 35' (it explains a lot) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: These first date stories are UNHINGED
We chat through your worst ever dating stories (there are some doozies) and Fun Fact Friday is BACK. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025•15 min
MINI: Fun Fact Friday is BACK
New facts for you to take into your weekend! Don't know whether to thank us or be mad at us? Neither do we. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025•4 min
FULL SHOW: Has Denmark discovered the secret to raising kids?
ASK UNCUT: Jess' best friend bailed on her wedding, but her mum REALLY wants them to be friends again. Britt has done a deep dive on 'empathy classes' in Denmark and Laura tests out the new Hinge Prompts from Esther Perel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 14, 2025•14 min
ASK UNCUT: "My best friend bailed on being a bridesmaid just before my wedding... should I forgive her?"
Every week, Britt & Laura take on your deepest, darkest dilemmas and unpack them (and HOPEFULLY come up with an answer for you). Jess joins the show to chat about her ex-best friend who bailed on being a bridesmaid a couple of weeks before the wedding and hasn't spoken to her in 18 months. Should she forgive her? ENTER YOUR ASK UNCUT HERE: https://www.kiis1065.com.au/competition/the-pick-up-ask-uncut/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 14, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: Laura accidentally put FAFO Parenting to the test
This week is Bullying No Way Week, so Britt & Laura chatted about the impact of bullying on our kids and the conversations we need to be having. TS12 was announced this week, so Britt & Laura caught up with critically acclaimed Swiftie Georgie Tunny to chat all things The Life Of A Showgirl, and poor Marlie Mae found out the hard way that permanent marker isn't easily removed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2025•16 min
MINI: Unpacking Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl with Georgie Tunny
Britt & Laura were VERY excited to chat with host of Ready For It and critically acclaimed Swiftie Georgie Tunny to get the lowdown on all things TS12 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: We are horrified by this couple's gross beach act
Would you pop your partner's pimples in public? Britt has done a deep dive on cryogenic freezing so you don't have to and Laura wants to know what your kids have stolen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 12, 2025•17 min
MINI: Would you spend $200k to be reincarnated in the future?
Britt has taken a deep dive into the world of cryogenics, and discovered a start-up in Germany that has promised to reanimate your frozen corpse in 200 years for the small price of $200,000 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 12, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: What is FAFO Parenting? (F*** Around & Find Out)
Britt & Laura debate what the best song of all time is. Laura shares a new parenting trend called FAFO Parenting, and Britt has a warning about a new feature on Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 11, 2025•14 min
MINI: The Best Song EVER?
KIIS is on a mission to find the Best Song Ever - so Britt & Laura have shared their picks. Wanna vote for yours? Head here: https://www.kiis1065.com.au/competition/vote-for-the-best-song-ever/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 11, 2025•4 min
FULL SHOW: Should we let our kids play pranks like Knock & Run?
Laura is reminiscing on the pranks you played as kids like knock and run. A clinical psychologist has weighed in on what your phone lock screen says about you, and we celebrate Little Wins! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 08, 2025•12 min
MINI: What your lock screen says about you
A clinical psychologist has weighed in on what your phone screen says about you as a person. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 08, 2025•4 min
FULL SHOW: Blocking Your Exes & Dating Your Mum
ASK UNCUT: What do you do about an ex that keeps blocking and unblocking you? Laura asks Matt about getting a vasectomy and Christie Brinkley & her daughter are matching with the same men on dating apps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 07, 2025•15 min
ASK UNCUT: "My ex keeps blocking and unblocking me, just to tell me he misses me?"
Every week, Britt & Laura take on your deepest, darkest dilemmas and unpack them (and HOPEFULLY come up with an answer for you). Tahlia joins us this week to chat about an ex who keeps blocking and unblocking her whenever he feels like, to tell her he misses her. Annoying. ENTER YOUR ASK UNCUT HERE: https://www.kiis1065.com.au/competition/the-pick-up-ask-uncut/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 07, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: The Male Contraceptive Pill & Petty Exes
Britt & Laura want to know the pettiest thing your ex asked for back after the break up, we unpack the male contraceptive pill, and seat-swapping etiquette on planes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 06, 2025•17 min
MINI: What did your ex want back?
A man asked for his kidney back after his wife divorced him post-transplant. Britt & Laura take your calls on the pettiest things your ex wanted back after the break up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 06, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: This Birthday Cake was shaped like a P*nis
Britt reveals her hack for making friends as an adult, Spotlight Book Week, Laura chats about the 2 types of cake-baking mums and Britt & Laura unpack the new Tea App See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 05, 2025•16 min
MINI: Britt's Blind Friend Date
Britt had a Blind Sporting Date to make new friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 05, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: Laura reveals her connection to WitchTok
Britt wraps The Logies from the weekend, Laura reveals the time she 'hexed' a boyfriend and we figure out the Millennial version for the name Karen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 05, 2025•18 min
MINI: Britt's Logies Wrap
Britt shares everything that went down at TV's Night Of Nights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 05, 2025•6 min
FULL SHOW: Marlie picks her Book Week costume!
The time has arrived - Marlie Mae is in again to pick her Book Week costume - will it be the storebought one? Or the one Aunty Britt poured blood, sweat and tears into? Britt & Laura unpack what millennials used to go through on a night out on the town in 2010, and the first ever Fun Fact Friday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 01, 2025•19 min
MINI: The first EVER Fun Fact Friday!
Laura is on a mission to bring some fun facts to the show - so without further ado, please enjoy the first ever (and potentially the last?) Fun Fact Friday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 01, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: Laura is officially a Soccer Mum!
ASK UNCUT: How to tell the difference between a crush and just liking the attention, Britt gets tips from parents who have NAILED Book Week and Laura has officially become a Soccer Mum See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 01, 2025•17 min
ASK UNCUT: "How can I tell if I'm into him or just into the attention he gives me?"
Every week, Britt & Laura take on your deepest, darkest dilemmas and unpack them (and HOPEFULLY come up with an answer for you). Andrea joins the show - she's unsure if she is actually into a guy she knows from uni or if she's just enjoying the attention. Perhaps both? ENTER YOUR ASK UNCUT HERE: https://www.kiis1065.com.au/competition/the-pick-up-ask-uncut/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 01, 2025•5 min
FULL SHOW: Would you stay friends with someone you know is cheating?
Britt & Laura unpack whether you can ethically stay friends with a person you know is cheating on their partner, Michael Theo joins the show to chat Austin and Logies and Laura has some guidelines for Britt's Book Week Battle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2025•18 min
MICHAEL THEO: Returning to Austin & Getting nominated for a Logie
Breakout star of Love On The Spectrum Michael Theo joins Britt & Laura to chat about season 2 of his critically acclaimed Austin and being nominated for a Logie this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2025•5 min
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