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Syndication

The MOLS are off on special projects for two weeks so here's some of the highlights of the last 7 months, as well as some of the bits that never made it to air.

Should we feel bad for critiquing women on the red carpet? The baby name trend that we desperately need to save.  Why does SIRI play so hard to get? And is Mia's tattoo bogan or cool?

We're back soon. In the meantime, send your show suggestions, love and kindness to podcast@mamamia.com.au. 

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Get more info on everything we talk about, and behind the scenes stuff, by liking the facebook page.  

Get your first book free via audible.com.au/mamamia

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:00am AEST

It's back. And it's bats**t crazy. Rosie Waterland reviews the first episode of The Bachelor's new season. Plus, should there be quotas for women on boards? Gen Y's are taking oversharing into the labour ward with Crowdbirthing.  And Mia Freedman's reveals some surprising career plans. #frieswiththat

Show notes

Charlie Pickering on Adam Goodes and racism in Australia

The Biggest Loser is ruining Taylor Swift's anthem

Parents change baby's name in case it's a racist

Rosie's recap of Episode 1

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanHolly Wainwright, Rosie Waterland and Monique Bowley

Get more info on everything we talk about, and behind the scenes stuff, by liking the facebook page.  

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad. Also from Maccas #createyourtaste

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

Direct download: MMOL_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:01pm AEST

Amy Schumer is everything. The comedian, actor and feminist is our hero. And when Monique Bowley went to interview her, she was excited. Except it ended up being an actual trainwreck.

Plus the wedding trend deemed "worst of all time", why magazines still sex up smart women, the compelling case for Jimmy Barnes avatars and the one thing Mia Freedman does when she walks past abortion protestors. 

Show notes

Who is Amy Schumer anyway and why do I need to love her? 

Mick Fanning is a hero

Jimmy Barnes, we salute you for your anti-racist stance

 

North West has a Personal Trainer. What's your two-year-old doing?

The bill to stop abortion protestors 

Mia recommends UnREAL on Stan

Monique recommends Throw Away Mail

Susan recommends eating more broccoli and working less. 

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Get more info on everything we talk about, and behind the scenes stuff, by liking the facebook page.  /

Susan's other podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad.

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:39pm AEST

Forget leaning in. Lets talk about leaning out. Why leaning back is not just OK but neccessary, and why Monique thinks Sheryl Sandberg's message is a bit bullshit.

Plus, the mystery behind Delta's white pantsuit, Mia's day on a plate rivals Therese Kerr, the sneaky tactics to escape street charity fundraisers, and the TV show that is going to kill reality TV. 

 

Show notes

Cheating husband outed by hotel manager

Space Clearing is a thing.

The latest must have product for curly hair.

The meditation tape that tells it STRAIGHT

Street Fundraisers are driving us mad

Why we won't be reading Harper Lee's new novel

MIA: Leaning back is not just ok, it's neccessary. 

Susan recommends heated blankets for your lap. 

Mia recommends the book Ugly by Robert Hoge

Monique recommends the show that will kill reality TV for you: UnReal

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Get more info on everything we talk about, and behind the scenes stuff, by liking the facebook page.  

Susan's other podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad.

And also thanks to Maccas #createyourtaste where you can build your own burger just the way you want it.  It's all a bit fancy and gourmet and yum and we were surprised at how good it was. Very unMcDonalds. No offense, Maccas. Thanks for your burgery support in making the show free for listeners.

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

Direct download: MMOL25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:46pm AEST

Why are obsessed with the idea of happiness? Should spanx come with a warning label? And were the questions in Dolly Doctor REAL? Freedman takes us behind the scenes of the biggest girls magazine. Plus, Jamila Rizvi admits her 4 week old baby doesn't respect authority. Damn younger generations.

Show notes

Kyrious has attitude. So what?

Spare a thought for Daniela Scala.

The Voice pitting women against women

Victoria Beckham tells her kids she used to be cool

This app shows you who deleted you on Facebook.

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Support the show by liking it on facebook. Susan Carland might not accept your friend request, but we will.

Susan's other podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad.

And also thanks to audible.com.au. Audible is the largest provider of premium audiobooks and spoken word content. Sign up today and your first book is free. get clicking at audible.com.au/mamamia

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

Direct download: MMOL24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:13pm AEST

Facebook is awash in rainbow profile pictures. How do you change back without looking like a jerk? What the heck does 'On Fleek' mean? The very interesting reason people are getting semi-colons tattooed on their wrists.  And the Belle Gibson interview that prompted some uncomfortable questions: like do we sometimes excuse bad behaviour by labelling it as mental illness? 

 

Show notes

Semicolon tattoos 

Why is hating Delta now a national pasttime?

See Inside Out - but prepare to cry

Botox in the scalp is a thing

Allens did us a favour and dumped crap lollies

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Susan's other podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad.

And also thanks to audible.com.au - get your free book by signing up at audible.com.au/mamamia

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

If you are suffering from a mental illness please seek help. Talk to a GP or health professional or call Lifeline on 13 11 14

 

 

Direct download: MMOL23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:56pm AEST

Have you ever looked at Annabel Crabb and thought "how does she manage all that?"

An author, columnist, political journalist, TV host, speaker and kitchen goddess, she also has three children and a smile on her face. 

The newest podcast from the Mamamia Women's Network is called: I Don't Know How She Does It. It's conversations with some of the busiest women we know. We'll hear the tips and strategies, from balancing children and budgets to career and health. 

For every woman who has looked at another and wondered "how does she manage her life?", this is your podcast.

Subscribe in itunes or your podcast app. 

 

The program is hosted and produced by Sarah Macdonald. 

This podcast is also produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast comes from CommBank’s Start Smart program – changing the way young people learn about finance.

 

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us. And support the show by liking the Facebook page.

 

Direct download: IDKHSDI_Annabel_Crabb.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am AEST

How much would you pay for your hair? Is women's sport boring? A confusing new baby name trend.  And the most offensive word to call another woman isn't even a swear word - it's one that is used everyday.

 

Show notes

The hair that shocked the office

Harvard study shows daughters of working mothers enjoy better careers, higher pay and more equal relationships

The genderless baby name trend

I think I'm a character from a TV show.

The Abortion Drone

Fed Government withdraws peri-natal funding

Women's sport isn't "boring". That old argument is.

Susan recommends the app that can UNSEND an email

Mia recommends Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin

Monique says watch Belle Gibson on 60 mins

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Susan's other podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from you, because you're rad.

Does anyone ever read down this far? 

For more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It.  Or get on the facebook page for other podcasterly recommendations. 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:35pm AEST

You know the feeling: someone cancels plans and it's like a hit of a sweet, sweet drug. Why are we so crap at committing to things?  The Rachel Dolezal story we can't stop talking about. The one reason every woman should watch Orange Is The New Black, and the very best reason to put down your razor. #fasshion

 

Show notes

Why did Rachel Dolezal pretend she was black?

Armpit hair, don't care.

No more placenta smoothies

The Silent Baby Shower

How Orange Is The New Black really compares to life in prison

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSusan Carland and Monique Bowley

Susan's podcast 'Assumptions' can be found by searching for RN Showcase in your podcast app.

And Monique loves You're The Expert; it's bright, funny and smart.

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from Audible.com.au, sign up and get your first book free.

Please subscribe on itunes and join our poddy family. And if you're looking for more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, Just Between Us, and our newest podcast, I Don't Know How She Does It. 

Direct download: MMOL21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:23pm AEST

Are you a woman? Do you have a voice? You're probably doing it wrong.  From uptalking to vocal fry to missing out on being hired for jobs, why do we judge women on the pitch of their voice? Plus, would you let your partner take your name? Would you cuddle a stranger? And why parents need to calm down about babies on flights. 

 

Show Notes:

Grow up Kate Moss.

The Hug app

Where the food from Masterchef ends up

Mia recommends colouring in for adults. If you bought the book and are yet to complete a single page, email us.

Here's the podcast Love and Radio

Sarah MacDonald recommends Transparent, which is available on Stan (Not netflix, sorry)

Monique recommends white noise for anyone that works in an open plan office.

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanSarah MacDonald and Monique Bowley.

For more Sarah, listen to the Debrief Daily podcast, Just Between Us.  

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

You can contact the show via email podcast@mamamia.com.au

Please subscribe on itunes and join our poddy family. And if you're looking for more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, or Just Between Us. 

 

Direct download: MMOL20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:11pm AEST

There's a man in the studio. Osher Gunsberg, host of The Bachelor, is our special guest. Season three has wrapped and it takes about 30 seconds until we start probing him for info. Does he have favourites? Does he try and swing the Bachelors decision? Does he feel sorry for the contestants? Has he ever...you know...fallen for one of Bachie's girls?

Then we just keep digging. Sex. Mental Illness. Tell us everything.  

It's a side of Osher you've never heard before.

Show notes

Cindy Gallop, Make Love Not Porn

The Way Of The Superior Man by David Dieda

Moody Bitches, the book

 

Osher recommends

Kung Fury, the 80's kung fu supercop. 

And Warby Parker glasses

Monique recommends

The Media Report on the journo that broke the FIFA scandal.

Mia recommends the movie Into The Woods

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanOsher Gunsberg and Monique Bowley.

For more Osh,  The Osher Gunsberg Podcast

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

You can contact the show via email podcast@mamamia.com.au

Please subscribe on itunes and join our poddy family. And if you're looking for more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, or Just Between Us. 

 

Direct download: MMOL19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:49pm AEST

We’re seeing red over the Tampon Tax.  What the heck is 'hate reading?' A note to every man who wants to send a dick pic. And the case for quitting extra-curricular activities.

 

Show notes

The Great lotto scandal we're obsessed with.

The 10 most unfaithful names in the world 

If you the rare speciman that likes to see Dic Pics, email podcast@mamamia.com.au

This is how much you would save if the tampon tax was abolished

Sign the petition here. 

Tanya Plibersek on Marriage Equality

Uglydress.com

Mia recommends Grace and Frankie

Monique recommends the app RunPee

Dee has gone deep into The Duggars.

 

Your hosts were Mia FreedmanDee Madigan and Monique Bowley

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

You can contact the show via email podcast@mamamia.com.au

Please subscribe on itunes and join our poddy family. And if you're looking for more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious MessNo Filter, or Just Between Us. 

Direct download: MMOL18R.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:29pm AEST

Why did Mamamia 'out' Rebel Wilson? For the same reason that Jennifer Lopez, a 45 year-old mother of two kids, is wearing a naked dress on the red carpet: because Hollywood demands youth, beauty and lies. 

Show notes:

The J-Lo naked dress

Why Rebels age matters

When George Clooney proposed to Amal...

Even Belle Gibson's mum hates her

How to tell if you marriage will last with two questions.

Leigh Sales is too aggressive.  Says a man.

Monique spoke to the psychologist, Sabrina Read, from Married At First Sight

Recommendations:

Mia recommends reading The Insults of Age by Helen Garner in The Monthly

Susan loves the android app Last Message 

 

Your hosts were Mia Freedman, Susan Carland and Monique Bowley

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Podcast Network.

Support for this podcast came from Gamblers Help 

 

Please subscribe on itunes and join our poddy family. And if you're looking for more good listening, download our sister podcasts: This Glorious Mess, No Filter, or Just Between Us. 

Direct download: MMOL17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:02pm AEST

Parenting is easy. All pregnant bodies are beautiful. You can eat chocolate cake for breakfast and still lose weight. And this federal budget was definitely not a strategic pre-election sweetener. Welcome to Mamamia Outloud: the podcast that calls out bullshit. Today, why Struggle Street is the most important TV show of the year. Why the budget lockup is like the Hunger Games.  We meet a meditating mother, and ask Masterchef to stop messing with the classics. Finally, we say goodbye to one of the founding members of the podcast team. Sniff.

Show notes

Warning: we use the F word in this episode. 

Rosie writes on Struggle Street

Her piece on Thirty Seconds

The way you sleep says things about your personality, apparently

The time of day you are the horniest. 

Chanting while you exercise. CHANTING. Not Chatting.

What to do if you stuff your fake tan

 

Your hosts are

Mia Freedman

Jamila Rizvi

Monique Bowley

This podcast is produced by Monique Bowley for the Mamamia Women's Network

You can write to us podcast@mamamia.com.au

Like the facebook page here

And please subscribe on itunes and join our lovable podclub.

Direct download: MMOL16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:40pm AEST

Is signing off your text messages and emails with an X inappropriate? We take a look at a new kind of list: The Moral Bucket List. Plus, we go behind the scenes at the Logies. What's it really like behind the velvet rope? 

Show notes

The Logies red carpet  - Stop Revive Survive.

The documentary on Big Bird

The toughest job in TV

Experts say reading to your children at bedtime is an unfair advantage

Support for same sex marriage grows

The book Jam will be reading her baby

Mia loves Chat 10 Looks 3

Monique loves Stephanie Dowrick's book Everyday Kindness

 

Thanks to Anne for emailing her dilemma into podcast@mamamia.com.au

Your hosts are Monique Bowley, Jamila Rizvi and Mia Freedman

This show is part of the Mamamia Podcast Network, which also hosts our sister shows, Just Between Us, and This Glorious Mess. 

Our newest podcast, No Filter, drops this Friday. Stay tuned in this feed for a preview episode.

Please subscribe in itunes, and if you know someone that would enjoy the show, tell them.

 

 

Direct download: MMOL15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:51pm AEST

How social media is changing the way we deal with death. Rosie Waterland reviews The Bachelorette before it's even started. Why is Mia's son taking a pregnancy test? And Jamila says no to mindfulness.

Show notes

Vale, Andrew and Myuran. Our hearts are heavy

 

Holly Wainwright writes what so many of us are feeling over the Bali 9

And some lighter news

The Kylie Jenner Challenge

The Grey's Anatomy character that made Jam emotional

The Bachelorette announced 

Three reasons you need to know about Amy Schumer right now

Jam recommends The Stalking of Julia Gillard. 

 

Your hosts are @moniquebowley, @miafreedman and @jamilarizvi

Thanks to @rosiewaterland

The show's facebook page is here, we'd love to hear from you.

Listen to Just Between Us here

And find our parenting podcast, This Glorious Mess, here. 

 

Direct download: MMOL14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:28pm AEST

Motherhood is still considered a benchmark that women should aspire to.  What happens when you have other plans? Will Hillary Clinton smash the biggest glass ceiling on the planet? A work uniform could change your life. And the reason you need to dust off a recipe book this week. 

Show notes

Thanks to Holly Wainwright for co-hosting, you can hear her on This Glorious Mess

Shelly Horton is happily childfree, thankyou very much

Jamila Rizvi has a challenge: cook from Jerusalem.

Monique Bowley is absorbed by ye olde period drama The Paradise - it's on Netflix.

Here's the story about that sex toy that can impregnate you

The woman that wore the same outfit to work everyday for 3 years

You can email us: podcast@mamamia.com.au

or

Facebook us here

And our sister shows are This Glorious Mess; Mamamia's parenting podcast

And Just Between Us; where the conversation goes further.

They are both excellent listening. Promise

 

 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:09pm AEST

What's the epidemic sweeping through our supermarkets? It's not Halal certification. It's Dominoes. It's been called the new 'Men Are From Mars / Women are from Venus' - we review the Five Love Languages that can boost your relationship. And Tony Abbott's daughter speaks exclusively to us on why her dad is an angry man. 

Thankyou to our normal celebrities that joined us today.

To be involved, the facebook page is here

You can email us podcast@mamamia.com.au

Or tweet Monique, Jamila or Holly. 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:12pm AEST

"There are times when I put photos on my instagram and they get so few likes that I delete them." #GenYproblems are REAL. Today Mia Freedman (of Generation X) goes the hack on all the Generation Y's she's hired. Plus, why is it called 'Good' Friday? And we pay homage to storage.

Show notes

The Larry Emdur Dilemma

Is this the dumbest thing at Ikea?

Mia says Gen X is the best.

Gen Y hit back

Wanna get Netflix? Here's what you should know 

Here's the online catalogue for Country Road, in case you are like Jamila and want to fawn over it, but also like Monique in that you are not posh enough to get the real hardcopy one.

The show's facebook page is here.

 

This Glorious Mess will be released on Friday. 

And our new podcast Just Between Us is garnering Five Star reviews. It is glorious, smart listening. You can find it here.

Direct download: MMOL11FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:53pm AEST

What we learned from Masa. The TV show making a mockery of marriage. A Weetbix mystery reveals Jamila's dirty secret, and Monique road tests 'Beezin' - the stupidest way that kids are getting high. Oh, and then there's the bit where Mia raps like Nicki Minaj. Of course.

Show notes

The incredible read about the costs and causes of Domestic Violence from Jess Hill at The Monthly 

Amy Stockwell writes on Masa Vukotic. 

What star sign are you now? 

The Tim Tam Scandal and why we loved social media so hard.

And the show's facebook page is here, drop us a note or say hi or just lurk.

Don't forget to subscribe in itunes so you get the shows fresh. 

If you laughed or learnt something, tell your friends. It's good karma and helps more people find out about us.  And if you hated it, sorry Tony Abbott. But we just really like the idea of equal rights for marriage.

 

 

 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL10FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:36pm AEST

What's all the argy-bargy about the magazine with Margie? What does "leaning in" mean? And the one big problem with binging watching TV.

 

 

 

 

Direct download: MMOL9Final1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:15pm AEST

Are you a shit feminist? Us too. It's ok. The theory that being a bad feminist is a really good thing. Women commenting on each others appearance: innocent fun or a bit wrong? Plus, crying in public, Kanye's sex breath, and the desperate plea for the return of baby Gary.

Show notes

Sarah MacDonald's wikipedia is here. 

Mia Freedman has one too!

(Monique Bowley does not have one 'cos she is a wikinobody but she is on facebook which is the poor cousin)

The best bits from when women took over Q and A

Roxane Gay's book: Bad Feminist.

There's a crisis in baby names.  Poor Gary. 

Abbott gets a report card as Minister For Women

Andrew Chan is engaged, despite waiting for execution.

Extraordinary revelations of sexism in the medical profession.

Cate Blanchett is making Mia feel quite the underachiever.

Elizabeth Gilbert really liked Sarah's book, Holy Cow.

Elizabeth Gilbert gave this amazing tedx presentation. 

And if you stole Monique's bike, or you know where it is, she would really like it back. She misses it and needs it badly. The bike is a Trek Lexa. This is her on it. (Not crying).

You can email the show: podcast@mamamia.com.au

or like us on Facebook.

And Jamila Rizvi will be back next week, she was off on Serious Journalistic Business.

 

Direct download: MMOL8FinalCut.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:21pm AEST

Claims of alternative medicine curing cancer. Book snobbery. Is celebrating hot chips and meat pies a bit wrong? And we play Smug or Crap.

Show notes

And 

And leave a review on itunes. 

Direct download: MMOL7Final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:15pm AEST

Who is Gillian Triggs and why is she in the news? With more pre-produced food and kitchen gadgets than ever before, is cooking a skill that's still important? And can this man make anything sound good? We put the ABC's Michael Rowland to the test.

Show notes

 

Like the show? Leave a review in itunes. It helps more people to know about it.

And the facebook page is full of more goodness.

Direct download: MMOL6FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:47pm AEST

Fifty Shades has lit up the box office and we need to talk. Why do people hate on Pete Evans and his paleo movement so much? And confessions of inappropriate crushes.

Show notes:

Rebecca Sparrow on 6 things teens should know about Fifty Shades of Grey

Pete Evans has some thoughts on wellbeing.  Also, there is this paleo paradox we can't stop thinking about.

Here's a paleo diet explainer

Mia loves Channel 10's Gogglebox (it's on 9pm Thursdays)

Jam loves Channel 10's Sharktank (11pm Wednesdays on Ch 11)

Monz loves the brain training app Luminosity

And you can find a picture of the hot dictator on our facebook page. 

Support the show by liking the facebook page and if please leave a review on itunes so more people can find out about us. 

 

Stalin the hottie

 

 

Direct download: MMOL5Final.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:52pm AEST

This special breakout podcast is what everyone's talking about, yelling about, protesting about and disagreeing about: Fifty Shades of Grey. 

We take two women that have seen it, each with a different view.

One, a sunshiny soul who hadn't read the books and didn't know what to expect. 

The other, a fiery, give-no-shits powerhouse who devoured all three books, and loved them "with one hand." 

What happens? Shit goes down is what. 

This is the definitive guide to the drama and controversy.  The sex scenes. The global reviews.  The wider social message this movie is provoking.

And, above all, the answer to whether you should bother seeing it.

As Monique says, "It's like Margaret and David. With a lot more fucks."

*warning. Swear jar. Adult themes. 

Show notes

Kate Leaver is a Senior Editor at Mamamia

Shelly Horton is a TV host/ producer and regular on Channel 7.

Monique Bowley should have brought a dictionary along.

The show facebook page is here

And you can email podcast@mamamia.com.au

Is Mia Freedman the only other woman that wasn't offended?

The Lisa Wilkinson review that's gone viral.

Rosie Waterland's astonished re-cap/review

And the anti-domestic violence group who say there are 10 ways that Fifty Shades glorifyies abusive relationships. 

The story of the White Ribbon Fundraiser that was cancelled.

And....the soundtrack to the film is phenoms. Thanks for this cover of Crazy In Love, by Sofia Karlberg.

Direct download: MMOL50shades.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:11pm AEST

As this weekend's release of the steamiest movie of the year looms, not everyone is rushing out to buy a ticket.  With calls to boycott the movie for 
"glorifying" violence against women, we ask; why is there such a real-life response to this fictional story?

The "debasement" continues when Monique is cornered into admitting something verrrrry private.

Mega songstress superstar Sia has a social phobia that sees her don wigs for events, cover her face on TV, and wear a paper bag over her head for magazine covershoots. Her approach has raised some interested questions in the age of celebrity: could anxiety ever be used as a marketing tool?

And is it possible to like Jacqui Lambie?

 

Show notes

Rosie Waterland expected the movie to be a cheesy laugh.  Instead, she walked out on the verge of tears.

Lisa Wilkinson ripped it a new one, giving it one star. And that's was just for the choc-top she consoled herself with. 

Here's 10 deeply disturbing things about Fifty Shades of Grey

Monique is still blushing. Please send messages of support or disbelief to the show facebook page or twitter @moniquebowley 

Steve Knopper from Rolling Stone wrote this great longform profile about Sia and her social phobia,  published in the New York Times Magazine.

The full Jacqui Lambie interview from ABC's Hack is here. (The reporter was Jo Lauder, it's really interesting listening, and an excellent podcast).

Read more about Mia's TV obsession, Scandal.

Not into artsy art? Neither is Jam, but then she saw the Chuck Close exhibition and was blown away. 

Monique is channeling her mind with the Headspace app

And you can email us

podcast@mamamia.com.au

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Direct download: MMOL4FINALUPLOAD.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:01pm AEST

What's it really like being on a reality TV show? Monique knows. She's been on one. And she hasn't eaten a croissant since. Also, it's Rebel Wilson's birthday but her actual real-life age is a mystery.  Why are we so scared of getting older? Mia had a conversation about the pill with both her mother and her 9 year old daughter...but for good reason. And there's a new food movement that is the polar opposite of Pete Evans.

Show notes

Monique on The Great Australian Bakeoff.  (Also you should try baking that spiced cider bread. It is frickin amazing).

Mia is obsessed with The Alex Baldwin podcast - click through or search "Here's The Thing" in itunes.

Jam mentioned this Rebecca Sparrow article about Ageing being a privilege

If you haven't read To Kill A Mockingbird you should put it on your list. It's a classic.

Monique is pumped about the latest in plain food popups: Cereal Anytime

More history on The Pill here.

 

Don't forget to hashtag #dirtyeating 

You can email the show: podcast@mamamia.com.au

And the Facebook page is here

 

Direct download: MMOL3FINALEDITUPLOAD.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:41pm AEST

Tony Abbott cocked up this knighthood all on his own, so why is his chief of staff Peta Credlin getting all the heat? Sam Armytage poses in a swimsuit and we ask: was it empowering, predictable, or insulting? In defence of oversized, beige coloured undies. And why Australia needs a judge to rule against parents who name their babies after breakfast spreads. 

Show notes:

Why is Peta Credlin's job on the line?

The Sam Armytage cover that has everyone talking 

The woman that has stopped wearing leggings because they 'entice' men.

And poor baby Nutella, who shall no longer be named after a delicious hazelnut spread.

Mia loves the Startup Podcast.

Jamila mentioned the book Freakonomics: the baby name information is here. 

You can email the show at podcast@mamamia.com.au and ask us anything.

Is there someone out there who has named their baby Colin? Shane? Or Ian? Get in touch.

The facebook page is here

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Category:general -- posted at: 6:59pm AEST

Obsessions, confessions, and hard questions

Should the Martin Place hostages get paid? Why don't we care as much about the Bali 9 as we did about Schapelle? It's the return of Mamamia Out Loud for 2015 and with awards season unfolding we're rolled out the red carpet on topics big and small. Jen Aniston holds a masterclass in how to deal with your ex, one woman has gone to drastic lengths to get out of a date, and not everyone is happy about the Taylor Swift campaign for the Hottest 100. Finally; we ask the question that's divided the office: can you wee in front of your friends?

Show notes:

Direct download: mm1_FINAL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:29pm AEST

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