It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield

Michelle Buteau loves Australia, but she does NOT love creepy crawlies... LINKS Buy tickets to see Michelle Buteau - The Surviving And Thriving Tour in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne: https://michellebuteau.org/tour/ Watch Survival of the Thickest on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81354524?source=35&fromWatch=true Follow Michelle on IG @michellebuteau Follow Michelle on TikTok @miche...

The Cornell 7 case has been dominating headlines and social media feeds. It's equal parts horrific, frustrating an maddening. Abbie deconstructs how misogyny and power structures all intertwine to allow this kind of behaviour, and what men actually need to do to help prevent this. CW: This episode contains mention of sexual assault, please take care while listening and remember help is always...

Abbie is trying to get out of burn out land but having adult problems and responsibilities makes it so much harder to recover?? So what the hell do we do divas?? Abbie shares her experience with an ADHD coach and what's helping her at the moment, but let us know in the pod form or in the comments what's been helping you cos god knows we all need it LINKS: Send us your thoughts, topic sugge...

That's right, we're treating you with two eps today!! We thought we're all in need of a classic listener story and this chook's is like something off of Abbie's NMF bingo card! LINKS: Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https://forms.gle/S5Pf327SmVnnC8CE9 Check out @itsalotpod on IG at https://bit.ly/itsalot-instagram . Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts...

Even after a big chat on Tuesday, there was so much we didn't get to with Billy. So, we've got him back to answer your questions! LINKS Buy Billy's book Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Raising Boys: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/ten-things-i-wish-you-knew-about-raising-boys-9781761620850 Follow Billy on IG @drbillygarvey Listen to Billy's podcast Pop Culture Parenting: https://...

From the manosphere, to mental health, to sexual assault and family violence - it is more apparent than ever that we must reckon with how boys are being raised, and the damaging behaviours that are normalised. But how do we raise boys into emotionally healthy men? Abbie sits down with developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey to discuss his new book Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Raising Boys....

The wonderful ladies of Granny Bingo, Edith and Maureen, stuck around for a special bonus episode where they're doling out their sage wisdom to you the lucky listener! LINKS Watch Another Cuppa on YouTube or ABC iView , and listen on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts Follow Granny Bingo on IG @grannybingo Follow Granny Bingo on FB https://www.facebook.com/EdithAndMaureen/ See Granny...

Get yourself a piping hot cappuccino and settle in with Australia's favourite women of a certain age, Granny Bingo's Edith Vale & Maureen McGillicuddy!! The ladies tell their own on-stage Nightmare Fuel, and take clear sides when they hear a listener's story. LINKS Watch Another Cuppa on YouTube or ABC iView , and listen on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts Follow Granny...

What's the difference between a hyperfixation and a special interest? When is a symptom anxiety and when is it ADHD or autism? Why are so many women still struggling to get diagnosed with autism and ADHD? How do our hormones affect symptoms? Could Abbie be AuDHD? Abbie sits down with neurodivergent clinical psychologist, and host of The Neurodivergent Woman podcast, Dr Monique Mitchelson to answer...

As a sex worker and investigative journalist, Bension Siebert does in practice what some only do in theory, f*ck's around AND finds out! He tells Abbie about how the NMF client who spurred him to come out, and why he decided to pursue both careers. Plus, some chat about some true nightmare fuel - Australian defamation laws! LINKS Read Bension's piece on Cheek Media - How sex work saved my investig...

The trial of Lindsay Clancy has made headlines around the world and has sparked countless debates and conversations, some more productive than others. Abbie unpacks some of the extreme manosphere reactions, why we still have a long way to go when it comes to talking about mental illness, and why some hot takes actually have nothing to do with the case. NOTE: This podcast discusses details that may...

Abbie found a new op shop book about gender roles!!! This one is called Why Men Don't Listen And Women Can't Read Maps, and of course features complete fabrications about 'caveman times', among many other hilarious takes that attempt to turn sexism into science. Plus a nice, long tangent about cheating and surveillance culture! LINKS: Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https:...

It's a NMF situation we've all had to endure; listening to a co-worker's insane opinions because you're stuck on shift together at a minimum wage job. But some of these conspiracy theories even WE haven't heard of!! Abbie didn't take a dexie today so this NMF comes with extra rants! LINKS: Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https://forms.gle/S5Pf327SmVnnC8CE9 Check out @itsal...

Abbie has made it well known on this podcast that she is not a fan of generative AI and LLMs. But, as journalist Marc Fennell found in his new podcast series Unreal , AI is already fundamentally changing the way we relate to each other and understand ourselves. Abbie and Marc talk about why he wanted to focus on human stories, the real-world effects of AI he encountered when making the series, and...

Is misogyny really that bad? Well, yes, obviously! But now it's not just us screaming into the void. A new study from Melbourne University details the findings of research into the link between misogyny and youth radicalisation in Australia. Abbie has printed it out, gone through with the highlighter, and is here to distill it all to you chooks! The study features some great definitions of what mi...

Producer Amy has been saving up some quickfire stories and boy oh boy you chooks are outdoing yourselves! You think you've heard it all, and then you hear a story that Joe from 'You' would probably take notes from. Also, sound off in the comments if seeing Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting was a formative experience for you xx LINKS: Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https://fo...

Defamation laws have a long and strange history, and in recent years, these laws have been leveraged in order to silence women who attempt to speak out about abuse. In the midst of the cultural reckoning incited by the #MeToo movement, many women across the globe are facing a legal reckoning. This is the central point of the new documentary Silenced. The documentary's main subject is Jennifer Robi...

It's the crossover you've all been waiting for!!! After filling in for Brittney Saunders with Alright Hey over at High Scrollers, Abbie thought she better have them both in to listen to a NMF! And boy is this one a doozy, we may have set the record here for longest NMF ep?? Wagon wheels, troughs, weaning cows, a bridezilla... This story has got it all and more. LINKS Listen to High Scrollers go.pd...

It's time for an AMA!!! Abbie's been asked to unpack what happened on the Logies, as well as an update on her mental health, her thoughts on current beauty standards and more!! LINKS Stream the new Peking Duk album!! https://pekingduk.komi.io/ Ecomind, climate mental health charity mentioned by Amy: https://www.ecomind.au/ Read the Jia Tolentino article about plastic surgery: https://www.newyorker...

Chloe thought her Nightmare Fuel wasn't up to scratch... our reactions would prove otherwise. Tashi Duncan eat your heart out. LINKS Follow Annie Knight on IG @anniekknight Follow Chloe Mira on IG @chloemiraa Watch Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money only on Stan Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https://forms.gle/S5Pf327SmVnnC8CE9 Check out @itsalotpod on IG at https://bit.ly/itsal...

Where's the line between engagement and exploitation? So-called 'stunt creators' on OnlyFans have stirred up a lot of controversy in the last few years, with some creators targeting teenagers at Schoolies, or attempting to break records for having sex with the most people. These stunts have led to rule changes on the platform, and debate within the sex work community and more broadly about their i...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of child sexual abuse. Help is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) and Lifeline on 13 11 14. Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder) has long been misrepresented and misunderstood, but Dr Jeni Haynes is here to change that. In 2019, sh...

We are so blessed to have one of the funniest (and smallest) women in the country on the pod for a NMF - it's MICHELLE BRASIER!!! Seat backs and tray tables up for an all-time tale that has to be heard to be believed! LINKS Vote 1 Michelle Brasier for the Silver Logie!! https://vote.tvweeklogies.com.au/ Follow Michelle on Instagram @michellebrasier Follow Michelle on TikTok @michellebrasier Buy Mi...

UPDATE FROM ABBIE: "Please note I've gotten two new pieces of information since publishing this episode; The first is that I had seen screenshots of Nara Smith using #tradwife, but I have since been told they were not real thanks to a follower! Any references to this have now been edited out of the episode. I have also found out that she has previously posted videos of herself drinking raw milk wh...

We were screaming SO loud at this NMF that Mr Walter got up to check we were okay #ally LINKS Send us your thoughts, topic suggestions, NMFs and more: https://forms.gle/S5Pf327SmVnnC8CE9 Check out @itsalotpod on IG at https://bit.ly/itsalot-instagram . Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts https://bit.ly/ial-review CREDITS Host : Abbie Chatfield @abbiechatfield Executive Producer and Editor:  ...