life scraps w mickey bourne

Yo whaddup Scrappies! I hope you’re enjoying the festive season and making the most of the end of 2025 (if you believe in things like the Gregorian calendar). I’m writing this to you from my friend’s apartment where I’ve been having a staycay for a week. It’s so nice to be able to do exactly the same things you would do in your own apartment, but in someone elses’, 10 minutes up the road. Needless...

Yo Scrapsters! It took a little while longer to get this episode out there, ‘cos lyfe ‘n December ‘n all that. I recorded it nearly 2 weeks ago- before the anti-semitic shooting in Sydney- and then I needed some time to process what happened. So here we are, better late than never!!! A big thank you and shout-out to our very own first sponsor of the podcast: Joe Bogan!!! We may bring him back on f...

Welcome back to another week, Scrappies! I had a lot to get off my chest today. I guess I was feeling like a plastic bag, to quote our one and only Space Ass-tronaut, Katy Perry. And the reason I was feeling like a plastic bag? F@%&king men. In fact, the title for this episode could be: fuck men. Fuck Australia. Femme tops we love you! Listen to my hot take on bicep curls, wishing wells, social me...

Welcome to episode #2. Yay! If you’re German and you’re still listening, yay! In this episode I share with you one of my greatest triumphs of 2025: closing my Portuguese bank account with Millennium. I also add my 2c to a show hot on everyone’s lips for being an absolute stinking piece of garbage. Well, back when it was relevant, in 2021. (One thing you need to know about me is that when it comes...

OK OK OK I know it’s getting a bit ridiculous here. I now have 2 newsletters, 2 podcasts, 2 jobs, 2 pillows on my bed, and 2 testicles. Coincidence? I think not! But yes, I started another podcast. I wanted a space where I could be more me: say things a little more unfiltered, insert a little more humour, broaden the horizon beyond just health to also include kulture. The thing about being a healt...