The Fifth Trimester

Buckle up, fellas, because we’re starting the ep with some incredibly graphic CELEB SEX STUFF, and it’s all thanks to Real Housewives star Brandi Glanville’s latest act of TMI. Then, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift stepped out for a very public date night over the weekend, and yes, they looked extremely loved up. But there’s something Trav did that has given us the collective...

It’s a glorious week for entertainment, with the telly absolutely bursting with options. From the return of Rivals on Disney+ to the hotly anticipated Kylie Minogue documentary dropping on Wednesday, we’ve got your viewing schedule sorted. Who else spent the weekend glued to the 70th Eurovision Song Contest? We’re unpacking it all, from Our Delta’s powerful rendition o...

Staring your week with a hilarious dispatch from Lu’s dating life, which BB accidentally derailed in spectacular fashion. Also, there’s one elderly king dominating our feeds right now - the big dog, Sir David Attenborough, who just clocked ~triple~ digits. There is only ONE book millennial women are currently reading, or inhaling through their ear holes, and it’s Famesick by Lena...

Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, BB and Lu are dropping in for a special lil chat/pep talk/warm hug for anyone who may find this day hard to navigate. Whether you’re longing to be a mum, missing your mum, caring for your mum, dealing with a complex mother-daughter relationship, a tricky mother-in-law dynamic, or a single mum... It’s a day that can put all of that under a micros...

It’s the first Monday in May, and that can only mean one thing - it’s the Met Gala, baby! Lu and BB are clad in their couture Kmart and archival Witchery, here to run you through all the delicious, high-fashion moments from the red carpet - from Queen Bey’s grand entrance to Nicole Kidman’s adorable date and the billionaire who quite literally purchased the whole event for...

It’s our 20th episode, DLs! So to celebrate, we’ve got a brand-new theme song. Then, three girls walk into Icebergs for a special-occasion lunch… and what happens next is basically like the funniest episode of Fawlty Towers you’ve ever seen. Have you watched Yung Lean and GENR8ION’s hypnotic clip for STORM yet? Lu can’t stop thinking about it and is insisting y...

So, according to Charli XCX, the dance floor is dead?! We have thoughts on these shock claims as the musician announces her surprising new direction. In very exciting streaming news, our queen of pop, Kylie Minogue, is getting the Netflix documentary treatment, and we are *squealing* with glee. Now, onto a very important question for you: if a tiger were loose in the crowd, how would you handle it...

Kicking things off this week with the most Fifth Trimester family vacay to ever Fifth Trimester. Then, we unpack everything we learned from our first savage trolling encounter on the World Wide Web (we’re looking at you boujiee88!) Onto even more sinister matters - what is looksmaxxing, and why does it involve people literally smashing their faces with a hammer?! We’re deep-diving this...

We’re having some BIG feelings about Coachella, so we decided to bring you this special edition episode to unpack the juiciest weekend on the global stage of pop culture. From Justin Bieber’s divisive performance, Sabrina Carpenter’s insane Broadway theatrics and all the spicy nuggets of goss in between. Plus, the gals have a *very* heated debate over whether they should go to th...

Starting the week with the big, important questions: would you go to space? Would you get cloned? Would you be cryogenically frozen? Once we’ve solved that, we’re diving headfirst into Bieberchella and the whispers he’s filming a Netflix special off the back of his Coachella set. Then, why the hell is Kanye West quite literally back on top of the world again? As the deeply t...

It’s Easter Monday, so what better way to enjoy your choccie eggs than with some equally sweet banter? The gals kick things off with a definitive list of the most embarrassing things one can do as an adult, the celeb memoir they can’t wait to sink their teeth into, and why Lu’s recent mumcation with Revs has totally reset her nervous system. Then, onto the big one: are we fi...

Starting the week with a BB-bang, we’re riding high on the news that we’re getting our very own Kylie Minogue Super Bowl performance at the AFL Grand Final later in the year. Plus, her latest Chanel campaign with Margot Robbie has us ~yearning~ for the Y2K glory days. Meanwhile, our fave billionaire babe Taylor Swift and her soon-to-be groom, Travis Kelce, are reportedly plotting...

Ya gals are back and it’s a very self-helpy flavour today! We’re kicking things off with an update on Lu’s love life, revealing why she’s finally letting her freak flag fly. Then, we unpack just how much Taylor Swift is actually worth and it’s jaw-on-the-floor stuff. Onto more serious matters, BB is on a mission to reboot her troubled little soul after a string of int...

Happy Oscars Day, DLs. Lukewarm take, but are the Oscars the most boring red carpet of them all? We’re recapping the best lewks from Hollywood’s night of nights while also pondering why this year’s ceremony feels a little… meh. Next up, there’s nothing more Fifth Trimester energy than throwing a party. Whether it’s a “just because” shindig or a mile...

Bella’s hobbling into the studio with a Smurfette-blue ankle and the reason why is a timely reminder to us all. Meanwhile, the girls are swooning over an epic live music moment bridging three generations, and all the A-listers who turned out in full force at the Melbourne F1 over the weekend. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s eldest child, Sunday Rose, has made her Australian magazi...

Exactly as our oracle Lu predicted last week, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has sensationally quit her $100 million contract with KIIS FM following an on-air blow-up with longtime co-host Kyle Sandilands. Naturally, we had to jump straight on the mics to urgently unpack the bombshell statement, share our predictions on what Kyle and Jackie might do next, what this means for the future of A...

It’s only Monday and the conspiracy theories are already flying. Did Jim Carrey send a body double to an event over the weekend? Bella’s got her tinfoil hat on and is convinced it’s a meta Truman Show moment. Meanwhile, Aussie pop royalty Delta Goodrem has just been announced as our Eurovision kween and with her bangers in the mix, we’re quietly confident she’s a...

Top of the week to you, DLs! We’re kicking things off with an intense recap of Bella’s Sunday-night encounter with her sleep paralysis demon, while Lu gives us an exciting update on her celibate girl summer. Meanwhile, the ongoing Hilary and Haylie Duff sister feud has Lu reflecting on what it’s like to live in the shadow of a high-achieving sibling… and she’s had a...

⚠️ Includes Minor Spoilers ⚠️ It’s the most hyped film of the moment - clogging your feed, blowing up group chats and making everyone oh so toey for the moors. So, naturally, your Fifth Trimester field guides, Bella and Lu, took one for the team and headed to the cinema on behalf of you, our DLs. In this very honest (and horny, tbh) special ep, we answer the all-important question: Is ...

Happy Monday, DLs! We’re coming in hot for the week ahead with  very exciting news that our fave showman, DJ extraordinaire, FISHER, has just announced a national tour of his Out 2 Lunch festival. Next, we unpack the shock split of Australia’s golden couple, comedian Celeste Barber and her ‘Hot Husband’, Api Robin, and why the news has Bella spiralling just a touch abo...

Lu’s rolling in fresh from Laneway and fully committed to rocking the head-to-toe merch, while the Super Bowl Half-Time Show just happened, and Bad Bunny’s performance was politically poetic and as it was powerful and oh-so ICONIC. Bella reveals the greatest Australian children’s picture book of all time (according to ~the people~), Lu has thoughts, and Bella realises she relates...

Your girls are back and we’re quite devo, tbh. We unpack why the heartbreaking death of our ultimate ’90s movie mum, Catherine O’Hara, over the weekend has hit millennials so hard, triggering a collective spiral about ageing, time passing and the rude realisation that we’re very much the grown-ups now. Ahead of the Super Bowl next week, we are also asking a very import...

First cab off the rank, Bella has a timely warning about Instagram’s latest feature. And it involves her stubbly, unshaven legs. Lu is entering her glow-up era and is enlisting her fave robot, Chatty Cathy, for a brutally honest head-to-hoof refresh. Meanwhile, Bella questions whether AI is actually empowering us… or quietly fuelling the tyranny of the ‘hot mum’. Next...

Lu and BB have raced into the pod studio for a very important BREAKING NEWS EPISODE, deep-diving into Brooklyn Peltz-Beckham’s scathing six-page Instagram statement about his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, after years of rumoured tension.  And you better believe, the bombshells are  bombshelling . From accusations of brand control and press manipulation, to explosive wedding...

Welcome back to the past, DLs. Today, we dust off our flower crowns and unpack why 2016-core is suddenly everywhere. We ask what 2016 Lu and Bella would make of their 2026 selves, share our Hottest 100 predictions, and dive headfirst into a very heated chat abou t Heated Rivalry - the steamy gay hockey series consuming our lives. We chat about why queer joy on screen feels like the medicine the wo...