Emsolation

To get things happening this week, Michael gets the intro right, then there’s updates from Mum land, with news that Em’s Mum could end up being a juror on a court case and Michael’s Mum is ready to start her journey into the wonderful world of medicinal herbal drops for the aches and pains in her skeleton. After that Em is campaigning for everyone to leave JoJo Siwa alone, first though she’ll have...

Em befriended Lizzy Hoo a year ago while working at The Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Great Debate. As you’ll hear inside, it's been a while since they acted on their new found friendship, but at least when they eventually did, they invited us to be there to listen in, HUZZAH! Lizzy is a writer, equal parts noodle and pie enthusiast, designer, actor, sport enthusiast and a stand up comedian who rece...

We start with the fact Em has a cold sore, but we’re not actually allowed to acknowledge it, or look at it, we also have issues with the use of the word ‘awareness’ instead of ‘acceptance’ in the labelling of ‘Autism Awareness Day’. There’s a negative Airbnb review to reflect, then we get into Elio’s Easter origin and Easter bunny questions, and his issues with his Easter Egg Hunt, plus Michael re...

We open with the news Kate Middleton is having treatment for cancer and how Em was right in her assumptions that we shouldn’t be speculating about BBL’s and the like. Especially when a woman is undergoing a medical treatment that we don’t have all the information on. Sending WTF thoughts to the Palace PR team and speculating on Kate’s marriage to Prince William though, still falls into an open sea...

It’s the SMS that brought much delight to Em, Michael got rear ended by a truck on his way to work, and sent an “I’ve been epically rear ended” message to alert Em to that fact. You’ll hear all about it as we start the pod, with a side quest on Beyoncé being a capitalist by name dropping brands in her songs. Then it’s onto Em’s newest obsession, Guy Richie’s new Netflix TV series ‘The Gentlemen’,...

This week Michael Lucas is away filming his final scenes for Season 3 of his multi-award winning TV series ‘The Newsreader’, so stepping in to replace him is Em’s eldest daughter Marchella. Together they’ll talk through their fave moments from the 2024 Oscar Awards, covering everything from Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue to John Cena’s guttering, Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ performance, plus Jonathan...

Before we even get an intro out we drop chats about Em’s new glasses, Jennifer Saunders not recognising her own Ab Fab daughter, Saffy, aka Julia Sawalha on The Masked Singer, and a side quest about the TV series ‘Press Gang’. Once the intro is done, it’s onto Em’s love language, F1. Michael just has to endure it, safe to say his facial expressions express his interest throughout. Then it’s onto t...

Your introduction to this episode covers everything from American Idol shock eliminations, to Elio discovering the delights of mooning and Michael Lucas sharing his name with a gay pornstar, so chefs kiss for all of that. Then we deep dive into Em’s spoiler free review of ‘Dune: Part 2’. Expect much giant worm chat and everything else in between, from who was giving act-TOR on the IMAX screen, to...

Did somebody say gimme all the divas, because we’re at capacity when it comes to the ladies of pop bringing their main character energy to the pod this week. We start with a full recap of the first weekend of Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour in Australia. Seems some people aren’t feeling the love and are trying to kill the joy that Swifties have been exhibiting and we are having none of that. Then it’s o...

This week all of pop culture decided to unleash all of its everything, all at once and none of us are coping very well. So after admitting to being untethered and unmedicated, Em takes us through a recap of their trip to the Gold Coast for the AACTA Awards, where Michael picked up another award, and Em realised she probably didn’t even need to be there, more on that inside. We follow that up with...

Get your clacker out (this will make sense when you listen) and get ready for another side-quest riddled edition of the pod. To begin with we need to cover off Em’s apparently excellent skin, for her age, how very DARE THEY! Then it’s on to the upcoming AACTA Awards where Em and Michael are both nominated for awards, huzzah! We’ve got outfits to tease, shoes that probably won’t arrive, and a pre-a...

Huzzah we are BACK for 2024 and now we come with the added bonus of visuals too. Yes, you can finally watch Em and Michael in living, breathing, colour on selected podcast apps, which at this stage covers Apple and Spotify. Naturally it still works if you just want to keep listening, or maybe do BOTH! This episode kicks off with a quick catchup and the reveal of a brand-new button for Em’s soundbo...

Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series she created with her hubby Scott, called The Marriage Diaries. Normally you’d only be able to access this series as part of our premium service Emsolation Extra, but so many Extra subscribers have gained so much from listen...

Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series she created with her hubby Scott, called The Marriage Diaries. Normally you’d only be able to access this series as part of our premium service Emsolation Extra, but so many Extra subscribers have gained so much from listen...

Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series she created with her hubby Scott, called The Marriage Diaries. Normally you’d only be able to access this series as part of our premium service Emsolation Extra, but so many Extra subscribers have gained so much from listen...

An Emsolation Extra Interview Today Em sits down to chat with someone who she says has “taught me more in the last year than anyone”. Their name is Sonny Jane Wise, they are an advocate, public speaker and author of the Neurodiversity Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills and the new book ‘We’re All Neurodiverse’. Their mission is to challenge neuronormativity and build a neurodiversity affirming future...

Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series she created with her hubby Scott, called The Marriage Diaries. Normally you’d only be able to access this series as part of our premium service Emsolation Extra, but so many Extra subscribers have gained so much from listen...

Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series she created with her hubby Scott, called The Marriage Diaries. Normally you’d only be able to access this series as part of our premium service Emsolation Extra, but so many Extra subscribers have gained so much from listen...

This episode is part one in the first of three sit down conversations between Em and her hubby Scott. Be prepared for them to go deep into exploring their relationship, holding nothing back and leaving no stone unturned. Inspired by the news that more couples breakup in the month of December than any other time of the year, Em Rusciano has decided to release every episode of an exclusive series sh...

It’s our final episode of the year, so we are pretty much stumbling towards the finish line, you’ll find Em and Michael connecting up from their homes as Em recovers from Covid. We begin by referencing the fact that the second series of Michael’s ABC-TV series ‘The Newsreader’ has scooped a MASSIVE 15 AACTA Award nominations for next year's ceremony. Then it’s onto Em and Michael’s experience watc...

Recorded live on stage at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, this is the kind of Emsolation you get when you place Em Rusciano and Michael Lucas on stage, under spotlight, with microphones, in front of an audience of encouraging Emsolators, things naturally get hectic. We get off to a saucy start with Em admitting she finds Sydney buses extremely sexy, then we move into checking Em and Michael’s predic...

Shoe’s loosened & Dua Lipa t-shirt on, we begin this episode with 2 things that have annoyed Em and both are tied to lazy journalism and click baiting. The first involves former Superman actor Dean Cain, the second, the creepy reporting of the recent AFLW Best and Fairest 2023 Awards. After that it’s props and a ‘Good For Her’ Award for Dolly Parton’s choice of a Dallas Cheerleaders outfit for her...

Yeah we are going there, Ghost Diana will be covered, but first we need to talk about Michael’s brand new hairdo, it’s blonde, it’s shocking and Em is not able to process it. After that, Michael updates us on hour 33 of the Barbra Streisand tell all ‘My Name Is Barbra’. Michael has also had a VERY interesting encounter with Kerri-Anne Kennerley thanks to his TV series ‘The Newsreader’. Em reveals...

It’s the moment that almost took one of our hosts out, the footage of Taylor Swift running into the arms of her new boyfriend, Travis Kelce, at her concert in Argentina. Naturally we’ve watched it a hundred and twenty bajillion times on repeat and we are primed to deliver the ultimate deep dive on it, with help from our Swiftie expert and Emsolation Extra subscriber, Kassy. Then we’ve gotta check...

It’s FINALLY here, ‘My Name Is Barbra’ the 992 page, 48 hour audio book written by Barbra Streisand is already being called “exhilarating and startlingly honest”. Naturally Michael is in devour it mode, Em is more about finding her favourite ‘shared on social media’ highlights from Barbra’s media tour promoting it. After extensively reviewing all we’ve heard so far, we need to discuss Michael’s su...