The Fifth Trimester

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...

Imagine being cancelled by your imaginary best friend and all-round Brit It Gal, Lily Allen, on day three of your new job. Sounds like a living nightmare, right? Welp, this actually happened to Bella and she’s finally going public with this never-before-told dark tale of shame. Meanwhile, celibacy is taking Hollywood by storm with the likes of Julia Fox and Khloe Kardashian crossing their le...

We’re back for episode two and the sched is more lit than the dance floor at Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis’ wedding. We unpack the soccer golden couple’s stunning Perth nuptials, plus why we’re convinced JLo and Ben Affleck might be (probably, maybe) trolling us all. We also serve up our pop culture predictions for the year ahead - from a bombshell royal tell-all to an Abbie C...

Happy first ep and happy almost-NYE! Today, Bella breaks down what in the bedazzled gold suit is actually happening with Harry Styles and his long-anticipated musical comeback. Lu slips into her Inspector Gadget trench to investigate the Beckham family’s latest bout of festive beef, before the girls recap the weird, wild year that was 2025. Plus, they share the cocktail of the summer and the...