Broadly Relevant

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Apple's got a new CEO (it's tea, Ryan promises), Coachella has turned out drama for Madonna and the divas have recommendations for you. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Matilda Boseley TikTok On ABC ADHD Investigation Patrick Schwarzenegger And Emily Henry Fans - Booksmart Maintenance Phase ADHD Rat...

Coachella is rocking our world, as is space! So much for us to catch up on and soooo much for Simran and Ryan to fight about lol. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires  Simran Pasricha  &  Ryan&nbs...

Big chats today about influencers vs journalists, Oscars afterparty drama, Australia’s surveillance apparatus, and why you should really fricking join your union! Also—we have recommendations for you. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Commentary on Jeremy O Harris — TikTok Jeremy O. Harris drunkenly...

A beautiful little episode hand crafted for your ears where we touch on the royal family visiting Australia, hate speech nonsense, racism in the Queensland police, and the aftermath of the Oscars. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Pretty Little Liars Ebook Changes — People Queensland’s Indian Communi...

Big chats to be had about Timothee Chalamopera, Style-ish podcast tea, as well the complete nonsense that is Australia literally going to war. Like sorry what????? Also it's Broadly Diva week! Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: New laws to temporarily ban people coming to Australia from designated cou...

Recording from a different studio than usual, Simran & Ryan reunite to chat world war three, the ethics of choosing interview subjects, media suppression orders, and Ryan Murphy’s latest crime against humanity. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Ethical Problems With (Lack of) Consent in Biopics -...

WELCOME TO OUR FIFTIETH EPISODE BESTIES. It has been a pleasure sharing stories and news with you (cannot WAIT for the next fifty). In today’s chockas episode we chat about the controversy at the BAFTA awards (we’re angry with the BBC), and Manon Bannerman’s exist from KATSEYE. In the news we dive into the polls around One Nation’s success in victoria, the arts funding CRISIS, and the revealed pla...

Massive week for culture and news, with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, the Olympics kicking off in Italy (Ryan has some notes), and closer to home the arrival of Isaac Herzog in Australia (and the protests that followed suit). Also—it's Broadly Diva time! Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Realit...

We’re back babes x Big episode for us as we yap about development protests in Brighton, aluminium smelters, women in the workplace, and Social Media Activism™ Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires  Simran Pasric...

Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better Who killed Meanjin? Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides | Australian politics | The Guardian Firs...

Simran is going to hate the title I gave this episode but I really do hope that you, dear reader, love it — Ryan On this week’s episode we chat about the tiffin lady, Melbourne’s favourite ferris wheel, Gaza, and the far right. It’s a whirlwind—a bit like contemporary life at the moment. Love you! Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ Th...

Sydney Sweeney might be a nazi, Sydney turned out for Palestine, Penny Wong’s a mess, Up Bank is losing their mind, and Simran & Ryan fall in love—it’s basically a romcom this episode. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: The Anti-Porn Crusade That Censored Steam and Itch.io Started 30 Years Ago We&...

Ryan’s is fanging to audition for Big Brother, while Simran’s all about Love Island USA. Pedro Pascal is maybe getting cancelled but maybe we need to ignore that, meanwhile the internet is on shaky ground, Australian citizens are getting caught in Israel’s response to the Freedom Flotilla, and Melbourne’s social housing is under threat. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections...

The world may be falling apart but here on Broadly Relevant it’s Broadly Diva week—with a facedown between New York’s mayoral hopeful and a star of Love Island. Head to IG to vote for your favourite. In the meanwhile, we yap about Remi Ashton’s wedding, Brazil’s realistic doll obsession, the mushroom trial, and war. Just your average week in 2025 really. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the...

Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Why Does Everything Sound Like an Audition Song for 'The Voice?' Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro? - The Atlantic One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed - The American Prospect How to Help Affected People Amid...

This weeks episode is one of our best, if you don’t mind us saying. We dive into neo-luddism and the way some folks in Gen Z are rejecting technology—I mean how else are we meant to survive the information hurricane we’re living through. Plus, we chat about Kamala and Lorde’s trips to Australia, Victoria’s Machete Ban, Savers, Star Wars, and Gucci’s not-sari. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind...

Neutrality is dead and we literally killed it—but before we get to that, we’ve gotta chat about the rise of Neo-Naziism (sh*t’s bad) in Australia, our picks for the next pope, Jojo Siwa’s messy messy reality tv breakup, Lorde’s latest single, and the tea with Michelle Obama. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we me...

First things first! The Australian election is coming up soon and this is your CRITICAL reminder to check your enrolment with the Australian Electoral Commision. If you’ve moved in the past three years you gotta re-enrol so you can vote in the correct electorate for where you live. It takes literally a minute and you can do it online with the AEC . Second of all, we recorded again! This week we ta...

Romance is on our minds this week—that and the incommunicable weight of the world’s slide into fascism. This week we’re yapping about nine rules for dating, white women appropriating Indian culture, wild morning routines, and the latest YouTube trend. Plus, Trump gutted the Department of Education (boo), the Australian Greens want to build missiles in Australia (???), and another election is comin...

Cyclone Alfred was all over our minds this week, as we yap about pop culture, Alfred, and bring back Broadly Diva Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires  Simran Pasricha  &  Ryan Hamilton .&nbs...

We’re on the precipice of Melbourne Fashion Festival, new music from Rihanna, Chappell Roan, and we couldn’t be more feral. Plus, Kylie Minogue got her flowers! We yap about elections in Germany, the upcoming federal election, and trans rights in the US. Plus… has skincare gone too far with this latest trend? Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Re...

The Aussie election’s almost upon us and the world’s a mess. Pop diva’s are popping off and polls are panicking us. Elon Musk is up to no good, but at least we’re in a golden age of Reality TV. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on the making of Broadly Relevant. ✎ These are the links we mentioned: Creative Australia back-pedals on 2026 Venice Biennale selection in respo...

We’re back from summer vacay and we tbh missed you so much. On this week’s episode we chat about the evolving Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively Tea, a unique marriage proposal, Trump’s tariffs on Canada, and a devastating loss to Melbourne’s graffiti scene. Plus, Broadly Diva is back in a new way this year and we need you to get involved. Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes reflections on...

To celebrate the end of 2024 and the end of Season 1 of Broadly Relevant, we brought on some of our very close friends for a special episode featuring trivia from the entire first year of Broadly Relevant. We want to send a massive thank you to Ezra Hann for hosting Broadly Rewind and compiling trivia from the year, and to Elizabeth Kay for joining us as our live studio audience. Plus, we want to...