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Hello Lovelies, Today Em sits down with award-winning social media reporter and presenter for Guardian Australia, Matilda Boseley. You may recognise Matilda from her hugely successful short form news explainers she creates on TikTok, she’s now also the creator of her new book ‘The Year I Met My Brain’ which is described as a travel companion for adults who’ve just found out they have ADHD. Togethe...

Em is in Sydney, Michael’s in Melbourne, but that hasn’t stopped them from connecting up to deliver this episode for you. After lamenting the fact that their executive producer Benjamin isn’t in the room to add to the background giggles, it's straight into Em’s latest obsession, looking at the brand new Kim Kardashian nipple bra. It actually comes with nipples built into the bra, so you can ALWAYS...

We start this episode with a thorough deep dive into Em’s night out with her dad Vincie at the Nile Rodgers, Chic and Chaka Khan concert. We balance that out with Michael’s review of attending the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie. Obviously because Michael and Em aren’t proper Swifties, we do drag our cameraman and devoted in-house Swiftie, James up to the mic to correct and critique any mistakes we m...

Each week our Emsolation Extra subscribers pummel Em and Michael with questions via the Supercast website for a segment we call Ask Me Anything, or AMA for short. This special bonus episode is an appetiser for anyone who hasn’t committed to Emsolation Extra and wonders what they might be missing out on. Within, you’ll hear a sample of some of your questions being answered, from “Did Em pack enough...

This bonus episode gives you access to something special from our podcast subscription service, Emsolation Extra. Recently Em sat down with one of her favourite people on the planet, the one and only Kaz Cooke. Kaz is famous the world over for creating the kind of books we all need to navigate life, having researched and written books like ‘Up The Duff’, ‘Babies & Toddlers’, ‘Girl Stuff 8-12 & 13+...

First up we need to talk about the result of the Voice Referendum, after the country resoundingly decided that First Nations people apparently don’t deserve constitutional recognition and sadly, mostly voted ‘NO’. After that disappointing result, it’s on to the news that excerpts have started dropping from Britney Jean Spears upcoming tell all book, ‘The Woman In Me’. Thankfully, Em isn’t scared t...

Well if you don't know, now you know. Maybe you've never been to an Emsolation Live Podcast before, maybe you have. If you have, you know it's the hottest night of the year, so kick your feet up and enjoy a trip down memory lane. If not, strap yourself in because boy are you in for a tasty, tasty morsel in the shape of a recap. Our spiritual guide, Present-Day-Em will take us back to a time where...

There’s a LOT going on right now so we’re taking the “let’s just stick to what we do” angle and offering up our thoughts on the brand new Netflix 4-part doco series ‘Beckham’ which covers off the career and life of David Beckham. We also get an update from Michael on the next “big” event coming from his former employer, Baz Luhrmann. That also means we get to hear some of the goss from Michael’s f...

It’s the episode for anyone who feels like they don’t have all the info they need on the upcoming Voice Referendum. Em and Michael offer up their point of view on the Voice and reveal which way they will be voting. Em also talks to Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman, Rachel Perkins. Rachel is the founder of Blackfella Films and an award-winning writer, director and producer of documentaries and feature...

Obviously we’re opening with MORE Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce recapping, if you’ve been following Em on socials this week, you’ll already know she’s done a deep dive on Taylor Swift rocking up to a Chiefs game with Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Trav’s Mum Donna. There’s much to discuss, including Michael’s overly excited call to alert Em to the situation. That’s fo...

That dream has been realised, so expect an Em level analysis of it all shortly and multiple ‘Good for Her’ button presses. First though we need to award a ‘Good For Her’ for Kylie, who dropped her brand new album ‘Tension’ and proved again why she’s maintained her success for the last 4 decades. Delta also announced her engagement so there’s a ‘Good For Her’ too, then it’s onto the news that Taylo...

It’s the news that shook the planet, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have called it quits on their marriage after 27 years and we need to discuss. Em has theories and she’s willing to throw a “mark my words” at it too. Then Em allows Michael to nerd out a smidge with an update on a masterstroke that Madonna recently delivered. We follow that with the news that very serious accusations of crim...

Strap yourself in because this episode is stuffed to the gills with all of the things you didn’t know you needed, until we dropped them into your earholes. We get things underway with a full rundown on the premiere of ‘The Newsreader’. Did Em unleash a bunch of inappropriate all over Sam Reid? Was Michael’s mum sassing up a storm? Were the Tony Bartuccio dancers in the room? All these questions wi...

We’re back in the booth and ready to unload on the last 48 hours of Em and Michael’s holiday in the US and we’ve got A LOT to unpack. We begin with the full rundown on their decision to hike a mountain in Palms Springs in 46 degree heat, it did not end well. Speaking of things not ending well, we also squeeze in a mental side-quest about the news of that hectic Delta flight that had to turn around...

Em and Michael have touched down in the desert resort city of Palm Springs to 46 degree heat waves, poolside hangs and Frosé’s all round. We kick things off with an update on the last few days in New York City, including Michael’s full rundown on his second visit to ‘Marie’s Crisis’ (the camp show tunes bar) and Lin-Manuel Miranda being there. There’s a hotel move, a day in Santa Monica, all their...

We’ve got a LOT to unpack Emsolators, it’s week one in America and Em and Michael have been doing all of New York City everything. We start with a full rundown on their first day on the ground from late night restaurant meals, to Em wandering the streets to Madonna’s house in an all white jumpsuit while trying to manage explosive diarrhoea. There’s the spiritual moment Em and Michael experienced a...

Last week, Em invited Emsolators to vent their frustrations on the 10th Anniversary of Michael Lucas killing off their favourite character, Dr Patrick on ‘Offspring’. One of the voice messages was so poignant and heartfelt that we decided to hold off on adding it to last week's episode, just so we could play it to Michael. So this bonus episode is all about the impact that event had on Emsolator G...

Prepare yourself for our fave trio, penises, politics and princesses. We start with Michael revealing he visited a penis museum in Iceland, so naturally Em had lots of questions and isn’t shy about pumping Michael for ALL of the details. So that’s the wang section sorted, for the politics part we need to cover off the news that Trump is facing his 4th indictment, along with 18 co-defendants plus h...

It’s the death no one wanted, or did they? Today we revisit that moment 10 years ago when Michael Lucas killed off Dr. Patrick on his TV series ‘Offspring’. Em and Michael go deep on the decision and reveal all the behind the scenes action, plus we invited you to vent your Dr Patrick anguish via voicemails for Michael too. Then we need to talk about the Lizzo lawsuit and give out multiple ‘Good Fo...

Michael might be under a time crunch but that didn’t prevent us from talking Lady Gaga being live in Vegas while Em and Michael are holidaying in the US. Em’s keen to reaffirm her love for the new season of ‘And Just Like That’ after they brought Carrie’s former fiance Aidan back. We also find time to talk the upcoming season of Michael’s show ‘The Newsreader’ and we learn actual sporty facts abou...

Michael has finally submitted himself to the full Barbie movie experience and he’s ready to offer up his thoughts and feels and compare and contrast it with Em’s review. Then we need to cover off the actual out of control bin fire (with extra petrol sprinkled on it) that is Elon Musk changing the name of ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’. We follow that with an update on Em’s oestrogen levels, she now has patches...

Em has seen the Barbie movie and she is bursting at the seams with all the thoughts and feels and she’s not afraid to unleash her FULL spoiler free review within. Then we need to update everyone on the writers strike in America. What even is it? Why do we care, and how come rich peeps like the star of ‘The Nanny’ are complaining about not getting enough money? Finally, Em got aggressive with a win...

Madonna returns to social media to thank her fans, Em and Michael are thankful, willing to stalk her in New York and exploring options to replace her cancelled concert. Em’s off to the premiere of the Barbie movie and no one will ruin her experience of seeing it on the big screen. Britney Spears is dropping a memoir in October called ‘The Woman In Me’ and we have so much we wanna see within its pa...

Did you know Em Rusciano and Julia Morris are actual friends? How could two powerful, magnificent, driven and opinionated media ladies possibly be able to sit down in the same room as each other and not dominate all media instantly, exactly. While the old white men of the media think it's all too much and no one could possibly endure it, this special sit down proves how utterly wrong they are. So...

This week Michael upgrades from a snack platter while recording, to sitting in a hire car outside an Italian Airbnb while recording, so situation normal right? Em reveals how Michael dropped the “Madonna is postponing her world tour” bombshell in her lap. Then we need to work our way through the disappointment of the storylines on the new season of ‘And Just Like That’ and the upcoming Kim Cattral...