From The Hip

Barbie may have a PG rating but how does a doll by Mattel challenge the patriarchy in the 'real world'? Kath&Mish get the inside mechanics of how blockbusters are released and the marketing machine that brings them to our screens.  Katie Page is an events manager for Village Entertainment and a woman in film who brings her extensive knowledge to a discussion which extends beyond the...

Kath&Mish have reached a certain age where some of the bands they grew up with now have gaps in their original line up. For example, the Australian independent scene recently lost two musical heavyweights in the shape of Louis Tillet and Ron S. Peno due to ill health and the rigours of their vocation. So what's it like to be a rock chick from that scene? Especially when you're in you...

Kath&Mish knew they'd only just got started on the complexity of female friendships in Ep 41, so they gathered their compadre Melissa, and have pushed into it even further. Asking each other: How far would you go to maintain a long term friendship? What does the parenting role do to the depth and variety of your female friends? Do our daughters and our mothers have vastly differing percep...

Welcome to a landmark episode of From The Hip! For the first time, Kath&Mish leave the confines of their recording space, and host a live event at the inaugural Sorrento Writers Festival on the Mornington Peninsula in the Australian  state of Victoria. In front of a sold out audience, our fave podcasters take to the stage for a special one hour conversation to interrogate the  question "W...

For their guest it's a reckoning, for Mish more a 'sifting'. It's that moment when you have the confidence to look your often long term friendships straight in the eye, and ask: "Are we still doing right by each other?" Kath&Mish share some of those uncomfortable but necessary times from their life, and so does their guest Melissa (first name only) who returns arm...

Acclaimed author, podcaster and couples therapist Esther Perel has been visiting Australia. However Kath&Mish couldn't get tickets. So instead, they opened the FTH microphones and played Esther's card game Where Should We Begin -A Game of Stories.   The questions it raised, and the places it led them form the basis of one of the gal's' best episodes one on one. You too will...

Kath&Mish return in 2023, and get stuck straight in by asking what is it like to date online when you're a single woman in your fifties? Mish asks the necessary and impertinent questions as Kath and special guest Leesa give very different perspectives on how they've traversed affairs of the heart in a digital world. How do you keep yourself safe whilst being open to potential romance...

In their final episode of From The Hip for 2022, Kath&Mish reveal the three things for each of them that have had a huge impact on their lives over the last 12 months. The choices they make will hit home for you as well, as they wrap the third season by drawing on the global and the personal. There's some serious shit here,  interspersed with child-like giggling. Mish's watching reco...

The word 'trauma' has crept into our everyday language, to the point where it's become ubiquitous in describing any kind of adversity or struggle. In this episode, Kath&Mish restore trauma to its proper significance with long time trauma counsellor and yoga practitioner Maria Papadontas. Maria is particularly interested in treating trauma expressed through the body (somatic) and...

One of the two missing pieces in our education system is teaching all of us how to have healthy relationships. The other is giving every Australian a grounding in financial literacy. When you're a woman in your 50s, perhaps single or divorced, this is the time when understanding what's possible would be bloody handy. Kath&Mish recognise that in the midst of rising interest rates, inf...

How does self perception change when you reach your fifties? Kath&Mish delve deep into what face they show the world, what clothes go with that face, and why developing their own style has been crucial in not bowing down to disposable fashion. You'll hear about the defining nature of scent, and why the awkward decision to leave your long time hairdresser can be worth the stress... Listen...

In a new monthly schedule, Kath&Mish make their triumphant return with Series 3 of From The Hip! In their absence, Mish manages to break free of Australia by holidaying for 10 days in Bali, and returns with tales of a way of life affected but not beaten by the global pandemic. It was her daughter's long delayed 18th birthday present, and what Mish discovers about the island and her own se...

Kath & Mish still feel under the weather... so let's get under the covers while we wait for them to get better... In this Series 1 encore, Mish discovers a book of explicit erotica from 1824 that she wants to share with Kath. The more Mish reads from it, the less comfortable Kath sounds.  Laugh out loud listening.  So what's the difference between porn and erotica?  And what did Kath...

We've all had to do it. And even when you want to, it's still shitful. Kath reveals she's moving house, and the impact it's having on her and her two adult children wakes up memories in all of us. Mish recalls trying to sell a house during her marital split, whilst in the midst of a medical crisis, and Kath's younger self breaks down at Heathrow Airport, when she was force...

Sadly,  Kath&Mish are under the weather a.k.a. The Rona… So we scanned the archives to bring you one of their best conversations from Series 1 of From The Hip. The gals will return next week with a special announcement. In the meantime, hear Kath&Mish reveal their explorations into what faith has meant to them, and how they make sense of it now. Great chance perhaps to reflect on what fait...

No matter where you live,  two of the sectors most affected by the pandemic have been tourism and hospitality. For many people in these businesses it was either adapt or perish. Tanya Hanouch chose the former. As a means of Covid-proofing, the owner of suburban wine bar Wolfe & Molone quickly reinvented her business as  Quarantine Canteen, and started home delivery to grateful locals. Constant...

So...men. Discuss. Kath & Mish have had to face some challenges in themselves and the relationships they've had with men. No matter who you're attracted to, there's always going to be hurdles along the way. As the gals reveal, the more you know, the more you know you don't know. Mish brings in some insights from a male writer and a relationship professional for both of them...

Last week, Kath & Mish truthfully admitted they hadn't experienced just how challenging menopause can be for so many other women. Kristin Bonner is one of them. She responded to Kathy's callout, and in this no holds barred conversation Kristin takes us through the last 7 years of feeling, at times, like a different person. Kristin says she wanted to tell her story, because she believ...

All women go through it, in some form or fashion, Even some men do, according to naturopath Kim Toogood. We're talking the big M - Menopause. Kath & Mish reckon it should be called something else, just to take the stigma out. See if you like what Kath makes up on the spot! In Part 1, the gals pull apart the various stages and symptoms of change in older women, and the kinds of treatments...

In this second installment, Kath & Mish join forces with writer/director/counselor Melissa Rymer in discussing why it's so goddamn hard to talk about changing sexual needs over the life of a long-term relationship. Could it be a fear of the unknown? Will the conversation take us into no-go areas that could end in tragedy? The gals also ask: why is there no education about marriage, and al...

In your fifties, no matter how you identify; openly discussing sexuality, libido and your changing desires can sometimes be a tough ask. Writer and all-round creative Melissa Rymer thought her sexuality was done and dusted. Then she traveled to Greece for a writers' retreat. Twice. In the first of a two-part conversation, Melissa sits down with Kath & Mish and opens up about opening up, c...

Melissa Brauer is the undisputed Prosecco Queen. How do we know that? Because it's literally her trademark. Kath and Mish discover that until she embraced the prosecco life, Melissa had been a professional jack of all trades. One of her old careers is just plain weird. However, in tracing her love affair with this incredibly popular but ancient Italian bubbly, Melissa also tells of how Austra...

These two gals already have a reputation for holding nothing back in From The Hip, but this conversation takes it to another level. Kath bares her soul on how she perceives her body and the dramatic surgeries she's undergone to exercise control over her health and long term happiness. Mish gently directs Kath to provide this raw account in a way only two women who love and trust each other ca...

It's been one helluva summer, and Kath and Mish return to tell the tale. Dive in as the gals regale you with their vacation exploits, the shows they've seen, the music they've loved, the books they've consumed. See the full list below. Listen to the end as they put the hard word on all of us... Check out what Kath and Mish recommend Shows MonaFoma https://monafoma.net.au/ Jagge...

Mish and Kath celebrate their 21st episode together by re-opening old wounds left by the other 20. Actually, it's kinda joyous as the gals reminisce over their fave moments, and the responses from you that make the whole goddamn thang so very worthwhile. While From The Hip is in summer recess, go catch up on stuff you may have missed and then go tell everybody else what they're missing o...