Lise and Sarah

TV has frankly gotten too good. What we need is an evil twin, a demonic possession and a storyline we cab follow despite missing six weeks of episodes. Sarah is campaigning to bring back the daytime soap opera, because we think honestly think Passions was better than Severance. Meanwhile, a French woman's fashion rule says the secret to looking fabulous is trying a little less. Plus, are coin purs...

We’re back. And before we hit the cluster of term 4, while our brains are still functioning, we’re predicting the upcoming trends of spring and summer. Peplums are back. Bandanas are lurking. White nighties are in. Wonderbras have risen from the dead. And there’s a brand new word we’d like you all to work into conversation this week: porcine. Consider this your unqualified spring/summer trend fore...

If you need a genuinely good read for the school holidays, we’ve got you. Liane Moriarty is back in the world of Big Little Lies with the very hotly antipated banger, Big Little Truths. It’s ten years later, with teenagers, perimenopause, ageing parents, school WhatsApp groups and one very mysterious severed finger. She joins us to talk why this stage of life gave her so much to work with. We also...

When the Carlaw’s won the meat tray at the footy it was treated with the reverence of a third child. And it’s got Sarah thinking. Say you win big. A stonking powerball or a lotto. Who would you tell? How much would you give away? And if you kept it quiet… what would the signs be? Lise has a conspiracy theory about an Australian influencer, Sarah’s buying a place in Bondi, and Dane just wants the s...

At Casa Carlaws, they’re gearing up for a big week. They’re hosting the semi-formal "pre’s. Teenagers in suits and sateen, and the house looking it’s absolute best. That was until Max took hold of the high pressure hose, and created “art” on the driveway. Complete with ball hair. Can we all go live at Sarah’s instead, where it’s spa days, “huzz” talk and dreamy French braid aesthetics? Meanwhile,...

Lise has returned from the Great Ocean Road with a new identity: biker woman. Turns out romance in midlife looks less like champagne and rose petals and more like thermals, Tipping Point, and your husband listening to the same Bon Jovi song for approximately 70 hours. We also investigate a Gen X theory: did growing up with brutal 90s video games accidentally make us more resilient? Plus: the shoes...

Oh god. We’ve both been sleeping on the botched side of the bed…. for decades. According to Feng Shui, one side gives you active dragon energy, while the other offers the deep rest and restoration of the tiger. Unfortunately, the men appear to have claimed the tiger side, which is possibly why we’re so tired? Also: Sarah proposes a national spending limit for children’s birthday presents, Lise rep...

The Esprit sweater has gone viral at Costco in the US, and elder millenials are losing their minds. Lise is preparing to mobilise a nationwide operation. Women at every Port. Someone on the inside. She needs answers (and possibly a Costco membership). Elsewhere, Lise declares that 23 years of The Block is enough, before remembering why Shelley Craft is actually probably Australia best and nicest c...

Are you cutting a fringe? Hiring skip bins to throw away the whole house? Taking up a sneaky cig habit? Thinking about casually walking out of your life and into a new one? Yes. We know you are. So we’ve brought in the Patron Saint of midlife reckonings, Em Rusciano, for a special episode on just this. Em Rusciano has spent her life being impressive. Winning, performing, achieving and making herse...

Dealing with narcissists? Gossips? Toxic people? Sarah has the answer: Grey rocking. Where you become so boring, so neutral and so impossible to bait that they simply have nowhere to go. Also: Sarah wants answers about a very expensive orthotics upsell, Lise wants to unpack Penélope Cruz’s deeply unexpected hobby, and a tiny teenage request becomes a multi-generational cooking day for the memory b...

Sarah has a burning question for retail. She is in your shop. She is there to buy something. She is your target market. She has money. So why oh why is she….completely invisible? Meanwhile. the Clean Girl era is dead, and party girl is in. After years of sleep scores, slicked-back buns, perfect skincare routines and optimising ourselves, the new trend is…..the opposite. Lise explains why the new “...

Science says being judgy might actually be good for your friendships, so it’s time to reveal the hatred that unites us: Sunflowers and Gerberas. Plus, Lise has become the teenage party house and has rules, snacks and one open toilet to prove it. And Reese Witherspoon holding a Sweet Valley High book has sent us into a full detective spiral. Are we getting a reboot? And more importantly, were you a...

Look. Sometimes, a mysterious Scottish tarot reader comes into your life. Sometimes you want to say ‘yes, mysterious person. Please predict my future with your online witchcraft’ Sometimes you want to shout “it’s not a scam, Sarah! I swear!’ Today is that day. And naturally, Sarah is suspicious. Also this week: Lise roadtests the latest genius TikTok parenting hack - sibling dinners - and gives it...

Lise has uncovered the greatest marriage hack the internet has ever discovered. A woman married to the ghost of a 300 year old pirate. Is a ghost actually the low-maintenance midlife partner women have been waiting for? And then, because this show has range, things take a genuinely beautiful turn with Oprah and Gayle’s 50-year friendship, friendship anniversaries, and why the women in your life ar...

Why did supermarket samples disappear? Bring them back! Stop charging us for paper bags and bring in the cheese! Plus, the horror of technology dobbing you in - including Strava sex documentation - and whether a trip to Paris to see Celine Dion can be written off as podcast research. Plus: why is a handheld fan being dismissed as a “silly luxury” because it’s targeted at women? Lise would like to...

If you’re prone to the Sunday Scaries, the dread of returning to work on a Monday, spare a thought for our Goldie who had had a wildly vivid sex dream about her new boss. She now cannot look him in the eye. Is it desire? Is it stress? Should she raise it in her 1:1? We investigate with all the scientific rigour of two women plugging “what does a sex dream about your boss mean” into ChatGPT. Speaki...

Perth, you yelled and we heard you After a spectacular amount of DM chaos, Disco Club is officially coming to Perth this December! And yes, it’s happening FAST. 🪩 Saturday 5 December 🪩 Metro City Perth 🪩 General public tickets on sale Friday 19 June at 11am Perth time. Want early access to tickets? There are TWO WAYS: But stuff that. Since you’ve read the show notes we’re gonna make it really e...

It’s midwinter, we’re nesting, and frankly we need things to watch, read, wear, rub on our faces and obsess over immediately. This week, it’s our bumper recommendation list. From the podcast that blew our minds to the tradwife novel everyone is fighting for at the library, the $28 Big W bomber that looks suspiciously expensive, and the nappy rash cream beauty hack nobody saw coming. Plus: Pears so...

Welcome to the Sunday Sesh! This week, Lise has been mainlining Codral on the couch, and somehow ended up convinced that J.Lo’s new Netflix rom-com Office Romance is a masterpiece. Sarah - sans Codral - has questions. This is the full debrief on Netflix’s Number One Movie: the questionable chemistry, Brett Goldstein as the new beta leading man, J.Lo’s eternal relevance, and an animatronic newborn....

Sarah has brought her year 12 formal dress into the studio and, naturally, it comes with a full-blown teenage love story Meanwhile, Lise’s husband has uttered the four most suspicious words in marriage: “Buy whatever you want” - which can only mean one thing. Plus, Russell Crowe has accidentally gifted us the life coaching mantra we didn’t know we needed. The Fine Print: The show phone is 0489 214...

Time for a Sunday sesh on the show currently ruining everyone’s productivity: Off Campus. Yes, it’s about college students. Yes, there’s hockey, abs, a college student who cooks elaborate meals, a mysterious hunt named Garrett Graham. And yes, we are two women in their forties who are suddenly ready to buy Briar U merch. From the genius nostalgia bait and very deliberate female gaze, to why this s...

This week, we are becoming women who write handwritten notes instead of doom-scrolling at all hours. BUT IT’S HARD OK? Phones are addictive. Birthday cards require effort. But we must try! So we’re opening up fan mail for you to send. If you can pull yourself away from your phone that is. Also in this episode: Lise reveals the deeply unhinged French sock-folding rule that shaped her childhood Sara...

Two things no one saw coming. Formal’s have lost the plot. Because now teenage girls are now bagsing dresses on Facebook like it’s the Met Gala seating chart. And can a vasectomy… undo itself? Because we hear from a listener whose husband became known as The Inseminator after not one but two post-vasectomy babies. Also: Lise has developed a full-blown fantasy about blowing up her life and moving i...

Lise possibly went to see a white witch, and she has some new ideas about entering menopause. Don't blame her, it's the moon. Meanwhile, Sarah has become deeply concerned about babies without socks, forcing Lise to remember that the other day....she went to the gym in only socks. And someone's husband has entered their game show era. Is this the Tipping Point in the relationship? The show phone is...

We went to see the sequel with extremely high expectations, several champagnes, and a deep commitment to Miranda Priestly. The verdict? Beautiful to look at but completely forgettable. Also in this episode: Sarah has a catastrophic midlife realization that she’s officially the friend who stacks it, Lise discovers the DIY heat pack hack and we spiral over the absurd new shoe currently terrify...