Mamamia Out Loud

It was another big year of bingeing for Outlouders around the country. Through lockdowns and uncertainty, these are the shows, books, and movies that got us through 2021. Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Mamamia Out Loud The End Bits Follow us on Instagram  @mamamiaoutloud CREDITS Hosts: Jessie Stephens, Mia Freedman and Holly Wainwright Producer: Emma Gillespie Audio Producer: Rhia...

Merry Christmas Outlouders! We hope you're having a wonderful day, wherever you are and whoever you're with this year. The festive season brings with it many joys, but let's be honest. Small talk? It's not one of those. Holly, Jessie and Mia share their tips about how to survive certain and dreaded small talk this Christmas....and why sometimes, it can actually be good for you.  Subscribe to...

After another year of plenty of ups and downs, Holly, Jessie & Mia share their personal bests and worsts of 2021. Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Mamamia Out Loud The End Bits Follow us on Instagram  @mamamiaoutloud CREDITS Hosts: Jessie Stephens, Mia Freedman and Holly Wainwright Producer: Emma Gillespie Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney CONTACT US Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 93...

Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Mamamia Out Loud So, here we are. This isn’t how we were supposed to be feeling today, is it? School holidays have started, we’re meant to be running toward an open Australia with plane tickets in hand, dying to see all the people we’ve been missing all year…But no. The news cycle is grimmer than ever.  Plus, how’s your...

Weird vibes. That's how we'd sum up how a lot of Australians are feeling this week. For what will be the third year in a row, depending on where you live, of course, COVID is wreaking havoc on Christmas. Plus, a new kind of conspiracy theory has us wondering if we have a problem with public pregnancies  And, why big-ticket birthdays freak us out and our obsession with deadlines. The End Bits...

Boris Johnson is in a lot of trouble lately, so who better to explain what's going on with the UK Prime Minister than our very own Holly Wainwright? Ex-pat, expert and BoJo correspondent. Plus, did Carrie and Big convince a whole generation to persevere with toxic relationships? And Maya Angelou once said, "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three t...

We watched 'And Just Like That' and boy, did we have some feelings! We debrief on the emotions of seeing these characters 17 years after they left our TV screens. Don't worry, no spoilers here! Plus, the pandemic has seen us lose control over so much of our lives, but Mia has realised we're clawing it back in all kinds of ways.  And our Best and Worst of the week. Check out Mia's review on "A...

Pixie Curtis is making headlines this week, she’s 10 years old and described in the media as an 'entrepreneur'. A successful one at that. So successful, that her mum, Roxy Jacenko, says Pixie might retire at the age of 15. But is the idea of retiring young or never having to work really a goal worth aspiring to?   Plus, how to tell if you're having a breakdown in slow-motion....

A teenager from Michigan is behind bars after shooting 11 people at his high school, killing four of his peers. But the parents of the 15 year-old have also been charged with involuntary manslaughter. How responsible are his parents for the crime? Plus, TV presenter Grant Denyer gets an uncommon apology from a gossip magazine after it lied about him having an affair. Holly takes us into the world...

Some serious tea was spilled between two reality TV stars this week. A very public falling out between Abbie Chatfield and Brooke Blurton was the talk group chats around the nation, but it’s “The Apology” that has us wondering what comes next for call-out culture. Plus Kourtney Kardashian's daughter has many clutching their pearls about whether 9 years old is too young for acryli...

It's been another tumultuous week in Parliament, with more politicians behaving badly and more questions about the culture within the 'Canberra Bubble'. The Prime Minister has called for kindness, but can politics ever be kind? Plus, a listener dilemma from a young woman whose job isn’t bringing her joy. Is that what jobs are meant to do?  And, things you might not know about why the pe...

Over the weekend, we saw hysteria being whipped up by a bunch of headlines that weren't exactly helpful. We're here to make you feel a bit better about this new variant, discussing what we actually know so far and why it isn't the end of the world...yet. Plus, what does age-appropriate dressing look like in 2021? Holly is recovering from a mutton-lamb 'shaming' that we need to unpack. And why ever...

The Bachelorette Finale was last night and if you didn’t watch it, don’t worry, neither did we. But there is one bach-related relationship that’s making headlines and it brings us to quite the moral dilemma. Is it ever ok to date your friend's ex? Plus, we're being told that 'strong is the new skinny'. But is it just diet culture rebranded? And, our best and worst of the week, wh...

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie made headlines for all the right reasons yesterday when she delivered a scathing speech, blasting Pauline Hanson’s vaccine discrimination bill. It was followed by her private phone number being leaked by a politician. What is doxxing and why is it on the rise? Plus, the mysterious story of Princess Charlene of Monaco has taken another turn this week, and it...

In case you missed it, Tim Paine has stepped down from his role as Captain of the Australian Cricket team. His resignation is in the wake of a series of 2017 texts between Paine and a female colleague being leaked to the media. So what actually happened? And why should this be less of a story about dick pics, and more of a discussion about unsolicited, non-consensual encounters? Plus, imagine stuf...

The biggest story in Australia this week is around the continuing search for William Tyrell. It’s seven years since the three-year-old vanished from a NSW home.  After what has felt like an eternity, this week it seems police are getting closer and closer to finding out what really happened. So who better to break it all down for us than Claire Murphy, news expert, host of The Quicky, a...

Scenes in Melbourne this week bear a frightening resemblance to the United States Capitol attack. So what are protestors actually rallying for, why do they want to 'Kill the Bill', and when does activism go too far? Plus, has the way we look at age-gap relationships shifted, and what we once considered ordinary is now icky, and what we once considered novel is now normal?  And, the important...

On Friday afternoon, Taylor Swift re-released her 2012 break-up album Red, and with it put her heartbreak over ex-flame Jake Gyllenhaal back in the spotlight. Safe to say it likely ruined Jake’s weekend, because the Swifties are after him, but does he deserve the pile-on almost a decade after their relationship ended? Plus, in a very 2006 vibe, the Noughties It Girls —Britney, Paris an...

We're afraid to say Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are back in the headlines, for three very different reasons this week: Harry's bang-on prediction about the Capitol insurrection, The Sussex's involvement in a not-so "unauthorised" biography, and Meghan's half-brother's stint on Australian reality TV .  Plus, how much of our private movements are we willing to share with our loved ones? We t...

Today a very special guest has joined Mia, Holly and Jessie in the studio: it’s New York Times Best Selling author Sally Hepworth ! The recent Instagram stories of former Home and Away actor Isobel Lucas at an anti-vax rally has us wondering if we should stop following problematic people and topics on social media, or if it’s better to keep tabs on them. Plus, the subtle way everyone i...

We’ve noticed some weird vibes coming from Chris Pratt lately, most recently in a birthday Instagram post to his wife that barely mentioned his wife, and sparked backlash about the way he described his daughter. Plus we’ve got the details on the horror crowd surge that killed eight people during Travis Scott’s festival set in Texas. And, The Quicky host, Claire Murphy talks us th...

On Wednesday, we were part of the chorus of relief and delight at a missing girl being found alive after 18 days. Since then, there have been paparazzi outside Cleo Smith's house, pictures of her first days of freedom, a meeting between the family and the WA Premier. Cleo's family will be bombarded with media offers, many with price tags, but is this a time when the media should be leaving the Smi...

Most of us awoke to some amazing news this morning, that four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive and well. It’s the story that has gripped most of the country for the last two weeks, and after 18 days, it's the headline we were praying for. But how did we become so unaccustomed to good news? Plus, has getting dressed up and going to the races become...uncool? The cultural shift of cele...

Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made an appearance at the ICAC investigation into whether or not she breached public trust, and turned a blind eye to alleged corrupt behaviour by her ex-partner. Two camps have formed in the court of public opinion,  The ‘poor Gladys, everyone’s had a bad boyfriend’ team and the ‘she knew exactly what she was doing’ side...

In case you missed it, the biggest company in the world is rebranding. Mark Zuckerberg - boss and owner of Facebook and overlord to us all - announced overnight that the company will now be known as Meta. So what does the Meta-verse entail and what does it mean for us? Plus, there’s a very messy celebrity split playing out on social media that has us asking… is it ALWAYS best to take...