No Filter

Magda Szubanski is an Australian icon. She has written and created some of Australia's best comedy shows and characters. Mia Freedman chats to Magda about her first book Reckoning . A memoir that deals with the raw emotion of her life, intertwined with her father's experience as a German resistance fighter in World War Two. They also talk about what it was like making the decision to tell the worl...

Osher Gunsberg is a man who has completely rebuilt himself. As Andrew G, he was best known for his hosting role on Channel V and the smash hit TV show, Australian Idol . A charming, extroverted, fun guy. But off camera, he was a introvert so riddled with anxiety he couldn't face any social events without the safety of booze.  Until one day, he met a guy in Tel Aviv who told him if h...

This week on No Filter - we bring you a bonus episode in honour of breast cancer awareness month. Amanda Mcleod is an intern at Mamamia.  She also has the BRCA1 genetic mutation. After watching her grandmother die of breast cancer, and her mother battle it twice, she made the decision to have a double mastectomy. Amanda opened up to Podcast Director Monique Bowley about the mental p...

In February 2014 Rosie’s world was uprooted. Her only  son Luke was murdered in an incomprehensible and brutal act of family violence by his father Greg Anderson while he was at cricket practice. Luke was 11 years old… Rosie could have fallen into a dark hole that day and never returned.  But she didn’t let herself.   Today on No Filter the current Australian of t...

When was the last time you felt creative, light and free? Elizabeth Gilbert says we all have a creative genius in us. The writer of seven books, including the bestselling Eat Pray Love, she's just published her latest book, Big Magic, about the flow of creative ideas and how everyone can find their inner artist. Today, she tells us how to live a more creative life without quitting your day job, an...

At the age of 24, Turia Pitt was caught in a bushfire while running an Ultramarathon in Western Australia. She suffered burns to 65 % of her body, and has since had over 200 operations to get back to health. Turia could have been defined by that fire in every sense. But she wasn’t. She has gone on to become on of the most influential women in the country, inspiring everyone she meets. And no...

Richard Glover is a man with an unusual and painful childhood. The author of twelve books, his hilarious weekly columns have been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over twenty years. He also presents the top-rating Drive show on ABC radio in Sydney. But behind that, he reveals he reveals a life of dealing with uninterested parents, the darkness of being groomed by pedophiles and...

  Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Cursed with a near perfect, beautiful older sister while Rosie was still struggling with various toilet mishaps, she soon realised that she was the Doug Pitt to her sister's Brad. But that was only one of the problems Rosie faced. With two addicts for parents, she grew up amidst foster homes, rehab stays, AA meetings, overdoses, narrow escapes from drug...

A warning. This episode contains explicit content.  The first time I saw Madison Missina, it was while she was having sex. An award winning pornstar, escort, sex worker, business owner and relationship therapist, she has a famous clitoris. She’s smart, she wants to educate adult and teens alike, and what she says will change the way you think about sex workers. This week on No Filter, I...

Lisa Wilkinson is the co-host of the Today show and one of Australia’s most respected journalists. At 21 Lisa became the youngest ever editor of Dolly magazine. She then went on to edit Cleo and become its International Editor-in-Chief, before moving into Television.  Since 2007 people have been waking up to Lisa on the Today Show.  On No Filter, I chat to her about early...

Maz Compton is a radio personality, and the co-host of Sydney’s hit breakfast show the ‘Dan and Maz’ show on 2DayFM. Having spent most of her time in radio, Maz has also dabbled as a VJ – working with MTV Australia. She’s hosted and produced radio, and also dabbles in extreme sports. This week on No Filter, I chat to her about life in radio, meeting rockstars, how she got over her divorce, and why...

Former co-host of the Today Show and host of Sydney Live on 2GB, Ben Fordham has just become a dad. At 17 Ben got his first job in the media industry. By 21 he had won his first Walkley award for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo Landslide. Since then he has split his time across radio and TV, working on 2UE, 2GB, Sky News, and across the Nine Network. I chat to Ben about leaving the Today show, be...

Debra Oswald is a writer.  For stage, television and fiction. Co-creator and head writer of the TV series Offspring, she's regarded as one of Australia's best writers. Her first play was broadcast on the ABC when she was just 17. Since then she has written multiple books, TV shows and plays,  from Police Rescue to Bananas in Pyjamas.  Today on No Filter, Mia Freedman talks to Deb about the impact...

Paul Murray is a journalist, radio host and father. Having started his career in the 2GB Newsroom in 1998 – Paul went on to host his own radio shows on various stations across the Sydney area. Now the host of his own TV show Paul Murray Live  on Sky News every weeknight, Paul has an opinion on everything. Today on No Filter, I talk to Paul about his career, about the tragedy of losing his son Leo...

Journalist, mother and former Today Show Newsreader, Georgie Gardner has worked on every commercial news station in Australia. For the past 7 years, she's been setting her alarm for 3am as the Breakfast news reader. But a year ago, she resigned. Something had to give. Today proves again why I call her "Gold Standard" Georgie.  She talks about why TV can be a brutal industry, why she decided to lea...

As the co-host of the Seven Network’s morning TV show Sunrise, millions of Australians wake up with Kochie every day. He informs people, challenges people, and sometimes pisses people off. Sometimes I am one of those people.   14 years ago Kochie joined Sunrise. Since then he’s grown a successful finance business with his wife Libby, had two different co-hosts, and become the Chairman of the Port...

"I just had no idea how traumatic was going to be. And what the fallout was going to be for everyone around us." Brisbane radio presenter Robin Bailey seemingly had it all. A husband, three beautiful kids and a successful career in radio and television.   Then her husband took his own life.   From the public response in the aftermath, to the effect on her three boys and her own mental heath, this...