Something To Talk About

Twenty-five years after changing Australian television as the original host of Big Brother , Gretel Killeen is back in reality TV as the host of The Traitors . On this episode of Something To Talk About , Gretel reflects on the extraordinary success of Big Brother , the barriers she faced as a woman breaking into television, and why she has no intention of slowing down at 63. She also reveals the...

Julia Morris is entering a brand-new chapter. After 12 seasons hosting I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! , there's no trip to the jungle on the horizon for the first time in more than a decade. Instead, Julia is heading into another Logies season with a fifth Gold Logie nomination under her belt, reflecting on 41 years in show business, and embracing a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis that she say...

Melissa George was just 16 when she became a household name as Angel Parrish on Home And Away . Nearly three decades later, she's built one of Australia's most enduring international acting careers, starring in everything from Friends to The Slap, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her role on In Treatment and working with acclaimed director David Lynch. Now a mother of three boys and living in...

Bridey Drake has built a career as one of Australia's biggest content creators, from her childhood bedroom on the NSW Central Coast. Since first posting in 2019, she's amassed millions of followers, launched her pyjama business Night Sweet Thing, won Australian TikTok creator of the year and taken home back-to-back AACTA audience choice awards for favourite Australian digital creator. On this...

For more than 20 years, Jodi Gordon lived much of her life in the spotlight. But behind the scenes, she was quietly struggling. Four years ago, she revealed her struggles with depression – and spoke for the first time about going to rehab for alcohol addiction.   On this episode of the Stellar podcast, Jodi opens up about what life has looked like for her in recovery, stepping away...

Frances Whiting has spent almost 30 years writing her beloved Sunday column in Queensland’s Sunday Mail . But behind a career built on telling other people’s stories, some of the biggest chapters in her own life arrived later than expected. On this episode of the Stellar podcast, Frances reflects on becoming a mother in her 40s, publishing her first novel at 46, the runaway success of...

Chrissie Swan doesn’t do many interviews. “I’m like Halley’s Comet,” she jokes of the astrological phenomenon that only appears every 75 years or so. Now, Chrissie is orbiting back to the other side of the microphone, a place she readily admits she doesn't tend to be.  This week on Something To Talk About , Chrissie reflects on the headlines she refuses to let de...

One minute, Taylor Haynes was doing a live cross at the Sydney Fish Market. The next, the Today show reporter was going viral around the world. After a crab latched onto her finger during an Easter weekend segment, Taylor became an overnight internet sensation, dubbed “the crab girl” across every online platform. But behind the headlines is a broadcaster who has spent more than a decad...

Jessica Hull is one of the fastest women in the world and the first Australian woman in history to win an Olympic medal in the 1500 metres. But she says that silver medal in Paris was never the end goal. It was proof of what’s possible. On this episode of the Stellar podcast, Jessica shares why that breakthrough moment has only fuelled her ambition, how she’s learning to handle the pre...

Tammy Hembrow is one of the most talked-about people on the internet, but depending on your algorithm, you might only know one version of her. The devoted mother of three. The fitness entrepreneur helming a multimillion-dollar empire. The glamorous influencer generating headlines everywhere she goes. In this episode of the  Stellar  podcast, Tammy sits down for her most candid interview...

Erin Holland’s road to motherhood has been anything but easy. When she last joined the podcast in January, Erin was in the middle of a four-year fertility journey with her husband Ben Cutting and had just learnt the latest in a long line of IVF transfers had failed. Now, just ahead of Mother’s Day, she’s back with an update – and ready to share some beautiful news. In today...

It may surprise you that Tommy Little is big on self-awareness. Having carved out a two decade long career in stand-up, radio, and television that has traded on his self-deprecating style of humour, Tommy is now in pursuit of something much bigger.  In this episode of the Stellar podcast, Tommy reveals why he believes he’s been the common denominator in all of his breakups and weighs in...

Dr Chris Brown is a man who doesn't stay still for long. Since moving networks from Ten to Seven three years ago, the former Bondi Vet, I'm A Celeb and Dancing With The Stars host is back front and centre to launch two new projects that have taken him across Australia and around the globe, leaving him with what he calls a “very healthy” relationship with his frequent flyer account. And...

Across more than four decades as a journalist and television presenter, Lisa Wilkinson has told plenty of compelling stories. But in the past five years, she has spent more time making headlines than reading them. Now, Lisa sits down for her first interview in more than four years to unpack the personal toll of the legal battles that have consumed her life since June 2022, and discuss the unlikely...

Something To Talk About is a podcast by Stellar, hosted by Sarrah Le Marquand Find more from Stellar via  Instagram ,  YouTube,  or  stellarmag.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy stood on a makeshift stage in the middle of the desert for her  Australian Idol  audition, she was just a shy kid from Darwin with a massive voice. Within a few years, she was catapulted from the Top End to the top of the charts. Earlier this year, Jessica returned to the  Australian Idol stage – this time as a mentor, stepping in to fill Kyle...

In November last year, newsreader and weather presenter Amber Sherlock was let go from her role at the Nine Network, an announcement that made headlines and had paparazzi camped outside her house. Suddenly, after almost 20 years at the network, Amber found herself without the security of a full-time job, only three weeks ahead of her 50th birthday.  Now, she is looking towards the future...

Thirty years ago this July, a catchy song called ‘Wannabe’, sung by a then-unknown pop group called the Spice Girls, hit radio airwaves – and a global phenomenon was born.  For Melanie C, who was just 22 at the time and one-fifth of the group that brought “girl power” to a new generation, the sudden blast of “Spice mania” was intoxicating, intimidatin...

Like many of us, Katherine Bennell-Pegg grew up with a dream of one day becoming an astronaut.  But unlike most childhood dreamers, Katherine actually achieved hers. In 2024, she became the first astronaut to officially represent Australia and the first Australian woman to receive professional astronaut wings. On January 25 this year, she was named the 2026 Australian of the Year for her trai...

For more than a decade, Rove McManus was one of the most familiar faces on Australian TV.  Rove Live helped launch the careers of some of Australia's brightest talents – including Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee – it attracted some of the biggest stars on the planet, and created viral moments before internet virality even existed.  In 2026, after 25...

Tanya Hennessy had just begun her seventh round of IVF when she joined the  Stellar podcast last April.  Just weeks after we recorded that episode, she found out she was pregnant.  On December 20, five days before Christmas, Tanya’s long-awaited first child, a baby girl named Scottie – whose full name is Scotland Jack Poole – was born and she was thrust i...

You might know her as Ivy Forrester on The Bold And The Beautiful, the long-running soap opera that has been broadcast around the world for nearly 40 years. That role marked Ashleigh Brewer’s breakout in the US, after she first came to notice working in Australian children’s shows like The Sleepover Club and H20: Just Add Water, before joining the cast of Neigh...

Since The Project was axed eight months ago, speculation has been rife about what Sarah Harris will do next.  Now, we finally know the former TV host is making the move into radio, joining Nova’s new breakfast show, Ricki-Lee & Tim, in a newsreader role.  In this episode of the Stellar podcast, Sarah reflects on the role cancel culture played in the end of The Project, why she...

Ricki-Lee was just 18 when she became a household name on the second season of Australian Idol in 2004.  Thrust into the spotlight at a time when famous women’s bodies and choices were the subject of intense media and public scrutiny, Ricki-Lee was able to block out the critics and build a formidable career as a recording artist, performer, TV presenter and radio host.  Now in 2026...

When Georgie Tunny was a young girl growing up in Queensland, she dreamed of becoming a sports reporter so she could one day interview the Brisbane Lions and cover the Olympics.  Fast forward to 2026, and Georgie has taken over as anchor of the  10 News national weekend bulletins. Later this year, she’s releasing her debut novel, Over To You , which is set in the high stakes world...