Something To Talk About

Being investigated by the Australian Electoral Commission was not on Abbie Chatfield’s bingo card for 2025. But after interviewing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and then Greens leader Adam Bandt on her podcast It’s A Lot , Abbie found herself at the centre of several conversations about the recent federal election campaign. In fact, some days it seemed there were more headlines...

Sarah Roberts has been through more than most people in the last five years. The actor and DJ lost her brother in 2019, grappled with infertility and pregnancy loss and last year, ended her marriage to her former Home And Away co-star James Stewart. But Sarah believes that when she turned 40 last December, she finally turned a corner. In this exclusive conversation, Sarah joins us in the Something...

Sylvia Jeffreys started working in the media 20 years ago. And given that she is yet to turn 40, it means that she has spent half her life holding her own in a tough industry. On today’s episode of Something To Talk About, Sylvia joins Sarrah in the studio for a wide-ranging conversation about two very eventful decades working for the one company, being stood down from the Today show at the...

The disappearance of three-year-old William Tyrrell - the little boy in the Spider-Man suit who vanished from his foster grandmother’s garden - is a case that shocked the nation, destroyed lives and ended careers. More than 10 years later, we still don’t have answers.  Award-winning journalists Dan Box and Nina Young have been covering the story since William first went missing in...

The conversation around restricting social media for children has been one of the biggest hot-button issues of the year – but Candice and David Warner have a very different view. In today’s episode, Candice reveals why the high-profile couple decided to open an Instagram account for their daughters (Ivy, 10, Indi, 9, and Isla, 5) called The Warner Sisters, which at the time of recordin...

Tanya Hennessy has been in the entertainment industry since 2011. She’s a radio host, comedian and producer. She’s written three kids’ books, two non-fiction novels, created three podcasts, gone on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and you’ve probably been sent one of her viral videos on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok. But five years ago she ma...

When Mamamia co-founder Mia Freedman first hired Jessie Stephens to write for her, she had no idea she had also just hired her eldest son's future wife, and the mother of her first grandchild. That was 10 years ago. Since then, Mia and Jessie have gone on to sit opposite each other as two of the co-hosts of the Mamamia Out Loud podcast and have recently wrapped production on the second season of S...

Chloe Fisher has made a name for herself speaking about the things that don’t often get spoken about. For the past five years, she’s opened up about grief, infertility and miscarriage on Darling, Shine! – the podcast she co-hosts with her best friend Ellidy Pullin. On this episode of Something To Talk About ahead of marking her first Mother’s Day as...

Rodger Corser is one of Australia’s best-known actors. He’s been nominated for three Gold Logies over the course of his 30-year career. He’s starred in shows such as McLeod’s Daughters, Spirited, Glitch and Doctor Doctor – and has also appeared on stage and in musicals, like his wife Renae. But his new role, as a game show host for the Nine Network’s new show Th...

When Tessa James was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at 23, she didn’t know what the rest of her life would look like. Her acting career, her ability to have children, her health - everything was up in the air. But 10 years on, Tessa is exactly where she wants to be: still married to husband Nate Myles, but now with four young children in tow, and with a career that has expanded well beyond...

Earlier this year, Madeleine West revealed she is pregnant with her seventh child. What the 47-year-old actor initially thought were symptoms of perimenopause turned out to be something far different – and as she admits, a huge surprise.   Madeleine last entered the maternity ward 10 years ago, and a lot has changed for the former Neighbours star since then. Madeleine joins Sarrah...

Brooke Boney’s life looks very different to what it did a year ago. In 2024, she was waking up in the wee hours of the morning and preparing to beam into Australia’s living rooms as a news presenter and entertainment reporter on the Today show. Now she is beaming into this interview from her dorm room at Oxford University, where she’s pursuing a master’s degree in public po...

From a successful career as one of Australia’s most in-demand models to mother of four boys and founder and CEO of Kora Organics (or, as she also calls it, “my baby girl”), Miranda Kerr has charted a fascinating path for herself. On this episode of Something To Talk About, Miranda joins Sarrah for a revealing conversation about her approach to motherhood – and co-parenting...

Just over twenty years ago, Delta Goodrem found herself at a turning point – not only in her career, but also her life. Having undergone chemotherapy and radiation after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2003, ​​the then-teenage pop star was about to unveil a whole new version of herself, as hinted at by the name of the album she released the day before her 20th birthday, Mist...

Natalie Bassingthwaighte knows a thing or two about reinvention. She’s done it multiple times in her career. Musical theatre performer. Singer. Actor. Television host. Reality TV star. She’s done it in her personal life, too. Sixteen months ago, Natalie joined Sarrah for an exclusive chat on the Stellar podcast, where she revealed for the first time that she had found new love with a w...

There have been thousands of big news stories over the last 35 years, and Sandra Sully has covered them all – from being the first Australian journalist on air as the events of 9/11 unfolded to the Thredbo disaster, war zones, Olympics and royal weddings. On today’s episode of Something To Talk About, Sandra Sully joins Sarrah to discuss her enduring career in television news, the harr...

When Dannii Minogue convinced her parents to let her try out for Young Talent Time at the age of seven, she had no idea of the impact it would have – not only on her life, but that of the entire family, too. Because back in the early ‘80s, Minogue was just another surname in the suburban phone book. Today, of course, it’s so much more than that. It’s Dannii. It’s Kyli...

Having recently turned 60, Rebecca Gibney is entering what she calls her “third act” vowing to do things that take her firmly out of comfort zone.  To that end, as she exclusively reveals in this episode, she’s taking a whirl on a surprising new project by signing on to Dancing With The Stars .  In a wide-ranging conversation with host Sarrah Le Marquand, Rebecca takes...

He is one of the most recognisable names (and faces) in the country, but despite the fact he has been beaming into Australian homes for 20 years as co-host of the Today show, Karl Stefanovic remains in many ways an elusive man. He rarely gives in-depth interviews, but on this episode of Something To Talk About , Karl sits down for a no-holds-barred chat, with no topic off limits… and even a...

Tammin Sursok is an accomplished actor, singer, podcaster and producer best known for her roles in hit TV series like Home and Away , The Young and The Restless and Pretty Little Liars. From the outside, her life looks glamorous. She splits her time between Sydney and Nashville with her husband and two children. But if you follow her on Instagram or listen to her podcast, you know that Tammin is n...

Gary Jubelin specialised in the field of homicide for 25 years, rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector until the time of his retirement from the force in 2019.  Since leaving the police, he has built another very successful career, this time in the media, the author of two best-selling books (I Catch Killer and Badness) and of course as host of one of Australia’s most successfu...

Something To Talk About is continuing to publish across the summer break, and will be back with a brand new episode on January 12.  In the meantime, we are revisiting some of your favourites from the 50 episodes we released over the past year. Today’s conversation is with Hamish Blake, which originally aired April 16, 2024.  ***  For more than 20 years, Hamish Blake has been a...

Something To Talk About is continuing to publish across the summer break, and will be back with a brand new episode on January 12.  In the meantime, we are revisiting some of your favourites from the 50 episodes we released released over the past year. Today’s conversation is with Rosie Batty, which originally aired March 16, 2024.  ***  Ten years after her son Luke Batty was...

Something To Talk About is continuing to publish across the summer break, and will be back with a brand new episode on January 12.  In the meantime, we are revisiting some of your favourites from the 50 episodes we released over the past year. Today’s conversation is with Tina Arena, which originally aired October 5, 2024.  ***  In the 30 years since Tina Arena stormed the cha...

Something To Talk About is continuing to publish across the summer break, and will be back with a brand new episode on January 12.  In the meantime, we are revisiting some of your favourites from the 50 episodes we released over the past year. Today’s conversation is with Em Rusciano, which originally aired May 4, 2024.  ***  Em Rusciano has never been one to hold back, but de...