Something To Talk About

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 Ita Buttrose, which originally aired March 2, 2024.  ***  Few women in Australian media - or, for that mat...

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 Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, which originally aired April 27, 2024.  ***  For 23...

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 Amanda Keller, which originally aired June 22, 2024.  ***  Amanda Keller is a confessed oversharer. It&rsq...

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 David Campbell, which originally aired March 23, 2024.  ***  Television presenter and singer David Campbel...

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 Kate Langbroek, which originally aired May 18, 2024.  ***  It’s been five years since Kate Langbroek...

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 Pip Edwards and Julie Bishop, which originally aired February 10, 2024.  ***  At first glance, they may no...

Claudia Karvan is one of Australia’s most respected and acclaimed film and television actors. She’s been acting since she was 10, and producing and creating TV shows since her early 30s. If you think back to some of Australia’s most iconic TV shows and movies, there’s a good chance Claudia was in them.  From The Secret Life of Us to Love My Way to The Heartbreak Kid to...

When Megan Gale kickstarted her modelling career in the early 2000s, she hardly expected she would still be at it as she approached her 50th birthday. But that’s exactly what has come to pass. On this episode of Something To Talk About, Megan joins Sarrah to discuss learning to be less hard on herself, and why it’s not so easy to – in her words – “push her buttons&rdq...

As a presenter on  Sunrise , Edwina Bartholomew is used to bringing Australians the news, good and bad, each morning. But when it came to her cancer diagnosis, the longtime journalist had to level with herself before breaking the story to the world. Today on Something To Talk About , Edwina joins Sarrah in the studio to share a very honest update on her health, the lessons her diagnosis has taught...

It’s one thing to start a pop-culture podcast with your best friend at the age of 23, but it’s another to find yourself running a multifaceted media company with 15 staff, five podcasts and more than 100 million downloads all before you hit 30. For Zara McDonald, it’s her reality. On this episode of Something To Talk About, Zara joins Sarrah to discuss the importance, but also the danger, in havin...

Between a Forbes 30 Under 30 listing, a spot on the AFR Young Rich List, an ADHD diagnosis and a second child on the way, KIC health and wellness founder and podcaster Steph Claire Smith has had quite the year. On today’s episode Steph opens up about how her and her husband’s approach to juggling business and babies has sparked conversations around the country, and why her ADHD diagnosis came with...

A few months ago, Pip Edwards surprised everybody when she stepped down from P.E Nation, the activewear brand she co-founded in 2016, and which she helped turn into a global force. A month later, Pip announced that she would be rejoining Ksubi, the brand where she kicked off her career in fashion 20 years ago.  In her first in-depth conversation since those headline-making moves, Pip is joining Sa...

It’s been a big year for Osher Günsberg. In March, he turned 50. Two months later, in May, it was announced that the two TV shows he’d been hosting for several years,  The Bachelor and The Masked Singer , would not return to our screens. But here’s the thing: Osher wasn’t surprised by the news. In fact, he was ready for it. On this episode of Something To Talk About, Osher joins Sarrah to chat abo...

When blogger, business owner and single mum Sophie Cachia announced her third pregnancy with a social media post in July, what many did not know was that behind the scenes, she had been on a four-year-journey filled with plenty of emotional hurdles and what she says was “a lot of sadness and fear”. Almost immediately, intrigue and speculation ramped up, as people began to question the baby’s pater...

Before he retired last year, David Stratton spent nearly six decades reviewing movies. And millions of Australians came to know and love him thanks to an on-air partnership with fellow critic Margaret Pomeranz, which turned them into household names and one of the most beloved double acts in the country.  On the show today, David joins Sarrah from his home – where he is still watching one, and oft...

Maria Thattil has had a big four years. In 2020, she became Miss Universe Australia. In 2022, she appeared on  I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and came out as bisexual. In 2023, she became an author, releasing her first book Unbounded . And in 2024, she took on acting, appearing in a guest role on Neighbours . On today's episode of Something To Talk About , Maria joins Sarrah to discuss body s...

As one of the country’s best-known interior design experts and a television personality who has been a judge on  The Block for 12 years, Shaynna Blaze is a busy woman. But last year, she surprised everyone when she appeared on The Masked Singer . Now she’s ready to pursue her passion for music even further – with an upcoming EP of new songs and a series of cabaret shows in the works.  Shaynna sat...

In the 30 years since Tina Arena stormed the charts with her hit song ‘Chains’, the powerhouse singer has become a vocal force to be reckoned with and one of the most successful Australian artists ever.  On the eve of a tour revisiting the 1994 album that would become a pivotal turning point in her career, Tina sits down with  Something To Talk About for a no-holds-barred chat as she reflects on h...

It’s been three years since Emma Watkins left the Wiggles - an announcement that broke the hearts of children everywhere (and one that left plenty of parents upset, too). Emma made history when she became the first-ever female Wiggle in 2013, but as she toured the world as the Yellow Wiggle, she was also carving out time to explore her other passions. She studied for her PhD, which explored creati...

With 17 books to her name, a cult beauty brand she sold for big bucks and bought back for a steal - not to mention a household featuring two children, a Gold Logie-winning husband, and a couple of Instagram-famous cats - the life of Zoë Foster Blake is not exactly calm.  Zoë joins Sarrah in the Something To Talk About studio to discuss the cost-benefit juggle of multiple ventures, how going into b...

When writer and comedian Mark Humphries joined the Seven Network earlier this year to host a satirical segment for the 6pm national news bulletin, the announcement was met with endless headlines and heated social media commentary. So why has three minutes of weekly television been the subject of so much debate? Sitting down with the Stellar podcast Something To Talk About, Mark opens up to host Sa...

Lucinda Price, aka Froomes, grew up in the mid-2000s, when being hot was a commodity. As a teenager, the now well-known writer, comedian and presenter decided that hot was all she ever wanted to be. She even had her first cosmetic surgery procedure when she was 17. Now she has written her first book, All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot – part memoir and part social commentary, it dives into why pop cu...

Eleven years ago, Tim Minchin gave a speech that went viral. The  Matilda The Musical  composer, who was being awarded an honorary doctorate at The University of Western Australia, shared his nine life lessons with the graduating class – and to say it struck a chord with the world is to put it mildly. It has since clocked more than five million views.  Now he’s turned that speech into a book calle...

When Liane Moriarty writes a book, people read it. More than 20 million people, in fact. As she prepares to release her 10th novel, Here One Moment, Liane joins Sarrah Le Marquand in the studio to discuss her first book since being diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. From reflections on her own mortality to her thoughts on BookTok, writing a character for Meryl Streep and the latest news...

Late last year, Olympia Valance opened up about the difficulty she and her husband, former AFL player Thomas Bellchambers, encountered while trying to start a family. After a roller-coaster four years, which saw them experience multiple pregnancy losses and undergo IVF, Olympia decided to speak out because she wanted anyone else going through the same thing to feel less alone.  She was also gettin...