The Moment with Myf Warhurst

Michala Banas has spent 40 years on our screens and she's still figuring things out. She joins Myf to talk about performance anxiety, finally stopping trying to get everyone to like her, why perimenopause sent her straight to a play called ‘Losing Face’ and the life changing discovery that you're allowed to have hobbies you're not good at. Guest: Michala Banas (McLeod’s Daughters, Upper Middle Bog...

Myf and Zan Rowe are back together! Zan is hosting the return of Race Around the World after a 28 year hiatus and the pair talk about taking a career leap, what actually goes on behind the scenes of hosting a show and why women in their 40s need to stop being so humble about what they bring to the room.  Guest: Zan Rowe (@zanrowe) Host of Race Around the World Creator of Take 5 TV series + po...

After weeks of speculation, the wedding of the century is finally here with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tying the knot at Madison Square Garden. The love birds managed to keep almost all the details of their New York wedding underwraps, but Myf brings you the CliffsNotes of what we know about the big day. *Hosted by the queen of culture herself, *The Moment with Myf Warhurst* unpacks ‘The Moment...

Relationship expert Kiz Harvey joins Myf for a conversation about the big upheavals that come for all of us in midlife. Divorce, loneliness, dating apps and finding yourself again. They talk about feeling your feelings instead of jumping straight into the next thing, what to do when you haven't been intimate with someone for a very long time and why the best time to do the inner work is before eve...

Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke joins Myf to talk about his most open and honest album yet, The Kingdom Within. Born out of grief, anxiety and the slow work of learning to be kinder to himself, the record finds Josh at his most vulnerable. They get into the harsh inner voice so many of us carry, why we struggle to accept that we're actually doing okay, and the lesson his late mum left him a...

The wedding of the year is almost here, and Myf has thoughts on Taylor Swift saying I do in a rather unexpected venue. This week she gets into the Taylor and Travis of it all, a Madonna and Kylie moment that has her quietly losing it, and a fashion update she's calling her favourite in years... think one see-through fashion item and a whole lotta sweaty toes. Plus the bonkers real estate listings...

You might know Dr Matt Agnew from The Bachelor, but did you know he once ran giant simulations hunting for hidden Earth-like planets? Today Matt joins Myf to talk about his life as an astrophysicist, and his gorgeous new kids' video podcast Why Though? Along the way they get into everything from whether we're alone in the universe to why we lose our curiosity as we grow up. Matt also talks about t...

Myf had her mind blown at the opening of MONA's wild new library in Hobart, where the books light up and you can breathe air no human has ever breathed before. Myf also digs into the AI scandal rocking the Australian music world, with Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Midnight Oil and Darren Hayes among the artists whose work was used to train AI music software without their consent. Plus a q...

You're 40. You're supposed to have it all figured out by now. And then, quietly, everything comes apart. This is the story of what musician Eliza Hull found on the other side of her own unravelling... the anger she stopped hiding, the version of herself she'd lost touch with, and the boldest music she's ever made. Myf knows all about this chapter of coming undone and could it be the most freeing t...

When Anthony arrived in residential care in regional NSW and met his residential care worker Will Mafi, it was meant to be temporary - a place to land until a permanent home was found. But three years later, after other placements were explored, Anthony made a decision that changed everything: he chose to stay with Will, long-term. On this episode of The Moment, DCJ foster carer Will joins Myf War...

Myf is fresh from hosting the ARIA Hall of Fame, where six artists were finally given their due... and she's thrilled to see women being celebrated at last, with Vika and Linda going to number one the very next day. But the new Kylie Minogue documentary has her thinking hard about how cruelly we've treated our female pop stars, from Kylie to Britney to Amy Winehouse, and why it has to stop. She al...

Award-winning cartoonist and graphic novelist Lee Lai joins us to discuss making history as the first author to win the Stella Prize for a graphic novel. In this conversation, we explore the evolving place of graphic novels in contemporary literature, the painstaking process of creating hand-painted comics, and the realities of sustaining a creative career. We also dive into the themes behind thei...

For 32 years, Lynne McGranger played Irene Roberts on Home and Away... the woman who threw open her door to young people in need and quietly parented a whole lot of Australians along the way. This week Myf sits down with Lynne to talk about life after the show, that Gold Logie moment, and the Irene-shaped hole she's left behind. It's also a conversation close to Myf's own heart, as the two get hon...

Myf and her brother Kit grew up loving Fine Young Cannibals and their raft of hits, so getting the voice behind She Drives Me Crazy on The Moment is a genuine thrill. Forty years on, Roland Gift is still funny, still surprising, and still chasing the beat. And Myf finds out just who interrupted Roland Gift's night in a Soho club to tell him she loved his cover of Suspicious Minds. My goodness! Rol...

In today's episode, Myf shares the first details of her new book, Middle Rage, a candid exploration of midlife, reinvention and the social conditioning women are taught to carry. She opens up about why this wasn't the book she intended to write, and why publishing it scares her. But that's a good thing. Plus, quick takes on the Tony Awards, Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith, and the cultural moments...

Polka dots are back, chocolate brown is everywhere, and why we are Puffer Jacket curious. Myf is joined by stylist Sally Mckinnon AKA Styled by Sally to talk winter fashion, personal style and why the best trends are the ones that feel like you. Stay Connected Instagram @myfwarhurst TikTok @myfwarhurst LinkedIn Myf Warhurst Get In Touch Brands/ Partnerships: Myf@mik.studio Show Credits Host &...

What's it really like to be the only woman on an oil rig? Yassmin Abdel-Magied knows... before she was a broadcaster and novelist she worked as a drilling engineer. We <3 women in STEM. Yassmin's debut adult novel At Sea is a literary thriller set on a rig on the brink of catastrophe, with one woman holding her nerve and standing her ground in a hyper masculine world. Myf talks to her about sur...

Susan Boyle is back with a new album, a new look and a whole new era. Paul McCartney has a new record and took it to Chicken Shop Date of all places... Myf unpacks what that says about where artists are heading. Plus a story from the New Zealand music scene you won't want to miss, and Ronny Chieng's Harvard speech, the sharpest thing said at a podium in years. *Hosted by the queen of culture herse...

AI is coming for us…or is it? Myf sits down with Dr Linda McIver, executive director of the Australian Data Science Education Institute, to get some actual clarity on what AI can and can't do. Turns out it's not a search engine, it's not thinking and it's definitely not answering your questions correctly. Maybe we are not doomed. *Hosted by the queen of culture herself, *The Moment with Myf Warhur...

Myf has taken herself to the cinema for another movie review of The Devil Wears Prada 2. She brings you all her thoughts on the return of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, the stunning fashion, the star studded cameos and answers the ultimate question…is it a worthy sequel to the original? *Hosted by the queen of culture herself, *The Moment with Myf Warhurst* unpacks ‘The Moment’ that has everyone...

One of Australia's greatest stage actors, Alison Whyte is currently playing Amanda in the MTC's production of The Glass Menagerie and she is extraordinary in it. Myf and Alison sit down to talk about the hurt we do to each other in the name of love, why anxiety has no place on stage and the turtles that live in a pond outside her toilet. Guest: Alison Whyte The Glass Menagerie - Now playing at Mel...

Fashion expert Sally McKinnon, aka Styled By Sally, is back and this week she and Myf are deep in the 90s. The Netflix series Love Story and the cultural moment around Carolyn Bessette have sparked a massive resurgence of 90s minimalism, Calvin Klein and slip dresses. But is the 90s wardrobe actually wearable or just a beautiful fantasy? They talk shopping your own wardrobe and why bringing old pi...

Newcastle boy, Nashville star, Morgan Evans joins Myf to talk about his new album Steel Town , a love letter to home written on the other side of one of the hardest periods of his life. They talk about why country music is having a massive moment, what Ayahuasca in Costa Rica taught him about himself and why coming back to Newcastle was the perspective shift he needed. Guest: Morgan Evans Insta -...

A big week in culture and Myf has thoughts on all of it. Delta Goodrem was extraordinary at Eurovision and coming fourth is absolutely a win. The Venice Biennale seagull has hatched an egg and we are invested, and the end of an era with Stephen Colbert signing off from his late night show. Plus John Travolta's beret and a beard that made Myf deeply uncomfortable. *Hosted by the queen of culture he...

Two national treasures, Vika & Linda Bull, join Myf to talk about their ninth album, their induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame and why turning 60 means finally saying what you actually mean. They talk about writing a song about menopause on a tour bus, growing up mixed race in suburban Melbourne and why they're done being afraid to put it all out there. Guest Vika & Linda Bull Insta - @vi...