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My guest today is Holly Wainwright, much beloved podcaster of both Mamamia Outloud and the parenting show This Glorious Mess. She is head of content for the Mamamia women’s media company and Holly’s honest, funny and relatable voice is one of my favourites in the Australian podcast landscape. She is an author of three books The Mummy Bloggers, How to be Perfect and her most recent novel, I Give My...

Let me take you back to 80s feminism with my guest today Maria Angelico. You might recognise Maria from her lead role in the hit show Sisters (now on Netflix) or from the gripping drama Stateless on the ABC. We are going to talk about her favourite movie 9 to 5 with the dream team Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. But before we get there you won’t believe Maria’s own story. I wanted to sta...

My old friend, teacher Martin McGauran, never expected to be talking to parents about TikTok, Only Fans or graphic online content when he began running workshops on how best to use technology and the internet in primary school classrooms over 8 years ago. A qualified Google educator, incredible teacher and footy guy, Marty is warm, engaging and an expert in talking to kids and school communities a...

My guest today is the whip smart powerhouse that is stand up comedian, writer and actor Zainab Johnson. You may remember her from NBC’s last comic standing, or in the TV shows 100 Humans and Upload. You might have even been lucky enough to see her before at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival or on late night with Seth Meyers. She grew up in a Muslim family of 13 in Harlem New York city an...

This is a big conversation about womanhood and beauty and self love. About overcoming childhood trauma and backing yourself. It's about the incredible highs and lows of motherhood and the complicated relationships we have with beauty, our faces and our bodies. My guest today is make up artist Hilary Holmes. She runs her own makeup and styling business as well as teaching masterclasses to women abo...

What if the very things that make our lives difficult, make us feel like outsiders or the oddball in the room actually are the things that will make us grow, feed our creativity and ultimately help us to fly? In this episode we talk about fear and the things that hold us back. We also talk through the stories we tell ourselves and whether they are helpful or true. My guest this week Sam Peterson (...

Jess Perkins is a stand up comedian, Triple J radio host and podcaster. She is one third of the smash hit comedy podcast Do Go On and also hosts a new show called Simply the Jest. In this episode we talk about rage and take a look at some common stereotypes around female characterisation in western film and TV. We also talk through Jess' path to comedy. Subscribe here for –  tontsnewsletter Y...

Hello I'm Claire Tonti and this is TONTS. a podcast about feeling all of it. In this episode I talk to journalist, author and podcaster Jessie Stephens. We talk about the specific and often incredibly painful experience of heartbreak and her new book Heartsick. Subscribe here for –  tontsnewsletter You can find me on instagram @clairetonti or at www.clairetonti.com For more from Jessie head t...

This is TONTS. a podcast about feeling all of it. In this episode I chat with author, podcaster, gender advocate and former advisor to Prime Ministers Jamila Rizvi. We talk about coming of age, self esteem and the stories we were told as kids about who we should be. Jam shares openly about her career, her writing, motherhood and how she has dealt with being diagnosed with a brain tumour that compl...

Hello! I'm Claire Tonti and this show is about how we see ourselves, our inner critic and our emotions. I want to talk about the stories we were told as kids and what they told us about who we should be. I made this podcast for this weird time we are living in. Each week I'm going to bring you a conversation with an interesting human who has made a thing, done a thing or who has been through...