Mamamia Out Loud

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Australia's #1 podcast for women is where smart women come for good conversation — with an occasional side serve of chaos. Covering news, pop culture and big ideas, plus the small stuff that matters, Mamamia Out Loud is hosted by journalists and authors Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright. It's your daily dose of conversation that's like catching up with your best, funniest and sharpest friends in the group chat, offering conversation at its most addictive.

  1. 18 HR AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    SUBS: The 6 Different Types Of People Pleasers

    Are you a Peacekeeper? A Perfectionist? A Performer? Or a Lone Wolf?  These are six types of people-pleasers, according to psychotherapist Meg Josepheson, and understanding which one you are might save you a lot of drama with your family and friends this holiday season when you're pondering the answer to the eternal people-pleaser question: Are you mad at me?  Listen to Jessie, Em and Holly discuss whether they're people pleasers at all, and what this quiz told them about who they've annoyed today.  Take the quiz to find out which one you are, here.  ---------------------------------- For the first time ever, MMOL T-shirts and tote bags are discounted! Get the T-shirt for $50 and the tote bag for $20. Sale ends Dec 6. Shop now. 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: The Thing You Can’t Say About Having Kids Listen: The Good Guest's Guide To Wedding Etiquette Listen: The Woman Who 'Caused' Family Estrangement Listen: All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year Listen: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  Bustle: There Are 6 Types Of People-Pleasers. Which Are You? 'I'm a chronic people pleaser. This simple hack made me stop.' 'The one phrase that stopped me from being a peopl

    21 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    The Thing You Can’t Say About Having Kids

    Can you change a child's birthday because it's a bit... inconvenient for you? Content creator Indy Clinton wants us to believe she's doing just that with her "Christmas baby" and Sagittarians everywhere have thoughts. Plus, Sienna Miller is pregnant and in a negligee on the British Fashion Awards this week. At 43, Holly wants to know, is this the quintessential representation of the new era of agelessness?  Also, Pilates is dead, strength training is on its way out and a mobility obsession is on its way in - but, Amelia asks, is scolding people with the "correct" exercise trends really the way to make women move? And an essay about motherhood ambivalence has Jessie pufferfishing. So, if you're not sure if you want kids, should you do it?  REFERENCES, friends:If You're On The Fence About Having Kids, Don't Do It - By Zoya Patel. Dr Stacey Sims being interviewed by Holly on MID. 🚢 Subscribe to be in the running to WIN THE ULTIMATE SUMMER HOLIDAY: Royal Caribbean Cruise Giveaway! Click here for more information Support independent women's media  What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: The Good Guest's Guide To Wedding Etiquette Listen: The Woman Who 'Caused' Family Estrangement Listen: All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year Listen: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  Sienna Miller is 41 and pregnant. Her instinct is to joke about it. Indy Clinton was determined to unmask her trolls. She's just been handed a 64-page report. 'Is there a "right time" to have kids? I asked 15 mums if they had regrets.' Julia asked mothers if they regretted having their children. She received 10,000 responses. Just 5 strength exercises every woman in perimenopause needs. 'I thought exercise wasn't for me. This one change proved me wrong.' THE END BITS:  For the first time ever, MMOL T-shirts and tote bags are discounted! Get the T-shirt for $50 and the tote bag for $20. Sale ends Dec 6. Shop now. 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected] Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    SUBS: The Good Guest's Guide To Wedding Etiquette

    Are you a B-list wedding guest? And how can you tell? What do you do if you're running late to the ceremony? If this is your friend's third wedding, do you still have to bring a gift? And is it possible to be "too much" on the reception dance floor? In the latest of our three-generations etiquette guides, Holly, Jessie and Em tackle all the big wedding dilemmas, just for subscribers.  ALSO: For the first time ever, MMOL T-shirts and tote bags are discounted! Get the T-shirt for $50 and the tote bag for $20. Sale ends Dec 6. Shop now. 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: The Woman Who 'Caused' Family Estrangement Listen: All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year Listen: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  The 23 dating and relationship rules you should know. 'A modern etiquette guide is going viral. But Australians? All you need are these 19 rules.' 'Your sidewalk etiquette tells me everything I need to know about you.' The 23 workplace rules you’re definitely breaking. 'I went to a friend's wedding dreading the "single girl" questions. What I learned there shocked me.' 'I sell wedding dresses

    21 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Contagion of Family Estrangement & The TikTok Dad Double Standard

    Beer cans with the bride and groom's faces on them, a dress that just HAD to be Aussie, and a dog in a dress... Yes, we're talking about Albo's wedding, and the problem with marrying the Prime Minister.  Also, what does the winner of the TikTok Awards — a dad of four who posts pranks and skits with his kids online — tell us about the different standards for the way men and woman 'sharent'? And everyone's talking about an Oprah Winfrey show episode, which is extremely 2011, about family estrangement, and the 'contagion' of going 'No Contact' with your family. Only problem is... Are all these boundaries kind of Oprah's fault? Plus, why Robert Irwin has achieved world domination by being... nice.  Holly, Amelia and Jessie get into it. AND into some Mamamia merch. For the first time ever, MMOL T-shirts and tote bags are discounted! Get the T-shirt for $50 and the tote bag for $20. Sale ends Dec 6. Shop now. 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 Support independent women's media  What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year Listen: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Listen: Everything That Shouldn't Be Embarrassing But Absolutely Is Listen: So That's The Reason I Feel Bad About… My Eyelids? Listen: Big Brother Australia, The Golden Bachelor & The TV ‘Algorithm Theory’ Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  Robert Irwin is the walking green flag the world needs. Everything we know about Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon's top-secret wedding. 'Sam and Marie have been estranged for years. Here's how I got them speaking again.' Oprah just called family estrangement an 'epidemic.' A relationship coach claims she caused it. 'I moved to be closer to my grandkids. Then my daughter sent one brutal message.' THE END BITS:  Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected] Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    Summer Book Club: All Fours - Miranda July

    It’s hot and everyone’s slightly unhinged, so what better time to kick off the Mamamia Out Loud Summer Book Club than with the only novel bold enough to ask: What if you left your family for a  road trip and reinvented yourself... in a motel off the freeway? In the first of our Summer Book Club episodes, Em, Jessie and Holly dive into Miranda July’s All Fours, a book that is part midlife crisis, part erotic fever dream and part existential stand-up comedy routine. Em, Jessie and Holly discuss female desire, boredom, creativity and how it’s somehow both deeply relatable and utterly chaotic to want to start afresh on a whim. If you’ve ever: Sat in your car for an five extra minutes just to avoid your family Fantasised about a new life in a different country Or simply wondered, 'What if?' Then yes, this episode of Summer Book Club is for you.Summer Book Club Episode 2 drops December 28 when we'll be discussing the Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry. Support independent women's media  What To Listen To Next: Listen to our latest episode: All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year Listen: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Listen: Everything That Shouldn't Be Embarrassing But Absolutely Is Listen: So That's The Reason I Feel Bad About… My Eyelids? Listen: Big Brother Australia, The Golden Bachelor & The TV ‘Algorithm Theory’ Listen to MID with Monique van Tulder: The Gap Year That Saved A Marriage Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  'I’m obsessed with audiobooks, here are 10 of the best I’ve ever heard.' 11 of the very best beach reads to lose yourself in this summer. If you loved A Court of Thorns and Roses, here are 6 romantasy books to read next. The 8 best spicy reads that aren't all-out smutty. The 22 best books Reese Witherspoon has recommended. THE END BITS:  Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected] Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    41 min

  6. 27 NOV

    All The Things We Didn’t Need To Know About The Sex Scandal Of The Year

    So. Everyone says your fiancée cheated on you with a big-wig politician (or two). After you break up, you're sitting on a whole lot of juicy, icky, sexy detail from messages and emails that you KNOW the world is going to be into. Do you release them? Well, of course you do. And welcome to the sex scandal that's consuming America right now - the Olivia Nuzzi affair. So, do YOU want to hear all about it?  Also, what do real-life witches think of Wicked, For Good?  And, women have never been hornier. At least, that's what our obsession with internet boyfriends, smutty books and libido-boosting supplements tells us. So Em, Holly and Jessie discuss: Is it power, or pressure?  Plus, recommendations and Em's F1 obsession.  $21 off - Mamamia’s massive Black Friday Deal. Get an all access pass to Mamamia for just $48. Enjoy $21 off a yearly subscription, ends 1 December 2025! Recommendations Em recommends getting up at 3am on Monday to watch the QATAR F1 Race on Foxtel or Kayo. Jessie recommends A Battle with My Blood by Tatiana Schlossberg about her terminal cancer diagnosis. And the Brushology Premium Boar Bristle Hairbrush. Holly recommends The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a triple murder trial, a book by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein  What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: So, Are You Rude With Money? Listen: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Listen: Everything That Shouldn't Be Embarrassing But Absolutely Is Listen: So That's The Reason I Feel Bad About… My Eyelids? Listen: Big Brother Australia, The Golden Bachelor & The TV ‘Algorithm Theory’ Listen to MID with Monique van Tulder: The Gap Year That Saved A Marriage Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  A brutally honest review of the new Wicked movie. The 9 biggest differences between Wicked: For Good and the musical. Viagra for women is a thing and nobody's talking about it. 2024 was the year of horny mid-life women. 'Young women are overtaking the F1 fan base. I know exactly why.' THE END BITS:  Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected] Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud CREDITS: Hosts: Emily Vernem, Jessie Stephens & Holly Wainwright Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine Executive Producer: Sasha Tannock Audio Producer: Leah Porges Video Producer: Josh Green Junior Content Producer: Tessa Kotowicz Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min

  7. 27 NOV • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    SUBS: So, Are You Rude With Money?

    Do you always, always transfer the money for dinner right there and then? Are you nit-picky with splitting the bill? Do you have to be reminded to send over that money for the office leaving gift? Or do you always insist on paying, even if it makes your friends uncomfortable?   Em, Amelia and Holly discuss what modern money etiquette looks like, and whether talking about money even at all is still rude, in 2025. (Someone pass Holly a stiff drink, she hates it).    What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost Listen: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Listen: Everything That Shouldn't Be Embarrassing But Absolutely Is Listen: So That's The Reason I Feel Bad About… My Eyelids? Listen: Big Brother Australia, The Golden Bachelor & The TV ‘Algorithm Theory’ Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  The mental load of growing up with money stress (and what to do about it now). How much money do you have in savings? We asked more than 150 Mamamia readers. 'I lent my best friend money after her divorce. How she spent it blindsided me.' 'My girlfriend and I were struggling for money. Then I found her secret account.' 'The 5 money-saving habits my parents taught me (that actually work).' THE END BITS:  Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com

    21 min

  8. 26 NOV

    The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands & Your High School Ghost

    Would you partner notice if you 'quiet quit' your relationship? You know, quietly moving into separate bedrooms, watching all your own shows in different rooms of the house at night, never socialising together, taking separate holidays... Plenty of people are doing it, and probably always have. So, is it always a bad thing? And is it possible to un-quit?Also, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and the world's most-irritating press tour. Yes, Wicked For Good is out and you will not have missed the two stars coo-ing over each other on global red carpets. Are they the world's greatest girlfriends, or are they playing us? And when did press tours become performance art? And... what are high school reunions for? It's long been predicted that social-media-stalking has killed the reunion, but Amelia just went to her 25th and she had a revelation.  Plus, Jessie, Amelia and Holly share the 'plate' they take to BYO social events, and what "some cheese in a plastic bag" says about you.  Support independent women's media  Read The Women Quiet Quitting Their Husbands by Monica Corcoran Harel in The Cut, here.  What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: The 5 Days You Should Schedule Every Month Listen: The Most Telling Detail In That Meghan Sussex Profile Listen: ‘I Was An Ugly Child’ & The 5-Second Underthinking Rule Listen: Everything That Shouldn't Be Embarrassing But Absolutely Is Listen: So That's The Reason I Feel Bad About… My Eyelids? Listen: Big Brother Australia, The Golden Bachelor & The TV ‘Algorithm Theory’ Listen: Get My Boss Out Of My Bed & The Last Relationship Taboo Listen: Squirting, Dawn Culture & The Most Motivating Word Listen to MID with Monique van Tulder: The Gap Year That Saved A Marriage Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read:  The messy middle stage of separation that no one warns you about. A brutally honest review of the new Wicked movie. Let's talk about all the most unhinged things that happened in Wicked: For Good. The 9 biggest differences between Wicked: For Good and the musical. 'The 6 answers I needed about the social media age restriction that's coming.' Steve Biddulph on why boys fall into the "manosphere" and what we can do to stop it. THE END BITS:  Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at [email protected] Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloud Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Australia's #1 podcast for women is where smart women come for good conversation — with an occasional side serve of chaos. Covering news, pop culture and big ideas, plus the small stuff that matters, Mamamia Out Loud is hosted by journalists and authors Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright. It's your daily dose of conversation that's like catching up with your best, funniest and sharpest friends in the group chat, offering conversation at its most addictive.

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  • Channel
    Mamamia
  • Creator
    Mamamia Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2025
  • Episodes
    1.7K
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Mamamia Podcasts
  • Show Website
    Mamamia Out Loud
  • Provider
    MAMAMIA.COM.AU PTY LTD

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