Yaaaas, we are an award winning podcast and it’s all thanks to YOU! We wanna give massive props and thanks to each one of our lovely Emsolators who took the time out to slip a vote in for Emsolation in the People’s Choice Award category at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards. We’re excited to announce we came 2nd, which clearly isn’t the top slot, but we actually don’t even care, the fact that our audience got us to the second posy is a win for us, so huzzah for that. Naturally we’ll start this episode off with a bit of one on one time with Em, she’s got more thanks to deliver into your ears, plus a full rundown of all the planning she’s been doing for the Live Christmas Spectacular ‘A Very Emsolation Christmas’ we’re delivering this weekend. She’s also keen to reflect the fact that her high school bestie and co-host of this podcast, Michael Lucas, was about to head off to his version of the Oscars, to see if his TV show ‘The Newsreader’ can win most of the 16 nominations they’ve secured in the 2021 AACTA Award. You’ll find out the end result within the podcast, Em made sure she took time out to record an update with highlights for the latter part of the podcast. Before all of that though Em needs to talk pre-award show jitters with Michael, they both have nervous reactions to the pressure of an award night, some more than others. So expect an explosive update on how both their bodies conspire against them, there will be blowouts of the worst possible kind to reflect on, so prepare yourself for more groin related chit chat, standard. Em will also take us through some of the behind the scenes heckers moments from her time in Sydney at the Australian Podcast Awards. There was an ex breakfast show co-host in the room, way too many podcasters squeezed together in a super spreader scenario, and the number of wines a mum usually consumes when she’s freed from her family for 48 hours. If you haven’t heard the highlights from Em’s time on stage presenting two awards, you’ll get all the best and most chaotic bits within. Then we gotta talk about all the fiercely talented women who are all being tipped for an Oscar next year, there’s Lady Gaga in the House of Gucci, Nicole Kidman being Lucille Ball, Kirsten Stewart doing Lady Di and a bunch of others all being touted as the next big winner. Obviously Em and Michael are at fever pitch already, they might need sedating ahead of the actual event, Em even locks in a rock solid prediction on who will eventually take out the Academy Award. There’s also some more love to pour on the show ‘Succession’ and in particular the actor who plays the troubled son Kendall Roy, Jeremy Strong. Em and Michael are both in awe and totally shook by what he brings to the role, so expect much frothing over him and his quirky traits. Finally you’ll get an extra appearance from Em as she delivers all the updates and highlights from Michael’s wins at the AACTA Awards. So prepare to send your ears to a place that’s decked out in wall to wall red carpets, an explosive bleed now and then and random celebrity name dropping at every turn too. Trust us, you’ll be exhausted from trying to pick them all up, boom tish.

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