Emsolation

Last week, Em invited Emsolators to vent their frustrations on the 10th Anniversary of Michael Lucas killing off their favourite character, Dr Patrick on ‘Offspring’. One of the voice messages was so poignant and heartfelt that we decided to hold off on adding it to last week's episode, just so we could play it to Michael. So this bonus episode is all about the impact that event had on Emsolator Gem and the reaction Michael had to hearing her beautiful message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prepare yourself for our fave trio, penises, politics and princesses. We start with Michael revealing he visited a penis museum in Iceland, so naturally Em had lots of questions and isn’t shy about pumping Michael for ALL of the details. So that’s the wang section sorted, for the politics part we need to cover off the news that Trump is facing his 4th indictment, along with 18 co-defendants plus how Hillary Clinton reacted when she found out. Then for the princess part there’s Beyonce making a very public show of support for Lizzo live on stage. Finally with Em’s trip beginning Friday, there’s last minute panic over her final preparations and Michael drops some news that inspires Em to consider another full repack of her suitcase. We’ve also got a series of delightful side quests involving Mer-people, Harry Styles, hectic 80’s TV viewing and Tina Knowles which all just feels perfectly right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the death no one wanted, or did they? Today we revisit that moment 10 years ago when Michael Lucas killed off Dr. Patrick on his TV series ‘Offspring’. Em and Michael go deep on the decision and reveal all the behind the scenes action, plus we invited you to vent your Dr Patrick anguish via voicemails for Michael too. Then we need to talk about the Lizzo lawsuit and give out multiple ‘Good For Her’ awards to the sporting achievements of the Diamonds and the Matildas. Finally, how many undies should one pack when they travel and could that fully packed suitcase that Em’s been toiling over the last few months, actually create a huge problem? The answer is, yes, completely, without a doubt, find out why within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael might be under a time crunch but that didn’t prevent us from talking Lady Gaga being live in Vegas while Em and Michael are holidaying in the US. Em’s keen to reaffirm her love for the new season of ‘And Just Like That’ after they brought Carrie’s former fiance Aidan back. We also find time to talk the upcoming season of Michael’s show ‘The Newsreader’ and we learn actual sporty facts about actual soccer stars the Matildas from him as well. To cap that shock off, we also get a delightful little side quest about Michael unearthing a sporting talent he never knew he had while on holidays and it’s the last thing any of us would expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael has finally submitted himself to the full Barbie movie experience and he’s ready to offer up his thoughts and feels and compare and contrast it with Em’s review. Then we need to cover off the actual out of control bin fire (with extra petrol sprinkled on it) that is Elon Musk changing the name of ‘Twitter’ to ‘X’. We follow that with an update on Em’s oestrogen levels, she now has patches everyone so huzzah for the hormone boost. Finally, it’s only 23 days until Em heads off on her trip to the US and she has upped her packing efforts. She’s also issued her family with a not at all veiled threat that she is out and done and it’s a Hunger Games, survival of the fittest type scenario for all of them once she steps on that plane, so that shouldn’t have massive repercussions at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em has seen the Barbie movie and she is bursting at the seams with all the thoughts and feels and she’s not afraid to unleash her FULL spoiler free review within. Then we need to update everyone on the writers strike in America. What even is it? Why do we care, and how come rich peeps like the star of ‘The Nanny’ are complaining about not getting enough money? Finally, Em got aggressive with a window blind and decided that ain't right, so she got some tests done only to find out she’s in the midst of menopause. What the WHAT!?! It’s a lot, so grab your favourite childhood doll and settle in for a ginormous unpacking of all of that and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madonna returns to social media to thank her fans, Em and Michael are thankful, willing to stalk her in New York and exploring options to replace her cancelled concert. Em’s off to the premiere of the Barbie movie and no one will ruin her experience of seeing it on the big screen. Britney Spears is dropping a memoir in October called ‘The Woman In Me’ and we have so much we wanna see within its pages. We also do a Threads side quest, touch on Jonah Hill's troubling texts to his ex, and with 40 days till Em and Michael's US holiday, Em is already in pack mode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know Em Rusciano and Julia Morris are actual friends? How could two powerful, magnificent, driven and opinionated media ladies possibly be able to sit down in the same room as each other and not dominate all media instantly, exactly. While the old white men of the media think it's all too much and no one could possibly endure it, this special sit down proves how utterly wrong they are. So plug in and enjoy Part Two of Julia Morris and Em Rusciano talking all of the things, including her Silver and Gold Logie nominations and an informative and hilarious conversation about her menopause journey. To hear Part One make sure you subscribe to Emsolation Extra on Supercast at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Michael upgrades from a snack platter while recording, to sitting in a hire car outside an Italian Airbnb while recording, so situation normal right? Em reveals how Michael dropped the “Madonna is postponing her world tour” bombshell in her lap. Then we need to work our way through the disappointment of the storylines on the new season of ‘And Just Like That’ and the upcoming Kim Cattrall cameo. Finally, Em and Michael try and offer advice for an Emsolator who emailed us anonymously asking if they could help them navigate how to move on after having an affair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s update time as Michael gives us the inside word on seeing ABBA in hologram form, their purpose built arena offers up a wealth of venue ideas for Em, which naturally inspired our episode title. Em needs to take us through Kim Cattrall’s new Netflix series ‘Glamorous’, with side quests to ‘And Just Like That’, IBS and Michael’s relentless snacking while they record. Plus a message from an Emsolator about her subscription to a saucy narration service, inspired Em to write the perfect sexy narration for women and she’s had it recorded for your listening pleasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices