Emsolation

So we took a poll on Em’s socials and asked you to pick our episode title with zero context, your two options were “I’m Queer and I Want To Be Baited” or the equally baffling “Pummel Me Like a Wildebeest Stampede”. Turns out a lot of you seemed very taken by the pummeling, hence why it’s now living it’s best life as the title above this description, job well done Emsolators. Naturally you’ll get full context around both of those quotes within this episode, the first one relates to Harry Styles new movie ‘My Policeman’ and the second one was inspired by the revelation that Em spent time writing erotic fan fiction about the cartoon version of Mufusa from ‘The Lion King’. I know totes shook right, also apparently we will NEVER find it. We also talk the backlash to Em’s post about the passing of the Queen, all our favourite Emmy acceptance speech highlights and the best bits of the upcoming Disney movie announcements. There’s even some talk about the forthcoming ‘Interview with a Vampire’ TV series and some such about using your hands while making a fist, so maybe don’t listen to this around your children, unless you like having far ranging and slightly uncomfortable conversations of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em has spent the weekend reflecting on the wide ranging reactions to the death of the Queen, and also did some soul searching on her own feelings surrounding it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heads up, in this episode Michael mentions we are untethered TWICE, so pretty much prepare yourself for our standard level of hectic. To start, we do a deep dive into the full story behind that car crash of a press launch for Olivia Wilde’s new movie ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ at the Venice Film Festival. Em has given the entire back story behind the film’s production a forensic level of examination and together with her best friend Michael and her eldest daughter Chella they’re going to dive face first into ALL the drama. Once they’ve spent about 20 minutes picking that apart, we also have time to drop in on the drama that Ye, formerly the artist known as Kanye West, has dropped about Kim K’s bowel movements. Finally Em unleashes the awkward as she ushers in a chat about her eldest daughter Chella’s love life, while Chella is alongside her and on the mic. It’s our most unhinged chat ever, with equal parts weird and hilarious and it could quite honestly ruin any chance of Chella ever dating again, so no pressure what so ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em reminisces about her underage disco days and reflects on what actually went on in those dark corners, before she touches on a video that literally “changed her DNA” and says that it will do the same for you! It’s free Time Tuesday y’all, get weird! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you ever feel like you’re a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, who’s listening to a podcast where other plastic bags are doing the same kind of thing? If the answer is “yes” then this is definitely the podcast episode for you. Em is back with her bestie Michael and her eldest daughter Chella,who both needed a talking to about bringing more energy into the pod. Once that was sorted it was onto the news that Britney has dropped a brand new single with Elton John, and also a 22 minute audio confession detailing some of the suffering she experienced whilst under the guardianship of her father. There’s a lot to unpack there but Em watched the entire thing so you don’t have to, plus we’ve added all the key moments so you’ll be totes up to speed. We follow that with more on Beyonce’s latest album, we still don’t have any videos, plus Em is now a full convert and totally addicted, much to Michael’s unabashed joy and excitement. There’s also Lil Nas X’s outfits and Taylor Swift’s easter egg reveals at the MTV VMA’s to cover off, and we need to talk Father’s Day and what level of petty is Em allowed to unleash on the day considering how awful her Mother’s Day was. You’ll also get more goat screams, rando singing outburst and way too much talk about not using tissues for a runny nose, so pretty much our standard stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one knows what it means exactly, but there’s no doubt about it; free time on a Friday afternoon was the most desired activity any primary school aged child could conceive. Join Em as she takes to the mic solo and takes us through life post NPC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s finally happened! After months of stress, anxiety, re-writes, a bunch of spiralling and a raft of undocumented side quests, Em has finally stepped up to the podium at the National Press Club in Canberra to deliver her “historic” address. You’ll find out who named it “historic” and also get an inside feel for how Em was feeling on the morning of her speech. Once Michael arrived in Canberra they sat down to talk about as many things as they could think of to distract Em before the Press Club address, which means we got to hear a smidge about the behind the scenes happenings of Em’s upcoming appearance on Season 2 of Michael’s TV series ‘The Newsreader’. We also found time to reflect on the loss of the wonderfully talented Margaret Urlich and process the upsetting news that Em’s idol, John Peter Farnham, has endured a marathon surgery to remove a cancer tumour from his mouth. Finally we follow all that up with Em’s full speech from the podium at the National Press Club, plus Em and Michael recorded a special chat directly after she stepped off stage to reflect how she was feeling once it was all done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here comes the hectic, but that’s what we’re all here for, so lets have at it. First up we need to talk portfolios inspired by the shocking news this week that our former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, decided to secretly gift himself a heap of different portfolio appointments. Em and Michael are having none of it, plus they’ve got a side order of Brett Sutton doing some Bollywood dancing to cover off too. Then it’s onto the unsolicited peen that Tommy Lee decided to inflict on our Instagram feed, none of us asked for it, however lots of thirsty Emsolators AND Michael decided to send it to Em for thoughts and feels, you’ll get her reaction within. Then finally there’s the news of the 45 year old woman on holiday in Porty D who was just trying to live her best life with a few cocktails. The problem with that was she was living that life really loudly in her hotel pool and wasn’t keen on any suggestion that she might need to settle down and get out of the water. Em’s been there before but she didn’t really remember it, which is why Michael is here to help her relive her very own mum’s gone wild moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special chat Em gets to sit down with a man who’s work on social media has really saved her, Dr. Perry Mandanis. Em first stumbled on Dr Perry’s work after a number of Emsolation listeners shared his Instagram Reels with her. As a psychiatrist, therapist and coach, Dr. Perry draws on 30 years of experience to deliver plain speaking advice and tips on ADHD and anxiety. Now Em sits down with Dr. Perry to grill him on all of the things, from why so many women are now being diagnosed with ADHD later in life, just like Em was at 42, to whether you should even bother getting a diagnosis if you feel like you may have it. There’s also tips on what to do before you even approach your Doctor for a diagnosis, how to be a supportive partner of someone with ADHD and even how to manage the grief you might feel after being diagnosed with ADHD.If you experience emotional distress as a result of listening, please reach out to someone you trust and/or call Lifeline on 13 11 14 at any time. If life is in danger, please call 000.Follow Dr. Perry on Instagram @perry.mandanis.md and listen to his podcast ‘Couch Stories with Dr Perry Mandanis’ on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder how we come up with our episode titles? Probably not, but in this episode you’re actually going to hear Em, Michael and Chella workshopping a few options, you’ll also understand why we picked cock-a-doodle-do too. First up though, we need to spend some time absorbing the news that the one and only Dame Olivia Newton-John is no longer with us. There’s a lot of ONJ memories to reminisce on within including Em’s first viewing of Xanadu, why Grease shaped Michael’s sexual education and how Livvy gave us the best Christmas movie. After that we need to process the fact that Beyonce and Madonna have teamed up for a duet/remix of biblical proportions. There will be a goat scream from Michael, plus he’s very keen to adjust his rather lacklustre rating for Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ album from last week’s episode too. Finally there’s a tweet Michael sent Em that actually shook her world. Turns out there’s something that Em experiences during intimate times that she’s never actually spoken about publicly. Finally revealing that thing while her eldest daughter Chella was in the room (AND on a microphone as well) wasn’t something any of us expected, especially not Chella, but you’ll get to relive all of that awkward realness when you press PLAY.Olivia Newton-John interview courtesy of The Project, Channel 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices