Hands up who wants more wang chat? Hope your hand goes up because we are about to deliver some whether you like it or not. Sorry, not actually sorry, we promise you’ll enjoy it, but first we need to talk about some other stuff. Like how would Em choose to describe this podcast to someone who’d never heard it before, her brilliant and on point description is where you’ll witness your very first dick mention, the rest are much later in the episode. To start out we need to acknowledge that Em and Michael were actually in the room, face to face for this recording. The dynamics are all different, they can see each other, it was later in the evening, some wines had been consumed, there was some low key spikiness in the air, and Em hadn’t done her usual level of research and prep beforehand. Did someone say loose? They sure did...HUZZAH! We have to talk through the options Michael presented Emsolators with for his appearance at The AACTA Awards in Sydney next week. A choice has been made, not everyone is happy, but there is talk of a Ru-veal (which, for those not across ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’, and all it’s abundant worldwide spin offs, is another way of saying a reveal is going to be made, except this one is branded around RuPaul’s name, kind of how ‘The Block’ changes everything to ‘block-o-clock’, ‘blocktacular’ and ‘block-OFF!’) so we will wait to see what happens on the big night and reveal all in next week's episode. There’s a brand new Covid variant that’s arrived in Sydney, this one comes with the rather ominous name of Omicron. Em and Michael are feeling like it’s a name for Transformer and a bunch of other things (promise none of them are wang related, that’s still to come) they also have lots of questions about who is it that decides the names of storms, cyclones, typhoons and diseases and their variants. Both Em and Michael are due to visit Sydney so they're on alert and low key worried that another lockdown is coming for the people of NSW. Then it’s on to the D, and in this case it’s owner, Saturday Night Live comedian and serial famous lady dater, Pete Davidson, who is currently front page gossip fodder for dating Kim Kardashian. Kanye is leaving it up to God to fix his broken marriage, Em has been deep diving the conspiracy theories around the pairing, and Michael wasn’t even really interested, but after doing his own teensy deep dive, he’s now all up in it’s grill too. He’s not up for Em’s conspiracy theories though. After the detour to wangville we need to talk about a rather distressing DM Em received from someone about Em sharing her ADHD diagnosis with her followers. There’s a full explain from Em on why she is so vocal about what she’s experiencing and how she shares her story to help other people. It's a sweaty chat but well worth the listen. Finally, inspired by the news of the passing of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, Michael reveals which of Stephen’s songs he hears, on loop, in his head, whenever he is writing for TV. That inspires a HEAP of Barbra Streisand singing from Michael which is easily Em’s favourite part of an Emsolation episode EVER. So grab your headphones, or pump up your smart speaker and never mention to Em what the synopsis is behind the movie ‘Sophie’s Choice’, that will make sense once you’ve listened we promise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who’s nude? What’s nude? Where’s this nude coming from and why are we yelling it in ALL CAPS? All of these questions will be answered in the introduction to this week's episode as our fearless leader admits, she’s not as fearless as you might think. You see Em does have a fear and it involves her nudity in certain situations, and it would seem that certain situation actually arose this week. When it did, ONE of the ways Em responded to that fear coming true was to yell NUUUUDDDE! That ‘ONE’ is in caps because it’s not the ONLY thing Em did, you’ll hear the FULL story once you start listening, then Michael returns to cover off a week that is actually chokers with pop culture and political treats for them to dissect and discuss. To start with we gotta go through all the Adele news from her chat with Oprah, where she chatted everything, from her controversial weight loss and relationship breakups, to her son and her ability to lift hefty weights in the gym. Obviously we gotta talk about the rose garden and teahouse surrounds, and what we wish Oprah hadn’t actually asked. Then we need to talk about how the Aussie interview with Adele never made it to air, because the Channel 7 reporter sent to interview her in London, Matt Doran, didn’t even listen to Adele’s new album ‘30’ and actually admitted he hadn’t heard it to Adele while doing the interview. Did someone say “no interview footage (that your company has paid one million dollars to obtain exclusive rights to) for you” yes, yes they did, and that person was Adele. Em and Michael reacted just like most of the world did, by being shocked and horrified by this monumental stuff up. They are going to give you some behind the scenes goss on the pressure you feel when you’re given that kind of interview opportunity with a big name celeb too. Speaking of big name celebrity types, we’ve also gotta check in on the latest Britney news, from her giving thanks to the fans who helped secure her freedom by promoting their #FreeBritney movement. There’s also Britney’s attack on Christina Aguilera’s silence around her conservatorship to work through, where she also gave props and thanks to Lady Gaga. Em and Michael are worried that Britney may have got things wrong when it comes to Xtina and they have the receipts to prove that she actually has been very open about her support of Britney. Finally we need to talk about Jacqui Lambie going after Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party, over their attempt to get a bill across in parliament to end state-based vaccine mandates. Jacqui really went to town on her and her One Nation party, and whilst Em and Michael aren’t in support of everything Jacqui stands for, they were well and truly impressed with her speech on Monday. So shove a headphone into your currently naked ear holes and get lost in all the pop culture and political this and that we’ve got for you in this week's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

K, that’s a confronting episode title huh. Obviously we will need to address that at some stage, but FIRST, let's talk about our special Christmas celebration. In the introduction Em will explain why she’s decided to take the show online for this very special one off, where you’ll get to watch Emsolation LIVE, plus get a bunch of bonus excitement like Em singing a few songs, plus the ability to ask Em and Michael questions, and so much more. So make sure you’ve got your ticket sorted so you don’t miss out, especially because not everything done on the night will be featured in the podcast after it’s been broadcast, so watching the show live is the only way to get the FULL experience. Once that’s been explained we’ll welcome in Michael so we can talk about going outside and doing things. Yes, the podcast that came to life in a pandemic, has finally been interacting with the outside world. We can hardly believe it ourselves, but it’s totes FACTS! Em and Michael have both actually been outside, fully interacting with living, breathing, human beings. The fact that those other humans were breathing AND doing so maskless on so many occasions, was very confronting for both Em and Michael, but maybe that fear is pretty standard. Michael's outdoor activities involved flights interstate, movie screenings and dinner with his partner Adrian and Adrian’s mum, plus visits to an underground club with shoddy ventilation. Em’s outdoor jaunts included panic buying an outfit before attending a Melbourne Fashion Week event, being extra around a bunch of famous peeps and having to meet the paparazzi on the red carpet. The full rundown of Em and Michael being out in the wild amongst humanity is completely detailed within. Sadly the title of this episode is also a reflection of how Em’s night out on the town wrapped up. Yep she’s got gastro, or maybe it’s food poisoning, the jury is still out, but whatever it is, it has successfully ruined Em’s ability to sleep or eat, as well as making a mess of a variety of outfits and also increasing her fear of ever farting again, all pretty standard results really. Of course Em’s telling of her troubles is enough to usher Michael into revealing his tricky bowel moment which managed to send a pair of jeans into permanent retirement to a bin somewhere. After that great leveller, we do an abrupt and totally unrelated pivot to Taylor Swift, so we can talk about the re-release of her Red album. There’s the full background on why Taylor is re-recording and releasing her old albums and an explain on why Jake Gyllenhaal had an awful week because of it. Finally there’s a very special event Em has been invited to and she’s gonna need your help with pointing and clicking on a link to help maybe make a fantasy come to life, you’ll understand once you get there. So stop wading through this slightly entertaining word salad and get amongst the podcast listening lovelies and if you get a chance, maybe say a prayer for a secure fart window to come into Em’s life soon too, bless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time around we’ve got much movie action to talk through. The Emsolation safe word has been used on the streets, Em attended a movie premiere, ruined her photo op on the red carpet, and bumped into Shaynna Blaze from ‘The Block’. She also has the opening of Melbourne Fashion Week to attend next week, all by her lonesome, so expect more awkward red carpet moments to follow. There’s also a trigger warning for anyone who might have experienced a miscarriage, or the loss of a child, as Em talks about the anniversary of losing her son Ray in her introduction. Once Michael arrives, we start by giving him some more props for the extra AACTA Award nominations his show ‘The Newsreader’ secured during the week. We also need to celebrate the fact that his glorious cameo as an 80’s DJ, with fully functioning mullet, that featured in the TV series, was photographed and has now made its debut within the pages of Australia’s best selling magazine for gay men, DNA. More about why he’s in there, what cum gutters are, and why he isn’t wearing see through wet white mesh, like the hefty hung escort that features on the cover, within the podcast. Once we’ve waded through all that testosterone, we’ll get across the news that they’ve started announcing the casting for a movie version of the Broadway musical ‘Wicked’. It’s the one and only musical Em has ever seen on actual Broadway, so she is all up in its grill (expect lots of Em singing hooks from almost all of the soundtrack within this section). Anyway, while Em is totally down for the first two announcements of Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch, the suggestion that the arch nemesis for lovers of musical movies, James Corden, will be cast in it, has thrown Em into a spiral of DO. NOT. WANTS. Not surprisingly it has also caused an uproar from over 73,000 peeps, who also love a movie musical, but can’t stand it when James Corden forces himself into it, to click through and type their names with gusto, into the change.org petition that demands he have nothing to do with it. After we’ve poured more petrol onto that raging bin fire, we’ll give Adam Driver a teensy serve as well. Truth be told, Em is a huge stan for Adam, she’s loved him from his days on ‘Girls’, adored him in the Star Wars reboot, and even got hot around the collar when he turned into a rugged half horse, half bare chested mansicle for a Burberry fragrance campaign. However, she is not about to excuse him for not putting enough farshun realness into his red carpet choices for the world premiere in London of his new film ‘The House of Gucci’. Especially when his co-stars, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek and the one and only Lady Gaga, all served the kind of red carpet drama we live for, Adam however turned up in a two piece suit from Burberry that was meh to the extreme. There’s also the premier of the new Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ for Em to reflect on before we to talk about the sex infused fanfiction that someone DM’d the Emsolation podcast about featuring Dan Andrews and Brett Sutton. Both Em and Michael will read some saucy passages, there’s even some ‘The Newsreader’ fanfiction as well. Finally we need an update on where Michael is when it comes to his red carpet look for the AACTA Awards in December, plus there’s also a special announcement we’ve been holding off on delivering. So make sure you listen to the very end, as if you wouldn’t anyway, so you get all the facts, HUZZAH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to nestle into the comforting folds of our love circle? We figured as much, which is why we named this episode after the new version of circles that we pretty much didn’t know existed. Thank the Goddess of gossip and all things campery for the gift of that phrase, a phrase that we’d never heard until Gladys breathed life into it during her ICAC hearings. More on that later, first up though we’ve got updates on our podcast audience numbers. Em did a shoutout on her personal page for peeps who haven’t discovered the joys of podcasting Emsolation yet, to take the plunge and give it a try (I know right, who even are those people and am I insulting them as they read this description? Probs). Anyway, Em’s call out worked, so we’re welcoming a heap of new listeners to the podcast this week, huzzah to you if this is all brand new, and also, welcome to our love circle, you officially rock (phew, I think we can all agree I fixed it after that casual insult from before huh). Once Michael arrives we get down to the business of congratulating him for getting TEN nominations for his show ‘The Newsreader’ at the AACTA Awards to be held in December. AACTA stands for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and it just happens to be Australia’s biggest film and TV awards, so to say we’re all a little excited is an understatement. Sadly, our celebrations were marred by the fact that Michael somehow got it in his head that he could SMS Em about her thoughts on him just wearing his wedding tux to the red carpet event and night of nights at Sydney’s Opera House. Understandably this threw Em into an utter fashion emergency tailspin, how very dare he try and rip this moment of award season glamour and red carpet realness from Em’s creative claws. So expect him to get a full dressing down, then a full dressing up, as Em decides to pick and choose the right ensemble for Michael, and then open up said wardrobe selection to faithful Emsolation listeners like yourself for feedback and final approval. After that’s done we step into the ICAC hearings around Gladys Berejiklian’s relationship with Daryl Macguire. There’s the private phone calls and texts to work through, but much of the frothing revolves around Em and Michael’s love for former Supreme Court Judge, Ruth McColl. Ruth is the assistant commissioner for the ICAC hearings and she is not about to endure Gladys failure to give them simple answers, she’s been bringing the sass about it too. We also need to wade through the shit show that is Scott Morrison at the UN International Climate Summit in Glasgow. So expect a rundown on the highlights, or lowlights if we’re being honest, plus some ominous predictions from the Unicorn of Death. We did LOTS of research, well Em did, and we promise we make it as digestible and entertaining as we can. There’s also a mini celebration of Michael’s recent birthday, which unsurprisingly turns into a chat about which decade Madonna delivered some of her best work in, because of course it does. Finally, we have secrets to reveal for next week's show and if you’ve got Emsolation merch, there’s a special challenge within for those that meet other Emsolation merch wearers out in the wild. So have at it with your listening holes lovelies and enjoy every little second of what's within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re so happy you’re here, whether you listen to us first thing Thursday morning, or whenever the hell you can factor us into your busy schedule, we are down for your listening commitment. We also aren’t afraid to give you props for it...which is EXACTLY what we do as part of the intro. There’s also a quick update of the topics Em and Michael will cover off. If you haven’t worked it out by the title yet, a lot of what follows will revolve around Gwyneth Paltrow, who, yeah sure, is an actress, but our particular obsession for her almost entirely orbits around the creation of her Goop empire. An empire that has gifted us everything from her recommendation that you regularly steam your vagina, to the jade egg you supposedly stick in your...vagina...or yoni. Before we do the latest Gwyneth deep dive though, there’s a mini life out of lockdown rundown from Em before she brings in her bestie Michael Lucas. Naturally no chat about Goop and Gwyneth can happen without Michael’s involvement, well actually, it totally could, because Em is REALLY down for talking through Gwyneth’s new TV series for Netflix. Thankfully Michael is there to help slow down Em’s train of thought and react accordingly to each new revelation and all of the various moans and groans Em decided to recreate for her explain and our listening pleasure. Gwyneth’s new show is called ‘Sex, Love and Goop’ and in it she helps everyday people have better sex using a series of practitioners that are all very well versed in various areas of sex. Obviously you could just sign into Netflix and watch the show, but we think you will enjoy it MUCH more by just allowing Em to explain it to you. Hence stand by for much discussion on the visuals, the wealthy and beautifully styled abodes these well versed practitioners reside in, what happens when you are connected to your sexual energy and how to ground a yoni. There’s also enough passion from Em working through her highlights, that she actually gets sweaty enough to need to request time out, for a small break...as you do. Once she’s had a full wipe down, we return with all the latest on Gladys Berejiklian’s appearance before the ICAC hearings. Whilst they will naturally reflect some of what’s been revealed so far, most of Em and Michael’s focus will be around what they’d be wearing if they had to make such an appearance. There’s also the demands they’d be making around the lighting setup for their on camera appearance to be worked through too. Finally Em has a bucket list trip she’s keen to get Michael on board with. It’s a special event, held once a year in the town now famous for being where they filmed the Twilight movies, it is something Em is mad keen on and even more keen to drag Michael along to. His reaction to the suggestion that he accompany her on this Twilight themed jaunt, doesn’t seem to ever reach the same level of keen that Em’s does. You’ll get the full picture when you hear it, so grab your yoni egg...and probably chuck it in the bin, then ground your listening energy, with our unbridled sexual podcast energy, okay that fully sounds creepy...so let's just say, you should plug us in and enjoy us at your earliest convenience, no grounding required, but feel free to bring all that gorgeous Emsolation love energy you’re radiating with you at least. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go bloody EASY. ON. ME. bloody Adele. Em had an abundance of side quests assembling this podcast, well mostly just getting the introduction for this week's episode recorded was the problem. Adele is responsible for throwing a spanner in the works, so the intro you’re getting is the TENTH version Em recorded (the other 9 were deleted with a very exaggerated tap on the delete button, there’s to be no archiving and locking in the vault like Prince did here). It’s best if we let Em explain why Adele has thrown her into emotional turmoil, and also triggered a mini singing session as part of this intro too. Em’s soft bits will never recover from her emosh moments absorbing the new Adele song. You’ll also get a detailed explain of what’s going on in her mind and creating all these side quests, the title of this episode is a small window into some of that expertly explained chaos. Once that’s sorted we usher in Michael and do the deep dive on the big announcement of the week, the departure of the Yellow Wiggle Emma. If you know this podcast, then you know Em’s love runs deep for the Wiggles, she is all up in their business 24/7. So it’s not surprising that she got the news delivered to her 24 hours before it was officially announced, with embargoes attached. Truth be told, they sugar coated the announcement by making three announcements all at once, but saying goodbye to Emma is what has everyone clutching their pearls. Her replacement, the equally amazing Tsehay Hawkins, has achieved a HUGE amount in her 16 years, we’ll bedazzle you with her accolades inside, safe to say though that we’re excited to see what she does next. Obviously Em has done A LOT of research, so there’s the Wiggles former love lives to chat about, we also cover off what Emma is doing next and why we should stop giving her grief for leaving, we also check in to see if her former flame, the Purple Wiggle Lachy, responded to her big announcement on socials, will there be even more pearls up for the clutching? Plus Michael will reveal, for the very first time, his very bizarre connection to The Wiggles, it involves Dorothy the Dinosaur, a shopping centre and a bunch of kids in tears, while their parents get hectic and angry right up in Michael’s face, it will give you anxiety sweats for sure. After we’ve pretty much exhausted every single angle of Wiggles updates, we’ll then bow down and worship at the temple of the TV series ‘Succession’, it’s Em and Michael’s favourite show, flat out, hence they have lots of love to pour over it, but they promise not to be spoilery about it...too much. Basically it’s worth the price of admission and you should totes give it a viewing if you haven’t already, also Em and Michael have an actual physical connection to it, long story, but it totally gets revealed within. Finally there’s the easing of lockdown in Victoria and NSW to dip in on too, we are all freaked out, but also totes excited about it too. That being said, we aren’t about to dive into it like a toddler dives at anything coated in sugar, we reckon slow and steady might be the way to go. Em might just keep pretending it’s lockdown on and off for ages, so each to their own. So whether you’re in your secure bunker, deep within the earth, or roaming the streets with a strut in your step, we hope this episode finds you well, and you enjoy all of it as much as we did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

K before we usher in her high school bestie for chats, Em is gonna get things started by giving props to our front line healthcare workers. In particular, all the ones who took time out to share their reactions to Em’s Instagram story where she asked what they wanted people to know about their day to day lives treating Covid patients. Their reactions were a very sobering read, so much so that Em has added them as a highlight on her Instagram profile. The good news is that they had a huge positive effect, with Em getting a heap of DM’s saying the stories helped encourage a number of people who were holding off on the vaccine, to finally book themselves in. That’s about the bulk of the intro, it’s purposely short because there’s so many hectic things Em and Michael need to work through together, and by hectic we mean quite possibly the most horrendo musical ever put on film. It’s called ‘Diana: The Musical’ and was meant to begin it’s run on Broadway on March 31 2020, which obviously didn’t happen because the Covid pandemic pretty much shut down, not only Broadway, but the entire planet. Thankfully someone at Netflix decided to assemble the entire cast, without an audience because they had to observe a bunch of Covid-19 safety protocols, and film the entire thing for us to witness in the comfort of our own homes via our Netflix accounts. However, it would seem actually watching ‘Diana: The Musical’ isn’t a comfortable experience AT ALL if Em and Michael’s reviews are anything to go by. Yes, Em did give it a 5 out of 5, but that isn’t because it’s worthy of Hamilton style accolades, after all, Em prefaces their chat by describing it as ‘...the most catastrophically awful, worse than Cats, horrific trainwreck that I’ve ever seen”. To back it up, Michael admits he hasn’t even finished the entire Musical yet, because “I felt like I had spent at least a decade and a half watching it, and then we clicked and we weren’t even at the halfway mark”. So don’t expect to be entertained like you would normally, you’ll instead be entertained with a perfect explain of who this musical is aimed at, that’s swiftly followed by a cavalcade of choice “highlights” (those are VERY BIG inverted commas around that word FYI). Plus Em and Michael will also deliver their favourite lyrical moments from the musical too, as a taster, those lyrics include things like, “better than a Guiness, better than a wank...” we’ll let Em and Michael explain the context and finish the lyrics inside. Then we slip into all the highlights from Adele gracing the front of both ‘Vogue’ and ‘British Vogue’, plus her absolutely heckers debut on Instagram Live. Once we’ve worked through all of that, we’ll get down to what inspired Em to start sharing all the stories from frontline healthcare workers this week, after Joel Creasey shared a video with Em from Home and Away star Sam Frost. The video had some troubling content that inspired Em to shoot off an innocent little tweet about how problematic the video was, unfortunately the media decided to take that tweet and accuse Em of being the only one who had a problem with it, accusing her of being jealous of Sam, as well as abrasive and unsupportive of women. Thankfully the onslaught was minimised after Em’s wonderful community of supporters stepped up and added their voices to clapback at the gossip columnists and journalists who were attempting to spin Em’s tweet into something it so clearly wasn’t. It also inspired Em to reach out to ICU doctors and nurses working away in Covid wards around the country to offer them a chance to share their experiences with those who might have been feeling reluctant to get the jab. To close everything out we successfully manage to wrap it all up with a beautiful callback to one of the perplexing moments of the MANY that appear in ‘Diana: The Musical’, because of course we do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Right, before we get around the dodgy exes, we are gonna need to revisit life as a HUGE Toilet Dolly for ‘The Masked Singer’, which is where we find Em in the introduction for this episode. If you’re wondering if Em is keen on starting a Toilet Dolly collection we can confirm, she’s totes about it, so maybe get your knit/crochet on if that sort of thing rocks your hobby boat and you’re feeling gifty. We’ve also gotta take some time out to welcome in any new podcast listeners, especially those inspired to get their listen on since Dolly did her thing, we just need to remind you to hit that FOLLOW button on our Spotify profile to help this pod’s success continue. Once Michael arrives we get things started by acknowledging it’s been a big week for Em PLUS a heap of other ladies, like Gladys, Britney and Adele. If you know the history of Gladys, Britney and Adele, you’ll know dodgy exes seem to be a feature of all three of their careers, hence why we chose them as the title of our podcast. We begin by talking through the latest developments in NSW politics where Friday saw Gladys Berejiklian resigning as Premier of NSW after an ICAC probe into her previous relationship with Daryl Macguire was announced. It was the sort of event that required Michael to immediately pick up his mobile and make an emergency day call to Em, you’ll hear exactly how she reacted inside. Then it’s onto reflecting the cavalcade of Berejikli-stans mourning her departure, Em and Michael have a lot of problems with that. Being accused of corruption and the misappropriation of funds means that she is actually doing the right thing by stepping down from her role as Premier of NSW. There’s also confirmation the Magical Unicorn of Death was correct again, plus a chat about whether this is a feminist issue or not. We’ll also work through the dodgy dealings of her ex Daryl, why Gladys was so popular despite her failings, plus our trusty Unicorn makes another prediction related to the future career of Gladys. To replace her we now have a deeply religious Premier who comes with a lot of added far right baggage, which includes rejecting the decriminalisation of abortion, opposing same sex marriage, supporting Trump and not thinking priests should have to reveal child sexual abuse. There’s a lot to unpack there, but once we’ve done that it’s onto the influx of Britney Spears documentaries on our screens and the news that her father has finally been removed as her conservator. All these docos have at least helped expose Em’s daughters to the talent that Britney clearly has, which seems to have been forgotten in recent years as the media focussed on her public meltdowns and other negative coverage. There’s also been a few toxic exes over the years too, all of it is enough to inspire Michael to make a great suggestion about Gladys and Brit comparing notes and Em suggesting that Britney might no longer appear on this podcast (which obviously comes with caveats). Then it’s onto the news that Adele is about to drop new music. Adele has made a career from her bad relationship choices and her recent divorce might have inspired this new release, or at least that is what Em and Michael are hoping they’ll hear when the album finally drops. If it’s not, they’re not afraid to start a riot about it. Finally there’s a few questions that we apparently didn’t get to in our previous episode ‘Hello Dolly’. So expect answers to an obscure Dolly clue, plus answers to if she really did sing live, is ‘The Masked Singer’ why she didn’t accept an invite to appear on ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ and more. There’s even a teensy mention for the final day of filming on the next season of Michael’s TV show ‘Five Bedrooms’ too, so enjoy the abundance of Emsolation we’ve been gifted this week, by getting even more of it into your listening holes now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Title says it all really. We’re not going to waste your time by teasing you or going into lengthy explains, but it’s safe to say, if you’ve been hearing a certain voice singing away on TV promos, or whilst watching an actual TV show filled with over sized masked singers, then you probably know what THIS episode is all about. Inside Em and Michael will chat about all the rumours and forensically detailed discussions that took place online across all of the socials, especially that hotbed of deliberation and deep diving on all of the things that is the Emsolation Facebook Group. You’ll also get to hear all the behind the scenes gossip, what inspired Em to get involved, what is it like backstage, is that really the performer every time you see a masked persona on stage, do the masked ones get to interact, what was her favourite song, how do they come up with the clues and was Em really dropping secret squirrel easter eggs throughout her insta-stories and posts over the last few weeks and so much more. So grab your headphones and settle in for the episode that’s exactly like whatever they do when one of those true crime podcasts actually solves the case. Has that even happened before? Probs not, but at least it does in this situation. It was Dolly, in your lounge rooms, slaying you with her on point vocal acrobatics, so lets arrest the online speculation and mark this one, case closed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices