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After appearing at the ‘All About Women’ conference in Sydney, Em has found even more perimenopause experts, you can expect all of them to make an appearance on our upcoming peri pod series ‘Rage Against the Vagine’. Last week, Em totally forgot to mention she’s got a brand new book coming out in October. ‘Blood, Sweat and Glitter’ will cover off everything that’s happened since her ‘Rage and Rainbows’ tour wrapped in 2019 and feature stuff Em hasn’t talked about before, graphic novel aspects, lists, medical info and drawings by Em’s daughter Odie too. Then there’s Em and Michael’s track by track review of Lady Gaga’s new album ‘Mayhem’ for you to enjoy, which also magically leads us into Michael’s feels around the last episode of ‘The Newsreader’ finally being broadcast on free to air TV. We also managed to slide in a quick review of Michael’s night at Billie Eilish and Em forced Michael to ask her about the F1 situation as it stands, so expect much confusion from Michael and an F1 update delivered at Em’s normal speed too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, we talk about your latest Spicy Sunday Hot Takes like Grease 2 is better than the original, how to stack a taco and Em even argues why Frozen 2 is better than the original. You can sign up and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Em and Michael’s version of the Super Bowl has been and gone and they are ready to react to all their favourite, awkward and mind-blowing moments from the Oscars. Inside you’ll hear their reaction to the moment Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo hit the stage to perform live, plus everything from Conan’s hosting, to their fave speeches and wins, and the weird moments that left them questioning what the hell was actually going on. Then, inspired by a post Em brought to the Emsolation group on Facebook, we’ll select some of your Spicy Sunday Hot Takes and discuss and dissect them. There’s everything from Chris Hemsworth not being that sexy, to Shrek not deserving an Oscar over Monsters Inc, Em is even inspired to defend the achievements of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift after accusations of them both being overrated. Strap yourself in, it’s gonna be a bumpy listen, even more so if you’re driving while you do that. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael spill all the secrets from Em’s weekend celebrating her birthday at Sydney Mardi Gras. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is finally here, Em has taken control and decided we can all get together and make her essential perimenopause podcast series. ‘Rage Against the Vagine’ will happen by all of us becoming patrons of it and you can do that by buying Regina merch or just support us to help make it happen at https://emrusciano.store/ NOW! Then it’s onto Michael’s hot tips on who's going to take home an Oscar award on Monday, he’s even predicting that ‘Wicked’ can win, even though it hasn’t picked up any major awards so far. Plus Em reveals the chaos of her last minute catering scramble for Odie’s 18th birthday on the weekend. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, we discuss the latest episode of ‘The White Lotus’ and how Mike White could benefit from having a female writer on his show. You also get a full rundown of Em and Michael’s night at Kylie Minogue’s Tension show and why some fans need to calm down, PLUS ‘The Newsreader’ Game is back where Em and Michael try to read weird news headlines without laughing. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s ANOTHER exclusive sneak peek from inside our premium service Emsolation Extra with the first 10 minutes of Part Two of today’s AMA, where Emsolation Extra subscribers got to ask Michael even MORE questions about the final season of his award winning series ‘The Newsreader’. This episode does contain spoilers to season 3. To access the full 30-minute episode, plus over 175 other audio and video episodes and other perks, you need to be an Emsolation Extra subscriber. Sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and start listening right now at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The White Lotus’ is back for Season 3 and Em and Michael have much to discuss, from the theme song changing, to the endless monkey cutaway shots, to all the new characters and even what appears to be a Lannister style attraction moment between the brothers. Okay that was a choice, Em is feeling weird about it, Michael not so much. Meanwhile there's drama in the BeyHive around the price gouging for tickets to Beyoncé’s upcoming Cowboy Carter tour and Em and Michael are LIVING for Lady Gaga’s new single ‘Abracadabra’ so they both deserve a full debrief. Then, inspired by the response to our Dr Stacy Sims episode, Em is determined to get her perimenopause podcast underway and reveals how you can make it happen, plus we touch on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Half-time performance. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael discuss the Netflix series ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’, their prep for Mardi Gras in Sydney and Kylie Minogue live in Melbourne, plus they pick their all time favourite Kylie songs. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s your exclusive sneak peek from inside our premium service Emsolation Extra with the first 16 minutes of today’s AMA, where Emsolation Extra subscribers got to ask Michael questions about the final season of his award winning series ‘The Newsreader’. This episode does contain spoilers to season 3. To access the full 32-minute episode, plus over 170 other audio and video episodes and other perks, you need to be an Emsolation Extra subscriber. Sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and start listening right now at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the episode that we hope might go some way to helping you change your life. If you’re a regular listener of Emsolation, you’ll know Em is deep in the throes of perimenopause and judging by the flood of DM’s and comments she gets whenever she mentions it, she is definitely not alone. There’s a thirst for knowledge which is why Em has decided to get an expert in, her name is Dr Stacy Sims, she’s an international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist ​with an MSc and PhD, who is on a mission to help us ​better understand the nuances of ​the female body, so you can ​build strength and longevity, she’s also in perimenopause. Inspired by the appalling lack of ​research done specifically on women in regards to ​exercise, nutrition, and medicine, Dr Stacy wrote the books ‘ROAR’ and ‘Next Level’ and created her TEDx talk ‘Women Are Not Small Men’. Dr Stacy specialises in how our bodies needs change over our lifetime, and how exercise, nutrition and medicine can help us deal with the impacts of perimenopause and menopause. This is the episode that has the power to change your life and give you the tools to improve your mental and physical health now, so grab a pen and get listening. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em sits down and answers the 10 most burning questions you have about her health and fitness transformation over the last year. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All this week we’re celebrating the arrival of the final season of ‘The Newsreader’ having dropped in Australia, by getting the show’s creator, writer, producer AND Em’s best friend since they were 11, Michael Lucas to chat about it. In an Emsolation exclusive, on Tuesday we gave you our chat with Anna Torv, who plays Helen Norville, today we give you the other half of the ‘The Newsreader’s' dynamic duo, Dale Jennings, aka Sam Reid. Inside Em and Michael chat with Sam about the final season and ask him your questions, covering everything from if Sam realised how beloved the character of Dale would become, right thru to how difficult is it to switch between playing Dale in ‘The Newsreader’ and Lestat in ‘Interview with the Vampire’. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra Sam gives us the one piece of advice he’d give Dale if he could, plus he answers a stack of your questions about his role on ‘Interview with the Vampire’ too. You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch both of these special ‘The Newsreader’ episodes in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast & you can catch the entire 6 episode final season of ‘The Newsreader’ now streaming on ABC iView. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final season of ‘The Newsreader’ has dropped in Australia, so why wouldn’t we get the show’s creator, writer, producer AND Em’s best friend since they were 11, Michael Lucas to chat about it. In an Emsolation exclusive, we’ve also got the 2 stars of the series on the pod this week, starting with the one and only Anna Torv, who brings the character of Helen Norville to life. Anna sits down to chat with Em and Michael to talk about everything from what it’s like to work with Michael, to why Em has never invited Anna onto the podcast before. Then she answers your questions which cover everything from Anna’s favourite scene, to who she would marry, kiss or avoid between her characters of Helen of ‘The Newsreader’, Dr Wendy Carr from ‘Mindhunter’ or Olivia Dunham from ‘Fringe’. There’s also lots of behind the scenes goss from the series, plus spoiler free teasers for some of the big scenes coming up in the final season. Then on Thursday, Em and Michael have the ONLY sit down chat with Anna’s co-star, Sam Reid, who brings Dale Jennings to life, as well as Lestat in ‘Interview with the Vampire’. He’ll join us to chat about the final season of ‘The Newsreader’ and answer your questions too. Catch the entire 6 episode final season of ‘The Newsreader’ now streaming on ABC iView. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is utter chaos, Michael joins us from Queensland, so of course he stuffed up the time difference, then we had a bajillion and 7 technical issues. You’ll hear what Michael was doing instead of joining us, and experience the full chaos of Em and Michael trying to hear each other and right their technical wrongs together. Once all that’s sorted, it is onto the nominees for the Razzies for worst movies of the year, from ‘Madame Web’ and’ Joker: Folie a Deux’, all the way through to’ Borderland’ and ‘Megalopolis’. There’s a quick visit into the Oscar noms and much chat around why ‘Wicked’ deserves more accolades than the 13 nominations that ‘Emilia Perez’ has secured. We also get a full update on Elio’s birthday celebrations, plus Elio’s first day at primary school is next week, so Em is naturally deep in her feels about what the future holds for him. Finally, Lady Gaga dropped her teaser for a brand new album called ‘Mayhem’ so naturally we need chats around that too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em grills Michael about what is happening in the final season of his critically acclaimed TV series ‘The Newsreader’. We also delve into the latest in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits, plus Em reviews the must see Oscar nominated animated film ‘Wild Robot’ and what is up with Madonna’s whiteboard insta share? You can sign up to our 7-day FREE trial and listen for $1.73 a week, or watch it for $2.30 a week at emsolation.supercast.com and don’t forget you can watch this episode in full maximalist colour on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices