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Just Between Us
by Mamamia Podcasts
This is a show from Debrief Daily, a website for women with style and substance on the Mamamia Women's Network. Presented by Sarah Macdonald and Dr Rebecca Huntley, it's life in all its beauty and chaos. No celebrities, no fluff, it's a podcast to make you think, laugh, and feel. Join us for where the conversation goes next.
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The Problem with Powerful Women
There's always been this view that women aren't entirely comfortable with power. We deconstruct women in power, how women weild it, and what real power is. Sarah Macdonald and Rebecca Huntley also talk to Jane Caro about powerful women in history. Show Notes This show was hosted by Sarah…
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Help! I've got nothing to wear.
Ever get bed out of bed in the morning and groan about what to wear? We hear you. Sarah Macdonald and Rebecca Huntley chat to stylist Annie Sophia and get some style advice that doesn't involve Kaftans and turbans. Show Notes This show was hosted by Sarah Macdonald (@sarahvmac) and Rebecca…
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Healing After Forced Adoption
Thirty years ago a 16 year old country girl Michelle learnt she was pregnant. She was taken to Sydney to hide away and then give birth to a child. Michelle was in shock and only held her boy for 10 minutes. Thirty years later she speaks out about the calcified pain within and the bright side of…
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Travelling, testosterone and the trials of your 40's.
This week we reveal what is it like travelling as a companion to your elderly mother. Dr Jonica Newby tells us why she's taking testosterone and what it's doing to her sex drive. We also reveal what mercy sex is and whether you should have it. Plus, we reveal why your forties can be the hardest...
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Growing up Rudd
Inspired by Chelsea Clinton's incredible ability to stay calm, composed and polite while being personally attacked we wondered what it was like to grow up in a political family. Jessica Rudd tells us the good, the bad and the dorky truth about growing up Rudd. She speaks about the good that came...
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Becoming Julia: A Transgender Reality
Caitlyn Jenner may be on reality TV and Vanity Fair, Laverne Cox is sensational in 'Orange is the New Black' and Transgender people have never been so prominant But what is life really like to become a woman when you are in your forties. Julia Doulman joins us to reveal the complexities of life…
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Two middle aged ladies walk into a bar ......class
Getting desperate as their metabolism slows Rebecca and Sarah try a Barre Class. Why is the fitness trend so hot right now and can they deal? Plus personality tests - are they effective or bogus, useful or as predictive as star charts. An ENFP and an ENFJ discuss Twitter @sarahvmac…
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What's Life Like Inside A Women's Prison?
What is it really like to be a woman in prison? We've all heard about Orange Is The New Black, but what's the reality for women in Australia? Plus, is Miss Piggy a feminist icon? And what does it say about us that a muppet is our female idol? And Rebecca Huntley argues the case for the 6 hour…
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Men Who Bum Pat and Women Who Charge
What sets Aussie blokes apart? We chat about Oz masculinity and how it's changing. Rebecca also reveals the strange codes and aggression of the Women of New York's Upper East Side. Plus the bad patterns we fall into in marriage when we forget to see each other and which TV show presents the most...
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We live in a ridiculous bubble
How a holiday in a rainforest makes Sarah realise her life is ridiculous and what happens when she takes a teenager to an uncomfortable spot. Also Tracey Spicer talks to us about her boobs (Warning you may start feeling yourself up while listening). Plus why we are knocked about but optimistic,...
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Opening Your Home to Refugees
This week on the podcast we find out what it's really like to open your home to refugees. We talk to Jarrod McKenna from the First Home Project who lives in a street where 24 refugees have been made welcome by every neighbour. We also discuss if 'Quality Time' is bogus and what time is meaningful...
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Getting off the Treadmill of Life
This week on the podcast we talk to the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and hear why even the most high profile dynamic woman we know has to get off the treadmill of life for a while. What happens when you stop 'doing' and start 'being'. Plus fake girlfriends, fake affairs and fake lives - what...
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What the Pink Sex Pill will do to you and Life's U Bend of cool
This week on Just Between Us we talk about the drug now set to be unleashed on American and possibly Australian women. The 'Pink Viagra' is a failed antidepressant that is meant to make you feel like more sex. But does it? What does it say about women's sexuality and will it do wonders? We…
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Bursting Friendship Bubbles
This week on Just Between Us we wonder if women over validate. We discuss when we should challenge each other and when should we support each other. Is this the dark side of female friendship. Also what the hell is gaslighting and why are women so at risk. Plus, the mothers of ISIS how they live...
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A celebration of suburban chick lit and why dick lit is hard.
In this week's podcast we discuss how vaginas are like snowflakes. Each is entirely unique so why the rise in risky surgery to make them all look the same. We also discuss louts and if the chant of 'political correctness' is just a wig cover for loutish behaviour. Plus the difference between…
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White Maggot, White Sage and Foetus Fame
This week on 'Just Between Us' we try to find a case for booing. We also reveal why we are waving white sage in the Mamamia office and what happened when after a spate of bad luck and mad mojo, one of us called in a spiritual cleaner. Plus, foetus fame - are public ultrasounds lovely, creepy or a...
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The Perfect Small Talk Question
Women who choose to be child-free are on the rise, but they're still subject to the most awkward and offensive social moments. Never fear: we've discovered the one brilliant question that will ensure no more awkward moments . Plus, chivalry has been dead for ages but feminist Wendy Squires argues...
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Vamps and suckers, all girl separation and male play dates
This week on Just Between Us we talk about why so many women's magazines and websites insist on glamping and vamping up women who are featured for doing other jobs than being models. Emma Alberici calls in from Coles to talk about being fluffed up on a shoot and how she felt. We also talk about…
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The Male Oprah, Shrivelled Creeps and Mumsy Bitches
This week Just Between Us throws away the script and goes commando. We discuss why Bill Cosby seems to have got away with so much for so long. Whether we can deconstruct desire and change what we find attractive. And we discuss whether we'd rather be called mumsy or bitch and bring back some...
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Why more couples are having a second wedding
This week on Just Between Us we reveal why couples get married to each other again. What's it like to renew your vows in front of your children and friends a decade after your wedding. Sunil Badami and April Murdoch explain their feelings about the event and Rebecca Huntley joins them in…
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New city, new job, new moped - Anna Bligh on life after politics & cancer
The former Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, reveals her new life after coming through the end of her political career and treatment for cancer. She talks about her new job, zooming around on her moped and how differently she feels about life. Website http://www.debriefdaily.com Facebook...
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What will I do with my Frozen Babies?
This week on 'Just Between Us' we talk to two women about their difficult journey to have children. We focus on what happens after the 'happily ever after' of IVF. Nicky Lavigne and Dee Madigan have made very different decisions about what to do with their frozen embroys. Book - Mothermorphosis...
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Perimenopause and the rise of the third boob
What is Perimenopause and are you in it? In this podcast we talk about the years leading up to 'the change' - what happens, how it affects your fertility, your body, mind and spirit. Sarah and Rebecca chat to Dr Sonia Davison and two women who have vastly different experiences Website for further...
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Everlasting Love - The Power and Glory of Female Friendships
We discuss the power and the glory of female friendships. Why they are so intense, important and often, long-lasting. What does it take to become life-long friends? What is the nature of that relationship and how limited is the portrayal of female friendship in popular culture. We talk to the...
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Mothers and their Teenage Daughters: You will survive.
Why is the relationship between mothers and teenage daughters so tricky, so fraught and sometimes so contemptuous? A psychologist reveals why its so hard and how mothers can prepare and survive teenagehood. A girl whose relationship with her mother broke down explains how it could have been…
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Can You Have a Good Divorce?
With one in three marriages ending in divorce we ask can people split amiably? What are the keys to a good break-up? We talk to a woman who is best friend with her ex-husband's wife and her ex and his wife! Is she the Dalai Lama of divorce? Also, Australian's Gwyneth and Chris reveal how they…
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Late Blooming Lesbians: Coming Out Late.
Coming out as gay or lesbian can be hard at any stage in life. But how tricky is it when you are in your forties? Or fifties? We talk to the Prime Minister of Australia's sister about realising she was a lesbian when she was living the perfect suburban middl- class life with a lovely husband, 4...
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And then I had a nervous breakdown.
Mia Freedman describes her 'nervous breakdown', the experience of panic attacks and the diagnosis of an anxiety disorder. A doctor reveals why women are more likely to suffer such disorders, discuss whether they are more common in modern life and why so many women get called 'crazy bitches' and...
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Reinventing Your Career
Is it time for a mid-career checkup and change? We've been told we have to keep working until we are 70 but women can often feel bored, unappreciated and insecure mid-way through their career. Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan wants us to have a career check-up. We hear the stories of…
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Face, Beauty and Ageing - Pumping up? or Letting Yourself Go?
Ever looked in the mirror and thought 'is that really me'? What happens when your face doesn't match how you feel inside? We sit down in front of the clinicians mirror, look at the growth industry of cosmetic procedures, and confront the terrible conundrum: do you choose your arse or your face?...
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Your changing libido
A frank and fun conversation about how libido waxes and wanes over life. With expert opinion and honest stories from two women who have faced the highs and lows of desire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This is a show from Debrief Daily, a website for women with style and substance on the Mamamia Women's Network. Presented by Sarah Macdonald and Dr Rebecca Huntley, it's life in all its beauty and chaos. No celebrities, no fluff, it's a podcast to make you think, laugh, and feel. Join us for where the conversation goes next.
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This is a show from Debrief Daily, a website for women with style and substance on the Mamamia Women's Network. Presented by Sarah Macdonald and Dr Rebecca Huntley, it's life in all its beauty and chaos. No celebrities, no fluff, it's a podcast to make you think, laugh, and feel. Join us for where...
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