Emsolation

It’s role reversal time as Em steps into the ep fresh from chairing a staff meeting, while Michael turns up unhinged, unslept and agitated, huzzah! We find out why Michael is feeling such to begin. Then it's on to Lidia Thorpe’s confrontation with King Charles and why we think it was an inspiring and refreshing thing to witness. We follow that with more US politics chat, from Trump dancing at a Town hall for 35 minutes, to Elon Musk giving away a million dollars to right wing registered voters in US swing states, there’s a lot of horrifying updates to cover. Finally, Em is officially adopting ‘Agatha All Along’ as her personality and she’s mad keen to convince Michael to get over his Marvel aversion, and dive right in. We also get some astrology, manifestation and curse chat, plus the lowdown on Elio’s demands for Chellas upcoming birthday party, and Em’s MRI is approaching, so the hair extensions are about to be removed. . Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em’s convinced that Hollywood actor and all round nice guy, Andrew Garfield is secretly a f-boy and she’s got all the evidence to prove it. Sign up to listen, or watch it for under $3 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

The invite to end all invites has landed in Em’s inbox and it is confirmed, Em is off to the Australian premiere of the new ‘Wicked’ movie in Sydney. She’s also hitting up the press junket and hoping she gets to chat with her actual hero Cynthia Erivo, as well as Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum. Inside you’ll get to hear Em’s plan of attack, plus outfit explains for both her interview and red carpet appearance and so much more. Then, as society slowly comes around to the idea that middle age women are an untapped resource worth catering to, we’ve found two new things targeted at women over 40 worthy of your attention. The first is a full review of the new Netflix movie ‘Lonely Planet’ where Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth have a passionate affair whilst on a writer's retreat. Then it’s onto the new book ‘All Fours’ from Miranda July, which is part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist. I mean, what could there possibly be in this book that Em might connect with? Everyone who’s anyone has recommended ‘All Fours' to Em, and having finally read it she’s now recommending it to everyone too, from perimenopausal peeps to your partner, this book is worth your time. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop’ the trailer for Nicole Kidman’s upcoming movie ‘Babygirl’, and the upcoming Martha Stewart doco ‘Martha’. Sign up to listen or watch it for under $3 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

CW // discussion of stroke symptoms Em has never been afraid to roll around in the dark stuff of life, today we are coming in dry, so grab your ankles Australia, because this story isn’t anything you could anticipate and there’s a lot to process. Em is joining us this week with an update from an incident that happened to her over the weekend which culminated in Em making frantic calls from the side of the road and her husband Scott calling an ambulance to come and help her. Having typed out over 1000 words at 1am last night so she could unpack the incident, Em will read it all out as is, so we get her full train of thought and feels on the moment as she relives it. We follow that up by chatting to our special guest, Sydney based actor, writer, producer and director Xavier Coy, who worked with Michael as a writer on ‘5 Bedrooms’. Xavier has just finished writing his new book which is a deeply personal and insightful look into the complexities of living with bipolar disorder called ‘Living With Bipolar’. It’s a beautifully illustrated book designed to challenge stereotypes around bipolar disorder and provide a clearer understanding of this widely misunderstood mental health condition. Together Em and Michael will chat with Xavier about how the book came about, what has happened for him since his diagnosis and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An internally rearranged Michael joins us, having survived a bout of runny egg based food poisoning he’s risen from near death to help Em work through a hair extensions update, the hair witches have been in touch and the sensory nightmare is being addressed. We get a full review of Katy Perry’s AFL Grand Final appearance, with added commentary from Michael’s mum, plus there’s a side quest into Pesto the adorable giant baby penguin the internet is obsessing over. Then we need to get the lowdown on all the high fives and other blokey bloke things that Em witnessed whilst attending an AFL Lunch the day before the Grand Final. We teased it last week, but never got around to talking about Michael’s TV series ‘The Newsreader’ being up for an International Emmy, and what exactly that means for him, and if Em will be joining him in New York in November. Finally Em and Michael have both seen ‘Will & Harper’, a new Netflix doco following comedian Will Ferrell, who embarks on a cross-country road trip with his close friend of 30 years after they come out as a trans woman. Joining them to review the doco and offer their own insight is friend and director of Em’s ‘Outgrown’ show, trans comedian Anna Piper Scott. Then in the Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and her eldest daughter Marchella discuss why she can’t appear as Menopausia in Em’s upcoming Arena Spectacular, her adventures on her overseas holiday, plus they try and keep a straight face while playing the Newsreader Game together. Sign up to listen or watch it for under $2 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

Em is a youthful long haired 45 year old woman who is not coping with the clusterfluff of perimenopause. Especially after announcing her decision to create her very own perimenopause podcast revealed just how many women are clinging on for dear life and how little support, info or help is out there. So there’s that to discuss, plus Em is basically in full mid-life crisis mode, so we also need to talk though the pain and sensory nightmare of having hair extensions added and what else she has planned for her crisis era. Then it’s onto a much needed update on the F1 so that Michael understands why Daniel Ricciardo looks like he’s being pushed out of Red Bull and why that might be a good thing. We follow that with a topic that Em has been secretly deep diving on for almost all of 2024. Now that Michael’s invested too and the news is starting to reveal more, it's time to start talking about the shocking revelations around the indictment and arrest of Sean “Diddy” Combs. There's so much to unpack, but we attempt to bring you up to speed on where things are at currently. We also wanna chat about Oprah’s special with Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the bizarre guestlist of celebs like Bryan Cranston, J’Lo, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock and more. Finally we just wanna talk about Em’s seamless new hair extensions again and remind you that you can now watch the podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@emsolationpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been a moment since Em and Michael have been in the studio together, so naturally we have a LOT to cover. We also asked you what you wanted to hear from us too. So we begin with a full explain of Em’s outfit from Michael and an announcement that you’ll now need to watch the podcast on our YouTube channel, linked here . After that it's onto a full debrief on the Outgrown show at the Palais, with some behind the scenes on changes being added to Em’s upcoming Arena Spectacular on December 7. Then it’s onto chucking Dave Grohl in the bin over his recent indiscretions, followed by a swift move into their reaction to the recent debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and how Em and Michael aren’t in agreement over if it went well for Kamala or not. There’s also a drop in on Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish endorsing Kamala, which slides into Em and Michael’s viewing of the 2024 VMA’s. Covering everything from Katy Perry’s performance and the awkward cutaways to her husband Orlando Bloom, to Chappell Roan’s Joan of Arc appearance and their discovery of Benson Boone via his backflips and the fact that he is a sing-ger. Then there’s the Emmy Awards, where ‘The Bear’ wins multiple comedy awards, while not actually being a comedy, while actual comedy, and one of Em’s all time faves ‘Hacks’ wins, plus we got a ‘Schitts Creek’ reunion onstage and Em found herself swooning over Joshua Jackson. We also cover off J’Lo’s divorce era dressing on Insta and her and Ben being spotted together and Elio becoming obsessed with magic, but refusing to dress up at all. Finally, Em and Michael attempt a brand new game where they try to read weird news headlines they’ve never seen without laughing, prepare for maximum fails on that front and much more laughing than you’d expect, huzzah! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, Em and Abbie are back to give you even more of their fabulous chat. Obviously if you haven't already listened to part one of Em’s conversation with Abbie, please do. In part two we begin with Abbie answering Em’s question on what she wants to do next with her career. That folds effortlessly into the realities of trying to sell a live show in a cost of living crisis, from Abbie’s partner Adam, aka Keith, giving her a reality check, to Em’s assurance that you should never associate your self esteem with your ticket sales. Em also reveals how much her career changed when she put faith in her own ability and audience of supporters, and stepped away from relying on corporate media too. There’s also a fascinating discussion on the need to slot women into certain categories, the freedom that comes when you let go of being accepted by the people you think you need to be accepted by, and how Abbie would like to be perceived by the general public. We also talk about the horrors of dating for Gen Z women right now, from the gamification of dating that’s come with dating apps, to how soft boys have weaponized therapy talk to gaslight women. There’s also great advice for parents of teenage girls and we talk about Abbie and Em’s live tours and how both shows actually help different generations of families connect with one another just by attending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is glorious and we just know you’re gonna eat it up! Obviously with Abbie Chatfield hosting her second season of ‘FBoy Island’ on Binge, we wanna get that chat out the way, but first Em has questions about Abbie’s new man and why she calls him Keith. After we’ve got all the goss on the new partnership it’s onto ‘FBoy Island’, at the time of recording Em had only seen the first 2 episodes but she had LOTS of notes that she’d scribbled down while watching, all of them required answers. There’s the men’s eyebrows, the attacking of Crocs, the audacity of straight white men, was one of the women a former Bachelor and how come they don’t say “F-Off’ instead of “F-Bye” to be covered off. Once we get all of those questions out of the way, along with some exclusive behind the scenes goss from Abbie and check-ins with the Binge PR person Chelsea, it’s onto what Abbie wants to do next. After making sure Abbie and her new boyfriend Adam are making good choices, with added positive sex chat and some bedroom toy discussions, and a deep dive into how neurodivergent women like her and Abbie over-explain and give away so much of their lives, then face clapback from people online and in the media for doing so. You can hear Part 2 straight after this in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra. Sign up now to start listening or watching at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the episode that die hard Emsolators have clearly been waiting on, because after we put out the call for questions, we received almost 100 of them in less than 24 hours. Ahead of her sold out show at the Palais this Friday, Em is on throat rest so Michael Lucas steps into the hosting chair with his husband Adrian so they can answer all your relationship questions. First though there’s breaking Lady Gaga news, along with a very intriguing conspiracy theory to be floated as well from our Seahorse of Hope, Michael. Then it’s on to SOME of the nearly 100 questions you were all dying to get answers to. Together Michael and Adrian will answer everything from what have they both learnt from Em and Scott's marriage, through to their first impressions of each other's mums. We also find out their ideal place to live, would they ever work together creatively, who proposed and how did it happen? They even attempt to give advice for straight couples and Adrian reveals what it’s like to be married to Em as well as Michael. It’s everything you never knew you needed and then some, it’s also quite possibly the gayest episode we’ve ever delivered, so pretty much standard right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whilst Em and Michael probably wanted to be very demure and very mindful during this episode, we kind of kiss that notion bye bye almost immediately because Em hasn’t even gotten a chance to have her Brat summer yet! The fact that Em’s very sick and it feels like her entire body is in revolt right now probably doesn’t help things much either. Naturally we’ve got a full recap of the Logies, from Michael’s experience of being there and discovering a brand new calling, through to Em’s experience of watching it after completing three back to back performances of her Outgrown tour across the weekend. We also get a rundown of the highlights from those shows, then it’s onto another prediction from the Magical Unicorn of Death coming true with the announcement that J’lo and Ben Affleck are divorcing. There’s a side quest into Katy Perry being an environmental terrorist, and Trump using AI generated satirical posts to claim Taylor Swift and the Swifties are endorsing him for President. After that Em and Michael are keen to reveal all their favourite moments from the Democratic Convention which is happening in Chicago this week. We get their predictions for which celebs will be next to step up and endorse Kamala, plus we also get a very special performance from Michael and Em has even more reasons to gush about Chappell Roan again too. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em has a special post that her hubby Scott wrote about her to share, and they ‘Okay, Stop!’ the trailer for a new doco about monkey obsessed mums called ‘Chimp Crazy’, which is the new series from the creator of the Tiger King doco. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin this episode reminding you to vote for Michael’s nominees from ‘The Newsreader’ in the Logie Awards and of course Em’s bestie Julia Morris, who’s NEVER won a Logie! Then we need to talk about someone announcing their upcoming Arena Spectacular, it’s Em, she’s taking over MC (Mariah Carey) Arena, Saturday December 7, to deliver ‘Outgrown the Arena Spectacular’, with side quests on Chappell Roan and Kesha thrown in. Speaking of Arenas, we follow that with the news that Celine clapped back at Donald Trump with a sassy statement after he used ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at one of his rallies. We also need to delve into the bizarre revelation that US Presidential candidate RFK Jr dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park back in 2014, because why wouldn’t he do something like that? After that we're keen to talk about the trainwreck of a PR campaign happening for the new movie based on the beloved #BookTok book ‘It Ends With Us’. There’s a LOT to unpack involving the movie’s star Blake Lively, costar and director Justin Baldoni and even Blake’s husband Ryan Reynolds and his ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ co-star Hugh Jackman. Finally we need to talk through some of our fave moments from the Closing Ceremony in Paris as well as doing an ‘Okay, Stop!’ on that very unique appearance from Tom Cruise. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael talk about Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun’s performance during the breakdancing competition at the Games. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s one of Em’s closest friends and he’s back to talk us through his upcoming tour ‘Rob Mills Performs the Songs of Bon Jovi’, celebrating 40 years of Bon Jovi. The fact that it just happens to be on at exactly the same time as Em’s Outgrown tour needs discussion, so does the fact that when Rob told Em he was doing this tour, her response was “WHY?”. There’s also chat around Rob’s need for Em to take him clothes shopping, his new moustache, whether he will be revealing his hairless bod on stage and the damage ‘Wicked’ has taken on his leg hair. We also dive into comparing both of their shows, what is the Bon Jovi setlist Rob will perform on tour and why Rob needs to update his website address. Plus we talk airline nightmares, how Em played a key role in Rob auditioning for ‘& Juliet’ after he expressed zero interest in being a part of it and how much he misses it now that it has wrapped up. Finally promises are made to Em that Rob and his girlfriend Georgie aren’t planning on eloping when they head off overseas later this year. Get tickets and more details at robmills.net.au. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em is joined by pod producer Ben to talk Menopausia and the rest of the ‘Outgrown’ set going missing, and the season finale of ‘House of the Dragon’. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open with another round of updates from behind the scenes of Em’s Outgrown tour, from more mind blowing reviews, to meeting the owner of our most vomit inducing ‘AMA’ in Adelaide, all the way to becoming Sarah Connor and seeing a former Idol while performing in WA. Then we move onto all of the unhinged stuff that’s continuing to be offered up by US Politics, from VP nominee JD Vance attacking cat owners and not denying the rumours that he is a humper of couches. To the terrible execution of the advert announcing that the Obama’s are endorsing Kamala Harris for President. There’s also more potential Vice President running mate chat, and even some questions around who Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce might put their support behind if at all. Finally there’s just enough time for some Paris Games chat as Elio is officially getting to experience his very first one. So far, in an effort to make sure he’s not just consuming toxic bro gamer content, Em has introduced him to all the different female sports, and the men’s synchronised diving, so job well done. That then leads us to our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, where Em and Michael talk the latest episode of ‘House of the Dragon’ and also ‘Okay, Stop!’ Celine Dion’s Opening ceremony performance at the Games. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we get the introduction out there’s a bunch of dragon and mediaeval peen chat to deliver, then we’re straight into what went down when Em took her Outgrown Tour to NSW over the weekend. It wouldn’t be an Em Rusciano Live show in Sydney without there being ambulances called, this time the drama went down at Em’s Thirroul show. You’ll get the full explain and all of the dramatic events before and during that gig, plus how it all went when Em took the show to Sydney. Then, after a proper stretch from Michael, it’s time to chat Joe Biden stepping aside and how exactly do we say Kamala’s name correctly. Then it’s onto all the approvals coming out after Kamala announced that she is running for President, from the Charli XCX BRAT font being adopted, to a mental side quest into Chappell Roan stepping away from the spotlight. There’s the huge influx of donations to her campaign in the first 24 hours, to the new generation of voters now legally able to vote in the US, plus Nancy Pelosi and George Clooney’s roles in all of this to discuss too. Then in the Sealed Section Em & Michael will ‘Okay, Stop!’ Kamala and her husband Doug, appearing at their all staff meeting at Kamala’s Campaign Headquarters, plus who both of them think will be chosen as Vice President. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the gunshot that’ll change the political landscape in America, and you better believe Em has been on a hyperfixation trail all night trawling the deep dark recesses of the world wide web for as much info as she can get. That’s why this episode starts with a flurry and doesn’t slow down for the first half an hour, as Em and Michael talk through the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in detail. We follow that with a full rundown of the opening weekend of Em’s Outgrown tour in Queensland. Michael takes on the role of interviewer to get us all the behind the scenes goss, from the struggles to get it to the stage, to the amazing reception and support the Outgrown audiences have given Em at each show. Lastly, there’s a bunch of campery to close things out as Em talks us through those steamy paparazzi pics of Theo James filming a fragrance commercial in a glorious white speedo. Then there’s that footage of Kylie Minogue being carried on stage by two of our favourite gay actors, Jonathan Bailey and Andrew Scott. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael ‘Okay, Stop!’ the new music video ‘Woman’s World’ from Katy Perry. Sign up now to start listening or watching the Sealed Section at emsolation.supercast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices