Alex Lee on mum-fluencers, cracking TV and taking on Alan Jones
The Briefing8 Elo 2025

Alex Lee on mum-fluencers, cracking TV and taking on Alan Jones

Alex Lee is a face you'll recognise from TV, whether it's from The Feed, Saturday Night Rove, Celebrity Mastermind, Spicks and Specks, The Checkout, Win the Week or What the FAQ.
And as the journalist-turned-comedian points out, not ALL of those shows got axed.

Alex recounts how shock jock and alleged sexual predator Alan Jones once tried to sue her over a comedy skit she made making fun of him. That would have been pretty darn stressful but she says that pales into comparison to the stresses of becoming a mum and feeling like the internet is constantly trying to guilt you into buying junk for your small human.

In this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, Alex also unpacks how mum-fluencers inspired her podcast Baby Shoes, part comedy, part therapy, and all-too-relatable for exhausted parents trying not to lose the plot.

Weekend list with Helen Smith

Follow The Briefing:
TikTok: @thebriefingpod
Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast
YouTube: @LiSTNRnewsroom
Facebook: @LiSTNR Newsroom

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaksot(2540)

Are we throwing teachers under the bus??

Are we throwing teachers under the bus??

Students return to schools across the country this week (except for QLD) and they face a very challenging tension point for ‘living with covid’. We’re joined by Correna Haythorpe, the Federal Presid...

30 Tammi 202219min

Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews are Shameless

Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews are Shameless

You've probably heard of Shameless, the celebrity and pop culture podcast that has taken the country by storm. But who are Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, the notoriously private young women behin...

28 Tammi 202234min

Will Omicron force a double backflip for WA?

Will Omicron force a double backflip for WA?

Western Australia has been cut off from the rest of the country for the last two years. WA Premier Mark McGowan shut the borders letting only a handful of people in, or out, since the outbreak of the...

27 Tammi 202222min

Who’s making the big bucks on RATs?

Who’s making the big bucks on RATs?

The world has gone crazy for rapid antigen tests. Schoolchildren will be tested twice a week when school returns; some people are even asking their friends to show a negative test before they’ll soci...

26 Tammi 202218min

Young Australian of the Year: Daniel Nour

Young Australian of the Year: Daniel Nour

Daniel Nour was last night named Young Australian of the Year. Daniel was leaving Waterloo Station in London and saw a crowd gathering – he thought it was a busker. It was a homeless man having a s...

25 Tammi 202219min

Novak’s gone home, but this man’s still locked up

Novak’s gone home, but this man’s still locked up

The world watched on as the Australian government ripped up world tennis number one Novac Djokovic’s visa. He was taken into detention, an urgent court hearing convened, and eventually deported. The...

24 Tammi 202221min

'My Mum died after deliberately catching Covid'

'My Mum died after deliberately catching Covid'

57-year-old Czech folk singer Hana Horka died last week after getting Covid... she was unvaccinated... and chose not to isolate from her husband and son when they contracted covid around Christmas. ...

23 Tammi 202217min

Michelle Law writes Asian characters who aren’t just sidekicks

Michelle Law writes Asian characters who aren’t just sidekicks

Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, Michelle Law was both very aware and a little resistant to her own Chinese-ness. As an adult, she has embraced the cross-cultural narrative, putting her experiences i...

21 Tammi 202233min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

aikalisa
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
tervo-halme
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
politiikan-puskaradio
viisupodi
otetaan-yhdet
rss-podme-livebox
rss-asiastudio
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-vaalirankkurit-podcast
the-ulkopolitist
linda-maria
rss-kaikki-uusiksi
rss-mina-ukkola
rss-pykalien-takaa
rss-merja-mahkan-rahat
rss-kuka-mina-olen
rss-raha-talous-ja-politiikka
rss-kyselytunti