IN CONVERSATION: James Acaster

WE’RE BACK, BABY! And boy, do we have a bit to discuss.  On today’s show: There’s Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl… the curious name of Trisha Paytas’s baby… that Sydney Sweeney jeans ad… those pap shots of Sia and Harry Jowsey… the legal drama bubbling away behind Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut… Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s renewed wedding vows… the claims that Pedro Pascal is creepily touching his female costars… Katy Perry’s unlikely new romance… and a check-in with Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa, who are still very much “on”.  This week, Zara recommended reading The Names by Florence Knapp. Mich recommended watching Flee on SBS On Demand. Big thanks to Samsung for making this episode possible. The Samsung Galaxy Z Series devices – including the Galaxy Z Fold7 and the Galaxy Z Flip7 – are both available from Samsung now. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Mike Liberale. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema and Emily Li, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn  Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557uxAaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

13 Elo 1h 4min

Hello hello!  On today’s show, our lives have never been this… frictionless. Everything is convenient and bespoke; dating apps present us with an endless stream of suitors, streaming platforms curate personalised playlists for any possible mood, ChatGPT can write tricky emails for us so we don’t have to. But what if the most satisfying part of being alive is wading through the friction? What could happen if we never have to be uncomfortable again? Also! The Coldplay affair couple. Lol.  Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Big thanks to South Australia for making this episode of Shameless possible. Visit Australia’s hidden gem and celebrate the simple pleasures.  On today’s show, Mich recommended The Gen Z Stare by Kate Lindsay in Embedded.  Listen to ‘Fake bands, real weapons: How Spotify is fuelling the arms race’ from 7AM.  Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn    Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux  Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp  Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast  Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

20 Heinä 43min

Hello! On today’s show: Justin Bieber’s album is here, and we have thoughts! As does the entire internet! Speaking of new music, JoJo Siwa’s got some, and she’s… threatening?... to release it. Lena Dunham’s new show just dropped on Netflix, what’s up with the Royal peace summit, and welcome to my algorithm! TikTok is fucked! This week, Mich recommended this YouTube video from Lauren Curtis. To sign up to be an organ donor, please head here. Zara recommended reading This House of Grief by Helen Garner. Big thanks to Prime for making this episode possible. How will the summer end? Find out in the third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty – now on Prime. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Mike Liberale. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Emma Sullivan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn  Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557uxAaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

16 Heinä 54min

Hiya! On today’s show, it feels like an age-old question these days, but we’re still asking it: do famous men face any professional consequences when they’re accused of abuse? From Zach Bryan to Brad Pitt to Johnny Depp to Chris Brown, has the world been suffering from some kind of collective amnesia about how these men have allegedly treated the women in their lives…?? Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Big thanks to CeraVe for making this episode of Shameless possible. With CeraVe, you can cleanse like a derm.  On today’s show, Zara recommended Olivia Dean profiled in Elle, and Working With My Best Friend on Call Her Daddy.  Read ‘Brad Pitt Is Fooling You’ in Vulture here.  Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn    Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux  Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp  Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast  Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

13 Heinä 45min

Hi hi hi! On today’s show: everyone, it seems, is talking about Drake’s abs, Katy and Orlando reunite after confirming their split, a best-selling memoir turned critically acclaimed film is making headlines for allegedly, ahem, bending the truth, yes, we’ll talk about that viral video about Princess Treatment and then, Zara is welcoming you to her algorithm. This week, Zara recommended ‘Love, jail, Jesus, and pubs — a tangled tale of four very different parents’ on Conversations. Mich recommended watching A Deadly American Marriage on Netflix. Big thanks to Daily Blooms for making this episode possible. Head to dailyblooms.com.au to send a bunch of flowers and a selection of fun treats. Aaaand! Get 10% off by using code ‘SHAMELESS10’ to make it even sweeter. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Mike Liberale. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Emma Sullivan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn  Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557uxAaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

9 Heinä 47min

Well hello there! On today’s show, are we all going monk-mode? From Piper Ratliff on The White Lotus to NunTok, it seems like everyone’s obsessed with the structure, purpose and routine of the life of a monk. And later, we’ll discuss the men who’ve taken their monk-ish lives straight to the bank…  Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Huge thanks to Elite Eleven for making this episode of Shameless possible. To be in the running to win $200,000, simply spend $50 in-store, online or on the app. Don’t forget to use our discount code SHAMELESS10 for 10% your Elite Eleven order! On today’s show, Mich recommended We Used To Be Journos by Ette Media. Listen to their first episode, ‘Lattouf speaks out on ABC win, the fight and fallout’ and follow Ette Media on Instagram here.  Read ‘Should I Go #MonkMode?” in The Cut here, and ‘Uncovering the Higher Truth of Jay Shetty’ in The Guardian here. Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn    Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux  Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp  Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast  Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

6 Heinä 44min

Why hello, everyone! Today, we are joined by one of the world's biggest beauty moguls, Charlotte Tilbury. Zara sits down with Charlotte to talk about the unusual childhood that shaped her, becoming the go-to make-up artist to some of the world's most famous people, how duping culture affects her and her brand, and what life is like as one of the best-known faces of beauty.  Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify. (Bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too!) Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to the Shameless newsletter, Smart Dumb Stuff: http://eepurl.com/iH2sV-/ Aaaand everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

4 Heinä 43min

Hiiii! On today’s show: there was a lot of smooching and hard launches at Glastonbury! The Bezos-Sanchez wedding happened, and it was the triumph of tacky. What do we make of those TikToks accusing Lorde’s producer of leaving his long-term girlfriend for the musician? Will Diddy be found guilty, and then, Khloe Kardashian has joined her sister Kylie in talking about every kind of plastic surgery she’s ever had. This week, Zara recommended watching The Social Network (there’s a sequel coming!!!), and Cadbury’s new Marvellous Creations block (with Crunchie!!!). Mich recommended the Celebrity Memoir Book Club’s episode about Nora Ephron. Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). And thanks to Beetlejuice the Musical for making this episode possible, too! Don’t miss it lighting up Melbourne’s Regent Theatre - grab your tickets now at Ticketek. Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Mike Liberale. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Emma Sullivan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn  Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557uxAaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours.

2 Heinä 45min